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[zylon]

This round we're playing River Raid, one of the best on 5200. Play on default starting bridge(1) and go as far as you can. Reading the manual is highly recommended! Atari 5200 rom only for this round as the controllers are a huge part of what makes this port different. Emulation is allowed . Pics recommended, but not required.
Round ends on Sunday, November 27th 2011 @ 9pm EST

Current HSC record: Beat it for a bonus point! Current record holder still plays here, perhaps he will choose to defend?

River Raid - sdamon 147,250 NEW!!!
Highest bridge # reached: sdamon- bridge 59

Bonus challenge(s): Points will carry the day in this round, but progress will also be rewarded. Player with highest # bridge reached will get a bonus point.
I've played them all and feel that this port of River raid is the best one. Not everyone will agree with me. Play your favorite one(or 2nd favorite ) and prove it for a bonus point. Examples: INTV, CV, A8, C64, 2600, etc.

Alt. version scores:

97,620...(2600) sdamon
63,800...(2600) Sonic R
54,910...(2600) roadrunner
49,150...(2600) zylon
15,240...(INTV) JacobZu7zu7
11,260...(2600) peedenmark7

FINAL scores:

147,250 sdamon (B-59) (+3+11)=14
117,110 Cafeman (B-50) (+1+10)=11
87,090 (B-38) Sonic R (+1+9)=10
86,320 (B-39) zylon (+1+ =9
64,330 JacobZu7zu7 (+1+7)=8
61,030 chuckwalla +6
46,880 roadrunner (+1+5)=6
41,630 Bemis +4
39,080 (B-20) atariron82 +3
29,090 peedenmark7 (+1+2)=3
17,930 ahuffman +1

Current standings -

Points -

sdamon - 215
atariron82 - 167
zylon - 139
roadrunner - 121
peedenmark7 - 97
JacobZu7zu7 - 80
Sonic R - 64
BydoEmpire - 48
DensB68 - 44
Official Ninja - 33
doctorclu - 31
NoahsMyBro - 31
Cafeman - 26
rxd - 19
NML32 - 17
rmaerz - 15
Gabriel - 13
trbb - 12
ahuffman - 14
chuckwalla - 11
4ks - 5
Mingy Jongo - 4
oyamafamily - 2*
mightymage - 1*

Rounds won -

sdamon - 9
doctorclu - 2
atariron82 - 2
zylon - 2
NoahsMyBro - 1
rxd - 1
Official Ninja - 1
peedenmark7 - 1
trbb - 1

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[JacobZu7zu7]

Just had a quick play of River Raid on 5200. This seems to be the best of the three I have played...
2600 the original is nice but the course gets a little monotinous after 20ks.

I also like Galaxian, Defender, Qix, Berzerk, Gyruss... I like most on the 5200, probably more to come.

[zylon]

JacobZu7zu7, on Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:38 PM, said:

Just had a quick play of River Raid on 5200. This seems to be the best of the three I have played...
2600 the original is nice but the course gets a little monotinous after 20ks.

I also like Galaxian, Defender, Qix, Berzerk, Gyruss... I like most on the 5200, probably more to come.

Perhaps some of our players will join you for a little Mario Bros. That one always gets a couple votes, but never quite wins the poll here.

[ahuffman]

Yeah, I would love to play some mario bros myself.

[roadrunner]

2600 Version


42,910

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[JacobZu7zu7]

31,180

1st try at it, not bad...

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[zylon]

Got a couple of quick plays in:
5200: 39,370

2600: 49,150 - while fun, I find this one kinda lame after having played all the others. I'd also recommend the River Raid hack: "Galaga" for an interesting twist on this one.

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[sdamon]

So happy we got around to this one... it's been a long time favorite regardless of the system, but the 8-bit/5200 port is especially great!

Best score so far: 64,190

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[JacobZu7zu7]

5200 - River Raid,

48,200

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[Sonic R]

it's a start…

34,260

[zylon]

If I get the time, I'm going for the gold on this one. I made it to 6k from the record last time we played this one.

[chuckwalla]

One of THE best classic console/computer games ever designed, thanks to Ms. Shaw!
61,030

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[Sonic R]

getting better…

45,860



and did a run on the Colecovision 

27,210



I have to agree with Zylon…  the 5200 version is better as it offers better control… Colecovision version is a fight with the controller and is very hand cramping! the 5200 version also looks better! 

[Sonic R]

making some progress!

54,970



and on the Colecovision 

43,800


 
that's it for now… my hand is hurting..

[Sonic R]

took a break from 5200 and Colecovision River Raid with… 2600 River Raid!

did really well on 2600!

63,800

[ahuffman]

Lol, man I am too embarrassed to post my score so far.

[zylon]

Moving right along: 53,570

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[zylon]

ahuffman, on Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:55 PM, said:

Lol, man I am too embarrassed to post my score so far.

even a last place score can still fetch about 6 points, 7 with the alternate version challenge.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Tough to fly through those narrow water ways...!

I got 45ks twice on version 5200... 45,600 45,800 grr! I had 2 lives left and spead into
a boat twice, right off the last bridge marker. I have to be careful on Bridge 26.

[ahuffman]

Perhaps I could do better on the actual hardware but I don't have the cart yet. This is my best on the emulator.

17,930

[roadrunner]

46,880

The stock controller makes the plane move quickly left or right.
You need a steady hand for this one.

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[Cafeman]

Too late to post a picture , maybe will later. 86,030.

Edit - this game gets seriously challenging at the bridges above 30! Best strategy is to have many saved up lives and just try to slowly shoot as much as possible and get thru 1 bridge per life until you hit a stage or two with more fuel tanks.

Edited by Cafeman, Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:35 AM.

[zylon]

^^ I see you've chosen to "defend" then.^^

My latest play ended at bridge 32: 68,670

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[sdamon]

Had a good run over the weekend, but failed to beat the record: 96,110

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[Cafeman]

oooo, it's on fer real now! Now that I figured out how to get my Videogame Wiz A52 flash cart to work again, I can play more HSC challenges. I actually don't have a 5200 River Raid in my collection - I used to but it stopped working.

I just checked, it's been 4 years (2007) since I got that high score. Didn't seem like that long ago ... how time flies.