Vocelli Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 NEW SEASON ~ The NEW High Score Club Season 4: ‘The Classics’. We will play 3 classic favorites that everyone loved at the arcade. What are your suggestions? Medal Winner Picks! The Medal Winners will PM (PRIVATE MESSAGE) me prior to Jan 10, 2015 and will get to pick one game to play during these 3 weeks! I will either approve or ask to ‘Pick again’. I will not approve if it has been played the past 2 years. These 3 games will be PREANNOUNCED! On Jan 10, 2015 We will play 2 your suggestions. I like Suggestions! Paddle weeks. We will Play 2 Paddle Games. What Games would u like to play? We will play 2 your suggestions Pick something good Homebrews or Not (What do u think?) OK... we lost many players when we played the homebrew weeks. I like them... what do u think? We will play 2 of your suggestions What do u like? 2 Rarely (or never played) Games Make these games weird and crazy suggestions that may be bad or good. The last 3 weeks we will play Wild Cards (The HSC Season 3 winner gets to pick the first one) Double points and beat the leader weeks. The first Game we play will be secretly picked by our Season 3 winner Capitan Classic. It WILL NOT announced until played. There will be several special weeks ! Overall.... trying to make this last 20-28 weeks with 28-30 games. Bracket Challenge to follow. Also What Bonuses did u like and not like? Thanks! Vocelli SEE YOU JAN 10, 2015!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 (edited) MY SUGGESTIONS: 1) The Classic Arcade Games: Pole Position, Pengo, Joust, Mario Bros., ZAXXON, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, Ikari Warriors, Xenophobe, and Q*Bert (this game on Difficulty A). 2) Paddle Games: BREAKOUT, Guardian, The Music Machine and Astroblast. 3) Homebrews: Princess Rescue, Conquest of Mars, Edtris 2600, Go Fish!, INV+, Oystron, and Rainbow Invaders. 4) Rarely (or never played games): Cakewalk, Gremlins, Obelix, Alien, Boing, Suicide Mission, Dishaster, Malagai, Marine Wars, Planet Patrol, Ram It, Space Cavern, and Tapeworm. 5) Other suggestions: H.E.R.O. (Game 5), Laser Blast (Game 4), Carnival, China Syndrome, Mr. Do!'s Castle / Mr. Do!, Gangster Alley (Difficulty A), Master of the Universe - The Power of He-Man, Montezuma's Revenge, Mouse Trap, Pigs in Space, Pitfall, Pitfall 2 - Lost Caverns, Pressure Cooker, Rescue Terra I, Secret Quest, Sky Skipper, Spacechase, Universal Chaos, Elk Attack, and Worm War 1 (Difficulty A on both sides). Edited September 20, 2014 by oyamafamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I would like to see special weeks with the combination of two "rival games" from back in the day: Dig Dug / Mr. Do! Battlezone / Robot Tank Pole Position / Enduro Phoenix / Demon Attack Star Raiders / Star Voyager Pac-Man / Mouse Trap Real Sports Tennis / Activision Tennis BurgerTime / Pressure Cooker Joust / Sir Lancelot Jungle Hunt / Pitfall! Video Pinball / Midnight Magic Track & Field / Decathlon Frogger / Freeway Golf / My Golf Q*bert / Quick Step Space Invaders / Gorf Berzerk / Marauder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'd like to see Combat. You take on a defenseless plane. hero game 5 sounds awesome, because the luck factor plays into it as well. Raiders of the Lost Ark, but not sure how the scoring would work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) my season 4 suggestions: Arcade Classics Mario Bros. Q*Bert (game A for sure!) Gravitar Defender II / Stargate Double Dragon [not a golden age classic but it pretty much revived arcades for a while & enflamed the Beat 'em Up genre] Mr. Do!'s Castle Mr. Do! Paddle Games KABOOM! (my favorite one as a kid) Astroblast [right difficulty: A -- fast exciting action, the most fun this way, IMO] Warplock [never been played yet] Homebrews Juno First Pac-Man Arcade Go Fish! J.O.R.G.E.N. [ Swedish developer; rom available here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225048-homebrew-joergen/ ] Never Been Played Springer Exocet / Cruise Missile Miner 2049er Vol. II Sea Hawk other suggestions: Alien Adventures of TRON Jr. Pac-Man Bank Heist Gremlins Obelix Frankenstein's Monster Pooyan Cross Force not to forget Parker Bros! Frogger Frogger II: Threedeep! Sky Skipper Star Wars: The Arcade Game Montezuma's Revenge to add to Mister-VCS' list of "rival games:" Commando / Front Line / Ikari Warriors ...and H.E.R.O. game 5, "here, here!" [edit] also, just noticed: Pitfall II has only been played once (2010). It has a maximum score (not easy!) like Pitfall! but unfortunately no on-screen timer to measure who did it fastest. still I'm sure few of us would get a perfect score. I know I never have. Edited September 21, 2014 by S.BAZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 [edit] also, just noticed: Pitfall II has only been played once (2010). It has a maximum score (not easy!) like Pitfall! but unfortunately no on-screen timer to measure who did it fastest. still I'm sure few of us would get a perfect score. I know I never have. The most HSC-mods have a passion for "rare-games" - it is a rumor that the more common games are "overplayed" in the 2600 HSC... A few more suggestions: Tutankham Mangia Trickshot Obelix Roadrunner Crossbow Ikari Warriors Combat (maybe as a "bonus" game) Mountain Man Sky Skipper Zaxxon Pooyan Moonsweeper Buck Rogers Amidar Star Wars: The Arcade Game (Super-Fun!) Star Wars: Jedi Arena (Paddle) Gopher Star Wars: Death Star Battle Fatal Run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 MY BONUS IDEAS FOR SEASON 4: 1) If we play Ikari Warriors on 2600 HSC, my idea will be the following: Play an alternate version of Ikari Warriors - Arcade/MAME, Atari 7800, NES, Commodore, etc. on Default Settings. 2) If we play Fatal Run on 2600 HSC, I would like to suggest the following bonus scheme: Play the 7800 version of Fatal Run (No Passwords Allowed). Finish 1-3 place for 5 bonus points Finish 4-6 place for 4 bonus points Finish 7-10 place for 3 bonus points Finish 11-15 place for 2 bonus points Finish 16-25 place for 1 bonus point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 To avoid losing players' interest I suggest extra rounds and some catch ups. Maybe all homebrews could work as extra rounds. For instance, if you finish 7th in an extra round you can pick a round wich you finished worse and change that place for the higher 7th place achieved. Catch ups let players who missed a round to play the game and get some/all points for that round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 To avoid losing players' interest I suggest extra rounds and some catch ups. Maybe all homebrews could work as extra rounds. For instance, if you finish 7th in an extra round you can pick a round wich you finished worse and change that place for the higher 7th place achieved. Catch ups let players who missed a round to play the game and get some/all points for that round. I like this suggestion. I joined the Atari 800 HSC because of this, I was 7 fortnight s behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Has Jungle Hunt been suggested yet? For games which are a little on the unusual side, we could give Mission 3,000 A.D. a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 ~ I love playing homebrews! they're usually excellent games ~ an idea: I was thinking the beat the leader bonuses near the end of the season could be weighted more heavily to favor everybody other than the leaders. I noticed the top 3 players are often the ones scoring the "beat the leader" points. maybe it could be double for everyone else? or maybe something like: #1 gets 1st place: +1 bonus #2 '' +2 bonus #3 '' +3 bonus anyone else beats #1: +5 bonus '' beats #2: +3 bonus '' beats #3: +2 bonus so, a possible +10 bonus points for anyone in 4th place overall or below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 S.Baz, your post reminded me to raise a general issue: Since the points have been doubled this season (50 for rank 1 instead of 25 etc.), the value of the bonus points was rather marginal. That's not a big deal really, since almost all of your bonus ideas are great fun, Voc. Nonetheless, maybe they could be tweaked a tiny bit here and there. For example, if we have to play a whole other game in order to get like 2-4 points out of it, that's a bit low for the amount of time spent and could be knocked up a notch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 "Homebrews or Not (What do u think?) OK... we lost many players when we played the homebrew weeks. I like them... what do u think?" -- Vocelli My opinion on this: Homebrewing programmers are an integral part of the AtariAge community; They make the old consoles living, breathing machines again. Let's do what little we can to support them by featuring some of their games in the HSC (and buying their games). They usually have the ROM available for any given game, so its not like you have to purchase them all in order to participate. If there are members set against this, then perhaps we could do a separate mini-season of all homebrews. This mini-season would have no bearing on the regular HSC season, so those who wish to avoid homebrews can do so without missing out on the regular season. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramses Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I've never participated in the Atari 2600 HSC, so forgive me if I mention a game that was played too recently. A few of my suggestions would be: Bermuda Triangle Tutankham Commando Raid Name This Game Millipede Mangia Paddle Games: Demons to Diamonds Circus Atari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 A roughly 3 month off season is kinda long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Looking forward to playing. I vote for homebrews - if they are freely available. Otherwise, it is disappointing when you have kept up for months and then a homebrew is played that you don't have. You feel left out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) My suggestion is have a 6 month season and a 1 month off-season, then repeat. Edited November 26, 2014 by roadrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 How about a quick little tournament while we wait? I have a game or two in mind for this, but I would like to check with Vocelli via PM before I suggest them openly. Just to make sure there's no overlap with next season's games. As a prize, I would personally send the winner a "Dschungel Boy" cart. For those of you in NTSC land, it's a Pitfall! clone by Quelle, sold in english-speaking parts of PAL land as "Tom Boy". A simplified clone. And it's bad. And easy. And lame. And it has a really awful attempt at copying Mowgli on the cover "art". And it's not very rare at all. Or valuable, for that matter. It would be more of a symbol than a prize, but a real physical one you can hold in your hands, play, or put on your shelf to cover that ugly grey NWC cart no one wants to look at. It's the thought that counts. Your thoughts on this idea? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 @Karo -- Sounds great! :thumbsup: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 @Karo -- Sounds great! :thumbsup: Meanwhile I had feedback from Vocelli, giving me green light on the game I have in mind. Feedback here hasn't been overwhelming yet, but I guess with a bit of time to spread the news, we could get together a few people. I'll start a thread announcing the competition in the near future. Got to find time to play around with the game's settings first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Here we go. Announcement/tournie thread can be found here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/232263-between-season-2600-tournament/ Spread the word, join and have fun. Winner takes all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+craftsmanMIKE Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hope to play again this season, Liking the split season or halftime idea. Time is whats been keeping me out, and if i can't go 100% i just can't get into it. Keep me in the loop, ill try to check in more often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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