gar0u Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I see this is the final game of the season. When does the next season start? I've never played Intellivision pinball before today. Can't seem to get more than about 5,000 points. Really hard game so far... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, gar0u said: I've never played Intellivision pinball before today. Can't seem to get more than about 5,000 points. Really hard game so far... Best advice I can give is to slow down and play tactical. This is not a Steve Ritchie flow table, this is stop and aim. First goal each ball is to get the lane blockers up by hitting those notches in the dog bumpers, that'll help a lot. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, gar0u said: I see this is the final game of the season. When does the next season start? Usually a month or a few weeks after the last one. Hope to see you there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 Expect 2 or 3 Intellivision games from this Season 12, showing another appearence for Season 13. ? Clue: They are of Non-Coleco origins. ? 3 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 52 minutes ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: Expect 2 or 3 Intellivision games from this Season 12, showing another appearence for Season 13. ? Clue: They are of Non-Coleco origins. ? Aw, what a shame (not)! ? ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 11 hours ago, Rickster8 said: I dunno, that game was a Perfect Storm scenario. Everything was falling right for me which doesn't happen very often. Played a game this afternoon where I got 114k on my first ball and then the game went into the toilet after that... ? On the positive side I have gotten to the 3rd screen a few more times today... ? I’ve had some great starts on ball 1 too that I couldn’t keep the momentum on. Much higher scores are possible. There are a lot of features on this game and a wealth of points available on level 3. Too bad so little time is spent there. Dropping all yellow targets on level 3 FIVE TIMES IN 1 BALL!! opens a cup for extra ball then collect bonus. Seems pretty unlikely. In the past 37 years has anyone ever got an extra ball in this game or a collect bonus during a ball? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Ace24 said: I’ve had some great starts on ball 1 too that I couldn’t keep the momentum on. Much higher scores are possible. There are a lot of features on this game and a wealth of points available on level 3. Too bad so little time is spent there. Dropping all yellow targets on level 3 FIVE TIMES IN 1 BALL!! opens a cup for extra ball then collect bonus. Seems pretty unlikely. In the past 37 years has anyone ever got an extra ball in this game or a collect bonus during a ball? I know I used to get the EB on level 3 BITD. Not regularly, but definitely multiple times. Also remember having the multiplier up to 3x and 4x at least. Seem to recall that the game was more about the bonus and multiplier (like getting upset if I didn't increase multiplier when bonus was above 20 before draining) than it was straight scoring. That's why it's so irritating not to be able to get those kinds of scores nowadays. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Oh, I underestimated the ability of Intellivision gamers! One more week of competitive Pinball - I’m going to put in a lot more games on this one.? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Finally had a decent game on this. Got up to the third screen a couple of times, but didn't stay there long! 112,500 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, gezkc said: Finally had a decent game on this. Got up to the third screen a couple of times, but didn't stay there long! 112,500 Woohoo! Nice one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Slight improvement. Decent go except for the bit where I got the golden ball then immediately drained it without scoring a single point. ? 107,010 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Slight improvement. Decent go except for the bit where I got the golden ball then immediately drained it without scoring a single point. ? 107,010 Nice score! I've never been able to make a golden ball appear. I had the moving target come up once, but didn't get anywhere near it! Edited June 15, 2020 by gezkc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: Expect 2 or 3 Intellivision games from this Season 12, showing another appearence for Season 13. ? Clue: They are of Non-Coleco origins. ? Question: I haven't seen the Intellivision version of Pac-Man played in a HSC yet since I've been here. That version is so much better than the Atari version, and it would be cool to have it included in one of these seasons. Could that be considered for next season? Edited June 15, 2020 by IntyFanMatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, BiffMan said: Slight improvement. Decent go except for the bit where I got the golden ball then immediately drained it without scoring a single point. ? 107,010 What exactly does the golden ball do? I've gotten it a few times. I assume you rack up more points with it or does it do even more than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: What exactly does the golden ball do? I've gotten it a few times. I assume you rack up more points with it or does it do even more than that? I think it's mentioned in the rules, but it doubles your scoring while it's active 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 First attempt. It's going to be a long week. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Reading through the instructions...page 2 and it's already worth it. "When game title appears on your TV screen, DON'T DO ANYTHING." Well, damn Pinball, didn't know you were so impressed with your demo mode. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Getting the hang of it: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Had a 4x26 bonus on one ball. That helped. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Holy crap with these scores people. If this was a real machine, I'd have gone through my roll of quarters with not much to show for it ? 19,200 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Well I beat my high score, but still not even close to Ace, 353k!!!!!??? HOLY SCHNIKEES!!!!! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 5 hours ago, Ace24 said: Had a 4x26 bonus on one ball. That helped. Wow! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 2:17 PM, IntyFanMatt said: Question: I haven't seen the Intellivision version of Pac-Man played in a HSC yet since I've been here. That version is so much better than the Atari version, and it would be cool to have it included in one of these seasons. Could that be considered for next season? Yeah its on the maze list for next season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 High Score Club Record cparsley (1,000,000+) Rolled The Scores 1980gamer (999,999) Lawdy! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Improvement, but man this game is hard. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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