Gorfy Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 (edited) Atari 7800 HSC Season 7 Game 12 Donkey Kong Game Information Game Name: Donkey Kong Released By: Atari 1988 7800 HSC High Score: 123,900 by Mord Settings: STANDARD Link to manual & ROM: http://atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=685 ALL NEW SCORES MUST BE POSTED HERE, NO OLD SCORES ALLOWED POST YOUR NEW SCORE HERE AT THE HIGH SCORE CLUB FIRST, THIS WILL AVOID CONFUSION OF "WHEN" A SCORE WAS RECORDED! Bonus 1. Write one paragraph regarding how you feel about playing a Nintendo game on Atari hardware (or via Atari emulation) for [+2] bonus points. 2. Break Mord's previous record of 123,900 for [+2] bonus points. All who surpass this score will receive the points. Contest Ends Sunday, December 14th, 2014 at 10:00 PM EST High Scores 1. 106,900 treismac [+11] 2. 96,100 oyamafamily [+10] 3. 95,300 NIKON [+9] 4. 90,800 Darthkur [+8] 5. 71,500 12k [+7] 6. 63,900 atomickneedrop [+6] 7. 52,000 Gorfy [+5] 8. 51,800 Roadrunner [+4] 9. 44,900 LidLikesIntellivision [+3] 10. 42,800 Chuckwalla [+2] 11. 41,900 nosweargamer [+1] 12. 35,300 JacobZu7zu7 [+1] Write Bonus Lid [+2] treismac [+2] NIKON [+2] oyamafamily [+2] JacobZu7zu7 [+2] Rankings 1. oyamafamily [163] (11) 7 1 2. LidLikesIntellivision [118] (11) 1 1 3. S.BAZ [116] (11) 1 4. NIKON [101] (8] 2 5. darthkur [83] (10) 6. roadrunner [79] (11) 1 7. JacobZu7zu7 [47] (6) 8. Gorfy [43] (6) 9. Slaytanic [31] (1) 10. mbotelho [30] (3) 11. Ashkin2002 [27] (2) 12. Atarichris [22] (3) 13. 12k [18] (2) 14. classicgamer_27330 [15] (3) 15. jblenkle [15] (4) 16. chuckwalla [13] (2) 17. Mister-VCS [13] (3) 18. treismac [10] (3) 19. atomickneedrop [9] (1) 20. nosweargamer [8] (1) 21. DrVenkman [7] (1) 22. MAC-42 [5] (1) 23. DonPedro [4] (1) 24. segasaturn [4] (2) 25. SpiceWare [1] (1) [ ] = Points( ) = Rounds PlayedGREEN = Games WonGOLD = Seasons Won Edited December 21, 2014 by JacobZu7zu7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 OK, everybody, have at it! Remember to use Standard setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 (edited) Since I don't have this cartridge, I'm playing Donkey Kong via an Atari Emulator in my Nintendo Wii hacked with the Homebrew Channel*! So, I'm feeling I'm playing with Nintendo Power. *A Wii with Homebrew Channel is the best emulating experience I had. A true gaming console, many controllers available and many emulators too. If PC lacks something for you, I really recomend the Wii as your main emulation platform. Edited November 29, 2014 by LidLikesIntellivision 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 First Attempt 58900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 51,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) This actually took me several attempts: 29,700 For some reason, my computer isn't detecting the presence of my sd card, so I can't include the pic until this problem is resolved Had to use my camera's cord to download to the computer Edited December 1, 2014 by Gorfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 90,800 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Improvement Score 84300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 new score: 42,800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treismac Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 (edited) 106,900Score updateDecember 5th, 2014 @ 1:45pm.BONUS Paragraph:Nostalgia, both bitter and sweet, flows through my heart whenever I play Nintendo games on an Atari console, as it was the VCS rather than the NES that first let Mario run and jump across the bunny-eared television of my childhood, free from d-pads and x axes unhemmed in by single screens. “Nostalgia,” you see, is a more complex word than we generally tend to think of it as. The term comes to us from a compound of two Greek words: the Homeric word “homecoming” (νόστος) and the word for “pain, ache” (ἄλγος). And so it is with Nintendo on Atari for me. Bestowing pixelated happiness with one hand and putting out its cigarette in my bowl of sugary Saturday Morning Cartoons cereal with the other, the return to the broken home of my video game childhood aches sweetly. What blissful ignorance must have glistened in my prepubescent eyes as I gazed upon the Mario Bros. for the 2600’s cartridge’s label art, unaware that the seeds of the destruction of Atari’s Kingdom were contained within? To be fair, the Kingdom had, more or less, already crumbled by the time Nintendo arrived on American soil, but after the foreign power established dominance in the collective living rooms of the youth of my generation the once mighty king would never rise again to reclaim his throne. Now, all these years later, with every jump Mario bounds over a barrel on the 7800, I remember the Kingdom that fell, celebrating and mourning ever 100 points. Edited December 7, 2014 by treismac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 42,800 Great port and challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12k Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 69,000 Does anyone know if there is a pattern to where that spring is going to land near the ladder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 69,000 Does anyone know if there is a pattern to where that spring is going to land near the ladder? The spring in that screen does not change its pattern only its speed...at least that is what I have seen in my research of that screen...there are two places that I call safezones...(I may be giving something away here)...see pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12k Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) A The spring in that screen does not change its pattern only its speed.. Actually it does. When you get to that level on Standard the first time just sit at watch the spring. It falls near the ladder in 1 of 3 positions: 1) on the left rail 2) in the center 3) on the right rail. It can make the difference in making it to the top. Position 2 is the best as it won't hit you when you are mostly up the ladder. I was hoping someone knew the pattern since it would make timing position 2 easier. Edited December 5, 2014 by 12k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) For those who are not able to pass the Spring Screen on later levels, I would like to share DK Standard gameplay video, recorded by kernzy P. Pay special attention at the 11:30 mark, and see how to pass sucessfully the "Spring Screen" on Level 4. Edited December 5, 2014 by oyamafamily 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 @Treismac -- great score and even better essay! I like the inclusion of the Homeric Greek root words, as I took 2 years of ancient Greek way back in high school (not too long after getting my first Atari 2600!) :thumbsup: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 52,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treismac Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 @Treismac -- great score and even better essay! I like the inclusion of the Homeric Greek root words, as I took 2 years of ancient Greek way back in high school (not too long after getting my first Atari 2600!) :thumbsup: Thanks, Gorfy! I was studying for my state's English Literature teaching certification exam when I first stumbled upon the Greek origin of "nostalgia." To say the least, it resonated with my experience with nostalgia. If the essay wasn't limited to a paragraph, I would have worked in playing unauthorized Tengen carts on the NES and using a Genesis controller for the 7800 DK high score competition, completing the retro trio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 44,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 41,900 Boy, I am not that good at this game! This was my first time playing the 7800 version. Did anyone else notice that the game is picky when pressing UP to climb ladders. It seems if my controller is not perfectly up, Mario freezes. I tried the proline, joypad and a Sega Genesis controller all with similar results. I found an Atari 2600 controller worked best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 41,900 Boy, I am not that good at this game! This was my first time playing the 7800 version. Did anyone else notice that the game is picky when pressing UP to climb ladders. It seems if my controller is not perfectly up, Mario freezes. I tried the proline, joypad and a Sega Genesis controller all with similar results. I found an Atari 2600 controller worked best. Same problem here, almost same score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 MODERATOR NOTE: IT'S THE HALF-WAY POINT FOR PLAYING DONKEY KONG... DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR GAME 13 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/232475-7800-hsc-season-7-game-13-poll/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) DONKEY KONG STANDARD 96,100 PICTURE: VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otq4U7uyaGA Picture and video sent to JacobZu7zu7 / Gorfy. Edited December 14, 2014 by oyamafamily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) MY PARAGRAPH: Mario Bros. on Atari system is my top favorite Nintendo game. The best platform to play this game is Atari 7800 because of nice graphics, more differentiated scoring, abscence of flickering (on Atari 2600 version, the presence of flickering makes this game awful to play) and coin phases which occur on Stages 3, 8, 13, 18, 23 etc. The players can stay on the top of POW and have more time to see and dodge, avoid or punch the fireballs. Edited December 9, 2014 by oyamafamily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12k Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 71,500 Can't break 80k...sigh... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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