+johnnywc Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I agree with Paul on this one - tougher variations would be great. For example, if you choose Space Invaders I would recommend game 8 - it's fun and quite a challenge! For now, though, it's off to play some Circus Atari! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InanimateCarbonRod Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Well, what a great little game! I've had this in my collection for a year or so but never gave it a decent chance until now. I'm playing the Zellers Cart because I don't have the Atari Version yet, although I won it on Ebay last week so I'll have it soon. The Zellers version actually uses the joystick instead of the paddles. I've been 'training' for the last couple of hours and by best score so far is 2625. My best ever run on the first life is 1132. This game is INTENSE. You can't look away for a second! Can't wait for tomorrow to get some more practice in. I'm not gonna post the screenshot yet, hoping to beat 2625 by Sunday! Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I'm gonna play it off my Supercharger later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 With a little practice, it's not too hard to roll Circus Atari on game 1 and play for a long time. Well, if you can do this, you'll certainly grab 1st place! Does the game add a 5th digit once you reach 10000, or does it just drop back to zero? Those TwinGalaxies scores are supposedly on Game 1 Difficulty B. In case any of you DO manage to roll the score past 10000, make sure to keep track of that last digit yourself I guess... if you can do this though, then you might want to talk to the guys over at TwinGalaxies. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermChase Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Ack... My Paddles were annoying me, couldn't get them to work well enough, so I switched off to an emulator...Turns out my emulator is evil. My top score so far: 3666. -------- Chase Hermsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepnut24 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Not great but Im getting better. I love Atari on a 36" tv. Now only if I could play in surround sound. 2559 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermChase Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 It's hard on my ol' 13" TV...maybe I should go down to the basement and hook it up to the 84.25" projector down stairs...Maybe then I'd have better aim. ------------ Chase Hermsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 The score rolls back to 0 after 9999 - Video proof required for the higher scores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 A few of you knew this was coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 First score - 6900 points. Highest one so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamemaster_ca_2003 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 182 I know I stink at this but Inprovement is the key to success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 A few of you knew this was coming. I was actually going to post a "9" earlier, but knew BP would be here soon enough. I am trying my best, but my highest so far is a little over 2000 Hopefully I can get a respectable score before the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 stella is screwing up the mouse as paddle so i have been playing with a keyboard.. i really should fix my RF on the actual atari and try instead.. hell of a hard game using the keyboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermChase Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I'm slowly improving at this game, but I still am making stupid mistakes (like talking on the phone... ) 4069. --------- Chase Hermsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 saddly my best score is 421 so far (my problem is that I keep pressing the button when I shouldn't (I'm using z26 because I don't have the cart, I tried using pcaewin but it didn't work right)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuddy Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 So like, how often do the scores get updated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedijeff Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 My new high score is 8638. I thought I might get to 10,000 and that's when I started messing up. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 A few of you knew this was coming. 9? Do I have that right? Incidentally, since you get a single point every time a character bounces, the absolute minimum score you can get on a complete game is 5 points, even if you miss the guy on the first jump every time. So like, how often do the scores get updated? Every half-past-whenever-I-get-around-to-it That generally turns out to be 3-4 times a day, depending on the day. Yowza, here I was all happy that I managed to up my score to 3687 (4K is eluding my grasp at the moment), and jedijeff uses the force to more than double my score! Oh well, time to take up the paddle and attempt to defend my honor... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 One more question Ze_ro if we roll the score and we haven't got a video camera how are we supposed to prove that we have rolled it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 I'll just take your word for it, like all the other scores... don't bother with any videos or anything unless you plan on submitting them to TwinGalaxies. Of course, if you suddenly go from scoring 2750 or so to scoring 11000 or so, then I'll get suspicious. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nateo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Well, I just gave this a shot last night, and eventually ended up with a (what I hope to be) a respectable 1610. (Sorry, no pic, XP sucks!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 My best so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 I didn't bother with a picture since my highest score score of 3870 is pretty far from the highest posted here. Jedijeff really must be using the force... or maybe I just need to replace the pots in my paddles. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 9992 I was 8 points away when I died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikyo Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Sku_u i really hope you are joking! 9992! ive got no chance in hell of beating that! oh well it is only for fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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