Sabertooth Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) Tempest 4000Atari VCSController: MODERN / CLASSIC / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: ARCADE MODEPlay on: Real Hardware ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST August 31, 2022 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 August 1st through August 31, 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 This is a Club VCS Exclusive Challenge. All Club VCS players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real Atari VCS hardware. 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 Tempest 4000 in the "PURE" mode. Start at Level 1 and play as long as you can for the highest score possible! 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 sixth Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're taking our first detour from the mainline Recharged series to play Tempest 4000! A sequel to Atari's arcade classic Tempest, Tempest 4000 is the most recent entry in a long line of Tempest-inspired tunnel shooters from the mind of Jeff Minter. This is a lineage that includes Tempest 2000, Tempest 3000, Space Giraffe, and TxK. Originally release on XBOX One, PS4 and PC in 2018, Tempest 4000 comes to the VCS with psychedelic visuals, a choice of Tempest 2000 or original soundtrack, and classic joystick support. So feed your head to the web and take a journey into the Mind's Eye. Edited October 1, 2022 by Sabertooth Clint Thompson and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 Let's get the word out about this Recharged Squad Challenge! The more people participating the more fun the challenge! Spread the word and invite friends to play! RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) Haven't tried Tempest 4000 on the VCS? Check out this great review from @Mockduck. Edited August 1, 2022 by Sabertooth RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 All right first submission is 495,450. Will probably do better lets hope but a decent enough start. Video of the run is the first run here: Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) Then again after a break I sat down and crushed it, started recording a bit after beating the high score, up later, but here's the photo: 980,040 Edited August 1, 2022 by Mockduck Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Sorry to get spammy but I just keep beating it. 🙂 1,308,940 Sabertooth and Marco1019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlrs95 Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 Wow, I don't have this game yet. Still on the fence about getting it. Watching your video, with all of the effects it's hard for me to tell what's going on. Had the same issue with Breakout Recharged as well. Anyways, is over a million a typical score for this game? RickR and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Stlrs95 said: Wow, I don't have this game yet. Still on the fence about getting it. Watching your video, with all of the effects it's hard for me to tell what's going on. Had the same issue with Breakout Recharged as well. Anyways, is over a million a typical score for this game? I decided to skip this one as I don't think I'd enjoy that frenetic pace and flashing. Good luck to those playing this round! Sabertooth and Stlrs95 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 @Stlrs95 I imagine scores between 500 and 600K are typical once you get the hang of it. With practice, 1 million+ should be attainable. The psychedelic graphics really do overwhelm at times. I think that Minter designed this to take you on a trip. It's visually stunning but will not appeal to everyone. I'd definitely recommend it if you enjoyed Llamasoft's other titles. Or if they do another 50% off sale and you're still curious. Clint Thompson, Stlrs95 and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 I'll have to give this a go but I'm not so sure I can out do the Mockduck's crazy score! Sabertooth and Stlrs95 2 7800 - 130XE - XEGS - Lynx - Jaguar - ISO: Atari Falcon030 | STBook |STe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 633,050 with a Modern Controller whilst on my exercise bike. It's a start. 🤣 Stlrs95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 This game is a visual mind warp that's for sure, things get even crazier as you progress in terms of visuals. I think the "trick" to getting a high score is to pay attention to how you earn points and 2x points; during Beauty and when using the Superzapper make sure to destroy as many things as possible, you get 2x points for each thing destroyed. Get all the powerups as Treasure and some others award points, and you need the help with AI bot and bullet power. Do your best on the between level tunnels, there's a lot of points there. I am unsure on whether the warp stages are worth it, 50,000 is a lot but you might be better off failing it and just going through the levels. I think you zoom ahead a few levels when you succeed, although I could be wrong, and if so you may get more points by just running the levels to that point. Sabertooth and Clint Thompson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 3, 2022 Report Share Posted August 3, 2022 Oh, and remember that when you are jumped in the air you get NO POINTS for destroying things. Keep it to a minimum. Yorkies TV and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 651,550. This time it was with a Classic. I just need to double my score to catch @Mockduck! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Marco1019 and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Welcome to the Club @tripled! Amazing score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripled Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Sabertooth said: Welcome to the Club @tripled! Amazing score! I'm experimenting with both controllers. I get better scores with the modern controller. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 745,940. Modern controller. Far behind the leaders. I accidentally clicked through the game over screen but had my capture on. Will link later. Marco1019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) For those playing, which soundtrack do you listen to? 1) Tempest 2000 2) Tempest 2000 Remastered 3) TxK I've been listening to the TxK music. Edited August 7, 2022 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 1,533,894 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 Looks like I've got some work ahead of me. Giving this game more of a chance for this challenge, I'm starting to really dig it Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 And to answer your soundtrack question, Sabertooth, I didn't know you could change it until I read your post last night. Now, I just bounce between the different soundtracks each time I start a game. Don't have a favorite yet, but enjoy each of them Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 In case folks are curious, there will be buttons in this series. The structure will be a little different. There will be two ways to get a button set. 1) Win a challenge. 2) Post a valid score to all challenges in the 5 game series. You can only get one set per member. Here are some test buttons I did this evening. May still change them up. Yorkies TV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted August 25, 2022 Report Share Posted August 25, 2022 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 The rules for the Series Two Recharged Squad Challenge Giveaway are posted here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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