DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 You can also glitch the score to 848484 if you run all the way to the left in "glitch heaven" Another very legit score for the leaderboards! I've been having a lot of fun playing Mountain King the past few days, lol. Thanks for the challenge. I need to post some more actual scores. I made some maps and a Youtube video because no one seems to care how to play this game. The AtariAge scores from the weekly contest earlier this year were WEAK!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 love the video!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 New Patch challenge for November: To Earn: score +200k (game 1/b) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 I just saw the new challenge badge a couple days ago and started digging into Defender. It's surprisingly complex for a 2600 space-shooter, but I actually like all the nuance (saving the "humanoids", screen warps, smart-bombs, etc). But I wish there was turbo-fire, and whenever I shoot those coronaviruses they seem to spawn the particle-cloud things right on top of me. That challenge score of 200k is way too much for me, but at least I'm having fun familiarizing myself with a classic. -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/28/2021 at 6:14 PM, CasualCart said: That challenge score of 200k is way too much for me, but at least I'm having fun familiarizing myself with a classic. I think you can do it. It's a challenge for sure. Especially when the aliens start to zip to the top really fast with their abductions, (combined with accidentally flying past the falling humans) can land you in a mutant apocalypse very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/30/2021 at 6:10 PM, G-type said: I think you can do it. It's a challenge for sure. Especially when the aliens start to zip to the top really fast with their abductions, (combined with accidentally flying past the falling humans) can land you in a mutant apocalypse very easily. Nice! I've got a decent strategy for handling the mutant takeovers (lots of hiding at the bottom of the screen and reversing to stall the mutants), but I've still got a long way to go haha. I improved my high-score to 79k, though, so I'm happy about that! -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Defender update - I scored 118k today! I don't know if this was luck or competence, but I'll take it either way haha. -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 16 hours ago, CasualCart said: Defender update - I scored 118k today! I don't know if this was luck or competence, but I'll take it either way haha. Nice! The strategy I've been using lately is when I get down to 1 humanoid, I just stand guard over it and wait for the enemies to come to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Defender - 333,000 I almost tripled my high-score today!!! Somehow I fell into an ideal pattern of earning bonus lives faster than I burned them (until a handful of sloppy mistakes ended my run). I honestly thought I had no chance at earning this challenge badge, so I took myself by surprise here! -CasualCart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 19 hours ago, CasualCart said: Defender - 333,000 I almost tripled my high-score today!!! Somehow I fell into an ideal pattern of earning bonus lives faster than I burned them (until a handful of sloppy mistakes ended my run). I honestly thought I had no chance at earning this challenge badge, so I took myself by surprise here! -CasualCart Nice! Not only earned the patch, but you bumped @StanJr out of the top score position, and are now the current patch leader overall! Time to change your name to HardcoreCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Sky Jinks (1/B/B) - 36.58 I recently discovered Sky Jinks, and it's probably my favorite Activision title. (It has some of the best graphics on the 2600, too, if you ask me). All the resources I found online say that the score required for the Activision Patch back in the day was <37 seconds on Course 1. Well - after a few nights of practice I can proudly say I would've earned my very first Activision Patch if it was the early 80s! I've been getting hooked on Dolphin as well, but that Activision Patch score is much more daunting haha. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 had a pretty good run, of course its murphy's law that its always in the middle of one these that the kids cause trouble and my wife starts shouting for me to "turn it off and go deal with them" Obviously, I couldn't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Heck yeah @G-type -pushing through the distractions for a monster score haha! This Defender leaderboard looks stacked now! -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 The Activision Patch score for Dolphin is 80k. I came close today with 75,650, but that high-score is still elusive. I love the idea of navigating your dolphin with "sonar" audio cues - it's such a neat mechanic, especially for 1983. It works great for the seahorse gates, but the audio signal for the seagulls feels too brief to reliably get to the top of the screen in time. Maybe there's a strategy I haven't picked-up on - I'm gonna keep trying nonetheless. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Dolphin (1/B/B) - 81,770 Success!!! I beat the Activision Patch score of 80k! I'm really proud of this one, and I may have found a new addition to my favorite 2600 games. -CasualCart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Nice work. I love Dolphin too. The chase mechanic combined with having to rely on the audio cues is a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 hours ago, G-type said: I love Dolphin too. No kidding! I saw your score on the leaderboard after I posted yesterday, and it blew me away haha. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted December 14, 2021 Author Share Posted December 14, 2021 1 hour ago, CasualCart said: No kidding! I saw your score on the leaderboard after I posted yesterday, and it blew me away haha. -CasualCart We've earned the "Friends of the Dolphin" patches, but we're still a far way off from the 300k needed to earn the "Secret Society of the Dolphin" patch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Barnstorming (1/B/B) Course 1: 33.09 sec Course 2: 50.78 sec Course 3: 53.54 sec Another Activision Patch score for another of my favorite 2600 games! References online give time-requirements for the first 3 courses (<33.3 sec for course 1, <51.0 seconds for course 2, and <54.0 seconds for course 3). I'm not sure if Activision required all 3 for the patch, so I made sure to clear each of them just in case. I needed a perfect route and flawless execution to beat the time on course 1 (and 2?), but course 3's requirement was more lenient - I hit some birds and still came in under 54 seconds. Approaching Barnstorming with a "perfect route" in mind felt almost like learning paths on R-Type - addicting and painful but so rewarding haha. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,539 Graphics Team · Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Spider Fighter (A/A) - 49,490 Spider Fighter (B/B) - 53,740 Starting off 2022 with a new Activision patch score! I wasn't sure what the difficulty switches were supposed to be set at, but I managed to break the 40k minimum score on both A/A and B/B to cover all my bases anyway. -CasualCart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 Thanks to @Jeevan I can now play this game on the original cart! February challenge: Q*berts QUBES To earn : score +60k game 1/a (for some reason, the novice/expert difficulty settings are reversed from the usual settings) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,910 Events Helper · Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 39 minutes ago, G-type said: Thanks to @Jeevan I can now play this game on the original cart! February challenge: Q*berts QUBES To earn : score +60k game 1/a (for some reason, the novice/expert difficulty settings are reversed from the usual settings) shhhhh.... don't tell anyone I found the cart for u and sent it to u........ glad to do it for u my man!!!! ENJOY IT!!!!!!! Hopefully u can find joy in any qbert game as I'm not a fan, but I know u wanted it so I'm happy it found a nice home!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,885 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 7:49 PM, G-type said: February challenge: Q*berts QUBES Damn, wish I had a copy of this for Atari 2600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,480 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 41 minutes ago, PII said: Damn, wish I had a copy of this for Atari 2600. you can play online: https://www.emurom.net/us/play/play-atari-2600-6504-q-bert.s.qubes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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