Sabertooth Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) Neo Breakout (ATARI 50)Atari VCSController: CLASSIC/MODERN / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: DEFAULTPlay on: Real Hardware ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 28, 2023 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 February 1st through February 28, 2023. 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 Neo Breakout in the default mode: Breakout. Start with a NEW GAME 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 twelfth Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! We're continuing the celebration of Atari 50 with another reimagined title: Neo Breakout! From the game: "Created by Digital Eclipse as part of the Atari 50th anniversary celebration, this fresh take on breaking bricks includes different game modes, including a competitive tug-of-war between two players (or CPU) dubbed Battle Breakout." For this challenge we'll be playing the standard Breakout mode. Start with a new game and play for the highest score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Giveaway This game is the second title in our third Club VCS contest giveaway! Prize details will be announced shortly. 1) All challenge participants will receive one (1) entry for each challenge in which they submit a valid score! 2) The top scorer of each challenge will receive two (2) additional entries - for a total of three (3) entries in a single challenge! 3) On Twitch or Youtube? Stream or record and post your ClubVCS high score attempt for one (1) additional entry in each round. You must post a public link to the video in the Challenge. BUT ARE THERE BUTTONS? Yes! We've made another set of ClubVCS buttons to celebrate the games in this series. There will be two ways to get a button set. 1) Win a challenge. 2) Post a valid score to all challenges in the 6 game series. Only one button set will be mailed per member during the series. This contest is open to everybody, including Atari I/O Moderators, with a U.S. or Canada mailing address. It's really easy, all you have to do is participate be a Club VCS member and participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges. Edited February 1, 2023 by Sabertooth RickR and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 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! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 New to Neo Breakout? Check out this great video by @LinkYoungPS playing the game on the VCS! Justin and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.joe Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Ok I'll start Justin, stirrell, Stlrs95 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 33,974 with a Classic. I am RUSTY! Justin, RickR and Stlrs95 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlrs95 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 14,522: My first night of Neo Breakout! Hopefully I will improve. Sabertooth, stirrell and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 77,400 for a start! This is tough to grab the high score for, it'll auto progress past it, be ready with a camera. Sabertooth, RickR and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 There is a minor issue with this one in that Stage 9 has a difficult part where blocks keep spawning if you hit the spawner, and progressing means clearing the created bricks. It can take forever to get that last brick, but this stage also leads to a wide variance in points, in that you can farm that stage for thousands and thousands of points either intentionally or because that's how long it took. Sabertooth, Justin and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 RickR, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Some good competition with this one so far! RickR, Sabertooth and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.joe Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Justin, RickR and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.joe Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Justin and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 I haven't tried yet, but I have a dumb question. Is the classic-controller paddle-knob the best option? I assume that's what everyone is using. Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Just now, RickR said: I haven't tried yet, but I have a dumb question. Is the classic-controller paddle-knob the best option? I assume that's what everyone is using. This is what I recommend! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 All right livestreamed it and got 124, 398! RickR, Sabertooth, stirrell and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Holy cow, Mockduck! Now I'm going to watch your video and see if I can discover any tips from your gameplay! Great score! Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlrs95 Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 24,958: Improved a bit over the weekend. Having trouble on the stage where the paddle shrinks. Doubt i'll get close to the scores being posted but will keep trying. Justin, RickR and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.joe Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 Sabertooth, Justin and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 165,658 with a Classic. Game Over at level 28 for reference. RickR and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 Here's a video capture of the above attempt. RickR and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 25984 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 26122 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 195,972 is my current best. RickR and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 This game really benefits by using the Classic to play it the best. Sabertooth, RickR and killersquirel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 They also have an excellent instruction manual integrated in the game. They mention something called a "whammy" mode for extra points at the risk of a faster ball, but I'm not sure if we are able to use that with the Classic controller (it uses one of the shoulder buttons on the Modern). Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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