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The early reviews are in and it's a bit of "you either get it or you don't." In other words, typical Minter. John Hancock: I DREAM OF INDIE: Defunct Games: Nintendo Life: https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/akka-arrh Game Informer: https://www.gameinformer.com/review/akka-arrh/colorful-but-cluttered Way Too Many Games: https://waytoomany.games/2023/02/20/review-akka-arrh/

Now available in the VCS store!

Here's a video capture of the above attempt.

165,658 with a Classic. Game Over at level 28 for reference.

Congratulations to @RickR! As the winner of the ClubVCS Recharged Squad Challenge drawing, Rick will recieve a brand new VCS Modern Controller! Well done, Rick! Participation counts folks! And an extra special thank you to @Ballistik for including this announcement in the Atari Newsline! Thank you so much for helping us get the word out! 🙏 Finally, a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge. This is a labor of love and all for the fun of Atari. We appreciate you sharing the celebration with us! Looking forward to playing some great games in Series Three!

Thanks so much, @Ballistik! We really appreciate announcing the winner!

This is what I recommend!

PSA: Our Series Two giveaway winner will be announced in an upcoming episode of Atari Newsline by @Ballistik! Be sure to keep your eyes on Ballistik's awesome YouTube channel and check it out if you're not already a subscriber! https://youtube.com/@ballistik_coffee_boy Thanks to Ballistik for helping with the announcement and getting the word out about ClubVCS and our challenge!

Here's a great new interview with Llamasoft on Akka Arrh. https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-llamasofts-jeff-minter-discusses-his-new-game-akka-arrh-and-working-with-atari

37,050 to get on the board! This was via a Retron77. Certain 2600 games glitch on my 4K through real hardware. 🙄 GCC did such a great job with this port. Everything that makes Joust is here. It's amazing for the time!

33,974 with a Classic. I am RUSTY!

Congratulations D.JOE! Congratulations to high score legend D.JOE, the winner of our VCTR-SCTR Recharged Squad Challenge! @D.joe kicks off the first round of the New Year with a stunning score of 96,057! I hit a wall at Wave 3 but managed to take second with a score of 51,031. @Mockduck snuck in a late entry for a third place finish of 46,337. @stirrell takes fourth with a strong showing of 34,360. @Stlrs95 and @RickR round out the scoreboard with 18,549 and 15,831, respectively. As the winner of this round @D.joe will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway (prize TBA)! @Mockduck will receive two entries since he posted his attempt via YouTube. Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage D.Joe to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations again to @D.joe on an incredible showing! (WOW!) Also, a big congratulations to the rest of the Squad! Thanks for participating and helping us to kick the year off right! VCTR-SCTR is a true love letter to Atari's classic vector games. I think that Digital Eclipse really distilled the essence of what made the games like Asteroids, Tempest, Battlezone, Star Wars and Lunar Lander so special. They created a brilliant homage in this reimagined mash-up! NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is Neo Breakout! Be there!

New to Neo Breakout? Check out this great video by @LinkYoungPS playing the game on the VCS!

Let's get the word out about this Recharged Squad Challenge! The more people participating the more fun the challenge! Spread the word and invite friends to play!

Neo Breakout (ATARI 50) Atari VCS Controller: CLASSIC/MODERN / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: DEFAULT Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 28, 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 February 1st through February 28, 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 Neo Breakout in the default mode: Breakout. Start with a NEW GAME and play as long as you can for the highest score possible! 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 twelfth Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! We're continuing the celebration of Atari 50 with another reimagined title: Neo Breakout! From the game: "Created by Digital Eclipse as part of the Atari 50th anniversary celebration, this fresh take on breaking bricks includes different game modes, including a competitive tug-of-war between two players (or CPU) dubbed Battle Breakout." For this challenge we'll be playing the standard Breakout mode. Start with a new game and play for the highest score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Giveaway This game is the second 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.