Marco1019

I mentioned the same link in last month's thread lol. IIRC, that site has several versions of Pengo and I was confused as to which version to play.

I'm catching up on this thread & noticed this ad. I just performed an image search and it is not real. It turns out this was submitted to a creative event on Reddit called PsBattles Live. Here's the Reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/psbattleslive/comments/qc54ef/battle_round_3_atari_2600/
I apologized if I missed a previous post explaining that particular image. I'm still waking up lol.

Ok: 3183
 
 

811. This is an awesome game. Playing on VCS Atari 50
 

738
🥇 FIRST place!! 
for now 😂

Yoomp!
ATARI VCS/ATARI 8-BIT/ATARI 400 MINI
Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Normal/Level 1 Start
Play on: Real Hardware/Emulation is OK ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST APRIL 30, 2024
 
 
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 April 1 through April 30, 2024. 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
This is a Club VCS Exclusive Challenge. All Club VCS players are welcome!
 
Play Rules
This is a special cross-platform challenge. Games may be played on real hardware or using emulation. 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 YOOMP for the Atari 8-bit computers! Start the game at Level 1 and play until game over for the highest score possible!
 
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 26th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're celebrating the release of the ATARI 400 MINI by playing the Atari 8-bit game YOOMP!   Play on the VCS via Atari 50, on real Atari 8-bit hardware, on the 400 MINI, or using your A8 emulator of choice!
Yoomp! is the winner of the 2007 ABBUC software competition. Like a combination of Trailblazer and an often-seen demoscene effect, you fall down a tube, landing on each square progressively in a rhythmic manner. Landing on certain tiles will have certain effects, such as making the screen quake, decreasing the brightness or forcing you to jump. Navigating the tube itself is a matter of planning ahead and compensating for your limited movement capabilities. This game is freeware and can be downloaded on the Yoomp website.
Start at LEVEL ONE and take the game as far as you can for the high score!
 
Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest
This game is the fourth title in our fifth Club VCS contest giveaway! Prize details will be announced shortly.   This time we're going a full 12 rounds with the winner announced in January 2025!
 
1)  All challenge participants will receive one (1) entry for each challenge in which they submit a valid score!
2) The top scorer of each challenge will receive two (2) additional entries - for a total of three (3) entries in a single challenge!
3) On Twitch or Youtube?  Stream or record and post your ClubVCS high score attempt for one (1) additional entry in each round.  You must post a public link to the video in the Challenge.
This contest is open to everybody, including Atari I/O Moderators, with a U.S. or Canada  mailing address. It's really easy, all you have to do is participate be a Club VCS member and participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges.
 

 

4960, playing on a modded PS1 Classic. 
This game is cute, but it will take some time to get used to the rhythm of the game. 
 

Congrats @Marco1019 for winning first place!  I tried to improve my score further but I was not able to.  Beef Drop is a fun game! 

Thank you once again for kind words, @Justin! Also, congratulations to all of the participants!
 
I don't have MAME installed on my MacBook. However, I am proposing an alternative method for playing the arcade version of Pengo via retrogames.cc. (There are several versions, though; I'm sure the bootleg version would be excluded.)

Thank you once again for kind words, @Justin! Also, congratulations to all of the participants!
 
I don't have MAME installed on my MacBook. However, I am proposing an alternative method for playing the arcade version of Pengo via retrogames.cc. (There are several versions, though; I'm sure the bootleg version would be excluded.)

Congratulations Marco1019!
 
Congratulations to @Marco1019 on another victory in High Score Squad Challenge! @Marco1019 takes the top spot in our Final Standings for Ken Siders' Beef Drop on Atari 7800 with an outstanding score of 56,900 points. WAY TO GO MARCO! Our runner up winner for the Beef Drop Squad Challenge is @TrekMD who takes 2nd Place with an excellent 46,600 points! VCS guru @Sabertooth takes the 3rd spot on the board with an impressive score of 39,600 points. "The Don" @RickR takes 4th with 26,700 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 once again to Marco on his big win, and I'd like to thank @TrekMD for nominating this game!
👉 Be sure to join @Sabertooth in Club VCS for this month's VCS Recharged Squad Challenge on the Atari VCS!
 Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be for the original Arcade version of Pengo on MAME. Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

Hello,
This is a calendar program I wrote back a decade ago, and recently ported to Lynx when getting the C compiler working.
It's a bit like the calendar on your phone that can keep generating calendars for months long into the future.
The data is calculated, not data stored within. Enjoy!

Perpetual Calendar.lnx

Warning…highly addictive gameplay.
 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/363874-new-game-destroyer-7800/#comment-5437348

26700

11,150.  I'm playing on the MESS emulator on PC. 

I improved on my score!  46,600!

I have not been able to improve on my score!  Trying! 

I was disappointed that we didn't get Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story on the VCS, but I had to have it. I had a spare Team Group SSD lying around, so I installed it on my stock Onyx 8GB VCS and changed the boot order in the BIOS. Viola, a Steam machine that feels like Steam Deck or Big Picture Mode. The game ran beautifully.
Then I tried titles that crashed on a stock system from a Windows bootable USB.  These include Minter's Moose Life, Balls of Steel, the Lunar Lander demo, etc. They all ran fine.
ChimeraOS also has RetroArch baked in, and support for Epic and GOG. In addition to Steam.
Anyway, this may be a window into second life for VCS owners once Atari pulls the plug.
Have you tried ChimeraOS on the VCS?

I found this link and I believe it is the correct ROM. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
 

I doubt I'll reach this score again lol. 56,900 via OpenEmu for Mac OS.
 

Berzerk
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Game 3
High Score: 111,810
January 12, 2024

Update!