Ze_ro Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Important Note: This week's competition is over, no further scores will be accepted. However, if you still wish to discuss H.E.R.O. and compare scores, feel free to do so! Roderick Hero, at you service. Please, call me R.Hero. Everyone does, I wish to address myself to fledgling Heroes and All-Round Good Guys every-where. A crisis is afoot, affording me an ideal opportunity to share a few of the finer points of heroic endeavor with you. Do pay attention. Volcanic activity has trapped miners in mineshafts in Mount Leone. I shall use equipment (some think it rather nifty) of my own invention to help miners no mere mortal can reach. It would give me great pleasure to have your help. The object of this undertaking is to rescue all the miners possible before running out of lives. Game Information Game Name: H.E.R.O. Released By: Activision, 1983 Left Difficulty: Not Applicable Right Difficulty: Not Applicable Game Mode: Game 5 - Random Dungeons Chosen By: Ze_ro Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores will be approximately Tuesday, Jan 3rd at 1:30 AM (CST). In case you haven't already done so, please read the High Score Club rules. There is other useful information contained in that previous link, including a list of previous High Score Club games! As before, next week's game will be chosen by the next person in the member list, which happens to be Mad Scientist! Please send me a private message with your choice of game for next week! If you are not a member of the High Score Club, but would like to be, then all you have to do is post a score for this week's game, and I'll add you to the list! Current High Scores 167,085 (Fellow Atari Man) [+11] 96,100 (khryssun) [+10] 81,535 (Cybergoth) [+9] 49,515 (Omegamatrix) [+8] 30,950 (scogey) [+7] 28,290 (LarcenTyler) [+6] 22,350 (RJ) [+5] 13,325 (SpiceWare) [+4] 9775 (supercat) [+3] 1375 (silverpoodleman) [+2] 1300 (Goochman) [+1] 1000 (Christophero Sly) [+1] 850 (MoonlightKnight) [+1] 625 (gospeedde) [+1] Best Tips Cybergoth [+2]Bounties and Challenges Patch Score: Order of the H.E.R.O. - Score 75,000 points or higher and get 2 bonus points!TwinGalaxies Top 3 (Default Mode)1,000,000 (Todd Rogers, David B Yancey) 699,530 (Robert T Mruczek) 261,390 (John Dunne) Current Standings Coming Eventually... Member List Mad Scientist, Dan Iacovelli, iguana, Luigi301, Gateway, Damon Plus, gospeedde, Kepone, internetotaku, panda_racer, KaeruYojimbo, cyberneticimplant, bjk7382, davepesc, neotokeo2001, xeex, bmlbytes, Omegamatrix, the 5th ghost, Xebec's Demise, khryssun, vgcollector666, chadtower, moycon, Malc74, shadow460, Atarifever, Keir, supercat, FireTiger, Philflound, Fellow Atari Man, keilbaca, brendano, Cybergoth, durden26, sku_u, mitsubachi, arlo, Recycled, LarcenTyler, silverpoodleman, 128bytes, Goochman, Thomas Jentzsch, Christophero Sly, D.Yancey, mrppv666, Mordax, Numan, Mordax, vdub_bobby, Dones, Gamemaster_ca_2003, scogey, graywest, RJ, Voch, video game addict, SpiceWare, Robert MScoring Points in H.E.R.O. Shoot a critter: 50 points Each dynamite stick remaining when miner is rescued: 50 points Dynamite a wall: 75 points Rescue miner: 1000 points One earns additional points for every unit of power remaining when a miner is rescued. The higher the level number, the more each unit of power is worth. If you can reach 1,000,000 points, your mission will be over and the game will stop. Hints and Tips As always, you really should read the manual. What's that? You don't have the manual? Well, AtariAge has a scanned copy and a typed copy online for your viewing pleasure. Here are the hints that the manual provides: * The dynamite R.Hero carries is potent. He doesn't need to be right next to a wall in order to blow it up. * If R.Hero runs out of dynamite, he can burn through walls with the Microlaser Beam. The closer he stands to the wall, the faster he'll break through. * If a lantern goes out, find mineshafts by looking at the rough edges along the bottom of the screen. * When flying above the river, ride the ceiling by pushing up as well as to the left or right. * Ride rafts whenever possible since it is easier than trying to go under a lava ceiling. * A word about tentacles: They don't move too fast, so try to outrunthem. Tips: *Get familiar with the wonky controls, in regards to dismounting from a raft (takes about 1 1/2-2 seconds when pushing up), hovering (ditto), etc., since they CAN be difficult. *Play, play, PLAY! The more you play, the more familiar you'll become with the levels, and the bigger a bonus you'll get with more energy remaining at the end of the level. My tips: Don't let the timer run out. <!--emo&--><!--endemo--> Don't stay up all night playing or you won't want to go to work/school in the morning. <!--emo&--><!--endemo--> Memorize every level and look for identifiers early in levels to differentiate between levels that are extremely similar in appearance. Hope you have lots of lives in reserve when the longest/most difficult levels appear. I know I needed them. <!--emo&--><!--endemo--> Hm... some tips: - The lamp is always on the right side. - While you need to go away quite a bit from the dynamite horizontally, a few pixels do vertically - In 95% of cases, the more difficult looking path is the right one <!--emo&--><!--endemo--> --Ze_ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 H.E.R.O., eh Ze_ro? Sorry I had to be the first to make fun of a really bad pun. This will give the excuse I need to bust out my H.E.R.O. cart and try to finish it. I'm really a quilty person for not playing all my games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Hi there! Ok, first score: 79.900 Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 when I first saw this posted today the HSC. the school house rock song came to mind: My HERO ZERO I'll prob play this game on emulator(don't have the cart) I see I'm due up agian soon to pick another game. hopefully I can come up with good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) Game made by Activision in 1983, right? The reason I ask is because Zero's game information says something different. Edited December 29, 2005 by D.Yancey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Game made by Activision in 1983, right? 989960[/snapback] yeah the one you maxed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Given how good I usually am at H.E.R.O., I could only look at my first effort and say, "YUCK! I'm going to be sick!" (first person who can tell me who said that and where gets a cookie! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scogey Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 30950 I guess if I were a hero...I'd be the wonder twin who could only turn into a bucket of water. I gotta do better than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpoodleman Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 (edited) UPDATE #2 - WHY DID I LOVE THIS GAME??????? I spit in it's gen-er-al die-rection!! Got up to 1,375 BTW, my daughter now HATES this game (well, game 5, anyway). One funny thing is that she BROKE A JOYSTICK while playing HERO. Cut the "stick" right off at the "joy" (the white inside plastic snapped) ------------------------------------------------------------------ My daughter's favorite 2600 game. Frankly, she is better at it than I so when she comes back from a mini-vacation on Friday, I will set her loose! ********UPDATE********* There's some Revisionist History going on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I missed the part about playing Game 5 and the scoring is, well, quite different from Game 1. So lets say that we'll wipe the 30,000+ score and keep my high of, uh, 800 (after about half an hour and about six hundred games (the sound in my basement went something like this "What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset -What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset - What??!! Damn! Whatt???????? Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! - Reset, etc., etc., Edited January 3, 2006 by silverpoodleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 H.E.R.O., eh Ze_ro? Sorry I had to be the first to make fun of a really bad pun. ] Actually, I couldn't help thinking of the classic Black Sabbath song, Zero the Hero, from Born Again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Hi there! Mini-Improvement: 81.535 Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Well I'm getting better at this, but nobody knows where that quote about my first score came from? Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Given how good I usually am at H.E.R.O., I could only look at my first effort and say, "YUCK! I'm going to be sick!" (first person who can tell me who said that and where gets a cookie! ) 990112[/snapback] Bart Simpson on television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Wrong. I'm sure he may have said that before, but this is from a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeedde Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 After about an hour I managed a whopping 625 and I'm so never playing this game again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellow Atari Man Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Actually, I couldn't help thinking of the classic Black Sabbath song, Zero the Hero, from Born Again 990840[/snapback] I kinda like the Cannibal Corpse version from their Hammer Smashed Face e. p. myself. Gospeede (sp?), try it on game 1 for a while, it's one of THE best games ever made for the 2600. I made it to a million back "in the day", but then when you go back to a game you haven't played in years and years...heh. Lets just say with the computer monitor going out (shrinks to half the size, and the new computer won't be here 'til next Friday), and the actual cartridge in itself is buried (need to get organized), this'll probably be it for me, since it took a couple of days to get here as it was: 167,085 Tips: *Get familiar with the wonky controls, in regards to dismounting from a raft (takes about 1 1/2-2 seconds when pushing up), hovering (ditto), etc., since they CAN be difficult. *Play, play, PLAY! The more you play, the more familiar you'll become with the levels, and the bigger a bonus you'll get with more energy remaining at the end of the level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 My tips: Don't let the timer run out. Don't stay up all night playing or you won't want to go to work/school in the morning. Memorize every level and look for identifiers early in levels to differentiate between levels that are extremely similar in appearance. Hope you have lots of lives in reserve when the longest/most difficult levels appear. I know I needed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpoodleman Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 (edited) I've deleted my scores as my daughter will be taking the reigns this week. Her scores are in a previous reply above. Meanwhile, here are a few pics of the silver poodle (reference my AA ID) - Guarding the palace and taking a coffee break Edited December 31, 2005 by silverpoodleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Hi there! After about an hour I managed a whopping 625 and I'm so never playing this game again. Please, try at least variant #1, H.E.R.O. normally has a really friendly difficulty ramp. Hm... some tips: - The lamp is always on the right side. - While you need to go away quite a bit from the dynamite horizontally, a few pixels do vertically - In 95% of cases, the more difficult looking path is the right one Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Hi there! I thought it maybe helps some, so I recorded an AVI of me beating the starting level. I only died once, when my crappy joypad made me touch a lava wall, on the real thing with my beloved CX24 I usually don't die in that level Greetings, Manuel hero.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 96,100 One of my Top 5 favorites I LOVE this Game ! But It's the first time I play Game 5... a good idea As it's the day : Happy New Year 2006 to Everybody !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Well, as a New Year's present, I'll give the answer to my quote: "YUCK! I'm going to be sick!" -Eiko Megami (a.k.a. A-Ko) from Project A-Ko If you're an anime fan and haven't seen that, shame on you! While the movies that came after it were less popular, the original remains one of the greatest anime movies of all time. At any rate, here's a slightly better score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Well, as a New Year's present, I'll give the answer to my quote: "YUCK! I'm going to be sick!" -Eiko Megami (a.k.a. A-Ko) from Project A-Ko If you're an anime fan and haven't seen that, shame on you! While the movies that came after it were less popular, the original remains one of the greatest anime movies of all time. 992210[/snapback] Never heard of it. Anyhow it's a joy to finally play on real hardware this week. First post: 49,515. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 (edited) 22,350. That was...not fun. Everyone's playing Game #5, right? Edited January 2, 2006 by RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Hi there! Everyone's playing Game #5, right? [*]Game Mode: Game 5 - Random Dungeons Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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