greenween

Much better! 🙂 132,360

Slow start. 18,250 on real hardware.

61,820. 

61,820. 

61,820. 

Slow start. 18,250 on real hardware.

61,820. 

My High Score: 80,340
 
 

Just post what you have man.  We work on this together.  COWABUNGA!!!

Haha. Not having a good start! Tomorrow is Friday for me and I have 3 days off. I'll get better. 🙂
 

I just bought this off Ebay for $8 a couple weeks ago!  I'll get on it soon.

Haha. Not having a good start! Tomorrow is Friday for me and I have 3 days off. I'll get better. 🙂
 

Haha. Not having a good start! Tomorrow is Friday for me and I have 3 days off. I'll get better. 🙂
 

I got 68,000.

Ill be dragging my NES out tonight.  I'm definitely participating in this game.  I love video pinball games.  In a weird way they are relaxing to me.

I'm slowly getting back to these challenges; EverythingC64 just restarted their High Score Challenge this week. NES is always a challenge for me since I never owned one as a kid. But I managed 137,260 via OpenEmu.
 
 

The flippers turn invisible.  It's not a glitch that I'm aware of.

107,150
Either my game glitched, or the flippers turn invisible at 100k!

I just bought this off Ebay for $8 a couple weeks ago!  I'll get on it soon.

I just bought this off Ebay for $8 a couple weeks ago!  I'll get on it soon.

I loved Gradius then and now. And it is a hard game.  I remember trying every tool I had to try to help from turbo buttons to the slow motion feature of the Advantage to try and help.  Gradius is hands just a hard game but in a fun way.  Gradius II is just as hard.

Congratulations Greenween!
 
Congratulations once again to "The Mayor" @greenween on becoming Atari I/O High Score Squad champ twice in a row!! We played an incredibly challenging shoot-'em-up game and everyone showed up with scores to be proud of. @greenween came in 1st Place with his outstanding score of 119,400 played on real hardware. I was hot on @greenween's tail, posting a score of 93,300 to take 2nd Place in the Final Standings. Legendary Squad Member @Atari 5200 Guy came in strong to take 3rd Place with his score of 51,000 even. "The Don" @RickR was not far behind and posts a heafty score of 43,100 points, taking 4th Place in our Final Standings. @Gianna gave it her all in her first time playing this game to post a score of 34,800 taking 5th Place. As I always, I'd like to encourage @greenween to post his new high score on the Scoreboard to make sure this Challenge continues! We'll be seeing you in the next event as Pizza Party Summer marches on all summer long!
NOTE: Our next High Score Squad is Pinball for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

Pinball
Nintendo Entertainment System
Controller: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: Game A
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST July 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 July 15th through July 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 Pinball using Game A. Simply Press Start to Play.
 
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 131st Squad Challenge, the third and final Squad Challenge for this year's Pizza Party Summer! Atari I/O Summer Pizza Party is now PIZZA PARTY SUMMER and runs from June 15th through July 31st! For this Squad Challenge we're playing one of my first "favorite Nintendo games" and one of the earliest releases for the NES: Pinball! This is truly the best pinball video game of that era. Pinball was created for the Nintendo Famicom in 1983 and brought over to the United States in 1985/1986. It's simple graphics are closer to ColecoVision than anything, and are easily outshined by games such as Pole Position II on the Atari 7800, however its simplicity lends itself to a game that is very fun to play for great lengths of time, and reminiscent of early Atari 2600 games in concept. Easy to learn, difficult to master. Score just right and you'll unlock a hidden Bonus Level staring Mario! It's surprising this game wasn't called "Mario Pinball" as he is featured in the game and on the cartridge label. This Squad Challenge will run through July 31st, 2022. Instruction Manual is provided below. Good luck!! 
 
 

 
 
NES Pinball.pdf

@greenween here's your reason to try your pinball game! 😉

The NES is still hooked up. I haven't played this one in years, so this should be fun! 🙂