Pheenix999 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 FROSTBITE - favourite Atari game and I thought my 250,000 a couple of years ago was an amazing score until I saw some chap get over 400,000 on Youtube. PAC-MAN - I managed 900,000 when I was a teenager. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I'm really good at Video Chess, I like play on level 6 and keep my move under 30 seconds I can get close to beating Enduro - a friend of mine who holds an Outrun world record did. I can easily green screen Ms Pacman but don't look at the score and play Kool-Aid man, Popeye, Defender, Mr Do and Qbert for 15 minutes or more. Think it's hard to play a lot longer than that because you get tired and it becomes a marathon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 A few come to mind based on the quality of my scores against high score club competition, but a few of them are based on the fact that most people wouldn't bother with the game: Tax Avoiders - I have played this more than any sane person should. I have broken 900,000, very close to the manual's stated goal of a million. I will say that on that game everything went as perfectly as I thought it could, yet according to Twin Galaxies, Todd Rogers got in excess of 2,000,000. Hmm.... Towering Inferno - again not too popular. I have gotten a few scores from 2,200-2,400 Dodge 'em - I have gotten the max (1080) a few times on this. Yar's Revenge - I can get 200-250K on game 6, but in the day mostly played on game 2 and impressed my friends with 500-700K regularly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Dodge'em Gorf Spider Man Chopper Command Laser Blast Pole Position Dig Dug Venture Wizard of Wor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Frostbite and Robot Tank I earned patch qualifying scores. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Missile Command. I'm so good that NORAD called me up for consultations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatte02 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Good? ??? I'm not good at all, still enjoy my games though. I can complete a couple of the games I have, but you'll never see me in any high score lists. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 BMX Airmaster. At some point I'm gonna film it and break the WR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickNixonArisen Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Montezuma's Revenge - megamania - gorf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekDragon Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 For me, it would have to be Asteroids and Atlantis, which I can play for hours straight. I was also pretty good at Robot Tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profholt82 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Either Space Invaders or Stampede, but I'm still far from amazing at them. Those were two of my first games as a little kid though, so I played them a ton. I recently played both again for the first time in a while, and there's definitely plenty of rust I need to knock off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Even as a kid, I could roll game 1 of Asteroids indefinitely on difficulty A ... I hadn't played it in years until I finally got a copy again several years ago. Rolled it with 9 lives remaining on the first play through and turned it off. Some things never change. The other variations can be quite a bit more challenging of course, but it's still fairly easy for me. Not so for Space Rocks! These days the games I'm best at and can play longest are shooters like twitchy shooters like Activision's Seaquest, Chopper Command and Spider Figher. I'm also pretty good at Starmaster (I can earn patches on the two easier levels without any trouble, and have managed the third level in the past), Missile Command and Yars' Revenge as well, although nowhere near world-class at any of these. In my late 40's now, my hands give out before my reflexes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoboInYourRoom Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I can max out Chopper Command and get into the zone with Bell Hopper (with a Genesis pad, not a paddle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyK Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 maxxed out Megamania (999,999) on diff A with both steerable and non-steerable bullet game variations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I'm bad at all games. I just play to look at the pretty colors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixMoonPatrol Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Ms PacMan and Phoenix. 133K on MsPacMan 323K on Phoenix Though its weird because with Phoenix and MsPacMan I notice that I play so much better on real hardware than with emulation. Its really weird because if I constantly play on emulation then go to hardware I'll notice a big difference in control response in using real hardware. Guessing its input lag on my PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Ice Hockey... http://highscore.com/score/?s=4583 http://highscore.com/score/?s=4374 http://highscore.com/score/?s=38330 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterburp Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 1. Bowling - On game 1 I can get a strike almost every time with my eyes closed, releasing the ball immediately, listening for the opportune time and hitting up. Oddly, I never had the guts to try for a perfect game. After about 5 or 6 strikes I either quit or hand the game over to a friend (who immediately ruins it). I just KNOW if I tried to go all the way, I'd make 11 strikes in a row and then bomb out on the last ball. 2. (tie) Asteroids difficulty b and Missile Command children's version - I can more or less go on indefinitely, racking up bonus ships/cities faster than I lose them. Honorable mention: Flag Capture, Maze Craze I absolutely cannot do anything in the Breakout family...I don't have the genes for it or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Dodge'Em for sure! Perfect games of 1,080 are a norm. As for others... not sure... never played for a score... when I was a kid I was all about seeing all the levels in a game and when I rolled the levels over, I would lose interest. Time to play a bit and join the HSC and see how I do with some games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Hangman! Seriously, though, I'm pretty good at Indy 500, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Yar's Revenge, River Raid, Dolphin and others. I used to be really good at Pressure Cooker, but it's been awhile since I fired that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwobbler Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) Frostbite, it's the only rollable game I can play it indefinately. As an aside, my biggest frustration is that I have still never completed Solaris. Edited June 6, 2017 by Fretwobbler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarikid96 Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 I discovered i'm VERY good at Beat em and Eat em. I didn't even know it was a game until last year! Lol (jk). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I can play variation 2 of Atari Pac-Man indefinitely. I guess that's not much, as it's probably the easiest difficulty other than the children's variants. I can play indefinitely on any game variation of Atari Defender. Once again, not much to brag about since the game isn't very difficult. I think I'm decent at Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator. But my high score on the 2600 version is only 699K, which is probably not so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.