Atari 5200 Guy Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 How are you guys doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, kamakazi20012 said: How are you guys doing this? The secret has to do with slipice. And once you figure it out, take it a step further by reading the manual about scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Hmm...I haven't made it that far yet but I am thinking it has something to do with kicking the evil thing off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 I' m not posting my score just yet but I finally made it to the level with the Slipice and got 68,800. I kicked the thing off...I really didn't notice anything other than the fireball becoming more relentless and unforgiving. I'll try again. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 So...did i figure it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gianna Posted June 1, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Here is my score 🙂 223,400 greenween, Sabertooth, Justin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Add me to the 1 million club, just in time :) I point-pressed Slipice as well. You can kill up to 255 Slipice per level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5ZwaySWYA It's possible to roll the score counter w/o point-pressing. The strategy is observing the fireballs on each level. The first 5 fireballs of a level are random; after that, the pattern continues to loop those 5. The next level will randomly have a new pattern of 5, and so on. Edited June 1, 2020 by Scott Stilphen RadioPoultry and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 17 minutes ago, Scott Stilphen said: Add me to the 1 million club, just in time :) I point-pressed Slipice as well. You can kill up to 255 Slipice per level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5ZwaySWYA It's possible to roll the score counter w/o point-pressing. The strategy is observing the fireballs on each level. The first 5 fireballs of a level are random; after that, the pattern continues to loop those 5. The next level will randomly have a new pattern of 5, and so on. You have your video set to private. I can't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Ok...so what did I miss??? I point-pressed obviously...how do you roll the score without point pressing Slipice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, kamakazi20012 said: You have your video set to private. I can't see it. No, it was set to public. It just wasn't finished processing. Should be available now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, kamakazi20012 said: Ok...so what did I miss??? I point-pressed obviously...how do you roll the score without point pressing Slipice? Watch William Rosa's 2+ million game: https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/178334 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioPoultry Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said: Uploading video to YouTube now. I will post once uploaded. I didn't realize you can kick the slipice while they are melting! It appears you get more points for that than when you bump them from underneath, and it generates coins wafers afterwards as well! Edited June 1, 2020 by RadioPoultry Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Now I'm all kinds of confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 40 minutes ago, RadioPoultry said: I didn't realize you can kick the slipice while they are melting! It appears you get more points for that than when you bump them from underneath, and it generates coins wafers afterwards as well! Bingo. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 So I actually figured it out...just on Level 09? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, kamakazi20012 said: So I actually figured it out...just on Level 09? If you're asking that then you haven't got all of the pieces yet. Get to Level 11 and see what goes 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) I got my butt handed to me on that level. I'll keep trying. Edited June 1, 2020 by kamakazi20012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 32 minutes ago, kamakazi20012 said: I got my butt handed to me on that level. I'll keep trying. Good luck @kamakazi20012! I've got to call Time though. We're now past 11:59 PM Pacific. I'll tally up scores, post standings and get the next Squad Challenge posted on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Congratulations Scott Stilphen! Congratulations @Scott Stilphen! Your Mario Bros. score took top placement in our Final Standings! I hope everybody enjoyed experiencing Mario Bros. on the Atari 2600. This version of the game plays slightly different from other versions mostly due to the 2600's limitations, but I think the game looks really good and is fun to play once you work out the different dynamic if you're used to the other versions. Racking up points can become a bit of a puzzle to put all of the pieces together to make your strategy work, and I think that's a lot of fun. This is a second win in a row for Scott, congratulations to Scott for taking the top spot at the very end with a 1st Place score of 1,002,400 points! I took 2nd with 1,000,200 points, and @atarilbc had consistently good showings in this challenge and ended up placing 3rd with 986,200 points. @RickR, @greenween, @kamakazi20012, @Gianna, @Atari Creep, @RadioPoultry and @TrekMD all had great showings, and in general most all of our scores really improved from what they had been at the beginning of the challenge. Congratulations to everybody on an exciting run, and to everyone who joined in this Squad Challenge and shared a score! I'd like to encourage Scitt 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 an Atari 7800 challenge. Be there! RickR, Gianna, greenween and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianna Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Look at those scores! Good job everyone! Justin, Sabertooth and greenween 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Those are some amazing scores. I didn't have enough time to try to slipice trick to get the score up, up, up! 🙂 I'll be trying that anyway! Justin, Sabertooth and greenween 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 Justin, I think you'll agree that anybody who can roll the score on this one can pretty much marathon it :) And considering you were the first here to do it, I gladly yield my place to you. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 59 minutes ago, Scott Stilphen said: Justin, I think you'll agree that anybody who can roll the score on this one can pretty much marathon it 🙂 And considering you were the first here to do it, I gladly yield my place to you. Thanks Scott, it's cool. No host wants to win the prize at their own party, if you know what I mean. You did really well and should be proud, I'm thinking sometime filming my score and seeing just how far I can take it. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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