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I'm so bad at this game but I think it's great. Hoping to get better throughout this month's challenge.

Congratulations to everyone and way to go @greenween! I really wanted to join in on this one but between work and my 7 week year-old, I didn't get to Burgertime. If you like classic arcade action in the vein of Burgertime, Donkey Kong Jr. and Popeye, I highly recommend popping over to ClubVCS to check out our October challenge: Donut Dodo.

44,077 with a Modern. I definitely need practice.

Developer Pixel Games has generously offered to send a signed, sealed copy of Sir Lovelot for the Switch to the winner of this challenge!

It would be cool if you could start at your last completed level without health and time bonuses... something like the approach in Tempest.

New to Donut Dodo? Check out these great videos from @Willie!, @Mockduck and @Ballistik!

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!

DONUT DODO Atari VCS Controller: MODERN / CLASSIC / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: EASY-MEDIUM Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST October 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 October 1st through October 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 Donut Dodo in the "EASY-MEDIUM" 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 eighth Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're taking a detour from Atari-published titles to check out the terrific indie game Donut Dodo! From developer Pixel Games: Donut Dodo is a light-hearted arcade game, reminiscent of the beloved classics from the early 80's that we still cherish to this very day. You play as Baker Billy Burns, who has to run, jump, and climb to outwit Donut Dodo and his bunch of clueless minions. Your goal is to collect all donuts in each level, in the best possible time! Donut Dodo would have stood proudly next to arcade classics like Donkey Kong, Popeye and Burger Time. We're playing EASY-MEDIUM so that everyone can play. If you're a fan of the golden age of the arcades, I hope that you'll join us in the challenge. Club VCS Recharged Squad Giveaway This is the third round of 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.

Congratulations JOE! Congratulations to @Joe, the winner of our Yars: Recharged Squad Challenge! 💥 @Joe returns to the top spot on the Squad Challenge podium with a phenomenal 1st Place score of 128,700! I blasted enough Qotile to take second with 104,340. @Mockduck used his Zorlon cannon to great effect and took third with 86,010. @tripled and @RickR rounded out the Final Standings with solid showings of 75,680 and 40,810, respectively. As the winner of this round @Joewill receive a set of Recharged Squad buttons and 3 entries in the controller giveaway! I will receive two entries since I posted one of my attempts via YouTube. Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @Joe 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! Congratulations to Joe on his big win! And a big congratulations to the rest of the Squad! Yars: Recharged really is a great homage to the HSW original and does a terrific job updating the concept for a new generation. I hope that everyone had a blast trying it out! NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is DONUT DODO! Be there!

Welcome @Squashed Bug Games and thanks for checking out ClubVCS! Hopefully this will get sorted with Atari. As a fan of both metal and indie games, the footage looks really cool! If there is anything you'd like to share here about the game in terms of synopsis, background, updates, etc., please feel free to do so!

I was exposed to Stadia in 2021 with the purchase of the modern VCS. For those that don't already know, the VCS supports game streaming apps like Stadia. XBOX Cloud, Amazon Luna, GeForce Now and Antstream Arcade. I've tried all of these. What I liked about Stadia was the ability to purchase games a la Carte vs. having to maintain a subscription. Also, at a time when next-gen consoles were near impossible to find, I could play new third-party AAA content without the new $500 box. Stadia Pro was also a great value as you got to play and keep "Pro" games for as long as you had a subscription. A lack of exclusive content and a strong challenge by Microsoft XBOX Cloud in the past year or so made it hard for Stadia to compete. At least Google is going out classy by offering refunds for games and hardware purchased through the Google store. That must be a first in gaming. I'll be getting back at least a few hundred bucks. Can you imagine any of the big three doing that when digital stores or platforms are no longer supported? Also, that controller was solid.

Curious what folks here think of Stadia's demise? Did you use the service? If so, what did you like about it? Where do you think they went wrong? If you didn't use the service, why not? https://www.wired.com/story/google-stadia-shutting-down-phil-harrison/

The guys at The NLG Show did an interview with Mike Mika of Digital Eclipse talking Cowabunga Collection and Atari50. Classic Controller support for the VCS is confirmed!

More VCS footage from the dev. Love the look of this one!

Release Date on October 13, 2022 for $24.99 on Atari VCS, Switch and Steam. Mark your calendars!

That's a huge jump @RickR! Keep at it!

Scared of spiders? Trade your spider for a snowman! Who has tried Arachnophobia Mode in the update to Black Widow: Recharged? Additionally, the new update to BW: R adds a three life mode and has some other bug fixes. This is definitely a game that needed extra lives!

@Justin- is this MAME only or arcade collections ok too?

Super cool interview @RickR! Its always interesting to get a peek behind the curtain!

A new update from the developer showing an early build of the game on the VCS.

Question: I find that the default audio mix drowns out the music. Where do you all have your volume settings? I have mine as follows: - Master 100% - Music 100% - FX 35%

104,340 with a Modern and no bonus modifiers. Finally in the 100k club and back in the top 10 on the world leaderboards.

@Joe is a machine!

That's a very nice Motion Picture package! 😍