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[jblenkle]

Well, I wish they'd fix it...maybe more people should email them...I will...

Thanks on the score. I may just go back to playing on the emulator again. I've been trying to play the real CV, but my hand is so sore from gripping the controller the last few days I've only been putting up scores of 70,000-80,000. I think I'm going to tear the frikin' nob off the controller one of these times. Yurkie may have to refurbish my refurbished joysticks...

ChuckH, on Thu Dec 8, 2011 4:32 PM, said:

Joe,
Yes, I've tried it in MESS with the same result. There is no gun. I actually reported this to the MESS team a long time ago and I think that it has to do with an error in the driver for Colecovision. It should be easily fixable but it hasn't been fixed yet. I've tried to reconfigure the keys but to no avail. I think this is the only game that does not work correctly in MESS for Colecovision. At least it's the only one that I've come across. It's too bad as I like MESS and use it a lot.
I like the ADAM emulation in MESS as well but they screwed up the ADAM emulation after version 141. I use version 141 and the ADAM emulation works quite well but alas Super Cobra does not work as it has garbled graphics on startup. I like the ADAM emulation because you can often use the mouse as the Roller Controller, etc.
Great score on Super Cobra, BTW.
Chuck

[roadrunner]

New score using the 32k dump on COLEM

15,460

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[JacobZu7zu7]

okay, I got 18ks "something"... once again I hit the fire button... or something went wrong here,

I will take 18,000 exactly for a score if that's acceptable.

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[jblenkle]

Super Cobra - 115,990



Could have gone a little longer, but I tried snapping a picture between levels to avoid accidently resetting the game if I died and wound up dying any way - shot out of the sky by the gun on top of the building.

[jblenkle]

I have been informed that the problem with the 2nd fire button in MESS for ColecoVision has been fixed. If you compile your own program, it's available as of revision number 13551...otherwise you will have to wait for the v.144u3 to be released.

jblenkle, on Thu Dec 8, 2011 7:46 PM, said:

Well, I wish they'd fix it...maybe more people should email them...I will...

Thanks on the score. I may just go back to playing on the emulator again. I've been trying to play the real CV, but my hand is so sore from gripping the controller the last few days I've only been putting up scores of 70,000-80,000. I think I'm going to tear the frikin' nob off the controller one of these times. Yurkie may have to refurbish my refurbished joysticks...

ChuckH, on Thu Dec 8, 2011 4:32 PM, said:

Joe,
Yes, I've tried it in MESS with the same result. There is no gun. I actually reported this to the MESS team a long time ago and I think that it has to do with an error in the driver for Colecovision. It should be easily fixable but it hasn't been fixed yet. I've tried to reconfigure the keys but to no avail. I think this is the only game that does not work correctly in MESS for Colecovision. At least it's the only one that I've come across. It's too bad as I like MESS and use it a lot.
I like the ADAM emulation in MESS as well but they screwed up the ADAM emulation after version 141. I use version 141 and the ADAM emulation works quite well but alas Super Cobra does not work as it has garbled graphics on startup. I like the ADAM emulation because you can often use the mouse as the Roller Controller, etc.
Great score on Super Cobra, BTW.
Chuck

[jblenkle]

A reminder to everyone playing this game -- scroll back to message #16 and grab the rom. The 32k dump works correctly on all the emulators except VColeco (Virtual ColecoVision).

[jblenkle]

Super Cobra - 161,540

[Ikrananka]

This is the kind of score one gets when one only has 20 mins to play in two weeks - agghhhhh.

12,810

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[Ikrananka]

jblenkle, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:27 AM, said:

Super Cobra - 161,540

Great Score - well done

Edited by Ikrananka, Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:55 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Ugh! I just realized I could hold the button down... MUCH EASIER
Actually played to 27,000 before losing my FIRST life. I tried to not care
what I hit and didn't and concentrated on the terrain as a whole... that helps too.

32,870

Onto the next game...

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[jblenkle]

My controller is pretty much destroyed...

Ikrananka, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:55 PM, said:

jblenkle, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:27 AM, said:

Super Cobra - 161,540

Great Score - well done

[jblenkle]

Ikrananka, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:54 PM, said:

This is the kind of score one gets when one only has 20 mins to play in two weeks - agghhhhh.

12,810

Super Cobra - 161,540

And this is the kind of score one gets when he's unemployed and sits at home all day playing this @#%&#@ game!!!

[Ikrananka]

jblenkle, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:41 PM, said:

Ikrananka, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:54 PM, said:

This is the kind of score one gets when one only has 20 mins to play in two weeks - agghhhhh.

12,810

Super Cobra - 161,540

And this is the kind of score one gets when he's unemployed and sits at home all day playing this @#%&#@ game!!!

Sorry to hear that - I hope you manage to find a job soon.

[jblenkle]

Ikrananka, on Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:58 PM, said:

jblenkle, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:41 PM, said:

Ikrananka, on Fri Dec 16, 2011 6:54 PM, said:

This is the kind of score one gets when one only has 20 mins to play in two weeks - agghhhhh.

12,810

Super Cobra - 161,540

And this is the kind of score one gets when he's unemployed and sits at home all day playing this @#%&#@ game!!!

Sorry to hear that - I hope you manage to find a job soon.

Technically I'm employed...but there isn't any work. The company I work for grades student tests. We used to be in a building with 400 computer stations...two years ago they moved to a new office with 25...they lost a lot of contracts...I think I probably worked three months last year. Don't know if they'll call us back this season or not...it would be February if they do...

Fortunately my wife makes a lot of money...and I have my own side business (a newspaper) which brings in a little.