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New PB of 680. The run begins at 15:57.

I did mention this latest Squad Challenge during last night's show, so I hope a few viewers make their way here and join.

535. I played on OpenEmu for Mac OS. The PB run begins at 19:34. 1st time playing this one & it's easy to see why it's so addictive. I'll try to get back to this later in the week.

I will try to get in a few runs tonight as I'm preparing for my show which streams tomorrow night. I never owned an Odyssey 2 but it's hard to resist 40-year-old voice synthesis LOL!

48100. Tonight was the only chance I had to submit a run. I hadn't played Joust in decades and it showed LOL. I was inspired by Dazzer's 10MM run on the Arcade version. It's the final run in the video which starts at 13:36. Thanks to @Atari Creepfor inadvertently reminding me that I still had OpenEmu installed; I had been using RetroArch but I've had trouble with it lately.

I'm skipping this one as I never used the 7800 (but I do have a controller, so who knows lol). As an alternative, I did mention the Squad Challenge during my show tonight. So my hope is that a few gamers make their way over here and sign up!

41925 A slight improvement but that will be it for me.

35675 I wanted to get one attempt before the deadline. I may give it another go tomorrow.

The TG link I referenced previously has been updated with a new video showing two different Pole Position carts. @ZilchSrand I discussed it late last night. It's worth a quick look - it only runs 5 minutes and shows LightBlue attempting a record run with the other cart.

I should have clarified that the 63,260 run was shared on TG, but not submitted. Nads learned of the video because he subscribes to LightBlue2222's YouTube channel. I apologize for any confusion in that regard. In addition, no one has called a LightBlue a cheater; he showed the cartridge and game system in the video so he didn't really hide anything. There's a TG thread with @ZilchSr, Scott Stilphen, and Nads. The belief is that the cartridge was hacked prior to purchase (I believe LightBlue stated he bought it off eBay for $5) or the 2600 system he used was hacked/modified. ZilchSr ran tests on a few different ROMs and posted here: https://www.twingalaxies.com/garrett-holland/wall/9000/atari-2600-pole-position-tas-and-analysis-fastest-time-possible-212-seconds It's an interesting confluence of events given the timing.

I'll do my best to condense this post. I apologize in advance if this runs long. It was believed by many 2600 gamers that the score of 60,960 on Pole Position was improbable. Scott Stilphen of Atari Compendium noted there is a photo of such a run (by Jeff Adkins), and Twin Galaxies (TG) lists the 60,960 score by Frankie Cardulla on their leaderboard (but no photo or video). Last week, on January 11, 2021, GregDeg posted a run of 60,960 on Stella. You can view his record run here. It's the first such run recorded on digital video (to the best of my knowledge). If you view the comments, then you'll read a comment from "LightBlue2222" stating he surpassed 63,000. In fact, LightBlue2222 posted a score of 63,260 on January 19, 2021 (yesterday) and that entire run with commentary can be viewed here. I did a little online research and found this thread on AtariAge. The thread, which started in 2014, does feature a few downloadable hacks of Pole Position though most appear to be cosmetic in nature. (I do have to review the thread more thoroughly.) So, with all that said, does anyone here know if a score of 62,360 is possible? Or did LightBlue222 purchase a hacked cartridge? Any context is appreciated.

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I see you're now a member of atari.io LOLLLLLLLL MY GOODNESS

@Justin No problem, as HighScore asks for the same.

41,831 I am thrilled with this score and I will not come CLOSE to the scores I see in this thread LOL