zylon Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) Our game this round is Beamrider. Play on default starting level. Use any control scheme you wish and/or emulation if you prefer. Round ends Sunday, October 30th 2011 @ 9pm EST. Play an alternate version of Beamrider for a bonus point: pic required and only one point to a player! (2600,INTV, A8, C64, etc) Alt. version scores: 381,688...2600- oyamafamily 31,682...A8- roadrunner 27,372...A8- atariron82 21,686...C64- zylon (INTV- 21,336+ 2600- 17,070) 21,626...2600- sdamon Current HSC record: Beamrider - Gabriel 35,750- BROKEN NEW! 50,438 peedenmark7 This one should be easy with the play I've seen here lately. Beat this for a bonus point! FINAL scores: 50,438 peedenmark7 11+1=12 44,230 sdamon 10+2=12 39,100 Sonic R 9+1=10 21,944 zylon 8+1=9 18,168 atariron82 7+1=8 17,510 roadrunner 6+1=7 9,700 ahuffman 5 -0- oyamafamily +1(bonus play only) Current standings - Points - sdamon - 194 atariron82 - 154 zylon - 124 roadrunner - 107 peedenmark7 - 77 JacobZu7zu7 - 70 BydoEmpire - 48 DensB68 - 44 Sonic R - 43 Official Ninja - 33 doctorclu - 31 NoahsMyBro - 31 Cafeman - 26 rxd - 19 NML32 - 17 rmaerz - 15 Gabriel - 13 chuckwalla - 9 ahuffman - 5 4ks - 5 Mingy Jongo - 4 Rounds won - sdamon - 9 doctorclu - 2 atariron82 - 2 zylon - 2 NoahsMyBro - 1 rxd - 1 Official Ninja - 1 Edited October 31, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 17, 2011 Author Share Posted October 17, 2011 My first ever serious play of this one: 20,370 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 BiffsGamingVideos is not a fan of this game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAZXlFrEYC0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I could never get into this game. I checked, and I don't own the cart. Maybe I can try a few rounds via emulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 The one tip i can give is don't shoot the extra life. Biff shot it at the 1:20 mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Lets get the alternate version out of the way first. 31,682 at the A8 version I lost a life when the screensaver turned on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 ahh the competition begins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 I could never get into this game. I checked, and I don't own the cart. Maybe I can try a few rounds via emulation. Play any other port and prove it to get at least 1 point for the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I really love this game! just had a personal best! ( even if it's by a few hundred points lol) 27,310 my short term goal is to break 30,000 and ultimately 40,000 for the patch! glad this game was picked so I can get back to playing it and motivated to reach my goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 I really love this game! just had a personal best! ( even if it's by a few hundred points lol) 27,310 my short term goal is to break 30,000 and ultimately 40,000 for the patch! glad this game was picked so I can get back to playing it and motivated to reach my goals I'm sure breaking the HSC record has nothing to do with it at all either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 My top score so far: 30,036 Gabriel 35,750 This one should be easy with the play I've seen here lately. While certainly possible, I'm not sure it will be "easy"... the game starts getting seriously hard around sector 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My top score so far: 30,036 Gabriel 35,750 This one should be easy with the play I've seen here lately. While certainly possible, I'm not sure it will be "easy"... the game starts getting seriously hard around sector 12. it gets even harder at sector 14… enemies start to shoot from the side, and I've had moments where every beam were filled with enemies, rocks, sparks, bullets… I have no choice but to die! I think I'll be lucky to break 30,000… I'll have to get every extend, AND get every boss that I can to hopefully be close by sector 12 because that's where I start to burn through lives like crazy! but I'm masochistic, and enjoy this pain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 5200 version 17,510 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 My top score so far: 30,036 Gabriel 35,750 This one should be easy with the play I've seen here lately. While certainly possible, I'm not sure it will be "easy"... the game starts getting seriously hard around sector 12. it gets even harder at sector 14… enemies start to shoot from the side, and I've had moments where every beam were filled with enemies, rocks, sparks, bullets… I have no choice but to die! I think I'll be lucky to break 30,000… I'll have to get every extend, AND get every boss that I can to hopefully be close by sector 12 because that's where I start to burn through lives like crazy! but I'm masochistic, and enjoy this pain! It get's crazy hard around sector 18 Theres 2 of those little things that follow you around the bottom of the screen. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Atari 2600 Beamrider - 111,308 / Sector 26 (46,274 on First Life) <------BEST SCORE AFTER LOSING MY FIRST LIFE <------FINAL SCORE Current 2600 HSC Record for Beamrider: 273,798 (Sector 42) by oyamafamily Edited October 21, 2011 by oyamafamily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahuffman Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Not too bad considering I have never played this before. Fun game! 5,740 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 just had a great run! almost reached my 'patch' goal, but came up short but I'm happy I broke 30,000! 39,100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) Looks like we have a new record holder. Alright guys, sic 'em. Edited October 22, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 NEW SCORE IN 2600 BEAMRIDER - 144,730 / Sector 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I honestly hate to break Sonic's new record by such a tiny amount, but that's just the way it goes sometimes... 39,140 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Oh, and here's my 2600 attempt... 21,626 Major kudos to oyamafamily for utterly mastering this rather difficult game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) New score in 2600 Beamrider - 176,960 / Sector 35 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SDAMON! I'M REALLY THE MASTER OF 2600 BEAMRIDER, AND A WELL-TRAINED PLAYER. Edited October 23, 2011 by oyamafamily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) While I'll only get the same 1 bonus point as everyone else, I did play 3 other ports of this game for comparison purposes. I'd rate 2600 as the hardest, while INTV/C64/5200 almost exactly the same. This game never "grabbed me" and has always been something I play about once a decade. C64- 21,686 INTV- 21336 2600- 17,070 5200- 21,944 (likely final play) Edited October 24, 2011 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 New high in 2600 Beamrider - 200,502 / Sector 34 WOO HOOOO!! Got to 200K-point club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahuffman Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 This is probably about the best I am going to get right now: 9700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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