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  1. Jetboard Joust Atari VCS Controller: MODERN / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: DEFAULT Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST December 31, 2022 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 December 1st through December 31, 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 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 Jetboard: Joust in the default mode. 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 tenth Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're taking on Jetboard Joust! Jetboard Joust is a fast-paced arcade action game by indie developer BitBull. The game is a clear homage to Eugene Jarvis' excellent Defender. Jetboard Joust takes the foundational elements of Jarvis’ classic and adds branching pathways, an intriguing upgrade system and fun joust mechanic to create an excellent modern arcade game! Important note: Because of the unique way that Jetboard Joust handles continues, continues are allowed. You may choose to play until you are out of continues. You may also restart with teleports unlocked from a previous playthrough. Summon the guardians and chart your path as you surf your way to a high score in this squad challenge! Club VCS Recharged Squad Giveaway This is the final game our second Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge Giveaway! 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 5 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.
  2. Congratulations tripled! Congratulations to @tripledthe winner of our Gravitar: Recharged Squad Challenge! @tripled takes his second Squad challenge win at ClubVCS with a galaxy imploding score of 36,889! It was a crowded field at the top of the podium though with two other players breaking the 30K barrier. @Davpa posted a last minute 11th hour entry of 31,375 to take the silver! @stirrell came in just behind with an amazing score of 30,616 to take the bronze! @Mockduck navigated his way to a score of 19,590 and a fourth place finish. Finally, your host @Sabertooth and @RickR round out the boards with scores of 15,315 and 9,030, respectively. As the winner of this round @tripledwill receive 3 entries in the controller giveaway! @Davpawill receive two entries since he posted his attempt via Twitch. Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @tripled to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Thanks also to @Marco1019 for getting the word out about this challenge! If you haven't already, check him out on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/retrowithmarco! Congratulations to tripled on his big win! And a big congratulations to the rest of the Squad! Gravitar: Recharged is one of the toughest games in Atari's new Recharged series and it takes patience and practice to do well. It's also a vast improvement over the original arcade and 2600 games and makes great use of the Classic Controller. I hope that everyone enjoyed navigating a variety of challenging environments and testing your skills as pilots. NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is Jetboard Joust! Be there!
  3. I was doing some testing with Debian 11 (Bullseye) today running as a "virtual machine" on the VCS. Using a fast USB, the VCS ran it like a champ. It was very quick for basic productivity apps and I ran a few modern games off of it without issue. I was actually surprised to get that performance out of the USB boot drive. It was also cool that it recognized my VCS Classic and Modern Controllers via BT. Those Controllers need to be wired for Windows/XBOX Mode.
  4. It's the last day to get your best scores in! Post your final galaxy imploding scores by 11:59 pm (PST)!
  5. I got the new PC-Mode USB from Atari for the VCS which uses the latest version of Debian. It is very snappy for the Office compatible applications (LibreOffice), web browsing, and YT (via browser). I also messed around with GIMP and it worked as well as it does on my PC. I don't see it replacing my super fast Razer Windows laptop but if I didn't have that already the VCS with Linux could easily be used for productivity applications, emulation and light gaming. I'd add that it's fairly easy to make a USB image of something like Debian or Ubuntu for use in the VCS. I picked up Atari's branded USB just to check it out.
  6. This is the same emulator that Digital Eclipse used in Atari50. It was built for that purpose and is really solid. There were a lot of questions about whether a standalone emulator was forthcoming. I'm glad that the author is making it available.
  7. The USB is a very streamlined, plug and play experience. Plug in the USB and Debian will launch without any action. Account setup and navigation are straightforward. The interface feels very snappy for lack of a better word. AtariOS and BIOS recovery are also on the stick and can be selected at boot-up, if needed. Overall, a neat little package for $30 and it definitely all but eliminates the barrier for PC-Mode.
  8. I got mine today but haven't had a chance to launch it yet. My version is slightly different from what is pictured on Atari's website. I'm told that I got one from the initial batch but that it's functionally equivalent.
  9. VCS games sales are live now. This is a great chance to pick these titles up at a discount!

     

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    2. RickR

      RickR

      Aha, I found this.  Yes!  I'm buying Atari Mana too.

       

       

    3. Sabertooth

      Sabertooth

      We might do a BPM Boy challenge in the future. Not sure if you've grabbed that yet but it's definitely an awesome game!

      And Mockduck's Atari Mania review is pretty spot on.

    4. RickR

      RickR

      OK, I've purchased BPM Boy, Atari Mania, and Missile Command Recharged. 

      Thank you for the heads up.

       

  10. Here's a video from @Davpa going over initial setup and functionality on a prototype version of the stick.
  11. Nice score @RickR! $22.50 for the t-shirts is a great deal. I had the yellow Tempest tee in my cart but I'm currently in-between sizes so I'm holding off on shirts. From Discord, the stick also includes things like GIMP and sound editing tools. I am getting one at the Black Friday price just to see what it's about and how usable it is.
  12. One of the coolest features of the Atari VCS is its ability to double as a fully functioning mini-PC via "PC Mode." Personally, I run Windows off of a fast USB for emulation on my VCS. Others use an external HDD or have installed a partitioned SSD and boot manager. However, not everyone has the technical wherewithal to put a boot image on a second drive to access PC-Mode. Well, Atari has heard their cries. Enter The Atari VCS PC-Mode USB. This "PC On-A-Stick" is an Atari branded, 128 GB USB that is preloaded with the newest Debian OS. Just put it in the USB port of your VCS, turn it on and you've unlocked the mini-PC potential of your VCS. The stick itself is a Kinsgston 3.2 USB. No info on the transfer rate. Here are the specs: - 128 GB with 110 GB of usable free space for storage - Debian OS, version GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye) - LibreOffice suite (fully compatible with Office 365) - Chrome web browser - Etcher (used to create bootable USB drives to use alternate operating systems on the Atari VCS) - Atari VCS OS and Bios disaster recovery images Now, it's cool that Atari have gone through the trouble of providing this "PC On-a-Stick", productivity software and VCS recovery images on a slick branded USB. But they didn't do it free. The retail price of the sucker is $39.99! What do you think of new Atari VCS PC-Mode USB?
  13. PSA: Atari's Black Friday Sale is up and the VCS bundles are 40% off. This is the best deal we've seen in months on the VCS!

    $239.99 for an All-In Black Walnut Edition (Retail: $399)

    $179.99 for an Onyx VCS Base (Retail: $299)

    Plus a new Atari branded "PC On-a-Stick" for an optimal PC mode experience on the VCS.

    Controllers are also 25% off.

    A good sale if you're on the fence about the modern VCS.

    https://atari.com/collections/holiday-2022

     

  14. Atari is partnering with LRG to release the first 4 Recharged games on physical: Switch, PS4, PS5.
  15. 15,315. I had to give it one more shot before shutting down for the day.
  16. I had to get at least one entry in before the 30th. 10,525 with the Classic. I will try again over the long weekend once family leave.
  17. What was your favorite Recharged game released to the VCS in 2022?  Let us know in our ClubVCS Twitter poll!

     

    1. RickR

      RickR

      I voted Yars', but they are all good.

       

    2. Sabertooth

      Sabertooth

      I voted Yars' too but Breakout with the Classic is a close second after the recent fix. MCR 2022 is also a really solid entry to the series.

  18. There is a lot of rumour mill/speculation going on about the continued delay of the VCS version of Atari50. Here is a recap of what we know from Atari & Digital Eclipse: The Atari team hosted a live Q&A on the Atari VCS Discord to discuss the delay of the VCS version last week on 11/10 - the day before expected release. Part of the delay is attributed to a personal emergency on the Digital Eclipse side which Atari could not disclose specifics of due to privacy issues/concerns. The Atari team acknowledged the disappointment by users/fans. They are working with Digital Eclipse to get the VCS port out as soon as possible. Once the VCS version releases it will be $10 off for the first 24 hours it's in the VCS store. It will also include Circus Atari as a bonus which isn't on any other version of the collection. My thoughts are with the devs working to bring this port out on Atari hardware. Here are some screen caps from the Discord from members of the Atari team, including @Davpa who is now on the VCS team! Also, the last public responses from Digital Eclipse on the issue via Twitter.
  19. Very cool @stirrell! Glad to see that they both arrived safely and thanks for sharing the pic of Sir Lovelot!
  20. It's great to see an Atari collection get such universal praise. IGN just gave Atari 50 a 9 in one of the more comprehensive reviews I've seen. https://www.ign.com/articles/atari-50-the-anniversary-celebration-review
  21. We asked this on Twitter too last week. I definitely prefer the Classic for Gravitar.
  22. Congratulations @btbfilms76 on a terrific final score! I was glad to be able to play this one! I had only played the original arcade game and SMS port. I never played the sequel. It's really a lot of fun. I've been diving into Atari50 the last few days and think that Turbo Sub on the Lynx has major Space Harrier vibes. Or maybe it's the other way around? The arcade games were both released in 1985.
  23. I picked it up on PS4 while I wait for the VCS version to drop. The reviews are accurate. The presentation, scans, interviews, and emulation are all fantastic so far. There are several hours of content to explore. I can't imagine that anyone here would be disappointed. A few critical notes: You have seen many of these games in previous collections, but not presented in this context or fashion. It is not your run-of-the-mill retro collection. My only real complaint is that the years 1998-2020 are glossed over. I would have liked to see the PS1 Hasbro-era content included and maybe a timeline for Atari SA which did have some big titles up through 2010 or so. Anyway, this is 100 percent recommended by me to any Atari fan.
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