zylon Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Our game for June will be The Dreadnaught Factor, played on Game 5. Use real 5200 systems and Atari Mfg controls. -1 hsc pt penalty for use of period analog sticks, such as the Wico. Only modern exceptions allowed are flashcarts/SD loaders running original Roms. Pics preferred, but not required, except for HSC wins and records. Game ends when month does. Current HSC record- Bust it for a bonus point! The Dreadnaught Factor - (Game 5) rubeon 31,864 BUSTED! New- 34,875 rubeon Final scores: 34,875 rubeon +1+11=12 12,749 zylon +10 10,504 DamonicFury +9 6,262 roadrunner +8 1,986 RangerG +7 Current standings: DamonicFury - 49 rubeon - 48 roadrunner - 41 RangerG - 32 zylon - 27 troff - 24 Rogerpoco - 15 patroclus99 - 10 hoosierdadee78 - 9 Dreadnaught Factor, The.bin Edited July 1, 2020 by zylon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 34,875 Not today, Dreadnaughts -- pick on a galaxy your own size! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 7 hours ago, rubeon said: 34,875 Not today, Dreadnaughts -- pick on a galaxy your own size! Besting your own record still earns the +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1,986 Not very good, but it's a start. How long does it take to score 34,000 points? Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 9,482 (also -1 Wico penalty) I enjoy this game, but clearly I’m not the most talented star pilot in this squadron. Kudos, rubeon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 18 hours ago, RangerG said: 1,986 Not very good, but it's a start. How long does it take to score 34,000 points? Wow! Completing the game takes about 20-25 minutes with 10 Dreadnaughts. I've never put together a strategy guide or anything, but my main habits are: 1. Destroy the engines before doing anything else! You can ad lib a bit with early ships and blow stuff up as you go, but after the first 2 or 3 ships you got to get those engines! The further out you destroy the Dreadnaught, the more points you get, and the more bombing runs you can make before it reaches your Stargate. 2. Make sure you take out the bridges as well. This takes some memorisation to know where they are, but once the bridges are down the guns fire less, and I believe things like the launchers regenerate more slowly 3. Minimise the dying. You get 5 free ships with every Dreddie you destroy, and each ship counts for bonus at the end of the game. Those bonus points really add up after you've mashed 10 of them. You get about 1500-2000 points per dreadnaught, depending on how much stuff you blow up and how far out it is. About half of my score up there was from the remaining-ship bonus. Fantastic game, and one that really shines on the 5200 hardware. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 6,262 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Gave it another try, this time with the ol CX-52 (ouch). Those later Dreadnaughts are just so damn MEAN! 10,504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 9,038 needed new fire buttons. Mine were about toast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 12 hours ago, zylon said: 9,038 needed new fire buttons. Mine were about toast. What's up with that little ❤️ to the right of the stargate? I don't recall ever seeing that before, does it always do that on yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, rubeon said: What's up with that little ❤️ to the right of the stargate? I don't recall ever seeing that before, does it always do that on yours? Not exactly sure how that came up. It happened after 2nd ship. I'll be playing again later and see if I can trigger it again. I can't see anything about it in the manual. My 1st run through had the game crash on me, so might be just a glitch. Update- this one came up at beginning of 2nd ship. I'd made it through the first one without dying and not missing any targets. Edited June 30, 2020 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) 12,749 got unlucky and had the diamond ship as number 10.... Edited June 30, 2020 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 June goes to rubeon for besting his own record and out blasting all of us combined! ? Thanks Y'all for playing and I'll get something up soon for July. Final scores: 34,875 rubeon +1+11=12 12,749 zylon +10 10,504 DamonicFury +9 6,262 roadrunner +8 1,986 RangerG +7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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