HSC Season 7 Week 9: Lost Luggage

[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted.

 

Your flight has just landed, and you try to retrieve your luggage from the automatic carousel. Suddenly, it runs amok, throwing suitcases into the air. You must try to catch the luggage before it hits the ground where it will burst open, spilling your unmentionables. Come fly with us... if you dare.

 

 

Game Information

• Game Name: Lost Luggage
• Released By: Games by Apollo, 1981
• Left Difficulty: B / Novice - Two Men
• Right Difficulty: N/A
• Game Mode: Game 4 - Terrorist Suitcase
• Chosen By: godzillajoe

Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores is Wednesday October 21st at 1:00 AM (CST).

 

Current High Scores 181,011 (toymailman) [+11] 135,177 (keilbaca) [+11] 133,166 (Deteacher) [+11] 93,399 (Atardi) [+10] 83,852 (vjames) [+9] 6969 (shadow460) [+8] 5114 (CebusCapucinis) [+7] 4297 (Zoyx) [+6] 3852 (darthkur) [+5] 2776 (Captain Beard) [+4] 2517 (aftermac) [+3] 2191 (SpiceWare) [+2] 1695 (roadrunner) [+1] 1384 (oyamafamily) [+1] 668 (LoneWolfSeth) [+1] Best Tips toymailman [+2] Challenges None yet TwinGalaxies Top 3 609,300 (James Randall) 277,978 (Todd Rogers) 159,335 (David Nelson) (Game 1, Difficulty B)

Current Standings toymailman [71] Atardi [66] Captain Beard [57] godzillajoe [54] Zoyx [44] Deteacher [44] darthkur [41] shadow460 [39] keilbaca [31] vjames [30] Vectorman0 [29] SpiceWare [18] devwebcl [13] roadrunner [12] oyamafamily [11] Nathan Strum [11] homerwannabee [11] aftermac [10] CebusCapucinis [10] LarcenTyler [9] kote [8] Hornpipe2 [7] Mister VCS [6] 4Ks [4] Wickeycolumbus [4] chuckwalla [3] LoneWolfSeth [3] Shannon [2] jeremysart [2] vintagegamecrazy [2] sloth713 [2] jjd [2] ChrisKoopa [1] Impaler_26 [1] Nati [1] disjuakifa [1]

 

Scoring Points in Lost Luggage

• You initially receive four points for each suitcase you catch, but after each wave of suitcases, the difficulty increases and point value for each suitcase increases by one point.

 

Hints and Tips

The Manual

 

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have a copy of it, AtariAge has a typed copy available online. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide any real hints.

 

CebusCapucinis

 

My tip thus far is to A) don't stand directly on the top of the screen under the luggage carousel. Stand in the center but move your little guys down about 1 1/2 rows. If you're just above the center of the screen you can move in all four directions, allowing much quicker reflexes since you can use all four diagonals on the joystick.

 

Also, B) don't focus your eyes on any of the shapes once the luggage starts freaking out. I got a much higher score when I un-focused my eyes and just used my peripheral vision to register movement and color rather than shape. Peripheral vision supposedly works faster in the brain, so this would make sense.

 

C) I find that the suitcases tend to only fall into 3 separate spots with them being generally left/center/right. There are three positions on the screen you can 'waggle' into in these three corridors if you're in the center and nail almost all the luggage unless it switches from left/right/left/right very quickly.

 

toymailman

 

On this game, the Blue label cart/ROM is slightly different than the original Green label cart/ROM. In the original version the first wave awards 3 points per suitcase collected and then increase by one point per level. Also, there is a bug in this version as the button is essentially a "reset" switch. Yikes! Avoid pressing the button or the game game will start over (even in the middle of a wave).

 

The Blue label version has this bug fixed and also the first wave awards 4 points per suitcase collected. (Zoyx: After the 1st round, if you only have 75 points, you have the original (green) version. If you have 100 pts, you have the fixed version.)

 

If you can get past the 5k-6k range then you have it made. When starting those levels I position myself about in the center of the screen. Seems to give you the best chance of catching the luggage. Try to collect groups of luggage together (ie. on the same side) before moving to other regions of the screen.

 

Deteacher

 

This may seem like a weird tip, but on the wicked fast levels, I hold my breath and play through the level. I dunno...seems to help me.

 

You reach a point where it's almost impossible to lose all of your suitcases. I was scoring over 2,500 point per round toward the end. At that point, the only way you're going to lose is if a black bag hits the sides/bottom.

 

--Zero

[godzillajoe]

Whoops, just played a few rounds and realized we're supposed to be playing GAME 4

 

I was just playing game 1.

 

terrorist suitcase would be a great band name.

[Cebus Capucinis]

I scored around 1891 on my first playaround. Just getting on the board, will post pictures if I can get higher.

Edited October 14, 2009 by CebusCapucinis

[darthkur]

3,034

 

I didn't realize that if one of those black cases hits the ground you're done, no matter how many lives you have in reserve.

 

 

[Lauren Tyler]

Unless there's a place I can play this online (since JStella on AtariTimes doesn't have this game) I'm gonna have to sit this one out.

[roadrunner]

Unless there's a place I can play this online (since JStella on AtariTimes doesn't have this game) I'm gonna have to sit this one out.

You can play this game at Atarimania.com

[Cebus Capucinis]

4597

 

That's a reasonable enough score to require a picture.

 

 

EDIT: For the record, you only receive three points for the initial suitcases. It goes up to 4 after 2-3 waves but the first waves are only three points.

 

My tip thus far is to A) don't stand directly on the top of the screen under the luggage carousel. Stand in the center but move your little guys down about 1 1/2 rows. If you're just above the center of the screen you can move in all four directions, allowing much quicker reflexes since you can use all four diagonals on the joystick.

 

Also, B) don't focus your eyes on any of the shapes once the luggage starts freaking out. I got a much higher score when I un-focused my eyes and just used my peripheral vision to register movement and color rather than shape. Peripheral vision supposedly works faster in the brain, so this would make sense.

Edited October 15, 2009 by CebusCapucinis

[aftermac]

1,761

 

[roadrunner]

1,695

 

 

[Zoyx]

Feet = Wet

 

3485

 

[godzillajoe]

I'm saving this one for Sat. morning and 4 cups of coffee.

 

[Cebus Capucinis]

5114

 

Excuse me if your dirty mind takes this in bad taste, but I must say: my wrist hurts.

 

TIP #3: I find that the suitcases tend to only fall into 3 separate spots with them being generally left/center/right. There are three positions on the screen you can 'waggle' into in these three corridors if you're in the center and nail almost all the luggage unless it switches from left/right/left/right very quickly.

 

Edited October 15, 2009 by CebusCapucinis

[toymailman]

On this game, the Blue label cart/ROM is slightly different than the original Green label cart/ROM. In the original version the first wave awards 3 points per suitcase collected and then increase by one point per level. Also, there is a bug in this version as the button is essentially a "reset" switch. Yikes! Avoid pressing the button or the game game will start over (even in the middle of a wave).

 

The Blue label version has this bug fixed and also the first wave awards 4 points per suitcase collected.

[godzillajoe]

Is the button thing the way to definitely tell?

 

Not sure which one is on my CC2

[Zoyx]

Is the button thing the way to definitely tell?

 

Not sure which one is on my CC2

 

He mentioned scoring. After the 1st round, if you only have 75 points, you have the original (green) version. If you have 100 pts, you have the fixed version.

 

I have been playing the fixed version on my Harmony cart. I just checked, and I have the green original version in my collection... and what he says checks out.

[darthkur]

3,852

 

 

[LoneWolfSeth]

300 1st try

[LoneWolfSeth]

668

[godzillajoe]

Is the button thing the way to definitely tell?

 

Not sure which one is on my CC2

 

He mentioned scoring. After the 1st round, if you only have 75 points, you have the original (green) version. If you have 100 pts, you have the fixed version.

 

I have been playing the fixed version on my Harmony cart. I just checked, and I have the green original version in my collection... and what he says checks out.

 

Fixed version here as well. Whew.

[Cebus Capucinis]

I'm playing green label version. Only 3 points per.

 

Ah well, I won't emulate so I'll just keep being down 25 or so points from the start.

[Zoyx]

If you have doubts about the ROM version for playing on an emulator or flash cart... download from here. This is the blue cart version.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Oh, no, I'm sure the ROMs are fine. I just don't emulate anything. If it's not a cart in my house, I'm not playing it.

I just like playing it on an actual system a lot more.

[godzillajoe]

I can't imagine getting anywhere with this game without a Stelladaptor or some other kind of controller.

 

Keyboard seems hopeless.

 

A trackball hack would be sweet.

[Cebus Capucinis]

This game would be ungodly easy if you could use paddles

[oyamafamily]

Since Lost Luggage is not my favorite games, here's my single submission for participation point.

 

1384

Edited October 17, 2009 by oyamafamily