Justin Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 AsteroidsAtari 2600Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: Game 8, Difficulty A Achieve high score to win challengePlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST December 31st, 2017 Objective: Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between December 1st through December 31st, 2017. Screen captures are not allowed as they are easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the 1-month competition is the victor!Eligibility: Anyone can join in. All players are welcome!Play Rules: Games may be played on real hardware or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following rules and game settings as delineated in the Squad Challenge. Enhancements and hacked versions of this game are not allowed.Difficulty Level: Game 8, Set Difficulty Switches to A. These Difficulty Settings provide for: Faster Speed, Hyperspace, the addition of UFOs and Satellites, and No Extra Lives. Game 8 / Difficulty A should be a fun challenge! Faster Speed is a good twist for Asteroids players who used to playing on default settings, and No Extra Lives prevents an endless game. Fair Play: 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 no use of cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, Photoshop, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage is allowed. Everybody hates a cheater. More: To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/1219-high-score-squad-how-to-play/ Asteroids.binAsteroids.pdf TrekMD, Jin, GRay Defender and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Let me see if I can participate on this one! greenween 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Brutal!! I love it! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 First try. 13,710. Played on the 7800 with a 2600 controller. RickR 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergojisan Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Here's mine, first time using a Suncom Tac 2 joystick with the 2600-daptor 2. I like it! RickR and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 15,010 used hyperspace a couple times , had to navigate back to center of screen RickR, TrekMD and greenween 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 I tried playing today but I'm not even close to those scores...yet. greenween 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRay Defender Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Here's my score and gameplay. 23060. TrekMD, chas10e, RickR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 This game rocks. Starbuck66 and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 25,370. Very hard on the thumb. Might have to switch to Stella with a PS2 controller. TrekMD and RickR 2 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Fantastic score! greenween 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) Thanks! Stay in the center, only use hyper space in an emergency and then get back to the center. UFOs are great for the points. Edited December 5, 2017 by greenween "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 7, 2017 Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Hmm. Might have to drag my four-switch out for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Here's where I'm at so far: Score: 15,260 greenween and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 18,380 plugged in a Jr. model I just got to test it out and came out with a decent score. had to reset a few times to figger out the "a" difficulty was set correctly TrekMD and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 14420. I often forget how great this game is for 2600. TrekMD and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 14420. I often forget how great this game is for 2600. BItD my console had a broken game select switch so I'd only ever play game #1 on a cart , I like the fact this variation each ship matters. and hyperspace in which you would never usually use matters a great deal I can only imagine this happening .... RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 Finally had a chance to play and here is my score... greenween and RickR 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 10, 2017 Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 17690 greenween 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Here's mine. This is brutal! And the asteroids fly in a different direction I'm not familiar with since I've only played the default settings. And don't get me started on those smaller UFOs. Those things cheat LOL. greenween, chas10e, RickR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Here's mine. This is brutal! And the asteroids fly in a different direction I'm not familiar with since I've only played the default settings. DSC00040.JPG And don't get me started on those smaller UFOs. Those things cheat LOL. greenween and Atari 5200 Guy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I haven't been able to hit 20,000 again. Good stuff!! "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 I'm shocked I was able to pull this off. Most of my scores ended in the teens, then I started hitting the 20's, but today I passed 30k. 30,410 Atari Greatest Hits Vol 1, DS Played on a 3DS It's can be really tricky, because on this compilation, A, which is the action button in games, turns into the reset button after your game ends, and if I'm in the middle of button mashing when I lose my last life, I can reset the game and lose my score. I'm just glad it didn't happen this time! Atari 5200 Guy, RickR, greenween and 1 other 4 The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 20, 2017 Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 It is the kind of game where a hot streak can occur. On my high score run, I lost all but one ship early, and that last one lasted a loooong time. Great score. nosweargamer, Atari 5200 Guy and greenween 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck66 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 21450 greenween and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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