+DamonicFury Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Welcome to round twenty of this 5200 HSC season! Zaxxon was tied in the vote with Oils Well, but I picked Zaxxon in hopes of boosting participation a bit more. Play using the default settings. Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. The current record was set by Gabriel with 103,100 points. Bust it if you can for a bonus point. The ROM can be found here: https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=672 Round ends Sunday, October 27th , 2019 @9pm EST Standings: rubeon - 43,400 Kobra Kai - 32,800 Cafeman - 29,900 eegt97 - 23,800 Mangia-Boy - 22,550 bemis - 13,850 roadrunner - 11,050 jblenkle - 10,550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 23800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I've been slacking off in these HSC's, been playing alot of Candy Crush 11,050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 32,800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 This is not a good version. Now I'm curious to see how good Zaxxon 32k is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 44 minutes ago, Kobra Kai said: This is not a good version. Now I'm curious to see how good Zaxxon 32k is. I haven't played the 5200 32k cart, but I have played the Atari computer disk version that it is based on. It looks and plays pretty much the same as the standard 5200 cart, but it does add some missing features from the arcade: the vertical firing missiles, full range of motion during the space battles, and an improved Zaxxon robot boss fight. It's definitely an improvement, and it makes the game harder, and thus more like the arcade. But if it's just the general look and feel of this version that you object to, it probably won't change your mind much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 The 32k 5200 version also fixes a collision bug. Has your ship ever exploded and you wonder what you hit? That is fixed. So it’s the best version of Zaxxon on an Atari. still not a patch on the Coin-OP original unfortunately. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eegt97 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Cafeman said: The 32k 5200 version also fixes a collision bug. Has your ship ever exploded and you wonder what you hit? That is fixed. So it’s the best version of Zaxxon on an Atari. still not a patch on the Coin-OP original unfortunately. Man, I was wondering what was going on. Will have to try the 32k version for fun. Looks like this is where to find the ROM from @tep392 as far as I can tell: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Little improvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 29,900. Too many bugs and unfair deaths! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Zaxxon - 10,550 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bemis Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 8,400 The screen scrolling speed doesn't seem to give me much time to react, which makes it very hard to score many points. I am just trying to stay alive. Those scores in the 20k+ range are quite impressive to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Played on OpenEMU / macOS with an 8bitdo SNES controller. I don't have this cartridge unfortunately, as I'd much rather play it with a CX52 ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 7 hours ago, rubeon said: Played on OpenEMU / macOS with an 8bitdo SNES controller. I don't have this cartridge unfortunately, as I'd much rather play it with a CX52 ? A newcomer has taken the lead. Welcome! I hope you will join the HSC more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bemis Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 13,850 A little bit better when I switched to original equipment, but never made it to the boss screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Welcome and congratulations to newcomer rubeon for shooting the most spaceships, razing the most radar dishes, and zapping the most Zaxxon robots! Space Dungeon is coming up next for our final round of 2019. Final standings: rubeon - 43,400 +11 Kobra Kai - 32,800 +10 Cafeman - 29,900 +9 eegt97 - 23,800 +8 Mangia-Boy - 22,550 +7 bemis - 13,850 +6 roadrunner - 11,050 +5 jblenkle - 10,550 +4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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