Justin Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 VentureAtari 2600Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: Skill 1 = Left B / Right BPlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST July 14, 2021 Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between July 1st through July 14th, 2021. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more 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 / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing on "Skill One" which has Difficult Switches set to B/B. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. 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 we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. 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 103rd Squad Challenge!!! Today we're playing Venture for the Atari 2600. Venture was an Exidy arcade game, originally ported to the 2600 by Coleco. After the industry collapse in 1983, Coleco sold the rights to their library of 2600 games to Atari under Jack Tramiel, who began re-releasing these games in 1986 as official Atari products in the red box variants. ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating! NOTE: We have a supreme lineup of games coming your way for High Score Squad in 2021! Expect a nice mix of classic Atari home console games in the rotation along with games from other classic systems! Here's a look at some upcoming events: July: A Sega Master System game, HSW Day Ultimate Yars' Challenge, plus a game chosen by our Instagram followers! September: An Atari Lynx game November: A Sega Genesis game December: 2021 F-ZERO Championship, plus a game for Atari Jaguar! Plus many more great games! (Schedule subject to change) Venture.bin Venture.pdf Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 3700 I thought I had a physical copy of this but I don't , didin't wanna do Stella or a flashback & was like "wait I haz a Harmony" looking on the bay for a cib dunno if I wanna go Coleco or Atari-Red ....so many indecision's !!!! Justin and Gianna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Here is my score... Justin, RickR and Gianna 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 8,100 Reading the manual did help 😉 I JUST noticed the two zeros to the left of my score ... man I gatta loooong way to go :p Gianna, Justin and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliciousCarp Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 wow - I love the intellivision port of Venture, but I have hardly played the atari 2600 one. This should be fun! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 It will be interesting, for sure. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btbfilms76 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Looking forward to playing this later tonight. Justin 1 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...
btbfilms76 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 5300. I keep having to remind myself this isn’t berserk, and it’s OK to touch the walls LOL Justin, Gianna and RickR 3 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...
TrekMD Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) I need to play some more to see if I can get a better score. By the way, has anyone seen and tried Venture Reloaded? Edited July 6, 2021 by TrekMD Justin, MaliciousCarp and RickR 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliciousCarp Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 17 hours ago, TrekMD said: I need to play some more to see if I can get a better score. By the way, has anyone seen and tried Venture Reloaded? Wow! That addresses my biggest complaint with the Atari 2600 version - The rooms get filled in after you are finished with them. I might have to check it out at some point... I hope that you can turn the music off though! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 21 hours ago, TrekMD said: I need to play some more to see if I can get a better score. By the way, has anyone seen and tried Venture Reloaded? First I've heard of it myself , the homebrewers always do a great job !!! 3 hours ago, MaliciousCarp said: Wow! That addresses my biggest complaint with the Atari 2600 version - The rooms get filled in after you are finished with them. I might have to check it out at some point... I hope that you can turn the music off though! They usually have a way to disable the background music as they know some people like to sneek a few games in in the middle of everybody sleeping :P 22 hours ago, btbfilms76 said: 5300. I keep having to remind myself this isn’t berserk, and it’s OK to touch the walls LOL You can still pretend it's Berzerk but as you play as Evil Otto & are allowed to touch the walls ( Did anyone else think they were playing as him? -or- was it just me ) MaliciousCarp and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 If you want to try Venture Reloaded, I'm attaching the binary that was made available before the final version. Venture Reloaded.bin RickR, MaliciousCarp and Justin 1 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 My score: 9,500. RickR, Justin and Gianna 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 8, 2021 Report Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) Although Winky isn't Evil Otto, you can see the similarities between Venture and Berzerk. The Hallmonsters can be like Evil Otto, if you take too much time in a room. Plus, just like Evil Otto, the Hallmonsters are invincible. :O) Edited July 8, 2021 by DegasElite Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/6/2021 at 10:43 AM, MaliciousCarp said: wow - I love the intellivision port of Venture, but I have hardly played the atari 2600 one. This should be fun! Good luck to everybody playing! DegasElite and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 7,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 This post was recognized by Justin! "Winning a High Score Squad Challenge!" RickR was awarded the badge '1st Time Squad Champ' and 5 points. 13,100 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted July 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 Here's my first try. Played on real 7800 hardware with an original Atari cartridge. My High Score: 4,900 Gianna and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianna Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 2,100 RickR and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 My highest ever: 10,800. Although not the highest score, it's getting there. :O) RickR and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Here's another post, as I am trying to practice. 11,000. Gianna, TrekMD and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 The question is this: Can I post these progressing scores without usurping the high score? I don't want to steal the wind from anyone's sails. That's all. Thanks. :O) Gianna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, DegasElite said: The question is this: Can I post these progressing scores without usurping the high score? I don't want to steal the wind from anyone's sails. That's all. Thanks. :O) No worries. Go for it. DegasElite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 38 minutes ago, DegasElite said: The question is this: Can I post these progressing scores without usurping the high score? I don't want to steal the wind from anyone's sails. That's all. Thanks. :O) Keep'on posting! That's the idea! Funny enough, I got a much higher score playing Venture Reloaded than playing Venture. It goes to show how well programmed the Reloaded version is! Justin 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Venture Reloaded is definitely well-programmed. Unlike the original Venture program, it shows the bonus timer, the treasures collected, and all the original screens in the maps. I also noticed the maps are more compact on-screen. Maybe, this was done for better enhancements to the game. My theory. Thanks for letting me share. :O) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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