HSC Season 6 Week 37: Air Raiders

[Ze_ro]

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

 

Blast enemy aircraft out of the sky and dodge ground missiles!! Zero in on enemy planes! Bank left, bank right, dive, climb out! Watch your elevation! Keep track of fuel! Run out of ammo... land and refuel... take off again!

 

 

Game Information

• Game Name: Air Raiders
• Released By: Mattel, 1982
• Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Less Difficult
• Right Difficulty: N / A
• Game Mode: Default
• Chosen By: Darth Calvin

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 20th at 1:00 AM (CST).

 

Current High Scores 105 (sloth713) [+11] 94 (toymailman) [+10] 72 (vjames) [+9] 67 (darthkur) [+8] 61 (SpiceWare) [+7] 57 (LarcenTyler) [+6] 48 (jjd) [+5] 44 (ChrisKoopa) [+4] 30 (aftermac) [+3] 22 (Mister VCS) [+2] 19 (Impaler_26) [+1] 19 (Kurt_Woloch) [+1] Best Tips vjames [+2] Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 205 (Rodrigo Lopes) (Emulator) 112 (Manuel Rotschkar) (PAL) 103 (Alan W Hewston) (Game 1, Difficulty B)

Current Standings toymailman [356] Deteacher [290] darthkur [253] aftermac [238] Kurt_Woloch [182] Impaler_26 [156] DarthCalvin [117] Mister VCS [96] jjd [87] shadow460 [81] SpiceWare [78] LarcenTyler [70] Hornpipe2 [55] the 5th ghost [47] Nathan Strum [46] mcge0053 [44] doctorclu [34] Zoyx [29] SeaGtGruff [29] IHATETHEBEARS [27] Jess Ragan [26] theKLT [26] vjames [23] homerwannabee [22] Jred [20] Spector [20] Omegamatrix [19] roadrunner [18] ClassicGMR [18] chuckwalla [15] iangamer [15] MrBeefy [14] Shannon [13] LoneWolfSeth [12] midnight magicman [11] vdub_bobby [11] ed1475 [10] Random Terrain [10] maf [9] TimsterAA [9] DtY [8] godzillajoe [8] missioncontrol [8] LS_Dracon [7] LaserHawk3000 [7] BSA Starfire's girlfriend [7] RJ [6] mightymage [5] Dryerlint [5] lucifershalo [5] phaxda [5] Vectorman0 [4] ChrisKoopa [4] vintagegamecrazy [4] rasty [3] 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 Air Raiders

• You get 1 point for each plane you shoot down.

 

Hints and Tips

• Shoot down as many enemy places as you can the first time in the air. Don't refuel until you absolutely need to. The more hits you make, the more ammo you get the next time up!
• When you see flak near your signt, pull back on the joystick so you are climbing when you get hit. This way you won't dive as much when you actually get hit.

The Manual
As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a scanned copy available online. Here are the hints it provides:
ChrisKoopa
When you're chasing after the planes try to let back on the controller just enough to get under and behind them then slowly move up and tap the button to shoot them.
vjames
Seems like I get better scores when I take out the groups in three's instead of picking whatever I'm close to, otherwise I end up with a bunch of single stragglers all over the place. I noticed too the enemy planes don't change elevation until you hit one of the three. I found that if I hit the bottom one first (since the first in each group is the easiest to hit because of the lack of elevation change) then I could spend less time at lower altitudes. I did better too being aggressive the first round and shooting more because I always had ammo left over (my biggest constraint was fuel whereas the subsequent rounds it was ammo).

 

--Zero

[Lauren Tyler]

57 hits, not bad for a first time up. Which means I'm officially an Ace Pilot!

[jjd]

I'm back after a long hiatus. I can't believe that I'm still in the top 10 for this season.

 

Interesting game that I've never played before. 1st entry is

 

37

 

48

Edited May 15, 2009 by jjd

[ChrisKoopa]

44 hits

this game is tuff, when your chasing after the planes try to let back on the controller just enough to get under and behind them then slowly move up and tap the button to shoot them

[aftermac]

30

 

[Impaler_26]

This game sucks!

 

19

[vjames]

72

 

Guess I'm a double ace. Boy will my wife will be pleased...

 

Seems like I get better scores when I take out the groups in three's instead of picking whatever I'm close to, otherwise I end up with a bunch of single stragglers all over the place.

 

I noticed too the enemy planes don't change elevation until you hit one of the three. I found that if I hit the bottom one first (since the first in each group is the easiest to hit because of the lack of elevation change) then I could spend less time at lower altitudes. I did better too being aggressive the first round and shooting more because I always had ammo left over (my biggest constraint was fuel whereas the subsequent rounds it was ammo).

[sloth713]

75 double ace

 

Man, is it just me or are those 4 seconds waiting for the runway to pop up some the longest 4 seconds in your life?

[toymailman]

Great job guys. Over 70 is amazing!

 

My best so far is 63.

 

I've managed 41 on the first time up and then it is a matter of making every shot count. Need more practice on that.

 

[Kurt_Woloch]

OK, here's my best so far... 19.

 

I have to admit that I don't like this game very much.

[darthkur]

67

 

I never really cared for this game much, mostly since I didn't fully know how to play it right. So I'm glad this came up since it made me actually read the manual. It's a fun and challenging game.

Please ignore the date on the pic. The batteries died recently and I kept forgetting to charge them up again. So I've been cannibalizing old ones from my remotes and the damn date gets reset each time they give out.

 

[toymailman]

Triple Ace!

 

94

My best score for first time up is 46.

[toymailman]

I never really cared for this game much, mostly since I didn't fully know how to play it right. So I'm glad this came up since it made me actually read the manual. It's a fun and challenging game.

Agreed. I'm in the same boat. Before this weeks HSC, I figured it was just a simple combat flight sim. Now I have a much better appreciation for it. Very fun game!!

 

I like how the fuel and ammo are constraints that must each be managed. You have to be mindful of your flight strategy AND be a good shot. I'll be giving this more play time in the future for sure.

 

Another reason the HSC is so great. New game discoveries like this.

[Mister VCS]

22 hits

[sloth713]

I got 105!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Triple ACE

BTW the counter rolls over after 99

 

I know that this picture is not definitive proof because it just says "05"

But I was way too into the zone to think about taking a picture at 99 points.

My last highest score was 88 so it is not too hard to believe that I could make it to 105.

Edited May 19, 2009 by sloth713

[+SpiceWare]

61