Ikrananka Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Pit Stop At breakneck speed you ster your race car around the track. But that's only half the challenge, because in the pits it's a race against the clock using your joystick to control the pit crew. Plan your race strategy carefully, the faster you go the more fuel you will burn and the quicker your tires will wear. Should you stay on the track or head for the pits? The decision is yours. Remember in the pits it's a race against the clock to gas up, change tires and get back on the track. This isn't just another race game, it's like the real thing. Pit Stop, the first race game where the race is won or lost in the pits. Game Information Game Name: Pit Stop Released by: Epyx, 1983 Original arcade game by: NA CV HSC High Score: NA TwinGalaxies High Score: 354,000 by Troy Whelan (Apr 2005) & Tom Duncan (Apr 2005) Settings: 1 Driver : Semi-Pro : 9 Laps : Grand Circuit This game was suggested by: Northcoastgamer Contest Ends Saturday, 28 December at 12:00PM EST Contest Rules The HSC rules can be found here Final High Scores 1. jblenkle 354,000 [+100] *Twin Galaxies Challenge Medal Winner* 1. Colecovision 354,000 [+100] *Twin Galaxies Challenge Medal Winner* 1. Northcoastgamer 354,000 [+100] *Twin Galaxies Challenge Medal Winner* 1. ed1475 354,000 [+100] *Twin Galaxies Challenge Medal Winner* 5. nanochess 298,000 [+84] 6. roadrunner 123,000 [+35] Leaderboard (up to end of prior round) 1. Northcoastgamer [580] (7) 5 4 1 2. CoLethalVision [366] (7) 1 1 3. jblenkle [330] ( 1 1 4. darthkur [291] ( 1 5. Colecovision [267] ( 1 6. ed1475 [232] ( 1 1 7. Ikrananka [202] (6) 1 8. nanochess [195] ( 1 9. Darrin9999 [181] (5) 1 2 10. gamecat80 [147] (2) 1 1 11. roadrunner [123] ( 12. S.BAZ [115] (3) 13. Manoau2002 [109] (4) 14. SpiceWare [81] (4) 15. Electric Adventures [57] (2) 16. patbb [53] (1) 17. Gaztee [43] (5) 18. wolfman24 [41] (4) 19. Liduario [33] (1) 20. chuckwalla [27] (1) 21. DonPedro [24] (1) 22. RJ [13] (1) 23. LoTonah [4] (1) [ ] = Points ( ) = Rounds Played BLUE = Rounds Won PURPLE = Twin Galaxies Challenge Medals Won GOLD = Seasons Won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 $354,000. Semi-pro/9 laps/Grand Circuit. Best pit time was 16 flat, 4 tires and some gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Pitstop - 296,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 $354,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Pitstop - 354,000 Ummm...I haven't played this game a lot in the past, so I'm not sure...but if you play 1 driver and finish each race don't you get the maximum purse because you always finish 1st? So is $354,000 the highest you can get in this game? Edited December 17, 2013 by jblenkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I've exploded in one race :/. My high-score for Pitstop: 298000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 $354,000 is the max that can be earned by coming in first for all 6 grand circuit races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) As long as you finish every race, you get first place and $354,000 regardless of the time. So if you finish the races in 5 minutes or 10 minutes you still get $354K. A better contest would be to pick a single race track with the fastest time as the winner. Edited December 18, 2013 by ed1475 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 As long as you finish every race, you get first place and $354,000 regardless of the time. So if you finish the races in 5 minutes or 10 minutes you still get $354K. Good grief - I had no idea. A better contest would be to pick a single race track with the fastest time as the winner. Well that's not a bad idea. What I'll do is split this round up into two parts. The first as-is, i.e. the grand circuit and the second a speed trial. Watch out for a new round with the speed trial starting this Saturday and running for one week only!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) $123,000I ran out of fuel on the 3rd race so the game would end. Edited December 19, 2013 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I seem to have a Coleco handicap. this time the rom is working for me, controller working fine, but I can't figure out how to make this game start. all I can do is select difficulty, then... no response from any button! Is it a button-combo to start it? --sorry for always having dumb questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 That is a good question. I couldn't get it to start on bluemsx and I had problems with COLEMso I used the emulator BEE bee-2.4.3-win Colecovision emulator.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 thank you roadrunner! I seem to remember having trouble getting that emulator to work, but I'll give this a try 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Have setup a Pit Stop speed trial round (Round 10) - here. Runs for only one week, finishing at the same time at this Grand Circuit round, i.e. 28th December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 thank you roadrunner! I seem to remember having trouble getting that emulator to work, but I'll give this a try Did you get the emulator to work. It's been awhile since i first set it up. I remember it taking awhile to set up the controller. A screenshot saves as a TIFF image but a TIFF image can't be uploaded to AA so i used printscreen. And the emulator seems to use alot of power. It makes my PC disc humm. One of the reasons why i quit on the 3rd race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Did you get the emulator to work. It's been awhile since i first set it up. I remember it taking awhile to set up the controller. A screenshot saves as a TIFF image but a TIFF image can't be uploaded to AA so i used printscreen. And the emulator seems to use alot of power. It makes my PC disc humm. One of the reasons why i quit on the 3rd race. I got it to work, which is farther than I got last time. However, you're right it requires a lot of power. I don't know if my computer can handle it, which is wierd, I have a fairly fast computer, can run iTunes & Stella or NEStopia (or even Fusion) at the same time. It plays but goes so slow, it took about a minute to pass 4 seconds on the timer! I'm also surprised I can't play it on blueMSX. may just have to wait til next round... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 It plays fine for me. I tried to record the gameplay with aTube Catcher but having aTube Catcher and Bee run at the same timecaused the game to slow down. I had the recording timer set for 2 minutes.Once the 2 minutes was over the game played fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 On COLEM the game plays fine except the screen between races has messed up graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colecovision Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 $354,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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