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This month's competition starts here:

 

 

 

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TI99.ATARIAGE.COM - High Score Competition Table

by globeron

2015

Game

Score

User

August

Munch-Man

153,840

globeron

September

Miner2049er

12,780

Cschneider

October

Micro Pinball

147,200

Vorticon

November

Crossfire

8,600

iwantgames

December

Never-Lander

275,320

Opry99er

2016

Game

Score

User

January

Parsec

133,100

mizapf

February

TI Invaders

17,460

Count9929A

March

Slymoids

74,155

Count9929A

April

Donkey Kong

335,800

marc.hull

May

Guardian

295,710

djugel

June

Spot-Shot

81,250

marc.hull

July

Barrage

666,090

InfernalKeith

August

TI Scramble

86,610

djugel

September

Protector II

-

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October

(extended to October)

11,250

mizapf

November

Centipede

67,024

mizapf

December

Alpiner

56,268

globeron

2017

Game

Score

User

January

Tetris

405

iwantgames

February

Bouncy

10,143

arcadeshopper

March

Major Tom

Platform D

Opry99er

April

Henhouse

32,180

globeron

May

Frogger/TI Toad

55,250

jwild

June

Defender

836,800

jwild

July

Shamus

37,520

jwild

August

Buck Rogers

140,138

jwild

September

Star Trek SOS

1,312,525

jwild

October

Titanium

27,472

jwild

November

Q*Bert

102,585

globeron

December

Driving Demon

27,139

globeron

2018

Game

Score

User

January

BigFoot

27,450

Vorticon

February

Jet-Pac

32,525

Sinphaltimus

March

Jungle Hunt

28,110

magestyx

April

HeroX

25,050

ti99iuc

May

Break Free

35,365

jwild

June

Popeye

101,290

globeron

July

Perfect Push

6,464

Tursi

August

Pole Position

104,500

globeron

September

Flying Shark

53,375

PeteE

October

The Mummy's Tomb

73

Vorticon

November

Cave Creatures

27,410

Opry99er

December

St. Nick

28,240

globeron

2019

Game

Score

User

January

Munch Man II

191,295

globeron

February

Chisholm Trail

65,650

jwild

March

Adventure

300

jwild

April

Blasto

44,840

chue

May

Borzork

11,600

jwild

June

Bouncy’s Obstacle Course

E83,374

jwild

July

Tutankam

140,860

jwild

August

Sabre Wulf

10,530

jwild

September

Moon Patrol

68,100

chue

October

Turmoil

156,430

jwild

November

Eric in Monsterland

7,875

jwild

December

Knight Lore

17% 2 items

jwild

2020

Game

Score

User

January

TIX

303,028

jwild

February

Centipede

79,488

mizapf

March

Burger Time

404,050

jwild

April

Tex Turbo and the Big Bug Battles

82,500

FarmerPotato

May

Spot Shot

120,880

jwild

June

Arcturus

111,620

pixelpedant

July

Wing War

1,071

PeteE

August

Bounce 'N' Pounce

187,706

jwild

September

War Zone II

108,900

MarkSetGo

October

Midnight Mason

16,100

pixelpedant

November

Superfly

62,600

pixelpedant

December

Astro Fighter

109,500

MarkSetGo

2021

Game

Score

User

Cancelled

Blackhole

238,550

globeron

January

Skyway

49,205

jwild

February

Cave Creatures

18,620

Count9929A

March

Moon Mine

83,910

jwild

April

Superstorm

129,650

jwild

May

Junkman Jr

8,900

pixelpedant

June

Road Hunter


 

(Beaten 17 Nov 2022)

79,790

 

 

89,810

Globeron

 

 

WhataKowinkydink

July

Treasure Island

65,600

jwild

August

Lobster bay

74,600

Count9929A

September

Computer War

29,850

globeron

October

Car Wars

Compu-Car

58,650

12,500

globeron

November

Meteor Belt

182,000

Count9929A

December

Fruitee

50,840

Count9929A

2022

Game

Score

User

January

Robots of Death v1

880

Globeron

February

Rock Runner

3567

EricLafortune

March

Restless II

19,270

Globeron

April

Robots of Death v2

2070 Zone 8

Globeron

May

Robots of Death v3

29.600 L15

Globeron

June

Pinball 99 Beta 0.1

91,220

Globeron

July

Freddy

 

16,650

(Level 4)

Globeron

August

Battlot

42,760

Count9929A

September

Squary

834

Smoker Ace

October

Snake Plissken

33,150

Smoker Ace

November

Pinball 99 Beta 1.5

153,300

Smoker Ace

December

Block Buster

1,625

Smoker Ace

2023

Game

Score

User

January

SPAC MAN

29,380

Globeron

February

Dig Dug

108,350

Tmop69

March

Ms. Pac-Man

149,430

Insane MultiTasker

April

TI-Runner / Star Runner

23,800

Level 9

Globeron

May

Cracky

9,060

Stage 6

Smoker Ace

June

Lift

67,170 Stage 45

Tmop69

July

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

September

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

December

 

 

 

2024

Game

Score

User

January

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

April

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

September

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

December

 

 

 

2025

Game

Score

User

January

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

April

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

August

 

 

 

September

 

 

 

October

 

 

 

November

 

 

 

December

 

 

 


 

 

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Alright, we have a little bit of interest in this, so I'll start it off.

 

Here's how the competition will work:

 

1) Play the game of the month in whatever format you choose, emulation or REAL DEAL. We can trust you're not cheating, hopefully. ;) Once you have achieved a high score to your liking, post a picture of the score here... You can use a camera for your TI monitor, or feel free to take a screenshot in Classic99, MESS, whatever. Post scores as many times as you like, no limit.

 

2) At the end of the month, an award will be given to the high-score champion.

 

3) The winner of the contest must then select the game for the next month and offer up a prize to the winner. I will be keeping a record of all high score champions and will update the first post of this thread when a new champ is crowned. (Al, I'm going to need the ability to update the first post of this thread indefinitely please) :)

 

Notes:

 

*If you are the champion, you can definitely play and post scores for the game of your choosing, but you are not eligible to win your own prize.

 

*If your prize is PHYSICAL (not required) and you intend on paying all shipping charges, please indicate so in your post.

 

*Please post pictures of your offered prize if it is physical.

 

*The prize does not have to be valuable, but I would prefer if it were TI-related... Something as small as a dual cassette cable or a used Alpiner cartridge might be good prizes. Or, if you choose, offer up your GRAM Kracker and Killer Caterpillar cartridge. ;)

 

*Competition ends at 11:59:59 EST on the last day of the calendar month

 

*Not required (but certainly acceptable): attach a zip of the game to your post or a link to where it can be downloaded.

 

 

 

When posting your game for the month (assuming you won the previous month) please follow the format below.

 

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TI-99/4A High Score Challenge

 

Month: August, 2015

 

Game: Munchman

 

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Prize: A "Compute! TI GAMES" spiral-bound book

 

 

Shipping: I will pay shipping, international shipping included

 

 

 

 

 

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So that's it... Let the games begin!!! :)

 

 

 

 

Oh, I took the liberty of blowing through a few levels of Munchman so that I could offer the first petty meager score to be bested. (*hint*--if you've never played this game before, the score I posted is childs-play... Use a good set of sticks and blow this one out of the water)

 

 

 

I hope you all have fun with this and that we build some steam with this competition!!

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Hmm... It is on Classic99's dropdown games menu and I have a few in cart format...

 

Perhaps it would be good to post an EA5 version for those wishing to transfer and game on real gear.

 

I do not have one handy, but multiple DBs have it.... Or I'm sure someone will be along shortly to post one. :)

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Hmm... It is on Classic99's dropdown games menu and I have a few in cart format...

 

Perhaps it would be good to post an EA5 version for those wishing to transfer and game on real gear.

 

I do not have one handy, but multiple DBs have it.... Or I'm sure someone will be along shortly to post one. :)

i did not see a comment to indicate when the final cutoff date and time would be. Probably should let everyone know that.

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Backstory

 

So I had this one (Munchman) back in 1982-83. One of the better games. Good action. Back then I guess I played it at 50Hz and that that made a difference !?

 

Competition

 

Guess we're all supposed to play at 60Hz and with no pausing of game allowed for doorbell, glass of water, regaining physical strength etc. ?

 

My entry

 

When I got to level 13 I thought, I'm afraid my arm and fingers are going to fall off, - I'd better stop. Then I lost my first life, and saw it through. Very doubtful if I'll have another attempt.

 

Some of the corners are ... darn tight.

 

;)

 

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Good idea! (I guess it is going to impact my business (depending on the game), but I can do it on the laptop while travelling),

Since the Pixels movie is out a good moment to start :-)

(I remember as a kid I created a paper based graphical 3D-score list, now wondering where it is, probably in NL).

 

While the SHIFT838 newsletter is great, we assume that nobody is using the Shift 8-3-8 in MunchMan!

 

Not sure if I am running 50 Hz here, or if there is a difference in speed between the real iron consoles ?

(silver/black /4, /4A, beige /4A /4AQI)

 

Emulators: * Note that Classic99 runs faster than real iron!

The other alternatives we have are js99er.net, V9T9, MESS, TIW99/4 and a few others, let me try to do a comparison.

 

BTW - I like that Air Defense screenshot of the book (I did not know that existed for TI-99/4A, coincidentally I setup

the "Motorola AirDefense business" (WiFi Wireless intrusion prevention system business) for APAC in 2009-2012.

 

Timezone here is: GMT+8 (Singapore) and GMT+7 (Thailand)

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Thanks for your entry, sometimes!!!!

 

For now, there will be no requirements on system... If you cheat, you're a complete tool for cheating on a retro game contest against hobbyists and kids.

 

If anyone notices a measurable advantage to playing on one system vs. another, let me know. :) No emulator-allowed breaks, no save states. ;) I'll add that to the top thread as well.

 

Some games are decidedly NOT wrist busting Arcade thrillers... I am sure in those cases, it will not matter... For Munchman thOugh, let's put it on 1983 mode and play through. :)

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Munch Man and Multitasking -- MMM (in case you have 2x people who want to play on the same system)

 

 

If you start Classic99 - 2x times and you configure the (USB-Joysticks) different in each emulator,

 

then you can play with 2x persons at the same time on the same PC! (this is really cool !),

 

 

Play it on a large LCD-screen and with wireless joysticks you can sit at the couch.

 

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Emulators: * Note that Classic99 runs faster than real iron!

 

I dunno... I've spent a LOT of time trying to prove this or not, and I can't say for certain. Remember that real iron varies by up to 10%, and that's if it's still in spec (the CPU clock is allowed to drift +/- 5%, and I have consoles at both ends of that range ;) ). Can you give me a benchmark I can actually use to prove this, then I can fix it? :)

 

Anyway, only managed half the score:

 

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Before the next winner happens, though, I'd like to propose that prizes don't have to be physical... not everyone can ship things out, nor should they have to. :)

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With the "PS/2, PS/3, or Oker type of joysticks and the emulators it is hard to take the corners)

(first I thought it is the wireless 2.4 GHz interference, but it is the same with directly connected USB -joysticks)

 

but it is better with the keyboard (I used a wireless keyboard).

 

 

Use the keys E,S,D,X based on advice of Vextrex Roli's mother

(See Vectrex Roli 8.16 min onwards) 9.36 min.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SchoOrUGnp8

 

 

After the 20th screen, it starts to play and count from screen 01 again: Score: 72870

 

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I dunno... I've spent a LOT of time trying to prove this or not, and I can't say for certain. Remember that real iron varies by up to 10%, and that's if it's still in spec (the CPU clock is allowed to drift +/- 5%, and I have consoles at both ends of that range ;) ). Can you give me a benchmark I can actually use to prove this, then I can fix it? :)

 

It is for sure faster (but I need to find a way to show it in parallel between the emulator and the real iron and probably on the same LCD-screen?

I am not too sure if that can impact the speed or also called "QoE - Quality of Experience"?)

 

P.S. Also found something fun, when using the Joy2Key (see other post) and leave it on Joystick in the emulator, then it slows down all movements

(like you mentioned), but then suddenly it goes fast forward (very fast, like in the movies "jumper" and the guy in "x men days of future past" who can move fast)

I guess it is catching up with the keystrokes, I need to see if I can capture this somehow, it is hilarious seeing Munch Man going at this speed !

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Also challenge your family / household members with "Munch-Man Dual-Screen"

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/Globeron-TI99VIDEOS

(direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5M8CPOjbo)

 

 

Setup

Play Munch-Man on 1 LCD screen with 2x players concurrently.

 

Requirements:
1. PC/Desktop/laptop here it is running Windows 7 Pro - 64 bit
2. USB Joysticks either wired-USB or wireless USB
tested are Oker Joysticks and Top-Tech Joysticks
3. Wired or Wireless Keyboard to control the PC
4. Wired or Wireless Mouse to control the PC
5. Classic99 version 3.82 is used here
6. Start Classic99 2x times
7. Configure Options Joysticks
For Classic99 1, select Keyboard and Joystick 1
For Classic99 2, select Keyboard and Joystick 2

 

(I have not tried other emulators, like MESS, V9T9, JS99er.net, etc.)

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Holy cow!!! Mzapf is a gamer!!!

 

We had a new high score in the 70k+ range from globeron which shortly thereafter got spanked by a NEAR 100K high score!!!

 

Sick!!!!!!

 

I need to go get another joy adapter... I have been playing with arrow keys and it's just not the same... I think they're pretty cheap at local shops...

 

Anyway, this contest is getting good... Who's gonna break 100K?

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Tursi, thanks for playing!!! Please feel free to beat Michael's 96K score and post at any time. :)

 

@globeron: I have not invited them. Do feel free to mention and link this thread over there... Maybe we can get some converts!

 

@Tursi: Your suggestion is good. A prize could consist of something electronic as well... I will update the top thread once Al gives me authorization to edit this thread. :)

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