+DamonicFury Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Welcome to the fourteenth round of this 5200 HSC season! There was a four-way tie this time (!) which was broken by a die roll, with Kangaroo coming out on top. Play using the default settings. Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. The current record was set by rxd with 79,500 points. Bust it if you can for a bonus point. The ROM can be found here: https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=631 Round ends Sunday, July 26th, 2020 @9pm EST Standings: rubeon - 52,100 phuzaxeman - 34,400 Cafeman - 27,200 Mangia-Boy - 27,200 jblenkle - 5,900 roadrunner - 5,300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Atari 5200 Kangaroo review http://cafeman.www9.50megs.com/atari/5200kangaroo.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Kangaroo - 4,800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Still searching for the best tactic. What is better? Going quickly to the top to earn a big time bonus or collecting fruits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 My memory tells me that the highest scoring opportunity comes from ringing the bell and collecting all the fruit again. However you will likely get killed more often trying to do this until you are skilled and familiar with the game enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Coincidentally, this is a new feature on the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 5,300 This game, GRRRR!! ? Jumps have to be just right, not much room for error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 New poll is now up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 8700. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thursday83 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 15,000. The record could be broken, rather easily, in my opinion. It’s just amounts to whoever wants to sit there and repetitively punch and job for over an hour straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 13 hours ago, thursday83 said: 15,000. The record could be broken, rather easily, in my opinion. It’s just amounts to whoever wants to sit there and repetitively punch and job for over an hour straight. Welcome aboard! I really don’t want to discourage you, but I’m afraid this strategy would run afoul of our long-standing “no point scumming” rule, as posted in the rules here: Quote Rule #6. Please do not abuse bugs in the games! Many Atari games have loopholes that allow you to easily get huge amounts of points without much work (An example of such "point scumming": in Asteroids, you can eliminate all but one small asteroid, and then "hunt" UFO's without the level ending), or finish the game while skipping alot of the actual content. Not only do these result in somewhat bogus high scores, but it ruins the fun and challenge of the game in the process. Please don’t let that discourage you from participating however! Just play again, progressing through the levels as the game was intended. ? I’m curious how this strategy works however... shouldn’t the timer expire and prevent just endlessly lurking on the first level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 24,000 I may have another go at this. I played this a lot as a kid and I was trying to figure out why I would waste time on such a ridiculous game. After a couple of rounds I realised it had gotten in my head. I'm reliving those awkward jumps and ridiculous monkeys in my sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I think, the only one who really loves this video game is my six years old son. By the way, I've already posted a score: 22,400 (#4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, Mangia-Boy said: I think, the only one who really loves this video game is my six years old son. By the way, I've already posted a score: 22,400 (#4) Apologies, screenshots without scores typed in are easy to overlook. I've always liked this game myself, be it this version, the arcade game, or even the 2600 port. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Played again. 23,300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Kangaroo - 5,900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 27,200. That was hard work for me. The monkeys are so crafty, especially on the 4th scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Played again! 27,200. Looks like a tie right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 (edited) 26,100 Getting back at it. Fun game. Edited July 26, 2020 by phuzaxeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 52,100 This game kind of grows on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzaxeman Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 34,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, rubeon said: This game kind of grows on you That's how I started to feel, too. Once I understood how to jump , when to punch, and the timing, I started to enjoy it more. But on the first couple plays, I was frustrated by falling 1 inch and dying and other things. But once you realize you have to jump down, instead of falling down that inch, then it isn't a problem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 After a flurry of last minute scores, rubeon has mangled the most monkeys! Glad to see some of you warmed up to this game as it went along. Thanks to all our players! Jr. Pac-Man is coming up next. Final standings: rubeon - 52,100 +11 phuzaxeman - 34,400 +10 Cafeman - 27,200 +9 Mangia-Boy - 27,200 +9 jblenkle - 5,900 +7 roadrunner - 5,300 +6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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