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[zylon]

This round's game is Battlezone. Start your tank engines!
Round ends Monday 6pm EST June 27th.
Play on default settings. Emulation is fine and use any controls scheme you want.
Screenshots not necessary but preferred.

5200 HSC record score:
Battlezone -
DensB68 515,000
Top this and set a new record for +1 bonus point!


high scores -
1- 204,000 atariron82 +11
2- 189,000 peedenmark7 +10
3- 68,000 sdamon +9
4- 48,000 zylon +8+1
5- 45,000 JacobZu7zu7 +7
6- 38,000 roadrunner +6+1


Current standings -

Points -

sdamon - 89
atariron82 - 82
roadrunner - 63
DensB68 - 44
zylon - 36
doctorclu - 31
NoahsMyBro - 31
BydoEmpire - 28
rxd - 19
JacobZu7zu7 - 18
NML32 - 17
Gabriel - 13
rmaerz - 13
peedenmark7 - 7
Sonic R - 6

Rounds won -

sdamon - 4
doctorclu - 2
atariron82 - 1
NoahsMyBro - 1
rxd - 1


Our bonus point challenge this week is C64 & VIC-20 Battlezone. Get in some 64-play or scratch that VIC itch and get +1 bonus for playing.

C64 scores:

1- 60,000 zylon
2- 34,000 roadrunner


VIC-20 scores:

1- 91,000 zylon
2- 31,000 roadrunner


I'll be using this emulator.

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Edited by zylon, Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:14 PM.

[roadrunner]

A review of Battlezone by BiffsGamingVideos

[zylon]

If you don't have the game, try our bonus challenge of the week in 1st post.
I'll handle the kick-off with 33,000

This shouldn't stand long, I'm terrible at this one.

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[sdamon]

Played this last night and didn't do much better... 37,000

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[roadrunner]

I'm not too good at Battlezone either.
It helps to hit a few of those flying saucers.


5200 Battlezone 27,000

C64 Battlezone 25,000

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[zylon]

I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately
Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though.
C64: 46,000
Vic-20: 91,000

Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both.

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[peedenmark7]

189,000 I cant believe I missed the last 3 rounds.. I better get busy !

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[zylon]

Got a little better/luckier. 35,000
C64: 60,000

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Edited by zylon, Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:15 PM.

[roadrunner]

peedenmark7, on Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:28 PM, said:

189,000 I cant believe I missed the last 3 rounds.. I better get busy !

Great score! and welcome back to the 5200 HSC!

[roadrunner]

zylon, on Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:21 PM, said:

I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately
Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though.
C64: 46,000
Vic-20: 91,000

Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both.

Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games.
It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision.

[zylon]

roadrunner, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:27 PM, said:

zylon, on Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:21 PM, said:

I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately
Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though.
C64: 46,000
Vic-20: 91,000

Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both.

Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games.
It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision.

With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls.

[roadrunner]

zylon, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:31 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:27 PM, said:

zylon, on Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:21 PM, said:

I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately
Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though.
C64: 46,000
Vic-20: 91,000

Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both.

Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games.
It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision.

With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls.

On real hardware was the Vic 20 Pole Position a paddle game?
I never played Vic Robotron, i can't get that one to start.
I like the C64 version of Robotron. I can do pretty good at it.

[zylon]

roadrunner, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:55 PM, said:

zylon, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:31 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:27 PM, said:

zylon, on Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:21 PM, said:

I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately
Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though.
C64: 46,000
Vic-20: 91,000

Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both.

Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games.
It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision.

With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls.

On real hardware was the Vic 20 Pole Position a paddle game?
I never played Vic Robotron, i can't get that one to start.
I like the C64 version of Robotron. I can do pretty good at it.

Might be a bad ROM? Vic Pole Position was a joystick game. That reminds me that I need another one of those... I consider the c64 Robotron more like a practice version since it has less than half the sprites onscreen.
A trick I can give you on Vic Battlezone is to aim just left of center as the shots track a little to the right on original equipment.

[atariron82]

Nice Battlezone cart zylon I need to get me one of those
I had a fair run thanks to a couple of flying saucers(which are bit tricky to shoot!):

41,000

[roadrunner]

zylon, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:18 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:55 PM, said:

zylon, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:31 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:27 PM, said:

zylon, on Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:21 PM, said:

I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately
Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though.
C64: 46,000
Vic-20: 91,000

Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both.

Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games.
It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision.

With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls.

On real hardware was the Vic 20 Pole Position a paddle game?
I never played Vic Robotron, i can't get that one to start.
I like the C64 version of Robotron. I can do pretty good at it.

Might be a bad ROM? Vic Pole Position was a joystick game. That reminds me that I need another one of those... I consider the c64 Robotron more like a practice version since it has less than half the sprites onscreen.
A trick I can give you on Vic Battlezone is to aim just left of center as the shots track a little to the right on original equipment.

The Vic Pole Position, the car seems to slide around alot.
I just had a quick go at it and got over 30k
Interesting that the track is the same color as the sky.
I finally got Vic Robotron to play.
It's a 2 part rom. They both need loaded up at the same time in the correct slots.
What a tough game. I think i had over 8k but the score went by so fast.
Is the Vic Robotron a 1 controller game?
Yeah, the C64 Robotron is real easy. I rolled the score on that one once.
Thanks for the tips!

Edited by roadrunner, Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:48 PM.

[zylon]

Yeah, the Vic only had one controller port.

[atariron82]

I recalibrated my sights and took out a few more enemies. My strategy is basically hunt, shoot, and stay moving. If the enemy shoots straight at me, I drive toward the direction of fire, and under the path of the missile. This works about 80% of the time.
If I find a decent emu I may try the VIC-20 version. It looks like it may be fun

75,000

[roadrunner]

atariron82, on Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:14 PM, said:

I recalibrated my sights and took out a few more enemies. My strategy is basically hunt, shoot, and stay moving. If the enemy shoots straight at me, I drive toward the direction of fire, and under the path of the missile. This works about 80% of the time.
If I find a decent emu I may try the VIC-20 version. It looks like it may be fun

75,000

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I use WinVice. I tried MESS, but i couldn't figure out how to get any games to load.
On WinVice select file, attach cartridge image, 4/8/16KB image at $6000, reset,soft
and your all set.

[zylon]

Had a good run(for me) last night.
48,000

...also gave the Vicky Robotron a run and got 25k. I'm still thinking you got a bad ROM.(Rr)

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Edited by zylon, Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:51 PM.

[roadrunner]

Vic Battlezone 31,000

I'm getting better at Vic Robotron almost 10k
This game is tough.
I see the game does show the high scores again, just wait a bit.

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[atariron82]

Increased evasive tactics are starting to pay off! If you get far enough you'll run into a second smaller style of tank, which seem easier to hit. Keep taking out those flying saucers, as they're worth 5000 points a pop!

146,000

Edited by atariron82, Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:25 AM.

[zylon]

I've been just about ramming the saucers. I've found that keeping the tanks a little to one side then moving forward to dodge shots works ok. Seems the enemy tanks turn much slower than yours.

^Looks like we might have a battle for 1st going on now^

[JacobZu7zu7]

My first try... 23,000

[zylon]

^Glad you could join us.^

[JacobZu7zu7]

zylon, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:48 PM, said:

^Glad you could join us.^

Yep and here to stay... 5200 is a console I want to invest some time in,
I'm still pretty new to it.

Battlezone is interesting, will be working on improving my score.