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I played another one of my Demon Attack carts today and it ended after the 84th wave. Whew, at least I didn't sell it. As for my score it is impossible to take a picture at the end, but before destroying the last expanding eyeball demon I had 136,655. So, with +35, +70 and +140 my final score would be 136,900. A new personal best for me! I think the games that only progress to a certain level of difficulty should have endings (but post the final score of course). The revised Demon Attack and Atlantis I have each played recently were like this. The higher levels, although challenging, are not so difficult that one couldn't last forever with a little bit of practice. Still funs games though!

My first submission. Almost had the center thing destroyed too! Maybe next time. This game is all about patience and timing. 20,918

We played this game farily recently in the HSC. With straight ball it is impossible. There is a randomness to the outcome. Even when you find a spot to get a strike and stay in the same spot every throw, it will not alwyas be a strike. Don't know about the sterrable or curveball games. Those might be possible.

Ahhhh, thank you. I'll have to play my rev A cart now to make sure I still have an original version. I;ve been selling all my extra stuff, and didn't realize Demon Attack was changed. I don't really call the original a "bug" though. It was intentional as the manual states that the game stops at the 84th wave. I think I like the original better too. It is nice to know there is an ending, however the screen should show your score rather than go completely black. Didn't the intellivision versionhave a mothership to destroy after the 84th wave as a finale. It would be cool to have that on the 2600! Now that I know, the next time I play the infinite version I'll have to record it. It felt like I could go on forever with it.

I have a strange Demon Attack cartridge that didn't end at wave 84. I was trying to see how close I could get to a "perfect" score by hitting as many of the diving demons (look like birds) that I could before the game ended. I calculated a perfect score by wave 84 would be 143,760. However, after playing a while the game never ended. I went past 200k and knew something was wierd, then 300k, then 400k. A little over 400k the game REALLY did a reset. After finishing the second wave of tiny expanding eyeball demons, the game went back to wave 1. I knew this because the demons no longer split anymore and everything moved a bit slower as if I had just started, but my score was super high. I turned it off (it was past midnight), but took a picture before I did. This version seems to go on forever, but I didn't want to play it that long. Anyone else have a wierd Demon Attack cart? I'll have to check the rest of mine now. I hope I have some that work properly.

WOW!!! >200k I can't even come close to touching that homer; amazing job! I did manage to improve my older score...slightly. 66,010

Whoooo Hooooo!! I thought I had all my Christmas shipping done. Soon I'll be able to cross ME off my list!

I can't wait for the sale!!! Also, those are nice boxes. Were tose in a previous sale or something to look forward to?

I had heard/read somewhere that the original Pac-Man for the 2600 was a rushed job. The programmer had like two weeks (or something really short) to get the game completely finished starting from scratch.

I also like the new formatting. Great work Ze_ro! For my first submission... 61,090 I am using "B" for my setting. What are others choosing?

Thanks for the reply keilbaca! Also, Walter of Twin Galaxies got back with me today too. The holidays make it an extra busy time of year. As for this week's HSC I broke 50k! First maze I lost one life and had a hair over 21k. Second maze got through clean, and lost one on the third. Then made it to the fourth wave (for only the second time in my life), and lost the rest there. 52,620

That is some serious wierdness! I am playing on an actual cart, and after playing this game about 1,000,000 times this week I have not experienced that. The only wierd thing I noticed is that the screen color on the first maze changes after I play the game a few times. I swear when I first boot it up and play the first screen is green. Then after a few times it is a definite brown.

Hi all, I have just a few auctions up this week. However, one is a very nice Microvision set. Complete, tested, working and with all US released games. Other items are some lots of 8 boxed games; mostly Activision stuff. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZtoymailman Thanks for looking!

The rarest CIB game I had back then was Tomarc the Barbarian by Xonox. I still have that same copy!

Thanks for all the help guys!

A little better than before, but not quite enough to catch anyone. 42,970

Hi everyone, I see Al has made available again some cool hacks! This is great news, and one of them I want to get is the Missle Command TB. However, I have actually never used or owned any of the Atari Trak-Ball controllers. Which one should I get the CX-80 or the CX-22 version? Is one more responsive, comfortable, durable/reliable, than the other. Thanks!!

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Has anyone ever submitted a score to Twin Galaxies? After I did well in the HSC Bank Heist week, I ended up recording a session and sent it in (following what the website said to do, forms etc.). I figured a World Record certificate would be really cool to add to my 2600 collection. However, it has been about six weeks and not a peep. Anyone have an idea of how long it takes?

Which 10 ended up being your "must haves"?

Here's my first submission for the week. My favorite Pac-Man game on the 2600! 37,570

Steeplechase is one that supports 4-player simultaneous horse racing. GI Joe Cobra Strike can have three going at once.

I feel in that boat too. I am approaching 500 boxed titles (own most homebrews) and am overwhelmed, but still like collecting them. The High Score Club is great to make me play games I may never have got around to trying. Although even with 1 a week it will be over 8 years to try them all, whew!

My final submission for the week!!!! 999,999 There is a pattern to it. My Tip: The waves that used to kill me off were the ones where the enemies can move vertically. However, after playing it enough I found they have only a few patterns. One is two ups then two downs and the other is always up. With this you can simply avoid the enemies and go for the Princess bonus. Pick up the green ones if you need to max out the reserves for the most bonus. After I started avoiding most enemies (they never move too fast to dodge) and just collect the Princess bonus points the game became much easier.

WOW! Huge score. Way to go. I can't seem to get over 100k again. Still got a day to try for more.