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[McKong]

Threshold - 73600
Crossfire - 11660

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Edited by McKong, Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:34 AM.

[McKong]

zylon, on Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:39 AM, said:

Threshold- final score 1,027,00 Rolled it. Went through entire game 3 times to do so.
Took some pics of end sequence 2nd time through and took one just after roll showing more lives than at the start.
Crossfire- 1550
Definitely won't be playing this one again, it just sucks.

Sh*t nice one, hmm and I was thinking that it was quite a tough game!

[Vaughan]

I wonder if Zylon was playing the 5200 version? The Crossfire certainly looks different. To be honest I can't see how anyone can turn the clock on the version of Threshold I'm playing (for the 800), it's a beast.

[orpheuswaking]

BOOOO get those c64 disks out of here

[zylon]

http://www.atariage....ost__p__2315451

I roll Threshold every time I play it, even multiple times in one game.
As for my C64 ports of non-atari games, I have permission.

[Vaughan]

Which version are you playing, Zylon? We all seem to be playing the 800 version - are you playing the same one?

You know, thinking about it I guess I could set the emulator to play at 50% speed...... nah.

Edited by Vaughan, Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:36 PM.

[McKong]

It's a great score no matter what version, wish I could go through games like that

[Vaughan]

I'm not curious out of any other reason than I can go seek out the other version to compare and contrast it the one I'm playing. I'd probably be no better at it, but it would be good to know about another version out there.

[roadrunner]

2 more paddle creek games i missed

Juggler 3,400

Clowns and Balloons 45,190

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[littleman jack]

Vaughan, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:00 PM, said:

I'm not curious out of any other reason than I can go seek out the other version to compare and contrast it the one I'm playing. I'd probably be no better at it, but it would be good to know about another version out there.

There are two versions, with slightly different graphics. One was released on cart, and one on disk. I don't know why this was done, but it reminds me a little of how two choplifters were released for 800 as well.

[therealbountybob]

Well we have been busy

Firstly welcome to Vaughan
Always nice to see new players. If anyone else is reading this and thinking of joining in please do, don't worry if you are not good at games we encourage all players. Please post scores as you play, it makes things more interesting here

We have a few people who haven't got many A8 games so to encourage participation they can play on other formats. There might be a few scoring quirks along the way, but these shouldn't affect things too much overall

By now HSCers' should have worked out the following:
Crossfire - holding down fire when not moving prevents you moving. Collect the bonus thingys, collect bullets.
Lunar Leeper - XL/XE and altirra users boot the Translator disk/ATR and then insert the boot disk/ATR of the game, and press select to load - see post 1. The file versions reset after level 1?
Pressing a key starts the game again without waiting for it to return to the title screen. Rescuing men taking them to the edge platforms, regular refueling (& ammo) at the little house.
Threshold - pulling down once per ship goes into slow-mo mode, use this on the tougher waves. Anyone got a file version of this game ?
Marauder - kill stuff, go through the hole... easy enough!

First Tables:
Lunar Leeper
1st Deteacher 19300 12pts
2nd therealbountybob 17700 11pts
3rd roadrunner 10260 10pts
4th beamer320i 3160 9pts
5th atariron82 2340 8pts
6th orpheuswaking 400 7pts

Threshold
1st zylon 1027000(?) 12pts
2nd McKong 73600 11pts
3rd therealbountybob 57800 10pts
4th Vaughan 55900 9pts
5th roadrunner 55500 8pts
6th Deteacher 49600 7pts
7th Goochman 35400 6pts
8th atariron82 25300 5pts
9th beamer320i 24200 4pts
10th innuendo 23400 3pts
11th orpheuswaking 9400 2pts

Crossfire
1st Vaughan 14980 12pts
2nd McKong 11600 11pts
3rd atariron82 8780 10pts
4th Deteacher 7130 9pts
5th roadrunner 5810 8pts
6th therealbountybob 5290 7pts
7th Goochman 3880 6pts
8th beamer320i 3710 5pts
9th sloopy 3590 4pts
10th zylon 1550 3pts
11th orpheuswaking 1110 2pts
12th innuendo 950 2pts

Marauder
1st therealbountybob 122200 12pts
2nd Vaughan 109200 11pts
3rd Deteacher 91600 10pts
4th roadrunner 76000 9pts
5th atariron82 72200 8pts
6th innuendo 65000 7pts
7th Goochman 63200 6pts
8th beamer320i 37600 5pts
9th orpheuswaking 24800 4pts

This round is also a chance to play any games you have missed so far in Season 8.
'Catch Up' scores so far:
McKong Ms Pac-man 29,330
McKong Joust 212,500
roadrunner Kaboom! 482
roadrunner downhill 60:25
(what level? you need to play beg&int ot int&adv!)
roadrunner Juggler 3400
roadrunner Clowns and Balloons 45190
points will be given at the end based on how you do

[Deteacher]

A couple new scores to report:

Marauder: 119,000!



Lunar Leeper: 27,780!

[roadrunner]

Downhill, i played the beginner course.

Ctetris

2,721

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[littleman jack]

Vaughan, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:36 PM, said:

Which version are you playing, Zylon? We all seem to be playing the 800 version - are you playing the same one?

You know, thinking about it I guess I could set the emulator to play at 50% speed...... nah.

Check out post #50. He's playing the C64 version.

[Deteacher]

Marauder: 122,700!

[zylon]

littleman jack, on Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:09 AM, said:

Vaughan, on Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:36 PM, said:

Which version are you playing, Zylon? We all seem to be playing the 800 version - are you playing the same one?

You know, thinking about it I guess I could set the emulator to play at 50% speed...... nah.

Check out post #50. He's playing the C64 version.

Yes, I am. I usually post c64 next to any scores from that, but apparently forgot on 1st post this round. I have cart and disk versions, also have vic-20 cart I'll play tonight. Just about every time I play Threshold, I roll it. Same thing with TI99 Defender.
These were taken from a game played today 1 shot before roll and 1 sht after roll.
Updated-
Threshold(vic-20): 208,500
I think I'll be playing this one much more often.

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Edited by zylon, Sat Aug 20, 2011 4:39 PM.

[roadrunner]

Space Eggs 1,065


That should be the last game i missed from this season.

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[RKade]

My first ever try at this rather enjoyable little game. I'll keep going and see how I do.

edit: I like Marauder better but they're both good fun. I'll try again tomorrow.

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Edited by RKade, Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:40 PM.

[atariron82]

Got some new scores!

Lunar Leeper- There's a lot more to this game than meets the "EYE"...
15,740



Crossfire- Maximum concentration required, or you're toast!
12,500



Threshold- I may have reached my 'threshold' on this one..
45,900



Marauder- This one's easy at first, but get's challenging by the 3rd 'moving forcefield' round.
81,700

[Deteacher]

atariron82, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:09 AM, said:

Threshold- I may have reached my 'threshold' on this one..
45,900

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Here's where I keep losing it...because of the awful color scheme. Can't see the enemy's fire. Can someone post the mono version of Threshold? I checked the places in the first post and they're all the color version. Thanks in advance.

Edited by Deteacher, Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:14 AM.

[orpheuswaking]

My scores are beyond crappy, and yet they are getting WORSE!

[RKade]

I noticed that. Both games I played I got high scores, the next rounds, significantly lower.

[therealbountybob]

RKade, on Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:46 AM, said:

I noticed that. Both games I played I got high scores, the next rounds, significantly lower.

Peaked too soon ?! Welcome RKade

Managed to improve on Crossfire 7,580 and nearly on Lunar Leeper 17K - think there is more to this game than I first thought, you get lots of points for rescuing the men so it might pay to fly by and save the ones that are going to be chomped soonest. Careful not to end the level by killing all the leapers... DOH!

deteacher - think the colour schemes is part of the challenge you can turn the Threshold starfield off but we're not doing that!



There might be a bonus point for the best game based puns, so far atariron82 is a shoe in

[McKong]

Crossfire 21870

1st round 25 shots till the refill appears, 2nd 20, 3rd 15, 4th 10, 5th 5, and 5 from there on...
Refill seems to appear in a poistion relative to where your ship is at the time, so get yourself to the middle for a more favourable refill

[McKong]

I haven't found a version of this that works on my XL yet. I've downloaded the translator but couldn't get any of the ATRs to load properly.

I've played the first round!