zylon Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Our game for round 2 is Dig Dug. Try not to get buried. Play on default starting settings. Pics nice, but not required. Emulation is fine as is whatever control setup you wish. Round ends 10pm EST Sunday, March 4th 2012 Current HSC record: Dig Dug - Goochman 249,740(BUSTED) So last week: 364,800 trbb (BEAT DOWN) NEW!!! 5,000,010 skosh Beat it, if you can, for a bonus point! Final scores: 5,000,010 skosh +1+11=12 364,800 trbb +1+10=11 250,060 sdamon +9 234,030 atariron82 +8 222,390 tank +7 124,000 roadrunner +7 85,280 JacobZu7zu7 +6 56,000 patbb +5 47,220 Cafeman +4 28,260 zylon +3 17,740 jblenkle +2 17,600 peedenmark7 +1 15,300 BydoEmpire +1 Current Standings: sdamon - 11 tank - 10 atariron82 - 9 Cafeman - 8 BydoEmpire - 7 peedenmark7 - 6 JacobZu7zu7 - 5 skosh - 4 jblenkle - 3 roadrunner - 2 ahuffman - 1 zylon - 1 patbb - Rounds Won: sdamon - 1 Edited March 5, 2012 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 34,920 I have 3 dig dug roms, is there a specific one I should use? (see image below) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 I'm not sure as I play mine on original hardware. Perhaps someone will chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 34,920 I have 3 dig dug roms, is there a specific one I should use? (see image below) The Dig Dug rom here on AA is 32KB I would go with that one. Here's a 4th rom for you, bin file DigDug.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Dig Dug - 13,960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I beginning to think we should be playing with original equpiment only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 I beginning to think we should be playing with original equpiment only. I'd be all for it, but emulation has been allowed since this HSC began and will continue this season. Eliminating it would cut back on our participation and be difficult to follow through. For instance, I can use my DC 5200 emulator on the same TV that I play 5200 on and screenshots would look exactly the same. It's not like there's $ and prizes involved and getting people to play is the name of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) Here's my first solid play: 28,260 (personal best) Edited February 21, 2012 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahuffman Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I beginning to think we should be playing with original equpiment only. I would like to be able to do this, but I would have to sit out most of the season. My 5200 collection is still rather small, so I need to use emulators for games I don't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 93,860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I always thought there was no difference between the 16K and 32K ROMs. The extra 16K in the 32K ROM is unused/duplicated code/filler right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I beginning to think we should be playing with original equpiment only. Why? Is there a difference in difficulty level between emulation and original hardware? Or it's too easy to cheat? Edited February 22, 2012 by patbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 56,000 INP using MESS attached. a5200_digdug56k.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 I beginning to think we should be playing with original equpiment only. Why? Is there a difference in difficulty level between emulation and original hardware? Or it's too easy to cheat? Some emulators allow changing the game speed and even some cleverly engineered hacks can get snuck in. Like when someone used a hack of Ms Pacman in a contest last year. It was engineered to give only the highest bonus fruits. I believe our players are honest, otherwise they'd win a lot more games. In reality, I've found emulated versions to be harder than originals on many titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patbb Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I beginning to think we should be playing with original equpiment only. Why? Is there a difference in difficulty level between emulation and original hardware? Or it's too easy to cheat? Some emulators allow changing the game speed and even some cleverly engineered hacks can get snuck in. Like when someone used a hack of Ms Pacman in a contest last year. It was engineered to give only the highest bonus fruits. I believe our players are honest, otherwise they'd win a lot more games. In reality, I've found emulated versions to be harder than originals on many titles. I see. A similar thing happen in the MAME HSC recently. Personally I'm just starting playing the 5200 for the first time. This is a console and never played before and would like to try a few games to see if I should start collecting. The HSC is a great way to do that. I recently start playing the 7800 and I love it. And now I'm on the hunt for a console!. Edited February 23, 2012 by patbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Personally, I'm happy to have emulator players joining in (as well as A8 players, when the game is basically the same.) The more the merrier! Welcome aboard, patbb! Nice score! (Looking forward to competing with you in the multi-console Knockout in the Spring or Summer!) Also, kudos to tank on a very nice score! Looks like I need more Dig Dug practice... 40,690 is my best so far. Edited February 22, 2012 by sdamon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Personally, I'm happy to have emulator players joining in (as well as A8 players, when the game is basically the same.) The more the merrier! Welcome aboard, patbb! Nice score! (Looking forward to competing with you in the multi-console Knockout in the Spring or Summer!) Also, kudos to tank on a very nice score! Looks like I need more Dig Dug practice... 40,690 is my best so far. This many players could make the "shootout challenge" very interesting if I run it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Played some more last night and got a MUCH better feel for the game... 146,260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Played some more last night and got a MUCH better feel for the game... 146,260 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Played some more last night and got a MUCH better feel for the game... 146,260 Nice. very impressive... i doubt i could do that, i'm average here, 43,390 33,640 55,120 Edited February 25, 2012 by JacobZu7zu7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 124,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 172,790 get that pineapple!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 ^^ Looks like a real fight for 1st going on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Getting warmed up! 107,520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 If this game was selected at the 5200 knockout, I woulda' been so OUT! Beamrider is my worst, so far. Although emulation is only way I ever played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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