MaliciousCarp

I was hoping to get to some Galaxian today, but I was stuck doing homework and other things all day. Plus, my mom took not only the 2600 and 7800 for "punishment" (she compared the video games to c*caine and said I needed to get a real hobby before I could get them back), but also the Wii so I can't even emulate it! Good thing I have a Woody over at my grandparents' house. 
Home life is getting pretty rough lately. It's incredibly complicated and I won't go into much detail here. I'm pretty sure my parents won't be together for much longer, but I feel that's probably a good thing.
Sorry for going a bit off-topic there. Let's get back to Galaxian!

My strategy has been to maximize the points per wave, so trying only to shoot ships in motion and trying to pick off the escorts first before getting the white ship for those that fly in the 3-ship formation.
I'm consistently getting 50k tonight so tonight might be my chance to break 60k. But I only have time for a couple more runs. 🤞

Just to share a tip that works for me:  Once I get around level 7 or so, I'll hold the fire button down during the initial part of the round and mostly focus on avoiding falling bombs.  Once you've cleared out most of the green/purple guys, go back to precision firing. 

57,100
Playing leap frog 🙂 

43,420. 

56,600

19,530. This is way better than I had been doing. Still hoping to get 30k before tomorrow.
And, lest I forget; @btbfilms76 enter me to win! (Thank you!) 

Nice Svengoolie painting. 

I've tried two games today and topped out at 27k.  I'll keep trying later.
 

You can do it, Mark! I believe in you! You can beat that rotten @socrates63!

54,450 -- trying to put a more little distance but only managed an extra 3,000. 
 

Whole e-Carp... I don't know how I did it, but I broke 40K!!!
I just kind of got into a rhythm and I was there before I realized it.  Will I break 50K? I doubt it, but it sure will be fun to try!
44,860

Whole e-Carp... I don't know how I did it, but I broke 40K!!!
I just kind of got into a rhythm and I was there before I realized it.  Will I break 50K? I doubt it, but it sure will be fun to try!
44,860

woohoo!  I finally made the 30K club!  Time to work on 40
32,200

Whole e-Carp... I don't know how I did it, but I broke 40K!!!
I just kind of got into a rhythm and I was there before I realized it.  Will I break 50K? I doubt it, but it sure will be fun to try!
44,860

Those are still the gamepads that I use on my 7800 when I am not using my arcade sticks!
I used the same 7800 wiring schematic that I used for the arcade sticks (Originally Posted by WyluliWolf on AtariAge)
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/258152-byo-atari-7800-controller-schematic-for-dummys/
Good luck!  It was a really fun project!

Whole e-Carp... I don't know how I did it, but I broke 40K!!!
I just kind of got into a rhythm and I was there before I realized it.  Will I break 50K? I doubt it, but it sure will be fun to try!
44,860

Yo, @MaliciousCarp. I watched your video about making a knockoff Genesis controller into a 7800 gamepad. That's genius. I'm pretty cheap and don't want to spend the money on the Seagull adapter. Do you have a schematic or something for your project you can post here? This is an excellent idea.
Oh, those exact same controllers came with the Genesis flashback. They really are quite nice.

I'm not sure if I can win this thing, @RickR, but I'll have fun trying! I have been doing much better using your cart, so I guess that tells you something. My goal is to break 40k in the next few days. I'm pretty sure I can get there!

Nice job, @MaliciousCarp and @socrates63!  I need to try to catch up to you guys this weekend.  @HDN, my old cart is good luck, so I'm hoping you can win this thing! 

woohoo!  I finally made the 30K club!  Time to work on 40
32,200

woohoo!  I finally made the 30K club!  Time to work on 40
32,200

The Vader in my opinion is the nicest looking console I own. The NES looks like a Fischer-Price VCR (though intentionally so), I like the way the SNES looks but mine is yellowed, I have the Genesis Flashback and that's not the same, N64 is a lumpy mess, OG XBOX is too bulky and dated, the Wii reeks of casual (though the black model is slightly less severe),  Wii U is okay, and the Switch looks like a Wii U Gamepad taco. The 7800 also looks slick, but I think Vader barely beats it. The Woody doesn't look too bad, especially where I have it set up at my grandparents' in a heavily wooded room.

Aw man.  You mean I have to try harder?!? 😉 
Nice scores guys!  I'll try again in a day or two.  And...
...is one sexy and clean looking 2600 unit!  @RickR's games are pre-trained for the Squad Challenges. 😁

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Finally broke 50k! It turned out to be a little more difficult than I thought it'd be.
I have to admit that I've grown to like Galaxian a lot. I had always ignored it in favor of Galaga both at the arcade and at home and never liked the weak sounding single volley at a time Galaxian gun. The 2600 version of Galaxian has proved to be a very fun game and has become one of my favorite 2600 games.