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[therealbountybob]

Time to annihilate some bad guys (at last!)

Berzerk

Game closes Sunday 3rd April 10am GMT

Download the games here:
Atarimania has COM file Berzerk Rating 7.9
Fandal has XEX file Berzerk patched for XL/XE

1pt bonus for beating the HSC Bererk record of 13,580 held by iratanam

If you want to do some extra Berzerking for some bonus HSC points we have the following Bonus Games:
Berzerk (KE)
ATR by Kemal Ezcan (ATR Turbo Basic XL/XE only). 1st place 2pts, 1pt for all other places.
Krazy Shoot Out
ROM XEX 4pts for top, 3pts for 2nd-5th, 2pts 6th-9th, 1pt for all other places.
Maniac!
XEX 1st place 2pts, 1pt for all other places.
Berzerk (UP)
ATR (ATR file boot with BASIC) by Ulf Petersen

Checkout Wikipedia's Berzerk Page and the previous HSC rounds of Berzerk for some good tips: (3-21 & 1-1, Hey it was the first HSC game?! kudos to Goochman for spawning this little baby )

Game On Chicken!

[Deteacher]

After a couple of warm up games, I'll kick things off with the first submission: 7,900!



Made it to the white robots that shoot 1 super fast shot. Wasted no time in taking me out.

[zylon]

Best I've got: 3780
I got 7k once on the 5200 cart before I scrapped it.
If I'd ran into this one in arcades, I'd have probably ventilated it.

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[NML32]

3790

[Mr.Amiga500]

Is the PAL version slower than NTSC? I don't want to lose because the PAL players (wankers) are fighting robots that are moving slower than three-toed sloths stuck in molasses. Chicken. Fight like a... NTSC robot!

By the way, there's a bug in the game. If Otto is chasing you and you move into the left doorway - without exiting - he will think you're on the other side and go bouncing to the right. I once spent 10 minutes just psyching out Otto. (the bastard deserved it)

Edited by Mr.Amiga500, Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:11 AM.

[Mr.Amiga500]

My first attempt: 9040

I killed myself twice by carelessly walking into walls while going around corners. (Chicken. Walk like a.. robot.)

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[therealbountybob]

Mr.Amiga500, on Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:04 AM, said:

Is the PAL version slower than NTSC? I don't want to lose because the PAL players (wankers) are fighting robots that are moving slower than three-toed sloths stuck in molasses. Chicken. Fight like a... NTSC robot!

By the way, there's a bug in the game. If Otto is chasing you and you move into the left doorway - without exiting - he will think you're on the other side and go bouncing to the right. I once spent 10 minutes just psyching out Otto. (the bastard deserved it)

Hey u know the w word is quite offensive over here... just checking Other insults are much nicer try gits, were ok with that (gonna take special delight in crushing your score like a fly)

[Mr.Amiga500]

I thought "wanker" was just a casual insult. OK, you poxy git.

[a8isa1]

Is the XEX harder than the cartridge?

My DIY SRAM cart is broken (again) so the XEX is what I am stuck with.

6,590

[Mr.Amiga500]

a8isa1, on Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:29 PM, said:

Is the XEX harder than the cartridge?

I don't think so. I've got both the cartridge and XEX on SDrive. The both seem the same to me.

[Deteacher]

11,410! Closing in on the bonus point!

[orpheuswaking]

Dum De Dum De Dum LONE RAIDER!!!!

[BrianC]

4,380

Edit: 5,860

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[a8isa1]

There was a discussion regarding broken sounds in the XEX. Did this get resolved?

I don't hear sounds for the robot's lasers and Evil Otto's bounce is chopped.

[Mr.Amiga500]

a8isa1, on Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:20 PM, said:

There was a discussion regarding broken sounds in the XEX. Did this get resolved?

I don't hear sounds for the robot's lasers and Evil Otto's bounce is chopped.

Try this version:

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[Deteacher]

17,670!



Once you figure out how the robots move, you really don't have to shoot too much. You can make them run into/shoot each other, clearing the way for you to pick off the last few robots and exit the room.

Also, you get an extra life at 5K and 10K, but that seems to be it. I didn't get one at 15K.

Edited by Deteacher, Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:17 PM.

[orpheuswaking]

20460



Got 4150 on the Ke-Soft version.

Can't figure out how to fire in the Ulf version (and you die when you don't touch anything either)

[a8isa1]

I found my problem with sound. I grabbed the XEX from Fandal's site but copied the wrong XEX to my SD card.

The sound now works as expected but occasionally I get this display corruption.



Evil Otto has partially spawned and is white in color.

Once I get this corruption it returns every time Evil Otto appears.

@Mr.Amiga500

With your XEX the Evil Otto bounce sounds were OK but laser blasts were just momentary scratch sounds.

-Steve Sheppard

[Deteacher]

orpheuswaking, on Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:55 PM, said:

Can't figure out how to fire in the Ulf version (and you die when you don't touch anything either)

You can only fire left and right in that version. Hold down your fire button and move right or left and he'll fire off a shot.

[a8isa1]

9,810

[therealbountybob]

Mr.Amiga500, on Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:11 PM, said:

I thought "wanker" was just a casual insult. OK, you poxy git.

Now that's more like it

Off to dig out the 800 from the cupboard (that's closet to you)... darn it, I'd just got the XL nicely under the main TV in the front room and the XE on a desk in the dining room... shame I don't have a third 1050

[Philsan]

7080

[orpheuswaking]

Ugh, the Ulf Peterson one is insanely hard. Even moving left right they shoot much faster than you do. and sometimes you don't even see them shoot at you until you are dead.

[therealbountybob]

orpheuswaking, on Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:11 PM, said:

Ugh, the Ulf Peterson one is insanely hard. Even moving left right they shoot much faster than you do. and sometimes you don't even see them shoot at you until you are dead.

Back tracking slightly (after playing these bonus games I've downgraded the scoring for them) and added Krazy Shoot Out as the main side-show for Berzerk to keep us busy, this looks like an excellent clone (see post 1 for details and scoring folks).

If there are any others out there post and we'll have a bash at them too. The A8 Berzerk (atari) is listed as a prototype so I guess that explains its flaws especially on the movement, still very playable though - remember not to press fire to start your go or you have to cycle through the levels to get back to level 1!

Berzerk 8,630
Berzerk UP 150
Berzerk KE 4,120
Krazy Shootout 3,140 Goon Class 3 (there you go Mr.A it's official!) Be sure to post your ranks folks

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[zylon]

therealbountybob, on Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:55 PM, said:

Back tracking slightly (after playing these bonus games I've downgraded the scoring for them) and added Krazy Shoot Out as the main side-show for Berzerk to keep us busy, this looks like an excellent clone (see post 1 for details and scoring folks).

Hmmm. I actually have that game as well. How'd that happen?