Dinobot711

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My best so far

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My best so far

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My best so far

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My best so far

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My best so far

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My best so far

You guys are bringing your "A" games.  Ha ha ha....get it?  "A"?  Is this mic even on? 

194
 
 

For my first game I bowled a 186

Here is my first score...
 

My first score is 117! This game is quite relaxing to play 🙂

@nosweargamer has an excellent overview of Bowling for the Atari 2600.
It's a great place to start if you're new to the game!
 
 

Let's get the word out about this High Score Squad Challenge!
The more people participating the more fun the challenge!
Spread the word and invite friends to play!
 

Bowling
Atari 2600
Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Game 1, Difficulty A
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 31, 2022
Nominated by: @RickR
 
 
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 January 15th through January 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 Bowling on Game 1, Difficulty A which provides for Curve Ball and a Standard level of gameplay appropriate for adult players.
 
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 116th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing Atari's BOWLING, released for the Atari 2600 in 1979 and designed by Larry Kaplan, who later went on to become a cofounder of Activision. Special thanks to @RickR for nominating this game for High Score Squad! Bowling is a basic but fun Atari 2600 sports game featuring some fun dynamics such as curveballs. Standard scoring rules for Bowling apply. NOTE: Before pressing the FIRE Button to release the ball, the Joystick controls the positioning of the Bowler. After pressing the FIRE button, the Joystick controls the direction of the ball as it moves down the Alley. ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating. Will you score a SRIKE or SPARE?! 🎳
 
 

 
 
Bowling.pdf Bowling.bin

And WOW, we literally have 10 patch worthy scores.  Incredible!

Thank you, @Justin, for hosting & coordinating these Squad Challenges! Also, thank you to everyone for the kind words. It was nice to turn back the clock; there was a part of me that wanted to continue practicing and aim for a max-out. 
 
I'll give 2600 Bowling a go. We'll see about future Squad Challenges as I'll be juggling other stuff in 2022. (Good stuff, though, between my show, Lvl Up Score, and other sites.) In addition, I didn't own every system or computer so there will be challenges I will skip entirely.

Congratulations on an amazing win @Marco1019 ! What a score!
Megamania is such a fun game and it was great to see so many folks participating. Congrats to all and see you in the next round!

Wow, @Marco1019!  That is one awesome score!  Congrats!  And congrats to everyone else!

Congratulations Marco1019!
 
Congratulations to the incredible @Marco1019 on becoming our new Megamania Squad Champion! Marco hit a home run with his stellar score of 200,180 points! Absolutely killer score and a decisive win! And a big congratulations to everybody on all those incredible scores across the board! We're starting the new year with a HUGE turnout in High Score Squad! I hope Megamania was fun and you'll continue to join us for Squad Challenges throughout the year ahead. Great way to start the year! @Csolo was on fire in Megamania, securing the 2nd Place in our Final Standings with his burning hot score of 109,640 points. @chas10e takes 3rd with an impressive 104,560 points, and @RickR was hot on his tail, taking 4th with 104,100. @Atari 5200 Guy fought hard to break that ceiling and join the 100,000 point club, but takes 5th Place just shy of that with 99.740 points. @Dinobot711 @Sabertooth @greenween @Justin @RadioPoultry @nosweargamer @TrekMD @Gianna and @Atari Creep all joined us in our Megamania Activision Squad Challenge and shared terrific high scores. I hope everybody who joined us for this one had a blast!
Also, this week we welcomed @Csolo to High Score Squad who joined us for this Challenge! Csolo knocked it out of the park, taking 2nd Place in our Final Standings in his first Squad Challenge! It's great to have you at Atari I/O participating in High Score Squad @Csolo !! Everybody's glad you're here! WELCOME!!
Our new Achievement Badges have been a real hit in the forums. This week we introduced our first Activision Badge! For this Squad Challenge, we're awarding the Activision Megamaniacs Badge as an achievement for all players who achieved a "patch-worthy" score of 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge. Each of you who scored 45,000 points or more have now been awarded the Activision Megamaniacs Badge! For all Activision games played in High Score Squad moving forward, we will be recreating the classic Activision Patches as Badges and awarding them to all players who achieve a "patch-worthy" score as originally set forth by Activision. We think that will be a fun way to play Activision games in High Score Squad, and revive the spirit of the original Activision Patches.
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, thanks again to @Sabertooth for nominating this game, and a big congratulations and Happy New Year to our wonderful little community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing Megamania!
NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is Bowling for the Atari 2600! Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

51,330. About as good as I've ever done,  but clearly not good enough!

67,170.
I was able to squeeze in a patch achieving game at lunch!
Played via EMU7800 with the VCS modern controller in XBOX mode.

I can share some tips:
Keep your ship towards the left edge of the screen.  Thar be less bullets to dodge over there because most of the enemies move left to right.  Don't move a lot.  If your ship is covering the entire range of the screen, I've found you are going to get in trouble.  Getting stuck on the right edge unable to move right is sure death. On those levels with the zigzag enemies, carve a path and then shoot bites from there.  And it's OK to lose lives on these levels.  They get replenished every 10k.  DO NOT lose lives on the levels with enemies that just move left to right only. That's where you build up a stash of extra lives.

104,100 - I beat 100k!  So happy.
 

Games like this are what make the 2600 fun for me.  Thanks Activision for these games.  Now, make more of them lol.

Going live with my attempt. Don't think the leaders have anything to fear 😁
16,590 was my best...TREMBLE IN FEAR AT MY AWESOME SKILLZ 😄