Vocelli Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) Congratulations! Season 11 Winner Kermit Your skills were amazing and we crown you the KING the Season! FINAL STANDINGS Gold Medal Players 1553 Kermit 1477 ZilchSr 1425 AtariSphinx 1295 GBAG 1226 JasonHRB 1184 Toiletunes 1174 Vocelli 1167 Evandro Silver Medal Players 1162 IsaiahAustin 1114 JasonAtari 1101 OyamaFamily 1086 RogerPoco 1032 TheActivisionary 1000 Maloff 988 DomBradley 977 RaymanC Bronze Medal Players 929 Keilbaca 929 Mchetzel 917 FakeCortex 913 LaurenTyler 910 MoisesTuseto 908 Dr Moocowz 883 MrTrust 809 5x7 Paper Medal Players 780 Atari_Warlord 728 RGC 726 JacobZu7Zu7 705 Atarian7 703 McCallister 662 Nads 645 GType 642 ClassicGamer The Rest of our GREAT Season 11 Players 617 RetroBreakout 560 AGB 514 Roadrunner 403 CwieLand 288 Nester 278 Jblenkle 251 Krytol 237 Nebulus 232 SpaceyInvader 216 HankReardon 215 AtariWarlord 171 Capitain Classic 171 SneakyTurtleEgg 138 SBAZ 130 MangiaBoy 120 ZeroPageHomebrewJames 117 BotBird 109 Karokoenig 96 RedMiller 86 SkippyBCoyote 84 ZeroPageHomebrewTanya 80 Deteacher 78 JeremiahK 58 CaptainKiwi 55 PixelStuff 48 ThomasJentsch 46 ChuckDHead 38 VectorGamer 37 Lord Innit 31 NamcoPlayer Season 11 is Over and now it is time to VOTE You get to pick 2 games per Category Pick from all games played from Season 11 HSC. *Favorite Game from Season 11 (2 games you loved to play from Season 11) 5 - DarkCavern 5 - Moon Patrol 5 - Pitfall II 5 - Millipede 3 - Star Trek: SOS 2 - Dragonfire 2 - Subterrania 2 - Robot City 2 - Plaque Attack 2 - BMX 1 - No Escape 1 - Congo Bongo 1 - Spikes Peak 1 - Atlantis 1 - The End 2600 1 - Solar Storm 1 - Fireball 1 - Atlantis 1 - Mountain King *Most Surprising Game from Season 11 (2 games you thought were good but you never/rarely ever played it before. A nice surprise) 5 - Robot City 4 - Tower of Rubble 4 - The End 2600 4 - Fireball 4 - Subterrania 3 - Super Cobra 3 - Solar Storm 2 - Dragonfire 2 - Strategy X 2 - Mountain King 1 - Jungle Hunt 1 - Pooyan 1 - Star Wars: ESB 1 - Atlantis 1 - Star Voyager 1 - Star Trek: SOS 1 - Dark Cavern 1 - Berzerk *Worst Game from Season 11 ( 2 games you thought were bad and will never play again) 12 - Dishaster 10 - Spikes Peak 2 - BirthdayMania 2 - Venture 2 - BMX 1 - Mountain King 1 - Star Wars: ESB 1 - Star Trek: SOS 1 - Congo Bongo 1 - Strategy X 1 - Pitfall II Edited August 10, 2021 by Vocelli 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 These are the Final Standings for Season 11. Thanks everyone for playing! Please check your points from the previous week to make sure I added everything correctly. Let us all Congratulate KING KERMIT... The New King of the Atari 2600 High Score Club!!! OUTSTANDING JOB KERMIT!!! Your skillz are amazing! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Favorites: Dark Cavern, Pitfall II Most surprising: Robot City, Tower of Rubble Least favorite: Spike's Peak, Dishaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Favorite Games: Millipede and Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator Most Surprising Games: Strategy X and Fireball Worst Games: Dishaster and Spike's Peak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Another great season Vocelli. Thanks for running. Congrats Kermit. favorites were Dark Cavern and No Escape. surprises were Jungle Hunt and Subterrania. Worst games Venture and Spikes Peak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congrats @kermit73! Amazing job all, thanks for making this season so much fun! It was fun seeing the insanely high scores thrown up. Thanks to @Vocelli for running this shindig, looking forward to the medal brackets. Now, to spend some quality time thinking about the games this season... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Another great enjoyable season, thanks for organizing and running it Vocelli. Congrats Kermit, totally dominant all season. Favorites: Dark Cavern and Pitfall II. Surprises: Super Cobra and Subterranea. Worst: Dishaster and Birthday Mania. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Well played @kermit73 you really put up some great scores! Congrats!! Thanks as always to @Vocelli for doing all the nitty gritty to keep this comp running smoothly and enjoyable!! Whilst I didn’t really play all the games I do have some opinions FAVOURITES: Congo Bongo, Spikes Peak SURPRISES: Dragonfire, Robot City WORST: None this year, I chose not to play every round which probably helped Edited July 27, 2021 by nads 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moisés Tuseto Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 congratulations to everyone especially the winner best: dragonfire and subterranea surprise: robot city and the end 2600 in my opinion there were more than 10 horrible games, highlight: dishaster and mountain king 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congratulations Kermit. ribbit ribbit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Favorite Game: Pitfall II, Dragonfire Most surprising: Tower of Rubble, Fireball Worst: Star Wars: ESB, Star Trek: SOS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZilchSr Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Congratz, Kermit! You're a beast! Well earned ? Favorite: Star Trek Surprising: Mountain King Least: ??? Edited July 27, 2021 by ZilchSr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congrats to Kermit!!! As to the games... What did we play? Lol, I remember Pitfall 2 being good to me, but when I looked at the list of the games played this year, I'm scratching my head as to how I even wound up in the silver bracket, especially petering out like I did! Congrats to all, for sure, and Thanks as always to Vocelli, I know this is a lot of work for you! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Thanks for another great season. *Favorite Games from Season 11 (Pitfall II and Moon Patrol, managed to set new personal best scores for both) *Most Surprising Game from Season 11 (The End and Robot City, homebrews continue to be innovative and high quality) *Worst Game from Season 11 (Donkey Kong Jr. & Congo Bongo, as much as we are told Coleco didn't sabotage the 2600 ports, the evidence seems to disagree) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGC Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congrats Kermit and thanks Vocelli for another great and fun season. Favorite- moon patrol, Atlantis Most surprising- dragonfire, solar Storm Worst- birthday mania, dishaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymanC Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congratulations to the winner Kermit !!! *Favorite Games: Star Trek and The End *Most Surprising Games: Subterranea and Solar Storm *Worst Games: Dishaster and Spikes Peak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMooCowz Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Favorite Games Cosmic Ark Subterranea California Games - BMX Most Surprising Games Donkey Kong Jr. (2 board/no death challenge specifically) Stack Game Tower of Rubble if the 2 board DKjr doesn't count. Honestly a coin flip between Stack Game and Tower of Rubble Worst Games Dishaster Spike's Peak 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Congrats Kermit! Impressive season!! Favorite Games from Season 11 Solar Storm and Fireball (I love paddle games!) Most Surprising Games from Season 11 The End, Tower of Rubble, Robot City (each impressive in their own way) Worst Games from Season 11 A small few but these make us appreciate the games we do love even more! Thanks again @Vocelli for organizing a great season and your efforts keeping the scores up-to-date even with your busy schedule. Playing HSC let's me find games I wouldn't have tried on my own and finding a few gems that will play on my own after the season. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Congratulations to Kermit on winning this 2600 new HSC Season. You are a spectacular player. Favorites: Atlantis and Millipede Surprising: Super Cobra and The End Worst: Spike's Peak and Venture 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evandro_ECM Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Favorite - Moon Patrol / Pitfall ll Most - Pooyan / Strategy X Worst - Dishaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Thanks to all for the comments and to @Vocelli for organizing this contest. My all time favorite 2600 game is "Millipede", and nothing we played dethroned it from my top spot. My second favorite this season is "Robot City", an excellent homebrew. For most surprising, I pick "Empire Strikes Back" and "Fireball". I did not expect a "shoot the hell out of imperial walkers" game to have so much strategy. I have never cared for "breakout" style paddle games, but just couldn't stop playing Fireball. The worst games were "Dishaster" and "Strategy X". Dishaster was just plain boring once learning the strategy. The controls for Strategy X were terrible, especially with the lack of diagonal movement. After playing a couple games of the original arcade version on mame, I realized it's a pretty terrible port. As a group, I was disappointed with the Imagic games. As much hype as they get, I was expecting better. When ranking all the games from this season, none of the Imagic titles made my top 10, but multiple made my bottom 10. They get kudos for detailed sprite graphics, but the game play/design was often lacking. The difficulty level either never increased enough (Atlantis) or it ratcheted up to the point of ridiculous too quickly (most other games). We even replaced Cosmic Ark with another game because of an ill-thought out design that allowed for infinite point leeching. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 First off, congratulations Kermit! I guess it really is easy being green, hmm? And my picks: Top 2: Moon Patrol Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Most Surprising 2: Super Cobra (I actually got a cartridge of this second hand, only to have it turn out to be a PAL cartridge. ) Atlantis (This time I got a working cartridge.) Least Favorite 2: Spike's Peak (Looks good but doesn't play well.) Dishaster (Great for curing insomnia.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Alright, I gave it some thought, meditated, prayed to the Atari gods, slept on it, mulled it over, and finally have my season picks: Favorites Pitfall II - I’m proud of myself for how dedicated I proved to be at getting a perfect score here. I really enjoyed making my way through the game and know I’ll end up doing it again at some point. Robot City - I want to get even better at this one bc it proved to have a lot of complexity to it, and it was just a lot of fun! Most Surprising Star Voyager - I wouldn’t say I gravitate towards first person space shooters (ha) but I found myself really liking this one. Didn’t hurt that I got in a groove and really impressed myself. Fireball - I like paddle games, and I like breakout, but I was surprised how much I liked this one. Makes me want to track down a supercharger and play it on cassette. Worst Spike Peak - this frustrated me and felt unresponsive. Dishaster - for such a silly idea, I wanted it to be good, but it was...not. I like these season reviews we do here! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Vocelli: Best Game: Millipede - Loved it as a kid. So much is going on at one time. 5 SPIDERS once you get 300,000k. So challenging and fast! Plaque Attack - Once again... fast and furious action. Activision's scoring system is always GREAT! Most Surprising: Mountain King - Great ideas here. Find a flame with a flash light while listening to a sound. Take the flame to the temple. Enter the temple. Get the crown. Take the crown to the mountaintop. I never played anything like it when it came out. Still love it today. Solar Storm - I don't think I ever played it before. It was surprisingly good. Worst: Spikes Peak - Need I say anything. BMX - I spent 30 minutes crashing on the course just to get a high score. Silly. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Best: Millipede, Mountain King Most Surprising: Star Trek, Subterranea Worst: BMX, Pitfall 2 (a very well made game that I just don't enjoy) Honorable mentions: Strategy X (kinda fun, Jackal-esque), Tower of Rubble (loved it), Venture (better than I thought/decent port), No Escape (a fun challenge/hard but addictive), Spikes Peak (wonky/but I still love it), dark cavern, Moon Patrol, Dragonfire, Super Cobra (not bad) dishonorable mention: Empire Strikes Back 16a is TOO hard!!, Me for missing weeks 13,& 18-24.. luckily my participation in the first 2/3 was enough to carry me 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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