carlsson #26 Posted March 13 I tested the XEX file in Altirra with various configurations, including PAL 130XE. Apparently the screen I took a picture of always appears, but after a few seconds it should go away. It remained in its place on my computer so possibly the random RAM fault that I believe my Atari has emerges with this one in that it doesn't move on. It happens perhaps in 1 of 50 games. I'll try again later, and perhaps see if my NTSC 800 works better. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicMarc-er #27 Posted March 13 On 3/8/2022 at 9:50 AM, therealbountybob said: Dead Link. ... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+therealbountybob #28 Posted March 13 3 hours ago, MagicMarc-er said: Dead Link. Fixed thanks it's a thread on the main Atari 9-bit forum, will add some other games that need to be patched for HSC purposes too. POOYAN (no exta lives) plays ok on my 130XE/1050 147,000 level 7 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devwebcl #29 Posted March 13 126700 level 5 (or 6?) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+therealbountybob #30 Posted March 14 Improved to 168,900 on Pooyan. Found my brown E.T. Cart will play it tomorrow! Looks like Pooyan no extra lives is the ticket, reached round 8 this time and completing R20 would be a good retirement point for anyone who gets that far latest tables Pooyan if you played the normal version please play the "No Extra Lives version" (link on 1st post) and post a new score 1st Deteacher 372,500 13pts 2nd Caco 173,950 11pts 3rd therealbountybob 168,900 10pts 4th McKong 150,000 9pts (scoer estimated!) 4th devwebcl 126,700 8pts 5th 8BIT 1337 106,250 7pts 6th AtariSphinx 89,350 6pts 7th MagicMarc-er 68,500 5pts 8th carlsson 53,100 4pts #NTSC bonus point E.T. What shall we do for E.T. play for score - you all seem to have found 4 pieces? 1st AtariSphinx (100,789) 4 2nd 8BIT 1337 (87,561) 4 3rd Deteacher (90,200) 4 4th RedThunder (51,298) 4 5th McKong (?) 4 will start up R5 poll next... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+therealbountybob #31 Posted March 15 Failed to improve on Pooyan so had my maiden go on E.T. After getting over the initial shock I decided to play on level 9, managed to wander about and collect nothing useful and after burning through all the lives scored absolutely nothing. I'm guessing you have to find the pieces in order. Holding in fire shows the screen shown at the start of your go listing the pieces... ok off to read the instructions Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deteacher #32 Posted March 15 7 hours ago, therealbountybob said: Failed to improve on Pooyan so had my maiden go on E.T. After getting over the initial shock I decided to play on level 9, managed to wander about and collect nothing useful and after burning through all the lives scored absolutely nothing. I'm guessing you have to find the pieces in order. Holding in fire shows the screen shown at the start of your go listing the pieces... ok off to read the instructions You don't have to find them in order. I believe there are the same shape items in different colors. So if E.T. wants a blue circle and you bring him a red one, it won't count for anything. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graywest #33 Posted March 16 (edited) Pooooooooyan: 86,450 E.T. Phone Home: 125,990 (4 pieces) - Level 1 Just a suggestion - might want advanced players to go to level 9 on E.T. and then play for score as there are more phone pieces to gather. The early levels are pretty easy if you know what you're doing. Edited March 16 by graywest 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chevymad #34 Posted March 16 I couldn't get the hsc version to work on my xld, so I dug out my original 400. 39450 score. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleman jack #35 Posted March 16 littleman jack (me): 4 pieces, score 52,641 littleman jr. (my son): 3 pieces, score 30,000 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichaG #36 Posted March 16 Pooyan: 91,750 E.T.: 112,327 (4 pieces) E.T. ist one of the worst games ever. Now I understand why they burried the cartridges. I played it two times, the first round I did not know what to do at all. Then I watched a youtube playthrough and the second time I run through the game without any problems... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+therealbountybob #37 Posted March 16 13 hours ago, graywest said: Just a suggestion - might want advanced players to go to level 9 on E.T. and then play for score as there are more phone pieces to gather. The early levels are pretty easy if you know what you're doing. Great idea read the instructions everyone !!- you hear the annoying sound when you are near a piece, it appears when you get closer to it, aviod the baddies, can lose them by turning two corners, can run with fire but drops piece, take pieces to green square near your house get to launch site other green bit somewhere... press fire to see what pieces are required - same shape and colours...roughly that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caco #38 Posted March 16 117050 - no extra lives version. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carlsson #39 Posted March 16 I'm not sure any copies of this E.T. game was buried. To begin with they probably made 1/100 or 1/1000 as many as the 2600 game, plus that the A8 game came out 3 months later, c:a March 1983 so it never had the same Christmas deadline as HSW had. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariSphinx #40 Posted March 17 13 hours ago, therealbountybob said: might want advanced players to go to level 9 on E.T. Should we all play the same level such as 9? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariSphinx #41 Posted March 17 (edited) Pooyan (no extra lives): 104,200. Level 5 Edited March 17 by AtariSphinx Updated wording 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichaG #42 Posted March 17 4 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: Should we all play the same level such as 9? Please don't change too many rules in the last days of the two weeks, not all of us are 24/7-gamers 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AtariSphinx #43 Posted March 17 9 hours ago, MichaG said: Please don't change too many rules in the last days of the two weeks, not all of us are 24/7-gamers Sorry was not trying to change the rules, just trying to have consistency. Apologies I am more of a 24 min/7 gamer at best. Great thing about Atari is you can do that and feel accomplished unlike these modern systems with 40 to 100 hour games which are fun but can't get anywhere in short bursts 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+therealbountybob #44 Posted March 18 17 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: Sorry was not trying to change the rules, just trying to have consistency. Apologies I am more of a 24 min/7 gamer at best. Great thing about Atari is you can do that and feel accomplished unlike these modern systems with 40 to 100 hour games which are fun but can't get anywhere in short bursts It's fine E.T. is just a bonus game as there's not much to it - so there won't be too many points. Have played it on level 9, got all 10 pieces on my first go but failed to find the green square in the woods to finish the game! 100,000 Votes please everyone - reminder this round closes Monday 10pm UK time unless anyone wants a couple of extra days? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chevymad #45 Posted March 19 52050 and I've got proper brown tree trunks this time. I had to remove my Sophia 2. It wasn't playing nice with my fujinet. While I was in there I played with the color pot a little. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chevymad #46 Posted March 19 Funny, while the screen has a blue tint.. my camera makes it totally blue. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caco #47 Posted March 19 197700 lv 9 - no extra lives version 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deteacher #48 Posted March 19 VERY small improvement on Pooyan: 375,600. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deteacher #50 Posted March 19 Marathon day for me: 541,400. Level 15! 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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