+therealbountybob Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Welcome to the Atari 8-bit Computer's High Score Club Season 11 is here and we're having a few changes to keep things interesting Everyone welcome to play - all you do is vote, play the game and post a score or two. Simple. Screenshots optional. Play on real hardware or emulation. The Beginners Guide has all the details but just ask for any help or send me a message. If you miss [or have missed] the first [any] rounds don't worry just join straight in Usually we play each game over two week periods, often we have a bonus game of dubious quality for those wanting some extra action. We will have a few special rounds and tournaments along the way and some friendly competition of course Please don't be put off if you are near the bottom of the table, there are a few top players who will nearly always win, getting into the top 10 is a good target to aim for. Changes for this season: Each round will feature games from a letter of the alphabet, so for the first round we have games starting with letter A! Voting will feature 7 selections from each letter, you can vote for as many as you like (even all of them!) The top NTSC player each round will earn a bonus point. The vote for the first round will start tomorrow and the action will start at the weekend: I've already pencilled in the first games selection but if you are quick your choice might make it into the vote. Use this post to suggest games for each round as we play, or list an A-Z of games (1 from each letter) that you wish to play. If you suggest more than one with the same letter highlight which is your main suggestions. General suggestions welcome too... [trbb turns on the shredder] [edit] Brace yourselves here is the New Scroring This Season Stilll 12 HSC pts for 1st place but going down in 1s until 12th place. For every extra player there will be an additional high scoring place starting with 5th place 9pts. The top four always get 12,11,10,9 and the bottom place always 1pt; but more points in-between, making it closer overall to stop some of us running away with things! If we have a round with more than one game, each will get place points, these are totalled and used to make an overall table. Ties are decided by total score for both games. [edit] Have fun and see if you can get some friends & family to fire up the Atari too. Hopefully I'll be rounding up a few players over the next couple of weeks trbb Edited January 23, 2014 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hmm, Alley Cat again? I like this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 A Donkey Kong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Arkanoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krupkaj Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 What about Ardy the Aardvark http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1283 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'm hoping to play some in HSC this year but I only have the 800 to use. I'll throw Alternity into the mix of suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 A.E. Airball Alternity Astro-Droid (PAL game) Attack of the Mutant Camels Atomit & Atomit II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'll go ahead and throw my list for B in here too... Beamrider Black Lamp Blinky's Scary School The Brundles Bomb Fusion Boulder Dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) More or less off the top of my head.... Abracadabra!Beef DropClowns and BalloonsDr. MarioElectricianFrogger IIGetaway!HEROInternational KarateJewel BitsKoffi Yellow KopterLA SWATMegamaniaNadralOil's WellPET GalagaQbRiver RaidSky BlazerTimeslipUnicorn HornVanguardWavy NavyXagonYoomp!Zone X Edited January 14, 2014 by adam242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Artworx Strip Poker... j/k. How about: Action Biker Atari Invaders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Countermeasure 5200 conversionMario BrosKid GridFood FightR.O.T.O.TopperSoccer 5200 conversion Edited March 25, 2014 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+skr Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Animal Party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Artworx Strip Poker... j/k. How about: Action Biker Atari Invaders I loved Action Biker as a kid. My Brother completed it a couple of times... Not sure how well it would play in the HSC though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk40001 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) My vote goes to Astro Droid:-) Time to dust my Atari! update: just agreed With flashjazzcat to build me a Real Beast Machine for This season, getting excited! Edited January 14, 2014 by jk40001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 I'll put the first vote on tomorrow [weds] to give people a little more time to read my email - I have a couple more games in mind so we might have a 9-way vote for round 1 and see how it goes... visions of 9 games ending up with 1 vote each Interesting to see a couple of players suggest Alternity, nice game. It was a new one to me until we had it last season as a bonus for Qix but it will make the vote. Games will have to function on NTSC so my emulator testing rules out Astro Droid and Atomit II, though Atomit works ok (Atomit II seems to be the same game/levels with graphics/sound improvements?) nice game. Unfortunately Zone X which is a superb game (10/10) isn't fully NTSC compatible - perhaps someone can try it and see if it is still playable, it might jump or flicker or something - there was a recent post on this on the main forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 for the first round we have games starting with letter A! I suggest Imagic's "Atlantis?" I'm looking forward to finally playing with you friendly folks. Is there a list of games that have been played in the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 I suggest Imagic's "Atlantis?" I'm looking forward to finally playing with you friendly folks. Is there a list of games that have been played in the past? Welcome aboard Checkout the All-time Game Ratings and HSC Records for the HSC's history OK it's time to get this show on the road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fres Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) I'm in! I would play any of those games. I've never heard of Alternity but it looks interesting. The rest I've heard of and played (at least) a little. Special nod to Abracadabra from TG. I think it might have been the first game I'd ever downloaded from a BBS back in the old days. Edited January 15, 2014 by Fres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Checkout the All-time Game Ratings and HSC Records for the HSC's history Oh, I didn't realize that "Atlantis" had been played already. I've always wanted to played more of "Attack of the Mutant Camels." I've really only played that games in passing and I see that it isn't on the list of previous games. I guess with ten years of history behind the High Score Plat list, it's getting kinda hard to pick games that haven't been played before. This must make for some obscure games sometimes. That seems like a bonus to me. I'm sure that there are hundreds of games that are great on the Atari that I've never even heard of before. Since "Atlantis" was picked already, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 We play DK nearly every year so repeats are fine, sometimes a few tweaks or special challenges are introduced to keep things interesting... although we're A-Z this season bonus games may be related but don't have to begin with the same letter - we did play AOTMC in the 'Time for Desert' round season 7 perhaps, great game but a bit too hard for round 1 here - looks like I'd better check the records Special rounds will feature various games too so there's always another chance a game might appear OK FOLKS - REMEMBER THIS SEASON TO VOTE FOR MULTIPLE OPTIONS, AS MANY AS YOU WISH: Well it's time to VOTE for round 1, or is that round "A"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Joust, Pengo, Pole Position: Pac-Man, Moon Patrol - in other words: my complete small Atari 600 XL cartridge collection.... ... wait: no A, B, or C game at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Joust, Pengo, Pole Position: Pac-Man, Moon Patrol - in other words: my complete small Atari 600 XL cartridge collection.... so you have letters D/M/J/P covered, you'd better get collecting some more! Play when you can, I suspect we'll see you in round D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 so you have letters D/M/J/P covered, you'd better get collecting some more! Play when you can, I suspect we'll see you in round D ... or the HSC-Munich returns to XL/XE games- last round we played Atari 2600 games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Games will have to function on NTSC so my emulator testing rules out Astro Droid and Atomit II, though Atomit works ok (Atomit II seems to be the same game/levels with graphics/sound improvements?) nice game. BOOOOOOOO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 ... or the HSC-Munich returns to XL/XE games- last round we played Atari 2600 games... Ahhh, I was wondering what happened to the Munich Atarians My vote goes to Astro Droid:-) Time to dust my Atari! update: just agreed With flashjazzcat to build me a Real Beast Machine for This season, getting excited! What is a Real Beast Machine?!! BOOOOOOOO!!!! One day someone will NTSC fix Astro Droid ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK FOLKS - REMEMBER THIS SEASON TO VOTE FOR MULTIPLE OPTIONS, AS MANY AS YOU WISH: VOTE for round 1, or is that round "A"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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