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[JellE]

Contest ends at 11:30 pm ET on Friday, November 20, 2009.

Highrise

Highrise was released by Micro Fun in the US in 1983.

8-BIT HIGH SCORE CLUB SEASON 6
Contest 23: Highrise		Ends:	11:30 PM EDT Friday 11/20/2009
Player		Place	Score	Points
MaPa		1st	97,790	12
Gwobby		2nd	71,965	11
a8isa1		3rd	36,830	10
therealbountybob		4th	36,080	9
didgers		5th	33,370	8
sloopy		6th	30,540	7
poobah		7th	17,875	6
mopchop		8th	13,855	5
roadrunner		9th	3,170	4
bluecat		10th	3,010	3
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Edited by JellE, Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:42 AM.

[Gwobby]

I am the temporary champion!!!

By the way, I've noticed the guy on the front cover art looks a bit like me...

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[therealbountybob]

That's temporary enough Gwobster

6,870 I was one darn block away from completing level 5 then a serious pile of rubble

Really nice game, keyboard control folks (press escape for commands). Game doesn't display your score after your go for very long so catch it quickly!

Have fun

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[mopchop]

I am the champion, my friend

Edited by mopchop, Sat Nov 7, 2009 5:10 AM.

[mopchop]

You should try being good at this game next time guys!

Edited by mopchop, Sat Nov 7, 2009 5:10 AM.

[MaPa]

Is there any info about what being stable and what isn't? The blocks sometimes fall when I don't understand why, it should be stable in my opinion. Just to know what to avoid.

[mopchop]

MaPa, on Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:31 AM, said:

Is there any info about what being stable and what isn't? The blocks sometimes fall when I don't understand why, it should be stable in my opinion. Just to know what to avoid.

You can sometimes balance a block that is 3 pieces wide on top of a single block providing it is in the middle.If you struggle any more please just let me know and i am happy to help.

[MaPa]

Ok I figured it out I think so here is a new temporary champion!

25,835

Edited by MaPa, Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:57 AM.

[mopchop]

MaPa, on Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:56 AM, said:

Ok I figured it out I think so here is a new temporary champion!

25,835

highrise.png

i'm never helping you again

[MaPa]

mopchop, on Sat Nov 7, 2009 7:26 AM, said:

MaPa, on Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:56 AM, said:

Ok I figured it out I think so here is a new temporary champion!

25,835

highrise.png

i'm never helping you again

Don't worry, I have read your reply after I submitted my post with the score

Edited by MaPa, Sat Nov 7, 2009 7:36 AM.

[therealbountybob]

after several goes getting nowhere managed to get a bit further 14,035 (Level 10)

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[Gwobby]

Has anyone got this guy's number, I'm looking to get an extension to my house

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[Gwobby]

Oh no, MaPa, looks like your first victory may be slipping away

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[MaPa]

Gwobby, on Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:08 AM, said:

Oh no, MaPa, looks like your first victory may be slipping away

I don't think so, at least for now...

34,180

Edited by MaPa, Sun Nov 8, 2009 1:22 PM.

[a8isa1]

5,150

[MaPa]

Slight improvement..

35,370

Edited by MaPa, Sun Nov 8, 2009 5:07 PM.

[therealbountybob]

23,105 Had a go on the real Atari, UK colours not too great but it's still good fun... didn't pause it and get the photo in time

[bluecat]

3010 - I'll try and beat you next time Mopchop

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[dodgers]

33370

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[Gwobby]

After a certain point (about 40,000) you go back to level 1 and the time resets, but you still keep your score

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[MaPa]

Damn.. I wondered what will happen if I go over 99,999 points but I did mistake and then the tower just kept falling like 3 times in a row so no time to finish

97,790

Edited by MaPa, Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:14 PM.

[roadrunner]

3,170

[therealbountybob]

Mini Table Time

#1 MaPa 97,790 L.61
2nd Gwobby 71,965 L.45
3rd dodgers 33,370 L.21
4th therealbountybob 23,105 L.17ish
5th MopChop 7,940 L.6
6th a8isa1 5,150 L.4?
7th roadrunner 3,170 L.3
8th bluecat 3,010 L.3

Plenty of time left to play, definitely takes a few goes to get the hang of it... sort of

Edited by therealbountybob, Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:31 AM.

[sloopy]

10960 level 8

when i stopped using logic to stack them and started using illogic, i was able to break 5000 points...


sloopy.

[therealbountybob]

sloopy, on Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:01 AM, said:

10960 level 8

when i stopped using logic to stack them and started using illogic, i was able to break 5000 points...


sloopy.

Welcome to the HSC sloopy

May be someone (atariksi ) can produce the actual formula for 'illogic'

I searched for the game's author Joe Calabrese and think I found him here very interesing career. I've tried to guess his work email address and make contact with him, but if someone is a paid member of Linkedin maybe they would be so kind as to drop him a mail with a link here to let him know his great game is being played all these years on?!

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