Deteacher Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1st posting: 2,846! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 4 hours ago, fakecortex said: maybe it had to do with how they coded the score display. This is just a guess (maybe some 6502 programmers can chime in), but if 6502 allows for signed integers, and the devs knew that a score above UInt(32767), or UInt(&HFFFF), was possible, they may have decided that allowing a rollover at 10K and displaying a rollover sprite was their only option if they wanted to save that 16th bit for one reason or another. The maximum score possible on this game is around 40K. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 10 minutes ago, ZilchSr said: The maximum score possible on this game is around 40K. Is this based off of the code or what you've seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 "You'll notice that the Dogies appear in rows. When you rope the last one of a group of dark red Herefords...get set for some fast action, 'cause there's trouble ahead!". From the manual. Haven't played this in a while, PB 3848, committed to a "patch score", like Kaboom last season, I don't think I'll commit enough to top my pb(never know...). But I wonder if that might be a key to the Black Anguses or something? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Rogerpoco said: "You'll notice that the Dogies appear in rows. When you rope the last one of a group of dark red Herefords...get set for some fast action, 'cause there's trouble ahead!". From the manual. Good eye! I love the dev note in the activision manuals. I gotta test this one out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteroidz Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) The black cows and skull are considered obstacles, unlike the moving cows. And they alternate. skull/black cow/skull/black cow/... So let's say you have four rows of moving brown cows, then the fifth row has a skull. Assuming you keep all brown cows in the same rows, you know that the fifth row will have a few sets of moving cows next, followed by a black cow. Then repeat. All this makes it sound like it should be easy to go for a really high score, but I guess I'm just not that good at putting it into practice. Also, after the game 'repeats' itself seven times, on the eighth wave there's a bug that makes the game practically unplayable...so ~35,000 +/- 1000 is the highest score you'll ever get as long as you keep track of the score rolling over. (special bonus, not strategy related. here's a 2005 interview with Bob Whitehead, the game programmer http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_bob_whitehead.html) Edited May 31, 2020 by asteroidz 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 hours ago, fakecortex said: My vote is to keep going since it's counted. I wonder why they even roll that low, maybe it had to do with how they coded the score display. I will be very impressed if we actually have to implement a rule. The game doesn't roll in the traditional sense. Even after 10,000, the difficulty continues to increase. I'm playing this season on the emulator, which is less forgiving than the real hardware. My high score on the real hardware is between 27,000 and 28,000. The game gets to a point where the cows barely bump forward and that's where the long slog comes to a quick end. The more a cow is bumped, the more stubborn it gets and the distance traveled becomes less. Winning is a matter of controlling the chaos. I'm gonna post my game play video on Tuesday and the pattern will become apparent. Keep at it. The game is worth it. ☝️ . 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 4,253! Probably my best score ever. Getting the hang of corralling them, but it gets pretty hectic...fast! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 9 minutes ago, Scrabbler15 said: The game doesn't roll in the traditional sense. Even after 10,000, the difficulty continues to increase. I'm playing this season on the emulator, which is less forgiving than the real hardware. My high score on the real hardware is between 27,000 and 28,000. The game gets to a point where the cows barely bump forward and that's where the long slog comes to a quick end. The more a cow is bumped, the more stubborn it gets and the distance traveled becomes less. Winning is a matter of controlling the chaos. I'm gonna post my game play video on Tuesday and the pattern will become apparent. Keep at it. The game is worth it. ☝️ WOW. That's an intense score, cowboy. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 8,420 . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (Final Updated Score) Stampede: 2367 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Deteacher said: So, the game rolls at 10K, but the ten-thousands digit is counted by a steer's head at the bottom of the screen, followed by a 2 (for 20K) and a 3 (for 30K) etc. So, my question is: Do we stop at 10K for rollage, or keep going, since the ten-thousands place is recorded? Not that I'll score that high, but asking for everyone else. We keep going! Rope those cows till... you can't rope no more! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Stampede Game 1: Game 8: 320 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Game 1: 1,226. This has been a great season so far -- all games you can improve on continually with enough practice (I hate hitting a ceiling on a game). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Deteacher said: 4,253! Probably my best score ever. Getting the hang of corralling them, but it gets pretty hectic...fast! Is playing in black and white a strategic choice? I've noticed it's easier (at least on the eyes) to play some 2600 games in black and white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 this game most definite it is easier to play in B&W at least for me and the above player 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, fakecortex said: Is this based off of the code or what you've seen? Neither ... just an analysis of the game. There are a finite number of levels. Each level has a finite amount of dogies, and thus, points. A perfectly executed level nets between 5k and 6k, leaving a theoretical ceiling of 42K if all levels yielded the upper bounds of 6K, which they don't. If you take a look at the current and former (by OldManG) world record performance, you'll see an almost-flawless execution, and both ended up with 36K. Edited June 1, 2020 by ZilchSr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Game 8 BB (real hardware) 1,877 Edited June 1, 2020 by JacobZu7zu7 Score improved since 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Standard Game 1BB 1 rollage ? 1 Steer head ? 16,886 ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrabbler15 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 This is the game play video from the last score that I posted. The strategy is easier observed than it is explained. Control the chaos. . Stampede_2020-05-31.avi 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 OK, I'm not posting a score yet, but a comment... I don't much care for Stampede, have said so before, tho I am over the moon in general with Activision(many of us are, I'm not "special", lol). Barely scrabbled out a Patch Score, if reaching those wasn't a goal I may have never even played the game. But game 8 is FANTASTIC! Lol, I dunno why-I think I'm getting well-rounded enough to be able to tell if a game can be out thought, even if I'm not able to do so myself, and the Game 8 really seems like it takes some of the ability to "use skill" out of the equation-"Here's as hard as it gets, and best of luck to you". Gauging your expectations going into a game seems moot, as it's just a mad free for all. This is one of the main reasons I play in the HSC-"Oh, ok, that doesn't suck, does it?". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Game 8-1415 Haha! Not too bad! I'll probably work a bit on a middling score on game 1, just to get back to this one, lol, tho it's a "bonus". Who knew? The (seeming, so far) randomness of the Black Angus make it a controller-thrower occasionally, ha, but you definitely CAN control the herd, to a degree. I'm not too good-really good players I think sometimes miss some of the more simple things beginners need to know, but here ya go, specifically on game 8, but if I remember correctly it's a big part of the strategy on game one as well- Don't really try to lasso the slower moving, darker brown Dogies(...Motherless Calves, btw). Mostly you want to bump them ahead, hoping for almost a full top to bottom screen row of them-then, as you continue to move up and down bumping the slower ones, make a hole towards the middle for faster ones to slip through. Pick them off, then go back to the up/down routine of bumping slower ones forward. Rinse, repeat, as often as possible. Crap. I disliked this game "on purpose", tho it's one of my Best Friend's favorite and best games, but it's growing on me as to why someone would play a video game with cows in it, I suppose... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmiller Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Game 1: 663 Game 2: 372 I kind of stink at this game. Will have to practice more this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alasdair Campbell (BSc.) Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Last week on an ostrich, this week on an emu! Game 1, difficulty B- 1124 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Cattle Baron Bonus Game 8 BB 2,402 Edited June 1, 2020 by JacobZu7zu7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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