+therealbountybob Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) GORF & ATARI INVADERS This short round featuring a couple of simple classics closes Sunday 10th October 10am UK time Everyone welcome to play, just post your scores, screenshots optional. Downloads Fandal https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1928 https://a8.fandal.cz/detail.php?files_id=1257 Gorf ATR that saves scores https://atariage.com/forums/topic/169969-atari-gaming-goodies-ixion-pole-position-race-designer-x/?do=findComment&comment=2119988 Atari Invaders can be paused with Ctrl-1 from last time we played... found this review: http://atarieviewer.com/tag/atari-invaders/ Anyone who doesn’t know what Space Invaders is probably a space invader in disguise. Aliens are descending in several rows and dropping things on you (bombs, I hope). You are in a ship/tank/something that fires upwards, destroying them. As each one dies the rest speed up until the last one is going about Mach 3 or so and you end up losing. Ha ha, sucks to be you, and not have superhuman reflexes! In the rare event that you do destroy them all, then they come back moving even faster! Beat your high score! You know, the one that gets erased when you turn off the machine! This particular version of Space Invaders, termed Atari Invaders, was created by some guy named Joe Hellesen. Joe apparently had a mild seizure when writing the word “joystick” on the main screen here, but fortunately the space invaders moonlight as spelling Nazis and they destroy the extra letter pretty quick. Presumably the reason they’re invading Earth in the first place is because they’ve been reading peoples’ texts, Facebook statuses, Twitter accounts, etc. and they just can’t stand it anymore! Its all you’re fault that their coming! 2/10[a bit harsh in my opinion! HSC ratings for both AI&AE are 7/10] Edited September 27, 2021 by therealbountybob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I took liberty of my moderator properties and pinned this one for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompateus Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Gorf: 11970 pts. Atari invaders: 12590 pts. Got rid of my old fat tv and bougth a 20 inch lcd tv 4:3 on a fleemarket, but i don't know yet if that was a wise decisson.. Some of the true nostalgia feeling might be missing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Gorf 9800 Atari Invader 25900 Can't imagine why people would prefer to play these over Yoomp! and RGB 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Atari Invaders - 5780 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Atari Invaders: 4330 GORF: 6210 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevymad Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Gorf 5740. Atari invaders 5750 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Gorf 12,600 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Atari Invaders: 6,810 Never have been a huge fan of invaders. Definitely have to make every shot count. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Gorf: 32,860 Now this was a favorite of mine back growing up. Loved the 4th boss stage. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graywest Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Gorf: 12,410 Atari Invaders: 12,380 Edited September 25, 2021 by graywest 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Atari Invaders 12,510 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Atari Invaders: 10,590 Improvement. Edited September 25, 2021 by AtariSphinx Update score 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Gorf: 8110 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Atari Invaders: 14,430! Made it past that dreadful 11th wave. Gorf: 7,230. Just getting started with this one. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevymad Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Gorf 12460 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Gorf review here , gets a B+ Have to scroll down a bit https://atarireviews.com/2008/11/16/disk-9-side-2/ Edited September 26, 2021 by roadrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Gorf 16580 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Not cool! This shouldn't be allowed to happen: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Atari Invaders - 3490 pts Gorf - 7840 pts 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caco Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Gorf - 7140 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 9/24/2021 at 11:00 AM, carlsson said: I took liberty of my moderator properties and pinned this one for you. thanks carlsson On 9/24/2021 at 12:52 PM, tompateus said: Gorf: 11970 pts. Atari invaders: 12590 pts. Got rid of my old fat tv and bougth a 20 inch lcd tv 4:3 on a fleemarket, but i don't know yet if that was a wise decisson.. Some of the true nostalgia feeling might be missing. yes looks nice on CRT the missiles and invaders leaving trails On 9/24/2021 at 4:28 PM, McKong said: Gorf 9800 Atari Invader 25900 Can't imagine why people would prefer to play these over Yoomp! and RGB Some classic quick plays I guess! Started off left handed but switched over after a while on Atari Invaders. 43,800 (invasion 33) went from really well to really badly in about 10 seconds! Will play some Gorf in the week, always a fun game. I'll start up the next poll later this week as this is a shorter round than usual :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 I've added a link to an ATR version of Gorf that saves the scores to disk: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Dug out my left handed flat on the desk Quickshot and had a decent go on Gorf 34,020 wave 24 you can play again now AtariSphinx (though it's probably less crazy on PAL here!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsie Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 First time in the HSC for many years! Gorf 8320 Atari Invaders 24540 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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