IntyFanMatt Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Player One said: Stampede seems to be freezing on me. Either that or the game just ends very suddenly. You can only let a certain number of cows pass you. If they do, the number in the top left decreases. When that number gets down to 1, you can’t let any more cows pass. If one of them does, it freezes and it’s game over. Edited November 19, 2020 by IntyFanMatt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Player One said: Stampede seems to be freezing on me. Either that or the game just ends very suddenly. Hmph. Sure you're keeping an eye on the number on the top left? That's your stray count, which goes down for each cow that leaves the screen to the left. Before you get the hang of it, it goes down fast. 3 hours ago, BiffMan said: Yeah, non-random is a whole other strategy compared to the frantic cray-cray of random cows. Aaaaand I just realized you were talking about the non-random games, like skill 2. Yikes. I love the variations in these games, keeps them fresh. Played some D&D earlier w/o reading the manual...so I have three dead party members to show for it. (At least I have the overlay.) Now read, I'll sleep on it, and be ready to tackle it tomorrow, lol. I think I'll start on easy... This is harder than regular D&D. I keep throwing dice at my TV, but no luck. That was stupid, haha, goodnight. *edit* whoops, just saw Matt's comment come through. Hope that's the issue and not an emulator or hardware issue. Edited November 19, 2020 by fakecortex 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player One Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, fakecortex said: Hmph. Sure you're keeping an eye on the number on the top left? That's your stray count, which goes down for each cow that leaves the screen to the left. Before you get the hang of it, it goes down fast. No. I didn’t even notice. Guess I’m letting too many strays pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player One Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Red Mountain, one life left 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player One Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 1363 Not sure what I'm trying to lasso 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Player One said: Not sure what I'm trying to lasso Them doggies!! And avoid the skull when it pops up. Here's the manual if ya wanna peruse: https://archive.org/details/Stampede_1982_Activision/mode/2up Edited November 20, 2020 by fakecortex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player One Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, fakecortex said: Them doggies!! And avoid the skull when it pops up. Here's the manual if ya wanna peruse: https://archive.org/details/Stampede_1982_Activision/mode/2up I know. I was commenting on the screenshot. My lasso is out but there is no doggy in range. Sorry for the confusion. I put some time into this yesterday. I even poured over the manual. I'm pretty bad at this game. My goal was to break 1K.... achieved!? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Player One said: I know. I was commenting on the screenshot. My lasso is out but there is no doggy in range. Sorry for the confusion. I put some time into this yesterday. I even poured over the manual. I'm pretty bad at this game. My goal was to break 1K.... achieved!? Whoops, my bad. That's funny. You're obviously going after the illustrious invisi-steer. It's point value is quite high. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Not sure if I have the time or patience to make it through the other skill settings, but I did have fun going through on easy! I can see myself getting into this outside the club tho. I managed to get all the items and boat, axe, and key my way past the barriers, huzzah! Getting a picture here is hard, I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at. Was I on my last guy? I guess this gets me a point for participation if nothing else. Skill Level 1, 1 dude remaining? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 My Stampede Update: Had a pretty good run going. It should have been better, but made some crucial mistakes otherwise it could have been 8k. ? 6,495 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Stampede 2,022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I’m getting the hang of it a little bit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 My Stampede Update: A little better, but should have been so much more. This game can all fall apart VERY fast..... I REALLY should have atleast gotten to 7k, but CHOKED!!!.... 6,942 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Getting closer to a patch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 My Stampede Update: Finally had the complete game I've been waiting for.... ? My personal goal was 7,500 so now that has been achieved. I would like to get 75,000 in Vectron (I'm now 3k away from that), so I'm almost where I want to be in all the final games. ? 8,776 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rickster8 said: My Stampede Update: Finally had the complete game I've been waiting for.... ? My personal goal was 7,500 so now that has been achieved. I would like to get 75,000 in Vectron (I'm now 3k away from that), so I'm almost where I want to be in all the final games. ? 8,776 There ya go, nice score! I give you tons credit for plugging away at all of these games to get higher scores each time. Awesome job Rick!! Edited November 22, 2020 by IntyFanMatt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popsicle Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 3,536 on this breezy, lazy, Sunday afternoon. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, popsicle said: 3,536 on this breezy, lazy, Sunday afternoon. PATCH that man!!! ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 “Patch it up baby!” ... to quote Elvis Presley. I’ll set Stampede aside now at least until I beat D&D with 3 lives left on the purple level and get some kind of entry on the board with Tron & Vectron. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Quick Stampede Scoring Update (Updated thru post #69) 18,183 - IntyFanMatt [+2 set new record][+2 Patch Bonus] 12,693 - Biffman [+2 Patch Bonus] 8,776 - Rickster8 [+2 Patch Bonus] 3,644 - Ace24 [+2 Patch Bonus] 3,536 - popsicle [+2 Patch Bonus] 2,541 - fakecortex 2,022 - roadrunner 1,363 - Player One 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popsicle Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Blue and Red mountains complete, 3 guys remaining on both (purple done earlier in this thread with 2 guys remaining) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Controlling this game is a challenge. Running hurts my fingers, and making sure I run away from an enemy in order to shoot before it kills me is a bit stressful. Add in not being able to run and gun at the same time, woof. Part of the charm of these games, of course, is playing with the original hardware, but there are times like this that it's not helping. Maybe I'll try on emu for the heck of it. I am enjoying the game tho! Was able to beat skill level 2 with 2 guys left. No luck on skill 3 yet so far. Skill 2 (Medium, Blue Mountain) w/2 lives left Anyone else having a weird glitch where your player shoots arrows when you run and you are most definitely not touching any keypad buttons? This is not so good when you are trying to find arrows and the game decides to waste em on ya. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Purple level won with just 1 man left. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 2 hours ago, fakecortex said: Anyone else having a weird glitch where your player shoots arrows when you run and you are most definitely not touching any keypad buttons? I have not experienced that glitch. Must be something with your hardware. Did you switch back-and-forth between controllers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 3 hours ago, fakecortex said: Controlling this game is a challenge. Running hurts my fingers, and making sure I run away from an enemy in order to shoot before it kills me is a bit stressful. Add in not being able to run and gun at the same time, woof. Part of the charm of these games, of course, is playing with the original hardware, but there are times like this that it's not helping. Maybe I'll try on emu for the heck of it. I am enjoying the game tho! Was able to beat skill level 2 with 2 guys left. No luck on skill 3 yet so far. Skill 2 (Medium, Blue Mountain) w/2 lives left Anyone else having a weird glitch where your player shoots arrows when you run and you are most definitely not touching any keypad buttons? This is not so good when you are trying to find arrows and the game decides to waste em on ya. That's a common problem with intellivision controller hardware. An incomplete side button press combined with a disc direction can inadvertently cause a keypad signal. In the hardest difficulty the monsters are too fast to outrun. You have to use clues to kill the monsters without seeing them. The run button is just used to quickly backtrack through the maze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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