Deteacher Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Space Mines: 14,000! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Phoenix Lair: 3,260 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Phoenix Lair - 3620 pts (level 3, got mesmerized by all the eggs) Space Mines! - 22000 pts (also developed a strategy in this one) Intermediate standings before trbb compiles official ones: Phoenix Lair Dope 9340 Deteacher 4500 carlsson 3620 AtariSphinx 3260 RedThunder 1530 roadrunner 1390 Space Mines! The V-Man 38000 RedThunder 22700 carlsson 22000 Deteacher 14000 roadrunner 4800 Edited August 6, 2021 by carlsson 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Space Mines 16400 level 10 Pheonix Lair 1460 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Space Mines! - 25300 pts level 13 I'll admit that this game is starting to grow on me! At first I thought it didn't seem that fun, but once you get to levels 9-10 and up, it is getting so fast and with so many flies attacking that it is a challenge to place mines and put yourself in safety. Sure it is not an exploration game where you have to develop new tactics all the time or you get to see new level designs, but for all intents and purposes it is quite playable once you have come past the first levels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Space Mines: 25,300! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Phoenix lair 50 Space mines 0 Atari time is limited these days so not going to put effort in to these 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) On 8/4/2021 at 11:15 AM, Dope said: Phoenix Lair: 9340 That was one of the worst experience with Atari games I ever had. Hi Dope glad you enjoyed it hope you are ok On 8/4/2021 at 3:52 AM, The V-Man said: I have a slight advantage on Space Mines!, since I wrote/played almost 40 years ago. Forgot much of how to play it well, but was able to score a good one 38000, none the less. My 14 year old self appreciates you all playing it. When I have time, I may need to go back into that code and see if I can enhance the game play. I will need load up Phoenix Lair and give it a try. Welcome The V-Man, always nice to hear from the author's of the games Just catching up with HSC admin, will play both games after this post! first tables scoring tba ... UPDATED SEASON 18: Current Standings with points from last two rounds! please check your scores! Round 14 POLL >>>OPEN<<< Edited August 8, 2021 by therealbountybob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Space Mines!: 30400 I don't think that I will be able to beat that score as the game speed is insane at that point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Don't know what happened there as I missed a load of posts, aage went a bit funny as my poll post lost all the links and text after I'd posted it, might be my end! Space Mines 16,800 level 10. Very nice game Vincent Can't get Phoenix Lair to load - ATR has unknown sectors so disk copy doesn't work ? APE load didn't work also. Loaded in altirra ok. Anyone got a version that works on real hardware? [edit] had a quick play on altirra using keyboard 1,490 looks another nice game. Atarimania ATR version loads ok by APE will try and diskcopy that one and report back later this week. Edited August 8, 2021 by therealbountybob 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 latest tables scoring tba Phoenix Lair 1st Dope 9,340 2nd Deteacher 4,500 3rd carlsson 3,620 4th AtariSphinx 3,200 5th RedThunder 1,530 6th therealbountybob 1,490 7th McKong 1,460 8th roadrunner 1,390 9th mimo 50 Space Mines 1st The V-Man 38,000 2nd Dope 30,400 3rd Deteacher 25,300 4th carlsson 25,300 5th RedThunder 22,700 6th therealbountybob 16,800 7th McKong 16,400 8th roadrunner 4,800 9th mimo 100 UPDATED SEASON 18: Current Standings with points from last two rounds! please check your scores! Round 14 POLL >>>OPEN<<< 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 Phoenix Lair 1,750 got the key to appear on level 2, tricky game but might be fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 1 hour ago, therealbountybob said: Can't get Phoenix Lair to load - ATR has unknown sectors so disk copy doesn't work ? The version you linked to at Fandal works with my SIO2SD though once it bailed out with garbage at level 3, to the point that I though it was corrupted but it behaved on second reload. Given all the small bugs, perhaps it is worth scouting for alternative versions in case there is one that is a little more coherent, or if those bugs are original. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Phoenix Lair - 4560 pts I realized that you don't need to pick up every egg on level 3, just the required 6 eggs and then return to your nest which means it is a trade-off how much timer bonus vs egg value there is to pick up, and how much you risk losing a life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Phoenix Lair - 5020 pts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Phoenix Lair: 3,820 Some improvement. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Space Mines: 19,100 Nice game. Would have been nice to also have options to down the difficulty curve to help learn the game 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/8/2021 at 10:44 AM, therealbountybob said: Round 14 POLL >>>OPEN<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Phoenix Lair 3190 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 So after playing Phoenix Lair even more, I've come to some conclusions: You clear the level after picking up at least 6 eggs and then moving back to your nest and exit to the right. If you pick up all egs on the level, you get 1000 pts bonus. The key that appears seems to generate some 400-500 pts bonus as well? Speed 0 (default) is the fastest. Speed 10 is the slowest. I suppose everyone have been playing on default speed 0, but the game gets a little bit easier if you play it on a slower speed. I won't post my best score since it was achieved with different settings, but slower speed makes level 2 a piece of cake and level 4 almost possible to solve. Regarding bugs, once the bonus game ended for me after only three riders, but c'est la vie... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Phoenix Lair: 4,310 Some improvement. Tough to get past level 4. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Space Mines! - 27900 pts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 10:49 PM, carlsson said: So after playing Phoenix Lair even more, I've come to some conclusions: You clear the level after picking up at least 6 eggs and then moving back to your nest and exit to the right. If you pick up all egs on the level, you get 1000 pts bonus. The key that appears seems to generate some 400-500 pts bonus as well? Speed 0 (default) is the fastest. Speed 10 is the slowest. I suppose everyone have been playing on default speed 0, but the game gets a little bit easier if you play it on a slower speed. I won't post my best score since it was achieved with different settings, but slower speed makes level 2 a piece of cake and level 4 almost possible to solve. Regarding bugs, once the bonus game ended for me after only three riders, but c'est la vie... good info I've played Phoenix Lair ATR versions usng APE, managed to get all eggs (and the key) and pluck 5 riders a few times. Best score 4.300 (on defailt setting) game is very twitchy on PAL so maybe players should explore the speed settings and report back for next time when we play Joust we can have this as the bonus game After a couple of rounds I had the green screen with only 1 egg and not much else showing - is this a bug or some sort of night mode? Space Mines 20,500 (11) Still time to Vote: Round 14 >>>POLL<<< 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 1 egg sounds like another bug indeed. Sometimes the phoenix gets stuck on an egg at the border and accumulates points until the graphics get corrupted and the game crashes with a screen of garbage. Then again sometimes the steering in Space Mines also locks up so I have to reboot to keep playing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Phoenix Lair: 4,120 Space Mines: 22,300 Both decent enough games, in my opinion. Never played either until now. I think the key to killing the riders in the bonus round stage of Phoenix Lair is to be sure to only touch the pink "rider" part of the sprite, not the brown "steed" part. It's tricky though, because you can knock off the rider while the steed is still dangerous for a few frames, so if you don't fly upward right away, you'll still die. Space Mines is my favorite of the two: I like twitch style games like this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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