+therealbountybob Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 The conspiracy is alive... it's the third round in a row with an MI game!! SEASON CATCH-UP and IMPROVE SCORES Round 20 is also a catch-up for the season so play any games you missed - post scores here please, not in the original threads. If you played all the games (like me and posssibly carlsson??) don't worry you can eek out a few more points by improving on your table positions. The only stipluation is you post scores as you go, not play a bunch of games and then post all the scores on the last day or so; this gives your rivals a chance to see what is happening Millipede One of the best games ever, great fun. Play the 1984 Version with title screen animations, supports Trak-Ball too so more bonus points for those who have one - possibly a separate table for this if we have enough players. Everyone on PAL using a file version please use this one so we have comparable gameplay: fandal's XEX is PAL fixed (also works on NTSC) atarimania has all the info Bonus Game MITE What the heck let's have MITE as a bonus - it's BASIC, there are about 20 levels - play the version with the timer (the original version is out there too!). Play on "NEARLY" mode then you can make one screw up on each level, sort of. Download and info Kendallsoft Klassics Round ends Sunday 8th November 10am UK time HAVE FUN - JOIN IN - IT'S A GOOD TIME TO START PLAY BEFORE NEXT SEASON IN MID JANUARY - POST IF YOU NEED ANY HELP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 In the Egypt/tomb round I skipped a few of the text adventures and some games I wasn't able to load on real hardware, but otherwise I may have tested every single game mentioned in the HSC rounds, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Next game poll, any good games left that start with Mi ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Game info here https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/millipede Review here http://www.ataritimes.com/index.php?ArticleIDX=334 Edited October 26, 2020 by roadrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevymad Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 179567 Edited October 26, 2020 by chevymad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Millipede: 225,007 Does anyone know if the trak-ball will work in trak-ball mode with Millipede? I tried it and the player just slides to one side of the screen and sticks there. In joystick mode it works okay, but then you don't get the benefit of analog control. I tried control-T like in Missile Command, but that didn't help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 6 hours ago, roadrunner said: Next game poll, any good games left that start with Mi ? I looked through Atarimania last week and there were some Polish/German platformers from the 1990's that had few but high scores but none really familiar titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 298272 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Java Jim 25000 43670 81370 98920 Level 1 completed Edited November 2, 2020 by McKong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Captain Beeble 8500 12600 Edited November 3, 2020 by McKong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Pharaoh's Curse 1795 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Orc Attack 5460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Mite retired after round 11 -1107. Why does it knock 100 off of the score at the start of each round? Is that a bug? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 hours ago, carlsson said: I looked through Atarimania last week and there were some Polish/German platformers from the 1990's that had few but high scores but none really familiar titles. Good info, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 14 hours ago, graywest said: Millipede: 225,007 Does anyone know if the trak-ball will work in trak-ball mode with Millipede? I tried it and the player just slides to one side of the screen and sticks there. In joystick mode it works okay, but then you don't get the benefit of analog control. I tried control-T like in Missile Command, but that didn't help. I've been looking too, I think it's joystick mode only unless there is a hack out there somewhere 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Ok the best game ever!! 348042 and this is just a warming up 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Marius said: Ok the best game ever!! 348042 and this is just a warming up Good score, I can see the HSC Millipede record being beaten this round! Think I'll be lucky to be in the top 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, McKong said: Good score, I can see the HSC Millipede record being beaten this round! Think I'll be lucky to be in the top 3 This game is actually the only game I consider my self a "master" in (and Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Man Arcade as good second and third). I love Millipede though. It is all these years my absolute number #1. If there were no other games left, but millipede, I still would keep my Atari. It is amazing how much fun this game is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 And please let me say THANK YOU SO MUCH! all for voting for this game. I have been 'begging' a lot for this one, so I am extremely thankful and pleased with it. Let us have some fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 17 hours ago, graywest said: Does anyone know if the trak-ball will work in trak-ball mode with Millipede? I tried it and the player just slides to one side of the screen and sticks there. In joystick mode it works okay, but then you don't get the benefit of analog control. I tried control-T like in Missile Command, but that didn't help. I don't own the hardware so I can test, but based on some of the comments on Atarimania you might be right in that it only plays properly in joystick mode. Personally I wonder what it takes to hack those games to support an Atari ST/Amiga mouse. We already know from games like Pad by NRV that it is possible to read/poll a mouse like that. I don't know how much Millipede benefits from a truly analog controller but it could be an interesting hack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Really fun game... Millipede: 376449 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 38 minutes ago, carlsson said: I don't own the hardware so I can test, but based on some of the comments on Atarimania you might be right in that it only plays properly in joystick mode. Personally I wonder what it takes to hack those games to support an Atari ST/Amiga mouse. We already know from games like Pad by NRV that it is possible to read/poll a mouse like that. I don't know how much Millipede benefits from a truly analog controller but it could be an interesting hack. It's not too bad in joystick mode. The movement actually feels pretty good. For me, it's just a little bit disappointing that Atari released such a cool trak-ball accessory and then forgot to make any games that really support it. (Except for Missile Command. And one section of Final Legacy.) If someone made a hack, that would be amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Yeah. From what I understand the Trak-Ball enabled games on the 2600 all are due to recent modifications, described in this thread. Now the 2600 and A8 are different in programming terms but perhaps some info can be gathered from all of the previous work of these individuals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Edited October 27, 2020 by Caco 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 I think Millipede only supports Trak-Ball in joystick mode, but it still plays really well like that. MITE probably is a bug McKong, I made the update in 2008 with the timer so probably screwed it up, the original version had too many points for the High Score Table (which saves to disk - code from Page 6 mag I think) so I reduced the scoring here too. Good scores coming in already, I know what I'll be doing at the weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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