Blackjack Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Ok, I have to pick the High Score Club game for next week and I just don't know if I can handle the pressure. I would warmly welcome any suggestions from hsc players for a game they would like to play next week. I'll play through them and make a choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 sure Galaxian has always been a pretty fun game too play. Also there is only one extra man awarded which make's it harder to play the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Gremlins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Sneak and Peek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Hi there! If it was my turn, I'd pick "Alien" right now Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 (edited) Have you done any of these yet: E.T. Solar Fox Lock 'N' Chase Marauder Subterranea Laser Gates Edited December 17, 2007 by Random Terrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 My suggestions: Thrust+ Defender II Keystone Kapers Centipede Millipede Demon Attack Frostbite Bump 'n' Jump Galaxian Qb Seawolf I'm pretty sure none of those have been picked. Or a sports game? I don't think any sports games have been chosen yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Skeet Shoot :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeedde Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 moycon = evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 No Escape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 No Escape! Seconded. That's a great, challenging, overlooked game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dones Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Save Mary! Please Blackjack, you are the only one that can help her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 BASIC Programming. Most impressive program wins. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 I think it's time to put up a nice page that lists all the past 2600 High Score Contests, with a link to each thread and the winner. Might make it a bit easier to choose additional challenges down the road, plus it would be nice to have them all indexed together on one page. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 there is a thread that lists all the games picked up until now. Ze_ro has been updating it as well, but an actual Feature page with HSC information would be very cool too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 there is a thread that lists all the games picked up until now. Ze_ro has been updating it as well Yep, I regularly* update the High Score Club Rules & Info Thread with a listing of all the games played, as well as links to the appropriate thread and other info. I link to it every week when I post the latest game, although I'm not sure how many people actually read through it all. * For varying defitions of the word "regular" --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dones Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Mary hasn't been saved before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 there is a thread that lists all the games picked up until now. Ze_ro has been updating it as well Yep, I regularly* update the High Score Club Rules & Info Thread with a listing of all the games played, as well as links to the appropriate thread and other info. I link to it every week when I post the latest game, although I'm not sure how many people actually read through it all. * For varying defitions of the word "regular" --Zero Duhhrr, of course, I have seen that thread before, but completely spaced on it when I posted earlier. It must take forever to edit that post! At least it'll be quick with the new software. I must warn you, the new forum software is going to horribly crucify all the nicely formatted HTML messages you've been posting. It seems to strip out and/or override a good amount of the HTML you are using, so the messages don't look quite as nice (although they are still readable). Not much I can do about that, unfortunately, and I've already spent some time looking into it. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 there is a thread that lists all the games picked up until now. Ze_ro has been updating it as well Yep, I regularly* update the High Score Club Rules & Info Thread with a listing of all the games played, as well as links to the appropriate thread and other info. I link to it every week when I post the latest game, although I'm not sure how many people actually read through it all. * For varying defitions of the word "regular" --Zero Duhhrr, of course, I have seen that thread before, but completely spaced on it when I posted earlier. It must take forever to edit that post! At least it'll be quick with the new software. I must warn you, the new forum software is going to horribly crucify all the nicely formatted HTML messages you've been posting. It seems to strip out and/or override a good amount of the HTML you are using, so the messages don't look quite as nice (although they are still readable). Not much I can do about that, unfortunately, and I've already spent some time looking into it. ..Al Maybe it'd be easier to archive the old HSC threads instead of keeping them active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Chopper Command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Duhhrr, of course, I have seen that thread before, but completely spaced on it when I posted earlier. It must take forever to edit that post! At least it'll be quick with the new software. Actually, the only reason it takes as long as it does is usually because I wait like, 5 months between updates and then have that much more stuff to add into it... In fact, pretty much all of the HSC stuff comes down to copying, pasting, and then editing in the appropriate info... In reality, things probably take WAY less time than people think. One of these days I still need to take the time to reverse the order on the Season 1 listing... why on earth I decided to have it in reverse order in the first place is something I'll never know. On the other hand, if you're referring more to the delay caused by the forum software, then yes, it seems to take an awfully long time... but I've mostly gotten used to that. However, I often worry that the entire forum might be grinding to a halt for everyone else while my post edits go through If anyone happens to catch the site taking a LONG time to do something, check the list to see if I'm online, and then you probably know the cause I must warn you, the new forum software is going to horribly crucify all the nicely formatted HTML messages you've been posting. It seems to strip out and/or override a good amount of the HTML you are using, so the messages don't look quite as nice (although they are still readable) D'oh! I was actually hoping the new software might be a little more cooperative as far as HTML goes... phpBB doesn't like whitespace, so all my tags have to be back-to-back in the post, which makes things a bit touchy. Sounds like there might be a pretty steep learning curve for me when the changeover hits... Does the new software support more BBCode tags? I've noticed that trying to include HTML tags that duplicate existing BBCode tags (like making lists, bold and colored text and so forth) seem to barf on the existing software, so perhaps it will just be a matter of swapping tags to get it to work *crosses fingers*, although even still, thats almost 50 threads to go through fixing up formatting. One of these days, I hope to dump spreadsheets altogether and consolidate all the data into an SQL database and automate things for the most part, which might make it easier to just host each HSC page on my own server (Unless the new software allows me to include PHP scripting within posts ). Oh well, I suppose I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Incidentally, does the new software have any particular limits on topic length? I'm not sure what the current limit on this software is, but I remember I hit it quite hard during all the Atarilympics stuff (Boy, was that a tough thread to edit!) --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Maybe it'd be easier to archive the old HSC threads instead of keeping them active. Even if they are archived, they still need to be imported into the old software, as I am not going to leave the old forum online (and links to the old forum will redirect to the new). However, I do plan on organizing all the high score contests into their own forum, as the various High Score Contest threads (and not just for the 2600) are scattered all over the place right now. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 On the other hand, if you're referring more to the delay caused by the forum software, then yes, it seems to take an awfully long time... but I've mostly gotten used to that. However, I often worry that the entire forum might be grinding to a halt for everyone else while my post edits go through If anyone happens to catch the site taking a LONG time to do something, check the list to see if I'm online, and then you probably know the cause Yeah, I was talking about the long time it takes for the forum to actually edit a message once you click the "Submit" button. This delay will go away once we switch over to IPB. And editing messages does cause the rest of the forum to slow down a bit (especially if multiple edits are taking place), and this is the reason why the Edit button is currently disabled. D'oh! I was actually hoping the new software might be a little more cooperative as far as HTML goes... phpBB doesn't like whitespace, so all my tags have to be back-to-back in the post, which makes things a bit touchy. Sounds like there might be a pretty steep learning curve for me when the changeover hits... Does the new software support more BBCode tags? I've noticed that trying to include HTML tags that duplicate existing BBCode tags (like making lists, bold and colored text and so forth) seem to barf on the existing software, so perhaps it will just be a matter of swapping tags to get it to work *crosses fingers*, although even still, thats almost 50 threads to go through fixing up formatting. Yes, the new software does support BBCode tags. I'll give you access to the new forum so you can take a look at the existing HSC threads and see if you can figure out a nice way to format future posts. I didn't think you'd want to go back and edit the previous 50 threads. Ack! One of these days, I hope to dump spreadsheets altogether and consolidate all the data into an SQL database and automate things for the most part, which might make it easier to just host each HSC page on my own server (Unless the new software allows me to include PHP scripting within posts ). Oh well, I suppose I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. I'd be happy to host that on AtariAge if you want to put that together. There's no way to use PHP scripting within posts (I can't even imagine how that might be abused.. ) Incidentally, does the new software have any particular limits on topic length? I'm not sure what the current limit on this software is, but I remember I hit it quite hard during all the Atarilympics stuff (Boy, was that a tough thread to edit!) There are limits, but I can easily change them, so that won't be a problem again. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Astroblast Bump 'n' Jump Dark Cavern River Raid River Raid 2 (Just a few ideas) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scogey Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 how bout Airlock, or checkers? just kidding. Galaxian or perhaps Vanguard, cuz the only good aliens are dead aliens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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