HSC Season 6 Week 36: Super Cobra

[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted.

 

Brush off your ace piloting skills because you're about to take off on a hair-raising adventure: air surveillance of unfriendly territory. This means a 10,000-mile obstacle course through ever-changing terrain...over craggy mountain tops, around tall city buildings, through long jagged tunnels. And that isn't all! The course is just rigged with chopper-stopping weapons like igniting rockets, heavy ground artillery, flying fireballs, and falling mines.

 

Every 1,000 miles of terrain brings ever-increasing challenges and ever-certain...danger. But a handsome payoff lies at the end for anyone who's got what it takes.

 

 

Game Information

• Game Name: Super Cobra
• Released By: Parker Bros, 1983
• Left Difficulty: N / A
• Right Difficulty: N / A
• Game Mode: Default (Medium Speed)
• Chosen By: toymailman

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 May 13th at 1:00 AM (CST).

 

Current High Scores 36,720 (darthkur) [+11] 24,210 (toymailman) [+10] 21,570 (vjames) [+9] 20,610 (chuckwalla) [+8] 18,440 (Mister VCS) [+7] 18,230 (roadrunner) [+6] 16,750 (Dryerlint) [+5] 14,970 (ChrisKoopa) [+4] 14,790 (rasty) [+3] 12,230 (LarcenTyler) [+2] 11,630 (mcge0053) [+1] 11,120 (aftermac) [+1] 10,160 (SpiceWare) [+1] 7840 (Impaler_26) [+1] 5200 (Kurt_Woloch) [+1] Best Tips vjames [+2] Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 57,550 (Mark Marrese) 54,740 (Robert T Mruczek) 25,830 (Alan W Hewston) (Game 1, Difficulty B)

Current Standings toymailman [346] Deteacher [290] darthkur [242] aftermac [237] Kurt_Woloch [181] Impaler_26 [155] DarthCalvin [117] Mister VCS [89] jjd [87] shadow460 [81] SpiceWare [77] LarcenTyler [68] Hornpipe2 [55] the 5th ghost [47] Nathan Strum [46] mcge0053 [43] doctorclu [34] Zoyx [29] SeaGtGruff [29] IHATETHEBEARS [27] Jess Ragan [26] theKLT [26] homerwannabee [22] Jred [20] Spector [20] Omegamatrix [19] ClassicGMR [18] iangamer [15] MrBeefy [14] Shannon [13] roadrunner [12] LoneWolfSeth [12] vjames [12] midnight magicman [11] vdub_bobby [11] ed1475 [10] Random Terrain [10] maf [9] TimsterAA [9] DtY [8] godzillajoe [8] missioncontrol [8] chuckwalla [7] LS_Dracon [7] LaserHawk3000 [7] BSA Starfire's girlfriend [7] RJ [6] mightymage [5] lucifershalo [5] phaxda [5] Vectorman0 [4] vintagegamecrazy [4] Wickeycolumbus [3] joeypsp [2] rheffera [2] ratfink [2] sloth713 [1] Lendorien [1] Crazy Climber [1] Cafeman [1] Yar76 [1] Artlover [1] holgibo [1]

 

Scoring Points in Super Cobra

• Hitting ground artillery. - 100 points
• Hitting a rocket - 50 points
• Hitting a fireball - 50 points
• Hitting a mine - 50 points
• Picking up booty - 5000 points
• Every 1,000 miles travelled - 900 points

 

Hints and Tips

The Manual

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide any specific hints.

vjames

Since the bombs/missiles disappear if you shoot early it is helpful to fly as low as possible and keep shooting and you'll pick up more ground targets. Also, with the continue function... I may try to die and end the game right before the 10th level and then leave the 10th intact (with the 5000 bonus), that would boost my score by another 5000 (plus whatever I got on the 10th level).

 

--Zero

[Impaler_26]

Let me start off this week with this amazing score:

 

7,840

[rasty]

Can't really say I love the game... but that's not a good excuse not to play it

 

14,790

 

[aftermac]

11,120

 

Edited May 6, 2009 by aftermac

[Lauren Tyler]

I had a great score, but lost it because I accidentally pressed the fire button and started over!

[+SpiceWare]

10,160

[vjames]

21570

 

Since the bombs/missiles disappear if you shoot early it is helpful to fly as low as possible and keep shooting and you'll pick up more ground targets. Also, with the continue function... I may try to die and end the game right before the 10th level and then leave the 10th intact (with the 5000 bonus), that would boost my score by another 5000 (plus whatever I got on the 10th level).

 

This one's a lot of work on the keyboard and the jerky scrolling is rough to deal with too (maybe better since I worked last night and haven't slept yet...).

[ChrisKoopa]

14,970

[roadrunner]

18,230

[chuckwalla]

20,610

Parker Brothers did a pretty good job as usual with their arcade ports for the 2600.

[Dryerlint]

[darthkur]

36,720

 

[Kurt_Woloch]

Here's my best so far... 5200.

 

I have to admit that I didn't play this game for too long because I don't like it very much.

[Mister VCS]

13,530 13,810

 

I like this game more than Vanguard. The manual speaks about a "pause-function" (Color/B/W-switch), but this doesn't work with my

(PAL) cartridge. Is there a pause-mode in the NTSC-version?

Edited May 12, 2009 by Mister VCS

[toymailman]

I picked this game due to my abyssmal showing at the last NWCGE Atari Championships. Hadn't ever played this one before and it knocked me out of the tourney. I've got some practice in now.

 

24,210

[Lauren Tyler]

12,230

[vjames]

Nice score toymailman... I got up to level 9 and died (on purpose), ending the game and using the continue function. I got through levels 9 and 10 with all my lives intact so I thought I'd be ready to really get a great score. Problem is I never made it past level 2. I know the potential is there to add about 9k to my previous score, but I think I'll concede defeat!

[Mister VCS]

18,440

[mcge0053]

11,630

 

It took me forever to figure out that I got more fuel by SHOOTING the blue gas tanks. Too bad that's not how it works at the gas station down the street.