Star Raiders Side Contest

(reposted from another message. My way of saying "yes")

Here is a tidbit on the scoring system in Star Raiders from the 5200 manual. As you know the 5200 version is the 800 version with only control changes, and the items are identified on long rang scanner. Everything else is the same.

" Rank Mission Score

ROOKIE 48 - 79
NOVICE 80 - 111
ENSIGN 112 - 143
PILOT 144 - 175
ACE 176 - 191
LIEUTENANT 192 - 207
WARRIOR 208 - 223
CAPTAIN 224 - 239
COMMANDER 240 - 271
STAR COMMANDER 272 - 303"

"Your NEW RANK is displayed at the top of the television screen by rank and class. There are five classes per rank, Class 1 being the highest and Class 5 being the lowers. "

"If you do not score at least 48 points on a mission, your new rank will be GALACTIC COOK or GARBAGE SCOW CAPTAIN. If you can't do better than that, your mission skill level is too advanced for you. Switch to a lower skill level and work you way back up. "

http://www.atarihq.c...s/starraid.html

So for the contest, you get the rank and class, and then you could follow the scale that follows for the numerical value (using the highest number of that rank and class for your score):

COOK/GARBAGE SCOW 0-48 (47 point spread 47/5=9.4)
Class 5 0-9
Class 4 10-18
Class 3 19-28
Class 2 29-38
Class 1 39-47

ROOKIE 48 - 79 (31 point spread 31/5=6.2)
Class 5 48-54
Class 4 55-60
Class 3 61-67
Class 2 68-73
Class 1 74-79

NOVICE 80 - 111 (31 point spread 31/5=6.2)
Class 5 80-85
Class 4 86-91
Class 3 92-98
Class 2 99-104
Class 1 105-111

ENSIGN 112 - 143 (31 point spread 31/5=6.2)
Class 5 112-117
Class 4 118-124
Class 3 125-131
Class 2 132-137
Class 1 138-143

PILOT 144 - 175 (31 point spread 31/5=6.2)
Class 5 144-149
Class 4 150-156
Class 3 157-162
Class 2 163-169
Class 1 170-175

ACE 176 - 191
Class 5
Class 4
Class 3
Class 2
Class 1

LIEUTENANT 192 - 207
Class 5
Class 4
Class 3
Class 2
Class 1

WARRIOR 208 - 223
Class 5
Class 4
Class 3
Class 2
Class 1

CAPTAIN 224 - 239
Class 5
Class 4
Class 3
Class 2
Class 1

COMMANDER 240 - 271
Class 5
Class 4
Class 3
Class 2
Class 1

STAR COMMANDER 272 - 303"
Class 5
Class 4
Class 3
Class 2
Class 1

And so on... I will be happy to come back and edit this message later fleshing out the rest of the values... but just to say that we can come up with a scoring system for that game and this competition that should work well.
It's a bit of work, but you have to admit, Star Raiders is worth it.