Colecovision HSC Season 14 - Round 5 - Tarzan

[Northcoastgamer]

HIGH SCORE CLUB

 

Season 14 Round 5

 

Game Information

Game Name: Tarzan

Released by: CV: Coleco/CBS 1984. 

Settings: Skill 2

CV HSC High Score: Skill 2: 1,029,520 Bmack36 (2/2019 HSC12) .

Manual: http://www.colecovisionzone.com/photos/game/manual/tarzan manual.pdf

 

This game was chosen by jblenkle.

 

Tarzan Bonus Points: Play the game & post a score= +3

Score 15,000= +2, Score 45,000= +3, Score 90,000= +4, Score 180,000= +5, Score 300,000= +7, Score 500,000= +10, Score 1,000,000 & up= +12

Break or set a new CV HSC High Score= +10

 

Everyone who Rolls the score receives 100 points for the round. The player with the highest score after rollage at rounds end, will be awarded another 10 points.

 

Round Ends: Sunday April 18th at 8:00pm(PST) 11:00pm (EST)

 

Everyone who posts a score throughout the season will be entered into a drawing at seasons end for a special prize!

 

The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well.  Season 14 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rules/ 

 

Good Luck!

Final Tarzan Scores 

  1)203,750 jblenkle +3 +5

  2)119,250 OriginalJohn +3 +4

  3)107,750 DuggerVideoGames +3 +4

  4)  69,000 digress +3 +3

  5)  54,250 zaphro72 +3 +3

  6)  45,000 NamcoPlayer +3 +3

  7)  41,500 JEFF31 +3 +2

  8)  32,500 Serguei2 +3 +2  

  9)  25,750 ed1475 +3 +2

10)  10,000 roadrunner +3

11)    7,500 oyamafamily +3

12)    5,250 fakecortex +3

 

Round 5 Totals - Including Bonus Points

  1){108} jblenkle 

  2) {66}  OriginalJohn

  3) {60}  DuggerVideoGames

  4) {40}  digress

  5) {33}  zaphro72

  6) {28}  NamcoPlayer

  7) {25}  JEFF31

    {21}  Serguei2

  9) {18}  ed1475

10)  {8}   roadrunner

11)  {7}   oyamafamily

12)  {6}   fakecortex

 

Season Standings - After 5 Rounds

  1)431  DuggerVideoGames

  2)325  OriginalJohn

  3)266  Serguei2

  4)240  jblenkle

  5)186  NamcoPlayer

  6)182  zaphro72

  7)156  ed1475

  118  digress

  9)110  fakecortex

10)106  oyamafamily

11)  92  Northcoastgamer

12)  77  chuckwalla

13)  59  JEFF31

14)  43  toiletunes

15)  42  Player One

16)  33  joltguy

17)  29  roadrunner

18)  11  S.BAZ

 

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Edited April 19, 2021 by Northcoastgamer
Update

[jblenkle]

Tarzan (Skill 2) - 50,000

[jblenkle]

Tarzan (Skill 2) - 113,500

[ed1475]

Skill 2 - 25,750

 

 

[jblenkle]

Tarzan (Skill 2) - 203,750

[digress]

34250  OMG those bloody fireballs!

 

[OriginalJohn]

119,250.

 

Talk about even worse controls  than Mouse Trap, this game is practically unplayable.  I would get to the top of the pyramid without getting hit, and have time to yell, but Tarzan would not come off the vine.  Drop down to the bottom, punch the monkey to build strength back up and make another attempt.  Rather than appear to be point pressing (which on this game you can do indefinitely), I gave up and just let him die.

 

 

 

[oyamafamily]

Participation point  7500

[JEFF31]

"Tarzan no like this game.  0 pts."  

 

 

As mentioned controls are weird.

 

I'll keep trying...

[jblenkle]

This is one of those games that, at least for me, plays better on real hardware than in emulation.

[Serguei2]

32500

[fakecortex]

Super participation point. The controls are so sluggish that it has me wondering if something is messed up in my emulation. Tarzan seems to freeze up after doing anything. Too frustrating to play, which is unfortunate b/c it looks like a cool game.

 

5,250

[fakecortex]

This guy seems to be enjoying it a lot...

 

 

Of course, the first thing I notice is that the game isn't inserted entirely into the system. You can see it wobble a little, hahaha.

 

[zaphro72]

54,250

 

a read through the manual significantly improved my score on my second run through 

[JEFF31]

41500 - do not like this game.   

 

I also remembered that this was a game I had time to play in one of the rounds years ago. I stayed on screen 'one' to see if I could defeat the ape(?).  After about 50 punches I got bored (and 10 minutes of time) and moved on.  My scored counted but this was deemed 'parking' even though nothing (at the time) says you need to move forward.  I did not do that here.  Still a bad game - I'm sure current programmers could make this game better.

[jblenkle]

3 hours ago, JEFF31 said:

41500 - do not like this game.   

 

I also remembered that this was a game I had time to play in one of the rounds years ago. I stayed on screen 'one' to see if I could defeat the ape(?).  After about 50 punches I got bored (and 10 minutes of time) and moved on.  My scored counted but this was deemed 'parking' even though nothing (at the time) says you need to move forward.  I did not do that here.  Still a bad game - I'm sure current programmers could make this game better.

I would have liked to see them do more with this game and have a wider variety of enemies. Maybe throw in some lions...and piranhas in the water. I used to punch the ape frequently, but it gets too boring. Now one punch...two at the most (if he comes after me) and I move on to the next screen.

[roadrunner]

10,000

 

[DuggerVideoGames]

[Skill 2]:  107,750 pts.

 

Damn monkey's useless, in my opinion.  He doesn't warn you about the hole until you're already in the hole.  That's why I spend most of my time just swinging on the vines.

 

 

[Serguei2]

14 hours ago, roadrunner said:

10,000

 

 

Déjà vu.

[digress]

69000

 

found out how to do the temple scene.

 

I actually like the game.

 

[roadrunner]

7 hours ago, Serguei2 said:

 

Déjà vu.

From Colecovision HSC rules 


 Screenshots of your score are not necessary but are encouraged for higher scores. 

 

 

[Serguei2]

24 minutes ago, roadrunner said:

From Colecovision HSC rules 


 Screenshots of your score are not necessary but are encouraged for higher scores. 

 

 

Thanks for the link.

 

You still need a screenshot if you break a new record.

[NamcoPlayer]

45,000

[Northcoastgamer]

Our king of the jungle for this round is jblenkle. Nice job Joe! Thanks to everyone that partook in this vine swinging endeavor!