AtariSphinx Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 20810 Went so quick to attract mode! First time back to atari 8bit gaming since I was a kid. Forgot how amazing these computers were! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 19870 pts Are the any tactics in this game, or just shoot and avoid the birddroppings? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Per the original instructions, the scoring is as follows: Stationary: Drones (blue) 30 pts, Emissaries (violet) 40 pts, Hornets (red) 50 pts, Commanders (yellow) 60 pts In flight: Drones 60 pts, Emissaries 80 pts, Hornets 100 pts In flight: Commander without escorts 150 pts, Commander with one escort 200 pts, Commander with two escorts 300 pts Blast both escorts, then the Commander 800 pts Extra ship at 5000 pts (as most already have noticed) Besides shooting, your next missile is on the top of your ship so you can destroy an alien by just touching it. The instructions say to only shoot Hornets when they are escorting a Commander, and shoot Commanders only when they are attacking to get the highest scores. When a Commander is destroyed while attacking, the Galaxians cease fire for a few seconds, so you can blast escorts and other warriors. On the early waves, you can escape to the left or right side (but apparently that is not a safe space later on) So yes, I suppose the strategy is to blast the blue and violet in stationary, and save the red and yellow for when they are attacking, trying to get both escorts and then the Commander whenever they attack as a trio. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzabass Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 15600 for me, so far 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 25410 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, carlsson said: Per the original instructions, the scoring is as follows: Stationary: Drones (blue) 30 pts, Emissaries (violet) 40 pts, Hornets (red) 50 pts, Commanders (yellow) 60 pts In flight: Drones 60 pts, Emissaries 80 pts, Hornets 100 pts In flight: Commander without escorts 150 pts, Commander with one escort 200 pts, Commander with two escorts 300 pts Blast both escorts, then the Commander 800 pts Extra ship at 5000 pts (as most already have noticed) Besides shooting, your next missile is on the top of your ship so you can destroy an alien by just touching it. The instructions say to only shoot Hornets when they are escorting a Commander, and shoot Commanders only when they are attacking to get the highest scores. When a Commander is destroyed while attacking, the Galaxians cease fire for a few seconds, so you can blast escorts and other warriors. On the early waves, you can escape to the left or right side (but apparently that is not a safe space later on) So yes, I suppose the strategy is to blast the blue and violet in stationary, and save the red and yellow for when they are attacking, trying to get both escorts and then the Commander whenever they attack as a trio. Thanks Carlsson. That explains difference in score for hitting the 'Commander' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I noticed last time that Galaxian was played (season 11, round 7 = 2014), it also was around Easter time, though it kicked off Wednesday before Good Friday and closed two weeks before it opened in proper trbb calendar style. It was later corrected to Saturday two weeks after (17 days to sync that round to weekends). In 2014, the other game Galactic Chase was played as well, though I read that it was considered slower (until you reach to level 11) and possibly less attractive, which kind of is opposite to what the comments and ratings on Atarimania suggest. Actually Jeff Minter was tweeting about Atarisoft Galaxian on the C64 yesterday, which made me look up which clones exist on that system. If I have the time in the weekend, I might for fun try various Galaxian games on different platforms, both the original Atari/Atarisoft ones and the notable clones to see which I like the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Will get some Galaxian in tonight and update the current standings for the Season with points from the last two rounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/28/2021 at 9:56 PM, carlsson said: I might connect my NTSC 800 later in the week to see how much faster/difficult this game is compared to PAL. Gave it a try in NTSC emulation. Feels a lot quicker indeed, but did not improve my score. Still wonder what kind of animation techniques are used in the game. Quite a lot of movement and colors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 8,840 16,480 was going well but then it went ape-s**t on wave 7 or so and I went to pieces 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 13 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: 20810 Went so quick to attract mode! First time back to atari 8bit gaming since I was a kid. Forgot how amazing these computers were! 8 hours ago, Gazzabass said: 15600 for me, so far Always great to get some new High Score Club players. Welcome to both of you Feel free to post scores for any missed rounds (anyone) but there will also be a catch-up round (probably round 10) where this can be done. Suggestions welcome for games you might want to play on the games list thread. I've taken the helm and am sticking to classics for now as we seem to be doing quite well with keeping people from disappearing but we will get to some lesser known ones later in the season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 first table Galaxian 1st McKong 25,410 12pts 2nd AtariSphinx 20,810 11pts+1pt # 3rd chevymad 20,460 10pts 4th tompateus 19,870 9pts 5th Caco 19,000 9pts 6th Mr Trust 16,530 8pts 7th therealbountybob 16,480 8pts 8th jdh 15,740 7pts 9th Gazzabass 15,600 7pts 10th Gury 14,820 6pts 11th carlsson 14,400 6pts 12th pusakat 13,750 5pts 13th Deteacher 13,640 5pts 14th slx 12,310 4pts 15th Sikor 11,560 3pts 16th Yautja 10,620 2pts 17th RedThunder 9,030 2pts #bonus point for top NTSC score Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8BIT 1337 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 12060 for me so far. Have a pic but you can see me in it LOL 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 23010 pts I made it to 20000 without loosing any life (weehoo!) but then (buhuu!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 7040 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Mrs Mimo 8000 ?♂️?? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 ^^ I hope you haven't been playing Galaxian for 30 years and this was her first attempt? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, carlsson said: ^^ I hope you haven't been playing Galaxian for 30 years and this was her first attempt? Erm, *no* ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Galaxian: 12,310 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, mimo said: Mrs Mimo 8000 ?♂️?? Go Mrs Mimo did you sort that new stick M ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, therealbountybob said: Go Mrs Mimo did you sort that new stick M ? Not got round to buying the upgrade parts yet, but it's a nice stick. Liking it more the more I use it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Galaxian - 7,040 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pusakat Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 14,150 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzabass Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 20140 a bit better again 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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