JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) [Intellivision HSC Season 13] (Game 9) Star Strike Star Strike by Mattel Electronics 1981 For action fast and furious, take command of a rocket-powered fighter-interceptor flying a few hundred feet off the deck. ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21616/intellivision/Star-Strike-1981-Mattel.html High Score Club Record - Game Setting PRESS DISC (GAME 4 DEFAULT) Save Planet Bonus (Press keypad 4 for Game 5) Top score [+] Bonus and down from there 'til participation point. (Bonus High Scores) Bonus Level 5 (button 4) 1. mr_me 7,796 [+7 +2] 2. IntyFanMatt 7,768 [+6] 3. INTELLIVISION SPARTAN 7,592 [+5] 4. Rickster8 7,562 [+4] 5. Intelligentleman 7,524 [+3] 6. fakecortex 7,288 [+2] 7. JacobZu7zu7 7,078 [+1] 8. Biffman 7,060 [+1] 9. Ace24 6,998 [+1] Contest EndsSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 11:59PM EST (HIGH SCORES) 1. 8,336 IntyFanMatt 2. 8,334 INTELLIVISION SPARTAN 3. 8,210 Rickster8 4. 8,084 JacobZu7zu7 5. 8,044 mr_me 6. 7,594 Biffman 7. 7,576 fakecortex 8. 7,228 Ace24 9. 6,658 Intelligentleman 10. 6,344 Player One 11. 6,084 hoosierdadee78 Rankings 1. INTELLIVISION SPARTAN [+116] 2. Rickster8 [+107] 3. IntyFanMatt [+105] 4. BiffMan [+87] 5. JacobZu7zu7 [+70] 6. Ace24 [+52] 7. mr_me [+45] 8. fakecortex [+32] 9. Player One [+32] 10. hoosierdadee78 [+28] 11. Intelligentleman [+22] 13. gar0u [+20] 11. JasonlikesINTV [+19] 14. roadrunner [+14] 15. ed1475 [+11] 16. jblenkle [+8] 16. Jimmy KDawg [+7] 18. Oscar G. [+6] 19. Mangia-boy [+5] 20. S.BAZ [+4] 21. dpisacane [+3] 22. cmadruga [+1] Games Won 4 IntyFanMatt - Shark! Shark! / Pac-man / Worm Whomper / Pitfall 3 INTELLIVISION SPARTAN - Night Stalker / Pitfall / Tron Deadly Discs 2 Rickster8 - Space Armada / Auto Racing 2 BiffMan - Auto Racing / Utopia Sneak Preview: BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Game 10) Edited October 3, 2020 by JacobZu7zu7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) Star Strike instructions: http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/Games/Manuals/star_strike/gallery.php Good choice on the game mode. It will be interesting to see how this works out. Some or maybe all cartridges have a bug with the left controller. So if it doesn't fly good, use the right controller. Edit: I'm thinking it might be better to let people choose any skill level 1 to 4. If someone can't win level 4 they won't be able to post a score. Edited September 7, 2020 by mr_me 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 6 hours ago, mr_me said: Edit: I'm thinking it might be better to let people choose any skill level 1 to 4. If someone can't win level 4 they won't be able to post a score. I think I have faith, everyone can get a score in on default... if not they can post the screenshot anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 And for the bonus game; do you mean press keypad five (level 6), or level 5 (press keypad four) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 hours ago, mr_me said: And for the bonus game; do you mean press keypad five (level 6), or level 5 (press keypad four) I am wondering the same thing... Jacob? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) Technically it says game five (level five) which is keypad four but it's worth clarifying. I wish mattel/aph just used the corresponding keypad numbers. Edited September 7, 2020 by mr_me 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Hard to pull myself away from Tron to give Star Strike a go but I finally did. Earth is saved! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Just now, Ace24 said: Hard to pull myself away from Tron to give Star Strike a go but I finally did. Earth is saved! Thank you for keeping our galaxy safe!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, mr_me said: And for the bonus game; do you mean press keypad five (level 6), or level 5 (press keypad four) I think the disc is level 4 and the bonus game is keypad 5.... So games 4 and 5 for the bonus.... It's fine, I played both lastnight.... We don't want level 6, it's a sure death for the Earth.... Edited September 7, 2020 by Rickster8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) 1st Entry - Kind of a cool game. I just wish the ship was armed a little better like with the laser from Dreadnaught Factor..... ?? 6,604 - Disc setting (Game 4) Edited September 7, 2020 by Rickster8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) If you press five on the keypad you're playing level six. If you press six on the keypad you're playing level four, same as pressing disc. There's no way to save the earth in level six, you can only delay its destruction. Edited September 7, 2020 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mr_me said: If you press five on the keypad you're playing level six. If you press six on the keypad you're playing level four, same as pressing disc. Yeah I just looked at the overlay. I pressed keypad 5 for the bonus game and played level 6 I guess. I will have to depost my bonus score cuz it's the wrong level. Uggghhhh So it's disc for the game, and keypad number 4 for the bonus game yes? Edited September 7, 2020 by Rickster8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Are the warp speeds in this game useful??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, IntyFanMatt said: I am wondering the same thing... Jacob? 5 on the stars from overlay, and 4 on the numeric keypad lol. and Disc for main game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 41 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: So it's disc for the game, and keypad number 4 for the bonus game yes? Correct! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Heads up, next week’s game has been changed to Beauty and the Beast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 1st Bonus Entry - now on the correct setting (number 4 on the keypad) lol. I SAVED THE PLANET!!!! ?? 7,562 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) Both scores together so it's easier for Jacob... ? 6,604 - Disc Level game (Press disc) 7,562 - Bonus game (Keypad number 4) Edited September 7, 2020 by Rickster8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Rickster8 said: Are the warp speeds in this game useful??? Here's the thing on those... Since your score counts down as you go along, the faster you can bomb those 5 targets on the ground, the more points you're going to end up with. So, the trick is using the warp speeds to "fast-forward" to the next ground target. Problem is, if you overshoot, you're hosed. That's my take, at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 3 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: Here's the thing on those... Since your score counts down as you go along, the faster you can bomb those 5 targets on the ground, the more points you're going to end up with. So, the trick is using the warp speeds to "fast-forward" to the next ground target. Problem is, if you overshoot, you're hosed. That's my take, at least. Yeah and it makes those targets infinitely harder to hit..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rickster8 said: Yeah and it makes those targets infinitely harder to hit..... Exactly, and here's what I try to do for that... bomb a target, then warp speed for a few seconds, deactivate warp speed, wait for target. I've never even thought to try hitting a ground target while in warp speed. lol. EDIT: Eventually, I would think that you're going to get a "feel" for how long you can engage the warp speed between targets. Edited September 7, 2020 by Intelligentleman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Oh and something else that makes me insta-rage-quit this game is when I get hit by an alien ship and it knocks out my early warning radar alarm. I don't know if I can ever be good at this game without that function of the ship because there is NOTHING visually to alert you to an upcoming ground target. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, IntyFanMatt said: Heads up, next week’s game has been changed to Beauty and the Beast. Thanks, just snatched up a CIB copy for 16 bucks shipped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Intelligentleman said: Oh and something else that makes me insta-rage-quit this game is when I get hit by an alien ship and it knocks out my early warning radar alarm. I don't know if I can ever be good at this game without that function of the ship because there is NOTHING visually to alert you to an upcoming ground target. Lol yeah I've already encountered all of that, not fun. You then have to anticipate when the target is coming.... ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: Thanks, just snatched up a CIB copy for 16 bucks shipped. Awesome! It’s an excellent game, typically known as a favorite on the system by many people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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