Activision Patch-worthy Scores of Atari I/O

[socrates63]

Per Justin's comment, I made a table of Activision games officially released for the Atari 2600. I reviewed the game manuals for all the games listed to gather the patch requirements. I also listed games that do not appear to have patches. If you're interested in what the patches look like, AtariAge forum has an Activision Patch Gallery page.

If you have a patch-worthy score, reply here, and I'll add your name to the I/O Member column. 

I've only managed to get qualifying scores for two games, Stampede and Freeway. I am closing in on Beamrider. I posted my scores for the three games in the Scoreboard sub-forum.

Should I include Activision games for other consoles that had patch awards?

LAST UPDATE: Dec 5, 2024 ( @RickR)

2600 Game	Patch Score	Patch Name	I/O Member
Activision Decathlon	8,600 9,000 10,000	Bronze Silver Gold	@socrates63 (9,961) 🥈 @RickR (8,928) 🥉
Barnstorming	< 33.3 sec (game 1) < 51.0 sec (game 2) < 54.0 sec (game 3)	Flying Aces	@RickR (33.17 sec, game 1)
Beamrider	40,000 and sector 14	Beamriders	@socrates63 (49,400, sector 19)
Boxing	---	---
Bridge	---	---
Checkers	---	---
Chopper Command	10,000	Commandos	@nosweargamer (279,600) @RickR (115,100) @TrekMD (56,400) @Atari 5200 Guy (36,300) @Hathaway_tries (16,800) @Csolo (15,700) @socrates63 (11,900) @dauber (11,400)
Cosmic Commuter	---	---
Crackpots	75,000	Crackpots	@HDN (81,160)
Dolphin	80,000 500,000	Friends of Dolphins Secret Society of Dolphins
Dragster	< 6.0 sec	World Class Dragster Club	@Csolo (5.71 sec) @RETRO DESTRUCTO (5.81 sec) @RickR (5.91 sec)
Enduro	5 days	Roadbusters	@Atari 5200 Guy (10 days, 1,665.9 miles) @Ballblaɀer (6 days, 923.9 miles) @TrekMD (patch holder) @HDN (5 days, 746.1 miles)
Fishing Derby	---	---
Freeway	20 (game 3 or 7)	Save the Chicken Foundation	@socrates63 (20, game 7) @RickR (20, game 3)
Frostbite	40,000	Arctic Architects	@nosweargamer (46,270)
Ghostbusters	---	---
Grand Prix	0:35 (game 1) 1:00 (game 2) 1:30 (game 3) 2:30 (game 4)	Grand Prix Driving Team
H.E.R.O.	75,000	Order of the H.E.R.O.	@sramirez2008 108,175
Ice Hockey	Game 1 victory	All-Star Hockey Team	@RickR (18-4) @nosweargamer (15-14)
Kaboom!	3,000	Bucket Brigade	@HDN (3,385) @AtariSphinx (3,829) @sramirez2008 3,492
Keystone Kapers	35,000	Billy Club	@Marco1019 (293,600) @HDN (40,950)
Laser Blast	100,000	Federation of Laser Blasters	@RickR (101,520)
MegaMania	45,000	MegaManiacs	@Marco1019 (200,180) @socrates63 (79,580) @Atari 5200 Guy (69,700) @HDN (50,380) @RickR (48,590)
Oink!	25,000 (game 1)	Oinkers
Pitfall!	20,000	Explorers’ Club	@nads (114,000) @nosweargamer (113,332) @Marco1019 (109,964) @RickR (87,720) @Stlrs95 (44,481) @Hathaway_tries (27,368) @Marco1019 (114,000)
Pitfall II	99,000	Cliff Hangers	@TrekMD (patch holder)
Plaque Attack	35,000	No Plaque Pack
Pressure Cooker	45,000	Short-Order Squad
Private Eye	Solve case 3	Super Sleuth
River Raid	15,000	River Raiders	@Kid A (85,970) @nosweargamer (56,970) @Starbuck66 (44,890) @btbfilms76 (35,410) @HDN (27,290) @Atari 5200 Guy (26,480) @greenween (25,370) @sramirez2008 44,530
River Raid II	---	---
Robot Tank	48 tanks 60 tanks 72 tanks	Medal of Merit Cross of Excellence Star of Honor	@Atari 5200 Guy (56 tanks) @Justin (58 tanks) @Marco1019 (62 tanks)
Seaquest	50,000	Sub Club	@nosweargamer (70,390) @sramirez2008 148,190
Skiing	< 28.2 sec (game 3)	Activision Ski Team	@RickR (28.12 sec)
Sky Jinks	< 37.0 sec (game 1)	Sky Stars	@datafry (36.14 sec)
Space Shuttle	4 dockings with 4,500 fuel 6 dockings with 7,500 fuel	Space Shuttle Pilot Space Shuttle Commanders
Spider Fighter	40,000 (left Difficulty A)	Spider Fighters
Stampede	3,000	Trail Drive	@James Campbell Jr. (3,979) @socrates63 (3,528)
StarMaster	3,800 (game E) 5,700 (game L) 7,600 (game W) 9,000 (game S)	Order of the Supreme StarMaster Leader Wing Commander StarMaster	@HDN (5,369 game E) @HDN (7,757 game L) @HDN (9,174 game S)
Tennis	---	---

Edited December 5 by RickR

[RickR]

Put me down for Dragster, please.  5.97. 

 

[nosweargamer]

Cool. Thanks for doing this!

If you decide to do one for other systems, you can simply make a new thread in that system's area.

Here's some of mine

Pitfall 113,332

 

 

 

Chopper Command - 127,800

 

Ice Hockey - 15 to 14 Win

 

Edited September 4, 2020 by nosweargamer

[RickR]

After losing a game, I cremated the computer 18-4 on Ice Hockey game #1.  Please add this one to the list.

 

[nosweargamer]

Frostbite 46,270

River Raid 45,090

Sea Quest 70,390

 

[RickR]

@nosweargamer is going to need a bigger jeans jacket to hold all those patches.

This is awesome.  It's a lot of fun to try "earn" those patches.  Thank you @socrates63

[socrates63]

@RickR added you for Ice Hockey

@nosweargamer I added all your scores (please double check). I'm going to check out that ice hockey gameplay. 15-14 sounds like a dramatic back and forth match!

[RickR]

I do have a few real patches.  The "Skiing" one I actually earned back as a kid.  The other two are repros recently purchased on ebay.

 

[RickR]

Put me down for Chopper Command (115,100), and it looks like NSG earned a much higher score than what he reported here.

 

[socrates63]

34 minutes ago, RickR said:

I do have a few real patches.  The "Skiing" one I actually earned back as a kid.  The other two are repros recently purchased on ebay.

 

I was going to ask if anyone has the real thing. That is super cool that you not only got a patch when you're a kid, but that you still have it ♥️👍

I think I may have earned the StarMaster patch as a kid, but of course, I don't have it anymore. Not having anything genuine, I did buy a few patches made for games that Activision did not release patches for. The You Suck patch also came with a fake Activision letter. I bought them all on AtariAge forum.

I also picked up a deck of cards a few months ago on Facebook. Each card has an Activision game and the back side has a photo of the developer.

[socrates63]

YASS! I just got my Beamrider patch! I was hoping to break 50k but fell just short. I think I lasted like 3 seconds in sector 19 and didn't score a single point.

 

[HDN]

I've reached some in the past. I could probably redo some and take pictures. I will try to post some tonight.

[socrates63]

I'm on a roll -- got my patch for Chopper Commander. Only 11,900 (less than 1/10 of NSR and RickR's scores 😮) -- this was a fairly easy one although the difficulty seems to ramp up pretty quick near the 10k mark. I hit 11k a few times but not much higher.

Edited September 4, 2020 by socrates63

[RickR]

It counts, and you've earned the patch!  Good job. 

[Atari 5200 Guy]

I wouldn't mind reproduction patches.  Those were cool and I missed out on them because I had a 5200 😞 

Put me down for Enduro.  I have a high score on this site where I went for like 10 days.  One of my favorite 2600 games!

https://forums.atari.io/topic/1909-enduro-atari-2600/

And I got 56 tanks on Robot Tank.

https://forums.atari.io/topic/2626-robot-tank-atari-2600/

Edited September 4, 2020 by Atari 5200 Guy

[socrates63]

9,961 good enough for the Silver medal patch in Activision Decathlon. It's always one event that holds me back from breaking 10k for gold -- usually the hurdles. My arms and hands are now tired. I think I'm done for the day 🙂

 

Edited September 4, 2020 by socrates63

[socrates63]

22 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said:

I wouldn't mind reproduction patches.  Those were cool and I missed out on them because I had a 5200 😞 

Put me down for Enduro.  I have a high score on this site where I went for like 10 days.  One of my favorite 2600 games!

https://forums.atari.io/topic/1909-enduro-atari-2600/

And I got 56 tanks on Robot Tank.

https://forums.atari.io/topic/2626-robot-tank-atari-2600/

10 DAYS ⁉️ You da champ! I don't think I've ever cleared more than 2.

[socrates63]

3 hours ago, RickR said:

Put me down for Chopper Command (115,100), and it looks like NSG earned a much higher score than what he reported here.

 

I updated the table with the scores posted in the Chopper Command squad challenge thread. I added scores for @TrekMD, @dauber, and @Atari 5200 Guy as well.

[socrates63]

I updated the table with qualifying scores from the River Raid squad challenge. @nosweargamer you posted a higher score in the squad challenge, so I updated your score.

 

[TrekMD]

My score was high enough for a patch?  I didn't know.

[socrates63]

Just now, TrekMD said:

My score was high enough for a patch?  I didn't know.

Chopper Command patch score is a very achievable 10,000. You cleared 56k! I just managed 11k 🙂

[RickR]

I'm trying the "Barnstorming" patch now, and it is horribly difficult!

 

[TrekMD]

4 minutes ago, socrates63 said:

Chopper Command patch score is a very achievable 10,000. You cleared 56k! I just managed 11k 🙂

I just saw that.  Cool.  🙂

Back in the day I earned the Enduro and Pitfall II patches.  I still have them!

Edited September 4, 2020 by TrekMD

[socrates63]

Woo nice! Post a photo of the genuine article @TrekMD! I don't think I've seen the patch for Pitfall II.

I added you for Enduro and Pitfall II.

Edited September 4, 2020 by socrates63

[TrekMD]

I can post the picture of the patches but not the pictures of the scores!  Activision kept those!  LOL