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[Ze_ro]

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

You're racing your BAJA BUGGER over a dangerous, treacherous road. But your opponents aren't just trying to win the race, they're trying to make it the last race you run. To stay alive, jump your BAJA BUGGER and land on top of your opponents.

Earn points by collecting flags, balloons and other prizes along the course. Watch out for PICK-UP TRUCKS and WEDGE CARS. They'll try to collide with you...and if they do, you're dead.

Fasten your seat belt and get ready for the wildest strip of road you've ever been crazy enough to drive.

Game Information

Game Name: Up 'n Down Released By: Sega, 1984 Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Easy Jumps Right Difficulty: B / Novice - 5 Lives Game Mode: Default - 1 Player 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 July 5th at 1:00 AM (Central Time, UTC-6).

Challenges

Art Attack - Draw a picture that relates to the game in some way (ie, a car jumping a gap in the road or a Haynes manual for the Baja Bugger), and you'll get 5 bonus points. classicgamer_27330 [+5] Miss 2600 [+5] Jifremok [+5] Vocelli [+5] JacobZu7zu7 [+5] Gorfy [+5] DT Kofoed [+5] Amstari [+5] toymailman [+5] Krytol [+5] Frostbite76 [+5] roadrunner [+5] oyamafamily [+5]

Current High Scores 154,820 (Frostbite76) [+11] 107,780 (toymailman) [+10] 83,620 (JacobZu7zu7) [+9] 74,170 (oyamafamily) [+8] 65,610 (Gorfy) [+7] 48,890 (DT Kofoed) [+6] 45,910 (Vocelli) [+5] 37,440 (theKLT) [+4] 26,010 (Miss 2600) [+3] 23,950 (roadrunner) [+2] 21,660 (Scrabbler15) [+1] 21,580 (LarcenTyler) [+1] 20,980 (classicgamer_27330) [+1] 19,010 (Krytol) [+1] 13,120 (Jifremok) [+1] 9100 (Amstari) [+1] Best Tips oyamafamily TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Game 1, Difficulty B) 75,230 (Robert Macauley) (Emulator) 60,310 (Stephen Knox) 28,700 (Alan W Hewston)

Current Standings JacobZu7zu7 [248] toymailman [242] oyamafamily [229] Frostbite76 [182] Gorfy [166] Vocelli [160] Deteacher [122] DT Kofoed [115] Stan [111] classicgamer_27330 [97] Jifremok [95] theKLT [94] Scrabbler15 [92] Miss 2600 [83] Amstari [75] cparsley [73] LarcenTyler [73] pokeplayer984 [65] roadrunner [56] SpiceWare [48] pis [38] keilbaca [37] ed1475 [36] Mister VCS [35] centiqueen81 [33] Chuck D. Head [27] Wickeycolumbus [21] zylon [21] Krytol [21] Cynicaster [20] SeaGtGruff [20] HatefulGravey [17] Curious Sofa [16] Torr [13] littleman jack [7] atarigal [5] Cortat G [5] bennybingo [5] Darth Kinzer [5] rmaerz [3] Zach [3] atariUCLA24 [3] dwane413 [3] SpaceDice2010 [2] MIKE5200 [2] Mangia-Boy [1] Buck [1] 4Ks [1] Cream147 [1] DickNixonArisen [1] leematari [1]

Scoring Points in Up 'n Down

Collect Flag - 75 Points Collect Cherry - 50 Points Collect Balloon - 65 Points Collect Lollypop - 70 Points Collect Ice Cream Cone - 75 Points Jump on Pick-up Truck - 100 Points Jump on Flag Carrier - 125 Points Jump on Camaro - 150 Points Jump on truck - 175 Points

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.

oyamafamily

• DON'T SACRIFICE yourself before scoring 10K points, even you have 5 lives since the starting. You can accumulate the first extra life at 10K points in addition to 5 initial lives. Study the scores which will result in extra life.
  
• The flags appear on the left and right side alternately. Occasionaly, the special items appear instead of flags: cherry, balloon, ice cream cone and Lollypop.
  
• The maximum number of enemy cars which appear on the road is 3. BE CAREFUL: the enemy cars change their directions and speed randomly.
  
• Don't try to complete each round quickly, because there are NO BONUS POINTS based on fastest time.
  
• Here's my suggestion to train EXACT JUMPS from road to another road: Practice with the Left Difficulty A (Expert - Hard Jumping) to test your coordination and be prepared to play Rounds 4 to 9 on Regular Settings (Difficulty B on both sides). With Left Difficulty B (Easy Jumps), you DON'T need to jump exactly from road to another road on the first 3 Rounds.
  
• BE PATIENT when the flags are missing to complete each round!
  
• BE CAREFUL with the declivity (white road) and acclivity (dark road). On Rounds 3, 6 and 9, pay close attention: there are holes in the road. So, practice jumping over the hole at the right time.
  
• Draw a map of 3 Roads:
  
  
  • Road 1 is for Rounds 1, 4 and 7;
    
  • Road 2 is for Rounds 2, 5 and 8;
    
  • Road 3 is for Rounds 3, 6 and 9.
    
  
  
• On Rounds 7, 8, and 9, avoid collecting white flags when possible; else... the colored flags will reappear at the top of screen. It makes more difficult to complete these rounds. So, the KEY TIP is: practice more these later rounds.

--Zero

[classicgamer_27330]

1410

[Frostbite76]

nice game but some of the ugliest graphics EVER. Thank god I own it.

Edited by Frostbite76, Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:15 PM.

[LarcenTyler]

21,580

Remember, you CAN'T jump while going in reverse (as in downwards on the screen.)

[Stan]

Ugh, such a horrible, horrible game!

[classicgamer_27330]

5540

[Frostbite76]

Score Today so far

40,090

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[Frostbite76]

better score made it to level 6.
43,640

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Edited by Frostbite76, Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:34 PM.

[Gorfy]

33,480

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Edited by Gorfy, Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:23 PM.

[Scrabbler15]

11,170

Don't know what I'm doing, yet, but had some fun.

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[Frostbite76]

This game is weird for high scores. You could just stay in level 1. And the better I play the worse my score gets.

[Frostbite76]

Yup I was right. Just tested my theory playing only the first level. Easily got over 70,000 on my first try but it's a cheap ass tactic. The real test for how good you are at this game is what level you can get to. I Often get to level 6 but it's tough because it's level 3 only you can't jump very well.

[Miss 2600]

When I was a kid, I belonged to that Columbia House video game club and I remember seeing Up 'N Down in the catalog and I wanted it because of the cute car on the box (reminded me of Herbie). I'm not sure if it was a situation where my mother was going to buy me one gift or I only was allowed to buy one thing or what it was, but I remember having a choice between this game and Bryan Adams's LP Reckless and choosing the LP (which I still have). Boy did I regret that decision later. I ended up getting Up 'N Down on eBay, but I would have kept mine in better shape and would have had the box and manual. Oh well. I'm sure I would have been very disappointed in the graphics.

17,510

[classicgamer_27330]

[Frostbite76]

Beat all 9 levels and started over on level 1 and died on that level. You have to make sure not to touch the flags you already touched after level 6 or you'll have to touch them again.

Score 67,890

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[classicgamer_27330]

[Krytol]

10980.

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[classicgamer_27330]

[Gorfy]

Made it to Road 6. Score: 45,060

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Edited by Gorfy, Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:57 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Seems like crushing cars and their drivers is the way to go...

I collect flags and solved a level, but doesn't mean much,
no bonus for solving a level or collecting all the flags???

I just smash cars and go forward...

22,060

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[oyamafamily]

20,900

[Frostbite76]

JacobZu7zu7, on Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:15 PM, said:

Seems like crushing cars and their drivers is the way to go...

I collect flags and solved a level, but doesn't mean much,
no bonus for solving a level or collecting all the flags???

I just smash cars and go forward...

22,060

Yesterday I got 71,650 just playing the first level without collecting flags. Not sure what's the correct way to play this game since beating levels fast gives you low scores but ignoring the flags feels like cheating, lol.

[classicgamer_27330]

I don't believe this, I scored 16,560 again. That's one for the blooper bin

[Frostbite76]

I got stuck on level 3 because I couldn't find the last flag again. Happens all the time with that level. At least I got good at that level. decent Score of 115,330 Note: sometimes flags disappear and never come back. Happens a lot on levels 3,6 and 9.

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Edited by Frostbite76, Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:29 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

I think most of us will have ART ATTACKS... this week.

I'm havin' an Art attack! Quick, pen and paper

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:20 PM.