Dinobot711

71,000
I guess that I did have a slightly better run.

70,500 on a 7800 with CX-78 gamepad.
I'm not sure that I have a better run in me. Your runs must have been pretty flawless @Marco1019 @Justin

68,800 on a 7800 with the CX-78 gamepad.

I'm at least on the board!
 

My New Score: 73,550

New PB: 74000
 
I had to drive off road quite a bit. I only managed to hit one puddle & that was on the final lap.

72050. I played on OpenEmu which uses the ProSystem core. I crashed late in the race & also found a few puddles. I'll take it after having not played this in about a year.
 
 

9,830
will work on improving my score ☺️

Pole Position II
Atari 7800
Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: FUJI
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST June 14th, 2022
Nominated by @Justin
 
 
Objective
Play for the highest possible score racing the FUJI Track in Pole Position II on the Atari 7800. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between June 1st through June 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
Achieve high score to win Grand Prix Challenge. 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 racing on the FUJI Track in Pole Position II. Players will select FUJI at the title 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 125th Squad Challenge, the 2022 Pole Position II Grand Prix! This will be our 5th Annual Pole Position II Grand Prix Event! This year's Grand Prix challenge will run until June 14th, 2022 racing the FUJI Track for your best possible score! Fuji is THE CLASSIC TRACK in all of Pole Position! It's a tough slog to the finish line, but with a bit of practice and some tenacity, most of you will make it to the end! Strap in, rev your engines, and give it your best shot! Even if you don't finish the game, post your highest score and show off your accomplishment! Pole Position is one of the most iconic arcade games released by Atari and was genre-defining for its time, setting a new standard of what racing gameplay could be like. Pole Position II was included as the pack-in title for the Atari 7800 and is often revered as the first game 7800 owners played on their new game system. For many of us 7800 gamers, Pole Position II was the first video game we ever owned! I have so many wonderful memories of playing Pole Position II at Chuck E. Cheese's with my family, shifting gears and whipping around corners with a cheese stick in my hand and a cup of root beer on the floor under my feet. It also became one of my favorite games to play at home and remains a wonderful memory on the Atari 7800. ROM and Instruction Manual are provided below. Good luck to our Racers!! 
 
 

 
Pole_Position_II.pdf Pole_Position_II.a78

Crystal Castles
MAME
Controller: TRAK-BALL / JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty: Default (Start at Level 1)
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST May 31st, 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 May 15th and May 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 are playing Crystal Castles on the Default settings, starting the game at Level 1. You may use settings for any controller setup of your choosing, including Trak-Ball, Joystick, Keyboard and others. You will begin the game with a total of 3 lives (with your two additional lives displayed on the bottom left corner of the screen as two bears). Any remaining dip switch settings will be set to the default settings. Rewinds and ROM hacks are not allowed, however you are free to use your own cunning skill to find warps and other tips and tricks to help you win at Crystal Castles.
 
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 124th Squad Challenge!  For this challenge we're firing up MAME and jumping into one of my favorite Atari arcade games of all time, Crystal Castles! Crystal Castles was released in arcades by Atari in 1983 and was memorable for its use of the Trak-Ball for navigating Bentley Bear through a 3-Dimensional maze world collecting gems. As this is a MAME game, it will be up to you to source the ROM and if you run into trouble I'm sure the community can help you out. Instructions should be obvious, Crystal Castles is basically 3-D Pac-Man. This should be an awesome game, when you're doing Crystal it feels amazing and it's like there's nobody else alive but you. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody playing!
 
 

 
 

Congratulations Atari 5200 Guy!
 
Congratulations to the relentless @Atari 5200 Guy on become our new Activision Barnstorming Squad Champion! This was an incredible win for Atari 5200 Guy, and absolutely stellar scores shared by all! Barnstorming is an absolute Activision classic, and I hope you enjoyed playing it in this challenge. @Atari 5200 Guy takes 1st Place in our Final Standings having scored a time of 0:54:05, coming within five one-hundredths of a second of achieving that Activision Patch-worthy score! UGH, SO CLOSE!! If Atari 5200 Guy only had a little more time! I created a special badge image to be awarded just for this challenge and unfortunately it won't get to be used.... yet?! Let's hope we can run this game again in the future and award another Patchworthy score! Atari VCS prodigy @Sabertooth was hot on Atari 5200 Guy's tail, taking 2nd Place in our Final Standings with an excellent time of 0:54.95. "The Mayor" @greenween is back once again, joining us to take 3rd Place in our Final Standings with a time of 0:55.27. 4th Place goes to High Score Squad legend @nosweargamer with an excellent time of 0:55.35. "The Don" @RickR achieved a terrific time of 0:56.41 taking 5th Place, and @Dinobot711 joins us again with a time of 0:57.47, taking 6th Place. @Gianna gave it her all and rounds things out for us on the Final Standings with her respectable time of 1:05.86 to take 7th. As always I'd like to encourage @Atari 5200 Guy to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations again to the incredible @Atari 5200 Guy, and a huge shoutout to all of the fantastic flying aces who joined us for a great Activision Squad Challenge. I hope everybody had fun!
NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is a classic Arcade game that we'll play on MAME. Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

Great job Atari 5200 Guy!! Sooo close!. This one was a lot of fun. I haven't spent any time on this game in 35 years. Gonna keep trying just for my own pride. LOL

0:57.47

0:59.41

My favorite way to play 2600 games! 

1:08.08

I had to switch to the Genesis controller to get any better. Great game if you have people to compete with. 

The hand cramps are real.  And why is it so hard to memorize the pattern at this age?  2 down, 2 up, 2 down, 3 up, did my phone just ring?  <CRASH!> 
 

1:02:09
A slight improvement. I have the CX-40 hand cramp after a few attempts. #oldman

1:05:86 
This is a fun game! I can't quite seem to avoid hitting things even after playing over and over 😅 

Slightly better. :55.67

These are great course times!  I'm off on Friday this week. Going to try to put in some time on both this and Black Widow: Recharged then.

56.41.  I don't think I can do any better, as the only thing I ran into this time was birds.

 

Going live soon with my attempt 55:35!
 

0:57.47