Unusual Stampede session

[AAA177]

I was playing Stampede on the Atari Flashback Portable from 2017 this evening and had an odd experience, curious if this has happened to anyone else.

 

I was trying to do that trick where you get rid of all the fast herd members and leave the ones that are slower. Then, an angus appears out of nowhere, and I was pretty sure, not 100%, that no skull appeared first to warn me. When it happened the second time, I knew I wasn't mistaken. After that, when things started speeding up, several skulls came one after the other. I thought maybe it would just be skulls from now on and no more angus objects. I was excited because I felt I would score high that way (keep in mind, I am not proficient at this game, and usually lose just before a score of 1000). Unfortunately, the anguses came back, and I was done at around 1700. This entire session happened pretty quickly, too. Seemed like the three-formation cows came on faster than they usually would have, too.

 

Anyway, just wanted to know if anyone else ever had a Stampede session like this. Maybe it's one of the variations? I did accidentally press a few buttons before starting the game, I'm not sure if the Portable allows for selecting different variations or not...

[Cambouis de l'Atari]

Yes you probably changed game variation. On game 3, there is no more set pattern appearance.

I don't have any flashback portable, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't a way to choose a game variation !

[AAA177]

Just saw your reply to this, Cambouis, thanks for the info. I will check that tip out about game selection...

[AAA177]

Looks like you're correct...I changed to game 3 and that replicated the session I had. Tried it out a few times...a lot of fun!