adams_ale Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 This is my first contest and the winner will be the person who can prove that they can actually beat Spike's Peak. There has never been another game that has caused me to press the reset switch as much as this game. The final scene in the game is where the climber puts a flag at the top of the mountain. For authentication that you have beaten this game I ask that you take a picture of this scene with your high score(it shows this scene with 000000 as your score at the top of the mountain if you don't do anything at the beginning). I will give a prize to the first two people who can validate their win. The prize will be your choice of one game from the following list: Cosmic Swarm, Private Eye, Mr. Do, Dark Mage, H.E.R.O., or the white BMX Airmaster(R4). This contest will last till next Friday or until there are winners, if any. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Would the prizes be by any chance a year supply of the pink stuff? I know Spike Peak can be beaten but it's probably one of the hardest 2600 game if not the #1 hardest of all. (games with no ending doesn't count) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 Added one more cart to the selection: Frogger II. and not sure if I should ask, but what is the pink stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 pink stuff = champagne ? I think I finally got that. You probably do deserve a year's supply of bubbly if you beat this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpddytim Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I was going to make a low brow remark about what "pink stuff" could be but I'll refrain. :wink: -Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 pink stuff is pepto bismol to relieve the ulcer the player may have suffered trying to finish the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 6, 2004 Author Share Posted June 6, 2004 I was going to make a low brow remark about what "pink stuff" could be but I'll refrain. :wink: -Tim I thought of that one already; that's why I was almost afraid to ask. So it's Pepto Bismol. Like I would have ever thought of that! Don't know about ulcers, but I've broken some stuff as a result of my venting anger over this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Good gosh, this game is hard! My highest score so far is a pathetic and measly 3000! I finally figured out that I can stick my head in tree stumps to hide! Does anyone have any tips? I'd like to at least pass the first screen. (Heck, I'd be happy to make it to the second switchback!) This is how it ends 99% of the time (the bear gets me the other 1%): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Okay, disregard my last post. I've learned a little more about this now... and I've been as far as the third screen. I actually think this is one of the more intriguing/fun VCS games I've played in some time. I'm going to have to get a copy. So my question is... how many levels/screens are there till the top of the peek? Great contest, BTW. It got me to play a good game I'd probably never have tried otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Wow! I love this game. Now I'm a little confused, because when I made it to the top, it started me over with only 2 flags down bottom instead of 3. Does that mean you have to post three flags? Oh, and I don't know if I even qualify to be in the contest anyways, as I don't own the real cart and I'm playing with a z26/stelladapter combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 I really don't like this game. Between the Eagle and the Falling Snow/Ice, the game is really not fun. Why does the guy fall down after planting the flag?? My last man died at the peak of the mountain, one step away from planting the flag (2nd Mountain). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Wow! I love this game. Now I'm a little confused, because when I made it to the top, it started me over with only 2 flags down bottom instead of 3. Does that mean you have to post three flags? Oh, and I don't know if I even qualify to be in the contest anyways, as I don't own the real cart and I'm playing with a z26/stelladapter combo. I think the flags are your lives remaining?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 I think the flags are your lives remaining?? Oh... <--------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 7, 2004 Author Share Posted June 7, 2004 I didn't think about the emulator when I planned this game, but I don't have a problem with you using it to play the game as long as it is played without any emulation tricks or aids. Trust both of you. Therefore, mojofltr and neotokeo are the WINNERS. I have no idea how you beat the game two times in a row. You run out of air the further you go up so you can die right before you plant the flag; you are at the top though and you said that you had planted it previously so that counts. Congratulations to the both of you. Mojofltr gets the first pick as he responded first and then Neotokeo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 If you plug the Spike Peak and leave it on, it will do a self playing demo all the way up to the peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 7, 2004 Author Share Posted June 7, 2004 yeah, the score will show 000000 so you know that no one has played. The opening run through makes the games look extremely easy, which of course it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 7, 2004 Author Share Posted June 7, 2004 Still one more winner allowed!! Mojofltr has graciously given up his prize so that the contest will continue. The next winner will have to come from a t.v. set and be played from the cartridge of Spike's Peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 How about this one? I didn't actually win this but it's a shot of the game's demo *with* the score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 7, 2004 Author Share Posted June 7, 2004 how did you do that?!! geez....is there anyway to actually show that a person has beaten this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smada Bez Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 yay! I finally beat it. Sorry for the crappy pic. The little cord on my camera got in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smada Bez Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 And I forget to attach the pic. Here it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams_ale Posted June 7, 2004 Author Share Posted June 7, 2004 The contest is now over. Thanks to Susuwatari I now see how there could be a way around actually winning. I'll let the contest be over now and trust the word of those who have responded. Thanks to everyone who responded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 how did you do that?!! geez....is there anyway to actually show that a person has beaten this game. After you've played and used up all 3 lives, leave the controller alone and it'll start the demo mode but with your score in place. The demo has color cycling right away, and from the picture, when you actually win the game, there's no color cycling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Well, I beat this game 3 times last night, but unfortunately the screen doesn't freeze, so I gave up trying to get a picture with my roomates camera. The only score I remember was 46150, I think. Anyway, I discovered if you let the game sit for a few minutes, even if you still have lives left to play, it will jump into demo mode. Spike will make his way up the mountain with your current score still intact, but by the time you get a camera ready to take a photo when he's at the top of the mountain, the game resets itself, putting Spike back at the start screen and erasing your score forever! Oh well. I had a better time playing Crazy Taxi on the PS2 afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 No prize is neccesary. It would remind me that I actually played this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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