Sabertooth Posted August 2 Report Posted August 2 (edited) Dragon's Havoc ATARI VCS/ATARI 7800/ATARI 2600+ Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: DEFAULT Play on: Real Hardware, Emulation OK ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST August 31, 2024 Objective Play for the best possible time 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 1 through August 31, 2024. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the best time 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 This is a cross-platform challenge. Play on a VCS, 7800, 2600+, or emulator of choice! 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 Dragon's Havoc for the Atari VCS, Atari 7800 and compatible platforms! Play in "1 Player" mode, select your dragon of choice, and play until game over for the highest 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 Take to the skies! Welcome to our 30th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this special cross-platform challenge, we're playing Dragon's Havoc from homebrew developer Todd Furmanski (AKA Revontuli). Part of Furmanski's "Dragon Trilogy" for the Atari 7800, Dragon's Havoc is fantastic side-scrolling shooter, with an epic theme, parallax scrolling and vibrant graphics. Select the Dragon of Storms or the Dragon of Embers and fly your way to a high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the eighth title in our sixth Club VCS contest giveaway! This time we're going a full 12 rounds with the winner announced in January 2025! Prize details are linked here. 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. 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. Edited August 2 by Sabertooth Justin and Smell Dawg 1 1
Sabertooth Posted August 2 Author Report Posted August 2 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! Smell Dawg, Justin, RickR and 1 other 2 2
Sabertooth Posted August 2 Author Report Posted August 2 Never heard of the Dragon Trilogy? Check out this 2023 interview with creator Revontuli from our pals @Funkmaster V & @7800 Pro Gamer! Smell Dawg 1
Mockduck Posted August 2 Report Posted August 2 I haven't purchased this yet! Guess I will have to. Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 2
Sabertooth Posted August 2 Author Report Posted August 2 I'll kick this one off. 3,090 on a VCS with the modern. Smell Dawg 1
Smell Dawg Posted August 6 Report Posted August 6 (edited) 6,365 Love how the game not only rewards accuracy, but punishes inaccuracy! Edit: VCS 800 w/ Modern - control pad, definitely not stick!! Edited August 6 by Smell Dawg Sabertooth 1
Mockduck Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 I will have to work to see if I can beat that score! I have a thought I want to see if others have a thought about: I feel the game works best using a VCS modern due to its d-pad, so playing the game with a d-pad is the way to go. The game is kind of about being in lanes, and the accuracy and ability to accurately nudge lanes using a d-pad leads to longer games and higher scores. Thoughts? Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2
Mockduck Posted August 20 Report Posted August 20 On 8/5/2024 at 9:45 PM, Smell Dawg said: 6,365 Love how the game not only rewards accuracy, but punishes inaccuracy! Edit: VCS 800 w/ Modern - control pad, definitely not stick!! I see now you mentioned it too. For sure on the d-pad. The d-pad on the modern is pretty good, great maybe, but I wonder how it'd be using some kind of gamer usb thing. Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 2
Mockduck Posted August 31 Report Posted August 31 Looks like Driller Joe will be the winner! I have tried but haven't really beaten my prior score except slightly: 8045 for most likely final submitted. Sabertooth 1
Sabertooth Posted September 2 Author Report Posted September 2 Congratulations D. JOE! Congratulations to @D.joe! He conquered the skies in or Dragon's Havoc Recharged Squad Challenge! @D.joe navigated the perils of the harpy to reach first place at 10,590. @Mockduck feared neither tooth nor claw, flying to a second place finish of 8,045. @Smell Dawg took a bronze goblet from the dragon's horde, with a third place finish of 6,365. I rounded out the leaderboard with 3,090. Congratulations to all of our dragon lords! As the winner of this round, D.Joe will receive three entries in the Giveaway! Everyone else will receive one entry. I'd like to encourage @D.joe post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! How did you like Dragon's Havoc? If the 7800 had more games of this quality in its retail life, would it have made a difference? Sound off, armchair adventurers! 😉 NOTE: Series Five of the Recharged Squad Challenge continues with Yars: Recharged! Be There! Justin 1
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