CGQuarterly Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Welcome to round 2 of the 9th season of the Atari Age NES High Score League! The first 9 games have been pre-selected and entered into a random list generator. So you guys know the games, but not the order. Let's try 1-week rounds this season. This round ends on Tuesday, April 24th. Title: Gyruss Developer: Konami/Ultra Publisher: Nintendo Released: February 1989 (US) http://youtu.be/bNqmS2MHKsw Rules: Scores so far: Current standings: 1. Austin 9 2. peculiarsatyr 6 3. asponge 3 4. cparsley 1 5. atarilovesyou 1 6. theKLT 1 7. roadrunner 1 8. jblenkle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 1 week rounds sounds great to me! I really wish I put in a bit more time to get a better Mega Man score; making up any kinda points is going to be tough! Quick question, if only because I really don't know how the points work: is there some formula you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yeah. 9 points for first place, 6 for second, 3 for third, andeveryone else gets 1 participation point. I stole the point scheme from Mario Kart 64. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeculiarSatyr Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Never played this game but looks fun. I'll sit down sometime this weekend and see how well I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 that's the SNES version scoring as well 9, 6, 3, 1 , x (with the difference of making the x=1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 There were alot of great scores for Megaman. I think scores around 300k should have got more than 1 point. Maybe use the F1 point system 1st 25 points 2nd 18 points 3rd 15 points 4th 12 points 5th 10 points 6th 8 points 7th 6 points 8th 4 points 9th 2 points 10th 1 point Or use the points system the Lynx HSC uses the 2600, 5200, and 7800 HSC's used to use this point system. 1st 11 points 2nd 10 points 3rd 9 points 4th 8 points 5th 7 points 6th 6 points 7th 5 points 8th 4 points 9th 3 points 10th 2 points 11th and onward 1 point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I guess I'll start it off: 207,750 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeculiarSatyr Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 First try ever... 19,300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 First time playing a full game of this. I'm still not sure what control scheme I like, but I'm thinking Control A will be the one. This game is quite different from any of the other versions I've played, pretty cool with the bosses. I think I should be able to improve this over the next few days, but a bunch of cheap deaths on the bosses sealed this one early. I still remember seeing this in the arcades way back when, with its completely awesome custom joystick (kinda like the Atari 720 jostick, you could spin it). There's no better way to play Gyruss, if memory serves...and it usually does. Yawn. 134,900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 There were alot of great scores for Megaman. I think scores around 300k should have got more than 1 point. Maybe use the F1 point system 1st 25 points 2nd 18 points 3rd 15 points 4th 12 points 5th 10 points 6th 8 points 7th 6 points 8th 4 points 9th 2 points 10th 1 point Or use the points system the Lynx HSC uses the 2600, 5200, and 7800 HSC's used to use this point system. 1st 11 points 2nd 10 points 3rd 9 points 4th 8 points 5th 7 points 6th 6 points 7th 5 points 8th 4 points 9th 3 points 10th 2 points 11th and onward 1 point I'd be more inclined to use the F1 system. I used to use a system whereby the points you received were proportional to your score, but then if someone had a score that way way higher than everyone elses, he could build up a near insurmountable lead. I don't like the system that the other HSCs use. Where's the incentive to go for first place if it's only one more point than second, and that's only one more than third, etc. The idea of our system is that win, place or show, that's where the money points are. So you have an incentive to better your score if you see your place dropping throughout the week. I like our system the way it is, but I'm open to discussing it if several of you feel otherwise. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I don't like the system that the other HSCs use. Where's the incentive to go for first place if it's only one more point than second, and that's only one more than third, etc. The idea of our system is that win, place or show, that's where the money points are. So you have an incentive to better your score if you see your place dropping throughout the week. I like our system the way it is, but I'm open to discussing it if several of you feel otherwise. Chris I agree. I like the point system the way it is. It makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 196,900 I like Control scheme A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I don't mind the points scheme, but it's only game 2!...lol, ask me in a couple months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I don't mind the points scheme, but it's only game 2!...lol, ask me in a couple months You'll do fine. I got lucky on that first round because it's a game I'm really familiar with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Here's an update: 247,800 Personally I like Control B. Although I admit that sometimes I accidentally go the wrong way when I'm at the top of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 I got lucky on that first round because it's a game I'm really familiar with. Bullshit, fella. I watch your YouTube videos. You're some sort of retrogaming savant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Gyruss - 27,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I got lucky on that first round because it's a game I'm really familiar with. Bullshit, fella. I watch your YouTube videos. You're some sort of retrogaming savant. Bwahahahaha... I'm sorry, but that made me crack up! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I got lucky on that first round because it's a game I'm really familiar with. Bullshit, fella. I watch your YouTube videos. You're some sort of retrogaming savant. Any links to some of these videos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 I got lucky on that first round because it's a game I'm really familiar with. Bullshit, fella. I watch your YouTube videos. You're some sort of retrogaming savant. Any links to some of these videos? http://www.youtube.com/austinmackert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Gyruss - 87,350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Here's another improvement: 323,950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeculiarSatyr Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 279,400. Made it to the thing that sprouts swinging arms that owned me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 My cart doesn't want to work on my NES, so I had to bust this one out in emulation. Could probably do better (this score was my first play), but I don't think I am going to have time to do another run: 223,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) Hence why I used a modified one in the INTV (10-9-8-6-4-2-1)... I however like his for the # of participants in the game, and as it is his league, he has the right to define the score Edited April 23, 2012 by cparsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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