Atarian7 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Mid-January, give or take. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 And here I just bought a Harmony cart this week so I could start participating in the Atari 2600 high score club. Time to hurry up and wait! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 plenty of time to practice up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exo Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Really, really excited to get in on this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 January? *faints* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Geez it's been a long time since participating in HSC. Will see what happens with work and all, might be back for season 6 if the schedule allows it. Miss playing HSC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Be thankful that I didn't win the Bronze medal again, I had a couple doozies in mind like Kaboom or Circus Atari no paddle edition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) Be thankful that I didn't win the Bronze medal again, I had a couple doozies in mind like Kaboom or Circus Atari no paddle edition. I would have picked eggomania if I had won the silver medal bracket. Edited November 6, 2016 by Atarian7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumbThumb1973 Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 Hello everyone . I'm new to this site. How does this season 6 thing work? How do we sign up and stuff.? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 Welcome to the site! When season 6 starts (I'm told it will be in January) all you have to do is play the assigned game every week and post your score in the thread for that week. You will be automatically added to the participants list. Last place for the week scores 1 point and each score above that goes up 1 per player. So if there are 40 players for the week last place gets 1 point and 1st place gets 40. 2nd place gets 39, 3rd place gets 38, etc. Check out some of the season 5 posts to get a better idea of how it works. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumbThumb1973 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thank you for the warm welcome. Ok I'm understanding we get broke into groups. Will the game for the week be for everyone or just the group? How long in advance will we know the game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 No grouping during the normal season. You might have mixed that up with the medal bracket challenges at the end of each season, where rank 1-8, 9-16 and 17-24 do playoffs. During the season, everyone just plays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 I think the game gets revealed a day before each week's competition begins. Sometimes they're a little late but if they are they give an extra day to play. Like karo said, everyone plays the same game during the regular season. At the END of the season the top 24 get grouped into gold , silver, and bronze medal brackets for single elimination tournaments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 One more thing I just thought of: You don't have to play every week. Your cumulative points will stay intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumbThumb1973 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Will there be a list of games that are going to be played so we know which game we need to get? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Will there be a list of games that are going to be played so we know which game we need to get? We don't get any advance notice for what games will be played each week, so you basically have three options for how to make sure you can participate every week. Option 1: Emulation By playing Atari 2600 games emulated on a computer, Nintendo Wii, Xbox, or any other system that supports the Stella emulator you can have full access to the entire Atari 2600 library. Best of all it's free! Option 2: Build an enormous library of every Atari 2600 game released in the United States. Is money no object to you? If you said "yes" then this might be your preferred option. For the other 99% of people there's... Option 3: Buy a Harmony cartridge This is really the premiere option for anyone who would rather play games on an actual Atari 2600 system than emulate them on a computer or more modern console. For anywhere from $60 to $85 US dollars (depending on the options you choose) you can buy a Harmony cartridge, which is a flash cart for the Atari 2600 that let's you insert an SD card loaded with the ROMs for any Atari 2600 games you want to play into it then play those games on a real Atari 2600 system. Personally I'd recommend the Harmony Encore cartridge for $85, since it has beefed up hardware inside that allows it to play every Atari 2600 game there is including all the latest homebrew games. You can order one here: http://harmony.atariage.com/Site/Harmony.html Hope that helps! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumbThumb1973 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Thanks. How do we sign up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Thanks. How do we sign up? There's no sign up or anything like that. You just play the game of the week, post a picture of your highest score, and that's that. You can join in or drop out as you please, no obligations required. I think I only did like 3 weeks last season, since I didn't have a Harmony cartridge yet at the time. You can check out some of the other High Score Clubs in the meantime while we wait for the Atari 2600 one to get going again if you want to get a better idea of how it works. Personally I'm keeping myself occupied with the Atari 7800 high score club at the moment: http://atariage.com/forums/forum/89-7800-high-score-club/ Edited November 20, 2016 by Jin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 LOL @ option 2 I actually had most of the games that were played this past season. I think I have about 350 to 400 different games. I didn't have the supercharger games or the homebrews. I bought a copy of Elevators Amiss for the silver medal bracket competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Will there be a list of games that are going to be played so we know which game we need to get? Stella is a great emulator and can cover you for most of the games played. I use emulation with a logitech game pad, works well for me, well the only tough time is with paddle controller games. Having said all that you can buy cables so you can use paddles/original controllers with Stella. Great thing about HSC is can find some gems you would never had given the time for. It can rearrange your top 10 favorite 2600 games really quickly, also great for knowing what games you might want to buy in physical cartridge form. Anyway welcome to the site Edited November 20, 2016 by Tony The 2600 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Since I didn't win the bronze medal, I'll suggest some games to use this season. Cosmic Arc Game 2 or 5 Combat You as one tank take out the helpless non moving tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian1977 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 I'm new to the site and looking forward to participate 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Welocome to AA, Brian. I'm sure you'll have fun here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 It won't be long now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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