Atari5200 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) From the most rare games to one of the most common games, we head to the stars with Galaxian. Rules are the same as always, emulation is allowed, any controller is fine, default difficulty or higher. So get blastin' competition will end 9-08-2007. Final Update: 1. eegt97: 24890 2. phuzaxeman: 22070 3. cyberfluxor: 13900 4. Prodos8: 13000 5. BydoEmpire: 10840 6. RangerG: 9150 7. Mike5200: 5230 8. Artlover: 2980 Edited February 4, 2008 by Atari5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R. Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 From the most rare games to one of the most common games, we head to the stars with Galaxian. Rules are the same as always, emulation is allowed, any controller is fine, default difficulty or higher. So get blastin' competition will end 9-08-2007. Ouch. Sucky game to pick because of the control/controller. I found the cart unplayable thanks to the stick - even with a Wico. And emulation on the DC wasn't much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I was just playing the A8 version of this yesterday. Don't have the cart for the 5200, so it's emu time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Cool..I want to see if anyone can flip this game over with regular controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I need some of this HOT ACTION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lintwarp Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Wasn't there some weird "glitch?" where you didn't fire at the enemies on this game, and eventually the bad guys would start flying "super-fast"? I may not have that correct, though. For what it's worth, I don't think that helped you score any higher. I'll have to try this game out again to see if I can remember this strange phenomenon. If anyone else figures this out or knows what I'm talking about, post it! UPDATE: I haven't tried Galaxian on my 5200 recently, but I think my previous comment wasn't correct. Instead, I think there was an "easy" level you could select on 5200 Galaxian. After playing a number of waves at that level, suddenly the bad guys would go crazy and fly super-fast! It looks like it's time to plug Galaxian into my 5200 for some further research. Edited August 29, 2007 by lintwarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Ouch. Sucky game to pick because of the control/controller. I found the cart unplayable thanks to the stick - even with a Wico. And emulation on the DC wasn't much better. I may be thinking wrong, but have you tried to move the stick in all 4 directions real fast after starting the first wave? This should help, especially in emulation. This is one of those games that wants to *calibrate* to joystick at the start. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 From the most rare games to one of the most common games, we head to the stars with Galaxian. Rules are the same as always, emulation is allowed, any controller is fine, default difficulty or higher. So get blastin' competition will end 9-08-2007. Ouch. Sucky game to pick because of the control/controller. I found the cart unplayable thanks to the stick - even with a Wico. And emulation on the DC wasn't much better. cmon..lame excuse :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 From the most rare games to one of the most common games, we head to the stars with Galaxian. Rules are the same as always, emulation is allowed, any controller is fine, default difficulty or higher. So get blastin' competition will end 9-08-2007. Ouch. Sucky game to pick because of the control/controller. I found the cart unplayable thanks to the stick - even with a Wico. And emulation on the DC wasn't much better. Works great with the Redemption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 From the most rare games to one of the most common games, we head to the stars with Galaxian. Rules are the same as always, emulation is allowed, any controller is fine, default difficulty or higher. So get blastin' competition will end 9-08-2007. Ouch. Sucky game to pick because of the control/controller. I found the cart unplayable thanks to the stick - even with a Wico. And emulation on the DC wasn't much better. Works great with the Redemption Works even better with the trackball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 The Wico won't work with this game, similar to Super Breakout, Kaboom, etc. The Trackball is a good alternative, but the stock 5200 stick works best (as long as it's up to par) A modified 5200 paddle controller may do the trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 how about instead of bitching about the game, you actually play the game and post some high scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 how about instead of bitching about the game, you actually play the game and post some high scores?Lol, nicely done! Although sometimes talking about classic gaming is as fun as playing the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I can't get pass 3 flags but 4,450 not bad...I'll post some more when i get more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SINGLE TOOTH Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 how about instead of bitching about the game, you actually play the game and post some high scores? I was gonna say, why no scores up yet? Anyway, ill probably hook up the old 5200 and decimate some alien scum tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 (edited) Played a couple games this morning - 5030 is my best so far. [Edit] - if you happen to be holding left or right on the keyboard during the "Player One" intro to each life, the controls get all screwed up. Weird. Edited August 30, 2007 by BydoEmpire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 9150. I was so close to 10,000. I'll try again later. The control isn't really an issue with the Starcon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfluxor Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I was going over a friends house on Saturday and may bring my 5200 along for the ride. If so I'll be sure to take a camera and take some pictures of high scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 24890, I don't know if I can do any better. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 New score update......... 5,230 I know that i can do better with theses stock controllers! Post more soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 my high so far is 22, 070 using a real 5200 and regular 5200 vintage sticks. nothing against emulated scores but playing on a non atari system with non atari 5200 controller is going to be a little different. i don't want to deter anyone from playing on emulation but there's a difference and that's just my humble opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 10,840 - finally started getting in the groove a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 This is why I sorta hate these HSC's, I suck. Playing the default level of 0, the highest I've gotten is 2980. Even playing on "easy" where they don't fire back I only got to 12,600. [Edit] - if you happen to be holding left or right on the keyboard during the "Player One" intro to each life, the controls get all screwed up. Weird. Same on the xbox port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 This is why I sorta hate these HSC's, I suck. I hear ya. For a guy who's been playing video games for most of my life...I'm not all that good either. I have a select few that I'm really good at, but most I'm quite average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 This is why I sorta hate these HSC's, I suck. I hear ya. For a guy who's been playing video games for most of my life...I'm not all that good either. I have a select few that I'm really good at, but most I'm quite average. Yeah, I feel that if I win even one round, it will be great. You can't be good at every game (especially if you didn't have a 5200 when you grew up, like me, it was all Inty & 2600). What's so fun is that it gives me a reason to pull out games I never put much time into, and give them a real shot. I would definitely prefer to play any game on the real hardware, but my 5200 collection is pretty small so I have to resort to emu for a bunch of games. Still, HSC is a good excuse to beef up my collection (and try before I buy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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