peedenmark7 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 15,850 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Meteorites - 16,650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) I believe this is becoming the play for blood round Awesome scores being put up for one of the toughest games for the 5200. Edited June 27, 2012 by peedenmark7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 20,450 I can't quite put my finger on why this seems harder than arcade Asteroids. Is the ship rotation a bit slower perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yes a tad slower, and the shooting you gotta be spot on... It's an ok game, but I like all other Asteroid versions and ports better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 20,450 I can't quite put my finger on why this seems harder than arcade Asteroids. Is the ship rotation a bit slower perhaps? Rotation is indeed slower and shooting does need to be spot on, but the shooting method to be successful is really the same as asteroids. I do prefer this to all Atari ports.. Meteorites seems more fluid to me. One would have to believe that Atari ripped the 7800 port from this game . Other than rotation speed and a few glitzy options, its spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Other than rotation speed and a few glitzy options, its spot on. I don't know... UFO behavior also seems odd compared to other Asteroids. The most obvious difference is that they will come around for another pass if they survive going from one side of the screen to another. The bigger saucer also seems to shoot more accurately. And they don't seem to appear nearly as frequently... which makes 'UFO hunting' unappealing, even if it was allowed. The way the asteroids split seems different as well... I guess I need to play a few rounds of the arcade game, but I don't recall them changing direction as radically as they sometimes do in Meteorites. Which isn't to say I dislike this version... I'm enjoying the challenge! Just trying to figure out why it seems harder that the arcade game. Edited June 28, 2012 by sdamon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peedenmark7 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Other than rotation speed and a few glitzy options, its spot on. I don't know... UFO behavior also seems odd compared to other Asteroids. The most obvious difference is that they will come around for another pass if they survive going from one side of the screen to another. The bigger saucer also seems to shoot more accurately. And they don't seem to appear nearly as frequently... which makes 'UFO hunting' unappealing, even if it was allowed. The way the asteroids split seems different as well... I guess I need to play a few rounds of the arcade game, but I don't recall them changing direction as radically as they sometimes do in Meteorites. Which isn't to say I dislike this version... I'm enjoying the challenge! Just trying to figure out why it seems harder that the arcade game. The big difference [even from 7800 ] which i notice is that at "times" the large saucers come in and kill you when they have not even appeared on the screen nor have they even taken a clear shot at you. Further, I am noticing that if you play the 128-1 ROM you may be starting at a later screen. I have played both the original cart and the ROM on my 128-1. The 128-1 may start you with 4 meteorites as opposed to 2 , on the first stage, where as the original cart on default will ONLY start you with 2. Weird. At any rate, this game is about moving constantly while shooting as the game progresses. I have the shooting down , but flying and using hyperspace has been my weak point. Edited June 28, 2012 by peedenmark7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Meteorites - 17,350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 You know what's odd is the Meteorites and Quintana Roo carts look just alike. Even has the same size label too. The games were made by different companies, strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 I've been "busying" myself with Meteor Run and Satellites & Meteorites lately, but will load this one up one more time today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Well played and glad to see some real hardware in use, even on this rare a game. The victory and record goes to reigning champ sdamon. be sure to join us this next round for all-out space combat. FINAL scores: 20,450 sdamon (oe cart) +11+1=12 17,350 jblenkle +10 15,850 peedenmark7 (oe cart) +9+1=10 12,170 Liduario +8 9,590 JacobZu7zu7 +7 8,880 zylon +6 8,130 roadrunner (oe cart) +5+1=6 6,340 atariron82 +4 5,770 BydoEmpire +3 * Sonic R +1(oe cart) * Edited July 2, 2012 by zylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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