VectorGamer Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) This will be a 10 game tournament consisting of titles all released in 1981. Since this is a tournament, the new tournament scoring system will be in effect. Refer to the HSC rules regarding the new point system. Competition begins Sunday, November 20 @ noon EDT and ends Sunday, December 4 @ noon EDT Nomination info archived here Season Standings Calculations through round 12 1. bigbee99 188 2. patbb 169 3. M.A.M.E Offender 155 4. Cynicaster 154 5. mr. toast 100 6. richard stewart 78 7. roadrunner 51 8. kojr 39 8. keilbaca 39 10. LarcenTyler 32 11. mightymage 23 12. JohnnyBlaze 15 13. retrorussell 9 14. NE146 8 15. Barra 7 16. rmaerz 4 Bosconian (Easy) Player spaceship stays at screen center, firing both to front and rear, surviving enemy fighters to destroy all green hexagonal enemy space stations by shooting their core or all six corners. Game Information Game Name: Bosconian [New Version] Released By: Midway, 1981 MAME ROMset: Bosco Dip Switches: Difficulty: Medium; Lives: 3; Bonus Fighter: 10K 50K 50K AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: 198,810 Max_Mad Leaderboard 1. 359,870 Cynicaster 2. 225,300 M.A.M.E Offender 3. 176,460 onmode-ky 4. 137,190 bigbee99 5. 133,760 mr. toast 6. 129,320 Barra 7. 112,940 JohnnyBlaze 8. 70,330 patbb 9. 43,970 roadrunner 10. 43,000 LarcenTyler Colony 7 Defend Colony 7 from alien attack by using two ion-cannons that fire an exploding shot which knocks out targets near its detonation zone, an eradicator rocket that acts as a "Smartbomb" which clears the entire screen, and an ion shield which provides temporary safety (blasted away by alien fire). Game Information Game Name: Colony 7 [set 1] Released By: Taito, 1981 MAME ROMset: Colony7 Dip Switches: Starting Colonies: 3; Extra colony: 30K 50K AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: n/a Leaderboard 1. 167,775 Cynicaster 2. 117,325 M.A.M.E Offender 3. 80,350 bigbee99 4. 59,575 Barra 5. 44,350 mr. toast 6. 12,450 patbb 7. 10,850 LarcenTyler 8. 10,175 roadrunner Cosmic Avenger You fly over mountain tops and through caves dodging enemy space ships and missiles fired from the ground. Game Information Game Name: Cosmic Avenger Released By: Universal, 1981 MAME ROMset: CAvenger Dip Switches: Difficulty: Medium; Lives: 3 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: 11,400 rmaerz Leaderboard 1. 17,660 M.A.M.E Offender 2. 14,600 bigbee99 3. 12,200 Barra 4. 11,000 Cynicaster 5. 6,720 patbb 6. 5,060 roadrunner 7. 4,150 mr. toast 8. 3,430 LarcenTyler Galaga As a spaceship moving left to right at the bottom of the screen, shoot up at enemies as they enter, assemble in formation and fly down at you. If you allowed an alien to capture one of your ships in its tractor beam, you could shoot the foe later and double your fire power! Game Information Game Name: Galaga Released By: Namco, 1981 MAME ROMset: galaga Dip Switches: Difficulty: Hardest; Bonus Life 20000, 70000 and every 70000; Lives 3 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: 258,310 rmaerz Leaderboard 1. 1,283,770 Barra 2. 224,860 rmaerz 3. 191,170 bigbee99 4. 162,390 M.A.M.E Offender 5. 131,740 mr. toast 6. 117,890 retrorussell 7. 112,020 onmode-ky 8. 61,940 Cynicaster 9. 56,310 roadrunner 10. 33,260 patbb 11. 28,330 LarcenTyler Gorf (6 Lives) The player controls a spaceship that must blast its way through five missions, each a different challenge. The game features a pistol grip joystick and robotic speech synthesis that heckles the player during gameplay. Game Information Game Name: Gorf Released By: Midway, 1981 MAME ROMset: Gorf Dip Switches: Lives Per Credit: 3; Bonus Life: Mission 5 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: n/a Leaderboard 1. 26,520 bigbee99 2. 24,830 Cynicaster 3. 24,620 roadrunner 4. 23,680 Barra 5. 22,920 M.A.M.E Offender 6. 19,290 mr. toast 7. 13,150 rmaerz 8. 9,210 LarcenTyler 9. 5,650 patbb Ms. Pac-Man (Turbo) Ms. Pac-Man must eat all the dots in a maze in order to advance to the next stage. She's chased by killer ghosts but she can eat them while powered up after eating one of four large dots. Bonus points are awarded for eating the fruits and snacks that appear and wander the maze. Game Information Game Name: Ms. Pac-Man Released By: Midway, 1981 MAME ROMset: mspacmnf http://romhustler.ne...th-speedup-hack Dip Switches: Bonus Life: 10000; Lives: 3 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: n/a Leaderboard 1. 292,480 M.A.M.E Offender 2. 235,860 retrorussell 3. 230,310 bigbee99 4. 131,260 rmaerz 5. 130,170 Cynicaster 6. 129,700 mr. toast 7. 126,810 Barra 8. 89,380 patbb 9. 60,400 roadrunner 10. 32,090 LarcenTyler New Rally-X Race a car around a maze-like track collecting flags while avoiding pursuing enemy cars. This sequel has slightly different graphics and a somewhat easier gameplay. Game Information Game Name: New Rally-X Released By: Namco, 1981 MAME ROMset: NRallyX Dip Switches: Difficulty: 3 Cars, Medium; Bonus Life: A [20000 80000] AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: n/a Leaderboard 1. 211,110 M.A.M.E Offender 2. 210,250 bigbee99 3. 169,570 Barra 4. 169,350 Cynicaster 5. 112,280 patbb 6. 112,200 JohnnyBlaze 7. 85,830 mr. toast 8. 61,120 LarcenTyler 9. 46,830 roadrunner Qix Draw boxes to claim as much screen as possible without getting in the path of the "Qix" and "Sparx". Draw slower for more points and hope that you have enough coins. Simple but very addicting! Game Information Game Name: Qix [set 1] Released By: Taito, 1981 MAME ROMset: Qix Dip Switches: Internal Defaults AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: 70,804 patbb Leaderboard 1. 81,642 Cynicaster 2. 59,564 patbb 3. 58,002 M.A.M.E Offender 4. 48,926 bigbee99 5. 32,054 Barra 6. 31,290 mr. toast 7. 17,626 roadrunner 8. 6,716 LarcenTyler Solar Fox Run over or shoot "Fuzors" while ships on each of the four sides of the screen travel back and forth or up and down trying to shoot you. Game Information Game Name: Solar Fox [upright] Released By: Midway, 1981 MAME ROMset: SolarFox Dip Switches: Bonus: After 10 Racks; Lives: 3 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: n/a Leaderboard 1. 284,310 bigbee99 2. 128,360 Cynicaster 3. 58,020 M.A.M.E Offender 4. 45,670 mr. toast 5. 39,130 Barra 6. 17,850 roadrunner 7. 13,870 patbb 8. 11,940 LarcenTyler Space Fury The player pilots a spaceship on a color vector display and battles against waves of alien ships led by a one-eyed creature that taunts the player before each round. The player can dock between rounds to receive extra firepower. Game Information Game Name: Space Fury [revision C] Released By: Sega, 1981 MAME ROMset: SpacFury Dip Switches: Lives: 3; Difficulty: Normal; Bonus Life: 20000 AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC Record: Leaderboard 1. 56,950 mr. toast 2. 32,490 patbb 3. 27,730 Barra 4. 25,050 Cynicaster 5. 22,990 M.A.M.E Offender 6. 21,680 bigbee99 7. 14,680 LarcenTyler 8. 9,620 roadrunner . 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Barra Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Galaga Cosmic Avenger Space Fury New Rally X Satans Hollow Sorry, I've only got 5 PLEASE nobody vote Donkey Kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinKarpis Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 1. Donkey Kong (not sure why DK is taboo ) 2. Frogger 3. Galaga 4. Centipede 5. GORF 6. Satans Hollow 7. Ms. Pacman 8. Bosconiain 9. Colony 7 10. New Rally X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 Pleiads Space Fury Black Hole Solar Quest Spiders Solar Fox Thief Satan of Saturn Omega Race War of the Bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 (edited) Red Alert MS Pac-Man (Turbo only) Mouse Trap Galaga Cosmic Avenger Satans Hollow Gorf Frogger Lady Bug Woodpecker B Edited November 3, 2011 by bigbee99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Bosconian Turbo Omega Race Cosmic Avenger Lock 'n' Chase Frogger Ms. Pac-Man Colony 7 Gorf Defender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Defender Colony 7 Bosconian Space Dungeon Pleiads New Rally X Super Cobra Sky Skipper Hangly Man Spiders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Defender - 1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 How about Defense Command - 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 If you like Pepper II you'll love Mouse Trap! Come on! Vote for it! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 If you like Pepper II you'll love Mouse Trap! Come on! Vote for it! B I love Mouse Trap but I just don't have the controller to work with in MAME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 If you like Pepper II you'll love Mouse Trap! Come on! Vote for it! B I love Mouse Trap but I just don't have the controller to work with in MAME I did 200k with a keyboard once. I don't mind the keyboard for maze games. I do have a USB XBOX 360 controller I break out from time to time. It was great on Metal Slug. Any game that has a console feel to it the 360 is nice. I actually won a storage unit that had the controller in it. One of 2 things I kept out of it. The other piece being a furniture piece. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightymage Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 cosmic avenger galaga ladybug lock n chase mspacman qix space dungeon vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Some of these are probably wasted votes because I went rogue and tried a bunch of 1981 games that I've never heard of before, but what the heck. Bosconian Qix Eliminator Armored Car Stargate Boxing Bugs Colony 7 Jungler Solar Fox Space Fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 If voting ended now these games would be in: Bosconian (4) Colony 7 (4) Cosmic Avenger (4) Galaga (4) Ms. Pac-Man (4) Frogger (3) Gorf (3) New Rally X (3) Satan's Hollow (3) Space Fury (3) These games would be played in the Craptacular: Omega Race Solar Fox Space Dungeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Votes on the Tournament. Maze ------- Ms PacMan Lady Bug New Rally X Lock n Chase Qix Starship ----------- Stargate Galaga Gorf Bosconians Other ---------- Donkey Kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 4. Centipede 1980. Millipede 1982. This tourney wants nothing to do with all those insects! It's too bad though, they're both awesome titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Rob, are the defender votes going to be Stargate votes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. toast Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Vanguard Cosmos Solar Fox The Adventures of Robby Roto! Jungler Galaga Kick/Kickman Tempest Super Astro Fighter Space Dungeon What about DECO cassettes (Super Astro Fighter)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I want to change my Defense Command vote to Stargate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Donkey Kong Venture Super Cobra New Rally-X Venguard Snap Jack Tempest Qix Mouse Trap Ms Pacman speedup hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Donkey Kong Venture Super Cobra New Rally-X Venguard Snap Jack Tempest Qix Mouse Trap Ms Pacman speedup hack I thought Snap Jack was '82. would love to play it though B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Donkey Kong Venture Super Cobra New Rally-X Venguard Snap Jack Tempest Qix Mouse Trap Ms Pacman speedup hack I thought Snap Jack was '82. would love to play it though B According to KLOV it's 1981, you can click on the link I provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 MAME 32 and RomNation have Snap Jack listed as 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted November 15, 2011 Author Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) Archived Nomination Info Post a list of 10 games manufactured in the year 1981 in order of preference. Games will be added to the tournament based on the total number of nominations beginning highest to lowest. Nomination tiebreakers: If a game has not been played previously in the history of the AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC, that game will be chosen. If there are multiple titles that have been played previously in the history of the AtariAge Arcade/MAME HSC, then the most recently played title will be discarded. If ten games have not been selected by 3AM EDT on Sunday, November 13, games will be selected from their list of nominations in the following order: HSC Season 3 Champion (patbb) HSC Season 4 Standings as of one week from tournament start date from highest to lowest by only those that have posted nominations In case of a "wrap around," the selections will return back to the top of the current season standings Please test all games before nominating them to make sure there are no issues with the game (e.g. scoring issues). A maximum of 3 multi-nominee titles not making the cut will be added to the Holiday Season Craptacular. Final tally of nominees: Nominees Galaga (6) Ms. Pac-Man (6) Bosconian (5) New Rally X (5) Colony 7 (4) Cosmic Avenger (4) Gorf (4) Qix (4) Donkey Kong (3) Frogger (3) Lady Bug (3) Lock N Chase (3) Satan's Hollow (3) Solar Fox (3) Space Dungeon (3) Space Fury (3) Vanguard (3) Jungler (2) Mouse Trap (2) Omega Race (2) Pleiads (2) Spiders (2) Stargate (2) Edited November 18, 2011 by rmaerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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