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Thank you for the kind words Justin! 🙂 Congrats to everyone! This was a lot of fun. So much negativity on social media these days, this group is a relaxing, peaceful place to spend my time. Seeing the OG folks and all the new faces here is awesome. Looking forward to some Wed. night chats as well. 

Thank you for the kind words Justin! 🙂 Congrats to everyone! This was a lot of fun. So much negativity on social media these days, this group is a relaxing, peaceful place to spend my time. Seeing the OG folks and all the new faces here is awesome. Looking forward to some Wed. night chats as well. 

Thank you for the kind words Justin! 🙂 Congrats to everyone! This was a lot of fun. So much negativity on social media these days, this group is a relaxing, peaceful place to spend my time. Seeing the OG folks and all the new faces here is awesome. Looking forward to some Wed. night chats as well. 

Just a little boring history. I moved to Boulder, CO in 95 with no game system. My best friends girlfriend bought him a Sega that came with Spinball for his birthday. We played it non stop for months. Let's rock.

Just a little boring history. I moved to Boulder, CO in 95 with no game system. My best friends girlfriend bought him a Sega that came with Spinball for his birthday. We played it non stop for months. Let's rock.

Yes!! I love this game and was really hoping it would be the one!!! Never tried the FAST setting.

Thank you for the kind words Justin! 🙂 Congrats to everyone! This was a lot of fun. So much negativity on social media these days, this group is a relaxing, peaceful place to spend my time. Seeing the OG folks and all the new faces here is awesome. Looking forward to some Wed. night chats as well. 

Just a little boring history. I moved to Boulder, CO in 95 with no game system. My best friends girlfriend bought him a Sega that came with Spinball for his birthday. We played it non stop for months. Let's rock.

Oh, and I think we should add +1000 to @TrekMD's score for passing his board exams!

That was a fun one, and I think I have a new favorite variation of Super Breakout!  Thank you for hosting, and great job to @chas10eand everyone else!

Thank you for the kind words Justin! 🙂 Congrats to everyone! This was a lot of fun. So much negativity on social media these days, this group is a relaxing, peaceful place to spend my time. Seeing the OG folks and all the new faces here is awesome. Looking forward to some Wed. night chats as well. 

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!
 

Sonic Spinball
Sega Genesis
Controller: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE
Difficulty Level: FAST
Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔
Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST November 30, 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 November 15th through November 30th, 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.
 
"FAST" Difficulty Level
OPTIONS > SPEED > FAST. We are playing Sonic Spinball on the "FAST" Difficulty Setting. To do this, select "OPTIONS" in the lower right corner of the Title Screen, then change "SPEED" to "FAST"
 
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 112th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing one of the most fun games from the world of Sonic the Hedgehog! Sonic Spinball was released in 1994 during the height of the Sega Genesis and the raging 16-Bit Wars of the '90s! Sonic Spinball is an amazing twist, creating a "Pinball Platformer" with very unique gameplay! Whenever I play Jinks on Atari 7800 or hear it derided by critics, I always think of Sonic Spinball and how Sega "figured it out" and got it just right. I hope you guys enjoy Sonic Spinball on Sega Genesis! I always like to do at least one Sega Genesis game every year in High Score Squad, and Sonic Spinball will be a fun way to mix things up. ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. Get those 3-button Control Pads out and warm up that Blast Processor! WELCOME TO THE NEXT LEVEL!
 
NOTE: Here's a look at what's coming up through the end of the year:
December: 2021 F-ZERO Championship, plus a game for Atari Jaguar! 
Plus many more great games in 2022! (Schedule subject to change)
 
 

 
Sonic Spinball.pdf Sonic Spinball.md

Great job everyone!

Congratulations chas10e!
 
Congratulations to @chas10e on becoming our new "Progressive" Super Breakout Squad Champion! Chas10e hit a home run with his stellar score of 1,919 points! Absolutely killer score and a decisive win! And a big congratulations to everybody on all those incredible scores across the board! Awesome to have so many of you jumping in and participating in this Challenge for one of the most epic Atari 2600 games ever. My score of 1,526 points secured the 2nd Place in our Final Standings for "Progressive" Super Breakout. @AtariSphinx was hot on my tail with a sizzling score of 1,424 points, taking our 3rd Place spot, and @RickR was right behind him taking 4th Place with 1,408 points. I was thrilled to see we had really tremendous participation for this Squad Challenge! @Atari 5200 Guy @greenween @Dinobot711 @Sabertooth @Gianna @Atari Creep and @TrekMD all joined us in our "Progressive" Breakout Squad Challenge and shared terrific high scores!
Also, this week we 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 participating in High Score Squad @greenween!! Everybody's glad you're here! WELCOME!!
Our new Achievement Badges have been a real hit in the forums. Each one of you have now been awarded the "Paddle Squad" Badge for playing in a Paddle Squad Challenge! We will hand these out occasionally as "nerd cred" for playing in special events! Also, another Badge has been created for when you win a Paddle Squad challenge -- the "Paddle Champ" Badge! Each of these badges are handed out one time to each player the first time they play in a Paddle Squad Challenge or win 1st Place in our Final Standings.
As always I'd like to encourage @chas10e to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Chas, and a big congratulations to our community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing "Progressive" Super Breakout!
NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is for the Sega Genesis Be there!
 
 

 
 

 

It took all day, but I hit 908. On the 7800 with paddles.

Finally hit 1,000! I'm loving this variation! No getting stuck with that last block you just can't get. I never thought I'd be spending hours playing Super Breakout again. 🙂

Oops, wrong picture.

When that paddle shrinks it's all over for me. LOL
 

My New High Score: 1,526
Best I can do ☺️

431. Wish I could’ve played a bit more!

That is an interesting fact of this variation that rather quickly more bricks arrive and don't have to cycle around the screen to hit "That last brick"

Finally hit 1,000! I'm loving this variation! No getting stuck with that last block you just can't get. I never thought I'd be spending hours playing Super Breakout again. 🙂

You may be cool, but you're not "Sears Heavy Sixer on a Sony Trinitron" cool. 
 
 

Plans have been afoot.  Plans to reclaim our bonus room as my retro gaming place.  Well, it's been slowly coming together.  We still have one kid at home (working from home too), but I suspect at some time very soon, this room will be mine again.  In the meantime, we've been moving furniture around, and here is a really nice desk I just put in.  I got it used, cleaned it up a bit, and it's going to work perfectly.