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Caverns of Mars: Recharged (2023) Atari VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Normal Game Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST May 31, 2023 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 May 1st through May 31, 2023. 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 This is a Club VCS Exclusive Challenge. All Club VCS players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real Atari VCS hardware. 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 Caverns of Mars: Recharged in ARCADE MODE! Select your score modifiers of choice and play to achieve the highest possible score! 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 15th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're taking on SqueakyBox and Atari's brand new take on the APX cult hit Caverns of Mars in a special DOUBLE FEATURE SQUAD CHALLENGE! The original Caverns of Mars was was famously programmed a teenage Greg Christensen for the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1981 for the Atari 8-Bit. It went on to become the best selling APX game program ever. Atari included the game in the Atari50 collection. More than 40 years later, Atari returns to the red planet with Caverns of Mars: Recharged! Progress through 30 unique missions set within three primary “depths” of Mars, descending deeper and deeper into enemy territory. Blast through oncoming hostile fire, bull through debris and obstructions, and dodge other obstacles all while keeping a close eye on fuel and ammo reserves! Play in ARCADE mode from level one and take the game as far as you can for the high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the fifth title in our third Club VCS contest giveaway! Prize details will be announced shortly. 1) All challenge participants will receive one (1) entry for each challenge in which they submit a valid score! 2) The top scorer of each challenge will receive two (2) additional entries - for a total of three (3) entries in a single challenge! 3) On Twitch or Youtube? Stream or record and post your ClubVCS high score attempt for one (1) additional entry in each round. You must post a public link to the video in the Challenge. BUT ARE THERE BUTTONS? Yes! We've made another set of ClubVCS buttons to celebrate the games in this series. There will be two ways to get a button set. 1) Win a challenge. 2) Post a valid score to all challenges in the 6 game series. Only one button set will be mailed per member during the series. This contest is open to everybody, including Atari I/O Moderators, with a U.S. or Canada mailing address. It's really easy, all you have to do is participate be a Club VCS member and participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges.

Well, you definitely crushed it @Mockduck! Are you playing with a mouse?

I'm having Star Trek withdrawals after Picard Season 3. I had to watch the final episode of Voyager (Endgame) last night to see again the state that Janeway left the Borg. Can't wait until Seaon 2 of SNW kicks off in June.

Now confirmed for a May 12 release!

It's updated now. Thanks for the heads-up!

Release Date: April 26, 2023 Retail: TBD Developer(s): Metgan Games Publisher: Metgan Games Official Site Synopsis : A simple homage to Atari's Dodge 'Em.

Welcome to the official topic for Escape from PoPo

Release Date: 4/21/2023 Retail: $8.99 Developer: Orangepixel Publisher: Orangepixel Official Site Synopsis: After their job, of keeping the dungeons in balance, was done, our heroes needed a new job. Roaming the lands they found a call for heroes, a castle in need, possible even a damsel in distress? Pick two heroes to take into the adventure, controlling both heroes and using their special skills to navigate the dangerous castle hallways, rooms and floors. Switching between the two characters to solve quests, puzzles, and of course clear the dungeons of all evil. Quests - The dungeon is full of problems, let's call them quests. These problems range from simple "find a key" to "use magic powers to light all magic candles and open the magical gate". Different types of quests require different solutions. Use the skills of the characters in your party to complete these quests. Weapons - Your characters are your main weapons. The Elf shoots his arrows through multiple monsters, the Wizard has unlimited magic, the Warrior has a powerful melee attack with his hammer, and the Valkyrie besides having a quick spinning-melee attack can also detect secrets and important loot. The characters can level up to increase their firepower, or find rare loot which enhances your character for short periods of time. This includes magic spells! Secrets - Find secret rooms, level-skipping teleports, secret items, and more! Perma-items - You will be able to unlock magic spells by collecting 4 shards of various magic books. Once all shards are collected the magic is unlocked. It's also possible to increase the strength of this magic by collecting the magic shards multiple times. All unlocked spells will stay unlocked even after you die, making you more powerful on your future attempts to reach the final boss.

Welcome to the official topic for Heroes of Loot 2

Here's a video of the above attempt from yesterday. This is such an odd and trippy game. In other words, its classic Minter! There is something zen-like about the whole thing.

16,911,250 A far cry from @Mockduck , but a personal best. Played with the Modern.

Long teased but officially confirmed by Winterworks GmbH today (4/14) as coming "soon" to the VCS!

Release Date: 11/3/2023 Retail: $6.99 Developer(s): Winterworks GmbH Publisher: Winterworks GmbH Official Site Synopsis : Retro-style platformer with cute pixelart, chiptune soundtrack and challenging levels! Help Bloo Kid to rescue his girlfriend from the hands of the evil Wizard in this fancy retro-style "one-screen" platformer. Jump and run your way through 96 action-packed levels spread across EIGHT unique worlds.

Welcome to the official topic for Bloo Kid

Yes, the ending definitely got to me. Even through this cold, latinum-plated heart. 😉

S3,E9: Võx There are some definite highs and lows in this one. I happen to be out with a bad cold so I watched it twice - once at 3:00am and again around noon. Overall, I liked it.

That's a heck of a score @Mockduck! Way to kick things off!

I really enjoyed episode 7. It was solid and didn't lean too hard on nostalgia.

Thanks @Marco1019 !

New to Akka Arrh? Check out this great video from @dadisajoke for a look at the game!