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[Vocelli]

This is Week 20  ~  Paddle Game

Eggomania

A strangely colored, feathered fowl is bent on bombing your bedeviled blue bear with dozens of even stranger colored eggs. Your only defense is catching those falling orbs in your hat before they break and cause a real mess! If you succeed in catching an entire wave, you get the delightful opportunity to get even and fire them back at that turkey ! You'll be dazzled by his reaction. So go after that bird -- if you can "bear" the pressure. Otherwise, the yolks on you, because this week's game is Eggomania!

Game Information
Released By US Games
Game Mode Game 1
Difficulty B: Big Hat

Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight, Feb 10, 2013.

Bonus:
Match the second to last last Digit
If your ending scores' second to last last digit (ten spot) matches just ONE other person you get ONE bonus point.
If your ending scores' Second to last last digit (ten spot) matches THREE other people you get TWO bonus points.
If your ending scores' second to last last digit (ten spot) matches FIVE other people you get THREE bonus points.



Eggomania Scores ~ FINAL

129882 - Gorfy (+15) (+1)
98228 - Vocelli (+14) (+1)
45070 - Liduario (+13) (+1)
32404 - Stan (+12) (+1)
21780 - S.Baz (+11) (+1)
21456 - darthkur (+10) (+1)
14026 - Northcoastgamer (+9) (+1)
10520 - Red Tide (+ (+1)
7598 - Gamerguy99 (+7)
6804 - LarcenTyler (+6) (+1)
6554 - Nikon (+5) (+1)
5772 - Roadrunner (+4) (+1)
4516 - Oyamafamily (+3)
3184 - Scrabbler15 (+2) (+1)
2876 - jblinkle (+1) (+1)






Standing after Wabbit ~ Thanks Gorfy for the update!
1. Gorfy  232

2. Liduario  228

3. Oyamafamily  205

4. Scrabbler15  195

5. Vocelli  184

6. Stan  179

7. Deteacher  167

8. NIKON  122

9. Roadrunner  95

10. gamerguy  81

11. Classicgamer27330  74

11. Northcoastgamer  74

13. Toymailman  65

14. S.Baz  64

15. Gamer_X  55

16. RedTide  46

17. Larcen Tyler  43

18. Shadow460  42

19. Mister VCS  39

20. Darthkur  32

21. JacobZu7Zu7  28

22. gavv  26

22. jblenkle  26

24. Amstari  20

25. Homerwannabee  16

26. skosh  13

27. Wickeycolumbus  11

27. Chuck D. Head  11

27. CraftsmanMIKE  11

30. Pressurecooker2600  10

31. Zer0Soul  9

31. W.Lefeavers  9

33. Mingy Jongo  7

34. Keilbaca  6

34. sdamon  6

34. Random Terrain  6

37. AtariUCLA  5

37. Cortat G  5

39. Hatefulgravey  3

39. Bubsy the Bobcat  3

41. DTKofoed  2

41. Atarifever  2

41. Vonthedestroyer  2

44. pis  1

44. Miss2600  1

44. exo  1

44. cparsley  1



Week 21 = Paddle game.
Week 22-23 = My Favorite Games as a kid.
Week 24-26 = Anything Goes.

Edited by Vocelli, Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:24 AM.

[Gorfy]

Time to de-jitter those paddles!

[Gorfy]

Hey Voc,
  What difficulty setting are we using?

a = small hat or
b = big hat

[Vocelli]

Big Hat.

[Vocelli]

I have one set of non-jittery paddles.
I like this game.

Vocelli:  22100

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[darthkur]

What is the best method to "de-jitter" a set of paddle controllers?

[Gorfy]

darthkur, on Mon Feb 4, 2013 8:44 AM, said:

What is the best method to "de-jitter" a set of paddle controllers?

i don't know the best way, but I do know the quickest:
Simply rotate the paddle back and forth through its entire range of motion continuously for 3 to 5 minutes, approximately.  This provides a quick fix to the jitters unless your paddles are in really bad shape.

[Gorfy]

So far this game seems less speedy than Kaboom, but it requires more precise movements.

My first posted score of the week:  20,112

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[Liduario]

Last year I got my first pair of paddles. So I have too much to practice...
I may not get great scores but I like paddles very much.
1) 9,984
2) 40,096
3) 45,070

[S.BAZ]

Well, I got lucky again for another week - I just got Eggomania a few days ago!

Thanks Gorfy for that tip for paddle controllers!   I needed help with that

[Scrabbler15]

3184

It's no secret that I don't have a penchant for paddle games.

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[NIKON]

[Gorfy]

new score:  30,744

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[Red Tide]

Playing the game before reading the description lead me to believe I was a sad frog rather than a blue bear...

To dejitter my paddles, I opened them up and tried to work some isopropyl alcohol into the potentiometer with a fine brush. I made sure to wait till they dried before trying them out again. It helped a bunch.

My first score: 4858

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[Stan]

Had to play using the player two paddle.  Player one is FAKKED.  Got an awesome score 19K and something.  Posting pic tomorrow.  Good for first try.  I always liked games like this, though the shooting of the chicken with the egg doesn't seem to work properly, not sure what the deal is with that.  I also noticed a few questionable moments when an egg got past me and I swear I was on it and it had a few bits to descend before hitting the danger zone.

[S.BAZ]

got a score:   16,860

[NIKON]

[Vocelli]

Really liking this one.
Never played it as a kid. I am good at Kabbom, maybe that is why.

Vocelli: 39002

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[Stan]

Vocelli, on Tue Feb 5, 2013 7:19 AM, said:

Really liking this one.
Never played it as a kid. I am good at Kabbom, maybe that is why.

That's totes why, Kaboom! was what got me into the 2600, love it.  Unlike Kaboom!, though, this game has some questionable collision detection of the eggs at times.  I also can't figure where exactly I'm hitting the chicken when I hit it.  At times I'm pretty definite I hit it in the same place as before but it misses.  Anyway, here's my first score.

19,450

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[Gorfy]

Minor improvement:  31,970

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Edited by Gorfy, Tue Feb 5, 2013 9:40 PM.

[Gorfy]

better progress:  39,236

Didn't mean to edge you out, Voc. I had about 39k on my last turn, but choked as soon as it started.

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[Vocelli]

Played one game last night.
Was filled with Yolk most of the time but managed to hang on for a good score.
Vocelli: 43446

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[Stan]

Let's see what I can do today boys!

[S.BAZ]

my best so far:  21,780

i like this game almost as much as kaboom.  the theme & sounds & color scheme suffer a bit.

I was thinking I could weasel some extra points in the first three or four levels by letting the last egg drop a few times, then beaning the turkey & getting it cleaned up.  I think it's working, but not altogether sure yet.

[jblenkle]

Eggomania - 2,876