+therealbountybob Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) Pogo-a-go-go! Pogo stick mania... Pogo stick madness... Pogo and get on with this round... Start your engines ladies and gentlemen as it's time to unleash the future where we all travel around on pop sticks, talk about environmentally friendly eh? apart from the bl**dy giant holes everywhere and the trips to hospital, plus there's the parking... Pogo Joe - this one is good (press return to go through title the screens) Pogo Man - shudder PogoTron - (number keys on title screen for starting level) Sprong - (number keys on title screen for starting level). Is this the same game as PogoTron? Let's find out Pogo - To round things off a Basic Bonus game! emulator users enable BASIC, post if you need any help. Atarimania has info on the games. More comments on the games on the next few posts - If you find any other games with a Pogo Stick post and we'll add them in Disk Image: HSC14 R14 - Pogo-a-go-go.atr couldn't fit Pogo on Scoring tournament style Round NOW ends Sunday 27th August 10am UK time (5pm EST) "Just one more (po)go" Edited August 20, 2017 by therealbountybob Added disk with most of the games on it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 While I'm uploading the games disk havinga go on... PogoMan! 9,132 various jump options U/D/R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Sport Goofy has a pogo stick element by the looks it. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5060 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Sport Goofy has a pogo stick element by the looks it. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=5060 had a quick go on Sport Goofy's "Pogo Pop" 37,840 [!] - we already have one punishment game "Pogo" but if people want to try this too that is fine. Not sure if it was luck how the tiles moved and I couldn't work out what to do on the other "marathon diving" mode (21,700) seemed to either drown or crash into the pad - was that good perhaps it was? Seems Disney made two bad games into one very bad game but perhaps I'm missing something?!! Way to showcase the 5200 eh? Joe 30,430 - This is the best game of the bunch. Plays like Topper (not as good though) if anyone wants to come up with a bonus challenge with adjusted settings post away. Be sure to loudly announce each level name so relatives might think you are crazy! Tron 10,244 Sprong 1,132 looks like the same game but perhaps different levels? Pogo 590 wait for it to initialise - holpd fire to jump higher, release to get lower. L/R to move on way up or down. Idea is to jump over the objects! Not that bad for a BASIC game really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) A bunch of early scores: Pogo (BASIC) - 540 pts, level 2 I was worried that if I let go of the fire button, I wouldn't be able to bounce high enough to get above the objects, so I spent most of the time high in the air. Pogo Joe - 23620 pts, reached level 12 Somewhere I've got my old C64 records written down. I think I reached level 15 or so when I was around 13 years old. Maybe I'll get back to that shape again. Pogoman - 98995 pts I suppose this one deserves a screenshot: PS: Up to jump high, down to jump low, right to jump normal, left to lenghen the jump - at least it seems to make a difference on the down jumps? Pogotron - 2883 pts Sprong - 2451 pts I have a feeling one of these is a cracked version with modified levels and copyright messages. I don't know which is real and which is fake though. The first three levels are quite similar, but not identical. Sport Goofy Pogo Pop - 2200 pts I don't know how TRBB managed 17 times as high score, but I believe two minutes of this game is enough for me. Nu, Pogodi - 143 pts This one has nothing to do with pogo sticks, but is something as weird as an Atari remake of a Russian Game & Watch clone where Mickey Mouse is replaced by the wolf from the Soviet era cartoon Nu, Pogodi! about a wolf hunting a hare. As noted by Wikipedia, the cartoon has some similarities with Tom & Jerry but the cartoon creator claims he never got to see Tom & Jerry until ~20 years after the Nu, Pogodi! had been broadcast. You'll find this one on Atarimania as well, and if you want to play it you use keys F - Up Left, J - Up Right, V - Down Left and N - Down Right. Probably we have enough bonus games as it is, but I played it for fun. Edited August 14, 2017 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I'M BAAAACK. This time for good. So let's start with... Pogoman: 217992 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 And Pogo Joe: 79220 (There is no high score anywhere on the screen so I didn't have a chance to get a screenshot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Actually you should be able to enter your name if you reached the high score list in Pogo Joe, so eventually that list would display on screen. I wished it would also record the last level you were on, but alas it only keeps the score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 I'M BAAAACK. This time for good. So let's start with... Pogoman: 217992 :thumbsup: this is great news. If you want to post scores for the rounds you missed you can catch up a bit too Pogo Joe Press Return a couple of times from the title screen to see the high score table. Instructions mention pressing Clr when booting to reset high scores so wonder if the ATR will save them Atarionline.pl have it. Saw a game called Pogan but it looks like a Polish text adventure. As my Polish is limited to probably about 2 words (probably game over and level) i pressed a few keys and managed this: I did good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Actually... you have finished the game with a good ending. I'm serious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 OK I'll believe you! Played Sprong again (5,798) and was wondering how come I did so much better at Pogotron so I played that again too (12,567) and realised it's much easier (and much more fun to play) ; I guess they re-released it with this in mind Joe 38,290 starting to get some of the Shadow bonuses. You can pop the bubble guys before they hatch, but best avoided. Man 47,815 (round 2) he seems to re-charge and jump further if you wait before jumping ?! Noticed you can wait and the screen will push you along, not sure if this is an intended feature or a cheat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Saw a game called Pogan but it looks like a Polish text adventure. As my Polish is limited to probably about 2 words (probably game over and level) i pressed a few keys and managed this: Pogan.png I did good "Obywatel Komandos, Jesteś TRUP" - Citizen Commando, You are corpse" - yes, I think, that is good ending... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Miniscule improvement on Pogo Joe: 27310 pts, level 18 I remember on the Commode, me and my brother used to set Pogo speed to 6 and monster speed to 1. It makes the game significantly easier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 TBH, this round hasn't been very exciting for me. Pogo Joe is ok, but the other ones aren't really doing it for me. Having said that, here are my scores so far: Pogo Joe: 19,400 (What's with the weird names for the levels?) Pogoman: 75,491 (I actually seem to like this one a little more than the main game.) Pogotron: 848 (Is this the same as Sprong?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 TBH, this round hasn't been very exciting for me. Pogo Joe is ok, but the other ones aren't really doing it for me. Having said that, here are my scores so far: Pogo Joe: 19,400 (What's with the weird names for the levels?) Pogoman: 75,491 (I actually seem to like this one a little more than the main game.) Pogotron: 848 (Is this the same as Sprong?) Looks like Sprong was made much easier (and more fun to play ) and re-released as Pogotron. Yes probably not the best bunch of games but we can tick them off the played list There are the new games from the "Ironia 2017" party to check out too Pac-Mad is very nice 15,740 (level 4) doesn't show at end of go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 (edited) PogoJoe = 17,750 PogoMan = 10,985 PogoTron = 1,747 Sprong = 1,222 I also, cant get excited with pogo sticks so far :-( The Q-Bert type game is Ok :-) Edited August 19, 2017 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I'm starting to question if Pogotron is a real game, or at least if the one dumped on various sites is the game that Artronic Products Ltd once sold. As one can see on Atarimania, Sprong came out in 1985 and Pogotron was a rerelease from 1989. There even is a cover with screenshots of the C64 and ZX Spectrum versions, and an instruction leaflet to Pogotron that speaks about picking up parts of a rocket to assemble, picking up fuel and escape the planet. That sounds like a partial rip-off of Jet Pac (Ultimate), at least idea wise. I have only played three screens worth of Pogotron so I don't know if the rocket parts are out there to pick up? The screenshots from the C64 and ZX Spectrum versions are quite similar to eachother, but very different from the Atari version. I looked up a gameplay video on YouTube on the Spectrum version and while the guy bounces on a pogo stick, it is a rather different game than the one we're playing here. I have two theories: 1. Someone made a pogo based game on the Spectrum that the software house thought was so good that they wanted to release it on multiple formats. They managed to find someone to port it to the C64, but in lack of better options on the Atari 8-bit (which IMHO would've had a rather small market segment in the UK by 1989), they licensed old Sprong, changed the title and modified some levels, knowing it was not the same game at all but better than nothing. 2. There is a real Pogotron for Atari somewhere, but it has not been archived. Instead someone has had fun and hacked up Sprong with a different title screen and modified levels and spread it under the pretense it is the real game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Pogo Joe - 5,360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 The Pogotron/Sprong author Paul "playsoft" Lay is around here on the forum, perhaps he will see this and tell the story We'll end this round a bit earlier: next Sunday morning (27th) 10am UK time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Pogo Joe - 13,370 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Improvements Pogo Joe 51,680 lv24 PogoMan 130,925 - if you do have the patience to get through level 1 (it is quite short) level 2 has moving ground obstacles and level 3 adds moving flying things that have to be avoided at the same time as the usual things. Pogoton 15,380 a determined effort reached screen 12. I've given up on Sprong. Wonder how many screens there are on these... time to read up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Some sort of tables! Scoring may change Combined points from each game / HSC Points 1st therealbountybob 34 12pts 2nd carlsson 29 11pts 3rd RedThunder 16 10pts 4th Dope 14 9pts 5th Deteacher 12 8pts 6th jblenkle 2 7ptsPogo Joe 1st Dope 79,220 7 2nd therealbountybob 51,680 6 3rd carlsson 27,310 5 4th Deteacher 19,400 4 5th RedThunder 17,750 3 6th jblenkle 13,370 2PogoMan 1st Dope 217,992 7 2nd therealbountybob 130,925 6 3rd carlsson 98,995 5 4th Deteacher 75,419 4 5th RedThunder 10,985 3Pogotron 1st therealbountybob 15,380 7 2nd carlsson 2,883 6 3rd RedThunder 1,747 5 4th Deteacher 848 4Sprong 1st therealbountybob 5,798 7 2nd carlsson 2,451 6 3rd RedThunder 1,222 5Pogo (BAS) 1st therealbountybob 590 7 2nd carlsson 540 6 Extra bonus game 1pt for playingSport Goofy's "Pogo Pop" 1st therealbountybob (p) 37,840 1 2nd carlsson 2,200 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 Managed a couple more screens on Pogotron 15,827. Pogoman can easily get through first round, 2nd round you need to make use of the edge pushing you along, hard to get to the 3rd round, liking this more now Round 15 Poll OPEN ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 This game was mentioned in another thread yesterday. Not played it myself but it looks pretty good. Maybe worth considering for a future round? http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=4420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 Pogo Joe Screen 9 11920 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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