Cousin Vinnie Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Alright, another Arcade Classic has us in the mood for love. Anyone can enter the contest. Visit the Atari 7800 website for the results from previous weeks and more glorious colors. www.flipsiderunner.com/7800 There will be two new additional point standings races as well as the main points standings list. This is just for fun, but this way more people will be in the running for Titles of some sort. You can compete for imaginary cash and prizes in: 1) The Total Points Standings List 2) The 7800 Arcade Points Standings List (for Arcade conversions) 3) The 7800 Domestic Points Standings List (For Atari orignals and Computer conversions) Anyway, hope this adds to the fun Cousin Vinnie Here are the Total Point Standings: 1. Jedi Jeff 13pts 1. Trip Cannon 13pts 3. Cousin Vinnie 12pts 4. Rockman X 8pts 5. Shannon 5pts 6. NE146 4pts 6. Goochman 4pts 8. Atari Wizard 8. BJK 8. CShell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 17, 2004 Author Share Posted May 17, 2004 Oh yeah, contest ends Friday at 11:59PM CV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I hope we are playing this on "Expert" difficulty because I just played one game on "Intermedeate" and my score was 992,250 on wave 38. I am going to play a game on expert right now and see what I get. I have been getting a lot of practice on Midway Arcade Treasures. I play that quite a bit at default arcade difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I agree. Expert mode is a challenging mode for this game. I played on Novice level and looped the wave counter... got through 117 waves with a near 4,000,000 score. I tried intermediate and I got a touch over 600,000. However, on expert I have the meager offer of 174,925 in (a pathetic) 9 waves. Of course, it has been about 5 years since I really dug into a nice game of Robotron. Hopefully I'll get my skill back again soon. But here's my picture for submittal anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 How are you guys playing this.. with 2 joysticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 How are you guys playing this.. with 2 joysticks? This setup works pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 Cousin Vinnie, I'm just curious how the individual points lists work.. I have 6 points in one list and 5 in the other for a total of 11.. but in the overall list I have 13... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 And what level of difficulty are we playing at? Expert? Or easy? Or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 How are you guys playing this.. with 2 joysticks? I'm using the two joystick setting through the emulator. The gamepad that I have for my PC is very similar to a PS2 controller, so I just set up the control pad for the first joystick and the face buttons for the other joystick (similar to how all the arcade classic collection things that have Robotron are configured). Seems to be the easiest way to play the game. But then again on expert mode, such a setup is almost necessary. For me, it is, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijeff Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I think we should use the expert setting as well. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I think we should use the expert setting as well. Jeff I am playing it on Expert. This game is pretty contest proof also. If you let it go back to the title screen it will show your score and difficulty setting. And if you try to change the difficulty after that your score will dissappear. I have been getting around 140k on waves 10 and 11, I don't know how rockman_x_2002 got 174k in 9 waves. (he must be picking up all the people) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijeff Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 My high so far is 210725. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Your not going to like this jedijeff I just had a really good game also. I did the second brain wave almost perfect and had a goldmine of people walking around. 258,875 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Guess I'll use 2 joysticks. I do know that if I had a pad with a diamond button configuration on the right, I'd kick mighty ass But for these competitions.. it's real hardware or nothing I've decided for myself. Maybe I'll duct tape 2 2600 controllers together and see how that works Incidentally, my high in the arcade game default level is over a million at default difficulty. I've also hit the million on a pad in Williams Arcade Classics for the psx but it did take me a while to adjust and it's rare I get that high. So let's see how that translates to the 7800! So... Expert level it is? Are we all in agreement? What's the deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I have been getting around 140k on waves 10 and 11, I don't know how rockman_x_2002 got 174k in 9 waves. (he must be picking up all the people) Exactly. I try to give every person that I see in the level a free trip home before the Hulks and the Brains get 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Finally... a score worthy of holding on to. 714,350 at Wave 27 I think (I really am not sure because I lost track, but the last number I saw was 27 though). The brain waves were very generous to me, placing the folks in the center of the arena so I could grab a good many of them (along with a couple extra lives or so) before dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Maybe I'll duct tape 2 2600 controllers together and see how that works This is funny as hell, as soon as I got my cuttle cart 2 I remember everyone raving over marbel craze I just used some clear packing tape to secure my two paddles together in the right arrangement. Worked great with no residue left behind. Fun game too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Well I tried playing it with 2 joysticks and it was difficult.. but on the default level I got to about 100k and stopped. So I decided to try it via emulation so I could try it with my sidewinder. I downloaded MESS, figured it out for a bit.. then after I finally configured it properly, tried playing it using the right buttons for joystick 2. And it was a lot easier! But man I felt dirty. Thing about emulators is of course SAVE STATES. I mean obviously with them anyone and their brother could score anything they want. Naturally that goes against the honor system here.. but hey, how would any of you know? The answer is.. you wouldn't! Anyway here's my score on my first attempt: Emulator used: MESS Level: EXPERT Controller: MS Sidewinder Savestates: hell no Stage: forgot.. and it goes away.. I think it was 14? Score: 362,875 I'm gonna try it via emu one more time.. I gotta admit, for Robotron, the control comfort is addicting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Only slightly better.. 414,850. k sleepytime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 Hey Trip, my goof up. I'm sure you knew that. I fixed it for ya. And I guess I have the final say so on this, but I am NOT a Robotron expert or anything so after seeing those crazy scores I'm gonna agree with the people who know on this one. Let's play this one on Expert Level! CV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 I just realized that I suck badly at this game. Couple that with the fact that I don't find it very fun and the Cousin Vinnie fans need to bet on someone else this week. I will get something up by Friday that will be halfway decent tho. Cousin Vinnie PS: the 7800 HSC webpage has been updated... www.flipsiderunner.com/7800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Maybe you're playing it with only one joystick? Part of what MAKES Robotron the game is the ability to move in one direction and shoot in another. This total independence of both movement and shots is integral to playing this game and making it fun. Any other way.. and it's no fun, and you're up shit creek Or maybe you know that already but just thought I'd throw it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Not so good: 66525 High Score cart on the CC2 is nice though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip_Cannon Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I just realized that I suck badly at this game. Couple that with the fact that I don't find it very fun and the Cousin Vinnie fans need to bet on someone else this week. I will get something up by Friday that will be halfway decent tho. Good lord man... you're not the only one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 It's amazing how good my scores have always been for Atari original games and how everyone and their dog could pick me up and kick me in the junk when it came to Arcade Classics. I was surprised I got 7th out of 10 in Ms. Pac-Man LOL Cousin Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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