Dinobot711 Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 5 hours ago, RickR said: Yes, and I think having a helpful kitty might help too. Going to let Mothra take a shot at a score Atari Creep, RickR, Justin and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Video Pinball (3 A/A): 607,668 Saw how much fun everyone was having with this one and decided to join the forum! Never really played this game before and couldn't see why it would be any fun but after spending last two days I really like it now. Took awhile to get the hang of it but once you do you can break that 6 figure score barrier easily. Edited January 12, 2021 by AtariSphinx Typo Dinobot711, socrates63, RickR and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted January 12, 2021 Report Share Posted January 12, 2021 781,597 Spending time practicing getting that free ball definitely helped me learn to control the ball better Justin, RickR, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 1/11/2021 at 9:54 AM, RickR said: You want it to avoid the spinner and hit that first "step". You may have to nudge a little on the way down to get this trajectory I also found if I hit the top most step closest to the plunger (doing everything else as @RickR stated) but go from the right side of the spinner can fairly reliably get into the extra ball lane. Definitely many ways to do this but that worked best for me. Hope that helps someone crank up their score. RickR, Justin and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 1,455,582. I rolled the score again, but I didn't do a video this time. Nerd's honor. Is that ok? socrates63, Dinobot711, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 42840 Justin, ZilchSr, AtariSphinx and 2 others 5 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 22 hours ago, AtariSphinx said: Video Pinball (3 A/A): 607,668 Saw how much fun everyone was having with this one and decided to join the forum! Never really played this game before and couldn't see why it would be any fun but after spending last two days I really like it now. Took awhile to get the hang of it but once you do you can break that 6 figure score barrier easily. Welcome to the Forums @AtariSphinx it's great to have you join us! How did you hear of Atari I/O? I think you'll find this is a nice community with some terrific people, I hope you enjoy your time here! socrates63, AtariSphinx, HDN and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Campbell Jr. Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 118,825 points 1/11/21 I had to take a picture of my YouTube livestream lol. It wouldn't download the video said the file was too big. If this doesn't get accepted oh well no big deal. The No Swear Gamer and The Atari Creep can vouge for me that I did this. They both watch my channel. AtariSphinx, Dinobot711, Justin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 1,037,550 socrates63, AtariSphinx, ZilchSr and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Justin said: Welcome to the Forums @AtariSphinx it's great to have you join us! How did you hear of Atari I/O? I think you'll find this is a nice community with some terrific people, I hope you enjoy your time here! Thanks! I saw the site mentioned in various YouTube videos couple months ago (I don't remember whose video but probably one of the Atari.io members with YouTube videos that I frequently watch/subscribe). Decided to join here. Looking forward to being in this community! Justin, ZilchSr and socrates63 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Last score. 110,459. Dinobot711, Justin, ZilchSr and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Video Pinball (3 A/A): 731,056 Improvement. Might give it one more try. Dinobot711, ZilchSr, socrates63 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkYoungPS Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Hey all! I'm just in the last days here, but I'm glad to have made it! Thanks for picking such a fun one this time! See you all again soon! Link: https://youtu.be/U3Oky4ptQGU Edited January 15, 2021 by LinkYoungPS AtariSphinx, ZilchSr, socrates63 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 Video Pinball (3 A/A) : 1,734,308 Finally got the hang of this. Rolled the score. First picture just before the roll (2nd ball), second picture is when I stopped (still on second ball). socrates63, HDN, ZilchSr and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justin Posted January 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Congratulations ZilchSr! A big congratulations and huge welcome to new Atari I/O Member @ZilchSr! ZilchSr takes the top spot in our Final Standings with a mind-blowing score of 10,111,115. Participation in this Squad Challenge was through the roof and we had a number of new Members join the forums to participate. Let's all give a GIANT Atari I/O Welcome to our new friends @ZilchSr @AtariSphinx and @Papa Pete who joined us in High Score Squad this week, it's great to have you guys here! @AtariSphinx showed up with his A-Game, posting a score of 1,734,308 to claim the 2nd Place on our Final Standings. The legend @RickR was hot on AtariSphinx's tail, taking the 3rd spot with a score of 1,455,582. New member @Papa Pete was right behind him with his score of 1,413,706 to take 4th. @Dinobot711 @nosweargamer @chas10e @RadioPoultry @James Campbell Jr. @HDN @Justin @socrates63 @Atari Creep @Marco1019 @Gianna and @LinkYoungPS all shared tremendous scores and gave it their all. Congratulations once again to @ZilchSr for the win, and as always I'd like to encourage ZilchSr to post his new high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! And a big congratulations to our community for being such a great group, and for the biggest and best participation we've ever seen in a High Score Squad Challenge. I hope everybody had fun with this early 2600 game! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is Q*bert for Atari 2600! Be there! Rocker67, nosweargamer, HDN and 8 others 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 9:34 PM, chas10e said: Great video & score, it was rather odd the on the bonus count the first time on real hardware so I suspect you score may have been higher but the "squad challenges" here are just for fun to revisit games from when us old timers were young and to expose the young fellows to these games. Another great video, I really liked the super short-plung then getting the extra ball off the slingshot right away! the visit from the cat was hilarious as cats & pinball is an "actual thing" Again the "squad challenge" is for fun but for high stakes tournament physical pinball, when possible extra balls are turned off and if an extra ball is earned without the possibility to turn it off after setting up a skill shot it is plunged and hands off so that great players don't marathon the machine. So lets get along to posting more scores, I thought @ZilchSr had a great idea with a clock running as he played so I incorporated one in the event I rolled it 😉 509,077 I did post a higher score but doesn't really affect the standings , I'd still be in 7'th place :) The "format" used for posting a score was off by me in placing it at the end of a post as opposed to the top line of the post is a fault Great job everybody & welcome to all the new members AtariSphinx, Justin, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 So many good scores!!!!! AtariSphinx, socrates63, Papa Pete and 1 other 4 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, chas10e said: I did post a higher score but doesn't really affect the standings , I'd still be in 7'th place 🙂 The "format" used for posting a score was off by me in placing it at the end of a post as opposed to the top line of the post is a fault Great job everybody & welcome to all the new members Woops! Sorry @chas10e I'll correct the record ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted January 16, 2021 Report Share Posted January 16, 2021 Kkk-razy top scores!! Well played! Yes, it was fun experiencing one of the early releases for the console. It's always fun to take in and appreciate the design and aesthetics from 40(?!) years ago. Looking forward to Q*Bert! Justin, AtariSphinx and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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