McKong Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 332450 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, oracle_jedi said: 56,270 clearly I need some practice at this one! Yes. Me too. It is so different than Mr. Do! There are some elements in Bosconian I really like. It looks really fabulous, the controls are very accurate and the sound and music is great. Gameplay is fun and challenging too. There is most certainly a will to start again after I lost my last ship. But there is also something I dislike. I can not say exact what it is. Is the game too hard? Is there too much going on that feels random? Is it slightly boring? Is it something else. I am not sure yet. I have to play this game many more times before I know what really holds me back. The game is exceptionally well done. I think it can be just me not matching with the gameplay yet. I will retry and improve and probably and hopefully I will appreciate it more too soon. Edited March 2, 2020 by Marius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Quote 28,480 First go, keyboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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graywest Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Does anyone know if this game will play on a real 130XE via APE? I've tried a couple of different .XEX files (NTSC 64kb/128kb) and I get as far as the title screen (which loads twice) before it locks up. I seem to remember having this problem the last time this game was played in the HSC and just giving up and using emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marius Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 2 hours ago, graywest said: Does anyone know if this game will play on a real 130XE via APE? I've tried a couple of different .XEX files (NTSC 64kb/128kb) and I get as far as the title screen (which loads twice) before it locks up. I seem to remember having this problem the last time this game was played in the HSC and just giving up and using emulation. I always create a single file floppy disk (which also could be an atr of course) with the HSC game. I love to play that game till the next round then I create new floppy (using the same disk). I am in PAL land though. I create the floppy with the US speed initializer. It is one of the fastest filemenu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pusakat Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 My first offering: 30,650 Atari800 emulator on Ubuntu with PSX style USB controller. Can't wait to get my SIO2PC-USB cable built so I can have my boys try it out with me on an old 65XE with knock-off China CX-40 style controllers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+therealbountybob Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 6 hours ago, graywest said: Does anyone know if this game will play on a real 130XE via APE? I've tried a couple of different .XEX files (NTSC 64kb/128kb) and I get as far as the title screen (which loads twice) before it locks up. I seem to remember having this problem the last time this game was played in the HSC and just giving up and using emulation. Same - Just tried the 128K and 64K PAL vers on my 130XE with APE and it lock's up after title screen with blank screen However - I've just imaged the disk I had with the file version on to an ATR and it then works from APE, I'll post it and the NTSC one on the first post here in a minute or two 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, therealbountybob said: Same - Just tried the 128K and 64K PAL vers on my 130XE with APE and it lock's up after title screen with blank screen However - I've just imaged the disk I had with the file version on to an ATR and it then works from APE, I'll post it and the NTSC one on the first post here in a minute or two Thanks TRBB!! You are my hero. I don't mind emulation, but there's nothing like using real hardware. ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 5 hours ago, Marius said: I always create a single file floppy disk (which also could be an atr of course) with the HSC game. I love to play that game till the next round then I create new floppy (using the same disk). I am in PAL land though. I create the floppy with the US speed initializer. It is one of the fastest filemenu. Thanks Marius! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 While my latest assemble is running... we have enough players already for the first table (plus I'll get it in quick before McKong overtakes me, Starbug comes out of stasis and RT finds his joystick) ! BOSCONIAN 1st therealbountybob 387,160 12pts 2nd McKong 332,450 11pts 3rd Deteacher 229,750 10pts 4th AtariLeaf 98,730 9pts 5th Marius 63,540 9pts 6th roadrunner 63,080 8pts 7th chevymad 62,150 8pts 8th a8isa1 57,670 7pts 9th oracle_jedi 56,270 7pts 10th Mangia-Boy 49,450 6pts 11th Sikor 48,330 5pts 12th slx 44,850 4pts 13th pusakat 30,650 3pts 14th RedThunder 28,480 2pts 15th mimo 14,520 2pts If anyone wants to see how they're doing overall, I've updated the Season 17 Current Standings. Let me know if I've missed anyone or any precious points ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle_jedi Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 134,840 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMarc-er Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 56,180 My thumb hurts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) 204,660 I think I'll be hearing "ALAR! ALAR!" and "BLESS... ALL!" in my dreams tonight. Edited March 4, 2020 by graywest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Bosconian - 14,590 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 107810 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Ok I have changed my opinion. This game absolutely kicks ass. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) Lol slight improvement: 108380 Edited March 4, 2020 by Marius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Is of bonus life at 20K and 70K or more frequent. Couldn't find that info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 It's groundhog day While my latest assemble is running... latest tables BOSCONIAN 1st therealbountybob 387,160 12pts 2nd McKong 332,450 11pts 3rd Deteacher 229,750 10pts 4th graywest 204,660 9pts 5th oracle_jedi 134,840 9pts 6th Marius 108,380 8pts 7th AtariLeaf 98,730 8pts 8th roadrunner 63,080 7pts 9th chevymad 62,150 7pts 10th a8isa1 57,670 6pts 11th MagicMarc-er 56,180 6pts 12th Sikor 49,500 5pts 13th Mangia-Boy 49,450 5pts 14th slx 44,850 4pts 15th pusakat 30,650 4pts 16th RedThunder 28,480 3pts 17th jblenkle 14,590 2pts 18th mimo 14,520 2pts If anyone wants to see how they're doing overall, I've updated the Season 17 Current Standings. Let me know if I've missed anyone or any precious points ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a8isa1 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Slight improvement 75070 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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