Sabertooth Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCEDAtari VCSController: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: ULTIMATE YARS (GAME 6)Play on: Real Hardware ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST July 31, 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 July 1 through July 31, 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 YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED - ULTIMATE YARS (GAME 6). Ultimate Yars features a bouncing Zorlon Cannon, plus some unusual twists that distinguish it from the other Yar games. First, you must bounce the Yar against the left side of the screen to make the Zorlon Cannon appear. Also, to make the cannon appear, you need five TRONS. TRONS are units of energy which you can collect at the following rate: Eat a cell from the shield: 1 TRON Touch the Qotile: 2 TRONS Catch a Zorlon Cannon shot after it bounces off the shield: 4 TRONS If a Yar bounces on the left side with less than five TRONS, it will not get a shot, but it won't lose the TRONS it has either. (Each time a Yar is destroyed, it loses its TRONS). Each Yar has a capacity of 255 TRONS. If a Yar tries to take on more than that, it will short out and the Yar will lose all its TRONS. The count of TRONS is not displayed on the screen. Yar scouts understand the count instinctively. 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 17th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're celebrating the start of Atari's 51st years by taking on YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED from ATARI 50! YARS' REVENGE: ENHANCED is a remake of the original Yars' Revenge for the Atari 50 collection, adding a new coat of paint to the classic Atari 2600 shooter. Players can switch to the old-style presentation and gameplay at the touch of a button. Developed by Digital Eclipse for the Atari 50 collection, the game is a loving tribute to the HSW original. For an extra challenge, we'll be playing Ultimate Yars! Be sure to select game 6 before starting the game! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the first title in our fourth 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 July 1, 2023 by Sabertooth RickR and Marco1019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted July 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 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! Marco1019, RickR and GameOn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 Gave this a couple plays over the weekend for a few minutes - admittedly have never seriously tried the Ultimate Yars mode - love the change it brings! It appears I’m not eligible to post scores for this challenge, but I’ll still be playing along within the confines of my living room for fun! Sabertooth and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, Smell Dawg said: Gave this a couple plays over the weekend for a few minutes - admittedly have never seriously tried the Ultimate Yars mode - love the change it brings! It appears I’m not eligible to post scores for this challenge, but I’ll still be playing along within the confines of my living room for fun! Keep your eyes on this forum...we usually do this one every year. Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.joe Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 Ok who's putting that first score up? Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted July 2, 2023 Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 1 hour ago, RickR said: Keep your eyes on this forum...we usually do this one every year. Well I just mean that, while I have Atari50 on another console, I don’t plan on re-purchasing it for the VCS at this point. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted July 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 30 minutes ago, Smell Dawg said: Well I just mean that, while I have Atari50 on another console, I don’t plan on re-purchasing it for the VCS at this point. Feel free to play along and post as a "shadow" player. We'll asterisk the score and it won't count toward the series 4 giveaway, but you are certainly welcome to join in! Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Here's a first volley! (disclaimer: "shadow" score) Sabertooth and socrates63 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted July 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 83,890 I feel that this version is a bit harder than the original due to being zoomed in. Love the graphics and music though! Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) Game 6 80317 Edited July 10, 2023 by RickR Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 On 7/7/2023 at 12:34 PM, Sabertooth said: I feel that this version is a bit harder than the original due to being zoomed in. Love the graphics and music though! I agree. And the starry background makes it harder to see. Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted July 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 140,881 RickR and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 94428 Smell Dawg, Sabertooth and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 103971 Smell Dawg, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 112692 Justin, Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 I haven't had time this month for this one, so just entering a low score to enter this month's competition and do my part: 52,411 Justin, RickR, Sabertooth and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 160303 Justin, Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 The quotile starts to curve at 150k! Sabertooth and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 I thought that I was safe. I guess that I still have a few hours. LOL Justin, RickR and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 The game ends quickly with the curving quotile and fast chaser! Good luck to you. Sabertooth, Justin and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) Congratulations @RickR, the winner of our Yars' Revenge Enhanced: Ultimate Yars Squad Challenge! Rick battled the Qotile for his first Recharged Squad Challenge win with a terrific last minute score of 160,303! I used the zorlon canon to blast my way to second place with a score of 140,881. @Mockduck nibbled the shield to take third with 52,411. A big shout out to @Smell Dawg, who joined in as a shadow player and kicked off the series with a score of 27,086! (Note: this score will not count toward the giveaway.) As the winner of this round @RickR will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway! Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @RickR to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Rick on a fantastic win and to everyone else who jumped in! NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is ALIEN ABDUCTION! Live now! Edited August 2, 2023 by Sabertooth RickR, Justin and Smell Dawg 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 I finally won one! WAHOO! Thank you guys for taking it easy on me on this one. This is a very worthy "update" to original Yars'. I love it. Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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