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I figured out why my disk copy was acting so strange. It was not able to function properly with my 1050 happy drive. Once I turned happy mode to unhappy mode then the game started behaving properly.

And wow. It is a really challenging game. We'll have to spend some time practicing this one this weekend.

littleman jr.------1908

littleman jack--------- a paltry 1456

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Slight improvements:

littleman jr. -------- 3,739

littleman jack ------ 4204

 

lowest score ----35

 

therealbountybob, when you say "white-out mode", are you referring to when the screen goes grey/white and the ship becomes a flashing line? Is there any rhyme or reason to when or how this happens? It seems random, but it's hard to tell.

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Tail of Beta Lyrae is the very first game I bought on floppy disk after purchasing my first computer, an Atari 800XL with a 1050 drive and 1030 modem.  I played the hell out of this game, and would later buy and thoroughly enjoy Alternate Reality (The City and Dungeon), also from Philip Price and Gary Gilbertson (as you all know).  Much fun was had playing their games.  :)

 

 ..Al

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18 hours ago, Albert said:

Tail of Beta Lyrae is the very first game I bought on floppy disk after purchasing my first computer, an Atari 800XL with a 1050 drive and 1030 modem.  I played the hell out of this game, and would later buy and thoroughly enjoy Alternate Reality (The City and Dungeon), also from Philip Price and Gary Gilbertson (as you all know).  Much fun was had playing their games.  :)

 

 ..Al

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When I saw you had posted I thought uh-oh what have the guys been up to :-D

 

ok let's get some tables sorted...

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On 3/29/2022 at 11:15 PM, therealbountybob said:

 

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On 4/2/2022 at 4:03 PM, littleman jack said:

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therealbountybob, when you say "white-out mode", are you referring to when the screen goes grey/white and the ship becomes a flashing line? Is there any rhyme or reason to when or how this happens? It seems random, but it's hard to tell.

 

On 4/1/2022 at 2:11 AM, littleman jack said:

I figured out why my disk copy was acting so strange. It was not able to function properly with my 1050 happy drive. Once I turned happy mode to unhappy mode then the game started behaving properly.

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yes like screen above -  if you play on and lose the life the landscape is grey and sort of desolate looking. Anyone else on the disk version getting this? My theories (1) the copy protection malfunctioning (I'm on an original disk) and deliberately doing it; (2) the # time played counter that saves to disk somewhere (anyone?) each time you load the game malfunctioning or not expecting so many plays and triggering the copy protection or (3) just a bug.  Either way(s) does seem to settle down and you can get some good goes in :!:

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Will be playing lots more TTOBL in the next few days, the gravity balls really get you when you try and attack everything on the first stage, have to learn to be patient when swooping down. Once you complete all the sectors the difficulty increases nicely but your skills will have improved so it's not too difficult by then :)

 

first tables

THE TAIL OF BETA LYRAE

1st         graywest             110,092       13pts #
2nd         McKong                  57,706         11pts
3rd         therealbountybob    33,757        10pts

4th         8BIT 1337              15,110         10pts
5th         Deteacher               11,068         10pts
6th         MagicMarc-er          10,734         9pts
7th         MichaG                     8,999         8pts
8th         chevymad                6,409         8pts
9th         carlsson                   6,090         6pts
10th         AtariSphinx             4,554         5pts
11th         littleman jack          4,204         4pts
12th         RedThunder            3,739         3pts
12th         littleman jr              3,739         3pts
14th         Caco                     3,402         2pts

# NTSC Bonus Point

 

ACE MISSION

press [5] to start on Ace skill level!
1st         graywest         10,111         1pt

 

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On 4/5/2022 at 7:40 AM, Shawn Jefferson said:

This game is rough. :)

 

 

18 hours ago, Fres said:

Not easy for me.  6546.  I'm hoping to get some more time in on this one to improve that score.

 

Needs a bit of time at the wheel - fire in small bursts, don't be too aggressive in the first sector. The game is testing but if you manage the first loop it's then progressive each time round. You guys can choose to strart with 7 ships (see first post) :)

 

6 hours ago, McKong said:

I made it through the first run - 76562

 

Hopefully not too far behind you, got to sector 6 for 1st time after a good hours play, had a few greyouts, lockups and reboots before hand ?

42,650

 

Round 6 poll is open as many of you have seen! This round is slighlty longer than usual and ends 9pm UK time Weds 13th April

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Uh oh, some of you guys are about to catch up! ?

Tail of Beta Lyrae: 114,472

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This really isn't much of an improvement from my previous score. On the second run, the second cavern sector is an ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE that I can't seem to pass, no matter what. Those "backbiter missiles" in a confined space are the bane of my existence.

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Will be playing lots more TTOBL in the next few days, the gravity balls really get you when you try and attack everything on the first stage, have to learn to be patient when swooping down. Once you complete all the sectors the difficulty increases nicely but your skills will have improved so it's not too difficult by then :)

 

first tables

THE TAIL OF BETA LYRAE

  1st   graywest                 114,472   13pts #
  2nd   McKong                       98,696  11pts
  3rd   therealbountybob          42,650  10pts
  4th   8BIT 1337                    15,110  9pts
  5th   chevymad                    11,123  9pts
  6th   Deteacher                    11,068  8pts
  7th   MagicMarc-er               10,734  8pts
  8th   MichaG                        8,999  7pts
  9th   AtariSphinx                   6,923  7pts
 10th   Caco                           6,677  6pts
 11th   Fres                            6,546  6pts
 12th   carlsson                      6,090  5pts
 13th   Shawn Jefferson           5,893  4pts
 14th   littleman jack               4,204  3pts
 15th   RedThunder                 3,739  2pts
 15th   littleman jr                   3,739  2pts

# NTSC Bonus Point

 

ACE MISSION

press [5] to start on Ace skill level!
1st         graywest         10,111         1pt

 

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