Atari5200 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) The game is Qix. Get the high score!!! Rules: emu is ok, any controller ok. At least default difficulty should be used, no easier. As always, please screen shot if you can, no big deal if you cannot. Have fun!!! COMPETITION ENDS 5/05/2007 LEADERBOARD updated: 4/24/2007 8:33am est. 1. LordHelmet: 347313 2. Cafeman: 215,920 3. 82Atari5200: 212518 4.. BydoEmpire: 109327 5. Shawn Sr.: 109100 6. Gabriel: 93495 7. Atari5200: 42900 Edited February 4, 2008 by Atari5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I don't really care for this game, I'll probably abstain from this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I don't really care for this game, I'll probably abstain from this one. Cicken shit! Ok, just kidding Play 1 game and post a score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) 79,430. Starting to get addicted... [Edit]... a little better this morning... 109,327 Edited April 23, 2007 by BydoEmpire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 347,313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 109,100 No where near as good as Lord Helmet's score but I'm glad I got a game being played in the 5200 HSC even though my score sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 holy those are beastly scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82atari5200 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 347,313 I call shenanigans. Your timer bar hasn't moved making me think you were playing it on Novice. 212,518 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 ooooh busted. I'm playing it on skilled, which is default and I can't even get over 30,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 holy those are beastly scores. When I was a kid, I used to play the hardest difficulty and regularly score in the 500K range. I haven't managed any similar scores in recent memory, but I'll be giving it a shot this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) 347,313 I call shenanigans. Your timer bar hasn't moved making me think you were playing it on Novice. 212,518 Errr. I died immediately at the beginning of the level...I'll try for a better score and get a whole screen tonight. You can remove my score if you want I don't want anyone to think I'm some kind of cheater. Edited April 24, 2007 by Lord Helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 please..it's all part of the trashin n bashin that is the 5200 HSC, if you can't handle skilled, it's ok, us real men will be playing skilled. lol (coming from the guy that submitted his score on Centepede on easy) but still, i truely suck something awful at this game, highest game so far is less than 30,000. Once I get over 30,000 i will post a score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I'm going to post another score just to quiet the masses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) Ok...I grabbed atari800win here at work... Took me a little bit since its harder to play with the keyboard. 440,123 You can play forever and get around 100,000 points. Its all about getting a really good multiplier then trapping the qix. Its all about the bonus points. The game gets to damn hard if you try and corner the qix every time. Edited April 24, 2007 by Lord Helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 42900 is my top, i have no idea how you guys are getting scores like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 i'm giving up on this game, i have yet to get even close to 50,000 points let alone 400,000 to try to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I'm not great by any means, but what I try to do is build small, individual boxes to form "walls." Then close the wall with the 2 (slow movement) button for a big, filled-in section of higher points. And on the early, easy stages try as hard as you can to get a high percent filled. If you can fill 80% on the first round, that's 15,000 points in one shot. In the first round of two Qix it's pretty easy to separate them and get double points. I can usually build a wall right up the middle. I haven't been able to do the "trapping" the Qix trick, but other than that I'm curious what other strategies people use. Over the course of ten or so games I definitely found myself getting better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 yes i found myself getting better, i was able to split the qix twice in a row for 3x points, but still can't get over 50,000 points. I also find the stock controller hard for this, especially when doing the small boxes, sometimes the thing gets stuck and the spark that forms when you try to go back over a line you just created usually kills me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Ya, well look at my score, I'm out of the medal podium by like 200 points. Gotta try agian and get a screen grab before this contest ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) I'm not great by any means, but what I try to do is build small, individual boxes to form "walls." Then close the wall with the 2 (slow movement) button for a big, filled-in section of higher points. And on the early, easy stages try as hard as you can to get a high percent filled. If you can fill 80% on the first round, that's 15,000 points in one shot. In the first round of two Qix it's pretty easy to separate them and get double points. I can usually build a wall right up the middle. I haven't been able to do the "trapping" the Qix trick, but other than that I'm curious what other strategies people use. Over the course of ten or so games I definitely found myself getting better and better. Thats actually what I try to do. First I do this (leving a little open near the top so you can complete it later: Now close them in (if they don't cooperate by going to the same side, just split 'em and take the bonus multiplier)" Edited April 26, 2007 by Lord Helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 (edited) 215,920. That's probably all I have time to try for. The highest multiplier I got was splitting the Qix 6 times. But I wasn't able to cash in much on it. Edited April 28, 2007 by Cafeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 There's no sparks in the last 2 pictures, do they go away after time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 No, but they do flicker. In one of the other pics it looks like there is only 1 when in fact there are two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Playing Qix again had me wondering how it is programmed. You can draw anycombination of boxes and yet the Qix and Sparks "know" where the outside lines are. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 I'm sick this weekend, and on meds, but I told myself I'd put forth the effort to play Qix. 93,495. Really sucky score, hopefully I'll feel better during the week and be able to give it another shot. I know I can do better. I used to be able to get 200K in my sleep on the highest difficulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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