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[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted.

Brush off your ace piloting skills because you're about to take off on a hair-raising adventure: air surveillance of unfriendly territory. This means a 10,000-mile obstacle course through ever-changing terrain...over craggy mountain tops, around tall city buildings, through long jagged tunnels. And that isn't all! The course is just rigged with chopper-stopping weapons like igniting rockets, heavy ground artillery, flying fireballs, and falling mines.

Every 1,000 miles of terrain brings ever-increasing challenges and ever-certain...danger. But a handsome payoff lies at the end for anyone who's got what it takes.

Game Information

Game Name: Super Cobra Released By: Parker Bros, 1983 Left Difficulty: N / A Right Difficulty: N / A Game Mode: Default (Medium Speed) Chosen By: toymailman Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores is Wednesday May 13th at 1:00 AM (CST).

Current High Scores 36,720 (darthkur) [+11] 24,210 (toymailman) [+10] 21,570 (vjames) [+9] 20,610 (chuckwalla) [+8] 18,440 (Mister VCS) [+7] 18,230 (roadrunner) [+6] 16,750 (Dryerlint) [+5] 14,970 (ChrisKoopa) [+4] 14,790 (rasty) [+3] 12,230 (LarcenTyler) [+2] 11,630 (mcge0053) [+1] 11,120 (aftermac) [+1] 10,160 (SpiceWare) [+1] 7840 (Impaler_26) [+1] 5200 (Kurt_Woloch) [+1] Best Tips vjames [+2] Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Game 1, Difficulty B) 57,550 (Mark Marrese) 54,740 (Robert T Mruczek) 25,830 (Alan W Hewston)

Current Standings toymailman [346] Deteacher [290] darthkur [242] aftermac [237] Kurt_Woloch [181] Impaler_26 [155] DarthCalvin [117] Mister VCS [89] jjd [87] shadow460 [81] SpiceWare [77] LarcenTyler [68] Hornpipe2 [55] the 5th ghost [47] Nathan Strum [46] mcge0053 [43] doctorclu [34] Zoyx [29] SeaGtGruff [29] IHATETHEBEARS [27] Jess Ragan [26] theKLT [26] homerwannabee [22] Jred [20] Spector [20] Omegamatrix [19] ClassicGMR [18] iangamer [15] MrBeefy [14] Shannon [13] roadrunner [12] LoneWolfSeth [12] vjames [12] midnight magicman [11] vdub_bobby [11] ed1475 [10] Random Terrain [10] maf [9] TimsterAA [9] DtY [8] godzillajoe [8] missioncontrol [8] chuckwalla [7] LS_Dracon [7] LaserHawk3000 [7] BSA Starfire's girlfriend [7] RJ [6] mightymage [5] lucifershalo [5] phaxda [5] Vectorman0 [4] vintagegamecrazy [4] Wickeycolumbus [3] joeypsp [2] rheffera [2] ratfink [2] sloth713 [1] Lendorien [1] Crazy Climber [1] Cafeman [1] Yar76 [1] Artlover [1] holgibo [1]

Scoring Points in Super Cobra

Hitting ground artillery. - 100 points Hitting a rocket - 50 points Hitting a fireball - 50 points Hitting a mine - 50 points Picking up booty - 5000 points Every 1,000 miles travelled - 900 points

Hints and Tips

The Manual

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide any specific hints.

vjames

Since the bombs/missiles disappear if you shoot early it is helpful to fly as low as possible and keep shooting and you'll pick up more ground targets. Also, with the continue function... I may try to die and end the game right before the 10th level and then leave the 10th intact (with the 5000 bonus), that would boost my score by another 5000 (plus whatever I got on the 10th level).

--Zero

[Impaler_26]

Let me start off this week with this amazing score:

7,840

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[rasty]

Can't really say I love the game... but that's not a good excuse not to play it

14,790

[aftermac]

11,120

Edited by aftermac, Wed May 6, 2009 4:25 PM.

[LarcenTyler]

I had a great score, but lost it because I accidentally pressed the fire button and started over!

[SpiceWare]

10,160

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[vjames]

21570

Since the bombs/missiles disappear if you shoot early it is helpful to fly as low as possible and keep shooting and you'll pick up more ground targets. Also, with the continue function... I may try to die and end the game right before the 10th level and then leave the 10th intact (with the 5000 bonus), that would boost my score by another 5000 (plus whatever I got on the 10th level).

This one's a lot of work on the keyboard and the jerky scrolling is rough to deal with too (maybe better since I worked last night and haven't slept yet...).

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[ChrisKoopa]

14,970

[roadrunner]

18,230

[chuckwalla]

20,610
Parker Brothers did a pretty good job as usual with their arcade ports for the 2600.

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[Dryerlint]

[darthkur]

36,720

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here's my best so far... 5200.

I have to admit that I didn't play this game for too long because I don't like it very much.

[Mister VCS]

13,530 13,810

I like this game more than Vanguard. The manual speaks about a "pause-function" (Color/B/W-switch), but this doesn't work with my
(PAL) cartridge. Is there a pause-mode in the NTSC-version?

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Edited by Mister VCS, Tue May 12, 2009 4:33 PM.

[toymailman]

I picked this game due to my abyssmal showing at the last NWCGE Atari Championships. Hadn't ever played this one before and it knocked me out of the tourney. I've got some practice in now.

24,210

[LarcenTyler]

12,230

[vjames]

Nice score toymailman... I got up to level 9 and died (on purpose), ending the game and using the continue function. I got through levels 9 and 10 with all my lives intact so I thought I'd be ready to really get a great score. Problem is I never made it past level 2. I know the potential is there to add about 9k to my previous score, but I think I'll concede defeat!

[Mister VCS]

18,440

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[mcge0053]

11,630


It took me forever to figure out that I got more fuel by SHOOTING the blue gas tanks. Too bad that's not how it works at the gas station down the street.