Justin

Good luck @Atari 5200 Guy! It's a fun game once you get the hang of it. I'll be giving it another try this weekend as I have time. Best wishes!

Welcome to the forums @sramirez2008 so great to have you here!!

My High Score: 212,420

Here are some real Pro-Tips for scoring big in MAGICAL CHASE: Lock Options (Star Maidens) in Place To lock options (Star Maidens) in place, tap Button I when NOT holding down Button II to fire. The Star Maidens will remain locked in the position you chose. To release the Star Maidens, tap Button I once again. Lock Firing Direction To lock the Firing Direction, tap Button I while holding down Button II to fire. The Firing Direction of the Star Maidens will lock in place. Use Spells To use spells, double press Button II quickly. This will use the Spell shown closest to the left. Start with 60,000 Crystals! At the "Difficulty" setup screen, press LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, SELECT three times, LEFT, RIGHT and BUTTON I. If you do this correctly, you will hear a chime and start the game with over 60,000 gems!

Please remember to TYPE OUT YOUR HIGH SCORE when posting to High Score Squad! We want to get your score right, and prevent mistakes. Scores can be blurry in photos, tricky on the eyes, or hidden deep within play-through videos. Claiming your score 100% prevents confusion.

Chris Bucci has a fantastic episode of Turbo Views reviewing Magical Chase. It's the best place to start if you're new to Magical Chase, don't have instructions, or want to learn more about the TurboGrafx-16! The video below is highly recommended!

Magical Chase TurboGrafx-16 Controller: TURBOPAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Bumpy Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST October 31st, 2022 Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between October 15th through October 31st, 2022. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We're playing Magical Chase on the "Bumpy" difficulty level, which provides for a moderately difficult level of gameplay. We recommend you start the game by practicing on the "Breeze" difficulty level first if you're new to Magical Chase, then you can progress up to "Bumpy". Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 137th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing one of the greatest shooters in the American TurboGrafx-16 library: Magical Chase! Yes, Magical Chase is legendary for being notoriously expensive to collect, but it's also one of the most graphically impressive shooters on the system, and it's also really, really fun to play! In my opinion this game is as fun, if not more fun to play than Air Zonk. You play as Ripple, a little witch shooting at very unique characters she accidentally released into the world. Magical Chase came as a standard TurboChip (HuCard) playable across all American TurboGrafx systems, including the TurboGrafx-16 base system, the TurboExpress handheld, and the TurboDuo. The graphics are visually beautiful and sound is very impressive for the TurboGrafx-16, Magical Chase with its impressive graphics and world of memorable characters feels like it would be more at home on the Super Nintendo. Unfortunately I was unable to procure a PDF of the instruction manual for this game, if you come across one would you be so kind as to share it here with the group? ROM is provided below. We are playing the American version of Magical Chase as it differs from the Japanese release on the PC Engine. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating!! Magical Chase (USA).pce

Congratulations Marco1019! Congratulations to High Score Squad "Super Legend" @Marco1019 for becoming our Activision Pitfall Squad Champion! Marco takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an immensely impressive score of 114,000 points. Way to go on your performance, Marco! @RickR was hot on Marco's tail, with an incredible score of 87,720 points, taking our 2nd spot on the board. We're joined by a new member this week, with @Stlrs95 posting a highly respectable score of 67,945 to take 3rd Place in our Final Standings. Welcome to the Forums @Stlrs95, we hope you enjoy your time in High Score Squad! Our "Mayor" the legendary OG @greenween has returned once again, claiming the 4th spot with his score of 41,539 points. @Atari 5200 Guy takes 5th Place on the board with a solid 14,400 points, and I limped into class late, scoring 9,721 points in "hurricane mode", and would've taken last place if my score had been submitted in time. Congratulations once again to Marco for another BIG WIN and incredible performance, and a huge congratulations to our wonderful community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing Pitfall for the first time in High Score Squad! Special "Thank You" to everyone here for keeping the Squad Challenge going, and to @Sabertooth who is doing yeoman's work continuously hosting wonderful Squad Challenges and other fun events in our new Club VCS! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad is a timely one for the TurboGrafx-16. Be there!

I managed to get a game in the other day but I wasn't able to post it. I'm sharing my score now with you, after the deadline, just to show that I participated and played along with you guys. I came in dead last, but I will put an asterisk after my name in the Final Standings and my score won't count. I wish I had more time to play Pitfall, and on real hardware, it would've been fun. I'll be able to participate more in our next Squad Challenge 😀 My High Score was 9,721

Please remember to TYPE OUT YOUR HIGH SCORE when posting to High Score Squad! We want to get your score right, and prevent mistakes. Scores can be blurry in photos, tricky on the eyes, or hidden deep within play-through videos. Claiming your score 100% prevents confusion.

@nosweargamer has a good overview of Activision's Pitfall! It's a great place to start if you're new to the game!

Pitfall! Atari 2600 Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Default Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST October 14th, 2022 Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between October 1st through October 14th, 2022. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level There are no difficulty levels in Pitfall! As the manual says, "Difficulty switches and the game select switch are not used in Pitfall! Each game is many games in one, with many difficulties to overcome." Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 136th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing one of the greatest Atari 2600 games of all time - Pitfall! Pitfall was designed by the legendary David Crane at Activision in 1982. Can you navigate Pitfall Harry through the rolling logs, across the crocodiles, and jumping from vine to vine? Apologies to all for the delay in posting this Squad Challenge, I have evacuated my home during Hurricane Ian and even here have been without power, internet, cable, and cell phone reception until recently. We of course are prepared for Hurricane season to come every year, but cannot control the extent to which we are without power or have to evacuate. Otherwise everything is fine with me and we will continue on! ROM and Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating!! Pitfall!.pdf Pitfall!.A26

Congratulations Greenween! Congratulations to our "Mayor" @greenween for becoming our Arcade Burgertime Squad Champion! Greenween came back in force to take the top spot in our Final Standings with the saltiest score of 30,950 points. Way to go Greenween! Two other Atari I/O OGs joined us for this Squad Challenge, @Atari 5200 Guy claims 2nd Place on the board with an impressive 18,000 points, and @RickR puts the pepper on top, right on Atari 5200 taking the 3rd spot in our Final Standings with his score of 17,400 points. As always I'd like to encourage @greenween to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Apologies for my lack of participation as I've been evacuated with Hurricane Ian. On any MAME Squad Challenge, any original or authentic ROM is acceptable. That usually includes Evercade releases, many "Collection" releases, and of course MAME and the original Arcade hardware. A good rule of thumb to ask yourself "Is this game close enough to the original ROM to play without antagonizing the rest of the community and making myself look like a cheater?" Remember, we're all just playing for fun and to have a good time playing these games with each other, so as long as it's the original ROM or indistinguishable from the original ROM you would be in good shape. Submitting a score for NES or Intellivision Burgertime wouldn't cut it. Congratulations again to our "Mayor" Greenween for another BIG WIN, and a huge congratulations to our wonderful community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing in our latest NES Squad Challenge! Special "Thank You" to everyone here for keeping the Squad Challenge going, and to @Sabertooth who is doing yeoman's work continuously hosting wonderful Squad Challenges and other fun events in our new Club VCS! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad is one of the greatest Atari 2600 games of all time. Be there!

Please remember to TYPE OUT YOUR HIGH SCORE when posting to High Score Squad! We want to get your score right, and prevent mistakes. Scores can be blurry in photos, tricky on the eyes, or hidden deep within play-through videos. Claiming your score 100% prevents confusion.

PatmanQC has a short documentary on the history of Burgertime. It's a great place to start if you're new to the game!

Burgertime MAME Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Default Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST September 30th, 2022 Nominated by @Atari Creep Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between September 15th through September 30th, 2022. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing the original arcade classic Burgertime using default settings. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 135th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing one of the most iconic arcade games of all time - Burgertime! We are primarily playing Burgertime on MAME, but feel free to play Burgertime on the original arcade cabinet, multigame cabinet, Evercade, or any other method you'd like - so long as you're playing the original arcade version of Burgertime. NES, Intellivision, ColecoVision, and any other version of Burgertime that is not the original arcade version is not accepted. Are you ready to drop those patties, dodge aggressive ketchup and flee from salt and pepper shakers? I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating!!

Congratulations Marco1019! Congratulations to @Marco1019 for becoming our Nintendo Donkey Kong Jr. Squad Champion! This is @Marco1019's 2nd Squad Championship win in a row! Marco takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an insane score of 267,300 points. Way to go Marco! Atari I/O OG "The Mayor" @greenween claims his 2nd 2nd Place win in a row, taking the runner up spot in our Final Standings with a very impressive score of 199,000 points. Congrats on another incredible score Greenween! @TrekMD made a serious showing, taking the 3rd spot in our Final Standings with his score of 126,900 points. My score lands me in the 4th spot in our Final Standings, with a score of 102,500 points. Legendary "Don" @RickR joins us again for another reliable outing in High Score Squad, taking 5th Place with his outstanding score of 47,500 points. @Gianna played with me in alternating turns and gave it her all in what she found to be a very challenging game, taking 5th Place on the podium with a score of 26,300 points. As always I'd like to encourage @Marco1019 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Marco for another BIG WIN, and a huge congratulations to our wonderful community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing in our latest NES Squad Challenge! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad is an arcade classic for MAME. Be there!

My Top Score: 102,500

Don't forget we created the 2-Player Battle Forum in High Score Squad for this very purpose 😀 https://forums.atari.io/forum/72-2-player-battle/ For more details on how to play and post scores: To view a recent example of a 2-Player Battle, check out this post:

There's a potential Donkey Kong kill screen coming up if anybody wants to watch

Please remember to TYPE OUT YOUR HIGH SCORE when posting to High Score Squad! We want to get your score right, and prevent mistakes. Scores can be blurry in photos, tricky on the eyes, or hidden deep within play-through videos. Claiming your score 100% prevents confusion.

@nosweargamer has a quick and simple overview of Nintendo's Donkey Kong Jr. for the NES. It's a great place to start if you're new to the game!

Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo Entertainment System Controller: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Game A Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST September 14th, 2022 Nominated by @Justin Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between September 1st through September 14th, 2022. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing Donkey Kong Jr. using Game A from the Start Screen. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 134th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing one of the most iconic video game sequels of all time - Donkey Kong Jr. - on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Do you have what it takes to defeat bad luck with the vines, dodge aggressive creatures and free papa ape? PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating!! Donkey Kong Jr.pdf

Congratulations Marco1019! Congratulations to @Marco1019 for becoming our first Activision Keystone Kapers Squad Champion! @Marco1019 ran away with this Squad Challenge! Marco takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an insane score of 293,600 points. Way to go Marco! @greenween comes in 2nd Place in our Final Standings with a very impressive score of 34,600 points. @RickR made a strong showing, taking the 3rd spot in our Final Standings with his score of 23,250 points. We're pleased to have @socrates63 join us again in High Score Squad, taking 4th Place with his outstanding score of 17,500 points. The incredible @Atari 5200 Guy takes 5th Place on the podium, with a score of 16,700 points. The Doctor is in the house, @TrekMD As always I'd like to encourage @Marco1019 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Marco, and a big congratulations to our wonderful little community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing in our first Atari 5200 Squad Challenge! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad is for the NES. Be there!