Season 5 - The New HSC - Week 19 = Breakout

[S.BAZ]

Breakout

~ WEEK 19 ~

PADDLE WEEK #1

 

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.

 

 

Breakout

Released By: Atari 1978

Programmed by: Brad Stewart

Left Difficulty: B

Right Difficulty: B

Game Mode: Game 1 (Default)

 

The HSC Record for Breakout: _________ (Breakout has never been played !??)

 

Set the HSC record for (+1) bonus!

 

 

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 (11:59:59 PM EST) the evening of Sunday, May 29th, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

bonus: The Pressure's On - Play Breakout Game 5 / Difficulty A. (+1)

 

Complete a breakout & post your time for another (+1) bonus.

 

Plus, the top 3 bonus times earn extra points!

 

1st place: +3

2nd place: +2

3rd place: +1

 

For a maximum of 5 extra bonus points available this week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breakout High Scores

(Scoring is +1 point for last place and up from there)

 

1. 864 Gorfy +17 +5 +1 record-setter!

1. 864 Atarian7 +17 +2

1. 864 karokoenig +17 +2

1. 864 keilbaca +17

5. 863 Wickeycolumbus +16 +2

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6. 848 RJ +15 correction

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7. 834 S.BAZ +14 +1

8. 517 KaeruYojimbo +13

9. 515 LidLikesIntellivision +12 +3

10. 501 Ramses +11 +1

11. 474 darthkur +10

12. 436 Lauren Tyler +9

13. 422 roadrunner +8 +4

14. 416 JacobZu7zu7 +7 +1

15. 357 troff +6

16. 386 MGS +5

17. 80 classicgamer_27330 +4

18. 74 chavert +3 +1

19. 45 Scrabbler15 +2 +1

20. 22 atari2800man +1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus Scores

 

1. Gorfy 112 (+5)

2. roadrunner 133 (+4)

3. LidLikesIntellivision 140 (+3)

4. Atarian7 141 (+2)

5. karokoenig 215 (+2)

6. Wickeycolumbus 163 (+2)

 

participation points (no Breakout)

7. Scrabbler15 -- (+1)

8. chavert -- (+1)

9. S.BAZ -- (+1)

10. Ramses -- (+1)

11. JacobZu7zu7 -- (+1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall Standings Through Week 18 (Stay Frosty)
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 412

2. LidLikesIntellivision 372

3. JacobZu7zu7 354

4. Gorfy 320

5. darthkur 315

6. Ramses 305

7. DT Kofoed 300

8. KaeruYojimbo 290

9. keilbaca 271

10. Wickeycolumbus 251

11. karokoenig 247

12. Atarian7 230

13. skosh 220

14. chavert 216

15. oyamafamily 214
16. Scrabbler15 213

17. CapitanClassic 209
18. SpiceWare 189

19. Mister-VCS 176

20. voodoo_chilly 158
21. Lauren Tyler 156
22. classicgamer_27330 152

23. Deteacher 139

24. williamc 138
25. MGS 127

26. Retrogamer81081 115
27. roadrunner 106
28. Nathan Strum 103
29. RJ 92
30. troff 90
31. seamaur 74
32. Tony The 2600 66
33. McCallister 63

34. Jin 52
35. jblenkle 48
36. Spacey Invader 47
37. atari2800man 45
38. Mangia-Boy 38
39. Zeptari1 33

40. ReflectionAngle 33
41. gsampson35 30

42. Crispy 25
43. Algus 22

43. Sharkham 22
45. atariUCLA24 15
46. gamerguy99 12

47. Mr SQL 11

48. Wongojack 9

48. patbb 9
50. Kosmic Stardust 6

51. nd2003grad 5
52. BladeOfOsiris 3

52. arenafoot 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 5 CONTINUES! EXTRA INFO:

 

Overall the NEW High Score Club Season 5 will last THROUGH August 2016.

There will be special weeks -- rounds with multiple games.

 

Bracket Challenge to follow -- TOP 24 players matched up in single-elimination tournament!

 

Prizes also awarded to winners of special challenge!

Breakout (Paddle) (1978) (Atari, Brad Stewart) (CX2622, CX2622P) (PAL).bin

Edited June 5, 2016 by S.BAZ

[Atarian7]

I expect to see many max scores this week. It only goes two rounds.

 

 

[karokoenig]

Paddle weeks! Sweet!

 

I suck at most paddle games, but I love those controllers.

[Gorfy]

Game 1BB....Maxed out at 864

 

 

[Gorfy]

Game 5A....All bricks completed in 187

[Gorfy]

Game 5A.... 165

[MGS]

Question: Does anyone have any good recommendations for emulating paddle games without the paddle controllers on a PC (I know, it sucks) or resources that discuss this issue?

 

Also, what's the best way you've found to connect paddle or paddle-type controllers to Stella?

 

Feel free to PM me too if you don't want to fill up this thread.

[karokoenig]

Tough call, MGS. Many 9-pin USB adapters can't do paddles, and it's hard to find out which actually do. At least in my experience. I'd be happy to hear suggestions as well :-).

 

For a quick game on Stella, mouse works alright - but still a far cry from the real thing.

[roadrunner]

Game 1 B/B


422

[Atarian7]

864

 

 

And it only took me 180 minutes to do it. LOL

 

Now on to game 5A.

 

 

[S.BAZ]

Also, what's the best way you've found to connect paddle or paddle-type controllers to Stella?

 

The best way I've found is the Stelladapter (unfortunately no longer available). I got lucky & found somebody offering one in the marketplace here. maybe you can find someone offering one.

 

I've also heard of other products like it.

 

paddles work almost perfectly with Stelladapter, there is just a slight delay but it's easy to get used to

[Lauren Tyler]

423 - Game 1BB

[karokoenig]

Alright. Got Game 1BB covered, first attempt, first life, no big deal. How do you guys take photos of your time in Game 5? Die on purpose as quick as possible or have the camera ready to fire? I finished the board at about 215 seconds, but the timer kept running. Meanwhile my camera had gone into standby mode. That lazy old piece of machinery takes about 10 seconds to get back to business, and then I have to manually switch off the flashlight... Hence the slightly panicky less than sharp shot with 229 seconds on the clock.

 

So here's the scores as my camera was able to record them:

Game 1BB: 864 and finished.

Game 5AA: 229 (215) seconds for one rack.

Edited May 23, 2016 by karokoenig

[Atarian7]

Good question. Even if you lose all your lives on purpose once you're finished you will still be losing a few seconds.

[classicgamer_27330]

I'm stuck with the keyboard, 59

[Atarian7]

Game 5A: 143 Actually 140-141 but it took 2-3 seconds for the last ball to drop

 

 

 

A faster time is possible of course. In the twin galaxies Timed Decathlon several years ago I cleared 1B both sets in 4 minutes 22 seconds. So that would be 131 for one set. And

someone got under 4 minutes so an even faster time than that is possible.

 

 

 

[karokoenig]

I'm stuck with the keyboard, 59

 

Keyboard is pretty much impossible. Even the touchpad of a laptop will give you much better results. Mouse works okay.

 

Game 5A: 143 Actually 140-141 but it took 2-3 seconds for the last ball to drop

 

That's a REALLY good time. I wouldn't have thought that times under 150 are even possible. Nice work!

[Lauren Tyler]

436

 

After all these years, I finally managed to clear one of the walls!

[+KaeruYojimbo]

Also, what's the best way you've found to connect paddle or paddle-type controllers to Stella?

 

I haven't used it, but I've heard good things about the 2600-daptor and it's still available.

[S.BAZ]

417

 

Since we're on the honor system, we can accept (5A) times even though it may be a few seconds off from the pic. just remember your time & post what pic you have. This will also keep it fair for those of us who don't find it convenient to record video.

[RJ]

Game 1 848

 

Game 5a Breakout achieved in 64

Edited May 24, 2016 by RJ

[roadrunner]

Game 5A

133

[RJ]

Ok, hold on here.

 

So in game 5a we're supposed to time how long it takes to get rid of the whole wall? Or break THROUGH it? (which is what Id consider a "breakout")

 

For a prisoner to break out" of his cell, he wouldnt have to knock down the whole wall, just make a hole in it big enough to get out.

Edited May 24, 2016 by RJ

[classicgamer_27330]

62

[karokoenig]

Complete wall in game 5A. Or as we Snooker players call it: a total clearance.