Justin Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 Venture Reloaded Atari 2600 Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: DEFAULT Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST August 31, 2023 Nominated by @TrekMD 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 31st, 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 Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, officially released compilation, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds, updated and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level Standard Play, Default Difficulty. Note: If you are using Stella to play this game, you will want to enable Phosphor to eliminate flicker. This is found in the display tab of the game properties. You can also configure Stella to use a SaveKey to auto-save your highscore. In the controller settings, change the P1 controller to SaveKey. 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 dishonest 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 148th Squad Challenge! This month we're playing Venture Reloaded, a hack of the Atari 2600 version of Venture by Omegamatrix on AtariAge! Special thanks to @TrekMD for nominating this game! ROM is attached below. Good luck! Venture Reloaded (RC3).bin Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 This is a MONTH LONG Squad Challenge! You have through August 31st to post your High Score! Take the extra time to enjoy the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 I purchased this from AtariAge about a month ago. Fingers crossed it will arrive soon. 🙂 RickR, Smell Dawg and Justin 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted August 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 1 minute ago, greenween said: I purchased this from AtariAge about a month ago. Fingers crossed it will arrive soon. 🙂 I hope! greenween 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) Al was overwhelmed with orders with that Last Chance sale. Hopefully, your order was done early enough to get it soon. The binary is available, however, so you can play it via emulation until then. 😉 And here is my first score... Edited August 3, 2023 by TrekMD Justin, greenween, RickR and 2 others 4 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) 128400 I'm playing on a real 2600jr with a PlusCart, and this game is available on PlusCart. It's an awesome version of the game! I've never tried it before. But it has some really great updates to make it much closer to the arcade original. I like the sounds and music a lot! Edited August 3, 2023 by RickR Smell Dawg, greenween, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 3, 2023 Report Share Posted August 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, RickR said: It's an awesome version of the game! I've never tried it before. But it has some really great updates to make it much closer to the arcade original. I like the sounds and music a lot! That's why I recommended it! It's as close to the arcade as you get on the 2600! Much better than what Coleco released. RickR, Justin and socrates63 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 From what I'm reading online it'll take a miracle for me to get this in the next month. I haven't had Stella in at least 10 years.. Gonna see if this old fella can figure it out. LOL TrekMD, Justin 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...
TrekMD Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 This post was recognized by Justin! "Great support in helping our community in High Score Squad!" TrekMD was awarded the badge 'Great Support' and 10 points. It's easy to use. You can download it here: Stella Justin, RickR and greenween 1 2 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 This post was recognized by Justin! "Great support in helping our community in High Score Squad!" Atari 5200 Guy was awarded the badge 'Great Support' and 10 points. 10 hours ago, greenween said: From what I'm reading online it'll take a miracle for me to get this in the next month. I haven't had Stella in at least 10 years.. Gonna see if this old fella can figure it out. LOL You probably already know this but I put all my 2600 ROMs in a subfolder in the location Stella. Atari Mania has a single file with every known 2600 game in it. I will go and get the link for you should you need it. greenween, TrekMD and Justin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Installed and working! Thank you! Justin, RickR and TrekMD 3 "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 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 10 hours ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: You probably already know this but I put all my 2600 ROMs in a subfolder in the location Stella. Atari Mania has a single file with every known 2600 game in it. I will go and get the link for you should you need it. That would be awesome!! Justin 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Here's the link to the Atarimania ROM Collection: Atari 2600 VCS ROM Collection greenween 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 BAM!!! Fully loaded! Thank you! TrekMD 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...
TrekMD Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 OK, here is my new score...154,400 Smell Dawg, Justin and RickR 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 You fellas are good at this! Playing on Stella with a 2600-daptor. greenween, RickR, TrekMD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Alright alright, getting into the flow! greenween, Justin, RickR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 8, 2023 Report Share Posted August 8, 2023 Awesome score, @Smell Dawg! Smell Dawg, socrates63 and Justin 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 14, 2023 Report Share Posted August 14, 2023 156,200 Woohoo! A new to me game -- I heard about Venture but had never played it. The protagonist looks just like me -- a big noggin 😆 greenween, Justin and Smell Dawg 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 14, 2023 Report Share Posted August 14, 2023 I downloaded the manual for the original Venture and attached it here. I assume the scoring mechanism between the original release and the Reloaded version are the same -- namely that you get points for killing monsters in a chamber only if you grab the treasure first. You get points for killing the monsters only when you have obtained the treasure. Killing the monsters before getting the treasure nets you no points. At least that's my reading of the manual. Venture-Atari2600.pdf RickR, greenween, Justin and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted August 14, 2023 Report Share Posted August 14, 2023 8 hours ago, socrates63 said: I downloaded the manual for the original Venture and attached it here. I assume the scoring mechanism between the original release and the Reloaded version are the same -- namely that you get points for killing monsters in a chamber only if you grab the treasure first. You get points for killing the monsters only when you have obtained the treasure. Killing the monsters before getting the treasure nets you no points. At least that's my reading of the manual. Aha, thanks for sharing this... thought I was going crazy... "did it not give me any points for those kills just now??" 😀 Justin, socrates63 and greenween 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 162,200 I thought I was going to break 200k because I was cruising past 150k but nope. TrekMD, Smell Dawg, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 Great score! I haven't been able to play again. I need to see if I can improve on my score! Justin, Smell Dawg and socrates63 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 235,100 Happy Friday! Finally broke 200k 🕹️ greenween, Justin, TrekMD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 Don't hurt your back! 🙂 I need to get back to trying this one, as I only got one game in. Pathetic on my part. socrates63, Smell Dawg and Justin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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