HSC Season 6 Week 22: Flash Gordon

[Ze_ro]

Many dedicated Spacemen have entered Spider City but none has ever been heard from again. It is up to you, Flash Gordon, to rescue any surviving Spacemen and to conquer this hideous city of tunnels. Spider City is conquered when all of its Hatching Pods are eliminated. It doesn't hurt to blast a few Generators or enemy Patrol Ships while you're there.

 

 

Game Information

• Game Name: Flash Gordon
• Released By: 20th Century Fox, 1983
• Left Difficulty: N/A
• Right Difficulty: N/A
• Game Mode: Game 1
• Chosen By: DarthCalvin

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 is Wednesday February 4th at 1:00 AM (CST).

 

Current High Scores 228,805 (toymailman) [+11] 205,365 (Deteacher) [+10] 200,910 (shadow460) [+9] 187,790 (darthkur) [+8] 137,265 (MrBeefy) [+7] 133,555 (aftermac) [+6] 113,705 (Impaler_26) [+5] 109,880 (Kurt_Woloch) [+4] 8055 (Mister VCS) [+3] Best Tips shadow460 [+2] Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 No scores for this game (Game 1, Difficulty B)

Current Standings toymailman [213] Deteacher [202] aftermac [153] darthkur [140] DarthCalvin [117] Kurt_Woloch [101] Impaler_26 [90] jjd [87] Hornpipe2 [55] Mister VCS [54] SpiceWare [52] the 5th ghost [47] LarcenTyler [37] shadow460 [32] Nathan Strum [30] Jess Ragan [26] Zoyx [22] Spector [20] Omegamatrix [19] ClassicGMR [18] iangamer [14] LoneWolfSeth [12] homerwannabee [11] Shannon [11] midnight magicman [11] Random Terrain [10] IHATETHEBEARS [9] maf [9] vdub_bobby [9] DtY [8] missioncontrol [8] SeaGtGruff [8] chuckwalla [7] LS_Dracon [7] LaserHawk3000 [7] lucifershalo [5] phaxda [5] vintagegamecrazy [4] doctorclu [2] rheffera [2] ratfink [2] Yar76 [1] Artlover [1]

 

Scoring Points in Flash Gordon

• Debris - 10 points
• Patrol Ship - 25 points
• Rescued Spaceman - 70 points
• Disruptor Generator - 100 points
• Spider Warrior - 100 points for the first one, 200 for second, 300 for third, etc.
• Shooting a Spaceman - 1000 point penalty
• You get an extra life each time a city is conquered. You also get bonus points, plus 10 points for each rescued Spaceman multiplied by the number of cities conquered (ie 10 points in the first city, 20 in the second, 30 in the third, etc).

 

Hints and Tips

• The key is to try and maintain shields at all times. Once you have shields, go to another Hatching Pod right away. You can use the shielded Ship to quickly destroy the Spider Warriors.
• When the Disrupters speed up at the higher levels, it is almost essential to shoot a Generator in order to escape.
• Learn to use both displays. The City Map is your only clue to where you are and to where the Pods are.

The Manual
As always, you really should read the manual. AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Here are the hints it provides:
shadow460
Plan your route. I find that if you pick a route through the maze and stick to it, you can usually hit hatching pod after hatching pod. Shields help but are not essential. The spacemen are worth picking up. Go after every one of them, even if you have to sacrifice shields or go out of your way. I've never seen patrol ships appear when a spaceman is on the screen. Entering the area of a hatching pod will usually eliminate any debris on the screen that's caused by a disrupter. If you get caught in a disrupter, hang out until a generator appears, then kill it. You can usually escape the disrupters by using the tunnels--plan this into your route through the maze. Keep this in mind when you are through with the last hatching pod. If your last pod is near a tunnel, go through the tunnel and wait for the debris to clear.

 

--Zero

[MrBeefy]

137265 is my high so far. Got a picture but its not wanting to upload so that will come later.

Edited January 29, 2009 by MrBeefy

[darthkur]

183,790 Round 8

 

[Impaler_26]

What a lame game...

 

85,540

[shadow460]

197,305 round 9

[Deteacher]

161,140. Round 7. Man, it really does get tough! Good choice this week.

[aftermac]

98,010

 

Well, it's a start.

 

[toymailman]

Another fun one I never tried before, HSC rules!!

 

129,625

[Impaler_26]

113,705

[shadow460]

200,910 round 8, third try (the second only got me around 176,000).

 

Hints:

 

Plan your route. I find that if you pick a route through the maze and stick to it, you can usually hit hatching pod after hatching pod. Shields help but are not essential.

The spacemen are worth picking up. Go after every one of them, even if you have to sacrifice shields or go out of your way. I've never seen patrol ships appear when a spaceman is on the screen.

Entering the area of a hatching pod will usually eliminate any debris on the screen that's caused by a disrupter.

If you get caught in a disrupter, hang out until a generator appears, then kill it.

You can usually escape the disrupters by using the tunnels--plan this into your route through the maze. Keep this in mind when you are through with the last hatching pod. If your last pod is near a tunnel, go through the tunnel and wait for the debris to clear.

Edited February 2, 2009 by shadow460

[toymailman]

Level 10!

 

221,785

[toymailman]

A little better but only Round 9.

 

228,805

[Mister VCS]

8,055 ...this is not "my" game

[Kurt_Woloch]

OK, this is my entry for this week... 109880. From the 6th city on, the gameplay gets much harder in that the debris fields start moving so fast that they catch up with you easily and you're practically constantly surrounded by debris.

 

Actually, Flash Gordon was the first movie I ever saw in a cinema back in early 1982 at the age of 10... but I can't remember anything remotely being similar to this game being in the movie. Actually, your ship's movements are pretty unrealistic when compared to the surrounding's movements... the background graphics somehow seem to scroll, but your enemies still keep the same speed relative to you no matter which direction you're flying.

Edited February 2, 2009 by Kurt_Woloch

[aftermac]

133,555

 

Stella locked up immediately after this game ended and caused the drawing anomaly. I've been trying for a few days to beat this score, so I didn't have to post this picture, but I haven't been able to.

 

[Deteacher]

205,365. That's the best I can do this week.