Justin Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Kaboom! Atari 2600 Controller: PADDLE / CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: DIFFICULTY B Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST August 31, 2024 Nominated by @RickR 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 August 1st through August 31st, 2024. 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, FPGA 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, save states and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level DIFFICULTY B - We are playing Kaboom with Difficulty Switches set to B. This provides for standard gameplay with traditional sized Buckets (Paddles) suited for players of all skill levels. 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 161st Squad Challenge! This month we'll be playing a blast of an Activision signature classic, Kaboom! for the Atari 2600 VCS! Prepare yourself for a supreme test of reflexes, coordination, and agility. You're about to face the world's most unpredictable and relentless "Mad Bomber" dropping bombs on you from on top of the apartment building! It's up to you to catch his bombs in your buckets, before they hit the street below. The Mad Bomber hates losing as much as you love winning. So, to keep him frowning, grab your buckets and bomb away! Can you keep up? Have fun and good luck on your high scores! Atari Kaboom Manual_text.pdf greenween, RickR and Sabertooth 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 4 Author Report Share Posted August 4 Be sure to join @Sabertooth in Club VCS for this month's VCS Recharged Squad Challenge, Dragon’s Havoc on the Atari VCS! Sabertooth and RickR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmangaming03 Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 Dammit, I sold my paddles and even if I didn’t they don’t work, is why I sold them. Will try to get the CX-30+ paddles from Atari themselves to try this out Sabertooth and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 16 hours ago, Tmangaming03 said: Dammit, I sold my paddles and even if I didn’t they don’t work, is why I sold them. Will try to get the CX-30+ paddles from Atari themselves to try this out You can also try an updated Gamestation Pro if you've got one of those. greenween 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 4 Author Report Share Posted August 4 20 hours ago, Tmangaming03 said: Dammit, I sold my paddles and even if I didn’t they don’t work, is why I sold them. Will try to get the CX-30+ paddles from Atari themselves to try this out You can always play using an emulator, even an online one: https://atarionline.org/atari-2600/kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 4 Report Share Posted August 4 I just played on emulation. Here's the first measly score to get this started... LOL Marco1019, Atari Creep, Smell Dawg and 2 others 5 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 6 hours ago, RickR said: You can also try an updated Gamestation Pro if you've got one of those. I love this machine! I have tomorrow off and can't wait to get on this one. RickR 1 Quote "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 1679 TrekMD, Sabertooth, Atari Creep and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 According to our Activision Patch Worthy Scores thread: We only have ONE member with a patch worthy score (3000 points or more). Lets see about changing that! socrates63, Smell Dawg, greenween and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 5 Author Report Share Posted August 5 My Score: 473 Marco1019, greenween, Sabertooth and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 5 Report Share Posted August 5 Getting on the board with 727 playing on the 7800 with paddles. RickR, Smell Dawg, Marco1019 and 2 others 5 Quote "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 Hey everyone!!! New around here and figured a Kaboom Squad Challenge would be a great way to break the ice. 796 for a warm up score. 2600 Vader and a set of Sears paddles. Hope everyone is well. ***STRONG LANGUAGE*** Justin, Marco1019, greenween and 2 others 5 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 Been in hibernation from Squad Challenge but seeing a paddle game got me motivated to play. Got the patch! Justin, Marco1019, greenween and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 10 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: Been in hibernation from Squad Challenge but seeing a paddle game got me motivated to play. Got the patch! Awesome! Any tips for the rest of us? You are welcome to post your score over on the "Activision Patch Worthy Scores" thread and @socrates63 will add you to the champions table. AtariSphinx, socrates63, greenween and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 17 hours ago, Atari Creep said: Hey everyone!!! New around here and figured a Kaboom Squad Challenge would be a great way to break the ice. 796 for a warm up score. 2600 Vader and a set of Sears paddles. Hope everyone is well. ***STRONG LANGUAGE*** You are always welcome here! Good video, but I've always found you have to take the time to disassemble those pots to get all the old gunk out. Keep on Kabooming. Atari Creep, Marco1019 and greenween 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 It's amazing how fast the hand cramps up these days. LMAO greenween, socrates63, AtariSphinx and 3 others 6 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 (edited) 14 hours ago, RickR said: Awesome! Any tips for the rest of us? My best tip is when your score is nearing the 1000 mark (assuming you have 3 buckets), intentionally miss. This slows the next grouping once again to a more manageable pace and you should recover a bucket almost immediately as your score passes the 1000 mark. Rinse and repeat for 2000, 3000,... This is in the manual as a tip and actually a good tip which is a rarity sometimes in the manuals I will also recommend don't pause between waves. I find that if I keep the waves going (click the red button) with minimal pause between waves helps the timing/concentration. Hope that helps. Edited August 14 by AtariSphinx Updated wording Atari Creep, RickR and greenween 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 14 hours ago, RickR said: You are welcome to post your score over on the "Activision Patch Worthy Scores" thread and @socrates63 will add you to the champions table Done thanks RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 9 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: My best tip is when your score is nearing the 1000 mark (assuming you have 3 buckets), intentionally miss. This slows the next grouping once again to a more manageable pace and you should recover a bucket almost immediately as your score passes the 1000 mark. Rinse and repeat for 2000, 3000,... This is in the manual as a tip and actually a good tip which is a rarity sometimes in the manuals I will also recommend don't pause between waves. I find that if I keep the waves going (click the red button) with minimal pause between waves helps the timing/concentration. Hope that helps. Very helpful, thank you! I've heard that 1000 point tip before, but the problem for me is keeping my eye on the score without losing track of bombs! I'll keep trying. greenween, AtariSphinx and Atari Creep 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 4 hours ago, RickR said: Very helpful, thank you! I've heard that 1000 point tip before, but the problem for me is keeping my eye on the score without losing track of bombs! I'll keep trying. I 2nd the 1k lose bucket trick. RickR 1 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 14 Report Share Posted August 14 2097 Atari Creep, Justin, Marco1019 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Justin Posted September 2 Author Report Share Posted September 2 I want to congratulate @AtariSphinx on winning the High Score Squad Challenge with a fantastic score of 3,829 points! Way to go! I also wanted to give a big welcome back to longing Squad Champs @AtariSphinx and @Atari Creep who joined us for this month’s challenge! Good to have you here and out of hibernation! You guys will have to be patient with me this week. I blew out another GPU this morning so i will likely be without a computer this week, and running Atari I/O from my cell phone, so bear with me as I do Squad Challenge without access to all my fun tools like Photoshop etc. Atari Creep, RickR, Marco1019 and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Great scores all, and congrats to @AtariSphinx. The time got away from me on this one. I really wanted to get a patch score! I may keep trying. Much thanks to @Atari Creep for pushing me along to try more and compete. AtariSphinx, Marco1019, greenween and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Congratulations to @AtariSphinx& to everyone who participated! I had to skip this one because I was out of pocket & one attempt at playing with the keyboard was enough for me lol. I'll give 2600 Crystal Castles a go. AtariSphinx and RickR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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