roadrunner Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Until Mr. Darthkur gets back, Let's rock some Asteroids! Someone once said the the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one. Now is not the time to dwell upon the odds but of survival because you find yourself smack-dab in the center of an immense field of asteroids. The hyperdrive on your ship must be acting up again because, not having a death-wish, you didn't exactly want to be pulverized by gigantic space boulders. To make matters worse you're not alone. There's automated ships about which are firing blindly to clear the space rocks to make preparation for a new hyperspace express route and they will just as soon shoot you as another piece of cosmic detritus. You could attempt another jump but who knows where you'll end up. Better leave that as a last resort. If you want to live you better start firing and keep out of the way of those tumbling masses of minerals and stone. Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Please do not use any cheat/hack options. These include auto-fire, unlimited lives, invincibility, etc. Also, no continues. Only games begun at the beginning count. Settings: Intermediate Contest ends on: 8-2-10 at 1:00am EST. Final High Scores: 1st: Mord - 44,520 +11 points 2nd: Atarian76 - 29,510 +10 points 3rd: gdement - 22,450 +9 points 4th: roadrunner - 17,950 +8 points 5th: atariksi - 17,310 +7 points Current Standings: 1st: roadrunner (192) (5) 2nd: thursday83 (177) (4) 3rd: atomickneedrop (121) (4) 4th: Armonigann (60) 5th: aftermac (59) (1) 6th: gdement (54) 7th: segasaturn (31) (1) 8th: xZanU (30) 9th: Atarifever (28) (1) 10th: mightymage (18) (1) 11th: kamakazi (16) (1) 12th: atariron82 (14) 13th: atariksi (11) (1) 14th: Shannon (10) 14th: Zoyx (10) 15th: chuckwalla (9) 15th: shadow460 (9) 16th: King_Salamon (8) 17th: Atardi (7) 18th: Preppie!! (4) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Link to the official manual: Asteroids Manual Goodluck everyone! Edited August 28, 2010 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 I'll start things off with 13,140 I hope you're doing alright Darthkur! We miss you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 39,190 The game's easier when you understand the unspoken rules the game plays by. 1. Lives are lost in pairs. 2. Thrust and Warp are mislabels. They're actually suicide buttons. 3. Extra lives are just there to distract you from shooting. 4. If you're not shooting, you're dying. 5. If it's moving, it WILL hit you. 6. The smaller it is, the more dangerous it is. 7. Always shoot twice in the same direction. No bullet should fly alone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 First of all I deeply apologize for the delay in the new round, due to my absence. I'm alive and well but things have been quite discombobulated as of late. I admire Roadrunner's tenacity in keeping the 7800 HSC alive. Asteroids sounds fine. Let's rock indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 First of all I deeply apologize for the delay in the new round, due to my absence. I'm alive and well but things have been quite discombobulated as of late. I admire Roadrunner's tenacity in keeping the 7800 HSC alive. Asteroids sounds fine. Let's rock indeed. I'm glad you're OK Darthkur! I didn't know if it would be OK for me to start the next round or not. I won't do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thursday83 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Believe it - i don't have this game. Not sure why, I used to....I have asteroids deluxe and space duel. Guess i will use an emulator. First of all I deeply apologize for the delay in the new round, due to my absence. I'm alive and well but things have been quite discombobulated as of late. I admire Roadrunner's tenacity in keeping the 7800 HSC alive. Asteroids sounds fine. Let's rock indeed. I'm glad you're OK Darthkur! I didn't know if it would be OK for me to start the next round or not. I won't do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 First of all I deeply apologize for the delay in the new round, due to my absence. I'm alive and well but things have been quite discombobulated as of late. I admire Roadrunner's tenacity in keeping the 7800 HSC alive. Asteroids sounds fine. Let's rock indeed. I'm glad you're OK Darthkur! I didn't know if it would be OK for me to start the next round or not. I won't do it again. That's alright, man. I appreciate your concern. Both for myself and the HSC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 40,280. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 A little better 17,950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 44,520. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian76 Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Can someone new jump in? Or should wait for the new season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 Can someone new jump in? Or should wait for the new season? It's OK to jump in. Everybody's welcome to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Can someone new jump in? Or should wait for the new season? Can someone new jump in? Or should wait for the new season? It's OK to jump in. Everybody's welcome to play. Indeed. Please do so. The more the merrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian76 Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 29510 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 39,190 The game's easier when you understand the unspoken rules the game plays by. 2. Thrust and Warp are mislabels. They're actually suicide buttons. 4. If you're not shooting, you're dying. Very true. Rule 2 especially. I'll use these and your other rules to see if I can not suck at this game for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 (edited) So I was trying some things on an incomplete SVideo mod which I haven't touched for a long time. Got sick of trying to tweak it, and decided to play a game for the HSC. I looked up the scores in this thread real quick and then fired up Centipede. I eventually had a good game and scored 35,573, took a picture of it and everything. I was pretty happy with it. Unfortunately, that was the wrong game. And I'm apparently not that good at Asteroids. 22,450 Edited August 1, 2010 by gdement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 17310. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 17310. Never liked this game-- the moving in 22.5 degree increments and shooting, hyperspacing, and moving chaotically-- but I like the idea of breaking rocks and avoiding objects and it looks cool. Perhaps, if the controls were linear like missile command, I would have played it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 That's os for this round. Congrats to Mord for blasting the most rocks. I hope everyone had fun with Asteroids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts