Justin Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 BarnstormingAtari 2600Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty: Game 3, Set BOTH Difficulty Switches to APlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST May 14th, 2022 Nominated by @btbfilms76 Objective Play for the quickest possible time 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 May 1st and May 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 Barnstorming on GAME 3 with BOTH Difficulty Switches set to A. These settings will provide for an advanced level of gameplay providing a suitable challenge to an adult player. Difficulty profile of these settings includes lower clearance heights of the barns, more geese, and 15 barns on a fixed, non-randomized course. 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 123rd Squad Challenge! For this challenge we're jumping into one of the greatest Activision games of all time, Barnstorming! Barnstorming was released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 and was designed by Steve Cartwright who also created Megamania which you may remember playing in High Score Squad just a few short months ago. NOTE: We are playing Game 3 on with both Difficulty Switches set to A. Special thanks to @btbfilms76 for nominating this game for High Score Squad! ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating! Barnstorming.A26 Barnstorming.pdf Gianna, RickR, greenween and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 We're awarding the Activision Flying Aces Badge as an achievement for all players who score a patch- worthy time of less than 54.0 seconds on Game 3 through May 14th! Good luck! Sabertooth and greenween 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 Classic Game Room has an excellent overview of Activision's Barnstorming for the Atari 2600. It's a great place to start if you're new to the game! Dinobot711 and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 1, 2022 Report Share Posted May 1, 2022 I was given this one for my 12th birthday. Played for many hours with my neighbor. I'll be in on this one for sure. Sabertooth, Justin 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...
greenween Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 These old hands are cramping out! LOL If I get under a minute I'll share. Sabertooth and Justin 2 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 I remember playing game 1 b/b trying to get a patch score for the "Patch Worthy Scores" thread, and it was insanely hard. Game 3/a/a is going to be quite a challenge! I will join in gladly sometime this week. Sabertooth, Justin and greenween 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted May 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Looking forward to you guys joining in! Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 3/a/a 1:00.41 E. King, Dinobot711, Sabertooth and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Played on a beautiful A/V modded 4 switch I purchased from RickR. 🙂 RickR, Sabertooth, Dinobot711 and 2 others 4 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Slowly remembering the pattern and getting better. RickR, Sabertooth and Justin 2 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 1:08.08 greenween, Sabertooth, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Good call with the Sega controller! Dinobot711, Sabertooth 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...
Dinobot711 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, greenween said: Good call with the Sega controller! My favorite way to play 2600 games! Justin, greenween and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 0:59.41 Justin, greenween, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 59.61 3/a/a E. King, Dinobot711, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 1:05.61 on a 7800 with a CX-40. Edited May 6, 2022 by Sabertooth Dinobot711, Justin, RickR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 A helpful switch reference for anyone playing this on a 7800 for @nosweargamer: https://forums.atari.io/topic/3927-identifying-atari-7800-difficulty-switches/ greenween, Justin and Dinobot711 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Sabertooth said: A helpful switch reference for anyone playing this on a 7800 for @nosweargamer: https://forums.atari.io/topic/3927-identifying-atari-7800-difficulty-switches/ When playing on my 7800 I keep a copy of Space Invaders near by. Big ship =A, small ship = B. 🙂 RickR, Sabertooth and Justin 1 1 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, greenween said: When playing on my 7800 I keep a copy of Space Invaders near by. Big ship =A, small ship = B. 🙂 I keep meaning to make labels for mine. Sabertooth and greenween 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 0:57.47 Sabertooth, RickR, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 7, 2022 Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Same system, but with a Sega controller. 🙂 56.29 Edited May 7, 2022 by greenween Justin, Sabertooth, RickR 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 May 8, 2022 Report Share Posted May 8, 2022 0:55.96. Almost there! Justin, Dinobot711, RickR 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...
nosweargamer Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) Going live soon with my attempt 55:35! Edited May 9, 2022 by nosweargamer E. King, greenween, Sabertooth and 3 others 6 The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 56.41. I don't think I can do any better, as the only thing I ran into this time was birds. greenween, nosweargamer, Dinobot711 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 These are great course times! I'm off on Friday this week. Going to try to put in some time on both this and Black Widow: Recharged then. E. King, Dinobot711 and Justin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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