+therealbountybob Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 More info on the scoring added to the first post. First tables added to the 2nd post - a couple of you please let me know these can be viewed ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Up Up and away 431 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Clowns and Balloons on Advanced: 70,260 my score for CCJ is (now) 3000 not 4000 (lv5) also improved on Up Up & Away to 997 (reached level 2) and Pinhead to 46,480 - reached the Candy Cane screen. Another extra man at 40k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHiNjide Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 First tables added to the 2nd post - a couple of you please let me know these can be viewed ok Looks good for me, but you missed my latest Clowns & Ballons Score and made a mistake at Pinhead (akator has my score). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Looks good for me, but you missed my latest Clowns & Ballons Score and made a mistake at Pinhead (akator has my score). !!! ok will redo things later but at least we can see how things will work ! [uPDATED - not with next post!] there were a few other balloon games I tried but didn't find anything else that seemed as fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHiNjide Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 !!! ok will redo things later but at least we can see how things will work ! That's right! Ok, some more Clowns and Balloons: Beginner - 100000 (lost 1 clown) Advanced - 32110 Expert - 33090 My summary so far: Pooyan - 91750 Clowns & Balloons (Beginner) - 100000 (lost one clown) Clowns & Balloons (Advenaced) - 32110 Clowns & Balloons (Expert) - 33090 Pinhead - 17825 Balloonacy - 6150 Crazy Clown Jumper - 2800 Duck Arrow Balloon - 692 Up Up & Away - 903 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Clowns and balloons beginner 52550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Just in a few minutes as I usually got not the time, but wanted to play the games. This idea with the complete collection-image is a cool one. Makes it easy to step in a nd play a round. ballonacy_658 clowns & balloons_19540 pooyan_55900 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Addition: Pooyan first life... 25250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Pooyan - 68,600 Clowns & Balloons - 17,610 Balloonacy - 266 Up Up & Away - 381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Clowns & Balloons Update: 28.160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Scores for bluecat C&B 3180 Pinhead 2005 Balloonacy 568 Crazy 100 Duck 116 Poo 11100 Up 58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 POOYAN Update 64.750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Pinhead 5980 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Up n Away 407 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHiNjide Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Crazy Clown Jumper - 3600 The level and the game over screen was too fast for me, to get a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Crazy Clown Jumper - 3600 The level and the game over screen was too fast for me, to get a picture. Me too I got the "press fire" on my photo! 3800 gets r-e-a-l-l-y fast on level 6 so perhaps collect more $ on the earlier levels Also improved on Balloonacy to 6,718 - reached level 8 where it sometimes seems impossible to reach them in time even for a bat up in the air Tables UPDATED (Post #2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krupkaj Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Clowns & Balloons 29280 Up Up & Away 1028 Edited May 6, 2015 by krupkaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Improved on Up Up and Away to 1,172 and after some seriously Crazy Clowning 6,000 level 8 - from level 7 it's a case of big jumps fall off run and giant drop onto the platforms... if you are lucky CCJ Hints: Level bonuses are the way to make score but try and get a couple of dollars on the early levels. Practice the long jump to get an idea of the distance. Both jumps can be manipulated by standing over the edges of the balloons - often stand over the edge. Leap across to the platforms using the big jump Drop down onto the platforms You can hold fire/direction to repeat jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Pooyan - 85,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Fixing/Cleaning Jittery Paddles (For "Clowns and Balloons) I've been playing "Clowns and Balloons" with my joystick, which doesn't do me any good. My scores have been low and I keep saying to myself that if I were playing with paddles that I could do much better. I looked around for my trusty paddles but the only ones that I could find have broken fire buttons. I asked a friend (who plays classic games with me) if he had my other pair of paddles (not expecting a yes) and he actually did have them. These were new-old-stock that I bought from Best Electronics back in 2008. My friend and I hooked the new pair of paddles up and played "Clowns and Bolloons." Oh, no! The paddles had become jittery; the game was unplayable. I figured I'd fix them, which I've done before by spraying them with contact cleaner (not WD-40!) This has only been a temperary fix that doesn't work perfectly (the paddles still jitter a little). I wondered if there was a better and longterm solution. I found an answer that worked and I tried it (with some modifications of my own). My paddles now work better than when I first got them. They work better, in fact, then I can remember paddles ever working before! I recommend that you try the fix that I used, so here are the steps: 1) I followed the steps to open the poteniometer (pot) inside the paddles here: http://www.atariguide.com/help/care.htm and a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-L4fda8MQ 2) I cleaned the exact same parts as in the html guide and video instructions, but I did not follow the exact cleaning instructions. I only used their instructions to open the pot. The html guide recommends using alcohol, which would work fine, but I used electronics contact cleaner and then the alcohol. The video recommends using acetone to clean the pot-- I'd never heard of doing that before, so I stayed away from that. Acetone seems like a corrosive... but maybe I'm wrong. 3) I used the following electronics contact cleaner: http://www.markertek.com/product/tesp-1622-13s/techspray-1622-13s-ecoline-contact-cleaner-13-ounce-flammable 4) Don't clean with rubbing alcohol (it's only 70% alcohol; it leaves a residue behind). I used the following 99.9% isopropyl alcohol (it leaves behind no residue behond) http://www.markertek.com/product/tesp-1610-1pt/techspray-1610-pt-99-8-percent-pure-isopropyl-alcohol-1-pint I used cotten swabs (Q-tips) to clean the pot's contacts, which worked fine, although microfiber swabs would have worked better to clean the contacts. I can't attest that this is a longterm solution... but I hope that it does the trick for some time to come. If you're having trouble with your paddles, then cleaning them using the above methods will fix them right up! You probably don't have to use the contact cleaner, but when I used it, it made a huge difference. The alcohol alone removed some of the dirt from the contacts, but the contact cleaner took off so much more! After I cleaned my paddles, my score on "Clowns and Baloons" (on beginner) went from a pultry 5,000 or so to 21,570 on my first play after I tested the paddles. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 up up and away skill 326duck arrow balloon 173clowns and balloons (default) 5,140 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 pinhead 9025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 With the paddles (there is a HSC thread - link in HSC Index topic) I concluded that they "warm up" after several goes. Really. Just try it. You need to play for a while not just leave them in/on - the best example game is Super Breakout. To test for bad spots try Kaboom! and see if you can get every letter on the enter initials screen - I had some that had a problem (damage) preventing J/K... not helpful as they are my initials too. Last thing I did was combine 2 sets into 1 (taking the good one from each but I haven't played since to see what happened). Improved on DAB & UUA ... tables later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 @Trbb, I prefer old style table... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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