Justin Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 Alleyway Nintendo Game Boy Controller: CONTROLLER / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Default (Press Start To Play) Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST November 14th, 2019 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 November 1st through November 14th, 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: Default. Press Start to Play. 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: Welcome to our 72nd Squad Challenge! November kicks off the Holiday season, which often times reminds us of traveling, road trips to see family for holiday gatherings, and many hours spent in the back of the car playing video games. We're starting things off with Alleyway for Game Boy! Alleyway was one of the first Game Boy games released in the USA, and one of the first games I can remember playing for Game Boy. Alleyway is a nice Breakout clone. I loved Breakout and Super Breakout on Atari 2600, and although it lacks the Arkanoid-style power-ups, Alleyway still proves to be a fun game. I hope you guys enjoy this Squad Challenge! ROM and Instruction Manual are provided below. Good luck to everyone playing! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be a Thanksgiving challenge for the Atari 7800. Be there! Alleyway.pdfAlleyway.gb Atari Creep, RickR and RadioPoultry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 Ok was able to get something going. Tried my controller but nope, still dead. Keyboard it is for now. Monday or Tuesday I should have my new controller. (Review to follow) For now, here is what a keyboard can do. 948 Justin, RickR and MaximumRD 3 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 I like how you can speed up or slow down the paddle with the A or B buttons. The Game Boy port of Super Breakout would have been greatly improved if it had a similar feature. Score: 2079 RickR, Justin and Atari Creep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 Would love to play this on my GBA but I have an emulator setup now. Thought about ordering it since it is a cheap game but shipping costs more than the game. Count me in! I haven't played this game since I owned an original GB about '88 - '89. I had this game but it was the least played. I played Castlevania and SML more. I think this is the only console I played a lot of Tennis on as well. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 (edited) 1118 Edited November 3, 2019 by Atari Creep Justin 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Here's my attempt. 3,879. Unfortunately it's emulated The good part is that I got my Sony Mavica FD camera working again. It wasn't wanting to read disks. Taking that thing apart was a nightmare as I didn't want to ruin it. Everything inside was layered like a sandwich. And seemed like a million micro screws. Wow. I just noticed I have an Atari I/O anniversary coming up. Has it been 4 years already? Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 391 first try. I can do much better. There's two things I love about this game. The sound - Lovely crystal-like sounds. The fact that multiple bricks can go with each hit. Atari Creep and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 1928 Justin, RadioPoultry and Atari Creep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 This game is fun. I like it when the bricks scroll. Atari Creep and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 1987 live on IG tonight. RadioPoultry and Justin 2 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Atari Creep said: 1987 live on IG tonight. 1987...just two years away from when Alleyway was released! Nice score, AC! Atari Creep and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 @kamakazi20012 and its one of my fav years for movies too. Lol Justin 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 3625 The first time I ever played this game I was able to complete the first couple bonus rounds, but I haven't since then. Gotten close though! Atari Creep, RickR and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 Score: 5875. I completed the first bonus round to get 500 points, well worth the effort! I got as far as stage 16. RickR, Atari Creep and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btbfilms76 Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 2982 - Man, when you got that one brick and it just wont connect.... RickR, RadioPoultry, Justin and 1 other 4 Host of The Jag Bar • Lynx Lounge • 7800 Avenue Watch now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrhPvmALbHpBUqrbBOms5Vw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 Score: Flower-0467 (10,467) The bonus rounds really are the way to go. I got 1500 points each from the last couple before the game ended. Justin and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) Improvement: 3173 That includes two completed bonuses of 500 and 700. Edited November 11, 2019 by RickR Atari Creep, RadioPoultry and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 I cant seem to improve. Going to keep trying though. Justin 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Atari Creep said: I cant seem to improve. Going to keep trying though. Yea. I can't come close to the score I made. Justin and Atari Creep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted November 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Congratulations RadioPoultry! Congratulations @RadioPoultry on such an epic score! I hope you guys enjoyed diving into Alleyway on Game Boy! I hadn't played this game in years, it was nice to pick it up after such a long time. It was one of my first games on Game Boy, and I really connected with it because I had always loved Super Breakout on Atari 2600 and Breakout-style games. How do you think Alleyway holds up compared to Super Breakout? Do you guys feel it could have used some Arkanoid elements to the game? @RadioPoultry posted an astronomical score of 10,467 points! Unreal! @kamakazi20012's score ranked 2nd place on the board at 3,879 points, "The Don" @RickR took the 3rd position with an impressive 3,173 points, Lynx Master @btbfilms76 joined in this round and placed 4th with a solid showing of 2,982 points, and @Atari Creep rounds things out with a LIVE performance of 1,987 points. Congrats to @RadioPoultry and everyone who jumped in to play in this squad challenge and shared a score! Radio should be very proud of his accomplishment and I'd like to encourage him to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge will be a Thanksgiving challenge for the Atari 7800 ProSystem. Be there! ALLEYWAY FINAL STANDINGS 1 RADIOPOULTRY 10,467 2 KAMAKAZI20012 3,879 3 RICKR 3,173 4 BTBFILMS76 2,982 5 ATARI CREEP 1,987 RadioPoultry, btbfilms76 and Atari Creep 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 This was a tough one, good job guys. btbfilms76, RadioPoultry and Justin 2 1 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 Wow. I haven't seen this game since the 1990s. It was nice to revisit it. RadioPoultry, Justin and Atari Creep 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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