Ze_ro Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Important note: This weeks competition is over. If you still wish to discuss this game, then feel free to do so, but no further scores will be accepted. Thanks to everyone for all their contributions! Please join in on the latest High Score Club competition! You're strapped in your laser ship, battling fierce Deltoids and Shields. They approach in waves, at faster and faster speeds. Each raider can shoot a single flash of proton energy that comes at you like a lightning bolt. There's no time to waste. And no place to hide. Then, as you carry on the defense, things get much worse. A far-off sun explodes! Fragments from the cataclysm come raining down. Keep moving! Blast almost everything you see! If you don't, heat from the solar debris can destroy your planet. If you prevail, you can move out to the edge of space and attack your foes. Sweet revenge! This week's game is Solar Storm! Game Information Game Name: Solar Storm Released By: Imagic, 1983 Left Difficulty: No Effect Right Difficulty: No Effect Game Mode: Game 1 - 1 Player Chosen By: Malc74 Post your scores right here in this thread, and I 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 elses. The deadline for posting scores will be approximately Tuesday, July 12th at 1:30 AM (CST). In case you haven't already done so, please read the High Score Club rules. There is other useful information contained in that previous link, including a list of previous High Score Club games! As before, next week's game will be chosen by the next person in the member list, which happens to be chubsta! Please send me a private message with your choice of game for next week! If you are not a member of the High Score Club, but would like to be, then all you have to do is post a score for this week's game, and I'll add you to the list! Current High Scores 10,000 (the 5th ghost) [+11] 7005 (StanJr) [+10] 5405 (SpiceWare) [+9] 3770 (khryssun) [+8] 3305 (xeex) [+7] 3170 (Malc74) [+6] 2280 (vgcollector666) [+5] 1885 (Xebec's Demise) [+4] 1365 (Keir) [+3] 1260 (shadow460) [+2] 1255 (keilbaca) [+1]1255 (davepesc) [+1] 1240 (scogey) [+1] 1065 (gospeedde) [+1] 895 (LarcenTyler) [+1] 840 (Mad Scientist) [+1] 465 (vdub_bobby) [+1] Best Tips Malc74 [+2]Bounties and Challenges None yetCurrent Standings StanJr [213] keilbaca [179] the 5th ghost [171] Osbo [112] SpiceWare [95] Malc74 [83] sku_u [71] vdub_bobby [69] gospeedde [55] khryssun [53] Fellow Atari Man [53] video game addict [49] KaeruYojimbo [47] LarcenTyler [45] Christophero Sly [41] Numan [39] Robert M [39] Mad Scientist [38] xeex [34] Cybergoth [34] Keir [33] Lord Thag [33] Goochman [31] racer raul [29] Blackjack [28] chrisbid [28] Philflound [27] panda_racer [26] pitfallaimee [24] davepesc [24] Dones [24] Lord Helmet [21] Dan Iacovelli [20] mikeftrevino [18] chubsta [17] scogey [16] cyberneticimplant [15] yuppicide [15] candiru [14] cvga [13] Omegamatrix [9] Thomas Jentzsch [9] adams_ale [6] Luigi301 [5] Gamemaster_ca_2003 [5] Bubbledragon [4] BydoEmpire [3] kemsted [3] Stingray [3] 128bytes [2] Voch [2] Xebec's Demise [2] bjk7382 [2] iguana [2] Damon Plus [2] Kepone [2] neotokeo2001 [1] Chris++ [1] bmlbytes [1] vgcollector666 [1] moycon [1] chadtower [1] awsomo3000 [1] madbutscher [1] Scooterb23 [1] internetotaku [1] Gateway [1] Member List chubsta, Keir, Philflound, candiru, kemsted, keilbaca, Cybergoth, sku_u, Chris++, cvga, LarcenTyler, 128bytes, Goochman, mikeftrevino, StanJr, Osbo, Numan, vdub_bobby, Dones, Gamemaster_ca_2003, awsomo3000, Voch, Stingray, scogey, Bubbledragon, video game addict, pitfallaimee, Blackjack, racer raul, SpiceWare, Robert M, Lord Helmet, Lord Thag, Mad Scientist, Dan Iacovelli, iguana, Luigi301, Gateway, Damon Plus, gospeedde, Kepone, internetotaku, panda_racer, KaeruYojimbo, cyberneticimplant, bjk7382, davepesc, neotokeo2001, xeex, bmlbytes, Omegamatrix, the 5th ghost, Xebec's Demise, khryssun, vgcollector666, chadtower, moycon, Malc74, shadow460Scoring Points in Solar Storm Each SUN SPOT hit: 5 points Each DELTOID or SHIELD BLASTER or LANDER hit: 10 points Each SOLAR FLARE hit: 20 points Each SIZZLOID hit: 50 points Each FLEET SHIP hit (from orbital platform): 10 points Hints and Tips As always, you really should read the manual. What's that? You don't have the manual? Well, luckily for you, AtariAge has a typed copy of it online for your reading pleasure. In case you're too lazy to click on that link to get the tips, here's what the manual has for you: Remember, Deltoid and Shield Blasters can each fire at you only once. Try to wait until they take their shots before moving your laser into firing position. When you hit a Sizzloid the whole screen is cleared. In later stages of the game you can avoid the dangers of many falling targets by waiting until the last possible second to hit a Sizzloid. Hit the "kill all" enemies as much as possible. That and there is a rhythm to hitting both ships on the same pass in the bonus round. You'll have to predict the approach of the ships and shoot a split second early, but you CAN hit one on its approach and the other on its way out. Tips - As far as I can tell, with the early spaceship levels only every second ship actually fires, and each can only fire once. Use this knowledge to plan when to dart underneath a ship and fire. With the sunspot levels (the ones that move back and forward across the screen as they descend) don't panic! Stay around the centre of the screen and blast them as they pass. Moving around too much will likely end up with you being hit by a sunspot when it gets lower. With the really fast sunspot levels I usually just wiggle my ship in the centre of the screen and blast like crazy - if you don't get the sunspots you'll usually take out a sizzloid which acts like a smart bomb. Bear in mind that you're trying to prevent your planet from overheating, as well as avoiding the baddies. Each bad guy contributes a different amount of heat, with sunspots being the lowest, the space ships next, solar flares (the yellow ones) next and sizzloids being the worst of all. If you let more than a couple of sizzloids through they'll heat up your planet big time. Remember - you can have loads of lives and still lose the game if your planet overheats! If there are a few enemies on screen at the same time and one of them is a sizzloid, always go for the sizzloid and everything else will be blasted when you hit it. As Stan has mentioned, it's possible in the bonus round to blast both ships in the same pass - it's takes a little practise but with time you'll be able to get an extra life every time. I usually blast the top one as it comes in and quickly spin the dial and catch the bottom one on the way out - it's all about timing and it'll come naturally eventually. As far as the tip given about every other ship shooting, that's only true in the early stages. After awhile, they all will shoot. When I used to play the REAL version of Solar Storm, I found that you could shoot the left or right side of the enemy ships and avoid their laser fire. You really need to keep moving back and forth to avoid the laser blasts. It seems that if you move in on a ship, fire, and then immediately move away, they don't get a chance to target you. Good luck everyone! --Ze_ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 (edited) Great, I never played this game before but it uses Paddles.... We have one week to have our hands repaired from the damages caused by an intensive play of The empire Strikes Back. I'am pretty sure The 5th Ghost will agree, even if he has steel hands... I know he'll understand Edited July 5, 2005 by khryssun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Argh, another paddle game! At least I'm not that sore from playing too much of last week's game, but I've got a lot of practice to get in. At any rate, here's my first score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 This was the first Atari 2600 game I ever bought! Being young and a bit naive I had no idea it used paddles - when I got it home and plugged it in I wondered why I couldn't control the ship with the joystick! It took me about a year to find paddles, because by that point (around 1985) most stores in Britain had gotten rid of Atari stuff in favour of home computers. I picked it, not because I'm any good at it, but because I think it's a really challenging game and I'm interested to see how my scores will improve over the week (and I'm interested to see how high some of the really good players (Stan, Keilbaca, Ghosty, etc.) score at it). Of course, because I have the PAL version I'm stuck (as usual) with emulation. I had a look through my meagre NTSC collection but most of the games I own have already been picked, and nothing else I have really stands out as HSC fare. Ironically, the week I finally get to pick a HSC game (my first time ever!) is the week I have to work extra hours at work. Hopefully I can squeeze quite a few games in when I actually have time off, because I really like this game. Anyway, enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Okay, first submission before I head off to work - 1675. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Great choice! I think this was Imagic's only paddle game. I played it a couple times briefly in the past, but remember not doing very well. Looking forward to this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Love this game, but am not terribly good at it. The difficulty ramps like crazy and it gets unplayably hard. Great pick, can't wait to spend a week focused on this game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 465 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 No pic, sorry but I got 845 on it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 1st try : 895 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgcollector666 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Ahh....not another paddle game its hard cuz I don't have this game, I gotta do it on Stella and the mouse is just too hard to control, o well its still worth a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Wow. My previous personal best 2850, but I just sat down and in three games managed a score of 4350! Probably the best I will be able to do this week. Anybody got any good tips for this one? Best I can come up with is hit the "kill all" enemies as much as possible. That and there is a rhythm to hitting both ships on the same pass in the bonus round. You'll have to predict the approach of the ships and shoot a split second early, but you CAN hit one on its approach and the other on its way out. Great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Great score Stanjr! My best so far is 1,745 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 bump me up to 1255 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Never was very good at paddle games, which probably explains why I haven't played this one much. I've had it as long as I can remember. I'll have to give this one some more time. My first try: 835 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 2525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc74 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Well, I just blew my personal best score out of the water! 3170 is the latest. @Stan - great score! Tips - As far as I can tell, with the early spaceship levels only every second ship actually fires, and each can only fire once. Use this knowledge to plan when to dart underneath a ship and fire. With the sunspot levels (the ones that move back and forward across the screen as they descend) don't panic! Stay around the centre of the screen and blast them as they pass. Moving around too much will likely end up with you being hit by a sunspot when it gets lower. With the really fast sunspot levels I usually just wiggle my ship in the centre of the screen and blast like crazy - if you don't get the sunspots you'll usually take out a sizzloid which acts like a smart bomb. Bear in mind that you're trying to prevent your planet from overheating, as well as avoiding the baddies. Each bad guy contributes a different amount of heat, with sunspots being the lowest, the space ships next, solar flares (the yellow ones) next and sizzloids being the worst of all. If you let more than a couple of sizzloids through they'll heat up your planet big time. Remember - you can have loads of lives and still lose the game if your planet overheats! If there are a few enemies on screen at the same time and one of them is a sizzloid, always go for the sizzloid and everything else will be blasted when you hit it. As Stan has mentioned, it's possible in the bonus round to blast both ships in the same pass - it's takes a little practise but with time you'll be able to get an extra life every time. I usually blast the top one as it comes in and quickly spin the dial and catch the bottom one on the way out - it's all about timing and it'll come naturally eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Update tonite: 3,300 As far as the tip given about every other ship shooting, that's only true in the early stages. After awhile, they all will shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 LOL! Ok, I know that it's no secret that Imagic used Star Wars model kits (among other things) for their box art: Star Voyager, Subterranea for examples. What I didn't know, until just now, is that Solar Storm was no exception! Look closely, and you'll discover a Darth Vader Tie Fighter wing Plus, I know there's something going on with that flight helmet, just can't figure it out yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 A new high score for me! 4,900 So close to 5K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 (edited) When I used to play the REAL version of Solar Storm, I found that you could shoot the left or right side of the enemy ships and avoid their laser fire. There's a ROM download on the main Atari Age site. I don't know what that anal thing is, but it sure isn't the Solar Storm I know and love. I failed to hit 1000 points. As you can see, a game that was once great for stress relief has served only to annoy me. Edited July 6, 2005 by shadow460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgcollector666 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Heres my first submission.........1170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 (edited) 1,350 Edited July 6, 2005 by khryssun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgcollector666 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 1230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepesc Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 825 for a first arrempt. I'm not usually good at paddle games and this is no exception. It just seems random as to whether I get shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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