Vocelli Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Week 6 Dolphin 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 Dolphin 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 21, 2020 Bonus: Extra Dolphins Bonus ~ How many extra lives can you get! The cool thing about Dolphin is that after you kill the octopus or after the octopus kills you… the game pauses and gives you a breather. This is a perfect time to take a pic! Go ahead take a pic of the pause screen… if you have: 11+ Lives you get +4 bonus points. 9-10 Lives you get +3 Bonus points. 7-8 Lives you get +2 Bonus points 5-6 Lives you get +1 Bonus point Take a pic with the most lives… +5 Bonus points. Pics only excepted on the Pause Screen. Dolphin Scores AMAZING! - RogerPoco (+50) AMAZING! - OyamaFamily (+50) AMAZING! - IsaiahAustin (+50) AMAZING! - Deteacher (+50) AMAZING! - Nads (+50) AMAZING! - TheActivisionary (+50) AMAZING! - PatLarocque (+50) AMAZING! - ZilchSr (+50) AMAZING! - FakeCortex (+50) AMAZING! - CapitanClassic (+50) AMAZING! - GBAG (+50) 222630 - Jaden (+39) 219810 - Vocelli (+38) 219610 - DrMooCowz (+37) 193550 - McCallister (+36) 140590 - LaurenTyler (+35) 138670 - Cwieland (+34) 135300 - JasonAtari (+33) 135020 - Keilbaca (+32) 133500 - Evandro (+31) 129910 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+30) 118040 - TRB_MetroidTeam (+29) 107100 - SkippyBCoyote (+28) 106210 - 5x7 (+27) 105170 - AtariWarlord (+26) 86650 - Scrabbler (+25) 83690 - RGC (+24) 59910 - ClassicGamer (+23) 56230 - NovaStar (+22) 55310 - MoisesTuseto (+21) 54970 - Redmiller (+20) 51460 - Nester (+19) 42570 - Atari_Warlord (+18) 38080 - AustinBlair (+17) 37310 - RoadRunner (+16) 30710 - LordInnit (+15) 9780 - SBAZ (+14) 8610 - MisterVCS (+13) 7540 - MangiaBoy (+12) 2680 - BugCatcher (+11) 1100 - Atarian7 (+10) Extra Dolphins Bonus 18 - ZilchSr (+5) 16 - Nads (+4) 13 - TheActionvisionary (+4) 12 - RogerPoco (+4) 12 - FakeCortex (+4) 11 - CapitanClassic (+4) 10 - GBAG (+3) 9 - Deteacher (+3) 9 - Vocelli (+3) 9 - McCallister (+3) 9 - Jaden (+3) 8 - DrMooCowz (+2) 7 - PatLarocque (+2) 7 - Evandro (+2) 6 - Scrabbler (+1) 6 - AtariWarlord (+1) 6 - Cwieland (+1) 6 - TRB_ Metroid Team (+1) 5 - OyamaFamily (+1) 5 - LaurenTyler (+1) 5 - MoisesTuseto (+1) 5 - Atari_Warlord (+1) 5 - JasonAtari (+1) 5 - RedMiller (+1) 5 - Nester (+1) 5 - 5x7 (+1) 5 - NovaStar (+1) 5 - SkippyBCoyote (+1) 5 - JacobZu7Zu7 (+1) Overall Standings Remember the Top 32 will qualify for the Medal Bracket Challenge at the end of the season! 309 ZilchSr 295 OyamaFamily 274 McCallister 268 Deteacher 256 Capitain Classic 253 Vocelli 251 JacobZu7Zu7 233 TheActivisionary 230 JasonAtari 227 SkippyBCoyote 223 Nads 220 FakeCortex 217 GBAG 214 Keilbaca 207 RogerPoco 205 PatLarocque 198 Evandro 197 AtariPacmanFan 191 MoisesTuseto 170 Toiletunes 162 Lord Innit 161 Dr Moocowz 158 TRB_MetroidTeam 154 Jaden 152 5x7 149 ClassicGamer 147 MisterVCS 146 AtariWarlord 138 Atarian7 130 IsaiahAustin 130 SBAZ 129 Gtype 127 Gorfy 114 LaurenTyler 114 RetroRob 108 Nester 102 AGB 99 Mchetzel 98 Scrabbler 82 RedMiller 81 AlNafuur 81 RGC 80 Atari_Warlord 78 NovaStar 72 Troff 71 CwieLand 71 JetSet 70 AlasdairCampbell 70 AustinBlair 61 Magmavision2k 47 KianSurfs 46 Roadrunner 44 ClassicGMR 40 MrBubble 35 MangiaBoy 34 BugCatcher 34 WickeyColumbus 21 HankReardon 18 Spriggy 16 Jblenkle 15 MikeBloke 12 DarQMassacres 11 DarthCloud 5 AsteroidZ 2 AtariUCLA24 2 CaptainKiwi 2 PjeDivision Season 10 will have: ~ Activision Weeks (1 more to go) ~ Summer Fun ~ Gold Medal winner pick from ZilchSr ~ Silver Medal winner pick from Deteacher ~ Bronze Medal winner pick from LayrenTyler ~ Paper Medal winner pick from OldManG ~ Several Request weeks or Special Weeks ~ HomeBrew Weeks ~ Paddle Weeks ~ Beat the leader weeks This Season will last about 23 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 30, 2020 by Vocelli 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Lotta max outs on this one!!! I might get mine done tonight, not sure... Darnitt, I really wanted a grind this week!!! My first Rollage... AMAZING!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 You are the dolphin... Nary an innocent phrase has been uttered as ominously. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) This is another game I suck at (so far). Edited June 11, 2020 by Atarian7 Left out a word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitanClassic Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, Atarian7 said: This is another game I suck at (so far). Urgh, this is another game I am good at, which unfortunately means I am going to have to roll it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moisés Tuseto Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Thanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Dolphin-Rollage Can't believe I got the first one in! No lie, it took a couple attempts-stupid Seagull gets a bit faster than I remembered. The secret is to "hop the top". 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Bonus-12 lives Got there twice in this game, fell off in the middle, this is probably the most lives I have ever had, and was actually gaining lives at the end of the game, found my groove. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Well, there are certainly better players than me(I have friends who can max this, essentially death-free, with the sound turned off...Sheesh...), but I do know how to break this game down pretty well(not a lot to it, really), so here goes... There's no "freestyle" when you play this game to max it, there is a "method" that kinda needs to be followed, or you won't likely reach Amazing(Max Score). Stay towards the top, and head to the right. Jump OVER the seaweed as it approaches-basically, listen to the tones, you'll jump just as one(tone) fades away. As the game reaches mid-point, you'll almost need to listen for the beeps to know when to jump-you can pretty much get it visually the first 100k, and it is so fast that you are almost jumping all the time in the last 100k, so mid-game is when you really need to rely on the beeps. Try to hit the arrows heading right, and try to trick the octopus into hitting the ones going left. If you have a nice lead on the octopus, when it changes colors, stop jumping the seaweed and just let it bump you, and watch for the seagull, jump up and grab it and change directions in the air, chasing the Octopus back to the left. That's it. Head right, jump the seaweed, be ready for the Seagull when the Octopus and seaweed change color, snag it, and nail the Octopus. By keeping it to one "plan", you will get farther and farther as you keep playing, and eventually this one "clicks" for most people. Have Fun, Good Luck, I have no idea what I am going to do with myself this week now... (Teasing). 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Dolphin - AMAZING! (300,000) Bonus - 5 dolphins 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Dolphin: 243670 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 After taking the screenshot for my 5 lives, I accidentally hit Escape! D'OH! Consider this both my bonus and my first score if possible? 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (Final Updated Score) Dolphin: 300000 (Amazing!) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 54 minutes ago, Lauren Tyler said: After taking the screenshot for my 5 lives, I accidentally hit Escape! D'OH! Consider this both my bonus and my first score if possible? Use OBS(or whatever) to record the gameplay, make sure to hang a bit at a pause screen, then capture the pic later from the video? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 86,150! I remember "rolling" this one a long time ago. Once I get better at the timing, I think I can do it again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 163,840! Also had 8 dolphins for the bonus. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Never fully understood this game until today (kinda). Score: 202020 Lives Bonus: 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Amazing! Also, 9 lives for the bonus. I've found, after playing the super speed, going back to the slow levels is actually quite difficult. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 How the merciful hell are you guys so good at video games? Did you take a class in it or something? I've owned this game for 35 years and thought I was decent at it. Got a 40,000-plus score first try and came here to see if it was even worth posting. Guess not. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 49 minutes ago, Deteacher said: Amazing! Also, 9 lives for the bonus. I've found, after playing the super speed, going back to the slow levels is actually quite difficult. Oh, haha-I embarassed myself, trying to remind my Son how to play(I had shown him before), and I swear, I blamed it on being used to the speed of the faster levels!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 18 minutes ago, AtariWarlord said: How the merciful hell are you guys so good at video games? Did you take a class in it or something? I've owned this game for 35 years and thought I was decent at it. Got a 40,000-plus score first try and came here to see if it was even worth posting. Guess not. I had excellent teachers/mentors, many of whom play in the HSC!!! I promise, just a "regular Guy" here, tho I view them as Geniuses. Seriously, read how I described to play, and look up someone doing it online, it will help!!! Good Luck!!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 24 minutes ago, AtariWarlord said: How the merciful hell are you guys so good at video games? Did you take a class in it or something? I've owned this game for 35 years and thought I was decent at it. Got a 40,000-plus score first try and came here to see if it was even worth posting. Guess not. On the faster levels, I count how many of the arrow things go across the screen. There are 14 of them before the seagull comes out. Then it's just timing the jump. Another way to tell when the seagull comes out is the squid will change color. Once he does, the seagull is going to come out. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 37,310 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 DOLPHIN : ROLLAGE MOST LIVES : 13 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I watched a YT video of a "perfect run." Amazing score and no lives lost. The max lives you can have is 18. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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