Northcoastgamer Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 (edited) HIGH SCORE CLUB Season 17 Round 13 Game Information Game Name: Decathlon Released by: Original Game: David Crane/Activision 1983 . CV: Action Graphics 1984. Settings: One Player CV HSC High Score: 10,298 ed1475 (7/2021 HSC 14). Manual: http://adamarchive.org/archive/Manuals/ColecoVision/Decathlon%2C The Activision.pdf Decathlon Bonus Points: Play the game & post a score=+3 Score 1,000= +2, Score 2,000= +3, Score 4,000= +4, Score 6,000= +5, Score 7,500=+7, Score 9,000= +10, Score 10,000 & up=+12 Break a CV HSC High Score= +10 Set a New CV HSC Score= +15 Round Ends: Sunday August 4th at 8:00pm(PST) 11:00pm (EST) Everyone who posts a score throughout the season will be entered into a drawing at seasons end for a special prize! The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well. Season 17 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rule Final Decathlon Scores 1)10,947 Rogerpoco +3 +12 +10 +15 2)10,338 Mikey50 +3 +12 +10 3)10,104 ed1475 +3 +12 4) 9,820 Northcoastgamer +3 +10 5) 8,817 DuggerVideoGames +3 +7 6) 8,486 ctelkin19 +3 +7 7) 8,235 fakecortex +3 +7 7,415 TheCurlyBard +3 +5 9) 6,212 Colecovision +3 +5 10) 3,410 jblenkle +3 +3 Round 13 Totals - Including Bonus Points 1){140} Rogerpoco 2){119} Mikey50 3){107} ed1475 4){103} Northcoastgamer 5) {91} DuggerVideoGames 6) {88} ctelkin19 7) {85} fakecortex {72} TheCurlyBard 9) {65} Colecovision 10) {37} jblenkle Season Standings - After 13 Rounds 1)1096 Colecovision 2) 881 DuggerVideoGames 3) 771 Northcoastgamer 4) 746 jblenkle 5) 495 ctelkin19 6) 473 fakecortex 7) 426 ed1475 341 Mikey50 9) 140 Rogerpoco 10) 120 TheCurlyBard 11) 116 chuckwalla 12) 83 DNA128k Good Luck! decathlon-the-activision-1983.rom Edited August 7 by Northcoastgamer Final Score Update 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 This will be a 2 week round in order to get those arms and wrists in shape. Round 14 will still begin next week. Enjoy the summer and best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Woo, the WHOLE Decathlon, huh? That's a booger! I managed 12,038, can't find the vid, only the pic, but that's not like me, it's SOMEWHERE on my pc, lol, mislabeled. (This is NOT a score submission, was months ago). Few tips, if no one minds. Go as fast as you can, and run/jump/throw at the right time. Kidding. Ah, first-I'm REALLY bad at the games I am bad at. Like, worse than yur Grandkids, haha. But I'm kinda also equally as good at the few things I AM good at. Have played many, many versions of Decathlon, finding ways to "go fast", w/o using a pencil, lol(but close...), is kinda one of my fascinations in the games. Atari 2600-Trackball, haha, same for C64 and Atari 8bits, it makes a hard game fun, lol, hitting your marks becomes the challenge, you can max the meter. Coleco was the toughest so far, by far, to crack. I don't prefer it, but I can go acceptably fast with a joystick, left/right, if I have to, and I was nowhere close to the individual event W/R's, trackball wouldn't cooperate with the Coleco, nothing was helping. I know it's already known, but the Atari Track and Field controller is the way to go, it's NOT an "easy fix", like the trackball on other systems, you gotta beat the crap out of your arms, but it's still faster, tho you still, AFAIK, can't max the meter on Coleco Decathlon. Wouldn't swear to it, but almost. I'm sure the effect could be replicated on EMU, with pushbuttons for anyone having an X-Arcade or something similar, I'm not sure tbh. I'd try it tho, for sure, program one pushbutton to left, the other to right, and another to throw and jump. Unlike many/most Track and Field games, you won't get false starts on the running events-something anyone would eventually figure out, but I wasted a lot of time going slower than I needed to until I figured it out, lol. Don't let the hurdles, 400 meter, and 1500 meter catch you out scratching your butt, lol, know when they are coming up, you don't get a rest there. For those trying to tap-some events seem to prefer slightly different tapping speeds. Can't remember, but seems like Long Jump is fast, and Javelin is a tad slower. Some events, say, shotput-take one quick step/tap, stop, then go like hell. Sometimes it'll put you closer to the line when you throw, with a good meter. Figure out how to half-ass the first 1300 meters of the 1500 meter, w/o completely screwing it up. You DO have to use more effort than any other version of Decathlon for the first 1300 meters, but not as much as the sprint. If you are going for an overall, make sure you get a good 100 meters, and long jump, and mebbe even the next event(shotput? too lazy to look and see). If not, just restart. Figure a good pace, and if you aren't there just abandon the game. A good bit of that is something some people will easily automatically know, I don't mean to insult intelligence, but tbh, I've "been mentored", and know exactly the kind of stuff that's sometimes easy to miss/not think about. Gonna be a lot of arms hurting after this one... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 8,851 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Decathlon - 2,351 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colecovision Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 4,084 My first try. I don’t think I want to try again! Lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 5377 I stink at pole vault, I'm not getting it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCurlyBard Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I read the manual Great memories of playing this on my friends C64 7415 My 1500 meter time is nearly exactly the same! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 9,444. First stab at it. Need lots of practice. Hurdles are my downfall. Trying to get the "feel" and a "rhythm" with the Track n Field controller. I remember playing this one with a good friend of mine from Elmira Heights NY at his house about 40 years ago. Seems like yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 9,820. Some improvement need a break. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 4 hours ago, Northcoastgamer said: 9,820. Some improvement need a break. I actually plugged mine in last night, to give it a shot- If you remember, I sent you a pic, beating the all-time score here, but wasn't during a tourney- I'm gonna try to match/beat my best, 12k+. So close to 10K, Man, you gotta get it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 9,964 Played with Coleco ADAM and Atari 2600 Track & Field controller. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) Gonna get in on this one, I hope! Edited July 24 by Rogerpoco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 13 minutes ago, ed1475 said: 9,964 Played with Coleco ADAM and Atari 2600 Track & Field controller. If you have a trackball-try that. I'm pretty sure it'll max the meter on ADAM. Like, PLEASE try it. I want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 5 hours ago, Northcoastgamer said: Sweet controller! This will likely be a one and done for me, but I would totally try it with all sorts of controllers if I had...wait...*checks video game spreadsheet*... I have this cart! I'll give it a go with all sorts of controllers. So long as my system doesn't crap out on me. Which it likely will. I recall giving up on my system a bit ago b/c of all the glitching. But I do have an atari trackball @Rogerpoco so fwiw I'll give it a whirl. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 10,104 Coleco ADAM with Atari 2600 Track & Field controller. @Rogerpoco I don't have the trackball. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctelkin19 Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Jesus, what a workout! Feel the burn! Decathlon 8486 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 15 hours ago, ed1475 said: 10,104 Coleco ADAM with Atari 2600 Track & Field controller. @Rogerpoco I don't have the trackball. They aren't the easiest to find, but not impossible either-I really do believe ADAM/Trackball is the optimal way to play this, but ya, not many folks will have that magic combination of "stuff". Jealous of the ADAM, Man, cool stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Was testing out anything that’ll plug into the Colecovision (which managed not to glitch out on me!). My Atari trackball doesn’t register at all (just realized @Rogerpoco already said that). I didn’t want to damage any of my good joysticks, and luckily I found that one I got as a convention freebie a million years ago worked very nicely. I mean, the 1500 still broke my arm by the end, but the joystick held up. It’s an Epyx 500XJ, and the curved body is actually pretty comfortable. It allows for good handling of the joystick with an easy button press when needed. I also tried it facedown on a pillow for the 1500 and it worked fine. I’d like to try a trackball that works tho. Always seemed like an impractical game to play with joysticks since I’m sure it’s caused many to break. The Activision Decathlon - 8,235 A new pb! Never thought I’d pick this thing back up and prefer to use it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 17 minutes ago, fakecortex said: Was testing out anything that’ll plug into the Colecovision (which managed not to glitch out on me!). My Atari trackball doesn’t register at all (just realized @Rogerpoco already said that). I didn’t want to damage any of my good joysticks, and luckily I found that one I got as a convention freebie a million years ago worked very nicely. I mean, the 1500 still broke my arm by the end, but the joystick held up. It’s an Epyx 500XJ, and the curved body is actually pretty comfortable. It allows for good handling of the joystick with an easy button press when needed. I also tried it facedown on a pillow for the 1500 and it worked fine. I’d like to try a trackball that works tho. Always seemed like an impractical game to play with joysticks since I’m sure it’s caused many to break. The Activision Decathlon - 8,235 A new pb! Never thought I’d pick this thing back up and prefer to use it. Very nice! Ya, I swear, I'm a really smart...dumbass, lol, and I'd managed to crack all the other versions, I really put work into this one, was SUCH a bummer that the trackball didn't work, and I honestly considered trying to get an ADAM, knowing the trackball worked with it, for the W/R's on the individual events, but it was just too much $ for one game. That's a very good score, for a left/right stick running style. Real cart, too. Known you a while, mebbe even when you were brand new. You are in it for real, ain't ya? Cool deal. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey50 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 9012 my wrist is broken lol. Its a shame I did not see your text until too late I had 160000+ on Pac man and stopped that's my luck 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 On 7/24/2024 at 11:43 AM, Northcoastgamer said: 9,444. First stab at it. Need lots of practice. Hurdles are my downfall. Trying to get the "feel" and a "rhythm" with the Track n Field controller. I remember playing this one with a good friend of mine from Elmira Heights NY at his house about 40 years ago. Seems like yesterday. If I'm not mistaken, I have the WR on that-and I hit a hurdle. Should fact-check myself, but I'm almost sure. Like, sometimes if you hit a hurdle, and manage to tap just right, accidentally, you don't really slow down, I remember it being very odd. Awesome, seeing your buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Decathlon - 3,410 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Haven’t improved my overall score, but I keep getting faster at the 1500m 🥵 Just hit 3:45.24. Probably shouldn’t have hit the bar all three attempts at the pole vault… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colecovision Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 6,212 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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