darthkur Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) As a crack pilot you have volunteered to take on the Zaxxon war machine. That means tackling two interstellar fortress' and the elite squadron of enemy fighters all just to get the chance to face-off with the merciless Zaxxon Command Robot itself. You will need to strafe along the surfaces of the fortresses dodging blaster fire from gun emplacements, missiles launched from silos and deadly force fields which leave little room for error. Keep and eye on your fuel gauge for your powerful fighter plane is always thirsty. Take out fuel tanks to resupply your energy. Be careful and good luck. Emulators are fine as is whatever controller you feel the most comfortable with. Screenshots are great but not mandatory. Please do not use any cheat/hack options. These include auto-fire, unlimited lives, invincibility, etc. Settings: N/A Contest ends on: 9-28-09 at 1:00am EST. Final High Scores: 1st: Gabriel - 103,100 +11 2nd: DensB68 - 96,800 +10 3rd: darthkur - 84,900 +9 4th: ataridoctor - 68,450 +8 5th: Cafeman - 48,850 +7 6th: atariron82 - 33,800 +6 7th: chuckwalla - 28,600 +5 8th: NoahsMyBro - 16,800 +4 9th: roadrunner - 14,800 +3 10th: RangerG - 9,100 +2 Current Standings: 1st: Cafeman (138) (3) 2nd: darthkur (122) (3) 3rd: roadrunner (96) 4th: atariron82 (88) (1) 5th: DensB68 (87) (1) 6th: ckirkman (72) (2) 7th: NoahsMyBro (53) 8th: RangerG (51) 9th: doctorclu (48) (3) 10th: bohoki (39) (1) 11th: Scihorror (38) 12th: Shannon (36) 13th: LaserHawk (24) 14th: MIKE5200 (15) 15th: LarcenTyler (12) 16th: Chris-in-NJ (11) (1) 16th: thursday83 (11) 17th: shadow460 (8) 18th: midnight magicman (6) 18th: NML32 (6) 19th: atari_envy (5) 19th: Mingy Jongo (5) 20th: mightymage (4) 21st: phuzaxeman (2) 22nd: atariksi (1) 22nd: chuckwalla (1) Numbers in RED are accumulated points. Numbers in BLUE are number of rounds won. Link to the official manual:Zaxxon Manual Edited September 28, 2009 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I'll begin with the pathetic score of 28,900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 14,800 Tough game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I'm having to work hard for incredibly minor improvement. 30,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 9,100 I know I have gotten to the robot before - not tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I remembered not ever really liking Zaxxon, and thinking the game was overrated. But tonight I decided my memory was probably exaggerated, and the game probably wasn't all that bad. That may be for the arcade game, but this rendition of Zaxxon is worse than I'd have imagined. It looks like some pitiful half-assed shareware game for the C64. Our own Cafeman or Thomas Jentsch could probably have done something respectable with this even if I don't really care for the original game much to begin with, but this version of the game is truly a waste of cartridge shells that could be put to much better use. ICK. Now, with that out of the way, I scored 10,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 No screenshot for this one. I finally managed to get to the second Zaxxon. Zaxxon turned chibi for this port, BTW. 40,250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 14,900. No screenshot for this one. I died at the Zaxxon "chibi" robot. I'll do better later on. Despite prior positive feelings about the 5200 / A8 version, I just don't like it anymore. It feels cheap to me. http://cafeman.www9.50megs.com/atari/5200zaxxon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Up to 56,800 now. The biggest obstacle in this game is the poor collision detection. It's also like the 2600 version: sometimes the game just arbitrarily decides you're dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 OK, now this is just pathetic. A few nights ago I scored 10,000. Tonight? 10,050. I notice the altitude gauge on the left side of the screen, but it seems to me to be just for show. Are any of you actually able to determine the height of on-screen objects - walls, planes, force fields, etc... - compared to the gauge, so you can know whether or not you are going to hit whatever it is? Everytime I encounter a force-field it's complete guess-work whether I go under/over it or run into it. For that matter, when I do luck out and manage to fly underneath the forcefield, it looks to me like I'm flying right through the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I always marveled at those guys in the arcade that were actually good at this game; I was not one of them. I never quite got used to the angular perspective of the game. In defense of the 5200, this seems like the best version of this game for a home system. So far: 12,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 13,200 And in my opinion this is definitely one of the bottom-tier games on the 5200. If you guys are right about this being one of the better ports, the other ports must have been dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) 79,600 From the third pair of fortresses on, the openings in the walls get smaller and smaller. Fuel consumption goes way up too. Edited September 18, 2009 by Gabriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 (edited) The CV version has nicer graphics and the rising missiles (omitted from this 5200 version), but the scrolling of the CV version is very jerky and ruins it. 5200 version is much more smooth. Just like the coin-op, you need to keep firing through the holes in the wall - if your shots go through , so will your ship. If you are getting close to the hole with shots hitting the wall below, usually just raising your ship a little gets you through at the last moment. My current highest: 25,200. Edited September 18, 2009 by Cafeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I couldn't attach my picture while in EDIT mode above so: 25,200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoahsMyBro Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 16,800 Between the quality of this game, and the length of time it takes to restart after the previous Game Over, I can't tolerate more than 3 or 4 attempts in a sitting. Sunday night, after taking as much Zaxxon as I could stomach, I started up Berzerk and had some FUN. I'm SO looking forward to next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 85,700 tonight. I'm certain I can break 100K. Hopefully before Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Great score Gabriel. My highest (no pic this time) -- 29,900. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Great score Gabriel. Thanks. I had never played this before beyond making sure it worked. I kinda like it. 90,350 tonight. The arbitrary kill bug has been catching me a lot tonight. I know it isn't fuel, because it's happening when I have a half full tank. And it's not running into anything, because it has happened several times tonight at that magic spot between where the plane killing section is over but before the wall of the second fortress comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridoctor Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hey guys got a score of 42100 tonight i didnt get a screenshot. my arcade controller is workin good. i scored above 38000 three times i will get the camera tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridoctor Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) Hey guys im in second for sure solid 54100 I had 48000 with the first plane then i started chokin as the openings get smaller.Gotta relax and let it go easy does it. Zaxxon is a great game as you go it gets much harder. My new megatroller works good on zaxxon pic attached Edited September 25, 2009 by ataridoctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hey guys im in second for sure solid 54100 I had 48000 with the first plane then i started chokin as the openings get smaller.Gotta relax and let it go easy does it. Zaxxon is a great game as you go it gets much harder. My new megatroller works good on zaxxon pic attached Welcome to the HSC. It's always good to have new people. This megatroller you mention, is it something you made yourself? We're always interested in new contraptions for our vintage equipment. Why not post a picture of it on here? I'm quite curious to see what it's like myself. Who knows, you might even be able to sell a few of them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Some good competition here! 48,850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataridoctor Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 (edited) Hey guys im in second for sure solid 54100 I had 48000 with the first plane then i started chokin as the openings get smaller.Gotta relax and let it go easy does it. Zaxxon is a great game as you go it gets much harder. My new megatroller works good on zaxxon pic attached Welcome to the HSC. It's always good to have new people. This megatroller you mention, is it something you made yourself? We're always interested in new contraptions for our vintage equipment. Why not post a picture of it on here? I'm quite curious to see what it's like myself. Who knows, you might even be able to sell a few of them too. Thanksguys what a great site i posted info on the 5200 forum but heres a pic of it it works great makes playing alot more fun. Its homemade, Its Big about the size of the console, but its very stable sits in your lap and help with fatigue, Therefore i call it the Megatroller. I used a 12 X 16 polypropolene cutting board for the top and a 9 x 13 baking pan for the bottom, The electronic parts came from spark fun electronics except the digital to analog converter which i got the shematic from john(prodos8) works far better than a wico or comp pro controller.Im gonna try for 100k on zaxxon you guys are great.thanks for all the help and fun Paul Edited September 25, 2009 by ataridoctor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted September 25, 2009 Author Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hey guys im in second for sure solid 54100 I had 48000 with the first plane then i started chokin as the openings get smaller.Gotta relax and let it go easy does it. Zaxxon is a great game as you go it gets much harder. My new megatroller works good on zaxxon pic attached Welcome to the HSC. It's always good to have new people. This megatroller you mention, is it something you made yourself? We're always interested in new contraptions for our vintage equipment. Why not post a picture of it on here? I'm quite curious to see what it's like myself. Who knows, you might even be able to sell a few of them too. Thanksguys what a great site i posted info on the 5200 forum but heres a pic of it it works great makes playing alot more fun. Its homemade, Its Big about the size of the console, but its very stable sits in your lap and help with fatigue, Therefore i call it the Megatroller. I used a 12 X 16 polypropolene cutting board for the top and a 9 x 13 baking pan for the bottom, The electronic parts came from spark fun electronics except the digital to analog converter which i got the shematic from john(prodos8) works far better than a wico or comp pro controller.Im gonna try for 100k on zaxxon you guys are great.thanks for all the help and fun Paul That looks really nice. Looks like it would be comparable with having the trak-ball on your lap or in front of you. Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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