R'cade Mag Insider 3.12.2012

Posted by rmaerz, 12 March 2012 · 208 views

Playing With Power
Of the 12 titles in the NES Power Play Tournament, only two did not see a new Retroboards high score (Tetris: 984,482 Ben Mullen & Rad Racer: 66,499 Dean Hagerman). The following new highs were recorded during the tournament:

Defender II
731,100 Mason Cramer

Donkey Kong
427,700 Glen Updike

Elevator Action
35,450 Phil Timmons

Galaga
372,380 Mason Cramer

Karate Champ
60,700 Phil Timmons

Marble Madness
108,820 Mason Cramer

Mario Bros.
1,179,880 Glen Updike

R.C. Pro-Am
175,135 Brandon LeCroy

Rush 'N Attack
495,900 Phil Timmons

Xevious
285,560 Mason Cramer

Super Tournament On the Horizon
Retrocade Magazine's Atari 5200 Tournament presented by GameGavel Video Game Auctionsbegins March 22. There are 12 titles to compete on but players are only required to submit scores on 6 to qualify for the overall tournament standings. The winner of this tournament will receive a$50 credit at GameGavel.com along with Retrocade Magazine Issue #2 digital.

Here are the current Retroboards high scores for the 12 titles in this tournament.
Berzerk
10,730 Virender Dayal

Buck Rogers
129,726 Rob Maerz

Centipede
41,377 Virender Dayal

Defender
172,200 James Nguyen

Dig Dug
54,900 Michael Allard

Galaxian
30,440 Chuck Ostrowski

Mario Bros.
152,100 Chuck Ostrowski

Miner 2049er
159,580 Virender Dayal

Missile Command
199,245 Chuck Ostrowski

Moon Patrol
48,900 Virender Dayal

Pole Position
60,950 Virender Dayal

Popeye
120,990 Virender Dayal

The tournament is FREE to participate for members of the Retrocade Magazine forums. Since I do not know who will be participating in advance, I cannot predict with 100% accuracy which titles will see new high scores recorded. I will predict, however, that 8 of the 12 titles will see new high scores.

St. Patty's Day Tap-Off

In progress now until March 18, you can win forum tokens by playing Tapper on four different plaftorms: the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Atari 8-bit computer and Commodore 64. Click here for complete rules.

Here are the top scores recorded for Tapper thus far per platform:
Atari 8-bit: 58,950 Virender Dayal
ColecoVision: 241,575 Rob Maerz
Commodore 64: 75,900 Rob Maerz

Elsewhere On the Retroboards
Other new high scores recorded within the last week:

Buck Rogers (5200) 129,726 Rob Maerz
Defender (ColecoVision) 729,650 Rob Maerz
Destructor (ColecoVision) 58,020 Ed Kelly
Dig Dug (5200) 54,900 Michael Allard
Mario Bros. (ColecoVision) 96,000 Rob Maerz
Night Stalker (INTV) 38,900 Ed Kelly

Still Standing
The following top scores were recorded in the very first Retroboards Update on July 8, 2011 and have not yet been topped:

BattleZone (2600) 425,000 Chuck Ostrowski
Kaboom! (2600) 50,755 Chuck Ostrowski
Solaris (2600) 105,400 Chuck Ostrowski
Galaxian (5200) 30,440 Chuck Ostrowski
Kaboom! (5200) 26,958 Chuck Ostrowski
River Raid (5200) 85,420 Chuck Ostrowski

Will Chuck Ostrowski's top score on Galaxian (5200) still be intact at the conclusion of the Atari 5200 tournament? Stay tuned!

Where's the Love?
The following Atari 2600 titles have yet to receive a score submission:

Defender Arcade
Jawbreaker
Moonsweeper
Q*bert's Qubes
RealSports Baseball
RealSports Soccer

Right Here...
These Atari 2600 titles have received score submissions from four or more players. None of these titles have ever appeared in a tournament or contest:

BattleZone
Berzerk
Freeway
Frogger (Parker Bros.)
Joust
Phoenix
Venture
Zaxxon

New Games Being Tracked
Intellivision: Beauty & the Beast, Kool-Aid Man, Night Stalker

Happening Now
March's Game of the Month: Astrosmash (Intellivision) - 2500 tokens to whomever places the top score on this title for the month. Current top score is 145,755 by Rob Maerz.

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