Absalon #151 Posted March 22 I'm having a hard time getting better in RAPTOR: 727 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+McCallister #152 Posted March 22 38 minutes ago, kermit73 said: Aardvark: 210900 Ummm, how much higher does this one go? Asking for a friend… 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kermit73 #153 Posted March 22 1 hour ago, McCallister said: Ummm, how much higher does this one go? Asking for a friend… I'm not sure I understand the question, but if you're asking if I plan to continue pressing my score, probably not. I hit my goal of reaching 200k and am not sure I'll improve much upon the 210k if I keep playing. I'll likely move on to the game(s) selected for next week this weekend. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+McCallister #154 Posted March 22 44 minutes ago, kermit73 said: I'm not sure I understand the question, but if you're asking if I plan to continue pressing my score, probably not. I hit my goal of reaching 200k and am not sure I'll improve much upon the 210k if I keep playing. I'll likely move on to the game(s) selected for next week this weekend. Oh, no, sorry for the confusion. I saw the picture you posted and it said "Press fire" instead of "Game Over" so I assumed you had taken a picture mid game and would keep going with that same game. Great score, by the way! 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kermit73 #155 Posted March 23 1 hour ago, McCallister said: Oh, no, sorry for the confusion. I saw the picture you posted and it said "Press fire" instead of "Game Over" so I assumed you had taken a picture mid game and would keep going with that same game. Great score, by the way! Ahh. Now I get it. I accidentally hit the button on the Game Over screen and needed to reload the menu to snap the photo. I have the Game Over screen on video, but was too lazy to pull the SD card out of the video camera and just snapped the pic from my phone. Since the game involved using the Easter Egg, I'm not planning to post the video without consent from one of the game developers. I must say it's been a fun couple weeks competing with you as we've both been running up the top score for this game. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fakecortex #156 Posted March 23 Improvement on Aardvark, utilizing that Easter Egg Aaaaaaaaardvaaaaaaaark- 71,330 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jblenkle #157 Posted March 23 Aardvark - 5,570 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #158 Posted March 23 6 hours ago, kermit73 said: I must say it's been a fun couple weeks competing with you as we've both been running up the top score for this game. I hope it was not only the competition but also the game. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockPile14 #159 Posted March 23 Raptor score 557. Will do better, hang tight! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RockPile14 #160 Posted March 23 Raptor 833, heading for “patch” city!! I hope 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nads #161 Posted March 24 I'm Patched up and ready to hit the other games!! Raptor : 1,119 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
classicgamer_27330 #162 Posted March 24 raptor 214 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nads #163 Posted March 24 First Efforts! Stratovox 2600 : excellent game, another one where the gameplay is pretty straightforward, then the planning takes place, very smooth playfield and slick graphics Awesome job!! My issue is I really do suck at shooters 😭 Aardvark : This took me a while to work out what the heck to do ( never ever played this game on any port before ) but slowly worked it out, gotta say the animation on the Aardvark itself is phenomenal! Smooth controls, and one you need your wits about you, ill keep at this one til i get the "Easter Egg" and 100k. Another superb game! Stratovox 2600 : 25,800 Aardvark : 70,610 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark griff #164 Posted March 24 38400 getting there 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasonhrb #165 Posted March 24 Another improvement at Arrdvark, but I suspect this is my lot now. I'm not heavily into the homebrew scene, so I'm not qualified to make a really informed judgement, but this is definitely the homebrew I have liked the most out of all the ones I've tried (although to be fair, all three of this set of games are great) 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evandro_ECM #166 Posted March 25 Aardvark - 35.590 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[email protected] #167 Posted March 25 Aardvark: 36780 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason_Atari #168 Posted March 26 Raptor: 1,503 (Improvement) 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Absalon #169 Posted March 26 @Vocelli my last score for stratovox was 25700 - in the list it says 24700 - Absalon (but on right Position 😄) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skippy B. Coyote #170 Posted March 26 (edited) After 3 weeks of procrastination I finally got around to playing the homebrew games for this round tonight and wowie are they ever great ones! While Stratovox wasn't quite my type of game (on account of me really sucking at precisely shooting fast moving targets with single shots) I can definitely see it being rewarding for someone with the patience to practice and get good at it. RAPTOR on the other hand was frantic arcade shooting action with nice graphics and innovative mechanics that eventually gets going so fast you feel like you might have a stroke playing it, which is exactly my kinda game I loved the TIA rendition of Johnny Comes Marching Home too, that was a really awesome touch! My favorite of the bunch though was Aardvark, which was a little intimidating at first since there's quite a few game mechanics to learn and discovering how to get to the Bonus Hill levels where all the eggs are worth double points took a bit of practice (Hint: Don't use the nuclear options) but seeing The Ant and the Aardvark reference was well worth the trouble, since I really loved that cartoon growing up. The graphics in Aardvark are just downright incredible for the Atari 2600 too, and I can definitely see myself returning to both Aardvark and RAPTOR many more times in the future Aardvark (Wild 1, Hill 1, Lives 5, Extra 20K): 87,400 RAPTOR (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 1,141 Stratovox 2600 (Game 1, B/B Difficulty): 23,250 Edited March 26 by Skippy B. Coyote Typo fixes 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Jentzsch #171 Posted March 26 Improvement 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evandro_ECM #172 Posted March 26 Raptor Game 1 B/B - 715 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krytol #173 Posted March 26 Stratovox: 12,100 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fakecortex #174 Posted March 27 Hit my goal of 100k on Aardvark! What an intense marathon. Phew 😅 Aardvark - Wild 1 - 108,530 Hill 9 Bonus hills through 7, then I needed to use the “nuclear option” as Skippy puts it hahaha. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fakecortex #175 Posted March 27 (edited) Slightly higher score on Raptor: Raptor - 730 Edited March 27 by fakecortex 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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