Atarian7 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Atari 2600 Kaboom!-97 minutes Skiing-234 minutes Time really went by quickly playing Skiing. I am still trying to match or beat Gorfy's 28.02. I got a 28.09 so far. 7 hundredths of a second to go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Not much gaming this week, and for the first time I ventured into emulated 2600 games due to that Olympic HSC. Atari 2600: Ice Hockey - 65 min. Mogul Maniac - 15 min. Skiing - 21 min. Winter Games - 44 min. Atari 8-bit: M.U.L.E. - 72 min. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Here are my times for this past week (February 3rd through 9th): Arcade: Alpine Ski - 24 min. The New ZeaLand Story - 46 min. Atari 2600: Pengo - 15 min. Popeye - 33 min. in 3 sessions Seaquest - 29 min. Online (non-eligible): Flappy Bird (Remake) - 5 min. New set of games this week. Pengo and Popeye are probably well known. In Pengo, I got far enough (there are no new game elements introduced in subsequent rounds), but in Popeye I didn't reach the 3rd round. Then I played a bit of Seaquest because I couldn't remember it too well, but it didn't hold my attention for too long. Then a new game I hadn't tried in its original form, The New ZeaLand Story, a jump'n'run game in the vein of WonderBoy in Monster Land, Ghosts'n'Goblins and Ghouls'n'Ghosts. I also played a remake of Flappy Bird, the #1 app at the moment, since I don't have a smartphone. This is a very simple game which could be successfully ported to many early platform. The full graphical beauty could be reached on the NES, SMS, Turbo-Grafx, Atari ST, Amiga and later systems, I suppose, while earlier systems will probably have to suffer graphically or, for some, in terms of smoothness. I considered making a homebrew of it on the Videobrain, which would probably work, but I don't have enough time to start yet another project. Finally, inspired by the running Olypmic Winter games, I wondered if there had been any skiing games in the arcade, and I found Alpine Ski, which I've never seen in any arcade though. Here you have two and a half minutes to complete two courses, and for each completed course you get 10 (!) additional seconds. You lose 10 seconds for each time you crash, though. However, you collect points by mainly running over point values on the track, and if you reach a set amount, your time gets renewed on running out to another 2:30, but now the timer runs faster! I set the bonus score to the lowest possible amount and managed to survive for 8 minutes this way, at which point the timer runs down at about 8 times its normal speed. Edited February 9, 2014 by Kurt_Woloch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Atari 7800 Crazy Brix - 30 minutes Astro Blaster - 30 minutes Joust - 45 minutes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 A8- Thrax Lair- 15min Moon Shuttle- 10min Najezdzcy Z Kosmosu- 25min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 My times for the week: NES: Exodus - 12 min. Genesis: Frog Dude - 7 min. Atari Jaguar: Hover Strike - 58 min. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Sorry but I have to add some times and cant edit . Atari 2600 Epic Adventure - 20 minutes Boulderdash - 30 minutes Colecovision Princess Quest - 30 minutes Gulkave - 30 minutes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Here's the summary for Week 6, running from February 3 - 9. We logged 1463 minutes of eligible play, playing 32 games on a total of 9 systems. Top 10: 1. Skiing (Atari 2600) - 265 2. Ghost N Zombies (ColecoVision) - 120 3. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 97 4. Winter Games (Atari 2600) - 85 5. Ice Hockey (Atari 2600) - 76 6. M.U.L.E. (Atari 8-bit) - 72 7. Venture (Atari 8-bit) - 60 8. Hover Strike (Atari Jaguar) - 58 9. New Zealand Story, The (Arcade) - 46 10. Joust (Atari 7800) - 45 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Skiing (Atari 2600) - 265 2. Ghost N Zombies (ColecoVision) - 120 3. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 97 4. Winter Games (Atari 2600) - 85 5. Ice Hockey (Atari 2600) - 76 6. M.U.L.E. (Atari 8-bit) - 72 7. Venture (Atari 8-bit) - 60 8. Joust (Atari 7800) - 45 9. Mario Bros. (ColecoVision) - 40 10. Popcorn! (Atari 8-bit) - 35 Top 10 systems: Not enough systems for a top 10. (The Atari 2600 would've been #1, with 674 minutes.) The charts are very topical this week, as Skiing is the top contender in a field packed with wintry fare and dominated by pre-crash platforms. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Got a Harmony cart and tried a few homebrews... Atari 2600: Rally X - 10 minutes It's still a work in progress but looks great Flappo Bird - 15 minutes - harder than the Flappy Birds game that I'm no good at 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Might as well post today, since there won't be much time to play on the weekend anyway. After last week's scarcity in systems, let's bring back some variety. I had the opportunity to use all my hardware earlier this week and test a lot of the stuff I acquired during the last few months: Atari 2600 Centipede: 10 min Night Driver: 5 min Summer Games: 7 min SNES Alladin: 6 min Mechwarrior 3050: 7 min NBA Jam: 2 min Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts: 8 min Master System Astro Warrior: 7 min Donald Duck Lucky Dime Caper: 5 min Dynamite Dux: 8 min Global Gladiators: 3 min Impossible Mission: 10 min Pit Pot: 2 min Shinobi: 5 min Submarine Attack: 3 min Mega Drive Alladin: 4 min Batman returns: 3 min Lemmings: 2 min Side Pocket: 4 min Sonic 1: 5 min Sonic 2: 10 min Sonic 3: 5 min Street Fighter 2: 1 min Super Wrestlemania: 5 min Theme Park: 3 min Tiny Toons ACME All Stars: 2 min WWF Raw: 5 min WWF Royal Rumble: 5 min PS1 Mechwarrior 2: 10 min Was really looking forward to trying this out, since I am a huge Battletech fan and absolutely love the superawesome PC version. But this one... meh! I would have thought the PS1 can do better on that one. Not recommended. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Atari 8-bit: M.U.L.E. - 72 min. C64: Winter Games - 57 min. Famicom: Bookyman (Brush Roller) - 5 min. Castle Excellent (Castlequest) - 8 min. Devil World - 3 min. Hyper Olympic - 11 min. Lunarball - 10 min. Magic Jewelry - 26 min. VIC-20: Bergshooting - 33 min. Biathlon - 8 min. VC-Pinball - 2 min. After last week's 2600 frenzy in the Olympic Games HSC, I went back to play a round of Winter Games on the good old C64. This time I even read some of the instructions, in particular to finally learn how figure skating is supposed to score. Despite I did just about everything the rules says, I only managed around 3.4 on a scale from 0 to 6. My skating girls probably did more crying than kissing that night. It also reminded me there is a BASIC version of Biathlon for the expanded VIC-20, one of those seldom seen German language games. It needed a bit of patching to be playable though, as originally it would require the player to push Z-X at the very exact moment in order to move at all. Finally I loaded another German language game called Bergshooting which is a target shooting game with nine targets on a board. At professional levels (21 and upwards), it starts to get rather difficult and exciting, which is why I spent over half an hour until I managed to reach level 25. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Atari Jaguar Checkered Flag - 20 minutes Club Drive - 10 minutes Zool 2 - 10 minutes Bubsy - 5 minutes Zoop - 5 minutes Atari 8 Bit Necromancer - 5 minutes Rally Soeedway - 10 minutes Boulderdash - 30 minutes Is this tracked in an online spreadsheet that can be made viewable? Edited February 16, 2014 by Ripdubski 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Atari 2600 Kaboom!-68 minutes Winter Games-220 minutes Skiing-32 minutes Mogul Maniac-5 minutes I don't like Mogul Maniac so far but I need to play some more to get a time for my team in the Atari Olympics. Edited February 16, 2014 by Atarian7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Atari 8bit Alleycat - 10 min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Is this tracked in an online spreadsheet that can be made viewable? Do you mean beyond the weekly posts? I could post the spreadsheet I use as an attachment at some point for archival purposes (I've been meaning to do that, actually), but I'm reluctant to use Google Docs because it's slower than Excel (or OpenOffice, which is what I actually use) and I'm not familiar with its privacy settings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt_Woloch Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Here are my times for this past week (Monday through Sunday, obviously... err... February 10th through 16th) Arcade: Road Fighter - 14 min. Spy Hunter - 7 min. in 2 sessions TI-99: Road Hunter - 262 min. in 6 sessions The game I played the most this week was, again, Road Hunter on the TI-99, which received another upgrade and now sports 3 levels and enemy cars that collide with each other, sending each other into the roadside and giving you points for it. Then I played the games that were the inspiration for Road Hunter for a comparison, Road Fighter and Spy Hunter, but I have to admit I like Road Hunter more than those two because it's pretty colorful, but not as super-fast as Road Fighter, and smoother than Rpy Hunter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Atari 8 Bit Captain Beeble - 15 min Donkey Kong - 15 min Donkey Kong Jr - 20 min Montezumas Revenge -10 min Sorry I didnt akphabetize one of my previous posts. Edited February 16, 2014 by Ripdubski 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Do you mean beyond the weekly posts? I could post the spreadsheet I use as an attachment at some point for archival purposes (I've been meaning to do that, actually), but I'm reluctant to use Google Docs because it's slower than Excel (or OpenOffice, which is what I actually use) and I'm not familiar with its privacy settings. Yes so we could look whenever if we get antsy and dont want to wait. Microsoft Skydrive is another option. SkyDrive documents are hands down better then Google Docs now. You can limit the editors and viewers on both. No big deal, was just curious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 A8- Fireball 1k- 20min Anteater- 10min Mars Mission II- 5min Falcon- 5min Chicken- 10min Collision Course- 15min Xevious- 10min 5200- Anteater- 20min Oil's Well- 10min Gyruss- 10min K-Razy Shootout- 35min 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 My times for the week: NES: Bubble Bobble - 130 min. Racket Attack - 122 min. Tetris (Tengen) - 2 min. Genesis: Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge - 10 min. Game Boy: Killer Instinct - 2 min. Mortal Kombat - 93 min. SNES: Andre Agassi Tennis - 6 min. Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge - 10 min. Game Boy Color: Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage - 2 min. Dreamcast: Wacky Races - 194 min. Xtreme Sports - 40 min. Made it through the first quest and part of the second in Bubble Bobble, playing co-op with my other half. We even made it through the Level 99 portal. Unfortunately we had to quit when we triggered some sort of bizarre glitch that trapped us in an eternal loop of mutual lightning-ization -- not even Baron von Blubba could break through it! But we were able to consult an online source to get the password for the level we'd been on. We also played some Xtreme Sports together -- fun game -- and I banged my head against the wall in Game Boy Mortal Kombat, an atrocious port. Otherwise I played two matches in Racket Attack as Horn, both against Watt. I lost the first without winning a game, but won the second in five tough sets, 2-6 6-2 1-6 6-4 6-3. If I played as a woman I'd only have to play 3-set matches, but c'est la vie. Finally, I resumed Wacky Races, which I'd set aside for a while, and managed to earn a few more gold stars and unlock a couple things. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Atari 5200 Boulderdash - 20 minutes Koffi : Yellow Kopter - 25 minutes Montezumas Revenge - 60 minutes Adventure 2 - 30 minutes Gyruss - 15 minutes Super Pac-man - 20 minutes Tempest - 15 minutes Lasergates - 20 minutes Head to Head Talking Football electronic game from 1988 By Tiger Electronic Toys - 10 minutes Edited February 17, 2014 by AtariBrian 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Lynx:Hard Drivin' (2 hours). For the Lynx HSC. Beat Phantom Photon. w00t! C64: Hard Drivin' (30 min). Worst port ever. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHW Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Atari 8-bit: M.U.L.E. - 72 min. C64: Winter Games - 57 min. Famicom: Bookyman (Brush Roller) - 5 min. Castle Excellent (Castlequest) - 8 min. Devil World - 3 min. Hyper Olympic - 11 min. Lunarball - 10 min. Magic Jewelry - 26 min. VIC-20: Bergshooting - 33 min. Biathlon - 8 min. VC-Pinball - 2 min. After last week's 2600 frenzy in the Olympic Games HSC, I went back to play a round of Winter Games on the good old C64. This time I even read some of the instructions, in particular to finally learn how figure skating is supposed to score. Despite I did just about everything the rules says, I only managed around 3.4 on a scale from 0 to 6. My skating girls probably did more crying than kissing that night. It also reminded me there is a BASIC version of Biathlon for the expanded VIC-20, one of those seldom seen German language games. It needed a bit of patching to be playable though, as originally it would require the player to push Z-X at the very exact moment in order to move at all. Finally I loaded another German language game called Bergshooting which is a target shooting game with nine targets on a board. At professional levels (21 and upwards), it starts to get rather difficult and exciting, which is why I spent over half an hour until I managed to reach level 25. I think there's a really cheap way to score a perfect 6 in figure skating. You just to a couple moves and then do nothing but skate until the time runs out or something like that. I used to be the biathalon master back in the day. Edited February 17, 2014 by BillyHW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Regarding the figure skating in Winter Games, I have also learned that by pushing all directions at the same time + fire, you immediately end the skating programme. Usually this is not possible, but with a Starplex controller that has one button for each direction, it is a piece of cake to perform this kind of move. At least it is not as complex boring as the event in The Games: Winter Edition (also Epyx) where you first have to choreograph a routine for several minutes, then need to perform it exactly as choreographed. Yes, it may be more realistic but unless you're a complete figure skating nerd, you probably find it more frustrating than fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Here's the summary for Week 7, running from February 10 - 16. We logged 2311 minutes of eligible play, playing 94 games on a total of 18 systems. Top 10: 1. Road Hunter (TI-99) - 262 2. Winter Games (Atari 2600) - 220 3. Wacky Races (Dreamcast) - 194 4. Bubble Bobble (NES/Famicom) - 130 5. Racket Attack (NES/Famicom) - 122 6. Hard Drivin' (Atari Lynx) - 120 7. Mortal Kombat (Game Boy) - 93 8. M.U.L.E. (Atari 8-bit) - 72 9. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 68 10. Montezuma's Revenge (Atari 5200) - 60 Pre-NES top 10: 1. Road Hunter (TI-99) - 262 2. Winter Games (Atari 2600) - 220 3. M.U.L.E. (Atari 8-bit) - 72 4. Kaboom (Atari 2600) - 68 5. Montezuma's Revenge (Atari 5200) - 60 6. Winter Games (C64) - 57 7. K-razy Shootout (Atari 5200) - 35 8. Bergshooting (VIC-20) - 33 9. Skiing (Atari 2600) - 32 10. Adventure II (Atari 5200) - 30 10. Boulder Dash (Atari 8-bit) - 30 Top 10 systems: 1. Atari 2600 (372) 2. NES/Famicom (317) 3. Atari 5200 (280) 4. Atari 8-bit (262) 4. TI-99 (262) 6. Dreamcast (234) 7. Atari Lynx (120) 8. Game Boy (95) 9. C64 (87) 10. Genesis (64) A bumper crop of 94 games this week! Given that the Olympics are still underway, it's fitting that many of our top games involve either timed races or mano-a-mano contests. Ultimately the TI-99/4A's Road Hunter takes gold on both individual charts, while the Atari 2600 owns the system charts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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