Dan Iacovelli Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) The Ninth round of the 2013 Harmony Games as suggested by Gorfy is BackfireDescription:Backfire is a homebrew game for the Atari 2600 written by Chad Lare. In Backfire you have two guns, one on the top of the screen and one on the bottom. To control the gun on the top of the screen, press up, to switch to the other gun, press down. Once you are controlling a gun, you can move horizontally and shoot. If you have a clear shot all the way across the screen, you can accidentally blow up your own gun. Also if you shoot one of the barriers, your shot is reflected back at you and you have to get out of the way (hence the name Backfire).Scoring: There are four types of targets. The spaceships are worth 10 points if you shoot them when they are on one of the center lines, 0 points if they are on a line right next to your gun, or 5 points anywhere else on the screen. There are also red, blue, and green UFOs. The red ones are worth 100 points, the blue ones give you an extra life, and the green ones clear out all of the barriers and set you back to an easier level where you have more clear shots. If you don't shoot any green UFOs for a while, the levels get ridiculously hard.How to win: You can't! This is Atari. You play till you lose. Them's the rules! Difficulty switches, select switch, and BW/Color switch have no effect . Only the 1st joystick is used. you can d/l the game here This Round ends October 19th Good Luck!!! The Next game will be chosen by CrimeFighter(we are only doing strictly homebrew games no hacks from this point on,toward the end of this round if I don't hear back from crimefighter I will choose the game) any scores for Hell-o-ween posted (for those who are not listed)will now count as one point until Oct 1 then no more won't be accepted as always scores will only be updated on the webpage and AVC Forum(since I have no editing feature here)(you can also post scores on the AVC Forum as well just follow the instructions posted on the harmony games web page) Edited September 24, 2013 by Dan Iacovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 A few goes at this and I couldn't do no better than 40 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 A few goes at this and I couldn't do no better than 40 points. yeah it is tough game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) It's a tough game, but a lot of fun once you get some practice in Score: 155 Edited September 25, 2013 by Gorfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 scores and leaderboard are updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 How many Harmony rounds will there be altogether? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) How many Harmony rounds will there be altogether? 12 rounds which means there are 3 left to go (no champion ships or playoffs) Edited September 26, 2013 by Dan Iacovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 40 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss 2600 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 This game is crazy hard! I kept getting only 30 points until I realized you could switch shooters, LOL. After that revelation, I increased my score, but not by that much. 95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 scores updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 New Score: 215 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 scores updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 470 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 scores updated, next round game should be chosen by crimefighter will find out if he will or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 extending this tuesday or when ever I hear from crimefighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) this will be the last time to play until round 10 starts (I'll start it tomorrow) I was thinking of using some of newer homebrews for the rest of harmony games (ones not listed on the 2600 page of atari age but mentioned on the forum:if I don't hear back from crimefighter today, how would you feel about playing princess rescue for the next round(the rom is still available,even though you can't get the cart)?) Edited October 22, 2013 by Dan Iacovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Princess Rescue sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 I've decided to do princess rescue for round 10,which will start later today (about 11am ct) until then you can still play in this round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 this round has officaly ended scores are being updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 round 10 posted http://atariage.com/forums/topic/217913-round-10-of-the-2013-harmony-gamesprincess-rescue/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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