McKong Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 82100 43000 on first level 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 I'll see if I can get a couple games in as well as catch up on Lone Raider this weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 I'll see if I can get a couple games in as well as catch up on Lone Raider this weekend If we make it 10 *PM* finish UK time Sunday for this round then you have some of Sunday too Diggerbonk improved to 18,197 on level 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I played the two games for a little while a few days ago: Diggerbonk - 20,237 (Real hardware, NTSC) Moon Patrol - 18,050 (Real hardware, NTSC) I really didn't care for Diggerbonk at all. It was just boring. There wasn't much fun to it. Plus-- don't get me started about points nearly always getting subtracted from the score. Just bumping into the walls subtracts points. Rrr! The manual is also long-winded and makes the game seem much more confusing than it actually is to play. Moon Patrol is great fun. I played both these games with my friend, and we ended up playing Moon Patrol on the C64 and TI-99/4a too. The C64 has annoying music. The Atari version of this was far better than the TI version, and just a bit better than the C64 version (which you almost have to play with the sound turned down-- what a shame!). Also, after playing the Bally Arcade/Astrocade so much lately-- the Atari's screen resolution seems absolutely ultra hi-res compared to the Astrocade's screen resolution of 102x160! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 You know, I just realized, I think I played Diggerbonk on the default level. I'm not going to play that again to get a valid score. Ah, well, maybe if all the games in the world get stolen by aliens and there is only Diggerbonk left then I'll... still pass it up for a good game of Solitaire or Checkers or, really, anything else. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 I really didn't care for Diggerbonk at all. It was just boring. There wasn't much fun to it. Plus-- don't get me started about points nearly always getting subtracted from the score. Just bumping into the walls subtracts points. Rrr! The manual is also long-winded and makes the game seem much more confusing than it actually is to play. Moon Patrol is great fun. I played both these games with my friend, and we ended up playing Moon Patrol on the C64 and TI-99/4a too. The C64 has annoying music. The Atari version of this was far better than the TI version, and just a bit better than the C64 version (which you almost have to play with the sound turned down-- what a shame!). Also, after playing the Bally Arcade/Astrocade so much lately-- the Atari's screen resolution seems absolutely ultra hi-res compared to the Astrocade's screen resolution of 102x160! Adam You know, I just realized, I think I played Diggerbonk on the default level. I'm not going to play that again to get a valid score. Ah, well, maybe if all the games in the world get stolen by aliens and there is only Diggerbonk left then I'll... still pass it up for a good game of Solitaire or Checkers or, really, anything else. Adam At first I thought Diggerbonk was way too easy / boring, but the author said to try and get 30K on each level - level 7 is challenging and makes the game more playable. You find yourself risking going low on the screen to get things before they are scrolled off and having to use your emergency break-through too soon... it's a grower Wonder if the other Moon Patrols have a 3rd skill level on round 3 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) MP 69100 - Stage T Round 1 - 42050 Diggerbonk - 52500 and retired Edited September 17, 2016 by Dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 MP 69100 - Stage T Round 1 - 42050 Diggerbonk - 52500 and retired If that was on level 7 then try level 9 of Diggerbonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 At first I thought Diggerbonk was way too easy / boring, but the author said to try and get 30K on each level - level 7 is challenging and makes the game more playable. You find yourself risking going low on the screen to get things before they are scrolled off and having to use your emergency break-through too soon... it's a grower Wonder if the other Moon Patrols have a 3rd skill level on round 3 ? I cannot pass 2nd level... I've played more, but I can't beat my own record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 MP 109800 W on the 3rd round 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I missed a few games but i'm backMoon 24,650Digger Skill 5 227Skill 7 -25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 I missed a few games but i'm back Guess who's back... :music: There'll be a catch up round soonish. devwebcl - "I cannot pass 2nd level... I've played more, but I can't beat my own record :mad:" If it's round Q slow down and it's not so bad... MP 41,800 r1 and 66,850 reached R on the 2nd round DB 19,656 (lv 7) Reminder this round closes 10pm UK time tonight - in about 3 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunsen Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 (edited) 1st try Moon Patrol 18,500 2nd try 41,350 reached point D round 2 3rd and last try 67,100 reached point T round 2 37,700 points after round 1 Edited September 18, 2016 by Bunsen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Had a couple more goes 66,850 then 67,550 but keep blowing it around stage R, nearly had a clean first round with jumps to get more points but got swindled when the last bomb on X blew a hole right at the start of Y which I decided to investigate with my buggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 (edited) With some serious patrolling McKong wins the round krupkaj's Moon Patrol record survives... again!. Thanks for playing everyone, checkout Diggerbonk if you didn't play it, probably skill 6 is a fair challenge (press Start then Select to pick level then Start again). We'll start the next round tomorrow night so still time for suggestions (or votes) on the Round 16 POLL thread Final tables Moon Patrol 1st McKong (p) 109,800 12pts 2nd Dope (n) 69,100 11pts 3rd therealbountybob (p) 67,550 10pts 4th Bunsen (p) 67,100 9pts 5th orpheuswaking (n) 53,450 8pts 6th devwebcl (n) 53,000 7pts 7th Deteacher (n) 51,450 6pts 8th roadrunner (n) 24,650 5pts 9th Mister-VCS (p) 21,850 4pts 10th Sikor (p) 21,000 3pts 11th ballyalley (n) 18,060 2pts Round 1 score bonus point challenge: 1st McKong (p) 43,000 1pt 2nd Dope (n) 42,050 3rd therealbountybob (p) 41,650 4th devwebcl (n) 38,150 5th Bunsen (p) 37,700 Diggerbonk (play on skill 7 or 5) 1st Dope (n) 52,500 6pts * 2nd Deteacher (n) 30,487 5pts 3rd orpheuswaking (p) 21,479 4pts 4th therealbountybob (p) 19,656 3pts 5th Sikor (p) 4,479 2pts 6th roadrunner (n) 227 1pt 7th ballyalley (n) 20,237 1pt# * Played on level 8 # played on level 2 Edited September 19, 2016 by therealbountybob Revised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Actually it was level 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Moon patrol 53450 Diggerbonk 21479 - Level 7 ***Lone raider updated also 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Tables Updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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