+therealbountybob Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) Time for some messing about on the river... River Rescue & River Rat River Rescue Fandal XEX Atarimania Info Collect the little guys and take them to the otherside, sort of choplifter with horizontal spy hunter action, probably erm... [no pause but can leave boat moored] River Rat Fandal XEX Atarimania Info Always a favourite in this house, lots of fun here, take the jumps for points but you might regret them. Special bonus after 3 levels I think [4!], time and race bonus at end of each level. Nice game for everyone kids and non Atari people so get them to have a go. Hints: press fire to toggle speed, 1000pts vs 500pts on the ramps. I like to take the risky ramps on the early stages and then survive on the later ones. Hang on for the special bonus P=pause. Bonus point challenge get to the highest level (you will need to not risk the jumps. Level indicated by flags on the sides of the screen so keep track. 2pts highest 1pt 2nd. Scoring Both games full points Round ends Friday 11th August 10PM UK time Round 14 We'll suggest games for the next poll here, so any ideas or pick 1 game and it might make the next poll Stay Dry! Edited August 1, 2017 by therealbountybob River Rat hints added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 River Rat: 201,550 River Rescue: 7,850 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 river rat 112940 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 River Rat 273k 5th race maybe? Had a quick go on river rescue but didnt finish it, not played it before that i remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) River Rat: 148000 pts, crashed on level 3 About the ramps, do you really gain any points or time for taking them? Is the race bonus at the end of the level depending on how many jumps you took? It seems to me that the gain is rather small, compared to the risks unless a lot of the bonus depends on the ramps. When it comes to River Rescue, it loads on my PAL 130XE but after just a few seconds the title screen starts rolling around, until it crashes with a solid green display. It might be my current TV not able to sync on the composite video signal in case the Atari does something funky with it rather than outputting a regular ~25 fps interlaced signal. I tried a bunch of other versions of this game, but they all behave the same so I doubt it is something wrong with the Fandal version itself. I tried to load it on my NTSC 800 (non-XL) but I failed to mount my SIO2SD on that one despite I have Top Drive and other options turned off. Nothing will load from the SD drive, but after a bit of searching on the forum I've understood that it is relatively common that the Atari 800 does not work with SIO2SD, or perhaps a firmware upgrade is in order? My unit is close to 10 years old and I've never tried to upgrade it. I suppose in the worst case, I'll have to stick with Altirra emulation for River Rescue, although it is a shame when I have a lap full of genuine Atari 8-bit computers and storage options. I might also be able store a XEX on a floppy disk so I can load it from a 1050 on the NTSC unit, if the problem is due to the game not being PAL compatible? Edited July 27, 2017 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Agreed that the ramps in River Rat dont seem worth the risk. I was watching the score when i went over a ramp earlier and it seemed to be worth 1000 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Ok my game for the next poll round is Tales of Dragons and Cavemen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 As for next poll, I want to give Pogo Joe (or perhaps the whole trio of mostly unrelated games) another chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Time for some messing about on the river... River Rescue & River Rat River Rescue Fandal XEX Atarimania Info Collect the little guys and take them to the otherside, sort of choplifter with horizontal spy hunter action, probably erm... River Rat Fandal XEX Atarimania Info Always a favourite in this house, lots of fun here, take the jumps for points but you might regret them. Special bonus after 3 levels I think, time and race bonus at end of each level. Nice game for everyone kids and non Atari people so get them to have a go. Hints: press fire to toggle speed, 1000pts vs 500pts on the ramps. I like to take the risky ramps on the early stages and then survive on the later ones. Hang on for the special bonus Bonus point challenge get to the highest level (you will need to not risk the jumps. Level indicated by flags on the sides of the screen so keep track. 2pts highest 1pt 2nd. Scoring Both games full points Round ends Friday 11th August 10PM UK time Round 14 We'll suggest games for the next poll here, so any ideas or pick 1 game and it might make the next poll Stay Dry! The ramps go up in value each race, so 1k 1st race, 2k 2nd race etc, half points for taking them at slow speed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) River Rescue 24282. Doesn't seem to get any more difficult after a while. Seems as though the difficulty increases each time you get a few people on board? This game didn't really need 5 lives... Maybe a side bet for most people rescued? The most I managed was 5 Edited July 28, 2017 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 According to the manual, you get bonuses for rescuing 6 at a time or 9 at a time so 5 is a little short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Hey you guys no reading the manuals - I'm all set to win this round You just stick to collecting the swimmers and ducks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) River Rescue 6,480 Side Bet 5 Men (collected) River Rat 237,860 Mrs RedThunder River Rat 21,750 Edited July 29, 2017 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) River Rescue 35372 it definitely gets harder when you have more people on board the boat! It goes very fast if you rescue 6! Edited July 29, 2017 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 River Rescue 36890. 5k bonus for rescuing 9 people 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 sorry I've not been posting much but I had a crazy idea to create a game for the abbuc compo in just 1 week - probably failing as it stands but still a few hours left! first tables Remember both games are full HSC points River Rescue 1st McKong 36,890 12pts 2nd Deteacher 7,850 11pts 3rd RedThunder 6,480 10pts Bonus challenge: most rescues McKong 9 men RedThunder 6 men River Rat 1st McKong 274,000 12pts 2nd RedThunder 237,860 11pts 3rd Deteacher 201,550 10pts 4th carlsson 148,000 9pts 5th devwebcl 112,940 8pts 6th Mrs RedThunder 21,750 7pts Bonus challenge: highest level reached (look at the flags on the sides of the screen in game) Mckong Lv5 Suggestions for the next poll McKong "Tails of Dragons and Cavemen" (NTSC has display issues) Carlsson "Pogo Stick Trio" from me "Mr Baked Bean" sorry that's "Mr TNT" to you anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) River Rescue: 5700 pts 9950 pts I haven't got River Rescue to play on any real Atari computer yet, so for the moment I'm playing in Altirra. Eventually I found my Atarimax cartridge with enough spare room to fit one more game, so I put River Rescue onto it. It still fails to run on the PAL 130XE but at least it plays as expected on the NTSC 800. Oddly it seems to run fine in Altirra emulating a PAL 130XE so perhaps it is my computer that is having issues, just like I observed with a handful other games before. Edited July 30, 2017 by carlsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 river rat 157,970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Mrs RT's score of 21,750 is for River Rat not River Rescue. She is good, but not that good 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) Game suggestion.. Dark Chambers. http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1731 or Lemmings http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=4726 Edited July 30, 2017 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Game suggestion.. Dark Chambers. or Lemmings pick 1 Mrs RT's score of 21,750 is for River Rat not River Rescue. She is good, but not that good probably the tip of the mis-scoring iceburg I've been assembling (game) all week my brain is fried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 River Rescue 40210. You score more points when you go faster. You get a bonus life when you rescue 6 or 9 people, and upgrade the boat. This makes up for the life you inevitably lose very quickly after the boat starts going very fast! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 After failing with my crazy attempt to do a new game in 1 week the pressure is off and I've started play River Rat 18,060 62,750 132,610 287,000 - level 5. The "Special Bonus" was at the end of level 4 not level 3 as I posted. [P] is pause. Next up I need to rescue some of those guys... River Rescue 3,240 8,190 with 3 rescued and a lot not rescued! Boy that giant helicopter scared the cr*p out of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 River Rescue 10,710 (4) 22,030 (13) what was that thing after 6 rescued... OK time to read as McKong has a better boat than me River Rat reached level 5 again but need to adapt tactics to slow down more to survive The short article from the author on atarimania is a nice read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 That is the magic upgrade station! Drive through it to get a faster boat 44940 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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