Justin Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Crystal Castles Atari 2600 Controller: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: PLAYER'S CHOICE Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST September 30, 2024 Nominated by @DegasElite 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 September 1st through September 30th, 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 PLAYER’S CHOICE - We are playing Crystal Castles on the Player’s Choice of difficulty settings. High Scores from all difficulty settings will be accepted for this Squad Challenge. 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 162nd Squad Challenge! This month we'll be playing an absolute Atari arcade classic, Crystal Castles! We last played Crystal Castles 6 years ago as part of a double feature. This month @DegasElite has nominated Crystal Castles for another go! Can you help Bentley Bear collect all the jewels before it’s too late? Have fun and good luck on your high scores! Crystal_Castles.pdf RickR, DegasElite, socrates63 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 2 Author Report Share Posted September 2 Be sure to join @Sabertooth in Club VCS for this month's VCS Recharged Squad Challenge, Yars’ Recharged on the Atari VCS! Sabertooth, DegasElite and socrates63 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 One of my favorites! DegasElite and Sabertooth 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 One of mine, too. Question: what are the default difficulty settings on an A7800 console? I always forget what the easy and difficult settings are on the console, whether A or B. I also have a 2600 Junior. What are the setting on that as well? I will get into this soon. Thanks. :O) Sabertooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 (edited) I'll get this started off: 79,406. I played on OpenEmu for Mac OS which uses Stella. This is a rather impressive port to the 2600 though there is a bit of flickering, and picking up some 'gems' can be challenging. Edited September 2 by Marco1019 Forgot emulator note Sabertooth, TrekMD, Justin and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 28,311 via Atari50 on a modern VCS. This game is soon much more fun with a thumbstick. Justin, TrekMD, Marco1019 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 34 minutes ago, Sabertooth said: 28,311 via Atari50 on a modern VCS. This game is soon much more fun with a thumbstick. Now that you mention it, I played with a PS4 clone controller and was easier to move Bentley around vs. a joystick. Justin and Sabertooth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 102,453. Please bear with me. I haven't played this game in about a year. More screenshots are coming. Thanks for letting me share. Marco1019, Justin, Sabertooth and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 I'm up to 91,791 Sabertooth, DegasElite and Justin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 109,395. Getting better. Sabertooth, Justin, RickR and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 Is there a limit to how many scores you can put on the Squad Challenge in a given month? Curious. Thanks. Sabertooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 6 minutes ago, DegasElite said: Is there a limit to how many scores you can put on the Squad Challenge in a given month? Curious. Thanks. Not to my knowledge, so keep posting your new PBs! DegasElite and Sabertooth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 I didn't think there was a limit, but had to ask. Thanks. Sabertooth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 20 minutes ago, DegasElite said: I didn't think there was a limit, but had to ask. Thanks. I'm not aware of one either. Whichever is your highest score is that one that gets considered, as far as I know. DegasElite, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 Yep. Keep those scores coming @DegasElite! The highest score is the one that counts! DegasElite and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 (edited) Cool! That's what I thought. Thanks. Edited September 3 by DegasElite Justin and Sabertooth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 3 Author Report Share Posted September 3 4 hours ago, DegasElite said: Is there a limit to how many scores you can put on the Squad Challenge in a given month? Curious. Thanks. Hi @DegasElite, Multiple submissions are accepted and encouraged! Share as many high scores as you’d like! All scores must be achieved within the time window of the Squad Challenge event, scored between September 1st, 2024 and September 30th, 2024 (no old scores, no late scores). Multiple submissions are addressed in the rules at the top of the page: On 9/1/2024 at 10:48 PM, Justin said: 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 September 1st through September 30th, 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! Good luck to all Squad Challengers!! Sabertooth and DegasElite 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 3 Author Report Share Posted September 3 Here are some real Pro-Tips for scoring big in CRYSTAL CASTLES: Extra Points If Bentley harvests the last gem in the castles, he wins extra points. Elevator Action Elevators make perfect escape routes. However, they only operate one at a time. Invincibility Bentley is invincible while he's jumping. Stun ‘n Jump Bentley can temporarily stun Nasty Trees and Gem Eaters by jumping over them. But this maneuver won't work if he's wearing the magic hat, or while the Gem Eaters are swallowing gems. Blocking When floating scores appear on the scene, creatures can't move through them; nor can the creatures move through each other. DegasElite and Sabertooth 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 142,769. Here's my picture. It is a little shaky, but can be seen. Thanks. Marco1019, Sabertooth, RickR and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 New PB: 125,725. I won't catch @DegasElitebut I'm thrilled with my score. DegasElite, Justin, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 23 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: I'm thrilled with my score. Nice score. You must have been to the castles in Level 5, from the looks of it. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 27 minutes ago, DegasElite said: Nice score. You must have been to the castles in Level 5, from the looks of it. Honestly, I have no idea. I'm not familiar with this port. I'm still surprised it was released on the 2600, but they did a very good job with keeping the main elements in the game. DegasElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Yeah, it's a difficult port as well. It gets difficult quickly. I got this game when I was ten years old, and I was surprised the castles were different in the A2600 version than the arcade. But, I got used to it and it's one of my all-time favorites for that console. Fun game and port! Marco1019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 5 Author Report Share Posted September 5 Fresh start — 48,030 Marco1019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted September 5 Report Share Posted September 5 4443, emulation, Atari modern controller on a PC Gee WIZZZZZ Normally I can hold my own, but not this game. I'm going to pull out the cart and play it "proper". STRONG LANGUAGE Marco1019, Justin, RickR and 1 other 4 Quote Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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