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  3. Posted

    And to chime in on a few points brought up so far...

     

    If done right, you can pick up 4 seconds by dying above ground (moving right to left.) Hitting a scorpion (moving right to left) only gains you 2 seconds.

     

    I was also gonna give my tip on making a map, but since there is already a nice map here to use, I guess there really isn't a point. But my tip was to record yourself playing, (using a VCR,) and go left for 129 screens. Hit reset, then go right for 125 screens. Counting the starting screen, you would cover all 255 screens this way.

     

    Then play back the tape and mark down which screens have ladders and where the walls are. Once you finish, you can determine where you could pick up time using the underground passages (since each underground screen covers three screens above.)

     

    And to give yourself the best chance of collecting all 32 treasures, it is best to move right to left. But you still have to use the underground passages in order to give yourself the best shot of not running out of time.

  4. Posted · Edited by the 5th ghost

    score: 114,000

     

    time remaining: 1:42

     

    I just did this, but my wife is out and she has my digital camera. I'm leaving my Atari on, so when she gets home, I'll shoot a pic.

     

    I did die once, however, I plan on going for the perfect score with no lives lost, and I also plan on improving the time. :cool:

     

    Edit...

     

    Picture, as promised :cool:

    post-2095-1224414871_thumb.jpg

  5. Posted

    Thanks bro. They were all good reads and it was good to read all of those threads again. Now what I am really wanting to know is more specific. Ulitmately I guess what I am trying to find out is whether there is much to restoring my joystick with issues as I am not too sure how to go about it. Cheers!!

     

    The first thing to do would be to disassemble the stick. Remove the top half of the stick and then remove the circuit board from it (there are two screws holding it onto the top half of the stick.)

     

    Then, remove the plastic contact plate (it will be either black or white) from the top of the circuit board, exposing the metal contacts. Then, plug the controller into your Atari, insert a Missile Command cart, fire it up. With the game in progress, manually depress each contact with your finger, and watch to see of the cursor in Missile Command moves and fires in accordance to the contact you press.

     

    You'll know right away if the contacts are good, and that the cable is good.

     

    Sometimes the circuit board gets out of alignment with the plastic contact plate that the springs touch, which causes certain directions to not work properly. Minor adjustments with the screws, and placement of the plastic contact plate will usually do the trick.

     

    Hope that helps in some way!

  6. Posted

    Note that I've added some bonus challenges. I imagine most of you won't have much trouble with the patch score.... though I suggest you check out this map if you're going to try to go for the perfect score.

     

    --Zero

     

    Question...for the perfect score challenge, does that also mean that the score needs to be achieved without losing a life?

  7. Posted

    wow i didnt even know they came with end caps!

     

    Yes, just one end cap...to protect the end not in play while in your VCS. :cool:

     

    Check the box, or the cart. It may either be rattling aroung in the bottom of the box, or attached to one end of the cart!

  10. Posted

    Could Activision ports have slightly different timing? Thus if Pitfall Harry runs 1 frame per second slower, or if the scorpion is 1 frame slower or faster, it could make jumping them much more difficult. Just a theory.

     

    You may be on to something there, but I wouldn;t know either way how to determine that.

     

    Darthkur...I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes I clear the scorpion, but I die anyway...like it bit me in the heel or something. Very frustarting. :x

  11. Posted

    If you want an Atari light sixer instead, I've got one. Send the Subterranea cart to 5th ghost anyway if it's ok with him, and I'll work out a trade with 5th ghost when it's over.

    The unit I have has a small crack in the plastic trim over the right difficulty switch. It was built in 1978, and it has been worked on since then. I've played it off and on for the last six months or so.

     

    I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. I guess that would be up to AtariLeaf to decide if he wanted the Atari or the Sears unit.

     

    Thanks for the offer shadow460!

  23. Posted

    For me, Gunslinger and Canyon Bomber are the two I've seen the least of. Superman...all I've seen is the picture that was posted here awhile ago, and is the only one I don't have.

     

    I'm still curious if a picture label Target Fun will be discovered. One is pictured in the owner's manual of the Sears 4 switch console, but to date, no one has claimed owning one.

  25. Posted

    I don't know...I guess I need to keep practicing. But the 2600 version, if I had to jump 100 scorpions in a row, I'd clear every one no sweat.

     

    Even timing my jumps at the same point, I'll find that usually I'll clear the scorpion, but then the next one would kill me, even though I jumped at exactly the same time as the last one. Screwy I tell you!

     

    But I did abandon the underground passages and had 2 more treasures to go, but ran out of time. My score was over 100K

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