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[Ze_ro]

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

Beyond the orbit of the moon, a defenseless space colony is under heavy attack from the ruthless Megalytes. You are their only hope. Armed with packets of antimatter, you take control of an Antimatter Launcher. Suddenly the sky is ablaze with Megalyte war ships. You must destroy them before their formidable particle beams destroy you and the peace-loving colonists of L-5. It will take every ounce of skill and cunning at your disposal to blast the evil ones out of orbit.

Game Information

Game Name: Encounter at L-5 Released By: Data Age, 1982 Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Slow Approach Speed Right Difficulty: B / Novice - Slow Approach Speed Game Mode: Default Chosen By: Ze_ro 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 December 23rd at 1:00 AM (CST).

Current High Scores 4719 (toymailman) [+11] 4714 (LaserHawk) [+10] 4378 (shadow460) [+9] 3543 (Zoyx) [+8] 2902 (JacobZu7zu7) [+7] 2212 (Tr3vor) [+6] 1940 (darthkur) [+5] 1535 (roadrunner) [+4] 1512 (LoneWolfSeth) [+3] 1439 (aftermac) [+2] 853 (4Ks) [+1] 460 (LarcenTyler) [+1] Best Tips None Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Game 1, Difficulty B) 4589 (David B Yancey) 2693 (Greg Troutman) 2542 (Robert T Mruczek)

Current Standings toymailman [164] Zoyx [117] darthkur [96] shadow460 [90] Atardi [84] Deteacher [81] CebusCapucinis [71] vjames [71] Captain Beard [61] aftermac [60] godzillajoe [56] roadrunner [53] oyamafamily [42] keilbaca [42] Vectorman0 [29] homerwannabee [26] Hornpipe2 [25] SpiceWare [24] Wickeycolumbus [22] Carey85 [19] JacobZu7zu7 [19] pis [19] LarcenTyler [18] 4Ks [17] devwebcl [13] Mister VCS [13] Nathan Strum [11] kote [8] LoneWolfSeth [7] Animan [6] MIKE5200 [4] Skaarg [4] chuckwalla [3] Tr3vor [3] Shannon [2] jeremysart [2] vintagegamecrazy [2] sloth713 [2] jjd [2] ChrisKoopa [1] SeaGtGruff [1] Impaler_26 [1] Nati [1] disjuakifa [1]

Scoring Points in Encounter at L-5

You will score points for every Warrior Ship you hit--the farther away the ship, the more points you receive. You'll also score 10 points for each death ship you destroy.

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.

--Zero

[JacobZu7zu7]

1st time playing a paddle game on HSC.. and first time to post my score first

1,177

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[LarcenTyler]

460

[Tr3vor]

i probably got the lowest score in history: 91

i suck at this


EDIT: gots my new score: 2212

Stella's paddle emulation really bugs me.

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Edited by Tr3vor, Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:34 PM.

[roadrunner]

1,535

[aftermac]

1,059

[Zoyx]

1929

[toymailman]

2,249

[toymailman]

Big improvement.

4,650

[Zoyx]

3542

[aftermac]

1,439

[Zoyx]

3543 - no, I am not going to post a picture for a 1 point improvement.

[Zoyx]

I love these how-to videos. Corny, but give some good tips. The stategy of moving to the side of the death ship is good. You get the nice sharp angle to kill it. Just have to be careful not to warp right under the death ship. Also when in the center, generally shoot straight up. This will help prevent death ship spawn frags. That's the most frustrating thing in this game is the death ship spawning right on top of you, and taking a life before you know what's happened.

[Mister VCS]

My HSC-wishlist for 2010:

Smurf
Xenophobe
Stargate/Defender II
Roadrunner
Beamrider
Fathom
Bobby going home
Donkey Kong Jr.
Crossbow
Tutankham

[4Ks]

853

Kind of a cool game.

[JacobZu7zu7]

new second score, 1,718

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[LaserHawk]

LaserHawk roars back into the battle against MegaPests with a new PC and
this many number dead ships score..............

4,714


(Whew.....it's nice to be back)

[JacobZu7zu7]

3rd score, bigger one 2,902

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[LoneWolfSeth]

1303 haven't figured out the new camera yet
1512

Edited by LoneWolfSeth, Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:23 PM.

[toymailman]

Small improvement for me.

4,719

[shadow460]

3188. More later.

As promised...
4378

I got my TV card working, too! Now I can grab screenshots right off the RF line.

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Edited by shadow460, Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:09 PM.

[darthkur]

1,940

[shadow460]

I didn't get any higher, but I did record an mpeg video of a run where I scored 3,052. I wonder if that mpeg file can be submitted to Twin Galaxies for score verification and second place?

[Zoyx]

@shadow460 I think they require cams, not screen captures. But I do believe that mpeg files and similar are acceptable formats. http://www.twingalax...?c=70&id=4#HL34

[toymailman]

shadow460, on Wed Dec 23, 2009 1:04 AM, said:

I didn't get any higher, but I did record an mpeg video of a run where I scored 3,052. I wonder if that mpeg file can be submitted to Twin Galaxies for score verification and second place?

Third place, I recorded my 4,719 score.