zylon Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 (edited) Our game this round is Joust. Some good ol' death from above action in one of my favorite arcade games from way back when. Emulation is fine and use whatever controls you wish. Screenshots not required, but preferred. Round ends on July 11th 2011 @ 6pm EST. Play on default setting of "Skilled" Don't forget you can also play Super Breakout and Kaboom! in the A8 HSC. Show those guys what we're made of and really complicate trbb's score table. Current HSC record: Joust - doctorclu 1,611,000 Beat this and get an additional HSC bonus point! Bonus challenge!: Play Joust on expert! Top 3 scores will get a bonus point. Current scores: 1- 257,850 sdamon +11 2- 174,900 zylon +10 3- 137,300 Sonic R +9 4- 91,200 atariron82 +8 5- 85,200 JacobZu7zu7 +7 6- 55,100 roadrunner +6 7- 21,550 peedenmark7 +5 8- 18,500 Mingy Jongo +4 Joust expert challenge scores: 1- 96,700 zylon +1 2- 78,650 sdamon +1 3- 17,250 roadrunner +1 Current standings - Points - sdamon - 98 atariron82 - 93 roadrunner - 70 zylon - 45 DensB68 - 44 doctorclu - 31 NoahsMyBro - 31 BydoEmpire - 28 JacobZu7zu7 - 25 rxd - 19 NML32 - 17 peedenmark7 - 17 Gabriel - 13 rmaerz - 13 Sonic R - 6 Rounds won - sdamon - 4 doctorclu - 2 atariron82 - 2 NoahsMyBro - 1 rxd - 1 Edited July 12, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 27, 2011 Author Share Posted June 27, 2011 Game on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Review of Joust by BiffsGamingVideos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eEnB998BU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the vid, RR.^ I'll fire my opening shot with: 109,750 I'll take this opportunity to thank those who voted Joust in since I hardly got to play last time because my cart died. Not a lot of votes this week so I'll work up a new lineup of choices for next round. Guys, feel free to suggest some games. Edited June 28, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) A few game pics from me, Pac Man (default) Q-bert (any) Galaxian (game 2 middle setting) Edited June 28, 2011 by JacobZu7zu7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 A few game pics from me, Pac Man (default) Q-bert (any) Galaxian (game 2 middle setting) I'll take those under consideration, though Qbert hasn't gotten many votes the last few times around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 A few game pics from me, Pac Man (default) Q-bert (any) Galaxian (game 2 middle setting) I'll take those under consideration, though Qbert hasn't gotten many votes the last few times around. No way I could vote for Q-bert, as the 5200 controls make it nearly unplayable. Too bad, as I love the same code running on a 8-bit computer with a standard controller. I'm certainly up for some Pac-Man (or Ms. or Jr. or Super) Looking forward to some Joust-ing! I was happy to provide one of the two winning votes that it got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) A few game pics from me, Pac Man (default) Q-bert (any) Galaxian (game 2 middle setting) I'll take those under consideration, though Qbert hasn't gotten many votes the last few times around. No way I could vote for Q-bert, as the 5200 controls make it nearly unplayable. Too bad, as I love the same code running on a 8-bit computer with a standard controller. I'm certainly up for some Pac-Man (or Ms. or Jr. or Super) Looking forward to some Joust-ing! I was happy to provide one of the two winning votes that it got. Gameplay tends to get slow on AA in general around this time of year. I'm thinking of doing a special round. I'll take it to my "new management" thread to avoid cluttering this one. Edited June 28, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) A few game pics from me, Pac Man (default) Q-bert (any) Galaxian (game 2 middle setting) I'll take those under consideration, though Qbert hasn't gotten many votes the last few times around. No way I could vote for Q-bert, as the 5200 controls make it nearly unplayable. Really?? I think it's tough at first but would be a good challenge overall. I agree though on Q-Bert being not very "controller friendly". If not the Q, I'd just pick "Space Invaders". I find Super Breakout to be the nearly unplayable one, on 5200 controllers. I had horrible games and scores trying to play on the console. Missed ball after ball... Edited June 28, 2011 by JacobZu7zu7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 breakout, keystone kapers, missile command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 (edited) The key to breakout with original controllers is just use a thumb on top of the stick instead of normal grip. I'm planning something. http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/182965-new-management-coming-soon-to-5200-hsc/page__view__findpost__p__2313515 Edited June 28, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 or a modified cable that accepts the 2600 paddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 or a modified cable that accepts the 2600 paddle Or one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 At least I'm working on Joust. skilled: 174,900 expert setting: 60,150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 First shot at "Skilled" level Joust: 134,300 That pterodactyl definitely gives this game its challenge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 oh boy.... I lik ethe looks of that... where does one obtain one of these beauties ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 oh boy.... I lik ethe looks of that... where does one obtain one of these beauties ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'm going to get in on this! though I won't have much time til the weekend… these 14 hour days are taking a toll on me:( of course, I'm fine with suggested games like: Qbert, Missile Command, Super Breakout, (Ms.) Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Galaxian… as I have these carts! if I have the game, I'll post up a score 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 Suggestions noted. I'm working on my choices for special round tonight and I'll put the poll up earlier than usual because of the holiday weekend. That way everyone has plenty of time to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 oh boy.... I lik ethe looks of that... where does one obtain one of these beauties ? I think he means your homemade controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Parker Brothers made Frogger, Frogger II, and Q*bert more difficult than they had to. I think they wanted to make use of all the buttons on the 5200 controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 oh boy.... I lik ethe looks of that... where does one obtain one of these beauties ? I think he means your homemade controller. It gets the job done, and it's the best way to play SB or Kaboom. It's still the worst port of SB though IMO. I can make more of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 It seems I am missing these polls... hopefully up b4 sat morning as I will be out of town until the 11th... probably for the best as I suck at joust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Poll for Round 11 is up. It will close next Sunday 7/10/2011, after my dinner. Rounds will still start the following Monday. Don't forget there's some "easy" bonus points up for grabs in Expert mode. Only one score in so far... Edited July 1, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Watch out my scores goin' nowhere! 52,600 'SKILLED' I find those birds tough, and in the way... I had 4 lives and lost 'em all due to that bird getting in my flying area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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