S.BAZ Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) 2600 High Score Club - Week 23: Pole Position CLARIFICATION: No use of cheats, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that would give you an unfair advantage in this HSC. No game enhancements or special favorite settings are allowed for play in the 2600 HSC, unless specifically authorized by your humble yet strict MODERATORS! (Jacob/BAZ.) Pole Position Released By: Atari 1983 Programmed By: Douglas B. Macrae & Betty Ryan Tylko Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Default The HSC Record for Pole Position: 60,910 (the5thghost, sku_u, aftermac, Deteacher, Gorfy and toymailman) --> break the record for +5 bonus points. Post your scores right here in this thread. They will be duly added to the high score list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. Please refer to the rules thread for further information on what is allowed and if you have any more questions about what is considered fair play, feel free to ask about it here. Have Fun ! The deadline for posting scores is 11:59:59 PM (EST) the evening of July 2nd, 2017 bonus: Fun With Alliteration: Name a video game (any video game) with an alliterated title! Meaning: every word in the title must begin with the same consonant-sound. (words like "of" and "the" don't count). for example: Bob's Burger Bouncer (+2) --- Zany Zippy Cakewalk (+0) More words in the title earn you more points: 2-word title: (+1) example: Happy Hippy 3-word title: (+2) example: Dread Dead Dragon 4-word title: (+3) example: Lippy Larry's Lucky Leap etc. You may earn multiple bonuses, BUT: --> if you have already earned an alliteration bonus, you must improve your Pole Position score to bonus again. --> AND, to bonus again, you must use a game with a different number of words in the title. So this means you can only use one 2-word title, only one 3-word title, only one 4-word title, etc., per player. A few extra rules/clarifications: --> if a different letter makes the same sound, it still counts as alliteration. examples: "Needle Knife" or "Killer Commissar" would count for (+1) --> if the same letter makes a different sound, it does not count! examples: "Creamy Chocolate Country" and "Phaser-Powered Piggies" don't work! (+0) --> ignore words like "of", "and", "the", etc. So, "The Return of the Ready Robots" and "Tom & Terry's Tumble" would count for (+2) --> a hyphen makes it 2 words. examples: "Bashful Buster-Buddies" or "The Knights of Never-Never" would count for (+2) --> you can't use Pole Position! --> of course, to earn points, you must name a real video game, so all the examples above wouldn't really count for points Pole Position High Scores (Scoring is +1 point for last place and +1 up from there) 1. 60,960 Northcoastgamer +27(+3) record-breaker (+5) 2. 60,910 nads +25(+2) 60,910 Atarian7 +25 4. 60,860 toiletunes +24(+3) 5. 60,810 Abel M'Vada +22(+1) 60,810 snakeboy +22(+3) 7. 60,510 DanielJSorenson +21(+1) 8. 60,460 oyamafamily +19(+1) 60,460 Vocelli +19(+1) 10. 60,410 Mister-VCS +18(+2) 11. 60,210 keilbaca +17 12. 60,060 karokoenig +16(+1) 13. 59,860 Scrabbler15 +15 14. 59,560 Lauren Tyler +14(+4) 15. 59,310 KaeruYojimbo +13(+2) 16. 58,910 darthkur +12(+2) 17. 58,460 S.BAZ +11(+6) 18. 57,660 AtariWarlord +10(+1) 19. 57,160 TheHoboInYourRoom +9(+1) 20. 54,850 Diamonds +8(+2) 21. 46,170 Raccoony Dave +7(+1) 22. 43,490 roadrunner +6(+1) 23. 43,150 DarQ Massacres +5(+3) 24. 42,980 agb +4(+4) 25. 35,640 Piggles +3(+2) 26. 31,430 classicgamer_27330 +2(+2) 27. 31,220 Eltigro +1(+2) -- Jin (+3) bonus points Abel M'Vada -- Robot Rascals (+1) agb -- Keystone Kapers (+1) Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (+3) AtariWarlord -- Haunted House (+1) classicgamer_27330 -- Final Fantasy XIV (+2) DanielJSorenson -- Double Dragon (+1) DarQ Massacres -- Subway Surfer (+1) Tic Tac Toe (+2) darthkur -- Final Fantasy V (+2) Diamonds -- Super Slap Shot (+2) Eltigro -- Super Star Soldier (+2) Jin -- Hamtaro Ham Ham Heartbreak (+3) KaeruYojimbo -- Final Fantasy IV (+2) karokoenig -- Silent Service (+1) Lauren Tyler -- Crazy Climber (+1) Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (+3) Mister-VCS -- Starbyte Super Soccer (+2) nads -- Radar Rat Race (+2) Northcoastgamer -- Q*Bert's Qubes (+1) Nimble Numbers Ned (+2) oyamafamily -- King Kong (+1) Piggles -- Day Dreamin' Davey (+2) Raccoony Dave -- Double Dribble (+1) roadrunner -- Road Runner (+1) S.BAZ -- Rad Racer (+1) Bubble Bath Babes (+2) Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular (+3) Scrabbler15 -- Fast Food (+1) Final Fantasy XV (+2) snakeboy -- Midnight Magic (+1) Rayman Raving Rabids (+2) TheHoboInYourRoom -- Ridge Racer (+1) toiletunes -- Tower Toppler (+1) Bouncin' Baby Bunnies (+2) Vocelli -- Marble Madness (+1) Season Standings Through Week 22 (Q*Bert's Qubes) 1. oyamafamily 7742. Jin 5663. snakeboy 564 ^14. Vocelli 5635. S.BAZ 5566. nads 546 ^17. Diamonds 5458. darthkur 5229. Atarian7 48010. TheHoboInYourRoom 43811. KaeruYojimbo 432 ^1 12. CapitanClassic 41413. keilbaca 38314. Lauren Tyler 32215. AtariWarlord 30816. toiletunes 30717. karokoenig 27918. Gorfy 27119. Scrabbler15 26820. Tony Danger 25121. DarQ Massacres 24322. RaccoonyDave 237 ^123. classicgamer_27330 23324. Mister-VCS 202 agb 202 26. Hyperboy 195 27. Piggles 185 28. David Ward 165 29. McCallister 147 30. Cynicaster 14231. bugcatcher88 13832. roadrunner 120 ^1 33. SpiceWare 12734. LidLikesIntellivision 12035. Deteacher 11436. ed1475 112 37. DT Kofoed 106 38. Northcoastgamer 96 ^639. Abel M'Vada 92 40. DanielJSorenson 86 41. troff 76 42. Micheloni2600 7343. Eltigro 71 44. Harrison 65 45. dreadnaught 53 46. Sneakyturtleegg 45 47. MrBubble 40 48. Buttons 31 49. Tony The 2600 2850. RJ 27 51. Morinphen 24 jblenkle 24 53. Nathan Strum 23 54. Allen Schweitzer 21 55. JacobZu7zu7 15 56. MayDay 9 57. NIKON 7 58. Tickled_Pink 3 The New HSC -- SEASON 6 -- EXTRA INFO: Expect a variety of game selections from the late '70's to early '90's as well as a few Homebrew games from modern times! There will be special rounds consisting of multiple games and lasting more than one week. Up next -- More fun! Overall the NEW High Score Club Season 6 will last THROUGH August 2017.Bracket Challenge to follow -- TOP 24 players matched up in single-elimination tournament! Pole Position (RealSports Driving) (1983) (Atari - GCC, Betty Ryan Tylko, Douglas B. Macrae) (CX2694) ~.bin Edited July 3, 2017 by S.BAZ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Believe it or not but 60,960 is possible. You have to be perfect at the end to get the extra car to pass. I've never done it myself. My high score is 60,910. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 So for the bonus, does Final Fantasy IV (four) count as two words or three? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) 57,090 - Ran out of time on the final lap, alas. For the bonus: Crazy Climber! Edited June 25, 2017 by Lauren Tyler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 For the bonus. Keystone kapers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Bouncin' Baby Bunnies, if prototypes count. If not, then Bumper Bash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 For the bonus. Keystone kapers I almost went with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Northcoastgamer Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Bonus: Qberts Qubes hehe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeboy Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Bonus: Midnight Magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 59,310 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 (edited) So for the bonus, does Final Fantasy IV (four) count as two words or three? Ha! I knew there would be something I hadn't thought of sure, let's count it as 3 words. edit: yeah, prototypes count! (Also, Bouncin' Baby Bunnies got finished and released as a homebrew as well.) Edited June 26, 2017 by S.BAZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Bonus: Haunted House. 42,170. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Bonus Points : RADAR RAT RACE 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Ha! I knew there would be something I hadn't thought of sure, let's count it as 3 words. edit: yeah, prototypes count! (Also, Bouncin' Baby Bunnies got finished and released as a homebrew as well.) It figures! I finally exploit a loophole and it doesn't help me one bit with my taxes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 46,540 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielJSorenson Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Score: 58760 Bonus: Double Dragon I was so stoked to hear that Pole Position was the contest game this time! I loved this game in the arcades as a kid, and when I finally was able to play it on the 2600 (I never had the 2600 game as a kid) it felt almost as good. I also like the fact that the game doesn't take too long - even if you're very good at it. I can set aside just 15 minutes and try a few races before I've got to do grown-up-responsibility things again. I'll be trying my hand at this game several times over this next week and hopefully will be able to improve my score over this this one. I've done better, but this is a good start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Pole Position : 60,860 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Bonus: Final Fantasy V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 59,310 - I'm tied with KaeruYojimbo! Also, I got a better title for the bonus: Tekken Tag Tournament 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Tower Toppler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Bonus : Final Fantasy XIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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roadrunner Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) BonusRoad Runner Edited June 27, 2017 by roadrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1st Bonus - KING KONG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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