Vocelli Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 My fellow Atari Age High Score Club Players: It has been a rough and difficult 2 months for me. I own a restaurant and finding employees has been impossible. So, I have been working non-stop the last 2 months. The good news is that we will be starting Season 12 on Nov 4, 2021 While I do have the outline of Season 12 ready, I still need some ideas on which games you would like to play in Season 12. My only criteria is that it is a game that hasn't been played in 3 years. Season 12 will start with Arcade Games! We will have Medal Winner picks! Homebrews! And much more. Plus, the Medal Brackets may be different this season (they have gotten a bit stale lately) I may not have time for creative Bonus Points every week... but I will certainly have some bonus points available. Just Post your game choices in this thread and prepare for Nov 4th! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I feel for you, every restaurant I go to is begging for workers. Anyone that claims there aren't any jobs is just hiding in the basement. The company I work at has 500+ openings and lots of incentives to try and get people in the door currently. Is there an easy way to see what games have been played in the past 3 years? It looks like the database is only through season 8. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alena Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I cannot wait! I’m sorry I haven’t been able to do season 11 because of issues I had with my pluscart when it first started but now I’m ready! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agb Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 For paddle games I would like Eggomania and Demons to Diamonds. Homebrews Lady Bug and Squish’em. Others- Bowling, Worm War 1. Hiring staff is impossible. Good luck. Vocelli, thank you for organizing and making it fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 (edited) Some options: Super Breakout (paddle) Tac scan (paddle) Fastfood Starmaster Yars revenge Turmoil Fast Eddie Buck Rogers Thanks for your efforts running this! Edited October 23, 2021 by AtariSphinx Added more info 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I'm sorry you've been having a rough time. I'm hoping we can include a dedication to my mother at one point? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 22 hours ago, Atari_Warlord said: Is there an easy way to see what games have been played in the past 3 years? It looks like the database is only through season 8. I would like to know this as well. and I'm really looking forward to this experience. (my first time taking part in this kind of online fun) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Here's an alphabetized list of games played in seasons 9, 10, and 11. I compiled this list reviewing previous forum posts. I may have missed some of the bonus games. Please feel free to check my work GAME SEASON Adventures of Tron 10 Astroblast 10 Atlantis 11 Basketball 9 Bermuda Triangle 9 Berzerk 11 Birthday Mania 11 Bowling 9 California Games - BMX Racing 11 Canyon Bomber 9 Centipede 9 Circus Atari 10 City Defence 10 Commando 9 Condor Attack 10 Congo Bongo 11 Cosmic Commuter 10 Cosmic Corridor 11 Crackpots 10 Dark Cavern 11 Deathtrap 10 Dishaster 11 Doggone It! 10 Dolphin 10 Donkey Kong 9 Donkey Kong Jr 11 Dragonfire 11 Dragons Decent 9 Dragster 10 Enduro 10 Espial 10 Fantastic Voyage 9 Fireball 11 Frankensteins Monster 9 Frogger 11 Frogs and Flies 10 Frontline 9 GI Joe Cobra Strike 9 Gorf 9 H.E.R.O 9 Halloween 9 Joust 10 Jr. Pac-Man 10 Jungle Hunt 11 Kaboom 9 Kool-Aid Man 10 Laser Gates 10 M*A*S*H* 11 Millipede 11 Moon Patrol 11 Mountain King 11 Ms Galactopus 10 Ms. Pac-Man 10 No Escape 11 OINK! 9 Pac-Man 10 Pac-Man 4k 9 Phoenix 9 Picnic 10 Pitfall II: Lost Caverns 11 Plaque Attack 11 Polaris 9 Pole Position 10 Pooyan 11 Pressure Cooker 9 Rescue Terra I 10 River Raid 10 Robot City 11 Seaweed Assault 9 Sky Diver 9 Solar Fox 9 Solar Storm 11 Spiderdroid 10 Spiderman 10 Spikes Peak 11 Spitfire Attack 9 Stack Game 11 Stampede 10 Star Trek: SOS 11 Star Voyager 11 Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back 11 Star Wars: ROTS Death Star Battle 9 Stargate/Defender II 10 Strategy X 11 Street Racer 10 Subterranea 11 Super Cobra 11 The End 2600 11 Thunderground 9 Tower of Rubble 11 Tutankham 9 Venture 11 Warlords 10 Winter Games - Ice Hockey 9 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Tapper, fast food, mario bros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Of the games not shown, I'd love to see Beamrider, Track and Field, Boxing (activision), Pitfall and communist mutants from space. Dig dug, Klax and centipede would be good choices too. But if I was allowed to actually pick one, it would definitely be Beamrider (followed by Track and Field and Klax). As an aside, it's a shame I missed season 10. It looks like most of my favourites were in that one. Ms Pac Man, Pac Man Jr, Enduro, Stargate , Stampede , River Raid, Hero, Pole position, Crackpots and even circus atari would all make a list of my favourites. Finally of course, a big thank you to Vocelli for organising the HSC (or "old game club" as my wife calls it!). It's great fun, and I'm really looking forward to the next season starting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Some more options: demon attack fast food fatal run gyruss qbert seaquest 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonhrb Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Absalon said: Some more options: demon attack fast food fatal run gyruss qbert seaquest I knew there was a good one I was missing. I'd love to play Demon Attack on HSC. Fatal Run is a good left field shout too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absalon Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Homebrews: Aardvark Amoeba Jump Caverns I ran Juno First Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) Are we to assume that "3 years" means any game played since whatever season was active October/November 2018, or is it just the past three seasons? In a previous post where I listed games, I assumed it meant only the last three seasons. Since "Arcade Games" is the only specific category listed (aside from medal winner picks and homebrews), here are some games I'd like to see: Asteroids - I suggest game #32, or some other variation with "fast" speed and no extra lives so we don't have too many folks hitting rollage. Also use difficulty "A" so satellites appear. Battlezone Dig Dug Galaxian Gyruss - I seem to recall that the difficulty switch enables/disables meteors, but I don't see this referenced in the manual. We should play a variation with meteors enabled. Q*Bert - Difficulty "A" so red balls are present. Since I am already getting one of the medal picks (where I selected a game not included in my above list), I completely understand if these suggestions have less influence than suggestions from others. Another change I'd like to see is when multiple players achieve "rollage", take the number of lives in reserve into account in the rankings. For example, a rollage score with three lives in reserve ranks higher than a rollage score with two lives in reserve. This only works for games that display reserve lives the same time as the score. Edited October 24, 2021 by kermit73 Edit: Cleaned up some grammar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) My suggestions for Season 12 will be (games in bold mean strong suggestions) Assault Asteroids (Game 32) Beany Bopper Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Cakewalk Challenge of Nexar China Syndrome Coconuts Colony 7 (Homebrew) Communist Mutants from Space Deadly Duck (Game 4) Draconian (Homebrew) Fast Food Fatal Run Galagon (Homebrew) Galaxian (Game 9) Great Escape Guardian (Paddle) James Bond 007 Kabobber Killer Satellites Laser Blast (Game 4) Malagai (Game 2) Marauder Mega Force Midnight Magic Mr. Do's Castle Off The Wall Pigs in Space Riddle of the Sphinx Robin Hood Secret Quest Sir Lancelot Solaris Spacemaster X-7 Squeeze Box Stronghold Submarine Commander Tax Avoiders Threshold Xenophobe Yars' Revenge (Game 6, Difficulty A and ONE-LIFE only) Edited October 24, 2021 by oyamafamily Adding settings on Yars Revenge to avoid rollage scores 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyamafamily Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, kermit73 said: Another change I'd like to see is when multiple players achieve "rollage", take the number of lives in reserve into account in the rankings. For example, a rollage score with three lives in reserve ranks higher than a rollage score with two lives in reserve. This only works for games that display reserve lives the same time as the score. Regarding multiple players achieving "rollage" / "max out" scores, my greatest suggestion is to use submission date as tie-break. For an illustrative example - Yars' Revenge (contest starts December 1 and ends December 10), with 5 players achieving a rollage score. Player A - Rollage - Date December 2 Player B - Rollage - Date December 4 Player C - Rollage - Date December 8 Player D - Rollage - Date December 9 Player E - Rollage - Date December 10 (the last day to post scores) In this example, Player A would be ranked 1st place by being the first one to achieve and submit "rollage" scores. Player C would be ranked 3rd place and Player E would be ranked 5th by being the latest of 5 players with rollage scores. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermit73 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, oyamafamily said: Regarding multiple players achieving "rollage" / "max out" scores, my greatest suggestion is to use submission date as tie-break. For an illustrative example - Yars' Revenge (contest starts December 1 and ends December 10), with 5 players achieving a rollage score. Player A - Rollage - Date December 2 Player B - Rollage - Date December 4 Player C - Rollage - Date December 8 Player D - Rollage - Date December 9 Player E - Rollage - Date December 10 (the last day to post scores) In this example, Player A would be ranked 1st place by being the first one to achieve and submit "rollage" scores. Player C would be ranked 3rd place and Player E would be ranked 5th by being the latest of 5 players with rollage scores. A concern I'd have with this idea is not everybody has time to play the game toward the beginning of the contest. Players who demonstrate comparable skill should earn a comparable ranking regardless of when they submitted their score. Using the Yars' Revenge example, I expect that most players who can score 300k are skilled enough to consistently roll the score at 1M with 9 lives in reserve. It would be unfair to give "Player A" 4 more points than "Player E" just because their schedule permitted them to make an earlier submission. One thing I really like about the HSC structure is most contests are about a week and a half in length, a time period long enough that almost everyone can carve out at least some time to participate. Rewarding players for submitting early would eliminate some of the benefit of having longer contest lengths. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 3 hours ago, kermit73 said: Are we to assume that "3 years" means any game played since whatever season was active October/November 2018, or is it just the past three seasons? In a previous post where I listed games, I assumed it meant only the last three seasons. I asked this question in the past and the answer was 3 years, not seasons. Has this changed, Vocelli? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vocelli Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 I always try to choose game with a 3 YEAR break. If it is close enough... I will let it slide. As for the Rollage tie breaker.... We will just keep it casual here. If 10 people roll the score... They are all tied. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I couldn't tell when Demon Attack was last in the HSC, but it has always been one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbag Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Arcade Recommendations: Popeye(strong recommendation....I have the record for this game in the intellivision HSC so I am a bit partial to crappy popeye ports!!!) Pengo Lock N Chase (strong recommendation) Qbert Kangaroo Gravitar(game option with limited lives....strong rec) Popeye Wizard of Wor Mr DO Star Wars Arcade Burgertime Missile Command (I think its option 7 with smart bombs and starts on hard difficulty)Insert other media Non Arcade Recommendations: Raft Rider (undderrated game) Frostbite Frogger 2 Entombed Bank Heist Boing CHuck NOrris Superkicks(strong recommendation....I have lost in the semis 3 years in a row now so maybe I can get Chuck Norris as a consolation prize...I have recommened this one a couple of years in a row now...this one could be a fun bonus game too!!! Pretty Please!!) Room of Doom River Patrol Dodgem(I find this game very hard....also could be a good bonus game) Tape WOrm(under rated snake game...good bonus game too!) Ultimate Yars Sub Scan Lots of fun choices...looking forward to this season....thanks for your work putting this together Vocelli....ur the best...you make it tons of fun...its a good sign how fun HSC is when I keep losing and keep coming back....hahaha. Cheers, G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, gbag said: Arcade Recommendations: Popeye Pengo Qbert Kangaroo Popeye Wizard of Wor Burgertime Non Arcade Recommendations: Frostbite Frogger 2 Boing Room of Doom Cheers, G I second all these choices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, gbag said: Dodgem (I find this game very hard....also could be a good bonus game) This game has a bit of a pattern, once you figure it out you won't find it very hard anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 In memory of my mother, I choose Frostbite. Other ideas: Omega Race Lock 'n' Chase Galaxian Kung-Fu Master Boxing Fishing Derby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) My picks: Reactor Draconian Yars Revenge (game 6 - ultimate Yars) Turmoil Marauder Qberts Qubes Tunnel Runner Solar Fox Frostbite Beamrider Bonus game: Space Attack, difficulty a/a, and if you "win" (destroy all the enemy fleets), you get 1 bonus point for each of your ships remaining (9 possible) Edited October 27, 2021 by G-type 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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