+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) FORT APOCALYPSE Links: Fandal XEX Atarimania INFO Mr Kerr's fantastic ATARIEVEIWER site has a nice writeup Play on NOVICE first, if you complete that then play PRO then EXPERT! Novice is fairly easy, pro is much more fun. If you've completed Novice before: play NOVICE with 7 LIVES and NORMAL GRAVITY, play PRO and EXPERT also with 7 LIVES and NORMAL GRAVITY - otherwise select up to 11 lives and Weak gravity as you wish. NO AUTOFIRE! The scoring is a bit flawed as you can harvest points on the destroyable blocks or sections that re-generate but it's a great game so enjoy it!! If anyone figures out how to get a good ranking that will count above score. [sPACE] is PAUSE but it also seems to work on the results screen so you can actually read it and grab a photo It's been a while so here is a bonus game, it looks good, it might be good, who knows, clearly not me, so let's find out!! FORTRESS UNDERGROUND Fandal ATR see the comments on Atarimania which include "Mediocre Fort Apocalypse Clone" and "Very good playability and smooth animation" [edit] Play on default setting "Medium" difficulty. PAL ONLY See comments on deteacher's post below y Round ends Sunday 9th June 10am UK Time EVERYONE WELCOME TO PLAY I've also started up a MULE Tournament, not part of the HSC Season but it anyone wants to join in please do The Month of M*U*L*E is waiting for your scores trbb Edited May 29, 2019 by therealbountybob Press SPACE to Pause on results screen! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Had a couple of goes on Fort Apocalypse, was fun re-remembering things, I remembered it being a bit easy (on Novice at least) and completed it "NOVICE NORMAL 7 LIVES" 70,545 - Eagle Class 4. We will play for rankings as scoring is flawed. See 1st post for the settings Also played the bonus game Fortress Underground - looks like my copy has some minor corruption (see photo) so will re-download it. After a few goes figured out there are many more stages (it loads from disk as it goes), go up from the tank! Not sure what the objective is but looks "ok" for a bonus game, willl read up and see what's what 48,500 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 To my fellow NTSCers out there, it looks like Fortress Underground is PAL, so switch your emulator accordingly. I tried it out and it was jumpy as heck until I switched it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Fort Apocalypse Sparrow Class 4 Fortress Underground 78,850 Medium Edited May 26, 2019 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Fort Apocalypse - 21008 pts, Sparrow Class 3 (Novice, 11 lives as I only briefly played the C64 version before) Fortress Underground - 14000 pts or so, didn't reach the highscore list Two OK games, but I know where my heart and soul will be in the next month... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 Fort Apocalypse PRO 7 Lives Normal Gravity - completed 68,891 Eagle Class 4. Looks like it's Eagle for completing it or Sparrow/Hawk (not a Sparrow Hawk!) I guess not blasting the little men and crashing so much will improve rankings. You might notice the blocks change directione each time you fire See first post for the settings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Ok, so I got a few rounds in today. I'll post my screenies next time, but with regard to rankings, I do not believe the manual is correct. Your rating is not determined by how fast you complete the mission. I flew through (no pun intended) the novice mission, only shooting where I had to. I rescued all the survivors, destroyed the fort, saved the girl and drank the night away. Rating of Hawk, class 1. Played the same mission again, same settings. This time, I cleared as many enemies away as I could find, spent a decent amount of time in the caves, blowing away walls. Still rescued all the survivors and completed the mission. Rating: Eagle class 4. My score was higher from all the walls I blew up and the more meticulous attention to overall destruction. I'm going to play novice one more time. This time, I'm going to point press every place I can and see what happens to the rating after that. I'll post my findings later. My preliminary findings have me pretty convinced that the rating system is tied to your score. If anyone can prove me wrong, I'm up for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 In which case the rankings are flawed as the sections re-spawn... score is flawed... so how about for the players who have complete Novice before) could play for missions completed and remember how many men we rescued: 7men each skill level with Normal gravity, then the same again with Strong gravity so that's 6 missions I'm farily sure rescued all the men on my two completed goes (Eagle Class 4) Careful not to shoot the men off the edges of the TV set! forget the above (apart from the last bit!) I tried to improve my rank on "Pro N7" by being more careful with the rescuees: 69,108 "Hawk Class 1" so maybe the class rating is affected by them. I lost a lot of choppers so perhaps that dropped me down from Eagle : Managed to complete "Expert N7" 72,255 "Eagle Class 2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Fort Apocolypse - 3,870 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 Forgot to say SPACE is PAUSE but it also seems to work on the results screen so you can actually read it and grab a photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Fort Apocalypsenovice 7,180Fortress Undergroundmedium PAL41,500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Ok, here are my scores for Fort Apocalypse: Novice: Eagle Class 4 Pro: Eagle Class 2 Expert: Eagle Class 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 trying to improve my ranks by saving more guys, then I need to try crashing less! On one of these goes the enemy copter shot 2 of the little men so might need to be more cautious still. NP7 73,368 Eagle Class 3 NN7 69,336 Hawk Class 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 first tables Fort Apocalypse Play with 7 lives and Normal Gravity. If you've not completed Novice before then you can chose exta lives and Weak gravity (see first post for settings). Scoring may change but it's 1pt per place for now. Novice 1st Deteacher Eagle Class 4 78,956 6pts 2nd therealbountybob Eagle Class 4 70,545 5pts 3rd carlsson Sparrow Class 3 21,008 4pts 4th jblenkle Sparrow Class 4 3,870 3pts 5th roadrunner Sparrow Class 4 7,180 2pts 6th RedThunder Sparrow Class 4 1,000 1pt Pro 1st Deteacher Eagle Class 2 75,231 2pts 2nd therealbountybob Eagle Class 2 73,368 1ptExpert 1st therealbountybob Eagle Class 2 72,255 2pts 2nd Deteacher Eagle Class 2 68,884 1pt Fortress Underground 1st RedThunder 78,850 4pts 2nd therealbountybob 48,500 3pts 3rd roadrunner 41,500 2pts 4th carlsson 14,000 1pt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) Was looking to see if I could find any other info on the rankings etc on Fort Apocalypse - no but I did find this on the c64 wiki (also has a full map) >>>TipsThe barrier on the right of the reactor: Most of the time you're lucky and the passage which gives access to the reactor is open. Then you'll be able to approach the reactor from the right. (Worf) If I remember correctly, there was an event that triggered the barrier, if you fired too much shots while dismantling the bunker, the door closed. <<< interesting - I'm pondering if the wall/gap in the right tunnel may be open if you have destroyed the tank things above otherwise not. [NO!] Also pondering to boost score and possibly rank that you can clear all the blocks and also re-clear the top sections and also the very top outside section before finishing the game, respawning the lower tanks is too risky vs the men lost/time perhaps. Edited June 2, 2019 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) 42350 Condor class 3 Default difficulty Edited June 2, 2019 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 22.457 Sparrow Class 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Condor Class 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Novice: 70.412 Eagle Class 4 (0 Pilots left) Pro: 24.913 Sparrow Class 2 (killed in the reactor room) Now, there's a Fort Apocalypse II with more levels for the C64 but unfortunately it seems to be not just extra maps that can be ported like it has been done with other C64 games but the guy who made it recreated the whole game with own code (using a hex editor by the way)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Fortress Unterground - 22250 Fort Appocalypse (standard settings - so, I think novice, 11 lives): 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Man I played the heck out of this when I was a kid - don't remember it being this tough Novice: 50003 Died on the way back up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Finally managed to beat novice. 68739 Eagle Class 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Fort Apocalypse - 33197 pts, Condor Class 3 I destroyed the big target on level 2, then I tried to dock with something I shouldn't dock with, and all my remaining lives were lost without any way of steering clear. At least I gave it another go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 Fort Apocalypse - 33197 pts, Condor Class 3 I destroyed the big target on level 2, then I tried to dock with something I shouldn't dock with, and all my remaining lives were lost without any way of steering clear. At least I gave it another go. Sounds painful! Remember each fire press switches the order of time (Archon Stylee) so the blocks open and close or move accordingly. Fort Apocalypse is good until you've completed it then I'm not enjoying the replays quite so much, little impovement to be made, though I have had a lot of them. Slighly improved score on NPro7 74,916 still with Eagle Class 2 - I rescued *all* the men but lost a lot of lives. Can anyone get Eagle 1?! Fortress Underground hmmm a bit late now but try it on Hard difficulty guys, it's more fun as you have to blast things from a distance and possibly the turbo becomes useful too, I scored more and made it to 2nd on the Hall of Fame!! 77,050 Was hoping to find more info on this game - possibly on C64 and Amiga also 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Very little improvement on Pro: 25.341 still Sparrow Class 2 Fortress Underground: 7600 (last one I saw before dying as I never made it to the hall of fame). Does this "end" somewhere? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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