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[zylon]

Our game this round is Keystone Kapers. Play on default settings and may the best "copper" win. Emulation is fine as is whatever control scheme you wish.
Keep up the participation #'s for even more HSC points.

Round ends Sunday, April 15th 2012 @10pm EST

Current HSC record: Keystone Kapers - darthkur 394,300
Beat it for a bonus point!

Bonus Challenge: Play another port of this game. Top 3 scores will get a bonus point!
Challenge scores:

257,950  JacobZu7zu7(2600) +1
54,600  peedenmark7(2600) +1
47,850  jblenkle(CV) +1
35,350  oyamafamily(2600)
22,100  roadrunner(2600)
11,450  zylon(2600)

Final scores:

126,800  JacobZu7zu7 +11+1=12
120,300  sdamon +10
74,600  peedenmark7 +9+1=10
56,100  jblenkle +8+1=9
48,300  BydoEmpire +7
47,900  roadrunner +6
33,700  skosh +5
24,700  Sonic R +4
0*    zylon +1(I'll take only 1 as I couldn't get past start screen )


Current Standings:

sdamon - 43
tank - 36
atariron82 - 30
skosh - 30
trbb - 24
patbb - 20
BydoEmpire - 18
JacobZu7zu7 - 18
roadrunner - 16
NE146 - 15
chuckwalla - 14
Cafeman - 12
zylon - 10
peedenmark7 - 8
jblenkle - 6
Sonic R - 4
ahuffman - 1

Rounds Won:

sdamon - 2
skosh - 1
trbb - 1

Edited by zylon, Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:53 PM.

[jblenkle]

Keystone Kapers - 24,700



OTHER PORT: ColecoVision - 54,750



OK, here is a current ColecoVision score as I took the other one from a previous CV HSC round...not quite as high, but close...use whichever you want.

Keystone Kapers - 47,850

Edited by jblenkle, Tue Apr 3, 2012 6:59 PM.

[Cafeman]

wqw, look at all that RF interference on the CV picture!

[peedenmark7]

I'll attach a 2600 score to this posting later &
start with 74,600 for 5200.

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[NE146]

This one is interesting. Not too easy to "cheat" using savestates if someone was so inclined. (although obviously no one here does that right?).

I'll be putting in a few plays of this and see how I do.

[JacobZu7zu7]

48,800

1st try!

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[peedenmark7]

NE146, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 8:33 AM, said:

This one is interesting. Not too easy to "cheat" using savestates if someone was so inclined. (although obviously no one here does that right?).

I'll be putting in a few plays of this and see how I do.

It's kind of a bummer that cheats exist. Super high sores on this game or not common .  This game is quite challenging on the 5200, timing is everything and the game does not play like its 2600 counterpart. .
Always liked this Activision title !

[jblenkle]

It usually doesn't turn out like that when I take screen shots...don't know what happened. This pic was actually from the CV HSC not too long ago...just too lazy to replay. This game is very frustrating for me because I get to the identical spot almost every time I play and then can't go any further.

Cafeman, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 8:18 AM, said:

wqw, look at all that RF interference on the CV picture!

[zylon]

jblenkle, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 7:06 PM, said:

It usually doesn't turn out like that when I take screen shots...don't know what happened. This pic was actually from the CV HSC not too long ago...just too lazy to replay. This game is very frustrating for me because I get to the identical spot almost every time I play and then can't go any further.

Cafeman, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 8:18 AM, said:

wqw, look at all that RF interference on the CV picture!

Then technically, it doesn't count.

[oyamafamily]

2600 Keystone Kapers - 35,350 (Patch in 1 attempt)

[jblenkle]

Well, don't count it then...I'll just have to replay it...(SEE MY ORIGINAL POST - NEW PLAY, NEW PICTURE)

zylon, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 11:39 PM, said:

jblenkle, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 7:06 PM, said:

It usually doesn't turn out like that when I take screen shots...don't know what happened. This pic was actually from the CV HSC not too long ago...just too lazy to replay. This game is very frustrating for me because I get to the identical spot almost every time I play and then can't go any further.

Cafeman, on Mon Apr 2, 2012 8:18 AM, said:

wqw, look at all that RF interference on the CV picture!

Then technically, it doesn't count.

Edited by jblenkle, Tue Apr 3, 2012 7:00 PM.

[BydoEmpire]

5200 version: 32,700 (I'll attach a pic later).  I remember being better at this game than I am.  I feel like I do okay, I just can't seem to get the points.

[peedenmark7]

2600 version:   31,200

Hmm, I am having trouble with this version, I've hit triple this in the past... gotta keep plugging away.

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[zylon]

I'll fire up the emulator this weekend since I don't have this one on anything but 2600. Can't seem to find that cart around here either.

[JacobZu7zu7]

74,400

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[BydoEmpire]

A little bit better today: 48,300:




Once you can't reach the thief by running and you have to use the elevators, I get pretty lost.  The three carts & bombs also tend to get me, although I think I figured those out in this last game.

[roadrunner]

5200 version


47,900

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[JacobZu7zu7]

79,900

I decided to avoid the elevator in the 2nd through 4th levels... it helped me some.

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[zylon]

I'm stuck with a 0 for 5200 version as none of my Roms will start. They all freeze on level select screen.

Did get a pathetic 11,450 on 2600 version though.

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[jblenkle]

Keystone Kapers (5200) - 45,700

[roadrunner]

I always thought that the black thing that i have to jump over was a landmine or something.
I never knew it was a cathedral radio until i looked at the 2600 manual scan awhile back.
The 5200 version has a weird looking manual. It looks like a very old newspaper.

[jblenkle]

Yeah, that elevator is too darn slow in this version...at least in the early levels. It seems to speed up a bit later.

JacobZu7zu7, on Sun Apr 8, 2012 9:47 AM, said:

79,900

I decided to avoid the elevator in the 2nd through 4th levels... it helped me some.

[sdamon]

Had a good run this evening... 83,800



Mastering the red balls is really important... Start the game around levels 14-16 and learn a pattern that works for you to get past them.  I haven't yet mastered the fast shopping carts... a player who did so could play for a nice long time.

Catching that elevator to the 2nd floor consistently is important, and worth sacrificing a life for to get the timing right.  Seems to work best for me if you can start a level with the elevator having newly descended from the 3rd floor to the 2nd.

[jblenkle]

Keystone Kapers (5200) - 53,600

[peedenmark7]

sdamon, on Sun Apr 8, 2012 9:26 PM, said:

Had a good run this evening... 83,800

Kapers1.JPG

Mastering the red balls is really important... Start the game around levels 14-16 and learn a pattern that works for you to get past them.  I haven't yet mastered the fast shopping carts... a player who did so could play for a nice long time.

Catching that elevator to the 2nd floor consistently is important, and worth sacrificing a life for to get the timing right.  Seems to work best for me if you can start a level with the elevator having newly descended from the 3rd floor to the 2nd.

I'll trade ya !  I have everything down but those low bouncing red balls, but i am close
I had better get busy before I get run over  

Edited by peedenmark7, Mon Apr 9, 2012 4:04 PM.