greenween

This place and the people in it are number 1 in my opinion.  I've never found people more.friendly than on Atari I/O.

I'm totally onboard with this one, as I've made several starts on actually finishing LoZ, but sadly never completed it yet.
 

The Legend of Zelda
Nintendo Entertainment System
Controller: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: LET'S PLAY
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST June 30th, 2022
Nominated by @Justin
 
 
Objective
RELAX AND ENJOY playing one of our favorite games and share hints, tips, and photos of your progress along the way! In this "Let's Play" Challenge, we are not competing for a high score, and there will not be a winner declared at the end. Instead, this is an opportunity to enjoy a gameplay experience together with friends in the forums. Share new secrets, helpful hints, and your overall thoughts on this title as you progress through the game! This "Let's Play" Challenge is a perfect opportunity to livestream your gameplay or share footage on YouTube, Instagram, Twitch or Facebook. Posts must be made between June 15th through June 30th, 2022. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. 
 
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. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed.
 
Difficulty Level
Start Legend of Zelda at "square one" with a fresh game.
 
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.
 
Message
Welcome to our 127th Squad Challenge, the first "Let's Play" Challenge of the series! We're trying something new with some "Let's Play" events 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 Let's Play Challenge we're playing one of the most legendary Nintendo games of all time - the Legend of Zelda. This Let's Play Challenge will run through June 30th, 2022. Remember, this is just for fun, no winner will be announced, but share your thoughts and photos / videos of your progress along the way! Instruction Manual is provided below. It's dangerous to go alone!! 
 
 

 
 
The Legend of Zelda.pdf

Congratulations Racers!
 
Congratulations to everyone who joined in the big race!! We had a FANTASTIC turnout for this Grand Prix! Absolutely stellar! Fuji is the legendary and iconic "Pole Position Track" from the original game, difficult enough to provide moderate challenge to us adult players but still easy enough for beginners to join in and fun to play. One of the points of criticism I see the Atari 7800 receive fairly often is that it came with Pole Position II as its pack-in title. I thought Pole Position II was a really fun game. I hope you did too!
I came in 1st Place to take the top spot on the podium, crossing the finish line to enter the winner's circle with a high score of 75,250. I feel like the game has a few hundred more points to give up and I know it's certainly possible to shave another second or two off of my time, but who knows. I was able to achieve this score multiple times yesterday but unfortunately unable to do better in time for this Squad Challenge to come to an end. I'll share video of this performance on YouTube. I may continue my pursuit of a higher score. @Marco1019 is back in action and takes 2nd Place on the big podium with a final score of 75,00 in a photo finish just 250 Points behind me. "The Don" @RickR takes 3rd Place with an incredible showing of 73,050 points, and @Sabertooth takes 4th Place on the podium with an impressive 71,000 points! @Atari 5200 Guy takes 5th Place with a very respectable 68,700 points, "The Mayor" @greenween is back once again to nab the 6th Place spot in our Final Standings with his showing of 68,150 points, and @Dinobot711 joins us with his score of 54,790 points taking 7th Place. @Gianna scored a respectable 41,860 points, entering the board in 8th Place, and @TrekMD shared a score of 41,790, rounding things out in 9th Place. Incredible scores from our 8-Bit Pit Crew, all of whom posted real scores that took effort and skill to achieve. BRAVO everyone!!! As I always encourage others to do, I'll be posting my new high score on the Scoreboard to make sure this Challenge continues on! Did you enjoy this Squad Challenge? If so, keep practicing your racing skills throughout the year and we'll see you back here on the track again next June to celebrate the Monaco Grand Prix with our running of the 2023 Pole Position II Grand Prix! I hope everybody had fun this year!
NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is the Pizza Party Summer Special Event. Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

Started in 2nd, missed every puddle, then crashed 2 seconds from the finish line! LOL 68,150 Played on a 7800 with a 2600 joystick.

Does anyone know if 74,000 is the highest score possible?

Get the Pole Position (it's more points) or reset the game and start over.  That's what I do anyway. 
 

Started in 2nd, missed every puddle, then crashed 2 seconds from the finish line! LOL 68,150 Played on a 7800 with a 2600 joystick.

You can score above 75000. There are two gamers who have accomplished that feat.

Started in 2nd, missed every puddle, then crashed 2 seconds from the finish line! LOL 68,150 Played on a 7800 with a 2600 joystick.

My New Score: 73,550

I'm at least on the board!
 

No, I wasn't perfect with my run. I splashed a few puddles & had to do a little off-road racing to avoid crashing.

Started in 2nd, missed every puddle, then crashed 2 seconds from the finish line! LOL 68,150 Played on a 7800 with a 2600 joystick.

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

73,050

You guys are really killing it! I mean FREEWHEEL BURNING! 🏎️
 

 

54,790
My best so far. Going to try to get a few more games in

New PB: 74200. I recorded the video using Twitch Studio (Beta), hence the layout.
 
 

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.

New PB: 73800
 

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.
 
 

My first time playing since last. year: 71,250 

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