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[peedenmark7]

30,978
Neither of my 2 ports like this game.. Put in some quality "night play" this AM on my 4 port .
I may have to drag 'er along with me for the weekend as I am feeling the magic again.

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Edited by peedenmark7, Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:51 AM.

[Sonic R]

peedenmark7, on Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:49 AM, said:

Neither of my 2 ports like this game.. Put in some quality "night play" this AM on my 4 port .
I may have to drag 'er along with me for the weekend as I am feeling the magic again.

what's it doing on the two-port?
I've had my four-port hooked up as of late as I was playing some Mountain King, Beamrider seemed to run ok on my two-port… I was just curious what the issue was

[peedenmark7]

The 2 port that I broke galaxian on is the system I keep at our cottage. the last 3 rounds i have spent most of my time there and It  seems finicky with this game. It might be me, but I seem to be all over the map score wise on it  . High teens, mid 20's , I am NOT consistent on it at all !
My side to side movement seems delayed in comparison with my 4 port where I have consistently hit high 20's and 30 in warm up rounds.  My stumbling block is round 9/10 , after they are out of the way I play with ease again. Must be the transition from slow to fast, then back.

I also have a brand new boxed 2 port which I un-boxed to check against my other 2 port.  Better , but the same basic game glitches exist... Both are up to snuff and are calibrated.

On the other hand ,  Galaxian played weird on my 4 port during that round [summer humidity?],  hence moving it over to a  2, where at the end of the round I was increasing my scores dramatically.
I found some interesting quirks between the 2 and 4 on countermeasure as well.

Depending on the game I will use other brand sticks that afford me the best game play.

Again, it could be me, but I am thinking my 4 port is spot on , and certain games being designed for the 4 may not cross over well to the 2.

Best has said they believe that I need a new 4 port motherboard by some of my rebuilt controller complaints...I beg to differ... For $25 I'll order one for grins and If it cures the few "minor" issues I have, great.

Edited by peedenmark7, Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:22 AM.

[zylon]

Sounds like the analog buffer chips.

[peedenmark7]

Are they listed on the best site as such >? how many are there ? I may just replace them all,.

[zylon]

there are 5 of them on 4 port boards and only 3 on some 2 port boards. I've been using used ones from a dead system.
CD4052BEXV  RCA 223 (usually one per system)

CD4052BEXV RCA 227 (usually 4 per system)

These should be still available at many parts suppliers. The are positioned right behind the ports on the system board. These are soldered on some later systems unfortunately.

Edited by zylon, Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:59 AM.

[peedenmark7]

Thanks for the numbers Zylon.  I'll be checking into this further

[peedenmark7]

I'd prefer to save this one for the end, but every little bonus point counts...  39,950

It's 5 AM I'm going back to bed...

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Edited by peedenmark7, Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:29 AM.

[atariron82]

Here's a first round go for me:

13,126

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[zylon]

The HSC record has changed hands 3 times now. The sharks are on the prowl.

[peedenmark7]

zylon, on Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:27 PM, said:

The HSC record has changed hands 3 times now. The sharks are on the prowl.

Brutal round to say the least... The competition is almost gut  wrenching

I have been playing in the middle of the night all week... In a room that is all glass , its miserable playing during the day...
At night I can see the TV !!

I am anticipating a wild finish !

[oyamafamily]

Final attempt in 2600 Beamrider - 381,688 / Sector 49



WOO HOOOO!! I beat my personal record (273,798 points).

[zylon]

While I'm not the "2600 score tracker", I must say Nice job!   Now go have a beer and enjoy the moment.

[sdamon]

Dear Activision,

Please accept the below photo showing a score of 44,230 as evidence that I have earned entry to the ranks of the "Activision Beamriders" on the Atari 5200.  I will understand if the extreme lateness of this request means that you can no longer send me the associated patch.

Sincerely,

sdamon

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[peedenmark7]

50,438  final entry.

My Beamrider patch request to the Activision folks,   sector 14 score of 41,570. Pic snapped prior to engaging sector 15.

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[atariron82]

Epic score sdamon!!
I only fared slightly better in emulation, assuming the response delay in controls would be less. I think your hands have to be a step ahead of your mind in this game.
On the Atari 8-bit version I did quite a bit better.

5200: 18,168
8-bit: 27,372

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[zylon]

Congrats and thanks to all who played, especially our winner and new record holder: peedenmark7 who has raised the bar in this often changing round.

[zylon]

Millipede is our next game. Any objection to my allowing A8 version as well seeing as it is a conversion after all?

[sdamon]

No objection here to allowing A8 players to join in with Millipede.

Congrats to peedenmark on the Beamrider high score!  Yet another game in which a future rematch should be interesting.  :-)

[zylon]

Yes. Next season should be quite interesting indeed.

Do I have  a "second" on allowing A8 Millipede?

Edited by zylon, Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:36 PM.

[peedenmark7]

Thanks guys !