HSC Season 7 Week 36: Crazy Climber

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

Police have reported an agile daredevil, nicknamed "Crazy Climber" by residents, trying to scale the tallest building in the city. Witnesses, some of whom have been taken to the hospital with kinks in their necks, say that the climber has been barraged with flower pots, buckets of water, and baskets of fruit by a madman known only as the "Mad Doctor." Residents of the building have complained of the disturbance.

"It's impossible to get any sleep around here," said one red-eyed resident. "Flower pots keep breaking against the side of the building, a lunatic keeps climbing past my living room window, and to make matters worse - a crazy bird keeps flapping back and forth outside. I am going batty!"

According to highly placed city officials, the Crazy Climber has vowed to reach the top of the building against all odds. Officials, who have since inspected the building, have discovered loose hinges on many of the windows, causing them to close on the climber's fingers. "These buildings weren't built for climbing," said one city building inspector.

Police have blocked off the street and a 24-hour watch on the climber has been posted. A helicopter is waiting at the top of the building to pick up Crazy Climber - if he makes it.

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Game Information

Game Name: Crazy Climber
Released By: Atari, 1983
Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Climb Faster
Right Difficulty: N / A
Game Mode: Default - Building 1
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 April 28th at 1:00 AM (CST).

Current High Scores

151,200 (darthkur) [+11]
121,800 (toymailman) [+10]
94,600 (NML32) [+9]
93,600 (HatNJ) [+8]
90,400 (Zoyx) [+7]
61,400 (Player 3) [+6]
37,900 (roadrunner) [+5]
36,100 (Tr3vor) [+4]

Best Tips

None yet

Challenges

None

TwinGalaxies Top 3

(Game 2, Difficulty B)

140,900 (Robert Macauley)
56,300 (Stephen Knox)

Current Standings

toymailman [355]
Zoyx [259]
darthkur [191]
roadrunner [166]
shadow460 [150]
oyamafamily [143]
Cebus Capucinis [107]
JacobZu7zu7 [99]
Deteacher [92]
LarcenTyler [91]
Atardi [84]
vjames [71]
aftermac [70]
zylon [63]
Captain Beard [61]
godzillajoe [56]
katana [51]
keilbaca [42]
Mister VCS [38]
brandondwright [30]
Vectorman0 [29]
Carey85 [29]
4Ks [29]
homerwannabee [26]
Impaler_26 [26]
Hornpipe2 [25]
SpiceWare [24]
Wickeycolumbus [22]
devwebcl [21]
pis [19]
chuckwalla [17]
Tr3vor [15]
Pioneer4x4 [13]
Nathan Strum [11]
LoneWolfSeth [10]
NML32 [10]
LaserHawk [10]
vintagegamecrazy [9]
joeypsp [9]
Lendorian [9]
littleman jack [8]
kote [8]
Animan [6]
HatNJ [6]
Chris Leach [5]
MIKE5200 [4]
Skaarg [4]
JayWI [3]
Shannon [2]
jeremysart [2]
sloth713 [2]
jjd [2]
SpaceInvaders [2]
ChrisKoopa [1]
SeaGtGruff [1]
Nati [1]
disjuakifa [1]

Scoring Points in Crazy Climber

Climb one row - 100, 200, 300, or 400 points (Depending on which building)
Bonus points are like a timer - they measure the speed at which you climb a building. When you start climbing a new building, the maximum number of bonus points appears on the screen, above your score. For every ten seconds you climb, your bonus points decreases by 100 points. When you reach the top, you must grab the helicopter within 30 seconds, or you'll lose all your bonus points. You should grab the helicopter as fast as possible, since your bonus points continue to decrease until you touch the helicopter runner.

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. Here are the hints it provides:

Climb as fast as possible to score maximum bonus points.
Climb past closing windows quickly. Rmember that you can safely climb past any window as longs as it doesn't close completely on your hands. Don't wait for a window to close - climb past it.
Foil the Mad Doctor by clibing between two rows of windows. His missiles will whiz harmlessly past your head.
Try to predict where the helicopter will dip down to pick you up. Then move to the best place - fast!

--Zero

Zoyx, on Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:51 AM, said:

oyamafamily, on Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:23 PM, said:

Here is my tip for beginners: To learn playing this game, practice with NOVICE mode, but REMEMBER that the scores obtained from NOVICE MODE DO NOT COUNT!

Actually novice scores do count -

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Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Climb Faster
Game Mode: Default - Building 1

I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Novice game mode, and not the difficulty switch. If you use the Game Select switch, you can start on different buildings, as well as select Novice mode (it'll say so at the top of the screen).

Note that for some reason, Crazy Climber also uses down on the left controller to change game mode, so be careful you don't accidentally change modes!

--Zero