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[JacobZu7zu7]

2600 Knockout Game 17:


+ 2600 HIGH SCORE CHALLENGE 2012


Our seventeenth HSC + Elimination round is Activisions Seaquest


SETTING: GAME 1 (DEFAULT GAME)
LEFT DIFFICULTY: B
RIGHT DIFFICULTY: B


DEADLINE TO PLAY: This round has now begun, it will run a week or until
Sunday, April 29th 11:59PM EST (EASTERN TIME)
Play with Atari 2600 Console, or Emulation.
Any joystick or keyboard is fine!

Pics are encoraged here, however I WILL accept a no pic score.

Anyone can jump in and play for a High Score and Ranking, if they like...
Every score will be counted for the High Score Challenge also, even if you're not entered
in the Winter 2600 Knockout.

Everyone starts each game with a score of ZERO, one goal is to get above 0... or get a high score, if you don't you will be eliminated and the lowest score earned of the active KO players, is safe! A KING status will be awarded at the end of every round winner, as well as rankings and points. First place gets +15 points! From there on, 1+ less...

For the K.O., you need not win, just not finish LAST! Let the battle begin...

THIS GAME IS ALSO OPEN FOR HIGH SCORE CLUB POINTS AND RANKING!
Red font indicates out of the knockout but playing for ranking and score.

Knockout players & High Score Challengers

15+ - 404,430 - oyamafamily
14+ - 317,760 - Liduario
13+ - 283,040 - toymailman 1st
12+ - 275,720 - JacobZu7zu7 2nd
11+ - 257,630 - Jifremok 3rd
10+ - 254,690 - Scrabbler
09+ - 243,960 - Gorfy
06+ - 226,010 - Vocelli 4th + 8
08+ - 223,510 - Deteacher 5th + 7
04+ - 203,030 - DT Kofoed 6th + 6
07+ - 199,090 - roadrunner
05+ - 122,550 - pis
03+ - 99,700 - classicgamer_27330
02+ - 41,000 - LarcenTyler
01+ - 14,620 - jblenkle






Rankings after 16 rounds.

Rank/Points/Player
1 (206) toymailman
2 (194) Gorfy
3 (191) Deteacher
4 (176) Jifremok
5 (161) oyamafamily
6 (159) Vocelli
7 (155) JacobZu7zu7
8 (129) Scrabbler15
9 (127) cparsley
10 (124) DT Kofoed
11 (89) Cortat G
12 (74) classicgamer_27330
13 (69) Liduario
14 (63) Zoyx
15 (62) LarcenTyler
16 (53) roadrunner
17 (49) Fallout_002
18 (38) bigbee99
19 (25) pis
19 (25) jblenkle
21 (17) Stan
21 (17) Metal Jesus
23 (15) Atarian7
23 (15) KevinMos3
25 (7) Mister VCS
26 (5) HatNJ
27 (0) phaxda


Eliminated players
1st round: H.E.R.O. - phaxda
2nd round: Raft Rider - Metal Jesus
3rd round: Yars' Revenge - pis
4th round: Kool-Aid Man - HatNJ
5th round: River Raid - Stan
6th round: Rampage - bigbee99
7th round: Pole Position - roadrunner
8th round: Adventures of Tron - Zoyx
9th round: Moon Patrol - Cortat G
10th round: Kung Fu Master - Fallout_002
11th round: Fantastic Voyage - LarcenTyler
12th round: Astroblast - classicgamer_27330
13th round: Laser Gates - oyamafamily
14th round: Escape From The Mindmaster - cparsley
15th round: Kaboom! - Scrabbler15
16th round: Frogger - Gorfy

King players
1st round: H.E.R.O - oyamafamily
2nd round: Raft Rider - oyamafamily/Deteacher/toymailman/Cortat G/DT Kofoed/Scrabbler15
3rd round: Yars' Revenge - Zoyx/oyamafamily/Gorfy/Cortat G/toymailman/DT Kofoed
4th round: Kool-Aid Man - toymailman
5th round: River Raid - Jifremok
6th round: Rampage - Jifremok/Cortat G/Gorfy/oyamafamily/DT Kofoed/Deteacher
7th round: Pole Position - Deteacher/Gorfy/toymailman
8th round: Adventures of Tron - cparsley
9th round: Moon Patrol - Gorfy
10th round: Kung Fu Master - KevinMos3
11th round: Fantastic Voyage - toymailman
12th round: Astroblast - Jifremok
13th round: Laser Gates - Deteacher
14th round: Escape From The Mindmaster - toymailman
15th round: Kaboom! - Atarian7
16th round: Frogger - DT Kofoed

Someone will be eliminated from K.O. every Monday at 12:00AM EST)
(Anyone without a score by the deadline, will be eliminated!)

A - X/2/3/4/X
B - X/2/3/X/X
C - 1/2/X/X/X
D - 1/X/X/X/X
E - X/X/X/X/X

Game List: Games played on Default, unless a setting is selected by K.O. player.

Frogger (Diff. A)
H.E.R.O
Buck Rogers
Crazy Climber
Pressure Cooker
Moon Patrol
Rampage
Escape from the Mindmaster
Kaboom!
Enduro
Laser Gates
Seaquest
Astroblast
Reactor
Raft Rider
Kung-Fu Master
Adventures of Tron
Ms. Pacman
Kool-Aid Man
Pole Position
Yars Revenge (6B)
River Raid
Wild Card A
Wild Card B Fantastic Voyage
Wild Card C

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•  Seaquest (1983) (Activision).a26   4K   81 downloads

Edited by JacobZu7zu7, Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:52 AM.

[Scrabbler15]

101,670

Now, here's a little game we like to refer to as fun.

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[Liduario]

I had this game in my atari! I hope I can do well this week . Last week was like Laser Gates and the 4th detonator, I almost got there
Deteacher really had some reasons to worry.  What a incredible score DtKofoed achieved!

Now it's time to put my week scores and latest snapshot:

1) 79,910  (Mon)
2) 95,900
3) 143,450
4) 169,090
5) 173,020
6) 181,820 (Wed)
7) 187,980
8.) 193,460 (Thu)
9) 203,500
10) 224,180
11) 240,750 (Sat)
12) 247,500 (Sun)
13) 317,760

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Edited by Liduario, Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:22 PM.

[Deteacher]

I'll put in my first showing for this game:  56,200!



This attempt was playing in emulation with keyboard controls.  I knew I should have brought my CX-40/Stelladaptor to work with me today.  

This is tough to play without a joystick.

Edited by Deteacher, Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:29 AM.

[Deteacher]

Ok, I have to stop trying to play this with the keyboard now.  More than doubled my score, but my hand is killing me now:  118,000!



I'll play with real hardware tonight.  That ought to boost my score some more.  I forgot how hard (and fun) this game is.  Great pick!  

[Vocelli]

Wow! I made it again! SIX players left!
I am not a big Frogger fan but the game was not boring either so last week was ok.
This is where I predict this weeks low score. But first...
Last weeks' game Frogger. I did a bit better on the prediction. I predicted 2550 for the low score and this is how it ended.
5,613 - DT Kofoed 1st
4,063 - Deteacher 2nd
3,999 - Jifremok 3rd
3,759 - JacobZu7zu7 4th
3,670 - Vocelli 5th
3,576 - toymailman 6th
2,813 - Gorfy 7th
I wasn't too far off. And look the top 2 players finished at the bottom!
Now that high score, once again, is truely a feat of greatness!

Onward to Seaquest. What a fun game. Activision was amazing back in the day!
Not much to say about the game but pure fun!
Now we are down to the last six players. The competition will be fierce.
So I predict the low score will be... 220,000 maybe even higher!
C'mon, we are talking about the top players here. Lets see what happens. I imagine that ANYONE could be gone.
Practice, practice, practice!
My first score.
Vocelli: 87720

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[Cortat G]

Atari-themed American Idol With your host RYAN SEAQUEST!
Sorry, I just had to. That would be cool.

[JacobZu7zu7]

164,070


Remember to put the difficulty setting back to B/B, my first try was way worse because of it lol.

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[Deteacher]

First go around with a joystick:  153,850!



Wow!  This gets hard fast!  It's going to be a fun and challenging week.  

[JacobZu7zu7]

181,930

Just doin' my job!

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[Gorfy]

159,130   What relief after last week's game!

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[pis]

122.550

[Deteacher]

174,790!



Ok, this game is a bit of a hand cramper.  Gotta take breaks between games.  Ouch!

[LarcenTyler]

41,000

The sound it makes when you lose a sub sounds like something I'd do when I get angry.  I wonder if there's a sound file of that sound.

[oyamafamily]

Seaquest - 342,880



WOO HOOOO!! Got to 300K-point club in ONE ATTEMPT!!

[Scrabbler15]

162,380

I agree with Deteacher.  This game is the most fun a player can have while getting every bit of their hand strength sucked out of their fingernails.

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[classicgamer_27330]

99,700

[roadrunner]

199,090

This is a great game, much more fun than some of the other games we played recently.

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Edited by roadrunner, Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:25 PM.

[JacobZu7zu7]

217,760

UGH! I was headed for the surface, when a shot hit me... didn't see it coming the speed is so fast here...
This game is a bit repetitive, "one note"... but at least it's a pretty fun one note.

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[Jifremok]

246,580

When I think the difficulty's at its highest, it gets harder.

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[Vocelli]

I played 5 games yesterday and all were in the 160K's.
Ugh! I need to get over that hump!
Vocelli: 168730

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[Gorfy]

174,860

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[Deteacher]

Minor improvement:  184,910!



I thought I was going to crack 200K that last game...but I got creamed in that last level...

[Deteacher]

LarcenTyler, on Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:04 PM, said:

41,000

The sound it makes when you lose a sub sounds like something I'd do when I get angry.  I wonder if there's a sound file of that sound.

It sounds similar to the death sound in Squeeze Box.

[Scrabbler15]

181,760

I noticed that the fish formations are very Stampedesque.  One fish, two fish close togther, two fish changing colors, two fish wide apart, three fish close together.  I was looking for a Black Angus fish to get big bonus points, but then I remembered that I don't know how to throw a lasso underwater, anyhow.

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