Justin Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 MegamaniaAtari 2600Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: Game 1, Difficulty BPlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 14, 2022 Nominated by: @Sabertooth 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 January 1st through January 14th, 2022. 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 Megamania on Game 1, Difficulty B which provides for Guided Missiles traveling at high speed. 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 115th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing Activision's MEGAMANIA designed by Steve Cartwright and released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. Special thanks to @Sabertooth for nominating this game for High Score Squad! Megamania is a space nightmare where you are attacked by wave after wave of space objects like hamburgers, cookies, bugs and diamonds, bow ties, space dice and radial tires. It plays a little like Space Invaders, using the Joystick to move left to right and firing missiles. Your missiles move and are guided by your joystick. ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating. Can you become a MEGAMANIAC?! Megamania.a26 Megamania.pdf RickR, TrekMD, greenween and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Let's get the word out about this High Score Squad Challenge!The more people participating the more fun the challenge! Spread the word and invite friends to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 @nosweargamer has an excellent overview of Megamania for the Atari 2600. It's a great place to start if you're new to the game! greenween, RickR, Atari Creep and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RickR Posted January 2, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) 38,180. Those space hamburgers aren't going to shoot themselves. Edited January 2, 2022 by RickR Gianna, Sabertooth, Marco1019 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I've never spent a lot of time with this one. I'll have to see how far I can get score-wise. Sabertooth, RickR, Justin and 2 others 5 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I haven't played this game in over 35 years!! I love when we revisit these oldies. 🙂 First attempt. 38,030. Marco1019, Justin, chas10e and 4 others 7 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" Marco1019 was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. I loved this game as a kid. I gave it go for the Challenge using OpenEmu & the keyboard. 86,860. I'll try to improve on this but it's unlikely given that I haven't played since I was a kid LOL chas10e, Atari Creep, greenween and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" chas10e was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. 47,660 second try. My first try I cleared a couple screens & the screen glitched ... -tupid Activision carts !!! a q-tip & some rubbing alcohol to clean the contacts. Gianna, greenween, Justin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 51,520 I didn't put the SD card back in my camera , almost switched off Atari unit before I realized it :O Justin, Atari Creep, greenween and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 You all have great initial scores! I hope that Activision is ready to send out all of these patches! 😂 And now for the Classic commercial featuring The Tubes! Justin, Marco1019, RickR and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) Pathetic. Then again this title is one I never grew up with. This will be a new experience for me. 13,630 to start. Edited January 2, 2022 by Atari 5200 Guy Marco1019, Sabertooth, Atari Creep and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Keep trying. The game is hard! All participation is welcome. It's actually fun to see people improve over the two weeks. Sabertooth, Justin, greenween and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 A little improvement. RickR, Justin, Marco1019 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 I'm getting a little better. I was doing good until my phone went off. Sabertooth, Gianna, Marco1019 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" RickR was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. 73,090 Sabertooth, greenween, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 20,400. I'm still a long way from that patch. 🤣 Gianna, Marco1019, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" Atari 5200 Guy was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. Wow! I think I was hypnotized. 52,400. Fun game but hard as nails. And I've heard people say the 2600 is a primative system. Blah! It still packs a punch. Justin, RickR, Gianna and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Man. So this is the kind of game play action I missed out on having a 5200 instead? Gee...I was the odd kid on the block. greenween, RickR, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) I grew up with a 2600. My best friend was the ONLY person I ever knew with a 5200. I was always jealous after playing his version of Pac-Man! When I got serious about collecting, the 5200 was the first system I bought. I love it, one of the greatest consoles of all time. That being said, the 2600 has sooo many great games. Simple but addictive. I'm always blown away at what those programmers where able to accomplish. Edited January 3, 2022 by greenween Sabertooth, RickR and Justin 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 OK, here is my first score...10,810 Sabertooth, RickR, greenween and 3 others 6 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Slight improvement over my initial submission - 105,100 greenween, Sabertooth, Justin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csolo Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" Csolo was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. 52840. Damn those green wheels! Sabertooth, chas10e, Gianna and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 34 minutes ago, Csolo said: 52840. Damn those green wheels! My first thought were they were like sick Oreo's 🤢 Csolo, Justin and RickR 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 34,030. A slight improvement. You all are crushing this one! Gianna, Dinobot711, Justin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Brought an active new Member into the Forums!" RickR was awarded the badge 'Recruiter' and 100 points. 4 minutes ago, chas10e said: My first thought were they were like sick Oreo's 🤢 Space sick Oreos Atari 5200 Guy, Csolo, Justin and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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