Games that should be redone

[Games that should be redone]

 

Part of what you want has already been done.

 

Wooahoow, nice work! Congratz.

 

 

 

Change the pits to bushes.

 

Or... change the pits to trees and shrubberies in the early levels, then replace them with the pits in higher levels...

 

Brilliant!

The kind of idea i'd liked to had.

 

Sometimes, I'am thinking about what concept could be used for a remake of ET... this is definitely a very good one!

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 21 ~ Midnight Magic]

208,255

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 20 ~ Toyshop Trouble]

14,278

 

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 19 ~ Lady Bug]

183,040

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 16 ~ Sub Scan]

062,340 (+ 2 bonus points)

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 16 ~ Sub Scan]

A funny game I had never played before.

 

I love the "Jackpot" time.

 

20,360

 

 

 

 

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 15 ~ Venture]

18,100

 

 

Adventure screenshots :

 

Yellow Green Red

 

3 dragons on the same screen (2 pics because of flicker):

 

+

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 15 ~ Venture]

18,100

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 14 ~ Towering Inferno]

2,089

 

This is a very addictive game I didn't knew.

 

Thanks!

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Weeks 12/13 ~ Unique Weeks 2]

I improved my Skiing's score to 0:48:90

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 14 ~ Towering Inferno]

Bonus submisssion : Elliott's House from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial which I named "My sweet earthling shelter"

 

Nothing's better when travelling outer space that "My sweet earthling shelter"... because of cold beer and D&D players around.

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Weeks 12/13 ~ Unique Weeks 2]

My lasts improvements :

 

Time Warp : 7,423

 

Skiing : 0:52:32

 

Sky Jinks : 2:19:64

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Weeks 12/13 ~ Unique Weeks 2]

Hi all,

 

 

Time Warp : 6,723

Sky Jinks : 2:21:81

 

Skiing : 0:58:52 (sorry I have no pic, my camera run out of battery)... anyway I'll improve this... I hope.

 

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 11 ~ Berzerk (Game 9)]

Congratulations!

 

I spent 2 hours yesterday trying to improve my highscore... in vain, no regrets.

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 11 ~ Berzerk (Game 9)]

Improved my score to 42,770... no death spawns this time, only dying by my mistakes.

 

Decent score anyway.

 

 

 

@ Vocelli:

Hi, I just want to let you know that I noticed my name appears twice on the scoreboad (I am the same Khryssun who hates Skeet Shoot).

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 11 ~ Berzerk (Game 9)]

Yup, up. And maybe it's only an illusion, but it seem's to me your man covers ground faster when running diagonally? Maybe not? I try to zig-zag as much as possible anyway.

 

Up too...

 

It's not an illusion: the X and Y position of the character are both increased/decreased at the same time so you reach a destination twice faster diagonally than if you move in two steps: vertically then hoirzontally (or inversely).

Though, the progression on each individual axis remains the same so zig-zag or not will take the same amount of time to go (bottom <---> top) or (left <----> right).

 

 

About the fire of the robots... I don't shoot them (unless to avoid to be killed): on the contrary I let them continue their way because there can be only one fire robot at the same time on the screen.... this means that as long as it is displayed on the screen, other robots can't shoot at you.

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 11 ~ Berzerk (Game 9)]

Almost doubled my previous score : 30,600

 

My tip : intensive use of diagonals shooting... if this can help...

 

 

It's interesting to see who dislikes which kind of game the most. Tastes vary so much that I'm seeing some of my favorite games listed as top hates, such as Stellar Track, Megamania, and the ever controversial E.T.

 

 

Indeed... E.T is one of my favorites too.

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 11 ~ Berzerk (Game 9)]

It's much better with a real console and a joystick... 16,970

 

 

 

The worst game for me is Skeet Shoot: it's ugly and the gameplay is so poor that I wonder if I even can call this "a game".

 

[The NEW High Score Club S2 ~ Week 11 ~ Berzerk (Game 9)]

Hi all,

 

So many years since my last participation to this event.

 

I'am glad to be back with... a ugly score of 3940.

 

Sorry for the screenshot, I don't know why Z26 stretched it vertically.

 

 

Cheers!

[Harmony cart "THANK YOU!" thread]

I received my Harmony cartridge yesterday (only 11 days to come to France... really fast!).

I changed the firmware to Pal and wooohaooow it works like a charm (both on my 2600 and my 7800 scart model).

 

Thanks to all the people who created this wonderful cart!

[Harmony and 7800 Eckhard Stolberg DevOS 0.2 compatibility]

Thank you all for your answers.

 

I hope the Paypal's payment option will be back soon.

 

 

For those who are curious about the devOS, here's the link to Eckhard's tools page : http://home.arcor.de...ools/index.html

 

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

[Harmony and 7800 Eckhard Stolberg DevOS 0.2 compatibility]

Hi there,

 

It's been years since my last visit... and oh god, there are so many wonderful new things here.

 

Harmony looks realy fantastic and I can't wait to get one.

 

But I'd like to know if I'll be able to use the Harmony cart with my modified 7800 (Eckhard Stolberg DevOS 0.2) without problems?

(I lost the original 7800 BIOS ROM... I know I'am unforgivable).

 

I've got another question related to the Harmony's Paypal order page: it's undergoing maintenance for more than 24 hours now, any idea when it will be operative?

I visited this page for the first time yerterday, so maybe it lasts for longer? Anyways, I hope it will be back soon.

 

Glad to be back.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

[newbies and E.T. 2600]

E.T. is one of my favorite 2600 games and I think it is very underated.

 

Of course it cannot be played without reading the manual!

Then, it just requires some practice to learn how to manage the pits to avoid to fall again and again (and again... ).

 

Completing the adventure may be hard without a good timing for the final part. Anyway with some game experience it is very exciting.

 

 

Cheers

[2600 A/V modding]

 

I have used this tutorial for Darth and Woody from Ben Heck. I've tried it on two different TVs and it looks great on both.

 

Dusty

 

 

Thanks a lot.

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

[2600 A/V modding]

 

Thanks, I think that I've made my decision, I'll probably mod it and keep it (even though I have 3 others).

 

 

 

Hi,

 

I'am curious : what mod are you using for your VCS(s) ?

 

Some years ago, I remember reading about 5-6 different techniques about modding the VCS with various quality results.

 

What are your advices about modding?

(I've got both a darth vader and a woodgrain models. I'am thinking about modding the Darth Vader model only and keeping my woodgrain as this).

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Cheers,

 

Chris