[HSC19 R9: FINAL LEGACY]

18000.  I don't really even know how I scored those points.  I should read the manual.

[HSC19 R8: TWERPS & SHADOW WORLD]

274 on Twerps.  14000 for Shadow World.  I found them both pretty frustrating and unfamiliar, but I'm glad to have played them.

[HSC19 R7: BANDITS]

9895.  Seems to be about all I can muster, Mister. 

 

At least for this round.

 

Pretty cool game.  Has a very Apple //ish feel to it.  I wonder if it used the internal speaker on the 800.  Anyone?  I'm using an XE so I can't tell the difference.

 

 

 

[MAME HSC - Round 6of10 - Quartet and Sengoku 3]

Man, I haven't heard of either of these games.  Wish I had been here for the beginning of the season.  DK is a favorite of mine lately.

 

24000 on Quartet 2.  I haven't tried Sengoku 3 yet because my current panel only has two buttons for player 1.

 

 

 

[HSC19 R6: MR ROBOT III / + SERPENTINE]

Just starting out so far.  I haven't messed with the Mr. Robot ones yet but I'm looking forward to it.  Always liked the original game.

 

Just 7750 on Serpentine so far, but I'll give that one a lot more effort on the next try.  I remember having that game on cartridge many years ago, but it seems I don't have it anymore.  I never really played it back in the day, so I'm looking forward to that one too!

 

 

 

 

 

[HSC19 R5: THE TAIL OF BETA LYRAE]

Not easy for me.  6546.  I'm hoping to get some more time in on this one to improve that score.

 

[HSC19 (2022) R4: POOYAN + E.T. Bonus]

Sorry, forgot to post my scores earlier.  I believe I had exactly 40000 on E.T. but I didn't get a screenshot.  I will verify later.

 

On Pooyan, I had 127,800.

 

 

 

[HSC19 (2022) R3: PAC-MAN]

First time ever for me:  My score broke 100,000.

 

 

Barely.

 

 

100,030.

 

 

 

 

 

[Atari Games That Gave You Goosebumps!]

I always found the death noise in The Lone Raider to be pretty terrifying.

 

Atari 400 800 XL XE Lone Raider (The) : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms (atarimania.com)

 

 

 

[HSC19 (2022) R3: PAC-MAN]

I'm not finding this one too easy.  76030 on the Datasoft version.  I have a cartridge version (the one I grew up with) around here somewhere.  Might give that one a try, but I remember always starting on Key level as a kid.  I remember my sister and I would always try to beat 100,000.  She did but I don't think I ever did.

 

[HSC19 (2022) R1: DONKEY KONG]

One last (late) score on DK (107500):

 

[HSC19 (2022) R2: H.E.R.O.]

I didn't want to post a speed run unless I cracked 20000.  So, I finally did.  Exactly 20000!

 

 

My latest high score is also slightly improved over my previous post (67370):

 

 

[Dorsett Educational & Atari Talk & Teach Files and Ult. Cart]

It occurred to me that I have a bluetooth cassette in my car that I use to listen to music from my phone.  If you put one of these into an Atari program recorder, could you stream a recorded flac file to the cassette, then Atari without recording to actual tape?  I don't have a program recorder at the moment, but I had been thinking about getting another one at some point.

[HSC19 (2022) R2: H.E.R.O.]

Fun game.  Back in the day, I only got past the first few levels, but now I'm finding it quite entertaining.  51405.

 

[HSC19 (2022) R1: DONKEY KONG]

Finally got a usable 8-bit setup in working order again...  76200 on DK.

 

Figured i'd give it a go on this old thing too, but it didn't turn out well after one attempt.

 

[Add you favorite old User Groups...]

I believe the only one I ever attended was AUGI, but I think there were some other ones around here for a while.

 

IIRC, AUGI stood for Atari User's Group of Indianapolis.  Larry might be able to help me with that one.

[Vintage Computer Shops or Museums in Boston Area]

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About 90 mins depending on where you are in Boston.

 

 

[Vintage Computer Shops or Museums in Boston Area]

https://www.classicarcademuseum.org/games

[Miner 2049er in GameMaker Studio 2]

Really well done!

[Top Ten Lists of 8-Bit Action/Arcade Games?]

I always liked Conan, Gauntlet, Zombies (Realm of Impossibility), Mountain King, Brundles, Encounter!, Pharaoh's Curse, Hard Hat Mack, and Fortnite.

[Best Atari Games to induce Ragequit? :)]

I found that a lot of the "budget" games from the late 80s / early 90s seemed more like demos (heavy on music and graphics, not very playable).  I would learn later that some of this was due to my NTSC limitations.  I still don't have a PAL machine but I don't really care.

[Best Atari Games to induce Ragequit? :)]

I wanted to like Elektraglide.  I found it very difficult.  Mirax Force too.  Played the hell out of Donkey Kong and Montezuma's Revenge, though.

 

For what it's worth, I found Star Raiders to be pretty difficult, but so impressive.

 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Rhopressa Ophthalmic

[An IRC Client...in BASIC?!]

Amazing.

[Top 10 Atari BASIC Games - Commercial]

For non-type-ins, I shouldn't forget, "Can't Quit" ... it was pretty well done. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-can-t-quit_873.html

 

I'm also sentimental about Letterman and States and Capitals because I played the hell out of them as a kid.

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-letterman_2974.html

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-states-and-capitals_5046.html

 

 

 

 

[Top 10 Atari BASIC Games - Commercial]

I liked Color Puzzle (Colour Puzzle) from Dell's Games For Your Atari but it looks like it was not well received according to atarimania (3/10).

 

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-colour-puzzle_33971.html