Season 4 - The New HSC - Week 26 = Stay Frosty 2

[voodoo_chilly]

Stay Frosty 2 - 26,705 Stay Frosty 2 - 27,951

 

 

Level 15

Edited July 16, 2015 by voodoo_chilly

[karokoenig]

Got a couple of minutes before work.

 

New score: 9,378.

[+McCallister]

Upped my score, but could not quite finish it out Score: 315,914.

 

Another interesting aspect of this game is how the level progression changes the game. A couple of levels change from "doable with patience" to "relentlessly challenging." It's like the hardest level changes throughout the game. Not sure if it's intentional or not, but it certainly keeps the entertainment level high.

 

 

[+SpiceWare]

Upped my score, but could not quite finish it out Score: 315,914.

 

Nicely done! My problem is I get too impatient on some of the levels and end up falling to my death. What I've been doing to get past them is to pause the game (toggle TV Type or hit PAUSE if playing on a 7800) for a little bit at the start of those levels in order to calm down.

 

Another interesting aspect of this game is how the level progression changes the game. A couple of levels change from "doable with patience" to "relentlessly challenging." It's like the hardest level changes throughout the game. Not sure if it's intentional or not, but it certainly keeps the entertainment level high.

 

One of the issues with the original Stay Frosty was insufficient time for play testing, so the level progression wasn't very good. We spent a lot of time on that for SF2.

[+SpiceWare]

I'm stuck on the level with the gas cans........

 

Tips for level 9

[+KaeruYojimbo]

21,201

[voodoo_chilly]

Upped my score, but could not quite finish it out Score: 315,914.

 

Another interesting aspect of this game is how the level progression changes the game. A couple of levels change from "doable with patience" to "relentlessly challenging." It's like the hardest level changes throughout the game. Not sure if it's intentional or not, but it certainly keeps the entertainment level high.

 

 

 

You got 351K not 315K... Nice score!

[Gorfy]

Thanks to Darrell's tips, I finally got past level 9 ........ only to be blown away on level 10!

 

New Score: 12,969

 

[+Nathan Strum]

Way, way, way out of practice on this.

 

74,940

 

 

(Sorry for the wonky screenshot... there's a bug in Stella.)

[karokoenig]

Slight improvement, lifting me across the 10k threshold. Barely...

 

10,812.

[S.BAZ]

45,221

 

lots of fun getting better... liking the tunes, and liking Frosty's facial expressions!

 

too many snowmen have I lost trying to get this snowflake:

 

never again!!

[StanJr]

Frosty's slippery physics are usually the cause of my deaths in higher levels, particularly in level 10 at the lower level when the screen scrolls. I tend to slide right off the ledge. But it makes perfect sense as he is a melting snowman.

 

Tip #3 for Level 9 is the best one of the 3. Thanks!

[+SpiceWare]

too many snowmen have I lost trying to get this snowflake:

My tip in reply #3 about the broom/double-jump needs to be revised a bit - instead of tap then hold, use press then hold where press is holding the button down longer than you do for just a tap.

 

Basically press the button until the snowman gets past the upper platform, else he'll bounce off it, then release and hold the button a second time until he lands:

 

Use the same press then hold when collecting the present on the second half of that level.

 

Use the level selector to practice level 15.

Edited July 17, 2015 by SpiceWare

[24Fanatic365]

Finally broke 16,000. Still stuck on level 10, though.

Edited July 17, 2015 by 24Fanatic365

[karokoenig]

So, what's the title of part 3 gonna be? "Stay Frosty with a Venegance"?

[TwentySixHundred]

Stay Frosty 2

Game: 1BA

Score: 22,463

 

 

After alot of persistance finally improved, although i still can't find this secret bonus room i hear about.

Edited July 17, 2015 by Tony The 2600

[+SpiceWare]

although i still can't find this secret bonus room i hear about.

 

 

Bonus rooms are full of presents:

 

and were do presents belong?

 

 

by the tree of course!

 

 

 

 

Edited July 17, 2015 by SpiceWare

[+KaeruYojimbo]

24,556

Edited July 17, 2015 by KaeruYojimbo

[Arenafoot]

There's a way to start on a specific level so you can practice it without going through all the prior levels:

 

 

Level Selector Easter Egg - hold the left joystick in any direction when turning on the Atari.

 

To trigger it in Stella, right-click on the SF2 ROM and select POWER-ON OPTIONS:

Screen Shot 2015-07-15 at 9.07.44 AM.png

 

Check any direction for the LEFT JOYSTICK then click LOAD ROM

Screen Shot 2015-07-15 at 9.07.50 AM.png

 

Level Selector:

Screen Shot 2015-07-15 at 9.08.12 AM.png

 

To use the Level Selector:

• Move joystick up/down to select the LEVEL option
• Move joystick Left/Right to change level by 1
• hold FIRE + move joystick Left/Right to change by 10
• Move joystick up/down to select START
• Click FIRE to start game on selected level

on Stella 4.0, I've been able to click the ROM and hold down the "down arrow" when it starts up to get the Level Selector menu (without having to go into the options).

[+SpiceWare]

182,641

 

[MoomUnit]

Stay Frosty 2: 15,419

Edited July 18, 2015 by MoomUnit

[Lauren Tyler]

11,290

[TwentySixHundred]

Stay Frosty 2

Game: 1BA

Score: 34,671

 

 

Improvement thanks to SpiceWares hint

[MoomUnit]

Stay Frosty 2: 21,600

[+KaeruYojimbo]

27,565