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[zylon]

5200 HSC Season 4 Round 11: Special round "Left, Right, & Shoot Stuff"

Round will end July 25th 9pmEST

The games:
We will be playing 3 games this round: Galaxian, Space Invaders, Megamania
Play all 3 on default settings. Pics encouraged, but not necessary.
Use whatever control scheme you like and emulation is fine as long as 5200 ROMS are used. The exception is I will allow the A8 version of Megamania as there is no change in gameplay that I can detect. That one is a bit more uncommon so I'm making an exception to not leave anyone out.

The scoring:
Because of the huge difference in scoring on these games, each game will be scored separately, but round points will be earned per each position. Top spot earns 10 round points, 2nd spot earns 9 round points, etc. Lowest round points will be 3. 3 round points will also be given for missing one game.
Combined round points will decide your finishing places for the round. Ties will be settled by combined score. HSC record bonus will still be in effect, plus any surprise I can devise.

HSC Records:

Galaxian -
atariksi 31,110(BUSTED)
New record: 38,890 peedenmark7

Megamania -
LaserHawk 142,970(BUSTED)
New record: 154,260 sdamon

Space Invaders -
atariksi 21,462(BUSTED)
Next record: 21,950 zylon(BUSTED)
3rd record: 32,744 sdamon(BUSTED)
Current record: 41,363 zylon

Beat any of these and get an additional HSC bonus point!

Bonus challenge!: Play Space Invaders game 12 and Galaxian Game 9. Top 3 combined scores earn 2 extra round points. These could be very handy!!!!
Bouns challenge scores:
SI game 12-

JacobZu7zu7- 1,324
sdamon- 1,184
zylon- 1,124
roadrunner- 826
atariron82- 710
peedenmark7- 364

Galaxian Game 9-

zylon- 11,300
atariron82- 8,480
sdamon- 6,730
JacobZu7zu7- 5,810
peedenmark7- 4,720
roadrunner- 3,460


Bonus totals:
zylon- 12,424 +2rp
atariron82- 9,190 +2rp
sdamon- 7,914 +2rp
JacobZu7zu7- 7,134
peedenmark7- 5,084
roadrunner- 4,286


Current scores:

Game 1: Galaxian

1(10pts)- 38,890 peedenmark7 +1 hsc pt
2(9pts)- 30,400 zylon
3(8pts)- 23,770 sdamon
4(7pts)- 19,700 atariron82
5(6pts)- 17,690 JacobZu7zu7
6(5pts)- 15,630 roadrunner
7(4pts)- 10,740 SonicR

Game 2: Space Invaders

1(10pts)- 41,363 zylon +1 hsc pt
2(9pts)- 32,744 sdamon +1 hsc pt
3(8pts)- 16,926 JacobZu7zu7
4(7pts)- 12,454 roadrunner
5(6pts)- 2,067 atariron82
6(5pts)- 870 peedenmark7
7(4pts)- 546 SonicR

Game 3: Megamania -You may use straight or guided shots at your discretion.

1(10pts)- 154,260 sdamon +1 hsc pt
2(9pts)- 128,480 JacobZu7zu7
3(8pts)- 72,920 atariron82
4(7pts)- 69,160 zylon
5(6pts)- 66,160 peedenmark7
6(5pts)- 38,290 roadrunner
7(3pts)- DNP SonicR


Total round points:

sdamon- 27(+2)=29
zylon- 26(+2)=28
JacobZu7zu7- 23
atariron82- 21(+2)=23
peedenmark7- 21
roadrunner- 17
SonicR- 11

FINAL ROUND STANDINGS:

sdamon- 27rp +2 bonus rp HSC pts 11+2
zylon- 26rp +2 bonus rp=28 HSC pts 10+1
JacobZu7zu7- 23rp (163,096 TB) HSC pts 9
atariron82- 21rp+2 bonus rp (94,687 TB) HSC pts 8
peedenmark7- 21rp HSC pts 7+1
roadrunner- 17rp HSC pts 6
SonicR- 11rp HSC pts 5

Current standings -

Points -

sdamon - 110
atariron82 - 101
roadrunner - 77
zylon - 56
DensB68 - 44
JacobZu7zu7 - 32
doctorclu - 31
NoahsMyBro - 31
BydoEmpire - 28
peedenmark7 - 22
rxd - 19
NML32 - 17
Sonic R - 15
Gabriel - 13
rmaerz - 13
Mingy Jongo - 4

Rounds won -

sdamon - 5
doctorclu - 2
atariron82 - 2
NoahsMyBro - 1
rxd - 1

Edited by zylon, Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:03 PM.

[zylon]

My 1st goes at 'em. I'm easy prey on 2 of them, but I'll give you guys some game on the other one.
5200 Galaxian- 30,400
5200 Space Invaders- 6906
5200/A8 Megamania- 69,160

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Edited by zylon, Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:49 PM.

[roadrunner]

^^^ Your very close to breaking the record for Galaxian.

[zylon]

roadrunner, on Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:05 PM, said:

^^^ Your very close to breaking the record for Galaxian.

I have every intention on giving it my best effort.

[atariron82]

Easy prey? I believe this is your realm zylon. All three scores in your opening volley seem way above average, esp Space Invaders & Galaxian ! I'm just now getting familiar with Megamania(after blowing off the dust!). I've never really played it much, so I don't know what's possible...yet . I would say you're pretty safe for the other two..although, there's always that SI nut lurking out there somewhere who can score 20K+...

My humble opening:

Galaxian: 9,840
Megamania: 33,410
Space Invaders: 1,882

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[sdamon]

Haven't had a change to play Megamania yet, but here's my opening Invaders and Galaxian scores:

Space Invaders: 7559
Galaxian: 9650

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[zylon]

Thanks. My Megamania should be within reach. I'm definitely going for it all on Galaxian since I got robbed last time by current record holder. He sniped in a score at last minute. While legal, it's very unsportsman-like. I play only as needed and try not to run up the scores needlessly. That's just my style of play.

Looks like my SI has already fallen. Good job^.

Edited by zylon, Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:30 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

MEGAMANIA
94,560

Still gotta play the other two games on my console, soon!

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[roadrunner]

Megamania 38,290

This is more difficult than the 2600 version.

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[zylon]

roadrunner, on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:01 PM, said:

Megamania 38,290

This is more difficult than the 2600 version.

Really? I do just as bad on either version.

[roadrunner]

zylon, on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:10 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:01 PM, said:

Megamania 38,290

This is more difficult than the 2600 version.

Really? I do just as bad on either version.

The objects i have to shoot seem smaller.
I guess Activision gave away too many patches for the 2600 version.

Edited by roadrunner, Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:22 PM.

[zylon]

roadrunner, on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:20 PM, said:

zylon, on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:10 PM, said:

roadrunner, on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:01 PM, said:

Megamania 38,290

This is more difficult than the 2600 version.

Really? I do just as bad on either version.

The objects i have to shoot seem smaller.
I guess Activision gave away too many patches for the 2600 version.

I'm always running out of time/energy on this one. Lost at least 3 ships that way. Could never figure out how so many roll this one. I never make it far enough for controls to become an issue either.

[Sonic R]

I am terrible at these games!
especially Space Invaders… I think the single shot mechanic is difficult for me…
I can feel myself improving in Galaxian though… I'm going to work on it some more…

Galaxian: 10,740




Space Invaders: 546

[sdamon]

Finally got to play some Megamania (quite a bit of it, actually), as well as make another try at Galaxian:

Megamania: 96,610
Galaxian: 11,400

The dice rounds in Megamania are game-enders for me. I lost all my ships repeatedly during the 2nd dice round during most of my games, then finally got past it once, and of course, lost the last ships on the third dice round.

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Edited by sdamon, Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:17 PM.

[zylon]

Here's a little mini round standings table:

Total round points:

sdamon- 29
zylon- 27
atariron82- 21
SonicR- 15
JacobZu7zu7- 10
roadrunner- 7

Lots of time yet and you will get 3 round pts for up to one game if you miss one.

[JacobZu7zu7]

2 new game scores,

Galaxian

15,440


Space Invaders

7,171

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[JacobZu7zu7]

1(10pts)- 99,610 sdamon

sdamon's score is 96,610.. not 99.

[zylon]

JacobZu7zu7, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:57 PM, said:

1(10pts)- 99,610 sdamon

sdamon's score is 96,610.. not 99.

Thanks. Good catch.

[JacobZu7zu7]

zylon, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:07 PM, said:

JacobZu7zu7, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:57 PM, said:

1(10pts)- 99,610 sdamon

sdamon's score is 96,610.. not 99.

Thanks. Good catch.

Welcome. I'm enjoying these 3 games. I'm still new to 5200.

Galaxian I heard some bad things about on the 5200, but I think it's pretty decent.
I'm not a fan of Galaxian, don't like the 2600 version... though 5200 Galaxian I like best.

The Colecovision one is too difficult.

As for Space Invaders it's tough but fun.

Megamania is also a bit tougher then on 2600, but since the dice and tires are smaller,
it's a little easier to get out of the way!

[zylon]

JacobZu7zu7, on Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:54 PM, said:

zylon, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:07 PM, said:

JacobZu7zu7, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:57 PM, said:

1(10pts)- 99,610 sdamon

sdamon's score is 96,610.. not 99.

Thanks. Good catch.

Welcome. I'm enjoying these 3 games. I'm still new to 5200.

Galaxian I heard some bad things about on the 5200, but I think it's pretty decent.
I'm not a fan of Galaxian, don't like the 2600 version... though 5200 Galaxian I like best.

The Colecovision one is too difficult.

As for Space Invaders it's tough but fun.

Megamania is also a bit tougher then on 2600, but since the dice and tires are smaller,
it's a little easier to get out of the way!

Galaxian happens to be one of my favorite games on 5200(Missile Command, Pole Position, QIX, River Raid, Galaxian, Joust, Kaboom) To me, they play much better 0n 5200 than A8.
I like the 2600 Galaxian, but it is weak compared to arcade and other ports. C64 version is better than 2600, but gets complaints. Same with Vic-20. A8 is the same as 5200, but the 5200's controls are better for this game. Just my take on it.

BTW: I'm fairly new to 7800 and not enjoying it for the most part.

Edited by zylon, Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:10 AM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

MEGAMANIA

128,480


Got nervous on that green clam drop stage, could have beaten the record here.

Beware of diamonds after 90ks they are HELL!

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[zylon]

Nice job^^

That temporarily gives you the round lead after the first half.

Total round points:

JacobZu7zu7- 28
sdamon- 27
zylon- 26
atariron82- 19
SonicR- 13
roadrunner- 7

[roadrunner]

Space Invaders

game 1 - 7,652
so close to getting past the second invasion.

game 12 - 826

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[zylon]

^Nice move^! That puts you on top of Space Invaders for now.

[roadrunner]

zylon, on Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:23 PM, said:

^Nice move^! That puts you on top of Space Invaders for now.

Thanks, i feel that Space Invaders is one of my stronger games.
Along with Beef Drop, Burgertime, Mario Bros, Robotron and a few others.

Edited by roadrunner, Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:37 PM.