Gorfy Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Beverage of the evening: Stone "Go To" IPA My Score for the evening: 35,950 Slow improvement, but I'm content 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Scoring for Dolphin is as follows. 50-0 points for passing seahorses (50 points for jumping, 50 for swimming through without touching, 0 for bumping front) 100x (Squid level) points for Seagull (max out at 800) 1000x (Squid level) points for killing Squid (max out at 8,000) 100 points catching a good (green) forward advancing wave. 100 points for the Squid catching a (red) slowing wave. Bonus Dolphins every 20k. You jump/swim through 13 seahorse gates before the seagull comes. You can average about 10k per Squid level when you max out, with the first 8 levels giving about 5k on average. This means you will have to kill the squid about 35 times. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botbird208 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 58,170 I never played Dolphin before this week but I always thought it was an Imagic game... It really feels an Imagic game. You're probably comparing the Dolphin here to the dolphin in fathom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Invader Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 46,150 I have never played this one before. What a treat, and a relatively serene gaming experience after a week of yelling obscenities at the screen about the mothers of those #$^@! turrets in Strategy X. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 37,270 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 193,040 Got to the top speed, but I'm still missing the seagull too much. My stiff hand needs to rest up to try again tomorrow. Still 4 days left to get those 6 bonus points... . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 64,900 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 299,990 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 New Score: 59,770 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 236200With NCG and myself maxing out the score, you need to step up here. Can't let anyone beat the leaders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) There is another variation which has been added on HighScore.com database, which is Lives Remaining at 290,000+ points. How to submit it? Real system users: when you pass 290,000 points (after killing the squid or losing a life), PLEASE: DON'T press Fire button (let your joystick INTACT), and then take a photo which shows clearly the score of 290,000+ points (top of the screen), and the number of lives remaining at the bottom. Emulation users: at 290,000+ points, take a screenshot hitting F12 key. Screenshot to illustrate the example: I would like to suggest the use of this variation, or "Best Score on the First Life", specially on Medal Brackets Contests, in order to become the contest more exciting and challenging. Edited August 28, 2014 by oyamafamily 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 3,100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Well I know I had nowhere near 14 lives left when I ended. I'll ask my kids how many I had left, they're "Amazing!" at recalling such minutiae- not that it matters. I know I was down to my last life a few times & it got pretty tense, praying to reach the next 20K mark. But nice job oyamafamily! & this has been one of the more interesting rounds I've taken part in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Amazing! finally got the timing down for catching the bird at top speed had 2 lives left for oyamafamily's challenge 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Invader Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 74,270 Got a copy of the cart now, which means I get to play with RF interference, displayed proudly in the photo below -- ahh, joy. It's a 7800 piped through a computer, which is a space-saving measure that should serve as a warning to any Atarians who may be thinking about moving into a rented room with that special someone ("You have a lot of these Atari thingies. Do you really use all these?"). Anyway, yeah, beverage of the night was milk (I envy Gorfy's IPA in above post). Maybe I'll do better with Manhattans next time. Usually does the trick (sometimes quite the opposite). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I've been jumping over the seahorses since I saw oyama's video & i think it gives me 150 pts if I don't bump them. 10 or more if I do. ! The manual states you get 10-50 pts for going thru (or over I assume as well) seahorses depending on your degree of accuracy. Or is that precision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 yeah 50 pts that's right I wasn't watching close enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 Hey.. I had time to play. Vocelli: 45330 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Met my goal of breaking 100k! 116,140 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GornThrifting Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 10270 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 203,730 Birds of a feather block together and this last batch of seagulls is standing in the way of me being Amazing. . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 55,420 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 238,060 Ugh. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Invader Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 128,570 Manhattans, once again, prove to be the magical elixer. Well, for achieving a personal best. If only I could keep it going for a little over twice as long, I, too, could be Amazing. P_Aug30_002541.bmp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botbird208 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 137610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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