Dinobot711

84,720
I always forget how fun this one is! Glad it was this month's pick

200,180. The last two lives lost were the result of highway robbery by the game itself. That's the nicest way I can describe it without getting an admin warning lol. Wow.
 
 

THIS GAME IS TOUGH AS NAILS
At least I earned the patch
 
My New High Score: 53,330

84,720
I always forget how fun this one is! Glad it was this month's pick

84,720
I always forget how fun this one is! Glad it was this month's pick

84,720
I always forget how fun this one is! Glad it was this month's pick

Slight improvement over my initial submission - 105,100
 
 

84,720
I always forget how fun this one is! Glad it was this month's pick

34,030. A slight improvement.
You all are crushing this one!

103,870

I'm getting there to be one of the Meglomaniacs
 

I'm not sure how you guys are getting these incredible scores!
My New High Score: 35,240

Dang it!  I came close to breaking 100,000.

Megamania
Atari 2600
Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Game 1, Difficulty B
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 14, 2022
Nominated by: @Sabertooth
 
 
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 1st through January 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
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 Megamania on Game 1, Difficulty B which provides for Guided Missiles traveling at high speed.
 
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 115th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing Activision's MEGAMANIA designed by Steve Cartwright and released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. Special thanks to @Sabertooth for nominating this game for High Score Squad! Megamania is a space nightmare where you are attacked by wave after wave of space objects like hamburgers, cookies, bugs and diamonds, bow ties, space dice and radial tires. It plays a little like Space Invaders, using the Joystick to move left to right and firing missiles. Your missiles move and are guided by your joystick. ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating. Can you become a MEGAMANIAC?!
 
 

 
 
Megamania.a26 Megamania.pdf

Cybermorph
Atari Jaguar
Controller: JOYPAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Access Code 1008, Player's Choice of any world from Default Screen
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST December 14, 2021
 
 
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 December 1st through December 14th, 2021. 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
Default Player's Choice: Start game with Player's Choice of any world from Default "Select Destination" Screen (Access Code 1008). You can start with any world on that screen you'd like, and play through he worlds in any order you choose.
 
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: 
 
 
Check Out Dis Message
Welcome to our 113th Squad Challenge!!! For this Atari Jaguar Squad Challenge we're revisiting a game we played this time last year: the Atari Jaguar pack-in title Cybermorph. Every year we like to run bare minimum at least one Squad Challenge for every system in the lineup -- that's why every year you get at least one Sega Genesis game, at least one TurboGrafx-16 game, at least one Atari Lynx game, etc. etc., mixed in with popular and fun titles for the Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.
When I woke up this morning (and ever since the beginning of the year) we had a different Jaguar game scheduled for High Score Squad today. I actually had this post almost done! We ran Cybermorph as our first Atari Jaguar Squad Challenge this week one year ago with a respectable turnout, and this year we were going to take things to the next level. I had a decent lineup of Jaguar games in the mix, including smash hits like Tempest 2000, Raiden, Missile Command 3D, and potentially Ruiner Pinball and the Minter Collection. However, not nearly enough of us have Atari Jaguars in our homes ready to play, and even fewer have the same game or easy access to Jaguar Emulation.
So listen up Squad, here's the deal! We're going to be playing Cybermorph again. Are we serving you warmed up leftovers from last Christmas? Hardly. (Cybermorph is top shelf, Vintage 1993!) Cybermorph is a decent game that most Atari I/O Jaguar players have access to. In the meantime Jaguar Squad, LET'S PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR! You have the next 365 days and counting to get your paws on Tempest 2000, Raiden, the Minter Collection, or Ruiner Pinball.
Last year when we played Cybermorph @Sabertooth won our Squad Challenge, and we had a decent little turnout for the Jag with @btbfilms76 @Justin @Gianna @RickR and @socrates63 joining Sabertooth in the action! Let's see if we can get everyone back together this year, and invite other Squad members like @CrossBow and @Atari 5200 Guy to join us who might also have access to this game! Will Sabertooth take the top spot again, or will a new challenger rise!?
Cybermorph came packed in with the Atari Jaguar upon it's release, and despite there being more "killer apps" on the Jaguar that eclipse Cybermorph in gameplay and graphics, it remains one of the Atari I/O Team's favorite games to play at Christmas time. Nothing gets me ready for winter like the sound of Cybermorph, the crackle of logs in the fireplace, making holiday meals, and hearing DS9 coming on TV in the other room. @btbfilms76 hosted a Holiday Special featuring Cybermorph which we will share below as an introduction to the game.
Begin your game with the Default "Select Destination" Screen, which uses Access Code 1008. You can start with any world on that screen you'd like, and play through the worlds in any order you choose. Cybermorph was developed alongside the Atari Jaguar (and initially Atari Panther) and was released in November of 1993. For many gamers, Mario 64 was their first introduction to a 3-D open world. For those of us who grew up with the Jaguar through, we got to experience this three years earlier with Cybermorph. The Jag isn't as common as, say the 2600, and emulation support is essentially non-existent. It may be difficult for some of you to join in this Squad Challenge and participation may be lower than we'd like. But for those of you with an Atari Jaguar, Cybermorph is one of the most common games released for the system, so we're playing a game that most Jaguar players will have already gotten their paws on. Instructions are provided below. Good luck to everybody participating! Where did you learn to fly?
 
NOTE: Our next Squad Challenge will be the 2021 F-ZERO Christmas Challenge for Super Nintendo! Be there!
 
 

 
Cybermorph.pdf

Ah nice! Fun trying out a new mode on this one. I think I'm actually better at it on the fast setting lol

Ah nice! Fun trying out a new mode on this one. I think I'm actually better at it on the fast setting lol

Congratulations Dinobot711!
 
Congratulations to @Dinobot711 on becoming our new Sonic Spinball Squad Champion! Dinobot711 scored the top spot on our Final Standings with 24,687,000 points! What a killer score, and @AtariSphinx was right on his tail -- almost beating him with a high score of 24,377,500 points to decisively take our 2nd Place spot! @greenween returns to Squad with an incredible 15,562,500 points to claim 3rd Place in our Final Standings. "The Don" @RickR takes 4th Place with 11,872,500 points, and @Sabertooth showed up with a solid 5,427,500 to take 5th Place! Thanks to everybody for joining in this Squad Challenge and sharing your terrific high scores!
Also, this week we once again welcomed back the "Original Mayor" of Atari I/O and absolute High Score Squad legend @greenween who joined us for this Challenge! Old-timers may remember @greenween is an "I/O OG" who joined us in the Summer of 2014 along with @RickR @Sabertooth @Atari Creep and a few others who were active as soon as the new Forums went online, and became the heart of the party in the chat and in our earliest Squad Challenges. It's great to have you back in the Forums participating in High Score Squad @greenween and as an active member of the community you helped influence from its earliest days! WELCOME!!
Also sad news about @Atari Creep's laptop which prevented him from joining us for this Squad Challenge. What is a Sega Squad Challenge without @Atari Creep!?! Hopefully this works out for the best soon.
As always I'd like to encourage @Dinobot711 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Dinobot, and a big congratulations to our community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing a game on Sega Genesis!
NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is for the Atari Jaguar! Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

24,687,000
Love this one! My first time trying it with the fast setting 

24,687,000
Love this one! My first time trying it with the fast setting 

24,687,000
Love this one! My first time trying it with the fast setting 

24,687,000
Love this one! My first time trying it with the fast setting 

24,687,000
Love this one! My first time trying it with the fast setting 

21,817,500 (Fast setting)
Improvement.   Played on original model 1 hardware with original controller

5,427,500 on PS4 via the Genesis Classics collection. 
I have never played this game before! The challenge prompted me to grab the collection which has a VR mode. I'll have to check that out later this week or next. 

7,130,000 (Fast setting)
Score to get things started