Justin Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Barnstorming Atari 2600 Controller: PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Game 4, Difficulty B Achieve best time to win challenge Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST December 31st, 2018 Objective: Play for the best possible time 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 15th through December 31st, 2018. Screen captures are not allowed as they are 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: 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 4 "Flying Ace", Difficulty Switches set to B. We are playing for the best overall time to complete the course. Set both difficulty switches to B to begin. Select Game 4. These are the most challenging difficulty settings and provide for flying through 25 barns, and a new course each time you select Game 4. 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/ Message: Welcome to our 49th Squad Challenge! We're taking it easy as we cap off the year with an Atari 2600 favorite. This time we're playing Barnstorming! An Activision classic for the Atari 2600. Once again we're playing a game where we're going for the lowest possible time. If you've already played this game a million times, these difficulty settings are going to make Barnstorming spicy! PDF Barnstorming Instruction Booklet is attached below. Good luck! Barnstorming.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ATARI 2600 VCS OR EMULATOR, YOU CAN PLAY 2600 BARNSTORMING HERE: http://www.virtualatari.org/soft.php?soft=Barnstorming Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 I haven't played this one in MANY YEARS. I'm in. Justin 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Atari Creep said: I haven't played this one in MANY YEARS. I'm in. Great to have you in on this one, Creeper! Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Well, from my first couple of rounds I can tell its been close to 20 plus years since I have played thia one. Lol Wii2600 emulation Wii-mote Justin 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 I've got a question: Every time we restart the game, are we supposed to cycle through the game modes to generate a new course, or are we allowed to memorize a single generated course by only hitting "game reset" instead? Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 38 minutes ago, RadioPoultry said: I've got a question: Every time we restart the game, are we supposed to cycle through the game modes to generate a new course, or are we allowed to memorize a single generated course by only hitting "game reset" instead? It's not required that you cycle through. But staying with only a single generated course for the duration of the Squad Challenge would mean not powering off for two weeks. Choose the strategy that suits you best. Good luck! Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 I've never played this game. I'll have to give it a try. Atari Creep and Justin 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 He he. Have this one CIB. I'm in!! Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 I'm going to use this opportunity to test out a composite-modded 2600 that I will sell. Several play sessions should verify that it works fine, right? Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, RickR said: I'm going to use this opportunity to test out a composite-modded 2600 that I will sell. Several play sessions should verify that it works fine, right? Sounds like a plan 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 1:40.12 I bought this game cib a good few months ago but never played it. needed a bit of q-tipping my first score wasn't as good but here it is. 2:07.08 I thought you got points for going over a windmill Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 OK, here is my first score. This is a fun game! I'll keep playing to improve my time but here is my first score... Atari Creep and Justin 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 1:34.42. Playing in my garage. Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) 1:15.34. This composite mod works pretty nicely. Edited December 17, 2018 by RickR Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 1:13.74 Finally was able to beet Ricks score ... like Sully I may have gotten a couple of bird-strikes Justin, RickR, Atari Creep and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 I still can't beat that time but I'm definitely getting better... Justin, RickR and Atari Creep 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Took me a LOT of tries ... I did discover if you just let the plane fly high & bump birds the game ends at the 5:00.00 mark :P Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Oh, I beat you to that one. I did that twice before I realized I wasn't playing the game correctly! LOL chas10e and Justin 1 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 1:14.62 Justin and TrekMD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 1:14.45. Clearly I'm hitting more birds than the chas-man Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Eh. Had controller issues. I think I need to replace the cord. It is not as flexible as it use to be. Doesn't seem to fit very well in the controller socket either. I think I will try using the 7800 Europad next, see if that helps. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Improved my time! 1:14.95 Having fun with this one. I don't play it too often. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 This is it for me for now. Justin and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 I improve but not by much. Hahaha Justin, Atari 5200 Guy and RickR 3 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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