High Score On Halloween

[Snider-man]

Games start to lose their fun once it becomes serious to you.

Ah, but this is so far from "serious" as to be laughable. Just because I broke 3-mill on this game, do I win a prize? My name in the paper? Interviews on Good Morning America or Conan? Nope. This IS fun. I love the game enough to actually spend a full day playing it. You've never sat down and played a single game all freaking day? No RPGs? Online games? The newest releases? You lie if you say no.

 

And as with most Atari 2600 games, it's not whether you "complete" the game (as few have an actual ending - except for Pitfall II and the like) but how high can you get your score? How long can you go? And once you reach a score few others can achieve, it becomes of question of topping yourself. THAT'S what this is all about. And THAT'S what all high score records are about. How far can you push yourself? How far can you push the game? The perfect game of Pac-Man is testiment to that kind of mentality and commitment.

 

"Boring?" No, my friend. It's "boring" when you give up - when you know you can go further than anyone else ever has before and you just set the joystick and walk away. Or when you spout stuff like "I could run the Boston Marathon in 20 minutes, but all that running bores me." That's boring.

[Fighter17]

Games start to lose their fun once it becomes serious to you.

Ah, but this is so far from "serious" as to be laughable. Just because I broke 3-mill on this game, do I win a prize? My name in the paper? Interviews on Good Morning America or Conan? Nope. This IS fun. I love the game enough to actually spend a full day playing it. You've never sat down and played a single game all freaking day? No RPGs? Online games? The newest releases? You lie if you say no.

 

And as with most Atari 2600 games, it's not whether you "complete" the game (as few have an actual ending - except for Pitfall II and the like) but how high can you get your score? How long can you go? And once you reach a score few others can achieve, it becomes of question of topping yourself. THAT'S what this is all about. And THAT'S what all high score records are about. How far can you push yourself? How far can you push the game? The perfect game of Pac-Man is testiment to that kind of mentality and commitment.

 

"Boring?" No, my friend. It's "boring" when you give up - when you know you can go further than anyone else ever has before and you just set the joystick and walk away. Or when you spout stuff like "I could run the Boston Marathon in 20 minutes, but all that running bores me." That's boring.

 

You call that fun spending many hours repeating things over and over?

 

That's why I don't like playing VCS games that much for score.

 

Go talk to me when you played bullet-hell 2D shoot 'em ups like DoDonPachi, Battle Garegga, and etc.

[Snider-man]

Go talk to me when you played bullet-hell 2D shoot 'em ups like DoDonPachi, Battle Garegga, and etc.

Ah, but you see those are the game *I* find boring. Those and shmups. "Continuously move to the top of the screen/to the right of the screen while smashing the FIRE button like a spastic woodpecker." Yawn.

 

But all of these game fall under the same catagory of "How long can you go before you lose your last man?" Sometimes it takes all day - sometimes it take mere seconds. All depends on what you like, what your stamina is like, and what kind of effort you feel is enough.

 

"It's all the same."

[Fighter17]

Go talk to me when you played bullet-hell 2D shoot 'em ups like DoDonPachi, Battle Garegga, and etc.

Ah, but you see those are the game *I* find boring. Those and shmups. "Continuously move to the top of the screen/to the right of the screen while smashing the FIRE button like a spastic woodpecker." Yawn.

 

But all of these game fall under the same catagory of "How long can you go before you lose your last man?" Sometimes it takes all day - sometimes it take mere seconds. All depends on what you like, what your stamina is like, and what kind of effort you feel is enough.

 

"It's all the same."

 

Shmups of today are actually different. They are not the "Continuously move to the top of the screen/to the right of the screen while smashing the FIRE button like a spastic woodpecker." Shmups of today are all about plans to defeat the boss and learn how the scoring system works.

 

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=351

 

This is a Strategy guide for the shmup Battle Garegga for the Arcade and Sega Saturn. If you read this page carefully, for a shmup with three buttons that's tons of things you need to know in order to master it. And Battle Garegga is infamous for making the game harder if you collect more powerups, shoot all the time, and don't die for a while. And that's why 11 years after its release it's going to be on the top ten list when it comes to shmups.

 

Halloween to me is just doing the same thing over and over while Battle Garegga it's like playing a totally different game.

Edited July 20, 2007 by Fighter17

[rjchamp3]

Go talk to me when you played bullet-hell 2D shoot 'em ups like DoDonPachi, Battle Garegga, and etc.

Ah, but you see those are the game *I* find boring. Those and shmups. "Continuously move to the top of the screen/to the right of the screen while smashing the FIRE button like a spastic woodpecker." Yawn.

 

But all of these game fall under the same catagory of "How long can you go before you lose your last man?" Sometimes it takes all day - sometimes it take mere seconds. All depends on what you like, what your stamina is like, and what kind of effort you feel is enough.

 

"It's all the same."

 

Shmups of today are actually different. They are not the "Continuously move to the top of the screen/to the right of the screen while smashing the FIRE button like a spastic woodpecker." Shmups of today are all about plans to defeat the boss and learn how the scoring system works.

 

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=351

 

This is a Strategy guide for the shmup Battle Garegga for the Arcade and Sega Saturn. If you read this page carefully, for a shmup with three buttons that's tons of things you need to know in order to master it. And Battle Garegga is infamous for making the game harder if you collect more powerups, shoot all the time, and don't die for a while. And that's why 11 years after its release it's going to be on the top ten list when it comes to shmups.

 

Halloween to me is just doing the same thing over and over while Battle Garegga it's like playing a totally different game.

 

 

Bottom line:

 

Older games are harder and better. = Better gameplay

 

Newer games are easier and longer. = Better graphics so what

[Fighter17]

Bottom line:

 

Older games are harder and better. = Better gameplay

 

Newer games are easier and longer. = Better graphics so what

 

Yes indeed.

 

http://insomnia.ac/commentary/arcade_culture/

 

Why arcade games will always be better than console titles.

 

Very long, but worthwhile read.

[rjchamp3]

Bottom line:

 

Older games are harder and better. = Better gameplay

 

Newer games are easier and longer. = Better graphics so what

 

Yes indeed.

 

http://insomnia.ac/commentary/arcade_culture/

 

Why arcade games will always be better than console titles.

 

Very long, but worthwhile read.

 

 

 

A little better graphics and a little harder, yes

[slosu]

I found this surfing the web http://members.aol.com/pbjurman/atariscores_a-l.html It's a list of people's high score's for Atari. The best high score recorded for Halloween was 36,900!!! What a joke!

 

 

http://www.xanga.com/private/yourhome.aspx

[Snider-man]

It's a list of people's high score's for Atari. The best high score recorded for Halloween was 36,900!!!

 

 

36,900, huh? Multiply that by 91 for the new authorized high score.

 

3,366,000 pts. now official at TG

[PressureCooker2600]

Awesome......this hi-score will never be broken.....unless you decide to try for a higher score, snider-man.

 

Congratulations.

 

Was this from that one run you talked about in the thread or a new run?

[yannisrocks1]

It's a list of people's high score's for Atari. The best high score recorded for Halloween was 36,900!!!

 

 

36,900, huh? Multiply that by 91 for the new authorized high score.

 

3,366,000 pts. now official at TG

 

 

Congrats man,

Edited October 1, 2007 by yannisrocks1

[Snider-man]

Was this from that one run you talked about in the thread or a new run?

This is the July run. It just took a few months before they got it reviewed, accepted, and posted.

[rjchamp3]

Was this from that one run you talked about in the thread or a new run?

This is the July run. It just took a few months before they got it reviewed, accepted, and posted.

 

 

Hell of a job, Im not submitting any scores on games till January because that will be crunch time.

 

 

Your score will be tough, but im working on crunching scores back that were taken from me and some of theirs too.

 

No more submitting scores just to submit, perfected scores only.

 

As for Halloween Im up to the the 2 mil area and that was a long tape, 3 Mil? I don't know thats crazy.

 

Congrats again

[Snider-man]

As for Halloween Im up to the the 2 mil area and that was a long tape, 3 Mil? I don't know thats crazy.

It's was two DVDs worth of recording at 9 1/2 hours of solid playing. 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. planted in front of the Atari playing that one damn game. I don't think I have it in me to go for 4 mil. That'd be nearly 11 hours. Ugh.

Congrats again

Thanks

[+Psionic]

It's was two DVDs worth of recording at 9 1/2 hours of solid playing. 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. planted in front of the Atari playing that one damn game.

Good God...the music alone would drive me bonkers!

[slosu]

You're lucky that there are a couple of "safe rooms" in that game incase you had to use the bathroom!!!

 

 

 

http://www.xanga.com/Atari_Man

[Snider-man]

You're lucky that there are a couple of "safe rooms" in that game incase you had to use the bathroom!!!

 

The rooms on either end of the house where you "drop off" the kids you've rescued are indeed "safe rooms." You could stay in there forever, and the game will just wait for you to re-enter the house. It is effectively a pause, yes. But, just so you know, I think I only used the room as a "pause" once - and that was to swap out the recorder with a fresh DVD when the first filled up. No potty breaks. No food breaks. I dunno, I just felt like that would be "cheating" somehow if I took a break during a marathon run...

[raindog151]

When are you going to set up torrent for the video? I'm morbildly wanting to watch it.

[PressureCooker2600]

When are you going to set up torrent for the video? I'm morbildly wanting to watch it.

 

Me too.

 

And how in the world did you not pee for 9 hours????

 

Did you at least have someone hold you a can to pee in??

Or have someone feed you a sandwich and bring you a soda??

[Snider-man]

When are you going to set up torrent for the video? I'm morbildly wanting to watch it.

 

Me too.

 

I seriously doubt anyone wants to watch 9.5 hours of this.

 

And how in the world did you not pee for 9 hours????

As my wife says, I'm part camel. I can literally go all day (or NOT go, as the case may be)...

[raindog151]

I seriously doubt anyone wants to watch 9.5 hours of this.

 

Oh how little you know us.

[PressureCooker2600]

I would fast forward to the end to see you pass out from sheer madness.

[slosu]

I would like to see how fast Meyers is at two or three million points!

[slosu]

Well.....Did you hit 4 Million yet?

 

 

 

Steve

 

http://www.xanga.com/Atari_Man

[rjchamp3]

Well.....Did you hit 4 Million yet?

 

 

 

Steve

 

http://www.xanga.com/Atari_Man

 

 

Im working on it tonight