Justin Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 Pole Position IIAtari 7800Controller: CONTROLLER / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: FUJIAchieve high score to win challengePlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST August 31st, 2019 OBJECTIVE: Play for the highest possible score racing on the FUJI Track in Pole Position II. Post a photo or video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between August 15th through August 31st, 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: Achieve high score to win Grand Prix Challenge. 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: We are racing on the FUJI Track on Pole Position II. Players will select FUJI at the title screen. 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: https://forums.atari.io/topic/1219-high-score-squad-how-to-play/ MESSAGE: Welcome to our 67th Squad Challenge, the 2019 Pole Position II Grand Prix! This will be our second Pole Position II Grand Prix Event! This year the Grand Prix will be a little different: This year's challenge will only be for half a month and we will only be racing the FUJI Track in an attempt to achieve your best high score! Last year the Grand Prix lasted for the entire month and we raced all four tracks for the best lap time. This year we are keeping things simple: We are racing for the best possible score on the FUJI Track. Pole Position is one of the most iconic arcade games released by Atari and was genre-defining for its time, setting a new standard of what racing gameplay could be like. Pole Position II of course was the pack-in title for the Atari 7800, and is often remembered as the first game 7800 owners played on their new game system. I have so many wonderful memories of playing Pole Position at Chuck E. Cheese's with my family, shifting gears and whipping around corners with a cheese stick in my hand and a cup of root beer on the floor under my feet. Pole Position II was also one of my favorite games to play at home and a wonderful memory on the Atari 7800. ROM and Instruction Manual are provided below. Good luck to everyone playing! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be for Sega Genesis. Be there! Pole_Position_II.a78 Pole_Position_II.pdf RickR, greenween and Control Issues 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 15, 2019 Report Share Posted August 15, 2019 OK, I'm going to get us started with this low-ball score... 😁 Justin 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 64750 for now... will try some more later. TrekMD and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 65,550. Played on my 7800 with a 2600 joystick. Justin 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 Finished the course but crashed on the 3rd lap. Justin 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 OH MY!!!! I have been so busy I miss this. I know what tonights Sunday Night Instagram Live will be!!!! Justin and Control Issues 2 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 69500. Emulated on my lap top, USB game pad playing live on IG tonight. Video will he posted sold greenween, Justin and Control Issues 3 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 I managed to play and get a screenshot but I'm having issues with my cart. On the Title Screen the game will often turn to pastel colors and freeze. I'm not sure what's causing it but I'm going to try cleaning the contacts on the cart and machine to see if that solves the issues. Played with a Europad controller. I made it to the 3rd lap. I kept finding cars who wanted to move over in front of me all of a sudden. How nice of them. Played on real hardware of course. Atari Creep and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 Still doing it. I'm beginning to think this cart is going out. Atari Creep and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 I managed to coax a game out of the cart and capture the score before it repeated the above image. I also managed to increase my score and actually finish the race! Game play seems fine...it's just when the cart has been on for a bit it acts up. It kind of reminds me of the 2600 Defender I had. So, yea, the ROM in this cart might be getting where it can't hold the code any more. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 My suspicion is a heat issue. Most likely on the power brick. Try pointing a fan right at the power brick as you play to see if that helps. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) The console is OK and so is the power supply. After posting picks of my last score I changed the cartridge with Joust and left it on for hours. It was still playing as it should when I checked it just a few minutes ago. Power supply is staying cool as is the console. It's only doing this with PPII. Edited August 20, 2019 by kamakazi20012 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 14 minutes ago, kamakazi20012 said: The console is OK and so is the power supply. After posting picks of my last score I changed the cartridge with Joust and left it on for hours. It was still playing as it should when I checked it just a few minutes ago. Power supply is staying cool as is the console. It's only doing this with PPII. Your race car needs an oil change. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 I think it needs the whole engine...I think it blew. "She can't take much more of this, Captain!" RickR and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Well, tried cleaning the contacts on the cartridge, taking it apart and using a Dremel with a polishing pad. Still made no difference. I think the ROM is giving out. There's no other explanation other than that. Looks like I'm out for the remainder of this challenge unfortunately. It would be too difficult to obtain a score if I have to wait for the screen to do a demo as there is no guarantee the wouldn't lock up before I could capture the score. And with the ROM acting up I have no real way of knowing if the game is working as intended. I don't want to post a bogus score due to a fault in the game's ROM. Sorry guys. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) 70,100 I'm playing on the MESS emulator. This was my 5th try and I only crashed once on this run. Never hit the brakes and only let off the gas to get past that sharp left turn. Edited August 21, 2019 by RickR Control Issues, Justin, Atari Creep and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 That sharp left can be taken full throttle if tackled from the inside and let your car slide to the outside. Be mindful of where on coming cars are located before going into the turn. And if you have to, instead of braking, downshift for a split second then slam it back into hi gear. It's surprising to think Fuji and Suzuka are actual real-life tracks although both have gone through some changes. Those tracks are also available on many other racing games including Gran Turismo, MotoGP, Forza, R Racing Evolution, and I'm sure that there are more I have not heard of yet. Suzuka has a history of claiming the life of a 23-year old MotoGP Champion in 2003. That rider's motorcycle and number were permanently retired after. The track is owned by Honda and went through many changes before that 2003 race. I am unsure if Seaside is a real-life track or an original track for PPII. Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Take that left turn at full speed at your peril. If there's a car there, you will crash for sure. Simply no way to maneuver. Slow down instead and catch any cars on the other side of the curve. Atari Creep and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) You motivated me to download an Atari 7800 emulator onto my laptop so I could join the fun! Truth be told, on the second-to-last lap, I had just run out of time when I coasted over the start/finish line, qualifying me for the final lap. Luck of the draw! Oh yeah, my score is 65,000 Edited August 24, 2019 by Lauren Tyler Wrong file. greenween, RickR, Control Issues and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 12 minutes ago, Lauren Tyler said: Truth be told, on the second-to-last lap, I had just run out of time when I coasted over the start/finish line, qualifying me for the final lap. Luck of the draw! Happened to me on one of my runs, lol... it feels good to just barely make it like that. I do it a lot on Sega Rally on the Dreamcast. 😃 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid A Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 70500. Played on my freshly AV modded 7800. Really happy with the picture quality! Look what it looked like before. Very happy with the results! No more squiggly lines! RickR, Justin and Control Issues 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Issues Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 Nice! I've got a front loader NES with similar interference patterns... one day I'll do something with it. Until then, I'm okay with the top loader with jailbars. lol... Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 Yeah man, your mod looks awesome. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Great showing guys. I really wish I had more time to spend on this challenge, Hurricane Dorian is headed our way and I've had to get the storm shutters up and get stocked up on food and gas. Plenty of Atari to go around in this house though! High Score: 71,450 Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 I'm also posting this score for Gianna, who will be a new member joining us in the forums soon. The Suzuka track actually ended up being her favorite (she likes the Ferris wheel) even though it's so difficult. Maybe she'll give it another shot again next year Gianna High Score: 30,610 Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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