Justin Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 Yars' Revenge Atari 2600 Controller: CONTROLLER / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: GAME 6 - ULTIMATE YARS! Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST July 30th, 2019 HOWARD SCOTT WARSHAW DAY: July 30th is our 6th Annual Howard Scott Warshaw Day! Howard was a game designer at Atari who was responsible for creating some of the 2600’s most memorable titles. Howard’s birthday is July 30th. We’ve chosen HSW's birthday to celebrate Howard’s creations as one of Atari’s most prolific game designers. Howard's games encapsulate so much of what Atari was about, it's a fun reason to break out the 2600 and have fun playing Atari games with friends and family. To celebrate HSW Day, we're playing Yars' Revenge on the ULTIMATE YARS setting this weekend! 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 July 27th through July 30th, 2019. 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 competition is the victor! ELIGIBILITY: Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! PLAY RULES: Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following rules and game settings as delineated in the Squad Challenge. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. DIFFICULTY LEVEL: ULTIMATE YARS: GAME 6 - Ultimate Yars features a bouncing Zorlon Cannon, plus some unusual twists that distinguish it from the other Yar games. First, you must bounce the Yar against the left side of the screen to make the Zorlon Cannon appear. Also, to make the cannon appear, you need five TRONS. TRONS are units of energy which you can collect at the following rate: Eat a cell from the shield: 1 TRON Touch the Qotile: 2 TRONS Catch a Zorlon Cannon shot after it bounces off the shield: 4 TRONS If a Yar bounces on the left side with less than five TRONS, it will not get a shot, but it won't lose the TRONS it has either. (Each time a Yar is destroyed, it loses its TRONS). Each Yar has a capacity of 255 TRONS.If a Yar tries to take on more than that, it will short out and the Yar will lose all its TRONS. The count of TRONS is not displayed on the screen. Yar scouts understand the count instinctively. 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, rewinds, 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: MESSAGE: HAPPY 6TH ANNUAL HOWARD SCOTT WARSHAW DAY! We're celebrating HSW's birthday with a short round of Ultimate Yars! Yars' Revenge is one of the best original Atari 2600 games. For this challenge we're playing on the highest difficulty setting, GAME 6: ULTIMATE YARS! Remember this is for "nerd cred" and meant to be a fun celebration of Howard Scott Warshaw! This challenge runs from today through Tuesday, so you'll have until 11:59 pm PST Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 to complete this challenge and successfully submit your score. The ROM and Instruction Book are provided for you below. Remember, share Atari fun with family and friends, and enjoy the game! Good luck defeating that Evil Quotile! Yars_Revenge.pdfYars_Revenge.bin RickR, Sabertooth, Atari Creep and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 Atari Creep and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 27, 2019 Report Share Posted July 27, 2019 Oh, cool. Defintely a great game by Howard! Justin, Atari Creep and greenween 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Here's a score to get us started... Sabertooth, Justin and greenween 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Playing on the 7800 so I put in Space Invaders to make sure that the difficulty switch is on A. Justin, Sabertooth and RickR 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 I managed to get 127,753. A small tip is to get mid air kills early for extra lives. RickR and Sabertooth 2 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 102,729. Happy HSW Day! Played on a modded 4-switch Woody with the RetroGameBoyz Robotron 2084 controller. Edited July 28, 2019 by atarilbc greenween and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 109,885. Just a slight improvement in score. This variation is pretty fun. I wasn't great about selecting through the different options when I was a kid. Often, I'd just opt for the default unless there were obvious changes like Air Sea Battle, Combat or Space Invaders. As a grown-up it's been fun to click through and play a lot of these game variations. Some game options bring real variety to the proceedings and make these old games seem fresh. Edited July 28, 2019 by atarilbc Justin and greenween 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 10:10 AM, Justin said: I spy, with my little eyes, a 5200 advertisement. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 37092 to start TrekMD, Justin, GRay Defender and 2 others 4 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Atari Creep, Sabertooth, Justin and 3 others 5 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Ah, the famous initials! Justin and greenween 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 I kinda had to do it, right? LOL TrekMD and Justin 2 "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 July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 For starters...20313. Brought JR out for a change. I still need to replace the Power and TV Type switches but it still works. Sabertooth, RickR, greenween and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Improved score. 37682. greenween and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Improved again. 49420. Justin and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 This game's brutal, y'all. I had no luck getting a better score...yet. Will try again later. greenween and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 161572 When those quotile's start curving -- it was all over quickly for me. Sabertooth and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 I'm playing on a 2600jr with a Harmony cart, and the joystick has been modified to use microswitches. Justin and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/28/2019 at 2:47 PM, greenween said: A small tip is to get mid air kills early for extra lives. This is my strategy for the whole game. Shoot em mid air only. The score racks up pretty quickly. But it gets really hard when that stupid dash starts flying around at full speed. Justin and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 190,287 RickR, Justin, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Yeah, me too. When the quotile started chasing me I went for easy kills. It seemed to stop chasing me around 175k. Justin 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 216578 TrekMD, greenween, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 NOOOOOOOOOOO! LOL I'll be trying again tomorrow! Sabertooth and Justin 1 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 That's what I said when you posted your score....NOOOOOOO! Two old farts battling it out. I love it. greenween, Justin and Sabertooth 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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