zylon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) our game this round is Moon Patrol. Play on default "Beginner" setting and if using emulation, keep the controls using 2 buttons for jump and fire so as not to change the game play. Using separate fire buttons for up instead of directional is unique to this port. Round ends Sunday, April 29th 2012 @ 10pm EST Current HSC record: Moon Patrol - bohoki 83,000 Beat this for a bonus point! Challenge: Play another port of Moon Patrol and we'll see how much difference the controls make. Top 3 scores get a bonus point! Challenge scores: 52,250 oyamafamily(2600) +1* 35,750 Mister VCS (2600-medium) +1* 29,250 skosh (A8 ) +1 24,000 zylon(A8 ) +1 22,060 JacobZu7zu7(2600) +1 15,300 roadrunner(arcade) 8,150 peedenmark7 (c64) Final scores: 53,150 skosh +11+1=12 52,050 atariron82 +10 32,500 sdamon +9 31,200 Sonic R +8 28,350 peedenmark7 +7 26,450 JacobZu7zu7 +6+1=7 23,400 zylon +5+1=6 22,100 BydoEmpire +4 19,150 roadrunner +3 7,400 jblenkle +2 Current Standings: sdamon - 53 tank - 36 skosh - 35 atariron82 - 30 JacobZu7zu7 - 30 BydoEmpire - 25 trbb - 24 roadrunner - 22 patbb - 20 peedenmark7 - 18 jblenkle - 15 NE146 - 15 chuckwalla - 14 Cafeman - 12 zylon - 11 Sonic R - 8 ahuffman - 1 Rounds Won: sdamon - 2 skosh - 1 trbb - 1 JacobZu7zu7 - 1 Edited April 30, 2012 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Moon Patrol - 7,400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Arcade version 15,300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I really like this game here's my first attempt... 25,250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Love the 5200 version of Moon Patrol. Hopefully I can get more free time in the next couple weeks than I've had lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I figure I'll share one of my 'secret' scoring tricks! it is better to JUMP over the rocks rather than shoot them... you earn more points! I believe it's 100 points for shooting them, and 200 for jumping over them... Moon Patrol is one of my most favorite games on the Atari 5200! the graphics are amazing, the music is excellent... I love the gameplay! I'm looking forward to put in some more time and improve my score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister VCS Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi - I don't own an Atari 5200 - but an Atari 600 XL with Moon Patrol! Is it possible to take part in this competition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 18,650 on the 5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi - I don't own an Atari 5200 - but an Atari 600 XL with Moon Patrol! Is it possible to take part in this competition? Yes. You can play for our Bonus Challenge (see 1st post above) where all other ports are being played for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Wierd, as the VCS version actually scores less for a jump over than a shoot lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Last night's first runs: 5200: 14,000 TI99: 12,650 If enough players join the challenge, I'll revise the scoring to a 3-2-1 bonus. Edited April 18, 2012 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister VCS Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi - I don't own an Atari 5200 - but an Atari 600 XL with Moon Patrol! Is it possible to take part in this competition? Yes. You can play for our Bonus Challenge (see 1st post above) where all other ports are being played for comparison. The XL-version is the same game as the 5200-port of MP -only different controllers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi - I don't own an Atari 5200 - but an Atari 600 XL with Moon Patrol! Is it possible to take part in this competition? Yes. You can play for our Bonus Challenge (see 1st post above) where all other ports are being played for comparison. The XL-version is the same game as the 5200-port of MP -only different controllers. ...and control setup is different as well. The 5200 uses the 2nd fire button as jump, whereas the other ports use "up". I do allow A8 ports when the controls don't offer an advantage or take away from the uniqueness of the game. Otherwise, I'd be using it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) I do allow A8 ports when the controls don't offer an advantage or take away from the uniqueness of the game. Otherwise, I'd be using it as well. So no emulators? Edited April 18, 2012 by kenfused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) I do allow A8 ports when the controls don't offer an advantage or take away from the uniqueness of the game. Otherwise, I'd be using it as well. So no emulators? Emulation is fine as long as "jump" isn't mapped to a directional on a controller. Even my DC emulator has it on 2nd fire button. In the meantime, I've improved my game some. 5200: 23,000 Edited April 19, 2012 by zylon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I just want to clarify that it's 50 points for shooting rocks, 100 for jumping over them... I played a few games last night to verify... unfortunately, I couldn't improve maxing out around 24,000 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Last night's first runs: 5200: 14,000 TI99: 12,650 If enough players join the challenge, I'll revise the scoring to a 3-2-1 bonus. Didnt knew that TI99 had one..I had an TI99 way back in the days. I have to see if i can get my 5200 Moon Patrol cart to work. It boots up but when you press start it freezes and the pixs are all over the screen. May have to clean the cart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) hope to give this one a good go later tonight, and maybe also play my 2600 version too... Edited April 19, 2012 by JacobZu7zu7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 I gave all my available ports a play last night. Many moons patrolled. A8- 24,000 identical to 5200, just with standard controls to the other ports VIC-20- 14,570 good one, though graphically lower TI99- 12,650 IMO best looking, but jumps are real floaty making the mine levels extremely difficult C64- 9,000 graphically good, but playability suffers. almost as bad as 2600 2600- 5,280 they could've done much better on this one. Worst port I've played. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 5200 version 19,150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Last night's first runs: 5200: 14,000 TI99: 12,650 If enough players join the challenge, I'll revise the scoring to a 3-2-1 bonus. Didnt knew that TI99 had one..I had an TI99 way back in the days. I have to see if i can get my 5200 Moon Patrol cart to work. It boots up but when you press start it freezes and the pixs are all over the screen. May have to clean the cart? If you have Popeye put that in your system for a minute or so, turn off power, pop in Moon Patrol, it should work fine then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Vic 20 version 14,370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 2600 MOON PATROL - 52,250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 well, I broke 30k and got the second extend, only to loose it quickly! definitely some flicker going on with alot of enemies, missiles, and my rapid firing shots! 31,200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 (edited) C64 version 12,750 I'm digging the music on this one. 2600 version 7,680 This is my least favorite version. Edited April 21, 2012 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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