RickR Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, HDN said: I’m trying my best! 12,520. The poster of Paul McCartney heartily approves of you destroying rolling stones. Edited August 20, 2021 by RickR DegasElite, Justin, Sabertooth and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 6890. First game. I'm trying this on the VCS Vault with the classic joystick. I may have to bust out real hardware and my Starplex if things don't improve. 🤣 RickR, HDN, DegasElite and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 4 hours ago, RickR said: The poster of Paul McCartney heartily approves of you destroying rolling stones. That’s funny. I was listening to my Beast of Burden single while playing Atari yesterday, and I didn’t even think of the obvious joke. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 Let's get the word out about this Squad Challenge!Ultimate Asteroids will be a fun one! HDN, RickR and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 11,340 via the VCS Vault with the modern controller. I set up the controller to use the left trigger for hyperspace and right trigger for acceleration. It actually works pretty well. Justin and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 13080. I played on OpenEmu & used a 2600 controller. I tried with the Mac keyboard and didn't score much lower, though old habits are hard to break decades later*. *I slapped my desk where the Hyperspace button would be located on the cabinet lol. I'd buy one of those special controllers featured in this thread if I played often enough. This challenge will get another plug on Tuesday's show. Justin, Sabertooth, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Justin said: Let's get the word out about this Squad Challenge!Ultimate Asteroids will be a fun one! @Justin: Done and done! 🙌🕹️☄️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CS0QXcMFnS1/?utm_medium=copy_link RickR, socrates63, Justin and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 37070 TrekMD, Sabertooth and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 5 hours ago, Justin said: Let's get the word out about this Squad Challenge!Ultimate Asteroids will be a fun one! I advertised this challenge on Discord! Let’s see if we can crack 100 posts! 17 minutes ago, RickR said: 37070 @socrates63 watch out! socrates63, Sabertooth, RickR and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 11,630 I've missed doing these! @Sabertooth's Instagram post brought me here Sabertooth, Justin, HDN and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Justin said: Let's get the word out about this Squad Challenge!Ultimate Asteroids will be a fun one! Oh, yeah, I also tweeted this earlier in the week 😉 https://twitter.com/retrowithmarco/status/1427335412402442246?s=20 Edited August 21, 2021 by Marco1019 Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDN Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 16,490. Little by little. I think I’ll catch up to you guys eventually. I have a complicated relationship with this game. I talked about it a lot in one of my blog posts. It’s a game I liked as a kid, but eventually I got too good at it and it became boring to me. This variation is really quite challenging for me and I love that. It’s breathing new life into Asteroids and I’m learning to love this game again. Thanks guys. Justin, Dinobot711 and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Sabertooth said: 11,340 via the VCS Vault with the modern controller. I set up the controller to use the left trigger for hyperspace and right trigger for acceleration. It actually works pretty well. Cool setup @Sabertooth! Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Marco1019 said: This challenge will get another plug on Tuesday's show. 3 hours ago, Sabertooth said: @Justin: Done and done! 🙌🕹️☄️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CS0QXcMFnS1/?utm_medium=copy_link 2 hours ago, HDN said: I advertised this challenge on Discord! Let’s see if we can crack 100 posts! @socrates63 watch out! 2 hours ago, Dinobot711 said: 11,630 I've missed doing these! @Sabertooth's Instagram post brought me here 2 hours ago, Marco1019 said: Oh, yeah, I also tweeted this earlier in the week 😉 https://twitter.com/retrowithmarco/status/1427335412402442246?s=20 WOW THANK YOU GUYS!! HDN, Sabertooth, socrates63 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 More improvement... Dinobot711, Marco1019, RickR and 2 others 5 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 22,630 RickR, Justin, Sabertooth and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianna Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 4420. Tricky! Hoping to improve 😬 socrates63, Justin, HDN and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 New PB: 23260 Dinobot711, Sabertooth, RickR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Dinobot711 said: 22,630 Always love seeing your game room 👍 ❤️ HDN, Justin, RickR and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Great scores everyone! I'm still working on breaking 30,000. These settings are hard as nails! Good luck to everybody playing! My Current High Score: 24,960 Dinobot711, Sabertooth, RickR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRay Defender Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 I'm rusty... socrates63, Dinobot711, Sabertooth and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 57 minutes ago, GRay Defender said: I'm rusty... Hi rusty, I'm Dad. Dinobot711, GRay Defender, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 8980 Retron 77, Hyperkin ranger controller. Sabertooth, Dinobot711, RickR and 2 others 5 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post socrates63 Posted August 23, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 39,490 -- so close to breaking 40k and that #$@#% saucer shoots me down. TrekMD, Marco1019, GRay Defender and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) 44,850 YASS finally broke the 40k barrier. I have to admit that I didn't care much for Asteroids in the past. I think it was my disappointment as a kid seeing solid colorful asteroids instead of mimicking of arcade vector graphics (homebrew Space Rocks is awesome in this regard) and having to use a joystick which never felt natural with this game. But 40 years later, I'm having a blast playing it. Just as I re-discovered 2600 Pac-Man and absolutely loved it after hating it for nearly 40 years, I'm really glad that I finally discovered the joy of these games. Add, too, Galaxian--another game I hated on but became a fan of recently through playing the 2600 version. About the controller, the Starplex doesn't feel quite right but way better than any other controller I have for playing Asteroids. One of these days, I'll have to commission an all-button 2600/7800 controller than fits me. I traded my all-button Retrogameboyz controller with Rick because I got hand cramps from using it. The button spread on the Starplex is a bit wider than the Retrogameboyz one and my hands are not cramping, but it's still not totally comfortable. Edited August 24, 2021 by socrates63 Justin, Dinobot711, TrekMD and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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