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welcome back to Atariland, jig_man2! I have a pack of about 100 atari games, would be $150 if interested! i'll get pics & send you a PM this eve. some folks seem to think this isn't the right forum for people wanting to buy stuff. However, the name of the forum says it's for Buying, Selling and Trading. So in my opinion it is obviously appropriate. somebody said they thought the buying part is only for responses to the people "Selling," but one could just as easily point to the "Selling" part of the forum title and say that's only for responses to the people "Buying." just nonsense, lol. Also, I really appreciate being able to just follow one forum.

I've found I can time it right to hit Chin or Abobo with headbutts every time, as long as they're fully in the screen and there's no one else being impolite (i.e., attacking me while I'm fighting). With Chin you have to stand onto his knees, with Abobo you have to stand not quite onto his feet. With both, wait till he gets up into a squat, then hit the headbutt.

450,890 ...so, I think that's a (+2) bonus? at the final difficulty I keep getting myself killed here & there!

421,192 466,958 great choice x) I don't know if this is as good as Columns, but in a way it's more "legit" in my mind since you can't keep switching the gems around after they land!

This game is great for point-pressing! Head-butts are dangerous because you tend to take a lot of damage doing that, so it's very difficult to max out what you can using head-butts, especially in mission 3. Much of the time I find I must resort to other attacks just to survive!

Alright, I didn't wanna go out like that... so I played anyway just for the crap of it! 182,450 Had some unfortunate early deaths, took on double Obobos twice whenever possible just to push for more points. Got killed by the double green Obobos in Mission 4. @asponge -- will the all-time records be recorded the same as Jibajabba did? meaning, you can post after the round is over and it still counts toward the all-time best?

damn... can't believe I missed this round already!

basically yeah, surviving. So that you can get pineapples. Dropping 2 boulders in one level to makes the fruit appear; as levels progress the fruit give higher rewards until eventually you're getting pineapples worth 8,000 pts each. At that point your score is climbing much faster. Then just repeat and try not to die. Of course, you can always try to smash multiple bad guys at once for thousands but the main factor is surviving and getting those fruits. Same with the arcade game although the arcade goes much deeper with the skill levels! Atari made a great 2600 port of the arcade game!!

256,840

Improvements! Roc'n Rope: 53,210 CC Level 8: 7,343 Still figuring out how to play R'n R... This game is way better than it seems & could have been even better (only typical of Coleco games for 2600). I like that golden glow with the powerup! I somehow caused a funny glitch -- some combo of actions happened at once (don't remember which) and suddenly my guy got short and skinny. Wow! Also there was a thing on the platform below which looked like a white blocky version of those plants that come out of the tubes in Super Mario Bros. I tried moving and found I was controlling the white plant-thing instead! The bear was coming at me so I ran to the right and tried to throw a grapple... but the grapple came from the little skinny me on the upper platform xD Then I was back to normal and climbing on the rope. I guess he goes astral-travelling in the form of a tulip, but can return to his body in case of danger. Now I wonder-- if I died in my dreams...

Roc'n Rope: 48,080 CC Level 8: 6,843 Man, kudos to the top scorers on Crystal Castles! That is seriously tough!!

Roc'N Rope: 30,870 This is the first time I ever figured out how to play this game... I always thought it was just an awful game but it's really not bad!

Kangaroo 18,400 My best score yet this week I'll have to add the pic later... laptop failing to connect...

Popeye: 14,150 Kangaroo always thwarts me!

R-Type: 79,100

Intermediate: 98,950 Expert: 47,600

2,300 Wow, Calipso's awesome!

Popeye level 1 challenge: 12,300 ...also I hit the glitch, first time ever! Kangaroo: 12,600

Mouse Trap rollage finally!

you know, I thought of that but at the time it didn't make sense to me for some reason. Now it does, thank you!

Alright, so I've managed to figure out what FT, FS, WTB and WTT and WTS mean... can anyone tell me what FO means?

That is one tough game... congrats to everyone else, my best was 17,000.

Awesome, thanks asponge! Personally it seems to me like if anyone wants to just play for individual competitions and doesn't care about the overall season points then it won't be any bother to them if we're still tracking them. They can still play & compete just the same and ignore the season points. Meanwhile for any of us who enjoy the extra motivation, it would just be a plus. Just how it seems to me, but anyway however you do it I'm sure it will be much appreciated and much fun! some suggestions: Star Soldier Rush'n Attack Double Dragon Pipe Dream Arkista's Ring Silver Surfer Wario's Woods Tetris Bad Dudes Balloon Fight Bomberman II Clu Clu Land Rampart Smash TV Urban Champion Donkey Kong M.U.S.C.L.E. Paperboy Q*bert Stinger [Homebrews] [Games few people have heard of]

Chopper Command (Game 3/A): 1,600 I thought I was crappy at this game, but this is seriously tough...