ballyalley Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I became too adddicted to Crossfire and didn't spend a lot of time on Chomper and Caterpiggle [...] Caterpiggle wouldn't load on the AtariMax cartridge.. Crossfire is great fun. I've found that sitting in the middle of the screen and just holding the button down allows me to stay in one place. Then I can press the joystick controller in the direction that I want to fire without having to hit the joystick button again. The only time I move my guy is to avoid baddies and their shots. I've been playing all three 'C' games on my AtariMax with an original Atari VCS joystick on my 8Mb AtariMax cart using an NTSC XEGS. Here's the Catterpiggle xex that I've been using. I hope it helps you out. caterpiggle.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) (later this afternoon) Caterpiggle - 113,430 It's always a pleasant surprise how awesome some of these early (pre-XL) games really are... No fancy programming tricks (none of these three even use DLIs for more color), just great gameplay. Oh, and for Crossfire, I'm even running "real software"... I've got the cart! Crossfire - 5460 Edited February 23, 2014 by adam242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Crossfire 2480 Caterpiggle 32450Chomper 6425 Better scores to come (hopefully) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Crossfire- 750 Caterpiggle- 56,560 (IMO, the best game in this round) Chomper- 6,790 Edited February 25, 2014 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Latest Tables 1st trbb (p) 90 12pts2nd McKong (p) 83 11pts3rd adam242 (p) 79 10pts4th JK40001 (p) 79 9pts5th Deteacher (n) 79 10pts*/*6th GornThrifting(p) 75 7pts7th NIKON (p) 75 6pts8th Benighted (p) 70 5pts9th Zylon (n) 67 5pts*10th orpheuswaking (n) 65 3pts11th roadrunner (n) 43 2pts*NTSC bonus point(s) top score in each game Tied places decided by total scores from the games Crossfirers 1st therealbountybob (p) 18,590 302nd McKong (p) 11,420 293rd Deteacher (n) 7,990 28*4th Benighted (p) 5,710 275th adam242 (p) 5,460 266th JK40001 (p) 5,150 257th GornThrifting(p) 3,090 248th roadrunner (n) 2,720 239th orpheuswaking (n) 2,480 2210th NIKON (p) 2,340 2111th Zylon (n) 750 20 Caterpigglers1st therealbountybob (p) 135,080 302nd adam242 (p) 113,430 293rd McKong (p) 112,980 284th JK40001 (p) 94,580 275th GornThrifting(p) 69,520 266th NIKON (p) 58,920 257th Zylon (n) 56,560 24*8th Deteacher (n) 49,980 239th orpheuswaking (n) 32,450 2210th Benighted (p) 16,990 21 Chompers 1st therealbountybob (p) 18,455 302nd NIKON (n) 14,380 293rd Deteacher (n) 13,815 28*4th JK40001 (p) 13,505 275th McKong (p) 12,460 266th GornThrifting(p) 8,425 257th adam242 (p) 7,330 248th Zylon (n) 6,790 239th Benighted (p) 6,430 2210th orpheuswaking (n) 6,425 2111th roadrunner (n) 5,400 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Cater 77,660Chomper 6,830 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 New Chomper score 41900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Crossfire - 390 Caterpiggle - 7,740 Chomper - 2,120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) What lousy graphics, this could have been an Odyssey 2 game..... well, pretty hard, though. I seem to be too slow for that kind of barrage coming from all sides... I got to see what happens after I have cleared them all off.... Crossfire 2360 Won't be my favorite but way tougher than it looks. And you seem to be able to run out of Ammo.... Caterpiggle 12640 What is this, Pac-Man for the maze-challenged? (Make note never to miss HSC voting again. Didn't like Pac-Man even in the 80s....) Sorry if I missed any twist that there is to this. Chomper 2800 (all NTSC/emulated) atari003.tiff atari005.tiff atari006.tiff Edited February 25, 2014 by slx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Caterpiggle 148630 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Chomper - 13,280 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 What lousy graphics, this could have been an Odyssey 2 game..... well, pretty hard, though. I seem to be too slow for that kind of barrage coming from all sides... I got to see what happens after I have cleared them all off.... Crossfire 2360 Won't be my favorite but way tougher than it looks. And you seem to be able to run out of Ammo.... Caterpiggle 12640 What is this, Pac-Man for the maze-challenged? (Make note never to miss HSC voting again. Didn't like Pac-Man even in the 80s....) Sorry if I missed any twist that there is to this. Chomper 2800 (all NTSC/emulated) You can collect extra ammo on Crossfire grab the dots when they appear. I try and stay near the bottom middle, moving after each shot to another column and row if you have one along-side. Try and let them come to your lines if they are already on, otherwise take them out as soon as they move onto the edge slots Chomper is new to me (same guy who did Montezuma's Revenge?); looks like the logic is the unique feature here - they seem to guard the dots! Yes be sure to vote everyone and make your suggestions on the Play List too. The "D Games" poll will start tomorrow morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I thought that I'd already posted these scores... but I can see that I haven't: Caterpiggle: 19,720 Chomper: 9,610 Crossfire: 3,730 Of these games I think that Crossfire is my favorite. Since I can't turn the tables on the baddies in Chomper it's not as interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariron82 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Caught in the Crossfire again...Hyper focus, and razor sharp reflexes are prerequisites for survival!: 8,060 Caterpiggle: This one defies explanation... 38,140 Chomper: Can I buy a power pellet..or two? 5,865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Crossfire 21450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benighted Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Crossfire 21450 Very impressive McKong! Any tricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benighted Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Caterpiggle: 75920 Chomper: 8980 Edited February 27, 2014 by Benighted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 What?!! A McKong take-over at the top... looks like I need to play some Atari Round 4 "D" Games Poll OPEN Latest Tables 1st McKong (p) 90 12pts2nd therealbountybob (p) 87 11pts3rd adam242 (p) 78 10pts4th JK40001 (p) 77 9pts5th Deteacher (n) 75 10pts*6th Benighted (p) 74 8pts7th NIKON (p) 69 8pts8th GornThrifting(p) 68 7pts9th roadrunner (n) 68 8pts*10th atariron82 (n) 66 7pts*11th ballyalley (n) 65 5pts12th Zylon (n) 59 4pts13th orpheuswaking (n) 58 3pts14th slx (n) 53 2pts15th jblenkle (n) 48 1pts*NTSC bonus point(s) for top score in each game Tied places decided by total scores from the games Crossfirers 1st McKong (p) 21,450 302nd therealbountybob(p)18,590 293rd atariron82 (n) 8,060 28*4th Deteacher (n) 7,990 275th Benighted (p) 5,710 266th adam242 (p) 5,460 257th JK40001 (p) 5,150 248th ballyalley (n) 3,730 239th GornThrifting(p) 3,090 2210th roadrunner (n) 2,720 2111th orpheuswaking (n) 2,480 2012th slx (n) 2,360 1913th NIKON (p) 2,340 1814th Zylon (n) 750 1715th jblenkle (n) 390 16 Caterpigglers1st McKong (p) 148,63 302nd therealbountybob ( 135,08 293rd adam242 (p) 113,43 284th JK40001 (p) 94,580 275th roadrunner (n) 77,660 26*6th Benighted (p) 75,920 257th GornThrifting(p) 69,520 248th NIKON (p) 58,920 239th Zylon (n) 56,560 2210th Deteacher (n) 49,980 2111th atariron82 (n) 38,140 2012th orpheuswaking (n) 32,450 1913th ballyalley (n) 19,720 1814th slx (n) 12,640 1715th jblenkle (n) 7,740 16 Chompers 1st McKong (p) 41,900 302nd therealbountybob ( 18,455 293rd NIKON (p) 14,380 284th Deteacher (n) 13,815 27*5th JK40001 (p) 13,505 266th adam242 (p) 13,280 257th ballyalley (n) 9,610 248th Benighted (p) 8,980 239th GornThrifting(p) 8,425 2210th roadrunner (n) 6,830 2111th Zylon (n) 6,790 2012th orpheuswaking (n) 6,425 1913th atariron82 (n) 5,865 1814th slx (n) 2,800 1715th jblenkle (n) 2,120 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Very impressive McKong! Any tricks? Count the shots so that you know when the reload is going to appear. The reload appears in a position opposite to your own, so get yourself into a position so that the reload appears in a safer location. It's a difficult game, it took me a lot of practice to get a decent score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIO2 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Crossfire - 7,260 Chomper - 11,530 Caterpigle - 68,880 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 22170 a small improvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powersoft Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 still really busy working on PRO© ATARI magazine first issue and all the business issues here with my company... Do I have one more week? I try to post my first scores at this weekend... But I am not sure if it may work out. Still one more week to go? Cheers markus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Crossfire - 4,490 Chomper - 7,595 Caterpiggle - 109,480 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 still really busy working on PRO© ATARI magazine first issue and all the business issues here with my company... Do I have one more week? I try to post my first scores at this weekend... But I am not sure if it may work out. Still one more week to go? Cheers markus Just until Sunday morning! There will be a couple of chances to catch-up for the odd missed round later in the season Crossfire - I persevered with the dual controls and got to the point where I think the extra men could have kept you going indefinitely - wasn't sure it got much harder after a certain point but I could be wrong. The keyboard for firing and joystick for moving really helps as you don't accidentally move into their bullets 59,630 Chopmer 28,100 "D" Games Vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIKON Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) I know that this is late in the game for this BUT I just got crossfire to work on the kat5200 emulator in Atari XL/XE mode and I was able to use the stick to move and use the keyboard to fire...huge difference in this game this way I want to thank trbb for giving me the inspiration to get this to work like the way I wanted it to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_owa6JapzQ&feature=youtu.be Edited March 1, 2014 by NIKON 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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