JacobZu7zu7 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Springer (Never Been Played) ~ WEEK 25 ~ CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. No game enhancements or special favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATORS! Jacob/BAZ. Springer Released By: Tigervision 1982 Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Default The HSC Record for Springer:_______________ (Never been played) Post your scores right here in this thread, and we 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 (EST) the evening of Sunday, July 12th, 2015 Bonus: Spring Forward * Post a picture of the Sun from any 2600 game (not Springer) for (+1) bonus pt. * Play that game from which somebody else posted a Sun picture (and post your score) -- 1st one to do it gets (+1) bonus! Springer High Scores (Scoring is +1 point for last place and up from there) (Scoring MAX points or beyond is considered ROLLAGE) (Pics of scores over 98% MAX points are sufficient to show ROLLAGE) 7,909 voodoo_chilly (+22) (+2) 7,194 Northcoastgamer (+21) (+2) 6,199 S.BAZ (+20) (+2) 5,011 MoomUnit (+19) (+2) 4,378 Gorfy (+18) (+2) 2,878 KaeruYojimbo (+17) (+2) 2,612 roadrunner (+16) 2,188 Spacey Invader (+15) (+1) 1,702 StanJr (+14) 1,518 Crispy (+13) (+1) 1,069 keilbaca (+12) 1,062 Mangia-Boy (+11) (+1) 1,055 darthkur (+10) (+2) 1,023 Retrogamer81081 (+9) 1,008 SpiceWare (+8 ) (+2) 988 Botbird208 (+7) 971 karokoenig (+6) (+1) 620 jblenkle (+5) 360 LidLikesIntellivision (+4) (+2) 250 Scrabbler15 (+3) 120 GornThrifting (+2) (+1) 100 24Fanatic365 (+1) bonuses: voodoo_chilly -- Chopper Command (+1) -- & played Strawberry Shortcake (+1) KaeruYojimbo -- Realsports Volleyball (+1) -- & played Chopper Command (+1) MoomUnit -- Strawberry Shortcake (+1) -- & played Realsports Volleyball (+1) Mangia-Boy -- Dolphin (+1) Gorfy -- A-VCS-Tec Challenge (+1) -- & played Dolphin (+1) SpiceWare -- Stay Frosty (+1) -- & played Planet Patrol (+1) Spacey Invader -- Planet Patrol (+1) Crispy -- Sea Wolf (+1) Northcoastgamer -- Moonsweeper (+1) -- & played Seawolf (+1) S.BAZ -- Solar Storm (+1) -- & played Stay Frosty (+1) GornThrifting -- Crash Dive (+1) karokoenig -- Robot Tank (+1) LidLikesIntellivision -- Wabbit (+1) -- played Crash Dive (+1) darthkur -- Cosmic Creeps (+1) -- played Wabbit (+1) Overall Standings Through Week 24 (Astroblast!) Top 24 make the Bracket Challenge at the end of the season! The bracket winners get to choose a game for next season 1. Northcoastgamer 636 2. voodoo_chilly 565 3. StanJr 558 4. S.BAZ 551 5. Gorfy 439 6. darthkur 397 7. KaeruYojimbo 393 8. oyamafamily 390 9. JacobZu7zu7 354 10. karokoenig 336 11. MoomUnit 304 12. Hyperboy 303 13. Dauber 281 14. keilbaca 279 15. LidLikesIntellivision 231 16. Spacey Invader 229 17. SpiceWare 228 18. Scrabbler15 221 19. Nathan Strum 194 20. ReflectionAngle 172 21. classicgamer_27330 165 22. GornThrifting 154 23. Tony The 2600 150 24. roadrunner 131 25. CapitanClassic 121 26. DT Kofoed 120 RJ 120 28. skosh 113 29. adri_o 111 30. Mister_VCS 110 LarcenTyler 110 32. SIO2 100 33. Zeptari1 94 34. jblenkle 87 35. Wickeycolumbus 82 36. Fallout_002 78 37. NIKON 77 38. Cafeman 74 39. Botbird208 66 40. centiqueen81 52 41. Retrogamer81081 32 42. Shadow460 23 Atarian7 23 44. gamerguy99 20 Random Terrain 20 46. zylon 17 47. Private Eye 16 48. Brian C 15 49. retrorussell 14 50. lodger 12 51. flammingcowz 10 52. Ry guy 9 53. StarThief 7 54. SuperFreddie 6 55. DanIacovelli 5 56. Goochman 1 NEW SEASON ~ The NEW High Score Club Season 4: # in parentheses represents total games for each week/s theme. up next:(2) Never Been Played!(3) ?(2) Moderator Picks(2) Player Picks-(3) Double Points - Beat the Leader Weeks -------------------------(After Season) Bracket Tourney [4 Weeks] SEASON 4: EXTRA INFO There SHALL be special weeks ! Rounds that will include several games. Overall the NEW High Score Club Season 4 will last (LIKELY) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2015. Bracket Challenge to follow. TOP 24 make the Bracket Challenge single-elimination tournament! SPRINGER.BIN Edited July 15, 2015 by S.BAZ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Made it past the first screen..... Score: 971 Unfortunately, my bunny has suicidal tendencies Edited July 4, 2015 by Gorfy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 There are reasons some games have never been played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Springer - 2651 Springer - 3,653 Edited July 4, 2015 by voodoo_chilly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Springer: 1214 "Hey! Let's make a game in which even the basic mechanics of moving and jumping are extremely awkward and non-intuitive. That'll be fun." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 1,859 I wouldn't mind the pixel-perfect jumps so much if the rabbit would actually, you know, jump when I push the button. It's only Saturday and I'm pretty sure I'm done for this week. I probably wouldn't have played at all but I didn't want to miss 3 weeks in a row. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 1,859 I wouldn't mind the pixel-perfect jumps so much if the rabbit would actually, you know, jump when I push the button. It's only Saturday and I'm pretty sure I'm done for this week. I probably wouldn't have played at all but I didn't want to miss 3 weeks in a row. You still have time to play Astroblast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) 2,202 Edited July 5, 2015 by roadrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Springer: 3504Does anyone know whether the max score is 9999, or does a 5th digit appear? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoomUnit Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Does anyone else think that the dead rabbit looks like he could be the 4th dragon in Adventure? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I have this cart, but never played this game seriously. 1062 at my 1st attempt. Reached Level 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 240 Clearly a game in the same fine Tigervision tradition that brought us BOTH Miner 2049er games... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Score: 1518 I would have tried for a higher score, but my inner video game critic won't allow me to play this game again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Springer - 4,522 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 240 Clearly a game in the same fine Tigervision tradition that brought us BOTH Miner 2049er games... Hey now. Threshold is pretty good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Awful game!!! 180 is my best score. Don't feel like posting the screenshot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24Fanatic365 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) And here I thought, "I think I'll actually give the HSC a shot this week", since I saw the post so early. Fired up Springer, got like 100 points, and then decided, "Nah, not worth wasting more time on an amazingly awful game like this. I probably have more important things to do with my evening, like, say, watching grass grow." Who exactly picked this game, anyway? Lol! Springer could definitely be the poster child to answer newbies who ask, "What is 'shovelware'?" Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited July 5, 2015 by 24Fanatic365 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 slow progress (yet another platform jumper at which I suck)..... New score: 1,737 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hey now. Threshold is pretty good. Love Threshold! I think I might have suggested it at one point, but maybe I'm thinking of when I played it on Highscore.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 slow progress (yet another platform jumper at which I suck)..... New score: 1,737 Springer (1982) (Tigervision).png It's not you that sucks Gorfy, it's this steaming pile. And Kaeru, I said Miner 2049er, not Threshold. Threshold is good. But this game has the exact same mechanics as the Miner games and they are both frustration festivals. All of that said, my final effort for the week is 1153. It is way to nice outside to waste my free time on this mess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 you guys can blame me for this one 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 But this game has the exact same mechanics as the Miner games and they are both frustration festivals. :lolblue: you guys can blame me for this one As StanJr so eloquently stated, this game is frustrating. But I don't blame anybody because I would like to see each 2600 game (excluding variations) played at least once in the HSC before the day I retire, or croak Besides, Springer does have some retro-charm appeal, and bad games can be entertaining in their own right just as bad "B" movies can be entertaining (please note my avatar as a prime example ) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 i actually like it. well said Gorfy x) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) And Kaeru, I said Miner 2049er, not Threshold. Threshold is good. But this game has the exact same mechanics as the Miner games and they are both frustration festivals. When you said "fine Tigervision tradition" I thought you were lumping all of their games in to the crap pile. Bad movies can be entertaining in their own way, but in a bad movie you're never the one trying to the the protagonist to the top of the screen. One of the best things about the HSC is it gets people to actually sit down and play games they wouldn't normally. I suspect there are quite a few Atari collectors who will go on about how much they love old Atari games, but play the same 10 games over and over again while saying how much Game X sucks even though they've never actually played it. That said, some games actually do suck. This is one of them. Edited July 6, 2015 by KaeruYojimbo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Springer - 4,802 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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