Rickster8 Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) [ Intellivision HSC Season 15 ] (Game 5) Space Armada Space Armada by Mattel Electronics 1981 You're defending Planet Earth against the unrelenting attack of alien warlords. ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21608/intellivision/Space-Armada-1981-Mattel.html Game Manual Link - Click link below then go to 'Games' then 'Manuals' and scroll down for Space Armada http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/index.htm High Score Club Record 248,220 270,990 Rickster8 Game Setting PRESS DISC, THEN 1 (GAME) THEN ENTER Contest EndsTUESDAY AUGUST 31ST 11:59:59PM EASTERN TIME Bonus Game Space Battle ROM Download Link https://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21609/intellivision/Space-Battle-1979-Mattel.html Game Manual Link - Click link below then go to 'Games' then 'Manuals' and scroll down for Space Battle http://www.intellivision.us/intvlibrary/index.htm Game Settings PLAY ANY LEVEL - GAME WILL BE SCORED AS 'LEVEL' AND THEN 'SHIPS REMAINING'. ONLY WINNING GAMES SHOWING 'ALL CLEAR' COUNT. HIGHEST SCORE WINS. BEST POSSIBLE SCORE IS 5:9. +1 PT GAME WINNER INCENTIVE. NO SET RECORD BONUS FOR THIS GAME. +7 1st place +6 2nd +5 3rd +4 4th +3 5th +2 6th 7th or lower, +1 participation point (MAIN GAME SCORES) Space Armada 270,990 - Rickster8 [+13][+2 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE][+3 SET NEW RECORD] 86,280 - ed1475 [+12] 60,700 - IntyFanMatt [+11] ----------------------------------- 42,150 - Mark Griff [+9] 40,100 - gezkc [+8] 25,420 - wolfy62 [+7] 17,500 - Sprazzi [+6] 17,080 - gar0u [+5] 11,150 - lupovax [+4] (BONUS GAME SCORES) Space Battle 5:9 - mr_me [+7][+1 GAME WINNER INCENTIVE] 5:8 - gezkc [+6] 5:7 - lupovax [+5] 5:6 - IntyFanMatt [+4] 5:3 - Mark Griff [+3] 5:1 - gar0u [+2] 4:9 - Rickster8 [+1] 4:7 - Sprazzi [+1] 4:1 - wolfy62 [+1] 3:8 - ed1475 [+1] Overall Rankings After Bomb Squad 1 Rickster8 89 2 Mark Griff 55 3 Sprazzi 48 4 mr_me 47 5 Wolfy62 38 6 lupovax 33 7 gezkc 27 8 gar0u 23 9 IntyFanMatt 18 9 ed1475 18 11 CParsley 15 12 RogerPoco 11 13 t0spmad 10 14 jblenkle 7 15 JacobZu7zu7 5 15 fakecortex 5 15 roadrunner 5 Games Won 3 Rickster8 - Motocross x3, Space Hawk, Space Gunner 1 RogerPoco - White Water 1 IntyFanMatt - Dreadnaught Factor 1 mr_me - Bomb Squad 1 Sprazzi - White Water Sneak Preview: Super Pro Decathlon Edited September 1, 2021 by Rickster8 Added in scores 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Early start and late finish for my favorite Inty game Space Armada. We will play it for the remainder of the month of August..... ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!! ?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) Wow, so am I right in thinking we've got 4 games on the go at the moment: Space Hawk Space Gunner Bomb Squad Space Armada (with Space Battle soon to be added). Even with a fully working Intellivision, I think I'd struggle to keep up with this number of games!! ? Edited August 14, 2021 by gezkc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, gezkc said: Wow, so am I right in thinking we've got 4 games on the go at the moment: Space Hawk Space Gunner Bomb Squad Space Armada (with Space Battle soon to be added). Even with a fully working Intellivision, I think I:d struggle to keep up with this number of games!! ? Lol, actually five cuz you can play Space Battle now as well.... but Space Hawk and Space Gunner end this Sunday night so we will back down to 3 games running in just a day.... But yes right now it's a SPACE-A-THON and if you explode the bomb you'll be launched to space as well...... ? Edited August 15, 2021 by Rickster8 Spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 My opening salvo for Space Armada: I ran outta guys so atleast they didn't land on the Earth.... ? SPACE ARMADA - GAME MODE - 138,030 POINTS 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) For Space Battle I'd just score it (level):(ships remaining) and only winning games count. Highest score wins. Highest possible score 5:9. Also note that there are two versions of Space Battle. Only version two has level five, but all levels are easier in version one. Version two typically comes in blue boxes and the instructions will say if it has the "super advanced" level. You can also tell by looking at the game, the playfield is narrower on the left side in version two and the version one radar screen is surrounded by dots. Edited August 15, 2021 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 hours ago, mr_me said: For Space Battle I'd just score it (level):(ships remaining) and only winning games count. Highest score wins. Highest possible score 5:9. Also note that there are two versions of Space Battle. Only version two has level five, but all levels are easier in version one. Version two typically comes in blue boxes and the instructions will say if it has the "super advanced" level. You can also tell by looking at the game, the playfield is narrower on the left side in version two and the version one radar screen is surrounded by dots. Okay we can do this, but there still is no proof in the pics what level was played. We will go with +7 pts down to +1pt for participation. +1pt for game winner incentive. So instead of +11 pts being the max it will now be +8 pts as the max. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 9870 points .... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 ^Space Beasties, haha, great name. What version is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, fakecortex said: ^Space Beasties, haha, great name. What version is that? It's an Easter egg! http://www.intvfunhouse.com/games/sarm.php 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 4 hours ago, sprazzi said: It's an Easter egg! http://www.intvfunhouse.com/games/sarm.php Haha so cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 This might be the best I can do at this game. I felt like I was under attack the entire time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gar0u Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 This is one of my favorite Intellivision games. I still remember they day we brought it home, and how exciting it was to see the game change as you progressed in levels; the squiggly brown bombs, enemies turning invisible! I even liked just seeing the border color change between levels. I was never very good at Space Armada, but I used to be pretty good at Space Battle. Looking forward to more space games! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 New best: 14740 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) Space Battle disc level 7 ships left. Actually engaged blue squadron only. Gold and white stationed at the base Edited August 17, 2021 by sprazzi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 6 hours ago, gar0u said: This is one of my favorite Intellivision games. I still remember they day we brought it home, and how exciting it was to see the game change as you progressed in levels; the squiggly brown bombs, enemies turning invisible! I even liked just seeing the border color change between levels. I was never very good at Space Armada, but I used to be pretty good at Space Battle. Looking forward to more space games! It was a huge favorite in my house too. I remember first playing it when we got it in the Winter early 80's, can't remember the exact year, but I wanna say it was 1982. Yes it was really cool progressing thru the levels and seeing the next big thing that they had to throw at you. My little brother was probably 11 or 12 then and he gave made up funny names to everything in the game. We still laugh about those names today. Good stuff.... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 5 hours ago, sprazzi said: Space Battle disc level 7 ships left. Actually engaged blue squadron only. Gold and white stationed at the base Nice job, so if I am following mr_me's suggestion correctly I believe this is scored as 4:7.... Well Done!!!! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 I will have to take a deep dive into Space Battle as I haven't played it seriously in close to 40 years. The overlay and all the stuff you have to do has always been somewhat intimidating as are most of the Inty overlays lol..... The funny thing is I grasped Utopia / Bomb Squad and even Microsurgeon and those three have probably the 3 most intricate overlays, but for some reason this Space Battle one gives me fits..... ?♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Rickster8 said: I will have to take a deep dive into Space Battle as I haven't played it seriously in close to 40 years. The overlay and all the stuff you have to do has always been somewhat intimidating as are most of the Inty overlays lol..... The funny thing is I grasped Utopia / Bomb Squad and even Microsurgeon and those three have probably the 3 most intricate overlays, but for some reason this Space Battle one gives me fits..... ?♂️ I just read all this after I was going to say: If you can play Bomb Squad you can definitely play Space Battle! ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, wolfy62 said: This might be the best I can do at this game. I felt like I was under attack the entire time. You have to work the right and left sides. It's just like Space Invaders, they cannot advance downward if they don't reach the sides. So don't shoot in the middle of the pack. Take them down side to side... That will help, although it looks like you are on the gray screen (maybe the white screen before the gray screen), the screen after this is a whole new surprise. If you haven't seen it yet I don't wanna spoil it.... ? Edited August 17, 2021 by Rickster8 Spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1475 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) Space Armada - 86,280 Rolled the border colors. Space Battle - 3:8 (pressed 1 to start game) Edited August 17, 2021 by ed1475 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Rickster8 said: I will have to take a deep dive into Space Battle as I haven't played it seriously in close to 40 years. The overlay and all the stuff you have to do has always been somewhat intimidating as are most of the Inty overlays lol..... The funny thing is I grasped Utopia / Bomb Squad and even Microsurgeon and those three have probably the 3 most intricate overlays, but for some reason this Space Battle one gives me fits..... ?♂️ It's not hard at all once you know what you're doing. You'll see. It's not even close to the level of Utopia, Bomb Squad, and others in terms of complexity. Just deploy your fleet to the enemies, and once they flash, hit "go to battle" and have fun destroying them all. That's it! Space Battle was, and still is, one of my all time favorite Inty games. Huge nostalgia for this one! And yes I’ll play it, and Armada this week. Edited August 18, 2021 by IntyFanMatt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprazzi Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 17500 points space armada...everything BUT invisible targets!!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Space Armada is good game. I just wish the enemies were a bit smaller so the game would become a little more forgiving…the enemies wouldn’t drop so fast. Then I think it would be perfect. But it’s a classic for sure!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster8 Posted August 18, 2021 Author Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, sprazzi said: 17500 points space armada...everything BUT invisible targets!!!! You have to imagine them as visible. You know where they are because the board is the same. You always have 32 warlords in an Armada, 8 columns and 4 rows. That never changes. You have to be like Jean Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport. ? His Sensei taught him to fight blindfolded and to use his other senses. Also, the warlords make a specific noise when they run back and forth. They make different noises as they become less and less in the Armada, you can determine how many are left based on the noise that they make. So since you know where they are at the start and how they sound you can determine how to beat them. I developed a system to beat those two invisible levels and whereas I used to have trouble with them, I can tell you now that I beat the invisibles 95% of the time.... ?? Edited August 18, 2021 by Rickster8 Wording 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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