Season 3 / Week 6 ~ the NEW HSC ~ Flash Gordon

[Vocelli]

Flash Gordon

Bronze Medal Winner Pick

JacobZu7Zu7

~ WEEK 6~

CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage is allowed in this HSC. Before you even consider using such non-sense a PM must be sent to me, the Moderator, to ask for clarification on any such advantage or rules and if any of the above variables are allowed. So assume you cannot use any of the above variables to play in the 2600 HSC until you are given authorization to do so by me, your humble yet strict MODERATOR!

Flash Gordon

Released By: 20^th Century Fox

Left Difficulty: B

Right Difficulty: B

Game Mode: Game 1

 

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 the evening of April 13, 2014.

 

Bonus

“RADAR LOVE” ‘Post a Pic’

Look at the RADAR on the Flash Gordon game. Impressive!

For +2 Bonus points

‘Post a Pic’ of an Atari 2600 Game with a RADAR/Tracking Device (Flash Gordon cannot be used). The RADAR/Tacking Device does not have to be on the same screen as the game play screen. Some games require you to go to another screen for the RADAR/Tracking Device. It doesn’t have to be from a shooting/space game… any game with a RADAR/Tracking Device will suffice.

~ It can be any Atari 2600 game BUT you cannot post a pic of a game someone already has used.

~ Please list the Game.

Note: Your choice/pic might require a ‘Family Vote’ if I feel it borders on NOT being a RADAR/Tracking Device. 5 of my family members will discuss and approve or disapprove your pic.

GOOD LUCK AND start posting those PICS QUICKLY!

 

 

Flash Gordon Scores

 

1 Million! - Captain Classic ~ Radar Lock (+2) (+50)

1 Million! - Dark-Aleph ~ Final Approach (+2) (+50)

1 Million! - StanJR ~ Star Trek (+2) (+50)

332420 - JacobZu7Zu7 ~ Fantastic Voyage (+2) (+47)

290160 - NorthCoastGamer ~ Robot Tank (+2) (+46)

255315 - Lid ~ Keystone Capers (+2) (+45)

240030 - Oyamafamily ~ Gas Hog (+2) (+44)

219170 - DT Kofoed ~ StarFire (+2) (+43)

206215 - Nognir ~ Earth Dies Screaming (+2) (+42)

204140 - Nikon ~ Solaris (+2) (+41)

189935 - Vocelli ~ Wizard of Wor (+2) (+40)

172750 - SBAZ ~ Sub Scan (+2) (+39)

172560 - ClassicGamer ~ Star Raiders (+2) (+38)

153380 - Darthkur ~ Phaser Patrol (+2) (+37)

149895 - Scrabbler15 ~ Star Master (+2) (+36)

149505 - Spiceware ~ Rally X (+2) (+35)

146725 - Karokooenig ~ Mission 3000 (+2) (+34)

111330 - MBotelho (+33)

107285 - Keilbaca (+32)

105162 - WickeyColumbus ~ River Raid II (+2) (+31)

104555 - Jason Atari ~ Star Wars: ESB (+2) (+30)

83150 - Gorn Thrifting ~ Submarine Commander (+2) (+29)

78335 - Gray ~ Chopper Command (+2) (+28)

69465 - MisterVCS ~ Defender (+2) (+27)

69335 - Botbird ~ Battlezone (+2) (+26)

37410 - Darth Kinzer (+25)

34095 - Roadrunner ~ Stargate (+2) (+24)

31410 - LarcenTyler ~ Star Voyager (+2) (+23)

26900 - Centiqueen (+22)

 

 

OVERALL STANDINGS THROUGH ROCK WEEK

Thanks to Gorfy for the Overall Standings Update

1. Captain Classic 258

2. S.BAZ 251

3. Lid 245

4. Oyamafamily 241

5. Northcoastgamer 238

6. Stan Jr. 233

7. Dark-Aleph 232

8. Spiceware 213

8. JacobZu7Zu7 213

10. Gorfy 198

11. DTKofoed 194

12. Botbird 191

12. Keilbaca 191

14. Vocelli 189

15. RJ 185

16. JasonAtari 179

17. MBoteldo 175

18. Scrabbler15 173

19. Karokoenig 166

20. Nognir 159

21. Mister-VCS 156

22. Darthkur 145

23. Classicgamer27330 139

24. cvga 138

25. WickeyColumbus 134

26. Centiqueen 131

27. GornThrifting 126

28. Roadrunner 120

29. Tonythe2600 114

30. Gamerguy 107

31. Micheloni2600 100

32. Larcen Tyler 97

33. NIKON 96

34. Darth Kinzer 94

35. Stan 88

36. Chuckwalla 80

37. Rainbow Kitty 57

37. Gray 57

37. Atarian7 57

40. DanyMato 52

41. iast 45

42. Matt2d2 44

43. Atariano 35

44. Retrogoober 33

45. Serious 29

46. Gravv 25

47. jblenkle 23

48. Fallout002 19

49. StationPlay 17

50. Ferghead 14

51. Dan I

 

 

 

NEW SEASON ~ The NEW High Score Club Season 3:

UP NEXT ~ 2 Week Special !!!

~We will play 2 your suggestions.

~Paddle weeks. We will Play 2 Paddle Games

~We will play 2 your suggestions

~We will play 2 homebrews and they are:

Colony 7

StratoGems Deluxe

~We will play 2 of your suggestions

~2 Rarely (or never played) Games

~The last 3 weeks we will play Wild Cards. Double points and beat the leader weeks.

 

There will be several special weeks ! That will include several games.

 

Overall the ‘NEW High Score Club Season 3’ will last about 26-30 weeks.

Bracket Challenge to follow. TOP 24 make the Bracket Challenge!

Edited April 14, 2014 by Vocelli

[LidLikesIntellivision]

Bonus

 

Radar from Keystone Kapers.

[Mister-VCS]

Bonus: What would be Defender without the flickering radar??

 

 

 

My Flash Gordon "High"-Score from HSC 2009 is 8,055

[JacobZu7zu7]

B/B GAME 1

 

123,010

 

149,355

 

MY tracking device is also from Fox "Fantastic Voyage", the trackers show the heart condition in the middle.., and how many patients have been saved is on the right.

 

There's also a clock monitor on the left, that runs out of time if you take too long to rescue patients.

Edited April 5, 2014 by JacobZu7zu7

[+SpiceWare]

I'm not sure what's going on and the HTML manual didn't help - "touch this, shoot that", but without any images I don't know what this or that is. Anybody have a manual scan?

 

18,305

 

Radar from Rally X, current build in reply 85.

[LidLikesIntellivision]

1) 29,000

2) 122,610

3) 158,945

4) 255,315

[Gray]

Chopper Command uses the radar to good effect!

 

 

First play of Flash Gordon was ... chaotic! Things were so much simpler in good old Space Invaders

I will post a score later in the week.

Edited April 5, 2014 by Gray

[JacobZu7zu7]

TIPS TO PLAY FLASH GORDON....

 

I HAVE NO MANUAL SO I WON'T BE IDENTIFYING THE OBJECT BY NAME.

 

You will see on the map, there's non moving pods set up in the maze..., you need to visit and destroy each one (then you move on a new level)

 

GAMEPLAY - ADVANCEMENT

THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE ALL THOSE PODS (SQUARES) ON THE MAP... THEN UR LEVELED UP, AND DIFFICULTY INCREASES.

 

These pods,... hatch some floating things across the screen, line 'em up and shoot all you can, if you get 4/5-5/5 destroyed, you get a protective shield! and if your shield is still UP by reaching the next pod, you can run into the forming pods and get a new shield and on and on..., THE PODS CANT HURT YOU "UNTIL" THEY FORM INTO THEIR PINK OBJECTS!

 

SHIELD

The shield has a timer, it goes by time, not by hits. You will be protected FROM EVERYTHING, until you hear a chime, which means ur no longer safe... be careful and learn how long it will last. You gain a new shield with each successful pod destroying. Listen for the chimes, they indicate when you lose and gain a shield.

 

VILLIAN

There are two Cross shaped things on the map... that will follow you, and try to ruin your mission...... it's basically a bunch of space debris, and a cross flies by....... if you shoot, or SMASH the cross with your shield... it stops them from following u (for a short while). This is the "real" challenger of the game.

 

SPACE JOCKEYS

Now there's astronauts floating around... (HELP SANDRA BULLOCK!) Who are trapped in space limbo, if you rescue them you earn points... if you shoot them you LOSE points. The UFO's you DO want to shoot, if they collide with you, you lose a life. THIS STUFF IS KINDA POINTLESS... AND DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR SCORE MUCH,GOOD OR BAD. I SAY IGNORE THESE THINGS IF THE ACTION IS TOO HECTIC FOR YOU.

 

LEARN TO MAKE GOOD USE OF SLAMMING STUFF DOWN WITH YOUR SHIELDS... THEY MAKE THE EARLY PART OF THE GAME WAAAY EASIER.

Edited April 5, 2014 by JacobZu7zu7

[CapitanClassic]

First Attempt (Why is it called AKA Space Adventure?)
Flash Gordon - 104,365

and the very obvious Radar Lock

 

[Scrabbler15]

370

 

Yeah, I have no idea what's going on, yet

 

 

Radar Bonus - Starmaster

 

Deep space radar - don't leave your planet without it.

 

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[oyamafamily]

RADAR BONUS - GAS HOG

[classicgamer_27330]

Does this count as a bonus? Star Raiders

 

 

 

[+SpiceWare]

Rally X (+2) (vote passed 3-2. Not because of the RADAR but because of the question if it was and actual Atari 2600 Game)

Whew

 

I debated Draconian, but decided that since it's currently just a non-playable tech demo that it wouldn't count. So I decided to use my radar inspiration as, while Ed hadn't announced it as being finished, it was fully playable.

 

Less than an hour ago Ed posted that he's freed up some space and is debating what to use it for.

[NIKON]

Bonus Pic: Solaris

 

[NIKON]

I'm not sure what's going on and the HTML manual didn't help - "touch this, shoot that", but without any images I don't know what this or that is. Anybody have a manual scan?

 

18,305

fg18305.jpg

 

Radar from Rally X, current build in reply 85.

RallyX Radar.jpg

Here is a pdf of the manual scan

flash_gordon.pdf

[NIKON]

These are the two places I go to if there are no manual scans in the AA library:

 

http://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/

 

http://replacementdocs.com/download.php

 

there are more sites like these but those are my main ones.

 

Oh Almost forgot.. here is one I just discovered through another post somewhere on AA

 

http://www.2600connection.com/library/manuals/manuals.html

Edited April 5, 2014 by NIKON

[DT Kofoed]

Bonus Pick:

 

STARFIRE radar

[Homebrew] by XYPE

 

 

Radar is like the game: efficient for blowing things up.

[roadrunner]

Bonus

Stargate

[Lauren Tyler]

Flash Gordon: 7,860

 

Bonus Pic: Star Voyager

Edited April 5, 2014 by LarcenTyler

[StanJr]

Flash Gordon

 

159980 My personal best is 253000, but after tonights go, I have no idea how that ever happened!

 

At least one of two top areas of the screen on Star Trek HAS to be a radar, right?

 

 

[dark-aleph]

Bonus Game: Final Approach

"The first screen you'll use in controlling air traffic is the ApproachControl Radar Screen (ACR), which will appear when you turn on the power."

[Vocelli]

WOW! Great game. Never Played!

 

Vocelli: 108690

 

Radar Game: Wizard of Wor (WOW)

[CapitanClassic]

Bonus Game: Final Approach

"The first screen you'll use in controlling air traffic is the Approach
Control Radar Screen (ACR), which will appear when you turn on the power."

I don't think this one counts (or Fantastic Voyage). In Final Approach, the RADAR is the normal playfield. In Fantastic Voyage, the "radar" is the current life meter (kind of like Fear Effect on PSX). Neither of these are a radar in a traditional sense.

[Vocelli]

I don't think this one counts (or Fantastic Voyage). In Final Approach, the RADAR is the normal playfield. In Fantastic Voyage, the "radar" is the current life meter (kind of like Fear Effect on PSX). Neither of these are a radar in a traditional sense.

They both passed. It is RADAR or Tracking Device. Tracks movement.

[Scrabbler15]

28,940

 

Oh, so that's what you're suppose to do.

 

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