Marco1019 Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 I'm back lol. Serious question: I have Atari Vault for Steam which includes the arcade version of Crystal Castles. Is this version permitted for the Squad Challenge? Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: I'm back lol. Serious question: I have Atari Vault for Steam which includes the arcade version of Crystal Castles. Is this version permitted for the Squad Challenge? YES. Join in. Don't be a Bentley Square. Marco1019 and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 29,835 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 153,192 :) Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 158,046 Sabertooth, Gianna and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 181,989 I played on Steam for Mac OS via keyboard. I have the M1 Mac & the USB dongle is not recognized by Steam, so I played via arrow keys & trackpad. I guess I'll have to get a bluetooth controller - how's the Atari VCS controller, @Sabertooth? Justin, Gianna, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: 181,989 I played on Steam for Mac OS via keyboard. I have the M1 Mac & the USB dongle is not recognized by Steam, so I played via arrow keys & trackpad. I guess I'll have to get a bluetooth controller - how's the Atari VCS controller, @Sabertooth? First, that's a great score with a keyboard! Just WOW! Second, I'm using the VCS Modern Controller for this challenge. The analog stick works very well to control Bentley. The controller itself works very well. It's a bit light but otherwise is good quality. You can switch to "X BOX Mode" for use on a PC or Xbox console, so some additional functionality there. Justin, Marco1019 and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 28 minutes ago, Sabertooth said: First, that's a great score with a keyboard! Just WOW! Second, I'm using the VCS Modern Controller for this challenge. The analog stick works very well to control Bentley. The controller itself works very well. It's a bit light but otherwise is good quality. You can switch to "X BOX Mode" for use on a PC or Xbox console, so some additional functionality there. Does Bentley have any giddy-up (like he would with the trackball), or is he at a more pedestrian pace? (I will say that Atari VCS analog controller looks rather sleek.) Sabertooth and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Marco1019 said: Does Bentley have any giddy-up (like he would with the trackball), or is he at a more pedestrian pace? (I will say that Atari VCS analog controller looks rather sleek.) He's pretty speedy on the VCS Vault with the analog controller. Marco1019 and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted May 27, 2022 Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 Playing on the PS4 with Atari Flashback Vol. 2 161,516 Gianna, Justin, Sabertooth 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...
Sabertooth Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 167,462 on the Atari VCS Vault with a Modern Controller. @Marco1019I took a stab at it in Antstream and I totally understand what you were describing. Bentley has no pep in his step at all in their version. Gianna and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 3:14 PM, greenween said: Playing on the PS4 with Atari Flashback Vol. 2 161,516 I just caught the initials here GW! 🤣🤣🤣 Justin and greenween 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Sabertooth said: 167,462 on the Atari VCS Vault with a Modern Controller. @Marco1019I took a stab at it in Antstream and I totally understand what you were describing. Bentley has no pep in his step at all in their version. I'd love to know what controllers are used by other Antstream users to get Bentley moving. Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted June 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 Congratulations Marco1019! Congratulations to the legendary @Marco1019 on become our new Crystal Castles Arcade Squad Champion! This was a nice victory for Marco, and absolutely stellar scores all around! Crystal Castles is one of my favorite Atari titles, and one I enjoy most in the arcades. I had always hoped to see the Atari 7800 version released, but it's hard to beat the original arcade version, especially on the new VCS playing Atari Vault. I hope you all enjoyed revisiting Crystal Castles it in this challenge. @Marco1019 takes the top spot in our Final Standings with a high score of 181,989 points. Way to go Marco! Coming in 2nd Place is the relentless and adventurous @Sabertooth, nabbing 2nd with his incredible score of 167,462 points. "The Mayor" @greenween had a tremendous showing, and was right on Sabertooth's toes just a few thousand points behind, posting his final score of 161,516 points to claim 3rd Place in our Final Standings. "The Don" @RickR fought hard and posted a highly respectable score of 158,046 to take 4th, and YouTube sensation @nosweargamer rounds things out with 61,823 points taking the 5th Place title. As always I'd like to encourage @Marco1019 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations again to the incredible @Marco1019 and a huge congratulations to all who joined us for a great Crystal Castles Squad Challenge. I hope everybody had fun! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad Challenge is the 2022 Pole Position II Grand Prix on Atari 7800. Be there! RickR, Sabertooth, greenween and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) Thanks, @Justin , for your very kind words as I'm far from legendary. I believe we all would have scored much higher if we had a way to get Bentley into high gear lol. There are two versions of Crystal Castles for the C64, one each by Atari and Thundervision. I find the Thundervision version to be the slightly better version but mileage may vary. Congratulations to all of the gamers who keep the Atari.io Squad Challenge thriving! See you on the race track! 🏁 Edited June 2, 2022 by Marco1019 Spelling error, plus edited 2nd paragraph to reflect C64 versions of game greenween, Sabertooth and Justin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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