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Knockout Round 3: Pole Position

Elimination round 3

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#1 zylon OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:13 AM

Our game this time around is Pole Position. Run race Malibu GP 8-lap setting and give it all you've got.
Emulation is fine as is whatever control scheme you wish. Pics required as lowest score is eliminated from further play.
Anyone using their "skip" must post here within 24hrs. Players who've used their skip will have an asterisk * next to their name. So far we've had either good luck with everyone having the game and being a good sport. great to see. :)
Round ends 9pm EST Tuesday night December 27th 2011

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

You need not win, just need to not lose. Let the battle begin!

eligible players:

zylon - 103,100
sdamon - 100,650
JacobZu7zu7 - 99,600
Cafeman - 91,500
Sonic R - 90,800
Roadrunner - 85,950
atariron82 - 66,250(eliminated)


Games to be played:
Ms Pacman
Pitfall
Beamrider
Frogger
Defender
River Raid
Centipede
Pacman
Mario Bros
Dig Dug
Pole Position
Space Invaders
Super Cobra

Edited by zylon, Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:49 AM.


#2 Sonic R OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:36 AM

I'm afraid I'll have to be the first to use my 'bye week' - as my Pole Position cart (and RealSports Tennis cart) have been misplaced since summer… (likely at a friends home where I brought my 5200 over to play) what's worse, I had doubles of this game and gave it to ubersauraus!

#3 zylon OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:58 AM

View PostSonic R, on Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:36 AM, said:

I'm afraid I'll have to be the first to use my 'bye week' - as my Pole Position cart (and RealSports Tennis cart) have been misplaced since summer… (likely at a friends home where I brought my 5200 over to play) what's worse, I had doubles of this game and gave it to ubersauraus!
Skip granted. You may cancel that if you find your cart though.

#4 Sonic R OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:44 PM

View Postzylon, on Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:58 AM, said:

View PostSonic R, on Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:36 AM, said:

I'm afraid I'll have to be the first to use my 'bye week' - as my Pole Position cart (and RealSports Tennis cart) have been misplaced since summer… (likely at a friends home where I brought my 5200 over to play) what's worse, I had doubles of this game and gave it to ubersauraus!
Skip granted. You may cancel that if you find your cart though.

I'm pretty confident Tennis and Pole Position are at my friends home… it's just that he lives just under an hour from me, and I wouldn't make it out that way til a weekend date when I'm not at work, but being that Christmas is this weekend, I may not see him til next week when we'll be going to the Pistons home opener…

ugh... I was hoping this (and Pitfall) wouldn't have been picked! I'm still trying to complete my 5200 collection... and I'm almost there!


#5 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:20 PM

Pitfall doesn't work on my 2-port, come to think of it. I will have to emulate, if I make it that far.

#6 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:12 PM

64,350.

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#7 JacobZu7zu7 OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:57 PM

This seasons top Pole Position player is sdamon, do I sense a re-match zylon?! ;)

#8 JacobZu7zu7 OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:27 AM

65,800 Malibu GP 8-lap

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#9 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:11 AM

my left hand starts to cramp up on this game, because of holding in the buttons so long as I play. Does that happen to you guys too?

#10 JacobZu7zu7 OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:52 AM

View PostCafeman, on Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:11 AM, said:

my left hand starts to cramp up on this game, because of holding in the buttons so long as I play. Does that happen to you guys too?

actually no. not yet, i played for an hour and my thumb/hand is a-okay.

q*bert cramps my hands though... galaxian does wear out my thumb after a few waves...

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:38 PM.


#11 JacobZu7zu7 OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:41 PM

78,650

Yay, personal best, I could have made to lap 7, but my car went into LO gear on a turn,
and I tried to speed up, but it took me right down to 0 as I was in the wrong gear to speed up.... :P

Although last time we played PP, was my first ever try on 5200. So, still learning...

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#12 roadrunner OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:49 PM

I didn't expect to do this good but i'll take it. :)


76,950

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#13 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:04 PM

Vroooom!

87,750.

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#14 JacobZu7zu7 OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:16 PM

Took my full concentration... not sure if I can do better! If I got Pole Position, the score would read about 102ks!

99,600 LAP 8 65''90

Was one lane away from completing the 9th and final lap. I crashed twice... one was a small
fender scrape (dumb mistake), and the second was on this "lap 8" a 4 car pile up lol.

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#15 roadrunner OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:25 PM

WoW almost 86K and it might not be good enough.
I crashed 2 times on lap 7 :(


85,950

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#16 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:44 PM

Wow, tough competition! You can't crash at all if you want to finish the 8th lap.

#17 atariron82 OFFLINE  

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Posted Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:20 PM

66,250

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#18 zylon OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:13 AM

As soon as my hand recovers some from Food Fight, I'll fire this up. :)

Of note: I'll be away Saturday and Sunday, but will update the scores and resume playing Monday.

Edited by zylon, Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:40 PM.


#19 sdamon OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:49 PM

It took a few days of mediocre scores, but I finally had a really good run at this game: 100,650

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Edited by sdamon, Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:50 PM.


#20 zylon OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:09 PM

^Nice^ :thumbsup:

Just had my third quality attempt: 102,150 :evil:

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#21 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:34 PM

I must be missing some skill, because I can't seem to get to lap 8 which is necessary to compete with these high scores.

My lower buttons were not responding well , causing my hand to cramp up trying to press the gas button too hard. So I took apart my favorite 5200 controller and used a pencil eraser to clean the rev9 circuit contacts. Then had to use Missile Command to center the stick when putting it back together. My buttons work great now - except, inexplicably, the pause button no longer registers on this stick! I must have kinked a wire somehow.

Anyway my new high is 89,500 but I didn't manage to get a picture this time.

I also spotted some kind of bug , I think. You know how the max speed is 195 MPH? For 1 game only, it was going up to a max of 217 MPH. It didn't seem I was actually going faster but that's what the speedometer read. I have no idea if this is an easter egg or how to get it to work - it never repeated.

#22 zylon OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:06 AM

View PostCafeman, on Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:34 PM, said:

...I also spotted some kind of bug , I think. You know how the max speed is 195 MPH? For 1 game only, it was going up to a max of 217 MPH. It didn't seem I was actually going faster but that's what the speedometer read. I have no idea if this is an easter egg or how to get it to work - it never repeated.
I like this bug better. ;) You need to go a number of laps without hitting ANYTHING, including the side strips to get the higher speeds. You can accelerate back up to these speeds at any time after achieving them until you crash once. Shown is the A8 port which seems easier to trigger this.

I've also added my latest play. Hello Mr. HSC record. :)

102,200

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#23 Cafeman OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:45 PM

I wondered if there was a way to trigger the higher speeds. I activated it a 2nd time - this time it allowed me to go up to 211 MPH. I didn't do well that game, not sure if it really helps or not. ?

PP 5200 is evil! How many times my game was ruined by a crash because of unanticipated movements of cars.

#24 roadrunner OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:18 PM

I always seem to get stuck behind 2 cars that are blocking the track. No room to pass! :mad:

#25 Sonic R OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:36 PM

just got my games back... I'll be home this evening and get a score up… though I may be staring at elimination as Pole Position isn't one of my strongest games, especially looking over these high scores!!




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