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[JacobZu7zu7]

7800 Knockout Game 6:

Our sixth elimination round is Xevious



SETTING: Play on selection: INTERMEDIATE

DEADLINE TO PLAY: This round starts Wednesday January 11th (MIDNIGHT) EST
and runs one week or until Tuesday, January 17th 11:59PM EST
Play with 7800 System 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!),
just for fun and high score though, NOT to be counted in the contest.

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

Knockout players & scores:

Jifremok - 139,560 1st
Sonic R - 118,000 2nd
roadrunner - 69,550 3rd
bigbee99 - 46,200 4th
patbb - 22,350 5th
Darrin 9999 - 18,520 6th







Eliminated players
1st round: Dig Dug - peedenmark7
2nd round: Food Fight - LarcenTyler
3rd round: Crack'ed - zylon (retired from Knockout)
4th round: Asteroids - atomickneedrop (no score)
5th round: Mario Bros. - Gorfy
6th round: ?


Round 7: Game to be played: Centipede

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:56 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Xevious ROM

Attached Files

•  Xevious (1987) (Atari).a78   32.13K   16 downloads

[Sonic R]

Edited by Sonic R, Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:10 PM.

[bigbee99]

Sonic R, on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:10 PM, said:

Well, I said I owned it. That doesn't mean I'm any good at it. This could be me on the way out of the door.

I'll kick it off with something.

46200



This is the best I've ever done on Xevious so I guess that means I can keep improving this week. I enjoy top-down shooters but never cared for the bomb on this game. I guess it's time to learn this one.

B

[Sonic R]

bigbee99, on Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:56 AM, said:

This is the best I've ever done on Xevious so I guess that means I can keep improving this week. I enjoy top-down shooters but never cared for the bomb on this game. I guess it's time to learn this one.

B

if using a two button 7800 controller, you can toggle the difficulty switch to have both bomb and regular shot with one button.. or if using another controller with one button functionality, it automatically defaults to this.

[bigbee99]

Sonic R, on Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:33 AM, said:

bigbee99, on Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:56 AM, said:

This is the best I've ever done on Xevious so I guess that means I can keep improving this week. I enjoy top-down shooters but never cared for the bomb on this game. I guess it's time to learn this one.

B

if using a two button 7800 controller, you can toggle the difficulty switch to have both bomb and regular shot with one button.. or if using another controller with one button functionality, it automatically defaults to this.

I use a SMS Control Stick for most 2600/7800 stuff unless it needs both buttons. I may try the 7800 stick before the week is up. Who knows, I might get around to it today. The rain here has shot my plans.

B

[Sonic R]

I usually use a SMS control pad for most of my 7800 play
my issue with using the 7800 proline in Xevious is that the shot is on the left button (bomb is set to the right button) and I'm forced to use my index finger to fire, causing discomfort
there are some advantages to not continuously bombing, such as seeing hidden targets when the crosshairs turn red, I'm going to have to see how long I can endure the pain using the proline... otherwise, I'll just play for survival and hope to score decent that way...

Edited by Sonic R, Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:32 AM.

[roadrunner]

On the board with 59,850

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[Darrin9999]

18,520

bigbee99, on Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:56 AM, said:

Sonic R, on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:10 PM, said:

Well, I said I owned it. That doesn't mean I'm any good at it. This could be me on the way out of the door.

I'll kick it off with something.

46200



This is the best I've ever done on Xevious so I guess that means I can keep improving this week. I enjoy top-down shooters but never cared for the bomb on this game. I guess it's time to learn this one.

B

18,520 - It looks like I`ll be the one getting Knocked the F-Out!!

[Sonic R]

Xevious is probably my favorite 7800 game... my sister got this game back at Christmas 1988 and we would play for hours! it's also one of the games that would set me up for my love of shooters (along with Zanac and Gradius on the NES)

getting on board with:

118,000

[patbb]

22,350

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[roadrunner]

69,550

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[Jifremok]

139,560
And I've only just started! Then again, it feels like it hasn't been that long ago since we've last played this.


And for the first time, I've (naturally?) changed the way I play 7800 Xevious. I still use the Pro Line, but now I use my left hand for movement and my right hand for the buttons, the opposite of how I hold it for other games. My hands get much less tired now.

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[JacobZu7zu7]

Sonic R, on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:10 PM, said:

Doing very well right now, after getting passed the Mario hump...

[JacobZu7zu7]

1/2 WAY THROUGH XEVIOUS

Jifremok leads the way so far in 1st.
Sonic R a close 2nd is now enjoying the mario free world.
roadrunner is doing very consistant progress, relaxing in 3rd.
bigbee99 started up quick the last two rounds is 4th.
patbb a quick score and currently 5th.
Darrin 9999 - rough start at the moment in "last" 6th place.



Darrin9999 is currently on the bubble, though... no players without a score!,
everyone has 2 1/4 days left to play!

[JacobZu7zu7]

Final Results for Round 6: Jifremok is KING!

Knockout players:

Jifremok - 139,560 1st (Round 6: King)
Sonic R - 118,000 2nd
roadrunner - 69,550 3rd
bigbee99 - 46,200 4th
patbb - 22,350 5th
Darrin 9999 - 18,520 6th (eliminated)



Eliminating someone is a shame, but it's the name of the Knockout game.

Round 7 is up, and now going!

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:45 PM.

[Sonic R]

would've liked to have put more time in this one... but with working long hours, sick children, and trying to play multiple games, I'm finding myself short on time

hopefully I can put up a decent score for the next round!