ReflectionAngle Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I don't think I'll be improving this score much: 2:48. Growing up, I thought this game was a pretty lame Superman flight simulator. It's pretty amazing how much better some Atari games are once you read the manual. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 07:31, first time I finished 2600 Superman. First time I understood it's goals! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) Significant improvement with some potential for more. Got stupidly lost on my way to the Daily Planet. 3:00. (edit): Shaved another few seconds off. New time: 2:55. Edited March 10, 2015 by karokoenig 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Bonus: Haunted House Game 1. 7 lives, 8 matches used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Invader Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 2:36 Finally a game that matches my avatar. Now we have to play "Spider-Man" for StanJr (who was on the list the last time this was played!). This is actually the game that drew me into the HSC -- reading the thread by ZE_RO from 2004, and the fifteen pages of suffering, bickering, complaining, camaraderie and mutual effort in helping one another out with strategies for this game made it clear the 2600 HSC is the place for me. Got stupidly lost on my way to the Daily Planet. Yellow subway then left! (I know you know this, just wanted to say "Yellow subway then left!") 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) 214 Bonus: Haunted House (Game 1) 2 Matches - 9 Lives Edited March 10, 2015 by darthkur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) So the BEST bonus score is Game 9 with 1 match and 0 lives remaining for a total score of 1 or is it Game 9 with 1 match and 9 lives remaining for a total score of -8? Edited March 10, 2015 by StanJr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 2min 49sec 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 So the BEST bonus score is Game 9 with 1 match and 0 lives remaining for a total score of 1 or is it Game 9 with 1 match and 9 lives remaining for a total score of -8? It says "Scoring: for this week's bonus, your score will be the number of matches used MINUS the number of lives remaining, at the end of the game (when you escape with the urn). The lower your score, the better! So -8 would be better score than (lowest score) than score of 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Unless you are using a numeric system where 0 is the minimum and therefore any value positive or negative is greater than 0, thus -8 > 0 < 8 as all numbers decrease to 0. But I'm probably overthinking it. So -8 is on Game 9 is the best possible bonus score. Got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wow! This one is a hard one for me. I usually play without reading directions, but this one really tested my patience. I kind of figured out what to do, but not completely, so I read the directions. Didn't help much...I still can't finish it. I'll give it another try in the morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 0158 Wow. Got it under 2 mins. I really don't see how it is possible to get under 1 min. It takes (me) 30 seconds to just assemble the bridge and then rounding up the bad guys is a crap shoot and then at least 10 seconds to get to the DP. So 20 seconds to round up the bad guys? Doesn't seem possible. It took about 50+ games to get this score last night. Luckily the games are super short. But I'm still having fun, so I'm shooting for 130. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 It helps when you know the screens - which I don't understand them at all! How can you go down into a screen, but return up and end up on a different screen!? Weirdest layout ever, or G.O.A.T.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) 1 min 45 sec edited this post with updated score. Broke the 2 minute barrier!! Anymore, if I touch kryptonite, I just reset. Edited March 11, 2015 by voodoo_chilly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 0402. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 made 3 tries so far this week 1st attempt: 23:22 -- 1st time finishing it, wondering #?%*@! 2nd attempt: 8:49 3rd attempt: 4:32 karo & Cafeman pretty much summed up my experience with Superman, I never played it other than flying around aimlessly thinking "this game sucks!" looking forward to more attempts... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorfy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Finally made it under 3 minutes!...... 2:50 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) HH BONUS: Game 5, 8 matches used, 6 lives lost. (3 lives remaining) So, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the SUPERMAN week. & yet, if you excel at Haunted House, you can actually score higher than someone who's good at Supeman...during Superman week. Edited March 12, 2015 by RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Finally played a couple rounds last night. We didn't have this game back in the day so it's taking me a bit to figure out the world. 545 I'm still recovering from the weekend, was in San Antonio visiting a friend who helped me update my Vectrex. The screen needed adjustment and I wanted to put the De-Buzz circuitry in there. He said we should re-cap while we had it opened, so I ordered the three Vectrex kits from Console 5. Turned out great, but took way longer than we expected so I didn't get home until after midnight Sunda. Between that and the time change, I've been dragging ass all week 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_chilly Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 1 min 34 sec I'm going to have a tough time shaving any more time off this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Just found out I'm going to have a full house for weekend, so the above attempt's my last for the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northcoastgamer Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 53. Here's also recent video of Superman. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Impressive. That was on B/B. I can't see how A/B is any more or less difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 HARDCORE !! nice shortcuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) 3:48 4th attempt (& there ended my improvement-streak) on my 6th attempt I did a little better but I forgot the exact time & don't have my pics with me after about 30 or so more attempts I got it down to under 3 min. & was happy with that for today Back with my pics tomorrow! Edited March 14, 2015 by S.BAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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