Gohma Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Missed the deadline by a couple of hours, but proud of my (very lucky) clear. I can't fathom getting a 99%! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Looks like not my type of game NTSC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Missed the deadline by a couple of hours, but proud of my (very lucky) clear. I can't fathom getting a 99%! Welcome It's tonight Weds 10pm UK so still time left. If you (anyone else who missed it) want to post a score for round 1's game Bosconian i'll add it in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 I agree, extra point for RT. This is awesome! RT did you play using a live Qix and Sparx ?!! There might just be the first bonus point of the season if I can get it approved by the HSC HQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I posted another score last week, post #40 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gohma Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Welcome It's tonight Weds 10pm UK so still time left. If you (anyone else who missed it) want to post a score for round 1's game Bosconian i'll add it in Ah, I must have misread the 14th for 13th. I will definitely try to put up a highscore for Bosconian, and thanks for warm welcome 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 RT did you play using a live Qix and Sparx ?!! There might just be the first bonus point of the season if I can get it approved by the HSC HQ Just mucking around with Altirra and it's Disable Player/ Collision options. Atari AutoCad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Missed the deadline by a couple of hours, but proud of my (very lucky) clear. I can't fathom getting a 99%! slx jr. also managed 98% (which seemed to be owed at least as much to sloppy collision detection as to a lack of caution). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Both Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 why is the one area filled with red? Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gohma Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 why is the one area filled with red? Stefan The area in red was filled holding down the action button, so it's harder to pull because you travel slower. I believe it's worth extra points but I don't actually know. slx jr. also managed 98% (which seemed to be owed at least as much to sloppy collision detection as to a lack of caution). Qix S.png It was entirely the same for me as well, you can see part of the Qix peaking out of my line. Incredibly lucky but didn't happen in my high score run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) The collision detection in this game is random at best! I managed a couple of 98%, one of them was lucky cos I chopped the Qix in half! Edited February 14, 2018 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The area in red was filled holding down the action button, so it's harder to pull because you travel slower. I believe it's worth extra points but I don't actually know. It was entirely the same for me as well, you can see part of the Qix peaking out of my line. Incredibly lucky but didn't happen in my high score run. The original Arcade Qix has two buttons which will draw fast or slow. It won't draw at all when no button is held down, i.e. you are limited to traveling around the perimeter of the yet uncolored area. When adapting the game to the single-button joystick Atari home computers, the control logic was changed. Moving the joystick starts "fast" lines, pushing the button when leaving the perimeter will start a "slow" (red) line. Releasing the button while drawing will change the line to a "fast" (blue) line. Any area closed off with a red line will be filled red and earn double points. The Arcade control logic is easier as you can't accidentally draw a line. The bigger Qix is a lot more dangerous, though and the fuse timer is quite short. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 You guys! Hands up who didn't read the manual You can but the Qix in half, you can plow right through him if you dare to Ok that's it! I'm fried from too many goes! Congratulations to Dope for another impressive performance (he told us before he was locked in a room with only a Qix machine for survival; well sort of) I failed to get that 1m points but still had that one decent go, McKong took 3rd spot. Thanks for playing everyone, it's a good game whether you find it too slow or too qix or just about right Bonus points for this round: Red Thunder 1pt for artwork plus 1pt for roping in Mr RT slx 1pt for signing up Jr I'll update the Season 15 Current Standings tomorrow with points from the first two rounds. QIX final tables 1st Dope 2,249,730 12pts 2nd therealbountybob 815,656 11pts 3rd McKong 288,133 10pts 4th RedThunder 219,818 9pts 5th Stefan Both 175,193 9pts 6th graywest 146,474 9pts 7th Sleepy 102,022 8pts 8th Mangia Boy 96,700 8pts 9th carlsson 93,369 8pts 10th Gury 88,691 7pts 11th Zylon 86,121 7pts 12th ballyalley 84,242 7pts 13th Sikor 80,899 6pts 14th Deteacher 79,628 6pts 15th Gohma 77,208 6pts 16th slx 73,586 5pts 17th firestorm 59,582 5pts 18th jblenkle 56,912 4pts 19th Nikon 54,955 4pts 20th bluecat 49,929 3pts 21st slx Jr. 47,540 3pts 22nd RT's Dad 42,925 2pts 23rd roadrunner 33,664 2pts 24th pusakat 29,739 2pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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