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HERE'S MY BEST SCORE ON EXTREME SETTINGS FOR STATISTICS (Ultimate Yars, Difficulty A, and 1 Life). 160,359 This time I killed the Swirl in mid-air 5 times before losing the First Life. My greatest intention is to try these Extreme Settings, and show my performance.

OYAMAFAMILY'S STRATEGY: - Read carefully the tips and strategies showed on previous HSC for Yars' Revenge. - Get at least 5 TRONS to make the cannon appear. TRONS are units of energy which you can get at the following way: 1 TRON for each cell from the shield, 2 TRONS via touching the Qotile, and 4 TRONS via catching the Zorlon Cannon shot after it bounces off the shield (according to the manual). The maximum number of TRONS which Yar can collect is 255, but PAY ATTENTION: this number is not displayed on the screen. To make the Zorlon Cannon appear, bounce the Yar against the left side. ATTENTION: If you press FIRE button accidentally, the risk of losing your life is EXTREME. Before shooting the cannon, keep away the Yar from the left side until the neutral zone region (but out and near this zone); at the moment you shoot the cannon, move the Yar vertically. - ATTENTION: If the Yar is destroyed by Missile, Swirl or Zorlon Cannon, you will lose ALL the TRONS collected. - Shields in RED (0-70,000 points) and GRAY (150,000-230,000 points): When the Qotile turns to yellow, and orange in sequence, keep away the Yar from the right side of the screen, and try to hit the Swirl in mid-air to score more points quickly and get extra Yars, but WATCH THE MOVEMENTS OF THE SWIRL. Also, BE CAREFUL WITH THE ZORLON CANNON when you shoot, and KEEP AWAY from Destroyer Missile. - Shields in BLUE (70,000-150,000 points) and PINK (more than 230,000 points): The Qotile turns to the SWIRL when the colors are RED, BLUE, and LIGHT GREEN. In this situation, Swirl sometimes fires immediately. It's a good opportunity to max your lives via destroying the Swirl in mid-air and increase your score quickly. But BE CAREFUL with the Swirl, Destroyer Missile, and the Zorlon Cannon. - Remember: after scoring 150,000 points, the Swirl will remain in mid-air to hit the Yar. When the Yar is in the Neutral Zone, you cannot operate fire commands or be destroyed by Missiles, but the Swirl, and the Zorlon Cannon destroy the Yar in the zone (according to the manual). GOOD LUCK!!

Here's my fastest time to 1 MILLION POINTS for statistics (Ultimate Yars with Difficulty B) - 48min20sec.

NEW ATTEMPT ON EXTREME SETTINGS - 94,726 This time I killed the Swirl in mid-air once before losing the First Life.

IMPROVEMENT ON EXTREME SETTINGS - 82,888

44,097 - 1st try 65,488 - 2nd try Here are my first tries on Extreme Settings; now I am trying Ultimate Yars (Game 6) with Difficulty A, and 1 LIFE ONLY to show my performance.

ROLLED THE SCORE IN ONE TRY!!! BEFORE ROLLING THE SCORE AFTER ROLLING THE SCORE EASTER EGG SCREEN - "HSWWSH" - BONUS POINTS IN ACTION!!

SPECIAL TIP: If you want to take a rest (for example: eat a sandwich, go to the bathroom or drink the water), DON'T move your controller after completing the wave (via destroying Qotile or Swirl), or lose your life. If I roll the score sucessfully, I will play Yar's Revenge using Extreme Settings (Game 6 - Difficulty AA - 1 life ONLY) to submit my score for statistics.

1238 (PARTICIPATION POINT!)

Way to go! Are you playing on an emulator? I've done it in under 10 minutes, just never on tape. Keep it up! As for a minimalist run, I've never timed myself but I have done it. Yes, I am playing on Stella Emulator - Version 3.1.2 To play Pitfall II via Fastest Completion Perfect Game / Minimalist Speed Run (Non-Perfect Game), I had to use my stopwatch.

FOR STATISTICS, HERE'S MY BEST TIME FOR "Minimalist Speed Run" VARIATION: 6min00sec!! NEW FASTEST TIME FOR "Minimalist Speed Run" - 5min33sec

HERE'S MY NEW BEST TIME FOR 199,000 POINTS: 11min18sec! Now, I will play again for the variation called "Minimalist Speed Run" for statistics. For this variation, I will collect minimum itens: 1 Rhonda, 1 gold bar, 1 diamond, and 1 Quickclaw. This time I will use the shortcuts.

Deteacher, I think it's an excellent idea to play the Original Pitfall II (NON-HACKED VERSION) using the variation for HSC TIE-BREAKER, which is called FASTEST COMPLETION - PERFECT GAME (199,000 points). My greatest intention is to submit my fastest time to 199,000 points, using Twin Galaxies Rules.

ZOYX, I am NOT making up words. My incentive is NOT to people score 199,000 points for the PERFECT GAME. My great intention is register for statistics my best time to perfect gamepley (199,000 points).

For this HSC Contest, I would like to incentivate the participants who reach the perfect score of 199,000 points: play Pitfall II via Best Time for 199,000 points. RULES (based on Twin Galaxies Official Rules): 1) Press Reset Game button. Then, active your stopwatch when you take control of Pitfall Harry at the beginning of game. 2) You MUST complete the game with the perfect score of 199,000 points. Otherwise, your record/attempt will be disqualified. 3) When you reach 199,000 points (via getting Quickclaw), stop your stopwatch. Then, record your time. 4) Time is measured in whole seconds. For example: if you complete this game in 12min34.55sec, the recorded time will be considered as 12min34sec.

199,000!!! :D :D HERE'S MY BEST TIME FOR 199,000: 12min30sec! I followed Twin Galaxies Official Rules for Fastest Completion Perfect Game: "The time begins when you take control of Pitfall Harry, and ends when you reach 199,000 points."

196,151 (1 mistake!)

TWIN GALAXIES WORLD RECORDS: Variation: Fastest time for 199,000 points (Game 1 / Difficulty B) 1. 10min08sec (Douglas C Korekach) 2. 14min08sec (Marc Cohen)

GAME FINISHED (Patch in action!)- 188,022 I could finish the game because I studied carefully the map. I followed the tip about the map. After reaching a perfect score of 199,000 points, I will play again using the variation called FASTEST COMPLETION WITH PERFECT / NON-PERFECT SCORE.

Here are the screenshoots of Waves 256 & 257 (the scores are not showed): Wave 256: Wave 257: MEANING: After completing Wave 256, this game goes back to Wave 1 with your score intact.

For statistics, here's my score in 15 minutes: 44,570 I estimate that in 1 hour, I score 180K points. So, to get the WORLD RECORD (1,556,345 points by Paul Zimmerman), it will take circa 8 hours and 40 minutes.

That's a biotchen' score! You sure have longivity in the HSC. Could last for days I bet... I can't play a tough game for too long, I get very fatigued. It happened already with Atlantis. I hope to hit the survivor score before the week is up! By the way, oyama... are you by chance the Odyssey 2 fan from the Videopac.nl forums? No, I'm not, JacobZu7zu7. I'm the member most active in 2600 HSC Forums, and not in other systems (NES, Intellivision, Atari 5200 / 7800 / LYNX / Jaguar, etc.)

"I AM THE GREATEST SURVIVOR" - 394,465 - WAVE 240 Since I beat the previous 2600 HSC for this game (328,580 by the 5th ghost), here's my FINAL ATTEMPT!! Now, I will play this game using Twin-Galaxies Tournament Settings (ONLY FOR STATISTICS): Game 1 - Difficulty AA - 15 minutes TIME LIMIT. For this variation, I will use my countdown.

SURVIVOR IN ACTION!!! - 227,260 / Wave 140+ :grin:

THE FIRST PERSON WHO BECAME "THE SURVIVOR" - 163,505!!! :D :D I played with the FIXED version (more than 84 waves completed), and I set both difficulty switches to A position.