+DamonicFury Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Welcome to the second round of the 14th 5200 HSC season! Donkey Kong Jr. won by two votes. Play using the default setting. Emulation is fine, as are custom controls. Pics preferred, but not required except for HSC wins and records. There is no HSC record for this game, so someone will be setting one. The ROM can be found here: Round ends Sunday, February 7th, 2021 @9pm EST Standings: Cafeman - 82,700 rubeon - 39,800 Mangia-Boy - 29,600 MrTrust - 25,800 jblenkle - 20,800 bemis - 19,700 roadrunner - 13,800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Donkey Kong Jr. - 11,300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 12,900 RECORD BREAKER! PRRSS * ? Remember the old days when we played 5200 games? Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 10 hours ago, DamonicFury said: The ROM can be found here: FYI the linked ROM is for Donkey Kong and not Donkey Kong Jr. I'm using one I found somewhere (can't remember) called "Donkey Kong Jr. (Conv).bin" (md5 ae5b9bbe91983ab111fd7cf3d29d6b11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 This is a slippery game. DKjr and other games are indeed found in the above-linked zipped folder, fyi. 18,200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Cafeman said: This is a slippery game. DKjr and other games are indeed found in the above-linked zipped folder, fyi. 18,200. Ah, good call -- I just looked at the thread title (doh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Donkey Kong Jr. - 20,800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 29,200. I won't do better until I can get through the 3rd stage consistently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 10:47 PM, Cafeman said: 29,200. I won't do better until I can get through the 3rd stage consistently. The 3rd stage is extremely difficult. I can remember that I have never mastered it in a usual setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 My first try. Hope to see the 3rd stage soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 25,600 ever play a game that just ruins your whole day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, rubeon said: 25,600 ever play a game that just ruins your whole day? Really not a fan of the Kong games, huh? I am sorry to hear it... obviously the whole point of these contests is to have fun! Hopefully there will games more to your liking soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, DamonicFury said: Really not a fan of the Kong games, huh? I am sorry to hear it... obviously the whole point of these contests is to have fun! Hopefully there will games more to your liking soon! lol DKJR's not that bad, but man does it make me grumpy that I constantly miss those jumps! I stopped playing it in an emulator and found it much more playable with the CX52s! Maybe I should have done that with Donkey Kong last round as well, hm... 29,900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 34,000. This game's programming is both impressive (good use of software sprites) yet it also SUCKS! Everything is too close-quarters and slippery compared to the coin-op original. what a frustrating game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bemis Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 19,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 52,600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I think you can do better once you realize where certain 'safe spots' are and take advantage of those. On stage 3 - there are bananas on the low hanging vine - if you can get to that spot, you can wait for the next high-flying bird and more easily make progress up and to the net vine which has a red fruit (you can hang out there waiting for a safe moment to reach DK). Stage 1 has 2 relative safe spots at the upper right vines, you just have to alternate between the left and right vines depending on which one the red chomper comes up on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbag Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hi Ladies and Gents....can I join the HSC for this season?....I am currently in the A2600 HSC and the INTV HSC...but I own a 5200 and think it would be fun to post scores here when I can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 3:06 PM, gbag said: Hi Ladies and Gents....can I join the HSC for this season?....I am currently in the A2600 HSC and the INTV HSC...but I own a 5200 and think it would be fun to post scores here when I can? Sure, welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 New poll is up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubeon Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 39,800 Might be my last run with Junior. It's not good for my blood pressure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 This is a personal best. 82700. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTrust Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 25,800. Oof. Not very CX52-friendly rhis one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 3rd stage is too much for me. Extremely unfair programmed for a home console game on the lowest level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 10 hours ago, Mangia-Boy said: 3rd stage is too much for me. Extremely unfair programmed for a home console game on the lowest level. Are you using a standard 5200 controller? I played this a lot on a Atari 65XE back in the day and don’t recall it being an unfair challenge. But perhaps the non-self-centering controllers make it feel that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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