+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 The Month of M*U*L*E OK MULE fans it's time, MULE time, so pack up your things and head of to planet IRATA for the biggest MULE Tournament of the century (so far at least)! For new players* this is a great time learn to play MULE, it's the best ATARI game ever, and it's official - see Atarimania's ratings RULES: play Single player on Tournament Mode each player plays each of the 8 characters So that's 8 games in total The first go must be on FLAPPER and the last go must be on HUMANOID. No practice or other games in between Post all you scores here, as you play them (not all at the end!), stating which character you played - screenshots optional Individual scrores are totalled to decide the winner No trading on the 12th turn. *If you've never played MULE before you get an extra two games on FLAPPER which will boost your total score, play this at the start (so you have ten games instead of eight) The contest ends Sunday June 30th 10am UK time - we can extend this if anyone needs a bit longer Download ATR from Fandal (on some versions emulator users may need to set the firmware to OS/A Atari 800). Atarimania's ariola (UK) version has the instructions. Other links: Czech version, Multijoy M4 Version DjayBee has scaned the manual and reference card Hope this makes sense, I think we have at least 4 players so that's good enough to start with. Play the Atari 8-bit version if you can, otherwise other systems are welcome just tell me when posting. Have Fun! Any questions just ask 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 The Month of M*U*L*E Tourney see post above for info Contestant Flapper Bonzoid Gollumer Leggite Mechtron Packer Spheroid Humanoid Total tompateus 28,175 37,836 47,549 36,773 30,007 33,778 38,915 29,710 282,743 bluecat 34,156 36,832 29,631 30,695 37,974 29,118 33,346 28,302 260,054 Preppie 29,212 30,823 44,481 25,477 28,312 35,574 42,272 23,166 259,317 trbb 34,940 39,806 19,515 28,280 28,612 32,150 42,492 26,530 252,325 carlsson 25,021 33,855 18,206 20,406 32,484 28,864 22,326 26,527 207,689 zzip 21,910 17,777 13,978 23,764 33,277 21,307 26,687 24,546 183,246 CaptainClassic 36,875 36,875 spookt 23,720 23,720 slx 22,027 22,027 devwebcl 19,033 19,033 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppie Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 My first game was going great until I found the wumpus and the emulator crashed I hope I can get my 800xl working properly soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Download ATR from FandalThat link of course should be: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=4190 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Ok, I'll start of this monthly long challenge with my Flapper game. Playing as the beginner species means one has to rethink the initial strategy: in the auction phase you likely won't be able to buy food and energy from the store as the computer players have precedence. Thus securing some of that seems important. For a long while I thought I would not even win the game, when the smithore hit the top price and computer players were selling like crazy, but somehow I managed to get back into the lead and retained it into the end. I'm sure some of you will be able to do better with the Flapper, but as a one-off game it can go any direction. Now I suppose the order of species is free as long as I end with the Humanoid, will see which to try next and when. Carlsson (Violet Flapper) - 25021 pts Colony Total - 87487 pts Rd Land Auction Event Smit Crys Food Ener Order ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 772RC 712VH Acid Rain Storm 50 -- 15 10 VH GC BC RC 2 652NS Planetquake 50 116 57 12 VH GC RC BC 3 394VH (lost it!) Fire in Store 43 52 42 55 GC VH RC BC 4 506GC 446NS Pest Attack VH 50 72 58 61 GC VH BC RC 5 -- Acid Rain Storm 57 52 59 16 GC VH RC BC 6 -- Meteorite STrike 43 92 41 10 VH GC BC RC 7 -- Crazy Mule GC 51 80 67 10 VH BC GC RC 8 215VH Pirate Ship 133 -- 129 17 RC GC VH BC 9 771RC Pest Attack RC 64 112 115 41 RC GC VH BC 10 -- Planetquake 50 80 116 53 RC VH GC BC 11 -- Crazy Mule RC 57 120 68 50 VH RC BC GC 12 -- Transport Ship 57 76 77 63 VH RC BC GC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 1. tompateus (blue flapper) 28175 points. Colony 79872. (Crap) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecat Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Really enjoyed playing against 3 Mechtrons instead of 2 and TRBB who always messes up my strategy! I was a purple Flapper and scored 34156 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 My first game was going great until I found the wumpus and the emulator crashed I hope I can get my 800xl working properly soon. Try OS/A emulation (see first post) or perhaps another ATR might be some on Atarionline.pl but the 800XL is good of course That link of course should be: http://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=4190 Thanks carlsson, i've updated all the links here and on the main MULE thread where I had copied them from (was Fandal's old web site name) OK after watching bluecat's impressive Mechtron bashing earlier I had my first go... Fairly steady game, playing the Red Flapper - bagged all the good crystite plots, including the metiorite strike one, loads of time and fast movement on the Flapper so you can sell more food etc - In the end it was getting close to her score but I had a second lot of Pirates... but I just did it and I mean just: 34,940 I was less mean to the Mechtrons so a slightly better colony score (89,316) I lost a plot and had 2 go crazy. similar to bluecat I made no use of smithore and good money on the food and energy throughout. Now we have a few players I'll post something on the main forum to see if anyone else wants to join in, I hope playing 8 games is not too much and they are not too similar, posting the screenshots is nice and may help others to see what we have been up to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 The linked ATR works great on my 130XE so I don't think OS/A is required. However some form of real Atari ROM might be preferred, instead of Altirra's own, legal but not entirely compatible ROMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 2. tompateus Blue Bonzoid 37836 pts. Colony 105100 pts. Thought this was gona be a crapgame again, but high prices exept smithore last few months made the colony to reach over 100 k 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 The linked ATR works great on my 130XE so I don't think OS/A is required. However some form of real Atari ROM might be preferred, instead of Altirra's own, legal but not entirely compatible ROMs. What is an ATR..? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Wow, what a lot of stats carlsson! Wasn't as meticulous plotting (and still not finished, has to wait until I come home from work). Wouldn't it be interesting to have a second scoring system as we'll based on overall colony growth? I haven't played in a long time but IIRC the computer doesn't really play "foul" and there is something in the manual about what makes a good or great colony score. That would basically involve no hogging of resources and no denying resources to players who need them (but would not prevent selling at high prices). A kind of "overall society value" score rather than "me, me, me first". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 What is an ATR..? ATR: Nick Kennedy's SIO2PC Atari Disk Image format. This is the defaco standard disk image, used by APE, SIO2PC, and all Atari emulators. There are minor differences in the header use between these programs, but the images remain compatible regardless of what program they are created with. https://www.atarimax.com/ape/docs/DiskImageFAQ/ @slx: In the other M.U.L.E. thread we've been running since 2013, we counted both individual and colony scores so I suppose it is worthwhile to consider here as well. However as we're playing 8 games, one of each species and a bit of random can affect scores quite a bit, I think an average individual score will be competitive as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 various replies for above: An ATR is a bootable disk image in a single (PC) file, effectively a virtual floppy disk my comments about using OS/A for emulation must be gleaned from somewhere so it's worth a try (yes it works on 130XE etc without this) atarionline.pl have a dozen versions OK guys, we're NOT! playing for colony scores this time - just individual scores, otherwise we would all play differently (and would be harder for any new players). We can do that for future Tourney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) I'm falling behind on the average/total but hey it is for fun... Crystite all the way, baby! Well, a little food and energy on the side but I mined for crystite through all 12 rounds. Interestingly enough, the store ran out of smithore and nobody got any production of it so twice that phase of the auction was skipped. Carlsson (Violet Bonzoid, 1st place) - 33855 pts Colony Total - 89829 pts Rd Land Auction Event Smit Crys Food Ener Order ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 -- Planetquake 43 120 15 10 BC GC RC VH 2 636GC 576VH Sunspot Activity -- 112 15 10 VH RC GC BC 3 -- Meteorite Strike BC 58 64 39 10 VH RC GC BC 4 516NS Pest Attack RC 101 132 78 74 VH RC GC BC 5 982RC Fire in Store -- 104 147 82 VH GC RC BC 6 922VH Pirate Ship 69 -- 100 63 VH GC RC BC 7 1174GC 1334VH Acid Rain Storm 50 92 37 65 VH GC RC BC 8 -- Crazy Mule GC 50 124 15 55 VH RC GC BC 9 1274NS Sunspot Activity 57 128 28 10 VH RC GC BC 10 -- Pest Attack RC 50 124 42 10 VH BC RC GC 11 -- Acid Rain Storm 50 72 60 10 VH RC BC GC 12 -- Transport Ship 36 112 27 10 VH BC RC GC Edited May 28, 2019 by carlsson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 I suspect carlsson the voileNt bonzoid will finish his 8 games this week and have to wait a month for us all to catch up It's all good fun, might have another go later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I could always post my excess scores in the old thread... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrealer Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 A M*U*L*E* Thread!?!?! Ok I'm not playing. But can anyone confirm that the game ends with the colony abandoning you on the planet? Like, I wasn't doing anything wrong as a kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 A M*U*L*E* Thread!?!?! Ok I'm not playing. But can anyone confirm that the game ends with the colony abandoning you on the planet? Like, I wasn't doing anything wrong as a kid? Sort of - you become the "First Founder" and it gives you a rating based on how well it thinks the colony will do such as "Live in Tents" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1st round 19.722 Tried to speculate in Crystite in round 11 but lost about 70$ on about 40 units....tried to buy up all Crystite but slipped on the stick which let the red player sell his Crystite to the store for 136 instead of my 60-something in round 12.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I think the idea is that you get a "development" period of 6 (beginner) or 12 (standard and tournament) months, and after that the federation will evaluate your progress and let you keep going forever. Note that the IBM PC version, which was specifically ordered by IBM but not developed by Ozark Softscape, lets you run a game over 24 months. I understand that the amount of plots are not much more, so you get to play twice as long by fine tuning your plots and run actions. Honestly I never tried to play that game (though someone else did in the main M.U.L.E. thread) so I don't know which challenges you'll meet during the second half of the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hmm, maybe it's time I learned how to play this game ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 I'm sure there are tutorials on the web, otherwise someone might write down a few words? I held a talk on M.U.L.E. about ten years ago, but I'm not sure my audience understood very much of what I described. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 A M*U*L*E* Thread!?!?! Ok I'm not playing. But can anyone confirm that the game ends with the colony abandoning you on the planet? Like, I wasn't doing anything wrong as a kid? If you do poorly, it will tell you life will be hard and few trading ships will come your way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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