Atari 5200 Guy Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 5 hours ago, RickR said: 17599 Played this time on a real 7800 with a Tac-2 joystick. I think I prefer the PS1 pad, as holding down these old joystick buttons really hurts my hand!! That controller looks more comfortable than the original standard equipment joystick. Try a Genesis controller if you have one. RickR and socrates63 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted September 8, 2023 Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 Almost broke 30K! 29,793. Marco1019, RickR, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted September 9, 2023 Report Share Posted September 9, 2023 I did it! 32,804. I also noticed something about Centipede I never noticed before. On the title screen the skill level makes the Centipede change speed. I never noticed that before. TrekMD, Marco1019, RickR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 9, 2023 Report Share Posted September 9, 2023 18463 on VCS Atari50 Justin, socrates63, MaximumRD and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted September 10, 2023 Report Share Posted September 10, 2023 26,969. RickR, socrates63, Justin and 2 others 5 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted September 16, 2023 Report Share Posted September 16, 2023 I'm still trying. Just can't seem to get past 26k. Planning to spend a lot of time playing this weekend. RickR, TrekMD, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) Me, too -- I'm still trying. Earlier today, I reached 35k for the first time in a while. Edit: I need to remind myself to cover the power light on the 7800. I'm going to get blinded sooner or later by that bright blue light. Edited September 20, 2023 by socrates63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 I've tried but have not been able to improve my score. At least not using emulation. I have to see if I can play on real hardware with my Trak-Ball controller. 🙂 Justin, socrates63 and Smell Dawg 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 43,669. I played on OpenEmu for Mac OS using a PS4 clone controller. This was the result of a one hour grind session, my first in a few months. TrekMD, Smell Dawg, socrates63 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 42,042 Made a small improvement to my score 🙂 Justin, RickR and Marco1019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Congratulations RickR! Congratulations to @Marco1019 on another incredible victory! Squad Legend Marco takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an outstanding score of 43,669 points. Incredible! @socrates63 is back in action and hot on Marco's tail, closing out in 2nd with an absolutely stellar 42,042 points! @Atari 5200 Guy fought valiantly for 3rd Place and takes it with 32,804 points. "The Mayor" @greenween comes in with 26,969 points to take 4th, and "The Don" @RickR takes 5th Place in our Final Standings with a cool 18,463 points. Squad Challenge newcomer and VCS Legend @Mockduck scored 15,704 points to take 6th Place on the board. @Mockduck receives an asterisk* next to his name in the Final Standings as he posted his 7800 Centipede score in the Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge for Centipede: Recharged - but Mockduck posted his score on time and played in good faith, and we want to acknowledge his gamesmanship and be sure his 7800 Centipede score is included with the rest of ours. Welcome to High Score Squad @Mockduck! We also welcome back once again recent Squad Challenge newcomer @Smell Dawg who takes 7th Place with a strong showing of 15,625 points. @TrekMD beams up with 11,370 points, taking 8th Place, and VCS Guru @Sabertooth fought a fierce battle, taking 9th Place with 10,470 points. We had a great Double Feature this month with the Atari 7800 and the VCS! As always I'd like to encourage the legendary @Marco1019 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations once again to Marco for his BIG WIN, and I want to thank both @Gianna for nominating this game, as well as @Sabertooth for hosting the other end of this Double Feature in Club VCS! 👉 Be sure to join Club VCS this month to participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges for the new Atari VCS! COMING UP NEXT IN HIGH SCORE SQUAD: Our next Squad Challenge is R-TYPE for the Sega Master System. Be there! RickR, Smell Dawg, socrates63 and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Fingers crossed I can get a VCS for Christmas this year!! RickR, Justin, socrates63 and 1 other 4 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, greenween said: Fingers crossed I can get a VCS for Christmas this year!! Here's Santa looking at forums.atari.io making a note of what you want... Justin, socrates63, Smell Dawg and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 Nice scores across the board! Congrats to @Marco1019, @socrates63, and @Atari 5200 Guy for going top three. This was a fun one! Smell Dawg, greenween, Justin and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 This was fun. Wish I could have played more to improve my score! Congrats to @Marco1019! Smell Dawg, socrates63, Marco1019 and 2 others 4 1 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Justin said: Congratulations RickR! Congratulations to @Marco1019 on another incredible victory! Squad Legend Marco takes the top spot in our Final Standings with an outstanding score of 43,669 points. Incredible! @socrates63 is back in action and hot on Marco's tail, closing out in 2nd with an absolutely stellar 42,042 points! @Atari 5200 Guy fought valiantly for 3rd Place and takes it with 32,804 points. "The Mayor" @greenween comes in with 26,969 points to take 4th, and "The Don" @RickR takes 5th Place in our Final Standings with a cool 18,463 points. Squad Challenge newcomer and VCS Legend @Mockduck scored 15,704 points to take 6th Place on the board. @Mockduck receives an asterisk* next to his name in the Final Standings as he posted his 7800 Centipede score in the Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge for Centipede: Recharged - but Mockduck posted his score on time and played in good faith, and we want to acknowledge his gamesmanship and be sure his 7800 Centipede score is included with the rest of ours. Welcome to High Score Squad @Mockduck! We also welcome back once again recent Squad Challenge newcomer @Smell Dawg who takes 7th Place with a strong showing of 15,625 points. @TrekMD beams up with 11,370 points, taking 8th Place, and VCS Guru @Sabertooth fought a fierce battle, taking 9th Place with 10,470 points. We had a great Double Feature this month with the Atari 7800 and the VCS! As always I'd like to encourage the legendary @Marco1019 to post his high score on the Scoreboard, and let's make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations once again to Marco for his BIG WIN, and I want to thank both @Gianna for nominating this game, as well as @Sabertooth for hosting the other end of this Double Feature in Club VCS! 👉 Be sure to join Club VCS this month to participate in our Recharged Squad Challenges for the new Atari VCS! COMING UP NEXT IN HIGH SCORE SQUAD: Our next Squad Challenge is R-TYPE for the Sega Master System. Be there! Thank you, @Justin, for your very kind words. Thanks to @RickR& @TrekMDfor their shoutouts as well. These Squad Challenges continue to be fun and are always a welcome break from the everyday. It's nice to be able to get back to them. I didn't play R-Type much back in the day so I will skip the October challenge. I would like to jump back into Club VCS very soon. Justin, socrates63 and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Congrats @Marco1019 and to the rest of the participants of the High Score Challenge! I am happy to have been taking part in the I/O high score challenge the past few months. I've been so busy that if it hasn't been for the I/O high score challenges, I'm not sure if I would have played video games at all. It's been really fun playing games for Atari consoles. RickR, Smell Dawg, Marco1019 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 This was fun and I discovered just how tough Centipede on the 7800 could be. Since I played it a lot on the 5200 back in the day I don’t play it much on the 7800. I have it just to have it should I ever get the urge to play it. But this was a fun one. Too bad @Gianna didn’t join in. I might have to sit the other one out as much as I’d love to play it. I’ll try to join in. Justin, Smell Dawg, socrates63 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 12 hours ago, socrates63 said: I've been so busy that if it hasn't been for the I/O high score challenges, I'm not sure if I would have played video games at all This is true for me too, and that's why I'm so glad atari.io is here with these challenges. socrates63 and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 20 hours ago, RickR said: This is true for me too, and that's why I'm so glad atari.io is here with these challenges. Ditto!!! Smell Dawg and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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