+therealbountybob Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 CAVERNS OF MARS I & II Caverns of Mars Select = <pause> NEW Settings: play on each of the difficulty levels and post your scores for each. Novice only has 5 caverns then the game ends - looks like it doesn't get harder after the 2nd one atarimania (has instructions) Bonus challenge: highest score shown after defusing the first bomb BUT you must escape the cavern all on the first life (NOT score after escaping,looks like it is +1280 if you do for escaping but scoring then starts again on Cavern 2). Caverns of Mars 2 [Space] = <pause> Bonus challenge: highest score on first level on first life. https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1547 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1557 Bonus Game: REARGUARD fandal has an EXE of this one, I think it was BASIC game with some machine code routines https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=2750 Round ends Friday 19th July 10am HAVE FUN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) COM I 65690 80400 88710 (Novice Completed) 52100 149930 (Pilot Completed 144760 Zero lives lost) 91050 124750 144310 215840 239010 (Warrior Completed 234230 1 life lost) 180530 233870 321160 (Commander Completed) COM II 93850 180150 250300 300600 Edited July 18 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 Warm up goes from HSC HQ: COM 63,380 lost my nerve on the escape NEW: Bonus challenge for COM I score shown after defusing the first bomb BUT you must escape the cavern all on the first life (not score after escaping). 15,820 COM II 97,700 stopped mid game to make Mrs a cuppa cost me 2 lives NEW: Bonus challenge highest score for first level on first life. DNQ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 COM1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 COM1: Novice: 40,300 Pilot: 23,030 Warrior: 21,660 Commander: 22,400 Cool game! Might grab the Recharged version while it's on sale. COM2: 21,350 Such a different from the first game.. Sort of reminds me of Cosmic Avenger from my Coleco days. REARGUARD: 250 Got this score 3x in a row. LOL time for a break. Side note: COM file from fandal didn't work for me, all I got was a blue screen on my XEGS. The atarionline.pl version worked for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 COM II - 66,650 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 COM II New Attempt - 147,750 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Caverns of Mars - 43350 pts Novice, died on my way back up 2nd level Caverns of Mars II - 75250 pts, end of level 4 Rear Guard - 500 pts All around enjoyable and easy to play games. Rear Guard surprised me with some of the most chilling sound effects I've ever heard on the Atari 8-bit, the types of sounds that would be hard to recreate e.g. on the SID. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 COM 1 - 44,110 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 COM 1 - 76,250 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 COM II 167,900 - 9th level I think! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 On 7/5/2024 at 10:31 AM, McKong said: COM I 65690 COM II 93850 180150 250300 HSC records for the games are: *CAVERNS OF MARS (NPWC) (Graphics:7 Sound:7 Playability:8 HSCR *8*) devwebcl : C:312217 [10-4] [1-8] * though this was played on each level separately with 120K for completing novice and 170K for pilot... CAVERNS OF MARS II (Graphics:7 Sound:6 Playability:7 HSCR *7*) tompateus : 352800 [18-11] [10-4] *REAR GUARD [Graphics:7 Sound:7 Playability:7 HSCR *7*] Mr.Amiga500/trbb : 740 [7-April] (on skill Level 2) * this was the run from BASIC version possibly the same as fandal's XEX https://forums.atariage.com/topic/171724-all-time-games-ratings-and-hsc-records/#comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Hm, 740 pts doesn't seem overwhelming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 (edited) On 7/8/2024 at 11:09 AM, carlsson said: Hm, 740 pts doesn't seem overwhelming. Bring it don't sing it eh?!!! OK After a top level HSC meeting it has been decided to play COM as follows: Caverns of Mars NEW Settings: play on each of the difficulty levels and post your scores for each. [You do not need to complete them - this way you get to experience all of the game features!] Novice only has 5 caverns then the game ends - looks like it doesn't get harder after the 2nd one Bonus challenge: highest score shown after defusing the first bomb BUT you must escape the cavern all on the first life (NOT score after escaping,looks like it is +1280 for escaping but scoring then starts ticking again on Cavern 2). [I see McKong figured this out as he's been busy ] Select = <pause> Tried pressing pause after setting the bomb for screenshot [] I just completed Novice score 100.930 Bonus Challenge score 18,150 Edited July 10 by therealbountybob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 http://manillismo.blogspot.com/2010/06/mapa.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 COM: play on each of the difficulty levels and post your scores for each. [You do not need to complete them - this way you get to experience all of the game features!] Compelted Pilot, it was touch and go as I was on the last man for the last two levels 153,650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 COM Warrior 54,910 (incomplete) Commander 101,990 (incomplete) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 COM 95980 pts.(novice) COM II 129650 pts Rear guard 750 pts COM 59370 pts (pilot) COM 16300 pts (first defuse) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 On 7/5/2024 at 10:31 AM, McKong said: ... COM II 93850 180150 250300 Forgot to post my COM II score 233,500 had a lapse but then a good spree where I built up a few lives, often floating down with no fuel right at the end, good game. Need to go some to beat McKong Will add screenshot when on other laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 8 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Forgot to post my COM II score 233,500 had a lapse but then a good spree where I built up a few lives, often floating down with no fuel right at the end, good game. Need to go some to beat McKong Will add screenshot when on other laptop I think if you lose a life at certain stages it's impossible to complete the round without running out of fuel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 COM (Novice): 97,920 COM (Pilot): 59,190 COM II: 51,450 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Caverns of Mars Novice: 43700 pts Pilot: 39450 pts Warrior: 25000 pts Commander: 22430 pts Rear Guard - 670 pts Novice Was the HSC record for Rear Guard set on Novice or some more skilled level? I saw that tomapetus scored 750 pts above. The first fleet consists of 60 escaping ships, then you get replenished for lost shields. If more than 10 ships have escaped or you are out of shields, you lose. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 4 hours ago, carlsson said: Caverns of Mars Novice: 43700 pts Pilot: 39450 pts Warrior: 25000 pts Commander: 22430 pts Rear Guard - 670 pts Novice Was the HSC record for Rear Guard set on Novice or some more skilled level? I saw that tomapetus scored 750 pts above. The first fleet consists of 60 escaping ships, then you get replenished for lost shields. If more than 10 ships have escaped or you are out of shields, you lose. Not played it yet... LAST TIME WE PLAYED IT ON LEVEL 2 SO SHALL WE DO THAT AGAIN FOLKS? Round 11 POLL OPEN: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/369305-hsc21-round-11-poll/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Oh, the joys of the A8 HSC with rules and terms changing in the middle of rounds... But yeah, perhaps difficulty level 2 is even more of a challenge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Rear Guard (level 2) - 820 pts, 41 hits 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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