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HSC 6 Contest 19: Trolls and Tribulations

Started by JellE, Sep 12 2009 10:24 AM

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#1 JellE OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:24 AM

Contest ends at 11:30 pm ET on Friday, September 25, 2009.



Trolls and Tribulations



Trolls and Tribulations was released in the USA in 1984 by Creative Software.




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8-BIT HIGH SCORE CLUB SEASON 6
Contest 19: Trolls and Tribulations Ends: 11:30 PM EDT Friday 09/25/2009
Player Place Score Points
dodgers 1st 130,900 12
MaPa 2nd 127,900 11
therealbountybob 3rd 112,950 10 (-10 due to bonus)
Deteacher 4th 57,890 9
Atardi 5th 43,050 8
Gwobby 6th 13,800 7
Goochman 7th 8,600 6
roadrunner 8th 8,000 5
GingerNinja 9th 7,800 4
bluecat 10th 5,450 3
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#2 roadrunner ONLINE  

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Posted Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:13 PM

8,000

Well, it looks like i'll lead things off with another game that i'm not too good at.
Good luck everybody :)


#3 mimo ONLINE  

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Posted Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:26 PM

1550, so you are not actually that bad;)
I think I am going to have problems with the control of this game, and the scrolling in emulation is giving me a headache:woozy:

#4 Gwobby OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:10 AM

Please add GingerNinja's score of 7,800 :)

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#5 Gwobby OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:32 AM

13800 level 1 maze 3 gingerninja dylan smellsatari001.png

#6 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:07 AM

18,250

I need to get used to the controls. It looks to me that it has slight lag and you do one more step everytime than you should :)

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#7 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:32 PM

28,300

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#8 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:38 AM

38,200

Looks like I'm playing alone now? :|

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#9 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:51 AM

46,500

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#10 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:47 AM

60,250

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#11 therealbountybob OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:26 AM

View PostMaPa, on Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:38 AM, said:

38,200

Looks like I'm playing alone now? :|

Later my friend... just letting you (all) get some practice in :P

#12 Atardi OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:43 AM

score : 43 050

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#13 therealbountybob OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:50 AM

;) Ok folks first go (2nd go in ten years) 74,040 Maze 2 Level 4 :D How's this for a one time bonus offer (if the boss'll let me): If you beat me at this game I'll donate you a ten point bonus from my overall score, so if 3 people beat me I lose 30 points etc just to make things interesting :ponder: one proviso; you have to go for all the treasures even if this means some tricky manouvers.

I love this game, you get used to the movement and scrolling mimo! If your new to it, kill the Cretins at the start by pulling down to fire, recharge by pulling down on the moving floor bit. Practice your jumping around here (button to jump over, up to jump up a level then hold left or right to land) as it's safer here before going through the door to the maze part.

The instructions and the review on the Atarimania link above are very good, some tips on scoring a few more points to be found here too.

GAME ON :P

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#14 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:35 AM

84,650

Let's end this round right now and gimme therealbountybob's 10 points! :)

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#15 dodgers OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:36 PM

Thats an interesting offer Bounty Bob. Though I imagine you are going to be hard to beat once you get warmed up. ;)

51900

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#16 Goochman OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:37 PM

8600

#17 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:27 AM

100,250

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#18 therealbountybob OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:17 AM

View PostMaPa, on Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:27 AM, said:

100,250

Great score MaPa[, I'd better play again later on ;)

[Edit - 68,450 I blew it! Too much under pressure of losing all those hard earned points ;) ]

Edited by therealbountybob, Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:44 PM.

#19 Deteacher OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:33 PM

57,890. It's been awhile since I've played this one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but the C64 version is much better, IMO. The controls are smoother and the background music is very nice.

For the record, I don't have a system preference overall. Some games I prefer on the Atari 8-bit...some others, C64. :)

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#20 MaPa OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:33 AM

View PostDeteacher, on Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:33 PM, said:

57,890. It's been awhile since I've played this one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but the C64 version is much better, IMO. The controls are smoother and the background music is very nice.

For the record, I don't have a system preference overall. Some games I prefer on the Atari 8-bit...some others, C64. :)

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Yes, Atari version is poorly programmed. It doesn't use any ATARI hw specific features, no PMG's, no HW scrolling.. it simply uses ANTIC mode E (bitmap mode) and redraws whole playfield every "frame" therefore the ugly scrolling etc. From the manual on atarimania.com you see it was released for C64, Atari and Apple II. Looks like they did C64 version and then quick port for Apple and ATARI and both platforms using the same code :) But anyway nice game thanks to HSC I played it and it's good. I would never play it on my own because of the first impression.

#21 therealbountybob OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:17 AM

View PostMaPa, on Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:33 AM, said:

View PostDeteacher, on Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:33 PM, said:

57,890. It's been awhile since I've played this one. I'm sorry if I offend anyone here, but the C64 version is much better, IMO. The controls are smoother and the background music is very nice.

For the record, I don't have a system preference overall. Some games I prefer on the Atari 8-bit...some others, C64. :)


Yes, Atari version is poorly programmed. It doesn't use any ATARI hw specific features, no PMG's, no HW scrolling.. it simply uses ANTIC mode E (bitmap mode) and redraws whole playfield every "frame" therefore the ugly scrolling etc. From the manual on atarimania.com you see it was released for C64, Atari and Apple II. Looks like they did C64 version and then quick port for Apple and ATARI and both platforms using the same code :) But anyway nice game thanks to HSC I played it and it's good. I would never play it on my own because of the first impression.
Dear Santa, I really like this game but if someone wanted a project :D I wonder what the history was, as searching Atarimania this is the only game 'Creative Software' released for the Atari. Maybe they were testing the market with a conversion and it didn't do well due to piracy :?: Does anyone know if there a batch of other C64 titles from them that we missed out on :?: Looks like I've got my work cut out saving my points, better schedule some serious Atari time :lust:

#22 dodgers OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:04 AM

88650

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#23 therealbountybob OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:10 PM

Well two goes at 58K and I was regretting this offer of a bonus challenge, but after a break for sustenance I got a bit further... you surely didn't think it'd be that easy ;)

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#24 bluecat OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:30 PM

5450.I'm too impatient and keep falling off :sad:

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Edited by bluecat, Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:32 PM.

#25 therealbountybob OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:32 AM

Slight Improvement 112,950 (Lv 3 Maze 2) :)

re comparison to C64 game I guess this suffered, like many other games, where they crammed the game into 48K, on the atarimania instructions the author said something like 'didn't have room to make the high-score table saveable'... :ponder:

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