+therealbountybob Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) Rockman & Turmoil Rockman not HSC played before but trbb of old said "...Also played Rockman (Mirage Software) today which I had the original disk for(!), nice game shame has no sound effects just music. Might be ok for the HSC next season ... " and Turmoil was only once HSC played way back in season 8's multi game round is fairly quick to play! Joint poll winner Gateway to Apshia is much more involved so we will either play it next or re-poll it (good game looking at most of last time's comments!) Rockman https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2817 Atarimania has some glowing comments: https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-rockman_25370.html Video review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S9V8lOWfZE [Option] shows game items "What is What?" See later posts for this and the instructions translated by Skior [Space] Pause, move to resume play [Esc] abort life Turmoil https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=3155 Round ends Sunday 9th June 12pm UK time Have fun Edited June 6 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Rockman - 9068 pts (level 4) Turmoil - 22540 pts I haven't read the instructions for neither, perhaps it would be beneficiary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Both download to my ultimate cart and really for some heavy play tomorrow. Thanks @therealbountybob for running this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 (edited) Turmoil- 89,890 (level 8 ) Rock man looks well done but need some time to figure that one out Edited May 27 by AtariSphinx Updated wording 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 9 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: Rock man looks well done but need some time to figure that one out Did you have any problems running it? Rockman screen jumps and flickers on my NTSC XEGS something bad. Is this a PAL only game? I tried my best and made it to level 2 with a score of 2,460. This type of game really needs 2 button support. Had a good time with Turmoil. I played a few games this morning and ended up with 20,530. Cool game, almost Tempest like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 8 minutes ago, Zeptari said: Did you have any problems running it? Rockman screen jumps and flickers on my NTSC XEGS something bad. Is this a PAL only game? I tried my best and made it to level 2 with a score of 2,460. This type of game really needs 2 button support. Had a good time with Turmoil. I played a few games this morning and ended up with 20,530. Cool game, almost Tempest like. I am also using an NTSC XEGS. No issues on my side. I am using FujiNet as my disk emulation rather than a cartridge. Maybe try a different format from atarionline.pl? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 27 minutes ago, AtariSphinx said: Maybe try a different format from atarionline.pl? Thanks for the idea. Trying this now. EDIT: Did a search on atarionline.pl and this one works great! See attached .XEX file. Rockman (1995)(Mirage)(pl).xex 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 Added some Rockman links to first post, including video review - there is a Polish(?) box inlay on Atarimania but can't see any English instructions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Rockman - 8,936 (level 4) Tough game but well done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) 23 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Added some Rockman links to first post, including video review - there is a Polish(?) box inlay on Atarimania but can't see any English instructions Yes, this is Polish game Manual has no interest things, but i made it for you - ocr-ed by Adobe Acrobat and translate by deepl.com text: There was a rocky land called Rockland, its inhabitants - the Rockmen would have been very happy had it not been for the fact that their favorite fruits. Therefore, they sometimes ventured to neighboring Owocolandia for Iowa (read looting). The lord and ruler of Owocolandia was the extremely dangerous and a tad mischievous Count Clecot. The Count was a very vigilant individual, so one time he managed to captured a small Rockman during an attempted theft. He promised the weeping “hero” his freedom if he could eat all the fruit in all of Owocolandia. Rockman set out to battle the amazing creatures, alert to dangers in the form of spikes, sinkholes and cliffs. You have to help him in his difficult task. GAME OPERATION It is not complicated, you move using the joystick, shoot by pressing Rre and directing the joystick in the chosen direction. However, be very careful every step of the way a lot of dangers, puffballs and opponents puffing with the desire to triumph are waiting for you. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Edited May 28 by Sikor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) Turmoil: 64,440 I tried both the .atr from Atarimania and the .xex from Fandal - Rockman is jumping on real hardware for me. Not a problem as I can play on emulation in PAL mode, but wanted to let other NTSC players know. (EDIT: Never mind - the .xex that @Zeptari posted above works great on NTSC machines!) Rockman: 22,591 Edited May 29 by graywest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Rockman - 13,166 (level 5) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Rockman 3995 6829 10323 21433 23395 (level 11) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Turmoil 57060 84490 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 On 5/28/2024 at 8:50 PM, Sikor said: Yes, this is Polish game Manual has no interest things, but i made it for you - ocr-ed by Adobe Acrobat and translate by deepl.com text: There was a rocky land called Rockland, its inhabitants - the Rockmen would have been very happy had it not been for the fact that their favorite fruits. Therefore, they sometimes ventured to neighboring Owocolandia for Iowa (read looting). The lord and ruler of Owocolandia was the extremely dangerous and a tad mischievous Count Clecot. The Count was a very vigilant individual, so one time he managed to captured a small Rockman during an attempted theft. He promised the weeping “hero” his freedom if he could eat all the fruit in all of Owocolandia. Rockman set out to battle the amazing creatures, alert to dangers in the form of spikes, sinkholes and cliffs. You have to help him in his difficult task. GAME OPERATION It is not complicated, you move using the joystick, shoot by pressing Rre and directing the joystick in the chosen direction. However, be very careful every step of the way a lot of dangers, puffballs and opponents puffing with the desire to triumph are waiting for you. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Thanks P I hoped you would do this I'm not at the Atari desk until next week so will be playing both games then but here are the first tables and I'll put up the next poll too soonish Probably will combine the ranking positions in the game tables into one with standard HSC points Rockman Turmoil Player Score Player Score 1st McKong 23,395 1st AtariSphinx 89,805 2nd graywest 22,591 2nd McKong 84,490 3rd AtariSphinx 13,166 3rd graywest 64,440 4th carlsson 9,068 4th carlsson 22,540 5th Zeptari 20,530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Rockman level 17 37179 Great game. The scoring is a bit flawed in that you can score more points if you don't complete a level first time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 1 hour ago, McKong said: Rockman level 17 37179 Great game. The scoring is a bit flawed in that you can score more points if you don't complete a level first time Shall we play for level reached then guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 4 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Shall we play for level reached then guys? Good idea. The game is nice enough to put 1up hearts in some levels, but they can be collected indefinitely if you keep dying on the same level. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 12 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Shall we play for level reached then guys? Yep, that makes sense 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 (edited) Turmoil (Default) - 112,560 Video provided to show my technique to reach my score higher than 99,990 points - I avoided shooting some enemies (except arrow) and picked up more "eggs" (prizes) as I could, specially on levels 1, 2 and 3. Timeline: 00:08 - Level 1 02:17 - Level 2 05:13 - Level 3 07:37 - Level 4 09:37 - Level 5 11:21 - Level 6 13:39 - Level 7 15:29 - Level 8 15:35 - Rollover at 100,000 16:54 - End of run and final score shown (112,560 - 12,560 displayed after rollover) Edited June 2 by oyamafamily 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 After a half hour of playing Rockman I was able to pass level 2. The jumps on the bottom area have to be timed perfectly. I'm thinking I might have made it to level 5, not sure. Rockman: 10,549 I like Turmoil a lot more! And my score reflects that! I almost doubled it! Turmoil: 40,790 Not sure if I'll revisit them before the deadline, We'll see how my work week goes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Rockman - got to level 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Turmoil 109330 Level 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Rockman: 19538, lvl 5 Turmoil: 10670, lvl 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaG Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Rockman is hard. One simple mistake and you are dead... Reached Level 7 (13,248 points) once, don't think I will can do this again. Turmoil is a nice casual game, 44,060 ponits 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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