Season 10 ~ Week 1 ~ Midway Arcade Part 1

[Season 10 ~ Week 1 ~ Midway Arcade Part 1]

Pac Man 4186

Ms Pac Man  33050

 

 

Thank you so much for doing the tournament-- i look forward to it.

 

This week was on OEM hardware and Epyx Joysticks and a small CRT.

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 13 = Encounter at L-5]

510.

 

 

[Can anyone give some basic advice on purchasing a Apple II? system?]

I'd kill for a GS. But as far as the 8-bits go, the //e Enhanced and Platinum (it's effectively the same internally, but the Enhanced still looks like the original, the Platinum is easier to distinguish without turning it on) is probably your best choice since it has the highest compatibility.

 

Are the Superdrive cards for the //e and GS still valueable? (Card that lets you use an apple 1.44 Floppy which will then also work on a PC for transfering files etc)

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 12 = Jawbreaker]

Jawbreaker 3700

 

Plaque Attack 9870

 

Tooth Defenders 40900

 

 

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 5 Keystone Kapers]

25300.

 

I didn't think there was much to the game at first, but it really grew on me and turned into something crazy. I remember REALLY wanting this one as a kid, but never got it.

 

Good pick!

 

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 11 = Hunchy II]

515.

 

This drove me nuts, but kind of stuck with me during the week. Happy to figure out level 4 finally. Really a lot of gameplay for a 2600 game!

 

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 4 Choplifter]

27.

 

I've always enjoyed this game ever since seeing it first on a greenscreen Apple 2. This really FEELS like an Apple 2 port with the slowdown as more bitmapped objects appear on-screen. Looks to be a quick port with not as much Atari 5200 hardware utilized as could be.

 

Nice choice!

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 10 = Quadrun]

120.

 

I just don't get along with this week's game.

 

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 9 = Chopper Command]

11900.

 

Pew pew pew!

 

I'm done with those blue jets!

 

 

The general lack of flicker in Activision games is interesting. Must've been a design decision. If they did arcade ports, they'd probably HAVE to allow some flicker to get all the moving objects everywhere, but having their own take on genres (e.g. Freeway instead of Frogger) means they can modify the mechanics so they don't HAVE to have multiple objects intersecting.

 

What's the closest Activision has ever come to Pac Man?

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 9 = Chopper Command]

Posting bonus first... here's a Chinook from one of my favorite movies, 2003's The Core.

 

Whenever a Chinook is on-screen, you know work is getting done or people are getting rescued!

 

I don't know if this one exactly is piloted by Alan D. Purwin, but he did the helicopters for The Core and a billion other movies, from Die Hard, Jurassic Park all the way to Skull Island.

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Weeks 7/8 = Activision Sports Weeks]

Dragster 7.18

Enduro 106.8

Skiing 54.66

 

Fun games. Even got MrsBubble to pick up the joystick and try Enduro and Skiing.

 

 

 

 

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 2 Kaboom!]

Bah, 520 and I have no more chances to play. Great game. The 5200 controller really works well for this one.

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Weeks 5/6 = Arcade Space Shooters]

Asteroids 8830.

 

Wish I had more time to play. 4AA really makes it a nice, challenging game!

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 2 Kaboom!]

From a tip guide:

When playing watch the Mad Bomber rather than the bombs; he drops them from where he currently is.

As long as the bombs make contact with the bucket they will be extinguished; they don't have to actually be caught in it.

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 1 Frogger II]

50,176

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 4 = Jr. Pac-Man]

10910.

 

What a tough pac man game! Took me three controllers to find one that didn't drive me nuts, and even so it was poopy driving. Again, really nice game though. I feel you'd get your money's worth for this one back in the day.

 

For the bonus, Berenstain Bears if it hasn't been taken (Mom and Kid).

 

 

 

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 3 = Moon Patrol]

8600.

 

I'm amazed at the stuff Atari packed in this game, but this game is just too "twitch-based" for me. I feel like it's just luck to get farther sometimes.

 

 

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 1 Frogger II]

13398.

 

This really is an excellent game for the 5200.

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 1 Frogger II]

BTW-- I've been humming the Frogger 2 intro theme all week. Anyone else?

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 2 = Millipede]

Gahhh, 50437.

 

They really milked a lot out of the ol' 2600 for this game! Good job Atari!

[Season 6 - The New HSC - Week 1 = Missile Command]

18565. 4bb.

 

 

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[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 1 poll]

 

Atarimax carts are a fine solution (the one I use myself for the prototype and XL conversion games.) But don't forget that emulation is acceptable for this HSC and can be useful when you don't have access to a particular title or an Atarimax cart.

 

Oh yeah, great point. Will do. What's the most functional emulator nowadays?

[5200 HSC Season 10 Round 1 poll]

I will play it if I own it.

 

Yep, my situation too. Hoping to get the Atarimax and Harmony carts this year.

[5200 OE HSC Season 4 Round 7 Mario Bros]

We'll take a break before regular season 10 begins on Feb. 5th, but I will get the opening poll up during the week.

 

Zylon, we appreciate all the work you do to make these interesting and keep us going with the Atari 5200

[5200 OE HSC Season 4 Round 7 Mario Bros]

27620