Rogerpoco Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 City Defense-14,015 A little better, and quite possibly about where my "talent runs out", lol, this might be it for me. Really, not bad at all, all three games are definitely a treat! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Rogerpoco said: City Defense-14,015 A little better, and quite possibly about where my "talent runs out", lol, this might be it for me. Really, not bad at all, all three games are definitely a treat! Great score! Im glad you enjoyed the the homebrew games this season and thanks for the kind words ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, TwentySixHundred said: Great score! Im glad you enjoyed the the homebrew games this season and thanks for the kind words ? Sometimes it takes more than a "first glance" to really appreciate something- The cursor being crippled by the loss of the Power Base is a super sweet touch, if only the Base weren't so far away from your cannon, and hard to defend! (Teasing, it's "perfect", nice!) Love my Aussies, too, BTW, couple of my best game buds are down there!!! It seemed to me like at first the cursor didn't really properly respond to what I thought I expected, but after a few tries it was pretty intuitive as to how to move it, and very "fair". No lie, if it were this or Missile Command, "stuck on a deserted island"(...with electricity.)(and an Atari, etc...), I'd pick City Defense, hands down! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 OK.... Moderator Judgement call. Assuming that any score over 20k, mistakenly used the glitch.... ...All current scores over 20k will have to be replayed. Sorry.... I will inform all players about the glitch who posted over 20k. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Rogerpoco said: Sometimes it takes more than a "first glance" to really appreciate something- The cursor being crippled by the loss of the Power Base is a super sweet touch, if only the Base weren't so far away from your cannon, and hard to defend! (Teasing, it's "perfect", nice!) Love my Aussies, too, BTW, couple of my best game buds are down there!!! It seemed to me like at first the cursor didn't really properly respond to what I thought I expected, but after a few tries it was pretty intuitive as to how to move it, and very "fair". No lie, if it were this or Missile Command, "stuck on a deserted island"(...with electricity.)(and an Atari, etc...), I'd pick City Defense, hands down! Thanks mate Yeah there is some reasons behind the powerstation and how it came to be. First off with the game in general, rather then trying to push the 2600's limits i went in a different direction with CD. I wanted to concentrate more on the gameplay aspect and strategy, more-so then a clone of Missile Command. Hence the reason the graphics are nothing spectacular. The powerstation actually became a feature after thinking long and hard about a limitation of BASIC itself. By default bB does not utilize the outer reaches of playfield (P0) to save machine cycles unlike assembler. So once again rather then pushing the limits i decided to fill that space with an additional "special" building. This worked in my favor as with the early builds of CD i noticed many would play defensive protecting the inner city and could play wave after wave without much of a threat. So by adding the special building that actually cripples the player and prevents them from gaining a high score. It actually pulls the player out to take risks and protect it. Having the faster targeting system is an advantage as you can save more buildings. The more buildings saved per round the higher the rewards after each wave. So from what was a limitation became a feature of risk verses reward that then later improved gameplay ? I know the game is an acquired taste much like Missile Command however im glad you enjoy it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Time to get a Ms. Galactopus score on the board: 4,930. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alasdair Campbell (BSc.) Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Ms. Galactopus - 19,270 City Defence - 15,942 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Vocelli said: OK.... Moderator Judgement call. Assuming that any score over 20k, mistakenly used the glitch.... ...All current scores over 20k will have to be replayed. Sorry.... I will inform all players about the glitch who posted over 20k. Lol, no worries! @KaeruYojimbo- Sorry, Man-this isn't the first time, accidentally "breaking" games is something I've done quite a bit, somehow... I got the ball stuck, just let the game roll over. Didn't "count" for a high score tho. Wasn't my "fault". 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Vocelli said: OK.... Moderator Judgement call. Assuming that any score over 20k, mistakenly used the glitch.... ...All current scores over 20k will have to be replayed. Sorry.... I will inform all players about the glitch who posted over 20k. Actually(sorry for the double quote), mebbe check with Pat and McCallister-I have seen a 30k game w/o the glitch exploited on youtube, and I know both of those Guys are actually good at these type games, so tho I do not know, I do think it's possible that either of their scores could have possibly been "glitch free". Mine, obviously, wasn't. Me and my big mouth... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 TO ALL PLAYERS, There was a glitch in the Ms. Galactopus game that gave high amounts of bonus points to players when completing a round. Did your score include a massive bonus at some point in your posted score? Just let me know. We will have to disregard that score. Sorry. Also, please do not use the previous BIN file... it has the glitch. Use the newly posted BIN file in the original thread.... the glitch was fixed. Thanks, Vocelli 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Ms. Galactopus (Fixed ROM): 16045 On 9/10/2020 at 4:34 PM, Vocelli said: Did your score include a massive bonus at some point in your posted score? I never got any massive bonuses in the scores that I posted previously for Ms. Galactopus. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Rogerpoco said: Lol, no worries! @KaeruYojimbo- Sorry, Man-this isn't the first time, accidentally "breaking" games is something I've done quite a bit, somehow... You did me a favor. I can't fix bugs if no one finds them. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariWarlord Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 City Defence 7,200. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) ZeroPage Homebrew will be trying for some high scores in the HSC challenge on all three homebrew games Ms Galactopus , City Defence and Doggone It! on tomorrow's (Fri Sep 11) stream LIVE on Twitch at 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT! Hope everyone can watch! Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Railslider (2019 Exclusive WIP Update) by @Lillapojkenpåön R.C. Sumo Bots (2020 WIP Update) by Karl Garrison (@Karl G) Ms Galactopus (2020 Update) (High Score Club)by Ric Pryor (@KaeruYojimbo) City Defence (2020 Update) (High Score Club) by Anthony Quinlan (@TwentySixHundred) Doggone It! (2020) (High Score Club) by Andrew (@Armscar Coder) (SET VIDEO TO 1080P60 FOR FULL QUALITY) Edited September 13, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwieland Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) Ms. Galactopus: 16,225 Doggoneit: 28,897 City Defence: 8,357 Edited September 11, 2020 by cwieland Typo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwieland Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 7 hours ago, KaeruYojimbo said: You did me a favor. I can't fix bugs if no one finds them. The original file was jinxed anyway because it had "FINAL-FINAL" in the file name. ? 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Ms Galactopus: 11325 City Defence: 5122 Doggone It!: 30635 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) Doggone It!-47,981 50K is looking more and more possible, but phew. Top-notch stuff, I just want to keep playing this game, tho many attempts wind up "15 minutes of my life I want back" when it goes to poo, the "good ones" are rewarding as heck, feels exactly like a "good game" should make you feel. Edited September 11, 2020 by Rogerpoco 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Doggone It!: 48,878 Improvement on my previous score, really addictive game. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 This is an excellent game!! Doggone it : 31,047 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TwentySixHundred Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Thought id have a run on City Defence tonight for kicks - not too bad - found myself panicking multiple time during the run and as a result many little mistakes 16,713 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 It was a blast playing all three games last night on the ZPH stream. Here are the highest scores we got! We'll probably give Ms. Galactopus and Doggone It! another go before the end of the contest to see if we can improve our scores. ? - James Ms. Galactopus: ZeroPageHomebrew (James): 15755 ZeroPageHomebrew (Tanya): 10220 City Defence: ZeroPageHomebrew (James): 4947 ZeroPageHomebrew (Tanya): 781 Doggone It!: ZeroPageHomebrew (James): 32479 ZeroPageHomebrew (Tanya): 23275 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Larocque Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Ms. Galactopus (Updated ROM) - 19,020 Here's a new score without the glitch on the fixed ROM! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Larocque Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Doggone It! - 37,749 Small improvement! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 @ZeroPageHomebrewJames @ZeroPageHomebrewTanya It was great watching you play the Homebrew Games from the HSC! Keep up the GREAT work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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