S.BAZ Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Pitfall II: Lost Caverns ~ WEEK 6 ~ 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. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATORS! Jacob/BAZ. Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Released By: Atari 1984 Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Default The HSC Record for Pitfall II: 199,000 (max. score) by oyamafamily, et al. (Original High Score Club Season 8 Week 9, 2010). Reach the maximum score & HSC record for (+1) bonus pt. 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. Round 6 didn't get started early like most rounds, so scores will be accepted for an extra day: The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of Monday, Feb 29th, 2016 1. Cliffhanger Bonus: Reach a score of 99,000 or more for (+2) bonus. 2. Solved Bonus: Find Rhonda, recover the diamond ring and rescue Quickclaw to finish the game for an extra (+2) bonus points. A perfect game earns (+3) 3. Additional Bonus: Post a pic. Pitfall II is noted for it's music! Mention another 2600 game which features some special tunes & post a pic (+1) Pitfall II High Scores (Scoring is +1 point for last place and up from there) 1. 199,000 RJ (+22) (+6) perfect score! (+1) 1. 199,000 darthkur (+22) (+6) perfect score! (+1) 1. 199,000 Atarian7 (+22) (+5) perfect score! (+1) - 4. 197,141 LidLikesIntellivision (+21) (+5) 5. 195,605 LarcenTyler (+20) (+5) 6. 187,750 S.BAZ (+19) (+5) 7. 183,288 jblenkle (+18) (+4) 8. 182,332 JacobZu7zu7 (+17) (+5) 9. 178,999 Nathan Strum (+16) (+5) 10. 175,961 KaeruYojimbo (+15) (+5) 11. 175,640 CapitanClassic (+14) (+4) 12. 169,877 Scrabbler15 (+13) (+5) 13. 164,370 Retrogamer81081 (+12) (+4) 14. 163,000 DT Kofoed (+11) (+5) 15. 160,651 Ramses (+10) (+5) 16. 159,005 roadrunner (+9) (+3) 17. 140,339 classicgamer_27330 (+8 ) (+5) 18. 156,391 chavert (+7) (+5) 19. 122,485 Wickeycolumbus (+6) (+5) 20. 71,802 Mister-VCS (+5) (+1) 21. 64,078 karokoenig (+4) (+1) 22. 33,673 troff (+3) (+1) 23. 23,800 atari2800man (+2) 24. 15,770 Gorfy (+1) (+1) Bonus Totals RJ +3 +2 +1 (GYRUSS) = 6 darthkur +3 +2 +1 (MAN GOES DOWN) = 6 Nathan Strum +2 +2 +1 (REACTOR) = 5 Larcen Tyler +2 +2 +1 (PRESSURE COOKER) = 5 S.BAZ +2 +2 +1 (MR. DO!'S CASTLE) = 5 DT Kofoed +2 +2 +1 (STAR WARS: ESB) = 5LidLikesIntellivision +2 +2 +1 (BOB IS GOING HOME) = 5KaeruYojimbo +2 +2 +1 (SNOOPY vs. RED BARON) = 5 Scrabbler +2 +2 +1 (GYRUSS) = 5 Ramses +2 +2 +1 (TUTANKHAM) = 5 Atarian7 +3 +2 = 5 classicgamer_27330 +2 +2 +1 (RAIDERS of the LOST ARK) = 5 chavert +2 +2 +1 (POPEYE) = 5 WickeyColumbus +2 +2 +1 (DOUBLE DUNK) = 5 JacobZu7zu7 +2 +2 +1 (SWORDQUEST: FIREWORLD) = 5 Retrogamer81081 +2 +2 = 4 jblenkle +2 +2 = 4 CapitanClassic +2 +2 = 4 roadrunner +2 +1 (ROAD RUNNER) = 3 karokoenig +1 (MOON PATROL)Mister-VCS +1 (GHOSTBUSTERS)Gorfy +1 (JUNO FIRST) troff +1 (JOURNEY ESCAPE) - Overall Standings Through Week 5 (Pac-Man)Top 24 make the Bracket Challenge at the end of the season!Prizes will be available this year & bracket winners will get to choose a game for next season 1. S.BAZ 165 2. voodoo_chilly 158 3. JacobZu7zu7 153 4. CapitanClassic 144 5. Deteacher 128 6. skosh 125 7. Gorfy 122 8. LidLikesIntellivision 117 9. Ramses 11210. karokoenig 10711. SpiceWare 10112. chavert 10113. KaeruYojimbo 100 14. keilbaca 9415. Atarian7 9116. Mister-VCS 9017. darthkur 8718. DT Kofoed 8519. Wickeycolumbus 8220. oyamafamily 7721. Retrogamer81081 66 22. seamaur 6323. Nathan Strum 6024. Scrabbler15 5925. RJ 5626. roadrunner 5527. troff 5028. classicgamer_27330 4729. Spacey Invader 44 30. Zeptari1 33 LarcenTyler 33 32. Mangia-Boy 3033. ReflectionAngle 27 34. Crispy 2535. Algus 2236. atariUCLA24 15 37. jblenkle 1438. atari2800man 13 39. Wongojack 940. Kosmic Stardust 6 gamerguy99 642. BladeOfOsiris 3 SEASON 5 HAS BEGUN! EXTRA INFO: Overall the NEW High Score Club Season 5 will last THROUGH August 2016. There will be special weeks, rounds with multiple games. Prizes will also be awarded to the winners of a special round challenge! Bracket Challenge to follow -- TOP 24 players matched up in single-elimination tournament! Pitfall II - Lost Caverns (1984) (Activision, David Crane) (AB-035-04) a.bin Edited March 2, 2016 by JacobZu7zu7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Special Announcement: HSC participant karokoenig, and an anonymous AtariAge user have donated six boxed Atari 2600 games to be awarded as prizes for Season 5! Three of these will go to the top 3 players in a special round challenge at some point during the season. The other three will go to the medal winners in the bracket challenge. thanks, karo! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 That's right. There will be real prizes this season. To be precise, it will be 5 games and 1 peripheral. I was planning to do a between-season tournament, but had to call that off due to time constraints. So S.BAZ, Jake and I decided we'll give away the prizes during the season. Pictures will be posted in due time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 And now back to the business at hand. Here's my score for Pitfall II. I tried to find as much as I can without getting too frustrated. I didn't even find the balloon. But I was never much of a fan anyway, and for my standards, the score is ok. Pitfall II: 64,078. Also, for bonus: MOON PATROL. Music on the Atari 2600 that's not annoying - now that's a novelty. Thanks to the moderators for giving me an excuse to play that game again . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Kofoed Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back! Nice rendition of the force theme by John Williams. Sniping a music bonus point. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 PITFALL II LOST CAVERNS - VIDEO TUTORIAL (Presented for Activision Patches Summer Quest 2015 Contest) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 bonus: Ghostbusters - the best music for the 2600 @S.BAZ: to avoid confusion it would be better if you delete the second Pitfall II thread! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) How can you forget Pressure Cooker? It's repetitive, sure, but it's catchy! I was THIS close to getting a perfect score, but that frog by Quickclaw caught me! So damn close! Next time, for sure! Edited February 21, 2016 by LarcenTyler 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Raiders of the lost Ark for the Atari has a musical flute Which one of my child friends came up with words "There's a place in Francewhere the naked lady dancedThere's a hole in the wallwhere the men could see it all" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Kofoed Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Interminable. Adj. Pitfall II. Guess I need a f#@&ing map. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Kofoed Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Honest question here: I have played the game, and consulted the map... is there literally any way to reach your goals? I cannot get from the right-hand ladder and bottom-sewer pond to ANYTHING ELSE. I can see on the map where things are, but there appears to be no physically possible way to reach them given the physics of the game. ? WTF? Edited February 22, 2016 by DT Kofoed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) bonus: Find Rhonda, recover the diamond ring and rescue Quickclaw to finish the game for (+1) bonus point. Done, done and done. I forgot what a horrible grind that last climb is. Ugh. I would've scored more if I'd stopped earlier and stopped dying repeatedly. 100,170 additional bonus point: Post a pic. Pitfall II is noted for it's music! Mention another 2600 game which features some special tunes & post a pic. (+1) Reactor! Awesome music. Edited February 22, 2016 by Nathan Strum 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Honest question here: I have played the game, and consulted the map... is there literally any way to reach your goals? I cannot get from the right-hand ladder and bottom-sewer pond to ANYTHING ELSE. I can see on the map where things are, but there appears to be no physically possible way to reach them given the physics of the game. ? WTF? Wait for the balloon. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Bonus: Love the theme tune to Juno First 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 My first exploration of this game, and I'm finding it rather tedious. But I've never been much of a platformer fan. I stopped playing at 15k...... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) 181,608 Made a couple dumb moves which cost me about 10K.Recovered Rhonda, Raj diamond, Quickclaw. (+2)Gyruss has some kick-ass music. (+1) Edited February 23, 2016 by JacobZu7zu7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Raiders of the lost Ark for the Atari has a musical flute Which one of my child friends came up with words "There's a place in France where the naked lady danced There's a hole in the wall where the men could see it all" I cracked up at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Released By: Atari 1984 Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Default additional bonus point: Post a pic. Pitfall II is noted for it's music! Mention another 2600 game which features some special tunes & post a pic. (+1) we have to post a picture for the bonus - if I understand the rules in the right way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 we have to post a picture for the bonus - if I understand the rules in the right way.... yep, it's "post a pic" bonus. my favorite 2600 tune (aside from Pitfall II & homebrews): Mr.Do!'s Castle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 115 689 points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Just wondering - can you finish the game by collecting things out-of-sequence? For example, getting Rhonda or the diamond ring last? Edited February 22, 2016 by Nathan Strum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Road Runnerawesome music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Bonus: Always liked the title screen music in Double Dunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) we have to post a picture for the bonus - if I understand the rules in the right way.... Awww...I'll have to get my wife to work on that. I dont have Gyruss, you want a stock photo? And... PERFECT GAME!!! 199,000 (+3) S'pose you want a pic of that too. Edited February 23, 2016 by JacobZu7zu7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Just wondering - can you finish the game by collecting things out-of-sequence? For example, getting Rhonda or the diamond ring last? Sure, but it takes a lot of doubling back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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