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[oyamafamily]

TWIN GALAXIES TOP 3 (for statistics):

Squeeze Box (Game 1, Difficulty B):
1) 654,420 (Todd Rogers)
2) 100,670 (Alan W Hewston)
3) 8,790 (Joseph Knasin)

Astroblast (Game 1, Difficulty B):
1) 1,011,275 (Frankie Cardulla)
2) 999,990 (Todd Rogers, Stephen Riesenberger)
3) 127,500 (Troy Whelan)

Atlantis (Game 1, Difficulty B):
1) 10,604,840 (Rodrigo Lopes - Emulator)
2) 6,271,120 (Frankie Cardulla)
3) 5,105,910 (Douglas C Korekach)

Kaboom! (Game 1, Difficulty B):
1) 999,999 (Todd Rogers, Robert T Mruczek, Douglas C Korekach)
2) 279,833 (Keith C Post)
3) 170,867 (Stephen Riesenberger)

Edited by oyamafamily, Thu Sep 2, 2010 5:38 PM.

[Deteacher]

Sorry...double post.

Edited by Deteacher, Thu Sep 2, 2010 8:17 PM.

[Deteacher]

After a few warm-up games, I rolled Atlantis. Two pics. First one is right before rolling. Second one is right after.

Edited by Deteacher, Thu Sep 2, 2010 8:18 PM.

[roadrunner]

Astroblast

4,000

[toymailman]

On the board (I'll do Atlantis later).

Kaboom!: 4,841
Squeeze Box: 5,740
Astroblast: 18,355

[zylon]

Ok, here's my Astroblast score with diff switches working 100%
18,925

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[Deteacher]

Zoyx, on Wed Sep 1, 2010 7:14 PM, said:

Who has the definitive fix for Paddle jitter?

A lot of people take the control knob off and spray contact cleaner into the paddle's pot. I disassemble the entire paddle assembly and clean all the old grease and gunk off the dial switch with a simple piece of tissue. Reassemble and they work like a charm.

I'm about to do that with a set of paddles today. Maybe I'll document my process and post it in the forums (if someone hasn't done it already.)

EDIT:

After a quick search, I see that our friend, Longhorn Engineer, has already done so. Here's a link:

http://www.longhorne...lers/2600paddle

I recommend this approach, as it is the most thorough cleaning you can get. Yes, it involves a lot more disassembly, but I think this method garners the best (and longest lasting) results.

Edited by Deteacher, Fri Sep 3, 2010 7:06 AM.

[LarcenTyler]

Kaboom! - 153 (using a mouse doesn't work)

Squeeze Box - 4,280 (What a joke)

Atlantis - 59,420 (I will ALWAYS hate the noise those bombers make!)

Astroblast - 1,020 (Seriously, what gives making us start on such a hard difficulty?!)

[zylon]

Atlantis improvement: 59,400
I've now got the system to start out with bad colors and turn normal when it heats up.

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[Deteacher]

I decided to get away from my emu and play these on some real hardware. Here are my scores:

Atlantis: Rolled it! (notice the '1' in the ones column.)



Astroblast: 5,475! (Man, no rest for the weary on this one, huh?)



Kaboom!: 3,748! (Was never very good at this one.)



Squeeze Box: 10,740! (I've always liked this game.)

Edited by Deteacher, Fri Sep 3, 2010 4:37 PM.

[Deteacher]

Ok, the Squeeze Box manual states that if you clear all the bricks and leave, you get an extra star (max. of 3.) I've left the room many times with no bricks on the screen and I've never gotten an extra man before. Has anyone ever scored the extra life? Does the manual mean there are a set number of bricks that come out, then they eventually stop?

Ideas? Thoughts?

[oyamafamily]

SQUEEZE BOX - 6,210
ATLANTIS - 79,900

[Miss 2600]

Squeeze Box: 10,870

[Miss 2600]

OK, this game on expert setting is INSANE!

Astroblast: 6520

[toymailman]

Deteacher, on Fri Sep 3, 2010 6:59 AM, said:

I disassemble the entire paddle assembly and clean all the old grease and gunk off the dial switch with a simple piece of tissue. Reassemble and they work like a charm.

Yes, this is the way to go!

[toymailman]

Improved on a couple of them.

Kaboom!: 8,612
Squeeze Box: 9,390

[zylon]

Improvement on Kaboom! 14,754

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[Scrabbler15]

Atlantis - 129,410
Kaboom - 1434

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[JacobZu7zu7]

i'm back my internet is down so , i am at the library... will be posting a score soon, no rush since its a two week contest,
but expect some scores around tuesday or friday of this upcoming week.

i'm taking notes now on the games played this week...

have fun guys. be back soon.

[Scrabbler15]

Squeezebox - 11,020

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[roadrunner]

Atlantis

82,800

[oyamafamily]

KABOOM! - 1287
ASTROBLAST - 4370 (PEAK SCORE RULE)

This time I used paddle to play Astroblast.

Edited by oyamafamily, Sun Sep 5, 2010 10:50 AM.

[zylon]

oyamafamily, on Sun Sep 5, 2010 10:50 AM, said:

KABOOM! - 1287
ASTROBLAST - 4370 (PEAK SCORE RULE)

This time I used paddle to play Astroblast.

The paddles are a must at this level! It's the only way to match the speed.

[pacmanplayer]

3600

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[oyamafamily]

ASTROBLAST - 9,920 (PEAK SCORE - WITH PADDLES)
ATLANTIS - 136,210
SQUEEZE BOX - 9,560

I agree with roadrunner: Variety Pack is an excellent idea!

Edited by oyamafamily, Sun Sep 5, 2010 6:17 PM.