Vocelli Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) Week 5 Crackpots CLARIFICATION: No use of CHEATS, emulation advantages, bugs, cart frying or other variables that gives you an unfair advantage in this HSC. Please assume you have to follow the game difficulty and mode for the playing week/s. There cannot be any game enhancements or favorite settings to play in the 2600 HSC, unless you are given authorization to do so by your humble yet strict MODERATOR! Vocelli Crackpots Released By: Activision Left Difficulty: B Right Difficulty: B Game Mode: Game 1 Post your scores right here in this thread, and we will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone else. The deadline for posting scores is Midnight (EST) the evening of June 14, 2020 Bonus: Patch Bonus Plus Get +1 Bonus for getting the patch score of 75,000. AND Get an additional +1 if the Top 5 scores are ALL over 75K AND THEN Get another additional +1 if the Top 10 scores are all over 75k PLUS Get another additional +1 if the Top 15 scores are all over 75k FURTHERMORE Get another additional +1 if the Top 20 scores are all over 75k (Total Possible BONUS +5 if you score over 75k and all of the Top 20 scores over 75k) You do not get a bonus if you do not get over 75k Crackpots Scores NO BOOM BANG SCORES ~ Thanks! PATCH WORTHY 253630 - Keilbaca (+3) (+50) 108440 - OyamaFamily (+3) (+49) 101030 - McCallister (+3) (+48) 89160 - Vocelli (+3) (+47) 84680 - PatLarocque (+3) (+46) 84460 - ZilchSr (+3) (+45) 84390 - DrMooCowz (+3) (+44) 83200 - Jaden (+3) (+43) 78400 - Deteacher (+3) (+42) 78230 - Evandro (+3) (+41) 76820 - GBAG (+3) (+40) 76000 - RogerPoco (+3) (+39) NOT PATCH WORTHY 74490 - JasonAtari (+38) 73800 - MoisesTuseto (+37) 69960 - FakeCortex (+36) 66680 - Nads (+35) 61910 - JabobZu7Zu7 (+34) 61070 - TRB_MetroidTeam (+33) 61060 - TheActivisionary (+32) 54400 - AtariWarlord (+31) 54260 - AtariPacmanFan (+30) 53120 - CapitanClassic (+29) 52580 - LaurenTyler (+28) 48430 - SkippyBCoyote (+27) 48070 - CwieLand (+26) 47050 - Atarian7 (+25) 46850 - GType (+24) 44340 - Gorfy (+23) 43540 - IsaiahAustin (+22) 41790 - Atari_Warlord (+21) 38840 - NovaStar (+20) 31720 - Scrabbler (+19) 28660 - 5x7 (+18) 26430 - Mchetzel (+17) 25400 - RetroRob (+16) 23880 - AGB (+15) 23010 - LordInnit (+14) 21440 - ClassicGamer (+13) 18220 - JBlenkle (+12) 14310 - AustinBlair (+11) 14020 - RGC (+10) 11840 - RoadRunner (+9) 9710 - MangiaBoy (+8) 6800 - MisterVCS (+7) Overall Standings Remember... The Top 32 will qualify for the Medal Bracket Challenge at the end of the Season. 261 ZilchSr 243 OyamaFamily 227 Capitain Classic 223 Deteacher 223 McCallister 217 JacobZu7Zu7 203 Vocelli 201 TheActivisionary 200 SkippyBCoyote 192 JasonAtari 188 Nads 184 FakeCortex 174 GBAG 170 Toiletunes 167 AtariPacmanFan 165 RogerPoco 161 Keilbaca 156 PatLarocque 154 Evandro 154 MoisesTuseto 148 Lord Innit 140 MisterVCS 136 ClassicGamer 134 5x7 130 SBAZ 125 TRB_MetroidTeam 115 AtariWarlord 114 Dr Moocowz 113 Atarian7 108 IsaiahAustin 108 Jaden 108 Nester 105 Gtype 104 Gorfy 98 RetroRob 87 AGB 86 LaurenTyler 82 Mchetzel 82 RedMiller 81 AlNafuur 79 Scrabbler 72 Troff 71 JetSet 71 RGC 70 AlasdairCampbell 61 Magmavision2k 59 Atari_Warlord 59 AustinBlair 58 NovaStar 47 KianSurfs 45 CwieLand 44 ClassicGMR 40 MrBubble 37 Roadrunner 34 BugCatcher 34 WickeyColumbus 27 MangiaBoy 21 HankReardon 18 Spriggy 15 MikeBloke 12 DarQMassacres 11 DarthCloud 5 AsteroidZ 4 Jblenkle 2 AtariUCLA24 2 CaptainKiwi 2 PjeDivision Season 10 will have: ~ Activision Weeks ~ Summer Fun ~ Gold Medal winner pick from ZilchSr ~ Silver Medal winner pick from Deteacher ~ Bronze Medal winner pick from LayrenTyler ~ Paper Madal winner pick from OldManG ~ Several Request weeks or Special Weeks ~ HomeBrew Weeks ~ Several Request weeks or Special Weeks ~ Paddle Weeks ~ Beat the leader weeks This Season will last about 25 weeks and have 25+ Games The TOP 32 will qualify for the Medal Bracket Challenge which will include a special Paper Medal Bracket Knockout Tourney. Edited June 16, 2020 by Vocelli 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) We will not be accepting any Boom Bang Scores this week.... Thanks. Edited June 4, 2020 by Vocelli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 What's a "Boom Bang" score? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Well, that tears it-if anyone ever meets up with Vocelli in real life, give him a flowerpot to the head for me... Teasing-this is actually a good "bad" pick for me, almost perfect even-my list of unacheived Patch Scores is pretty small now, and down to ones that are really tough for me- This game is actually towards the top of my "Man, at least stick with it a few days" list, so I guess this is like a forced opportunity to try to get that one done. I have a very specific problem on this game-the red spiders. Just can't seem to get the hang of predicting them properly, mebbe practice will help. Good Luck Everyone!!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Atarian7 said: What's a "Boom Bang" score? Check out this video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 An Activision game a don't have...so I just grabbed myself a copy on ebay I'll be emulating till then. I like the bonus- rewards us helping each other, very nice. Of course, sorry to those who don't meet the cut off. Which very well might be me, hahaha. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 hours ago, fakecortex said: An Activision game a don't have...so I just grabbed myself a copy on ebay I'll be emulating till then. I like the bonus- rewards us helping each other, very nice. Of course, sorry to those who don't meet the cut off. Which very well might be me, hahaha. This game is tough, well.... for me, its one of the very few Activision games, I HAVEN'T EARNED A PATCH ON.... ? I can nearly roll the score in Megamania and I rarely play that game, so ... get ready for CRACK. ? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Crackpots: 31380 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 5 hours ago, fakecortex said: An Activision game a don't have...so I just grabbed myself a copy on ebay I'll be emulating till then. I like the bonus- rewards us helping each other, very nice. Of course, sorry to those who don't meet the cut off. Which very well might be me, hahaha. As referred to by @JacobZu7zu7 - This patch score is pretty brutal, compared to most of the others. I hope I am proven wrong, but I am guessing 5 75k scores, tops, even with the high level of play here. This is a tough one to share strategy, as it's kinda all reflexes. Again, tho, kinda glad to be "forced" into grinding on this, should be fun! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 47,590 This is one of those more brutal games, I agree. The thing about the red bugs is that they always finish two spaces from where they started. If they start under the third window, for example, and move to the right, they'll be going into the fifth window. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 27,410. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 41230 - CapitanClassic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5x7 Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 21150 I’ll try some more later 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Crackpots - 9,380 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 71,060! Almost got the patch! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 78,400! Patch! Here's my tip: Keep dropping flower pots, when you can. Especially the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ones. They tend to crush the critters crawling on the street, before they have a chance to start climbing up the wall. Edited June 5, 2020 by Deteacher 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 31,140. 33,420. (Note: for some reason I can't get rid of the snap with the old score.) Edited June 6, 2020 by AtariWarlord Improved score. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 2:38 PM, oyamafamily said: Check out this video! So I'm confused as to how you are supposed to avoid that if it's part of the natural flow of the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Crackpots-59,700 Well,no patch, but this WAS encouraging-my PB had been 52,150, after days of grinding a few months back, but honest to gosh, this was my first attempt for the compo, so I do see the Patch score potentially happening for me-not swearing so, but mebbe. *Edit* And yes, as always when it comes up in these type games-I am conflicted about "killing the bugs", but as they are regarded as "pests", it's a necessary evil. Edited June 6, 2020 by Rogerpoco 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 34 minutes ago, AtariWarlord said: So I'm confused as to how you are supposed to avoid that if it's part of the natural flow of the game. I'm not gonna lie- There's NO WAY I could actually notice that happening/not happening, as I am playing the game, just no way. I do agree with your sentiment tho- I had a score submitted elsewhere, for Spike on Vectrex, only a middling score-one of my best buds(still), who watches that system carefully, said I stayed in one spot too long once, and shot too many enemies, i.e., leeching, score was rejected. Hell, I was just trying not to die... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, Deteacher said: 78,400! Patch! Here's my tip: Keep dropping flower pots, when you can. Especially the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ones. They tend to crush the critters crawling on the street, before they have a chance to start climbing up the wall. I've always dropped the second from left pot as the round starts, but keeping the middle pots dropping probably helped increase my PB by 20% or so, I guess, Thanks! *Edit* And BIG Congrats!!! Edited June 6, 2020 by Rogerpoco 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 21,010 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) @ AtariWarlord. 'Boom Bang' is a game that is a knockoff of Crackpots.... Looks almost the same but plays slightly different and I think scores differently too. That video oyamafamily posted has nothing to do with gameplay and has everything to do with that is NOT Crackpots in the video.... It's a game called 'Boom Bang'. Edited June 7, 2020 by Vocelli 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (Final Updated Score) Crackpots: 43540 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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