Justin Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I'm not sure how you guys are getting these incredible scores! My New High Score: 35,240 RickR, Dinobot711, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) It's not easy but I try to remember how each wave of enemies moves. If you can do that then you'll master the game. Good luck, @Justin! I hope you get the badge. One thing I have noticed about the game is some enemies, no matter where they leave the screen at, will pop back up at a random spot to re-enter the screen. Just because and enemy goes off screen on the bottom left corner doesn't mean it will pop back up on the top left corner or top right corner if it is moving diagonally. And I said diagonally, not Diagon Alley. Edited January 7, 2022 by Atari 5200 Guy Sabertooth, RickR and Justin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 51 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: It's not easy but I try to remember how each wave of enemies moves. If you can do that then you'll master the game. Good luck, @Justin! I hope you get the badge. One thing I have noticed about the game is some enemies, no matter where they leave the screen at, will pop back up at a random spot to re-enter the screen. Just because and enemy goes off screen on the bottom left corner doesn't mean it will pop back up on the top left corner or top right corner if it is moving diagonally. And I said diagonally, not Diagon Alley. Thanks @Atari 5200 Guy‼️ It would be pretty lame of me to blame the emulator and I'm not going to do that. I'll say though it would've been my preference to play with a real Activision cartridge on real hardware, holding a real CX40 Atari joystick in my hands, which is how I normally play. It's the difference between playing an away game and having home court advantage. Atari 5200 Guy and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I assume you have multiple copies that are not wanting to work? Have you tried using alcohol and q-tips? If you did, and that doesn't work try an Emery board on the cart edge a little bit. You can also use an Emery board to clean the cart port on the machine. Just use it gently. See if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: I assume you have multiple copies that are not wanting to work? I think you have me mistaken for an Activision Millionaire Sabertooth, chas10e and Atari 5200 Guy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Lol. I'd blame that emulator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Dang it! I came close to breaking 100,000. Marco1019, Dinobot711, RickR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" Dinobot711 was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. 84,720 I always forget how fun this one is! Glad it was this month's pick greenween, Justin, Sabertooth and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 This post was recognized by Gianna! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" Justin was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. THIS GAME IS TOUGH AS NAILS At least I earned the patch My New High Score: 53,330 Dinobot711, chas10e, greenween and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 32 minutes ago, Justin said: THIS GAME IS TOUGH AS NAILS At least I earned the patch My New High Score: 53,330 Some good work there ! Justin and Sabertooth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 20 hours ago, Justin said: Thanks @Atari 5200 Guy‼️ It would be pretty lame of me to blame the emulator and I'm not going to do that. I'll say though it would've been my preference to play with a real Activision cartridge on real hardware, holding a real CX40 Atari joystick in my hands, which is how I normally play. It's the difference between playing an away game and having home court advantage. I get the joystick part; I've tried to play using a keyboard but I'm accustomed to a joystick for this paritcular game. As for Home vs. Away, I guess i'm a Road Warrior at the moment lol. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I can't say too much. I've discovered that this game is easier to play with a Genesis controller over the standard 2600 joystick. That's what I've been using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 (edited) Starting to get better. 48,320. Edited January 8, 2022 by greenween Sabertooth, RickR, Atari 5200 Guy and 2 others 5 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Anyone else notice the sounds of getting hit and recharging are the same as the ones used in Cosmic Ark? I'm sure there are plenty of other instances of this. LOL. I do love Cosmic Ark though. RickR, Atari 5200 Guy 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...
Marco1019 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: I get the joystick part; I've tried to play using a keyboard but I'm accustomed to a joystick for this paritcular game. As for Home vs. Away, I guess i'm a Road Warrior at the moment lol. Disclaimer: I normally do use controllers, but I just moved and only have keyboard access at the moment. Justin, Atari 5200 Guy and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 200,180. The last two lives lost were the result of highway robbery by the game itself. That's the nicest way I can describe it without getting an admin warning lol. Wow. chas10e, RickR, Csolo and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I've been playing on emulation and it is tough as nails. I can't better my score. Sabertooth 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I'm trying to break a goal of 100,000 points before this ends. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianna Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Here is my (non impressive) score so far of 7,550. I have been playing this game for days now and still haven't been able to break 8,000! 😣 Everything goes well until the second phase, and then I start losing lives. I just can't seem to get it down, but I will keep working on improving! Justin, Marco1019, greenween and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Gianna said: Here is my (non impressive) score so far of 7,550. I have been playing this game for days now and still haven't been able to break 8,000! 😣 Everything goes well until the second phase, and then I start losing lives. I just can't seem to get it down, but I will keep working on improving! Yeah I like the horizontal moving waves MUCH more than the vertical moving waves. the first vertical moving wave seems a bit more challenging over the next few like they are anticipating your shots to dodge them. If you don't put a break in a column it would be really tough to complete the screen, so at least try to get the bottom 3 Your ships missiles DON'T have an affect on the energy drain so I'd encourage constant firing 😉 If those guys would have not worried about that and fired at the escape pod in Star Wars IV with the droids aboard their side would have won. Sabertooth, greenween, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Gianna said: Here is my (non impressive) score so far of 7,550. I have been playing this game for days now and still haven't been able to break 8,000! 😣 Everything goes well until the second phase, and then I start losing lives. I just can't seem to get it down, but I will keep working on improving! Once you break 10,000 your score will quickly slide up to 15,000-17,000 and then if you can break 20,000 you'll be on your way to 30,000. It's surprising. Stick with it RickR, Gianna, greenween and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, Justin said: Once you break 10,000 your score will quickly slide up to 15,000-17,000 and then if you can break 20,000 you'll be on your way to 30,000. It's surprising. Stick with it This is true -- the further you get, the scores seem to ramp up. I mean to say higher bonuses and such as you get further along. Gianna, greenween, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Well, I had some improvement... Justin, RickR, Sabertooth and 3 others 6 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 This post was recognized by Justin! "Achieved the Activision Megamaniacs Patch by scoring 45,000+ Points in our Megamania Squad Challenge!" greenween was awarded the badge 'Activision Patch - MEGAMANIACS' and 10 points. 66,650. TrekMD, Marco1019, Justin and 1 other 4 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 This is such a perfect example of why I love the 2600. Simple but addictive. The increasing difficulty keeps me coming back for more. Justin, Atari 5200 Guy and RickR 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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