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[JacobZu7zu7]

2600 Knockout Game 1:

+ 2600 HIGH SCORE CHALLENGE 2012
Our first HSC + Elimination round is the Activision classic H.E.R.O.


SETTING: Play on DEFAULT setting (B/B Game 1)

DEADLINE TO PLAY: This round will start NOW!!! It will run a week or until
Sunday, January 8th 11:59PM EST (Eastern Time)
Play with Atari 2600 Console, or Emulation.
Any joystick or keyboard is fine!

Pics are encoraged here, however I WILL accept a no pic score.

Anyone can jump in and play a Knockout round game, if they like...
(this includes players who have been Knocked out of the tournament!),
for rank, high score and points. NOT to be counted in the K.O. contest.

You need not win, just not finish LAST! Let the battle begin...

THIS GAME IS ALSO OPEN FOR HIGH SCORE CHALLENGE POINTS AND RANKING! - Extended until Friday the 13th, 11:59PM.

Knockout players & scores:

15+ oyamafamily - 1,000,000 1st
14+ toymailman - 157,720 2nd
13+ cparsley - 152,395 3rd
12+ Vocelli - 134,810 10th *bonus time*
11+ classicgamer_27330 - 132,850 4th
10+ Metal Jesus - 117,560 5th
09+ Deteacher - 115,690 6th
08+ DT Kofoed - 106,350 17th *bonus time*
07+ Jifremok - 103,160 7th
06+ Gorfy - 77,030 8th
05+ Zoyx - 75,555 9th
04+ Cortat G - 69,750 11th
03+ JacobZu7zu7 - 68,810 12th
02+ Fallout_002 - 67,585 13th
01+ roadrunner - 66,660 14th
01+ Scrabbler15 - 66,050 15th
01+ LarcenTyler - 65,200 16th
01+ bigbee99 - 61,570 18th
01+ pis - 60,580 19th
01+ Stan - 59,970 20th
01+ HatNJ - 46,510 21st
00 - phaxda - 0 22nd (eliminated)

Everyone starts each game with a score of ZERO, one goal is to get above 0...
if you don't you will be eliminated and the lowest score earned of the active KO players, is safe!
A KING status will be awarded at the end of every round winner.

(22 players total... someone will be eliminated at Monday 12:00AM Jan 9th! EST)
(Anyone without a score by the deadline, will be eliminated!)


Round 1 Game: H.E.R.O. (oyamafamilys choice) - picked randomly by Gorfy
"D-4, is X checked off the game list".

classicgamer_27330 has been chosen out of the hat to select Round 2.
He picked C-3. which is... RAFT RIDER (STANS choice)
"C-3 is X checked off the game list"

A - 1/2/3/4/5
B - 1/2/3/4/5
C - 1/2/X/4/5
D - 1/2/3/X/5
E - 1/2/3/4/5

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:39 PM.

[Cortat G]

I started playing as soon as I saw you posted this!

50075

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[JacobZu7zu7]

H.E.R.O. ROM DOWNLOAD & LINK

http://www.romnation...tari2600/h.html


Atari 2600 H.E.R.O Review by GGGAMES.SE

http://www.gggames.s...view.php?id=206

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•  H.E.R.O. (1984) (Activision) NTSC.a26   8K   27 downloads
•  H.E.R.O. (1984) (Activision) PAL.a26   16K   21 downloads

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Sun Jan 1, 2012 10:25 PM.

[Zoyx]

36565 - Not a game I am good at. I think I have hit the patch score once.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Cortat G, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 10:13 PM, said:

I started playing as soon as I saw you posted this!

50075

Wow a score already, that's probably the record... that first score even beat me at posting the ROM downloads
I'm starting an hour early, because it's the FIRST game out!

All games (after HERO) will begin at the set time of 12:00 MIDNIGHT EST Monday morning
(the first minute of Monday)

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Sun Jan 1, 2012 10:32 PM.

[Scrabbler15]

34,460

And so it begins...

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[oyamafamily]

ROLLAGE!! 1,000,000 IN ONE ATTEMPT!!

<------BEFORE COMPLETING 1 MILLION

<------AFTER COMPLETING 1 MILLION

Here are my partial scores after completing the following stages:
LEVEL 01: 2,935
LEVEL 02: 7,445
LEVEL 03: 13,320
LEVEL 04: 20,170
LEVEL 05: 27,770
LEVEL 06: 35,495
LEVEL 07: 43,665
LEVEL 08: 53,775
LEVEL 09: 65,525
LEVEL 10: 78,425
LEVEL 11: 91,725
LEVEL 12: 106,085
LEVEL 13: 121,855
LEVEL 14: 138,405
LEVEL 15: 157,625
LEVEL 16: 178,455
LEVEL 17: 200,305
LEVEL 18: 224,155
LEVEL 19: 245,655
LEVEL 20: 278,880

WOO HOOOO!! Got to 1-million club in 2600 H.E.R.O.!!

[LarcenTyler]

52,980

[Vocelli]

Ok..
Just to get on the board.
HERO: 31200

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[Cortat G]

IMPROVEMENT!

64970!


MY NEXT POST IS A MILESTONE FOR ME: MY 100TH POST!

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Edited by Cortat G, Mon Jan 2, 2012 4:10 PM.

[Scrabbler15]

38,730

Little bump.
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[Zoyx]

54205

[Deteacher]

I'm so excited to be getting back into the competition. My first score, using emulation and keyboard (ugh.)

57,460!



Edit: Crap...just realized that I missed the score in the snapshot. that's ok, though. I fully intend on improving once I dig out my system.

Edited by Deteacher, Mon Jan 2, 2012 8:20 PM.

[Zoyx]

How do we work multiple non-participants?

[JacobZu7zu7]

oyamafamily, on Mon Jan 2, 2012 9:48 AM, said:

ROLLAGE!! 1,000,000 IN ONE ATTEMPT!!

H.E.R.O. before 1 million.png<------BEFORE COMPLETING 1 MILLION

H.E.R.O. 1 million.png<------AFTER COMPLETING 1 MILLION

WOO HOOOO!! Got to 1-million club in 2600 H.E.R.O.!!

GEEZE LOUISE!
SOMETHING TELLS ME YOU'RE GONNA BE SAFE THIS ROUND OYAMA...

[Fallout_002]

37,205

[Scrabbler15]

42,985

I won't be approaching Oyama's 1 million, so I'll keep pushing until I feel safe for this round.

I hardly ever played H.E.R.O. before, so I'm having a lot of fun with this one.

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[Zoyx]

Pro-tip: To practice the higher levels, select the other game variations.

Top notch game... wish I was better at it.

Edited by Zoyx, Mon Jan 2, 2012 9:26 PM.

[Stan]

First try:

59,970

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[Stan]

I really like this game, but, I really, really, like truly, hate the propellar controls. I understand it's part of the challenge of it all, but it makes it too easy to make a little slip and if the timing on it were better stuff like that one damn snake in level 9 or 10 (forget which one, he's in a narrow corridor and you have to time your drop to pass him) make it annoying. Wish there was a way to control your hover better.

[Zoyx]

Stan, on Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:11 PM, said:

I really like this game, but, I really, really, like truly, hate the propellar controls. I understand it's part of the challenge of it all, but it makes it too easy to make a little slip and if the timing on it were better stuff like that one damn snake in level 9 or 10 (forget which one, he's in a narrow corridor and you have to time your drop to pass him) make it annoying. Wish there was a way to control your hover better.

Agree. Curious how this game would play with Joust physics.

[classicgamer_27330]

[oyamafamily]

TIP: Study H.E.R.O. maps to be motivated!!
At this page (link above), there is a video which shows how to play Level 20 and Completion Screenshot (which shows the maximum score of 1,000,000 = ! ! ! ! ! ! )

[toymailman]

Zoyx, on Mon Jan 2, 2012 8:26 PM, said:

How do we work multiple non-participants?

My two-cents would be that (non-participant) = (score of 0). Therefore, as of right now, there would be many people in last place with a score of zero. It might be good to update the list with this assumption. Vocelli, eventhough he has the current lowest score submitted, is not the lowest score in danger of elimination.

Also, along these lines, if multiple players each tie for last place (whether it is due to no submission or otherwise) then we would have to discuss how to handle it. All of the last place finishers could be eliminated, but then this may mess up the weeks/game selections. Or, we could do a random lottery to pick one to eliminate. Other thoughts?

[Zoyx]

My thought is to drop all non-participants - no lottery or tie-breaker. The games selected by non-participants would be eliminated as well... unless we already played that game, of course.