mimo Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 80200 ADVANCED still can't better my score on Skilled which is so frustrating 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 4 hours ago, mimo said: 80200 ADVANCED still can't better my score on Skilled which is so frustrating I'm stuck in the no improvement zone but it does have the one more go factor - I like to wait in one of the gaps and try and delicately float land on as many fledglings as I can. Avoid tackling them in the top area, lure them down. I've contacted another bunch of atariagers and have had a couple of responses so there may be a few more players joining in soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 377,400 3 Terry's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Bro Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Sorry a little late coming to the party. This was my score from last week unfortunately didn't get time to try and better it. Expert 75400. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 2-player game with slxjr, scored 31.050 (Skilled). slxjr scored 37000 (was 37K+something but Wine/Altirra crashed like it always does when the Stelladaptor has a brief interruption) slxjr did not really enjoy it but said he could understand why I like it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 A more than creditable 20 players already so here's the latest table. Nice to see some HSCers return to action and a couple of new contestants Hope I've not missed anyone out! The Round 2 Poll is >>>OPEN<<< again it's multi-pick so please vote for all the games you would like to play. The Joust ends Sunday 2nd Feb 10pm UK time (5pm EST) ? *JOUST* 1st Starbug 898,200 12pts 2nd RedThunder 377,400 11pts 3rd therealbountybob 242,850 10pts 4th Mr Trust 219,250 9pts 5th Deteacher 178,900 9pts 6th Mrs RT 137,300 8pts 7th McKong 133,300 8pts 8th slx 121,300 7pts 9th mimo 114,000 7pts 10th Mister-VCS 106,750 6pts 11th Mangia-Boy 104,750 6pts 12th McKong Bro 75,400 5pts 13th carlsson 71,650 5pts 14th Sikor 64,150 4pts 15th pusakat 62,500 4pts 16th devwebcl 58,600 3pts 17th roadrunner 51,100 3pts 18th jblenkle 48,600 2pts 19th 4Ks 47,100 2pts 20th jedimatt42 36,300 2pts 2-Player Bonus Challenge - post lowest players score RedThunder & Mrs RT 68,250 1pt each slx & slx jr 37,000 1pt each Pterry Slayers Fun Challenge! See RT's video for how to do it, I wonder how many takes that took, he makes the fearsome pterry look like a little sparrow being fed a worm by his mother RedThunder 3 Starbug 2 trbb -24 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARBUG Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, therealbountybob said: Pterry Slayers Fun Challenge! RedThunder 3 Starbug 2 trbb -24 @therealbountybobDid you kill 24 Pterrys in one game? I thought that was what it was. If not, I've probably killed about 40, I wasn't counting, because I thought it was per game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, STARBUG said: @therealbountybobDid you kill 24 Pterrys in one game? I thought that was what it was. If not, I've probably killed about 40, I wasn't counting, because I thought it was per game? you didn't see the minus sign then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARBUG Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, therealbountybob said: you didn't see the minus sign then Ah, read it as a dash! No luck then? ? They are so difficult to kill, I only average maybe 1 every 2 games, and the games are quite long. It's just not worth the amounts of lives you would lose trying to kill them intentionally We seem to have a different strategy, I actually prefer to work from the top. Once the Birds 'turn' after what, 2 passes of the screen on Expert?, I'll drop down and try catch them before they off themselves in the lava/soup. So my priority is to take out as many from the top before they turn (sometimes only a couple or none if I'm honest), but taking out 3 or 4 before they go mental really helps. Sometimes all you can do on the Pterry waves is catch 1 or 2, drop down and wait for the mass suicides, there'll be plenty of points going in the next round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Far from my best score, but this was just after I got home from work this afternoon. My wife was sitting next to me discussing her day or I might have gotten much further, lol. Skilled difficulty: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Skilled difficulty. NTSC, 131,300...I played it enough to get bored before I got better. I'll ease into the HSC and not try and go for the gold on a game I was only ever "good" at. It's been a few years since I played the A8 or any version too. This is a really good version of the game, one of the best home versions, but I kept wishing I was playing a @TIX and @playsoft hacked/enhanced version with some multi-colored player sprites at least. Good ol' Terry could use a face-lift as well. My guess is TIX would need Playsoft in this case, it needs more than just shifting pixels, with one color sprites. Maybe more could be done for color by utilizing the missile sprites better? I'm assuming the other two players and missiles are being multiplexed for the enemies? It looks like I'll slip in about number ten, a couple down from @DrVenkman until someone knocks me lower. Edited January 28, 2020 by Gunstar 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, Gunstar said: This is a really good version of the game, one of the best home versions, but I kept wishing I was playing a @TIX and @playsoft hacked/enhanced version with some multi-colored player sprites at least. Good ol' Terry could use a face-lift as well. The 7800 version has that, plus more arcade-accurate physics (the A8/5200 versions are sort of “floaty” and the difference is obvious). That said, the A8 version was one of my absolute faves as a kid. I’m going to give it another go tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) I had a 7800 for years, and yes that was the best 8-bit version at least, though I've only ever played the arcade, 2600, 8-bit and 7800 versions. I've seen videos and screen shots of most others. Though I collected a few bargain-bin classics like Joust, for my 7800 (I got it about '89/90), the main reason I bothered to stray from my XE were the titles not released on the 8-bit line, some that protos and beta's have been found now, like Commando, Tower Toppler, Ikari Warriors, Xenophobe. I've heard a rumor Ikari Warriors exists, but it's yet to surface to the public. I have some Atari Explorer magazines from that period with a review of Xenophobe and others, and Ikari Warriors is listed in the game catalog for Atari Direct in that same issue(s). I have all of those titles, except for Ikari, on my 8-bit now, and all are close enough to the 7800 versions that I don't miss it so much. Along with all the great classics that have hacked "arcade" versions now, some even better than their 7800 counterparts. 7800 Xevious is the only one I really miss. A8/5200 prototype Xevious isn't bad, but needs finishing touches on sprites, etc., but still wouldn't compare to the 7800 version. Sometimes you just can't beat the ability to have 100 sprites on-screen, even with more ram. Edited January 28, 2020 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Got one of them PT guys at last! Though it was in mad panic when trying to get away! Had a bunch of 200K goes on todays session and improved to 277,400 on Expert Keep the eggs rolling and new players hatching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Marginal improvement, but I killed my first Pterry... completely by accident, I must admit. Basically I was in its way, facing so he would get stabbed by flying into me. Joust - 73900 pts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 my goes each day strategy is working! Improved to 432,550 somehow hung on to wave 31 Had the camera ready this time! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 ^^ It even looks like 432,550 per the screenshot but who's counting 9000 points more or less? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 19 minutes ago, carlsson said: ^^ It even looks like 432,550 per the screenshot but who's counting 9000 points more or less? RedThunder is counting it so thanks corrected Votes please everyone - Round 2 Poll >>>OPEN<<< it's multi-pick so please vote for all the games you would like to play. The Joust ends Sunday 2nd Feb 10pm UK time (5pm EST) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 My current high score is 204,500. This was played on "skilled" skill level on my MiSTer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, killersquirel said: My current high score is 204,500. This was played on "skilled" skill level on my MiSTer. Welcome (back?) killersquirrel I didn't know what a MiSTer was so here's a link for anyone else: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki ok I've got my latest assemble running so I'm definitely updating those tables... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 latest tables The multi-pick Round 2 Poll is >>>OPEN<<< so please vote for all the games you would like to play. The Joust ends Sunday 2nd Feb 10pm UK time (5pm EST) ? *JOUST* 1st Starbug 898,200 12pts 2nd therealbountybob 432,550 11pts 3rd RedThunder 377,400 10pts 4th Mr Trust 219,250 9pts 5th killersquirel 204,500 9pts 6th Deteacher 178,900 9pts 7th DrVenkman 159,600 8pts 8th Mrs RT 137,300 8pts 9th McKong 133,300 8pts 10th Gunstar 131,300 7pts 11th slx 121,300 7pts 12th mimo 114,000 7pts 13th Mister-VCS 106,750 6pts 14th Mangia-Boy 104,750 6pts 15th McKong Bro 75,400 5pts 16th carlsson 73,900 5pts 17th Sikor 71,400 4pts 18th pusakat 62,500 4pts 19th devwebcl 58,600 3pts 20th roadrunner 51,100 3pts 21st jblenkle 48,600 2pts 22nd 4Ks 47,100 2pts 23rd jedimatt42 36,300 2pts 2-Player Bonus Challenge - post lowest players score RedThunder & Mrs RT 68,250 1pt each slx & slx jr 37,000 1pt each Pterry Slayers Fun Challenge! See RT's how to video for how to do it RedThunder 3 Starbug 2 carlsson 1 trbb 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 288450 - Advanced. I think I'll move up to Expert and see how that goes. Played this one a lot as a kid, but I would set it on Novice and just play indefinitely with no pterodactyls. So that doesn't help me much now. :-D I do remember the "slingshot" or "trampoline" move that lets you bounce off the ceiling at high speed. Makes this version special. Fun! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I doubt I'll improve much on this game and it's a huge step up to the next level. I might put the A8 to rest for a day or two and try out some of the clone versions on the C64, just to compare with the "original" now that I've played it a little. There might even be a gem or two there for the people doing conversions to consider, if it really is the case that no Joust clones are known for the A8. Not that it might need them, but pretty much every other iconic game genre has at least one or two clones, often inferior but sometimes adding a new flair to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 hour ago, carlsson said: I doubt I'll improve much on this game and it's a huge step up to the next level. I might put the A8 to rest for a day or two and try out some of the clone versions on the C64, just to compare with the "original" now that I've played it a little. There might even be a gem or two there for the people doing conversions to consider, if it really is the case that no Joust clones are known for the A8. Not that it might need them, but pretty much every other iconic game genre has at least one or two clones, often inferior but sometimes adding a new flair to it. I think the eariler comment about the game being pretty much perfect is right, the skill levels really do mean something here, on some games it's hard to tell. Be interesting to see what you find out. Have you done any work on that Pro(c) Mag "games from 2019 column" - (you can miss out the 10 liners or maybe mention a couple of them). I think we have about 50 of the 100 pages so far :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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