RickR Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 23250 socrates63, Marco1019 and greenween 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 6:47 PM, Marco1019 said: One MAJOR tip that I learned from a TG post What is TG? Can you share that post, I am interested to learn any secrets! greenween 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, RickR said: What is TG? Can you share that post, I am interested to learn any secrets! Oh, sorry. TG = Twin Galaxies. One of the max-out runs uploaded to their site was by CWK, who noted the trick involving the elevator. You can also view ZilchSr's run here, in which he maxed out the game in under 80 minutes: You can run right at the low bouncing ball & jump over it in one shot. You have two choices with the high bouncing ball: Either stop running for a half beat & then resume while jumping over the ball, or duck and wait until it bounces over you. When there are two high bouncing balls, you can run straight under the first one and then repeat the choices I listed above. You really have to be careful with the speedy biplanes. You can only take a few steps before you have to duck, so you're basically inching across the screen. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 17,500 First run (playing on the Atari Flashback Portable). Those double balls 🤬 I've also attached a photo of my copy that was signed by Garry a few years ago. I think it was the last PRGE before the covid shutdown. Marco1019, TrekMD and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 19 hours ago, Marco1019 said: Oh, sorry. TG = Twin Galaxies. One of the max-out runs uploaded to their site was by CWK, who noted the trick involving the elevator. You can also view ZilchSr's run here, in which he maxed out the game in under 80 minutes: You can run right at the low bouncing ball & jump over it in one shot. You have two choices with the high bouncing ball: Either stop running for a half beat & then resume while jumping over the ball, or duck and wait until it bounces over you. When there are two high bouncing balls, you can run straight under the first one and then repeat the choices I listed above. You really have to be careful with the speedy biplanes. You can only take a few steps before you have to duck, so you're basically inching across the screen. How interesting and thank you for sharing. I guess I would summarize it as "maximize the amount of time left when you catch the crook by using the elevator to get to the second floor". I will try more and see if I can at least get to the patch score. Marco1019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, RickR said: How interesting and thank you for sharing. I guess I would summarize it as "maximize the amount of time left when you catch the crook by using the elevator to get to the second floor". I will try more and see if I can at least get to the patch score. Yes, because the crook will run back and magically appear on the 2nd floor (despite the escalator only going up). You can catch the crook on the 3rd floor heading right if you time it well. Otherwise, you're stuck and will likely run out of time. greenween and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted August 24, 2022 Report Share Posted August 24, 2022 22 hours ago, socrates63 said: 17,500 First run (playing on the Atari Flashback Portable). Those double balls 🤬 I've also attached a photo of my copy that was signed by Garry a few years ago. I think it was the last PRGE before the covid shutdown. The low-bouncing double balls are annoying. The high-bouncing double balls are much easier as you can run right under the first one. RickR and socrates63 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 I've tried to do better. Just can't get the timing of the elevator right to get a higher score. I'm off work the last 2 days of this one. Gonna keep trying. 🙂 RickR 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 August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 19,300! Marco1019 and RickR 2 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 I could taste it LOL 34,600 TrekMD, Marco1019 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...
RickR Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 Dang! So close. greenween 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, RickR said: Dang! So close. I was in the zone and then the wife came in the room and it was all over. Haha Edited August 31, 2022 by greenween RickR 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 August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, greenween said: I was in the zone and then the wife came in the room and it was all over. Haha That happens to me all the time! Or the phone starts beeping and buzzing. MOTHER<BLEEP>!!!!! greenween 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 Dang ut! I can't get close to my last score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Congratulations Marco1019! Congratulations to @Marco1019 for becoming our first Activision Keystone Kapers Squad Champion! @Marco1019 ran away with this Squad Challenge! Marco takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an insane score of 293,600 points. Way to go Marco! @greenween comes in 2nd Place in our Final Standings with a very impressive score of 34,600 points. @RickR made a strong showing, taking the 3rd spot in our Final Standings with his score of 23,250 points. We're pleased to have @socrates63 join us again in High Score Squad, taking 4th Place with his outstanding score of 17,500 points. The incredible @Atari 5200 Guy takes 5th Place on the podium, with a score of 16,700 points. The Doctor is in the house, @TrekMD 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 to Marco, and a big congratulations to our wonderful little community for being such a great group to spend time with, I hope everybody had fun playing in our first Atari 5200 Squad Challenge! NOTE: Our next High Score Squad is for the NES. Be there! Sabertooth, Marco1019, socrates63 and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Congratulations @Marco1019 ! Well done! Marco1019 and TrekMD 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Congrats @Marco1019! Remarkable score! Sabertooth and Marco1019 1 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Great job @Marco1019 and @greenween and everyone else who participated. This was a fun one! I'm going to keep trying for that patch score, but it's tough! Marco1019, greenween and Sabertooth 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 Thank you all for your very kind words. There was a few parts to this game which came back to me when I started playing it again. I haven't had much free time lately (I took this afternoon off to get a jump on the holiday weekend), but maybe I'll get back to it and aim for the max-out. It'll take a long while so finding free time is the real challenge. TrekMD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 25,800. I just cannot get past those lousy "2-ball" without losing 5 seconds. Marco1019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 34 minutes ago, RickR said: 25,800. I just cannot get past those lousy "2-ball" without losing 5 seconds. The two high bouncing balls are easier to avoid, ironically. The low bouncing ones are a real pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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