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Perhaps I am getting slightly better 44,460

The Pitfall hack I was thinking of is called Jungle Jane, but I can't find a link to it. I did find this other hack though:

I can't think of many. This thread may have a few: Female protagonist games - Page 3 - Classic Console Discussion - AtariAge Forums If you are including hacks, there is a Pitfall hack with a female character. Jill of the Jungle? I'll link it if I can find it.

I know that I went back and played the 360 version after it was popular, but it may have been before we started time tracking for modern games. I love the series and didn't know about those mods - so thanks for that tip!

I've never reached Elite status in any version, but the home computer versions almost famously has no story, plot, or ending. Find the manual here: Nintendo Entertainment System Manual | Commodore C64 Manual Find a guide here: Elite - Guide - BBC Micro

Come on, you're pretending now. I remember that you beat me at Tetris: Season 20 Round 5 - Tetris - NES High Score Club - AtariAge Forums You can do this. Just get in here and finally play some Columns.

I've tried to play it. Its great if you hate yourself.

It seems like game 1 is "Original" and game 2 is "Flash," but I definitely noticed an extra exploding block when playing game 1 of the "beta" rom. Here's the archive with that version: sega-master-system-romset-ultra-us directory listing (archive.org) I suppose if someone has the actual cart they can clear this up for us by telling us how it plays.

39,360 playing that version. It seems like it gave me an extra exploding block through the first 9 levels compared to the other version.

Hmmm . . . Mine looks just like the first 10 seconds of this video. I was playing from a flashcart on the Genesis because I also do not have a physical copy. I will try a few things. Update - I think I found the rom you are using on Archive.org. It is labeled "Columns (USA, Europe, Brazil) (Beta)." Trying it now.

Hey - what exactly do you mean by Game 1? I chose Single Player - Original - Difficulty Normal - Level 0. I did not change the type of blocks. Is that Game 1? I've never really tried to play this game, so I don't have any real strategies about how to stack things up. Mostly, I'm just trying to clump groups of 3s. Planning diagonals is really hard for me. Also, I'll say that trying to get the high score picture is incredibly stressful. I know that I scored higher at least once before, but I wasn't prepared to take a pic, so I just lost that score completely. I almost want to appeal to you to change the HSC game to be the "Double Down" game within Darts in Parlour Games. It is a bit easier to snap a pic of the final score and may just be a bit more fun. While I suppose it is possible to get a perfect score, I doubt anyone would accomplish it in this club. Consider it this time or for a future HSC. Parlour Games manual: Parlourgames_sms_us_manual.pdf (segaretro.org)

I haven't figured out a good way to get a pic yet, so here's a picture from when I could sense it slipping away. This doesn't display my final score which was 29,100 And here is the evidence of me playing Parlour games. World Bingo - oof. I don't know what was happening, but waiting for a slot machine to finish spinning is something that should have gone out of video games in before 1978.

Atari 2600 Circus Convoy 13 Intellivision Ghostbusters UE 72 SMS Columns 69 Parlour Games 40 Xbox Series S/X Control 165 Inkulnati 180 Star Wars Racer 54 I had almost no gameplay time until Sunday when I just sorta vegged out and did nothing but play games all day. I now own Circus Convoy which means combined with Ghostbusters UE that I've purchased 2 relatively expensive homebrews for classic systems this month - let the good times roll. SMS time is for the HSC. I dunno about Columns. I might be a "Tetris Only" kinda guy when it comes to block falling games. I can't really seem to make sense of a strategy here besides just the obvious 3 block chains. Diagonals are hard.

Super hard to get a picture on the CRT. Pause only works during actual gameplay. Does it display the high score anywhere?