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[Ze_ro]

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

Welcome to the second High Score Club Variety Pack! Rules for this competition are a little different, so please read:

• This competition combines four games over a two week period. The deadline for posting scores is Wednesday November 10th at 1:00 AM (Central Time, UTC-6).
  
• Scores for each game will be listed separately, with reduced scoring awarded for each game (5 points for first place, 4 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for 4th, and 1 for all other scores).
  
• Scores are also combined for a final ranking, with Combined Score = (Pooyan Score x 15) + (Bermuda Triangle Score) + (Time Pilot Score) + (Fast Eddie Score). These scores will then be ranked and scored as per normal High Score Club rules (11 points for 1st place, etc).
  
• This means you could score up to 31 points if you post the #1 score for all four games. Alternatively, even if your scores are low, you can get 5 points just for participating.
  
• You do not have to play the games in any specific order, and you can submit updated scores for each game separately.
  
• You do not have to play all four games. If you leave out one game, you will still be counted in the final ranking as if you had scored 0 for that game.
  
• Scores for individual games will still be capped at the point where the score rolls over. No additional capping will occur for combined scores though.
  
• For this competition, there will be no bonus challenges, and no points awarded for best tips (don't worry, they'll come back next time!)

<div class='maintitle'>Game Information</div><div class='borderwrap'><table class='ipbtable'><tr><td>Game Name:</td><td>Pooyan</td><td>Bermuda Triangle</td><td>Time Pilot</td><td>Fast Eddie</td></tr><tr><td>Released:</td><td>1982, Konami</td><td>1982, Data Age</td><td>1983, Coleco</td><td>1982, Fast Eddie</td></tr><tr><td>Left Difficulty:</td><td>N/A</td><td>B / Novice</td><td>B / Novice</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Right Difficulty:</td><td>N/A</td><td>N/A</td><td>B / Novice</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Game Mode:</td><td>Game 1</td><td>Game 1</td><td>Game 1</td><td>Game 1</td></tr><tr><td>Last Played:</td><td>New!</td><td>New!</td><td>Season 2 Week 9</td><td>Season 4 Week 34</td></tr></table></div>

<div class='maintitle'>Current High Scores</div><div class="borderwrap"><table class='ipbtable'><tr><td>

• 22,870 (oyamafamily) [+5]
  
• 12,355 (JacobZu7zu7) [+4]
  
• 11,440 (Scrabbler15) [+3]
  
• 8245 (Deteacher) [+2]
  
• 2665 (toymailman) [+1]
  
• 2330 (roadrunner) [+1]
  
• 1655 (madbutscher) [+1]
  
• 1105 (LarcenTyler) [+1]
  
• 1050 (SeaGtGruff) [+1]
  
• 1045 (rmaerz) [+1]
  
• 790 (Chuck D. Head) [+1]

</td><td>

• 437,200 (JacubZu7zu7) [+5]
  
• 105,850 (toymailman) [+4]
  
• 62,550 (Deteacher) [+3]
  
• 44,750 (Scrabbler15) [+2]
  
• 19,800 (oyamafamily) [+1]
  
• 18,150 (roadrunner) [+1]
  
• 16,050 (Miss 2600) [+1]
  
• 12,500 (Chuck D. Head) [+1]
  
• 11,550 (Mangia-Boy) [+1]
  
• 10,550 (madbutscher) [+1]
  
• 7500 (LarcenTyler) [+1]
  
• 5200 (rmaerz) [+1]
  
• 1550 (SeaGtGruff) [+1]

</td></tr></table>

<table class='ipbtable'><tr><td>

• 51,000 (toymailman) [+5]
  
• 41,700 (Miss 2600) [+4]
  
• 38,100 (oyamafamily) [+3]
  
• 37,600 (JacobZu7zu7) [+2]
  
• 35,300 (Scrabbler15) [+1]
  
• 23,700 (LarcenTyler) [+1]
  
• 23,000 (Deteacher) [+1]
  
• 16,300 (roadrunner) [+1]
  
• 15,700 (Mangia-Boy) [+1]
  
• 12,100 (SeaGtGruff) [+1]
  
• 8400 (Chuck D. Head) [+1]
  
• 4600 (madbutscher) [+1]

</td><td>

• 100,000 (Deteacher) [+5]
  100,000 (oyamafamily) [+5]
  100,000 (toymailman) [+5]
  
• 49,810 (JacobZu7zu7) [+4]
  
• 29,240 (Scrabbler15) [+3]
  
• 21,720 (Mangia-Boy) [+2]
  
• 21,140 (SeaGtGruff) [+1]
  
• 20,730 (roadrunner) [+1]
  
• 17,840 (rmaerz) [+1]
  
• 17,040 (Miss 2600) [+1]
  
• 6650 (Chuck D. Head) [+1]
  
• 3230 (LarcenTyler) [+1]

</td></tr></table>

<table class='ipbtable'><tr><td><div class='maintitle'>Combined Score</div>

• 709,935 (JacobZu7zu7) [+11]
  
• 500,950 (oyamafamily) [+10]
  
• 309,225 (Deteacher) [+9]
  
• 296,825 (toymailman) [+8]
  
• 280,890 (Scrabbler15) [+7]
  
• 90,130 (roadrunner) [+6]
  
• 74,790 (Miss 2600) [+5]
  
• 51,005 (LarcenTyler) [+4]
  
• 50,540 (SeaGtGruff) [+3]
  
• 48,970 (Mangia-Boy) [+2]
  
• 39,975 (madbutscher) [+1]
  
• 39,400 (Chuck D. Head) [+1]
  
• 38,715 (rmaerz) [+1]

</td><td><div class='maintitle'>Current Standings</div><div class="borderwrap"><table class='ipbtable'><tr class='row2'><td>

• toymailman [148]
  
• JacobZu7zu7 [126]
  
• Scrabber15 [125]
  
• Deteacher [113]
  
• oyamafamily [109]
  
• zylon [61]
  
• Jifremok [54]
  
• Zoyx [53]
  
• roadrunner [52]
  
• Chuck D. Head [47]
  
• Miss 2600 [38]
  
• keilbaca [30]
  
• ClassicGMR [29]
  
• LarcenTyler [26]
  
• SeaGtGruff [26]
  
• pis [21]
  
• HatefulGravey [17]
  
• Mingy Jongo [13]
  
• doctorclu [13]
  
• Pioneer4x4 [12]
  
• MrJimbo [8]
  
• Mister VCS [7]
  
• satan165 [7]
  
• 4Ks [4]
  
• dooglehead [3]
  
• ed1475 [2]
  
• littleman jack [2]
  
• pacmanplayer [2]
  
• Austin [1]
  
• rmaerz [1]
  
• MIKE5200 [1]
  
• SpaceDice2010 [1]

</table></div></td></tr></table>

<div class='maintitle'>Hints and Tips</div>
As always, you really should read the manuals. In case you don't have the manuals, AtariAge has typed or scanned versions of all four manuals (except Time Pilot). Please see their individual pages linked above for hints and tips (They will not be reprinted here).

--Zero

[Chuck D. Head]

OK, it looks like I will have to emulate for all these. The only cart I have is Time Pilot and I think it is a bitrot victim; I have cleaned what looked like a clean cart thoroughly and it does the same wierd stuff every time. Looks like a fun pack of games!  Morgan

[JacobZu7zu7]

Chuck D. Head, on Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:12 AM, said:

OK, it looks like I will have to emulate for all these. The only cart I have is Time Pilot and I think it is a bitrot victim; I have cleaned what looked like a clean cart thoroughly and it does the same wierd stuff every time. Looks like a fun pack of games!  Morgan

I own 2 outta' 4 of these games 'EDDIE' and 'BERMUDA' (have no idea what to do in the Bermuda game). The other two I never heard of and will go to the emulator. Time to study...

Happy Halloween, I was kinda expecting, Halloween, or
Spikes Peak/Ghost Manor, but this is fine and more score friendly.

[roadrunner]

JacobZu7zu7, on Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:28 PM, said:

Happy Halloween, I was kinda expecting, Halloween, or
Spikes Peak/Ghost Manor, but this is fine and more score friendly.

No not Spikes Peak!    

I wouldn't mind playing Ghost Manor.

[roadrunner]

Time Pilot

12,400

Pooyan

2,330

[roadrunner]

JacobZu7zu7, on Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:28 PM, said:

Chuck D. Head, on Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:12 AM, said:

OK, it looks like I will have to emulate for all these. The only cart I have is Time Pilot and I think it is a bitrot victim; I have cleaned what looked like a clean cart thoroughly and it does the same wierd stuff every time. Looks like a fun pack of games!  Morgan

I own 2 outta' 4 of these games 'EDDIE' and 'BERMUDA' (have no idea what to do in the Bermuda game). The other two I never heard of and will go to the emulator. Time to study...

roadrunner's tip for Bermuda Triangle -

collect treasure from the bottom of the ocean and bring it up to your rescue ship.

[oyamafamily]

BERMUDA TRIANGLE - 19,800
POOYAN - 1,845
FAST EDDIE - 20,910
TIME PILOT - 15,900

The Variety Pack 2 is an excellent idea!!

Edited by oyamafamily, Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:07 PM.

[oyamafamily]

TWIN GALAXIES WORLD RECORD (for statistics)

FAST EDDIE - Game 1, Difficulty B - 321,970 (Paul Zimmerman)
BERMUDA TRIANGLE - Game 1, Difficulty B - 1,766,100 (Todd Rogers)
TIME PILOT - Game 1, Difficulty B - 56,100 (Steve Germershausen)
Pooyan - Game 1, Difficulty B - 8,450 (Stephen Knox)

[Chuck D. Head]

Ok,

Time Pilot - 8,400 - really tough using arrow keys to fly. Some bad collision detection here.

Pooyan - 790 - not sure I understand what the "bait" is yet.

Bermuda Triangle - 12,500 - a little boring

Fast Eddie - 6,650 - looks boring, but actually pretty fun


Morgan

Edited by Chuck D. Head, Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:59 PM.

[LarcenTyler]

Pooyan: 1,105 (didn't know other stage was included)

Bermuda Triangle: 7,500 (it's worth noting that you should avoid the lava lamp/rocketship objects at the surface, and only dock with the golden boats, not the red ones!)

Time Pilot: 23,700 (not bad, despite the limitations of the Atari 2600)

Fast Eddie: 3,230 (no comment)

[Miss 2600]

JacobZu7zu7, on Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:28 PM, said:

I own 2 outta' 4 of these games 'EDDIE' and 'BERMUDA' (have no idea what to do in the Bermuda game). The other two I never heard of and will go to the emulator. Time to study...

I'm in the same boat only I have Time Pilot and Bermuda Triangle though, like you, I've never played it.  Time Pilot is one I enjoyed playing when I was a kid.

[roadrunner]

Bermuda Triangle 18,150

Fast Eddie 20,730

[Scrabbler15]

Nice mix of games.  Should be fun.

[Deteacher]

Ok, here are my first submissions (all on emu.)  I plan on firing up my Harmony cart later on:

Bermuda Triangle:  11,150!  Never gave this one the time of day before now.  This one's kind of fun...especially when you break 10K.



Fast Eddie:  22,810!  It's kind of boring until you get into the higher levels.  THEN it becomes quite a challenge.



Pooyan:  4,055!  Ugh...not the best conversion, but challenging, nonetheless.



Time Pilot:  23,000!  Once you master how the enemies fly, this one's pretty easy.  I predict we'll see some pretty high scores on this one.



All in all, it's going to be a fun couple of weeks.  

Edited by Deteacher, Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:45 PM.

[oyamafamily]

NEW HIGH SCORES:

POOYAN - 7,335 (More close to get the World Record)
TIME PILOT - 28,000 (I completed 1 cycle: 1910 - 1940 - 1970 - 1983 - 2001)

[oyamafamily]

AND HERE'S MY NEW RECORD ON POOYAN - 9,180



I BEAT TWIN GALAXIES WORLD RECORD ON POOYAN (8,450 by Stephen Knox)

[Scrabbler15]

Time to get on the scoreboard

Pooyan - 1920

Berm Tri - 6100

Time Pilot - 15,800

Fast Eddie - 20,060

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[toymailman]

Like most, these are all brand new games for me.  My initial scores are:

Pooyan: 1,770
Bermuda Triangle: 17,150
Time Pilot: 17,900
Fast Eddie: 20,960

[Scrabbler15]

Berm Tri - 14,100

Time Pilot - 34,700

I've played Time Pilot before, but it was the arcade version way back when.

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[rmaerz]

Fast Eddie:  3,320

[JacobZu7zu7]

Pooyan - [b]1,075[/b]
Bermuda Triangle - 19,200
Time Pilot - 16,100
Fast Eddie - 20,820



SEE PAGE 2 FOR MY FULL SCORE UPDATES...

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:23 AM.

[Scrabbler15]

Fast Eddie - 21,050

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[oyamafamily]

11,710 on Pooyan

Edited by oyamafamily, Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:23 PM.

[Miss 2600]

Time Pilot: 41,700



That 2001 screen sucks!

[Scrabbler15]

Miss 2600, on Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:04 PM, said:

Time Pilot: 41,700

TimePilotScore.jpg

That 2001 screen sucks!

Yeah, but we can get ya a great deal on a used, high mileage, 2001 flying saucer...