zylon Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 (edited) This round's game is Battlezone. Start your tank engines! Round ends Monday 6pm EST June 27th. Play on default settings. Emulation is fine and use any controls scheme you want. Screenshots not necessary but preferred. 5200 HSC record score: Battlezone - DensB68 515,000 Top this and set a new record for +1 bonus point! high scores - 1- 204,000 atariron82 +11 2- 189,000 peedenmark7 +10 3- 68,000 sdamon +9 4- 48,000 zylon +8+1 5- 45,000 JacobZu7zu7 +7 6- 38,000 roadrunner +6+1 Current standings - Points - sdamon - 89 atariron82 - 82 roadrunner - 63 DensB68 - 44 zylon - 36 doctorclu - 31 NoahsMyBro - 31 BydoEmpire - 28 rxd - 19 JacobZu7zu7 - 18 NML32 - 17 Gabriel - 13 rmaerz - 13 peedenmark7 - 7 Sonic R - 6 Rounds won - sdamon - 4 doctorclu - 2 atariron82 - 1 NoahsMyBro - 1 rxd - 1 Our bonus point challenge this week is C64 & VIC-20 Battlezone. Get in some 64-play or scratch that VIC itch and get +1 bonus for playing. C64 scores: 1- 60,000 zylon 2- 34,000 roadrunner VIC-20 scores: 1- 91,000 zylon 2- 31,000 roadrunner I'll be using this emulator. Edited June 27, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 A review of Battlezone by BiffsGamingVideos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPyc514XUZo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 If you don't have the game, try our bonus challenge of the week in 1st post. I'll handle the kick-off with 33,000 This shouldn't stand long, I'm terrible at this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Played this last night and didn't do much better... 37,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'm not too good at Battlezone either. It helps to hit a few of those flying saucers. 5200 Battlezone 27,000 C64 Battlezone 25,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though. C64: 46,000 Vic-20: 91,000 Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 189,000 I cant believe I missed the last 3 rounds.. I better get busy ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) Got a little better/luckier. 35,000 C64: 60,000 Edited June 16, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 189,000 I cant believe I missed the last 3 rounds.. I better get busy ! Great score! and welcome back to the 5200 HSC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though. C64: 46,000 Vic-20: 91,000 Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both. Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games. It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though. C64: 46,000 Vic-20: 91,000 Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both. Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games. It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision. With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though. C64: 46,000 Vic-20: 91,000 Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both. Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games. It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision. With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls. On real hardware was the Vic 20 Pole Position a paddle game? I never played Vic Robotron, i can't get that one to start. I like the C64 version of Robotron. I can do pretty good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though. C64: 46,000 Vic-20: 91,000 Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both. Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games. It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision. With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls. On real hardware was the Vic 20 Pole Position a paddle game? I never played Vic Robotron, i can't get that one to start. I like the C64 version of Robotron. I can do pretty good at it. Might be a bad ROM? Vic Pole Position was a joystick game. That reminds me that I need another one of those... I consider the c64 Robotron more like a practice version since it has less than half the sprites onscreen. A trick I can give you on Vic Battlezone is to aim just left of center as the shots track a little to the right on original equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Nice Battlezone cart zylon I need to get me one of those I had a fair run thanks to a couple of flying saucers(which are bit tricky to shoot!): 41,000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) I'll get back on this one tonight. Been a little preoccupied with A8 Kaboom lately Did get some C64 & Vic-20 action in though. C64: 46,000 Vic-20: 91,000 Despite being the "lower" system, I'd really recommend the Vic-20 Atarisoft titles over the C64 counterparts. In this case, a good job was done on both. Yeah, Atarisoft put out quality games. It's a shame Coleco put out piss poor versions of DK and DK JR for the 2600 and Intellivision. With the exception of using different control setup for Pole Position, most of them were good and a few I liked better. The Galaxian is playable, but dumbed down unnecessarily. Robotron, though is a joke on the C= ports. Only redeeming factor was C64 supported 2 stick controls. On real hardware was the Vic 20 Pole Position a paddle game? I never played Vic Robotron, i can't get that one to start. I like the C64 version of Robotron. I can do pretty good at it. Might be a bad ROM? Vic Pole Position was a joystick game. That reminds me that I need another one of those... I consider the c64 Robotron more like a practice version since it has less than half the sprites onscreen. A trick I can give you on Vic Battlezone is to aim just left of center as the shots track a little to the right on original equipment. The Vic Pole Position, the car seems to slide around alot. I just had a quick go at it and got over 30k Interesting that the track is the same color as the sky. I finally got Vic Robotron to play. It's a 2 part rom. They both need loaded up at the same time in the correct slots. What a tough game. I think i had over 8k but the score went by so fast. Is the Vic Robotron a 1 controller game? Yeah, the C64 Robotron is real easy. I rolled the score on that one once. Thanks for the tips! Edited June 16, 2011 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Yeah, the Vic only had one controller port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I recalibrated my sights and took out a few more enemies. My strategy is basically hunt, shoot, and stay moving. If the enemy shoots straight at me, I drive toward the direction of fire, and under the path of the missile. This works about 80% of the time. If I find a decent emu I may try the VIC-20 version. It looks like it may be fun 75,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I recalibrated my sights and took out a few more enemies. My strategy is basically hunt, shoot, and stay moving. If the enemy shoots straight at me, I drive toward the direction of fire, and under the path of the missile. This works about 80% of the time. If I find a decent emu I may try the VIC-20 version. It looks like it may be fun 75,000 I use WinVice. I tried MESS, but i couldn't figure out how to get any games to load. On WinVice select file, attach cartridge image, 4/8/16KB image at $6000, reset,soft and your all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) Had a good run(for me) last night. 48,000 ...also gave the Vicky Robotron a run and got 25k. I'm still thinking you got a bad ROM.(Rr) Edited June 17, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Vic Battlezone 31,000 I'm getting better at Vic Robotron almost 10k This game is tough. I see the game does show the high scores again, just wait a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) Increased evasive tactics are starting to pay off! If you get far enough you'll run into a second smaller style of tank, which seem easier to hit. Keep taking out those flying saucers, as they're worth 5000 points a pop! 146,000 Edited June 19, 2011 by atariron82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 I've been just about ramming the saucers. I've found that keeping the tanks a little to one side then moving forward to dodge shots works ok. Seems the enemy tanks turn much slower than yours. ^Looks like we might have a battle for 1st going on now^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My first try... 23,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 ^Glad you could join us.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 ^Glad you could join us.^ Yep and here to stay... 5200 is a console I want to invest some time in, I'm still pretty new to it. Battlezone is interesting, will be working on improving my score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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