JacobZu7zu7 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Malagai ~ WEEK 25 ~ Never Been Played #1 CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATORS! Jacob/BAZ. Malagai Released By: Answer Software 1983 Programmed by: ? Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: DEFAULT The HSC Record for Malagai: Never been played, set a record for +1 bonus Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (11:59:59 PM EST) the evening of Sunday, July 10th, 2016 Weekend Bonus: Play More Malagai Improve your score over the weekend for a bonus point! (+1) DOUBLE it for (+1) more. If you haven't posted a score yet (meaning before post #20) then earn (+1) by jumping in with a score of at least 2,500. Make the top 3 for (+1) more! Malagai High Scores (Scoring is +1 point for last place and up from there) (Scoring MAX points or beyond is considered ROLLAGE) (Pics of scores over 98% MAX points are sufficient to show ROLLAGE) 1. 20,550 S.BAZ +15 record-setter (+1) 2. 20,200 darthkur +14 (+2) 3. 14,650 KaeruYojimbo +13 4. 6,000 MGS +12 (+1) 5. 5,850 Gorfy +11 (+2) 6. 4,800 JacobZu7zu7 +10 (+1) 7. 4,450 chavert +8 (+1) 7. 4,450 Vocelli +8 (+1) 9. 4,400 karokoenig +7 10. 3,100 Scrabbler15 +6 (+1) 11. 2,850 Lauren Tyler +5 12. 2,350 Ramses +4 13. 1,150 roadrunner +3 14. 1,100 troff +2 15. 0 classicgamer_27330 +1 Overall Standings Through Week 24 (Marauder)Top 24 make the Bracket Challenge at the end of the season!Prizes will be available this year & bracket winners will get to choose a game for next season 1. S.BAZ 495 2. JacobZu7zu7 427 3. LidLikesIntellivision 404 4. Gorfy 385 5. KaeruYojimbo 369 ˄2 6. Ramses 360 7. darthkur 352 8. Wickeycolumbus 331 9. karokoenig 308 ˄2 10. DT Kofoed 300 10. keilbaca 300 12. Atarian7 28713. Scrabbler15 26814. chavert 230 15. skosh 220 16. oyamafamily 214 17. CapitanClassic 20917. Mister-VCS 20919. MGS 202 ˄220. Lauren Tyler 198 ˄121. SpiceWare 18922. classicgamer_27330 172 23. voodoo_chilly 15824. roadrunner 155 25. Deteacher 139 26. williamc 138 27. Retrogamer81081 11528. RJ 10728. troff 10730. Nathan Strum 10330. McCallister 103 ˄132. seamaur 7433. Tony The 2600 6634. atari2800man 53 35. Jin 5236. jblenkle 4837. Spacey Invader 4738. Mangia-Boy 3839. Zeptari1 33 39. ReflectionAngle 3341. gsampson35 30 42. Crispy 2543. Algus 22 43. Sharkham 22 45. Vocelli 17 ˄246. atariUCLA24 1547. gamerguy99 12 48. Mr SQL 11 49. Wongojack 9 49. patbb 951. Kosmic Stardust 6 52. nd2003grad 553. BladeOfOsiris 3 53. arenafoot 3 SEASON 5 CONTINUES! EXTRA INFO: Overall the NEW High Score Club Season 5 will last THROUGH August 2016. There will be special weeks -- rounds with multiple games. Bracket Challenge to follow -- TOP 24 players matched up in single-elimination tournament! MALAGAI.BIN Edited September 12, 2016 by S.BAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 I'll kick things off with 4,550. That background noise gets irritating after about, oh, 4 seconds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Getting on the board with a slightly lower 4,400. An interesting variation of the maze game genre, but a little bit more polish would probably have been good. Funny... When I first saw the name "Answer Software", I thought we have stumbled across a weird christian game company. Then I checked the manual and realized: Just another weird Space story... Gotta love the Atari and its Space stories. (edit) Are there actually christian games for the Atari apart from Red Sea Crossing? I mean, there's plenty of porn games. Need a counterweight . Edited July 3, 2016 by karokoenig 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) (edit) Are there actually christian games for the Atari apart from Red Sea Crossing? I mean, there's plenty of porn games. Need a counterweight . Music Machine, though it's not really obvious until you read the manual. Arkyology was finished but never released: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/155420-arkyology-new-prototype-discovered-finished-game/ Edited July 4, 2016 by KaeruYojimbo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 2,850 Another contribution to the Great Video Game Crash... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Up to 6,800 I know many of you will be tempted after a week of playing Malagai, but don't buy this copy from ebay. It's fake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 How can you tell? I believe you, but what is it that tells you it's fake? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) A few things. First, it's in an Atari shell with a separate end label. The real Malagai has a one-piece wraparound label. Also the Malagai logo is wrong. Whoever made it just used a white drop shadow and didn't add the red lines to create the 3-D look (it's especially bad on the end label). The Answer Software font is wrong too. Probably just picked the first cursive font they found. The original game uses ( c ) for the copyright, the fake uses ©. Lastly, most of the other items this seller has for sale are repros of rare or unreleased games. Even if this copy looked authentic, I'd be wary of it just because of that. Edited July 4, 2016 by KaeruYojimbo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 8,550 enjoying this more than I expected to 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 9,050 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 1,200 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Jake or S.Baz, please put me in my place in the overall standings. I should be one below wickeycolumbus, not above. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 2850 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 14,650 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 1,150 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Looks like I need to read el manual because I racked up the impressive, hard to beat score of 0 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGS Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 3800 Don't know why I'm so stinky at this game! Will hopefully have time for a few more attempts before Sunday evening. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troff Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Interesting game. Definite lack of polish, but there is actually a good game under there! I've never heard of this one, or Answer Software. I could probably do better with a little more practice, but not sure if I'll get back to it or not. I'd actually like to play more, but we'll see... 1,100 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Looks like I need to read el manual because I racked up the impressive, hard to beat score of 0 You gotta watch a youtube video of this game, looks like Pac Man but doesn't play like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) 20,550 I was getting extra lives at about the same rate I was losing them. Could have gotten farther but my ride to work showed up, had to cut it short. this definitely could have been a better game if they'd have just spent a little more time on it. Edited July 9, 2016 by S.BAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 bonus points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Doubled my old score for the extra bonus! Score: 5,850 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 2100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 4450 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Vocelli: 4450 Really like this game. The hit detection annoys me but the strategy is good. Staying close to the safe zone and waiting for the alien to be the best position is my best tip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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