Justin Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 Nukey Shay's Pac-Man 8KAtari 2600Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: DefaultPlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST April 14, 2022 Nominated by @TrekMD and @RickR 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 April 1st and April 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 Pac-Man 8K on it's Default game settings. 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 121st Squad Challenge! For this challenge we're celebrating the life of Nukey Shay along with Atari National Pac-Man Day which takes place every year on April 3rd. Pac-Man 8K is a beautiful hack of Atari's original Pac-Man for the 2600, but with many improvements to demonstrate what could have been done at the time had Atari taken a different path. Do you think if Atari had released Nukey Shay's 8K version of Pac-Man in 1981 that it would've changed history and things might have been different? ROM is provided below. GOOD LUCK! Pacman8k.bin RickR and Gianna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 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! RickR and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted April 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 @GRay Defender has an excellent overview of Nukey Shay's Pac-Man 8K for the Atari 2600. It's a great introduction to Pac-Man 8K if you've never heard about his hack before! Marco1019, GRay Defender, RickR and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRay Defender Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 45,340 I hope I did this right.. Just double clicked the game, and started playing in Stella... Gianna, Sabertooth, Marco1019 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 17290 . It's a great game. Gianna, Marco1019, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 Oh, cool! I am in! RickR, Justin and Sabertooth 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 (edited) 23,640 on a 7800 via Harmony with a Coleco Gemini Dual Command controller. Edited April 3, 2022 by Sabertooth Gianna, RickR, Marco1019 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 24,940 on the same setup. RickR, Justin, Gianna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 27140. And a pic of my 2600Jr and my favorite stick. Gianna, Sabertooth, Marco1019 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 26,130 via Twitter. Gianna, RickR, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 Here is my first score... Sabertooth, Justin, Gianna and 2 others 5 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 This video from Into The Vertical Blank gives a great sense of the hype machine leading up to Atari Day 1982 through old ads and newspaper clippings. Fun stuff! Justin, Marco1019, RickR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csolo Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 First go Sabertooth, Marco1019, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 OK, now that I've warmed up. Here is my next score... Sabertooth, RickR, Justin and 2 others 5 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 I gave this one a go as I had never played it previously. 47660. It's quite a rework of the original 2600 version, but I doubt I'll play it further. Justin, RickR, Gianna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 6 hours ago, Marco1019 said: It's quite a rework of the original 2600 version, but I doubt I'll play it further. That it is. It's still Atari's Pac-Man but with enough elements of the arcade original to make it a respectable port. I have said this more than once: had Atari released something like this back then, people would have been more accepting of it. Marco1019, Sabertooth and RickR 2 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 40 minutes ago, TrekMD said: That it is. It's still Atari's Pac-Man but with enough elements of the arcade original to make it a respectable port. I have said this more than once: had Atari released something like this back then, people would have been more accepting of it. There's even intermission scenes! It's more than enough for the average person to look back at the orignal 2600 version and ask, "Did they even try?" Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 Very true. The intermissions being included speaks volumes about this version. 🙂 Sabertooth 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 34,670. RickR, TrekMD, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) On 4/5/2022 at 4:37 PM, TrekMD said: Very true. The intermissions being included speaks volumes about this version. 🙂 The screen rolls on the intermission on my UAV modded 7800. It's fine in emulation. I'll have to drag out a 2600 to see if I have the issue there. Honestly, all Atari needed to do was choose the right color scheme and it would have been that much better. The idea that they messed up their exclusive home version of the hottest video game property out there speaks volumes about their leadership at the time. Edited April 7, 2022 by Sabertooth RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 The intermissions go nuts on my 2600jr too. I think that's a known issue with his version. The screen colors make such a big difference. Plus the ghosts seem a lot more aggressive on this version. And don't forget the changing fruits. And Pac Man chomping in all four directions.... TrekMD and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 I just had a cart made of this game. I'll have to test it to see but I do believe the screen roll is an issue when used on real hardware during the intermissions. Sabertooth and Justin 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csolo Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 New pb:43200 I'm getting calibrated Marco1019, TrekMD, Gianna and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 10, 2022 Report Share Posted April 10, 2022 39,060. This time playing on a Retron 77 with a good old CX-40. Justin, RickR, Marco1019 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csolo Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Sabertooth said: 39,060. This time playing on a Retron 77 with a good old CX-40. What's your opinion of the retron 77? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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