Sabertooth Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) DARE DEVIL Atari VCS (2020)/ATARI 2600/ATARI 7800 Controller: MODERN / CLASSIC / MOUSE/ PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: HARD Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST October 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 October 1st through October 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 For the first time ever, we're allowing cross platform play. Have Dare Devil for the 2600? Join in the fun! 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 DARE DEVIL on the HARD setting. Use your controller to control Dare Devil Dave. Up will slow your decent a little, down will increase your decent speed, useful for zooming in and out of tight spaces. Left and right will slide Dare Devil Dave left and right so that he can maneuver between obstacles, and score as high as 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 twentieth Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're continuing our celebration of homebrew on the Atari VCS by playing DARE DEVIL by Muddy Vision (aka Lewis Hill)! Originally released for the 2600, the objective of Dare Devil is to glide down safely to the ground while avoiding the many obstacles you'll encounter along the way. Parachuting: Use your joystick controller to control Dare Devil Dave. Up will slow your decent a little, down will increase your decent speed, useful for zooming in and out of tight spaces. Left and right will slide Dare Devil Dave left and right so that he can manoeuvre between obstacles. Obstacles: There are many different obstacles that you will need to avoid as you glide to the ground. Hitting an obstacle means you will plummet to your doom. Clouds are harmless and you can pass through them without worry. Geese will not hurt you but they will push you off course. Balloons: There are different bonus balloons that you can pick up as you descend. Red Balloons will award 300 bonus points, Purple Balloons will award 600 bonus points, Green Balloons will award 150 bonus points + 4x score multiplier for 18 seconds (parachute flashes red), and Gold Balloons award invulnerability for 15 seconds (your parachute flashes white). Wind: Starting at level 2, you will have to contend with variable wind, which will push and pull you across the sky. Landing: It is important to ensure that you slow down by holding the joystick up in order to land safely. Failure to do this will result in a large crater and the loss of a life! Land in the circle for maximum points. Scoring: You score points as you descend through each screen, the further you go the more points you will collect. Landing as close to the centre of the landing zone awards extra points. Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the fourth 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 October 1, 2023 by Sabertooth Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 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 and socrates63 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 New to Dare Devil? Take a look at the review from @Mockduck! socrates63, Marco1019 and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 For the first time ever, we're allowing cross-platform play. Have Dare Devil for the 2600? Join in the fun on your 2600 compatible console of choice! Justin, socrates63, RickR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted October 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 4,315 on a modern VCS using a Classic Joystick Controller. Man, HARD mode is HARD! Smell Dawg, Marco1019, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmindtrick Posted October 1, 2023 Report Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Sabertooth said: 4,315 on a modern VCS using a Classic Joystick Controller. Man, HARD mode is HARD! Smell Dawg, Sabertooth, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 Pretty good first run! Sabertooth, Smell Dawg, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 Ok then again: 13, 370 Marco1019, Sabertooth, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted October 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 6,910 with the Classic. Incremental improvement. Also, I accessed the Stella settings with my keyboard and adjusted for scanline filters. The settings save for the specific game, but not for all games. It's still fun to adjust to your preference. Smell Dawg, Justin, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 6,015 Fun game and very easy to pick up! The game ended with me trying to land on the target in level 3. I bought DD and Tyre Trax at PRGE when they were initially released IIRC. I hadn't played them until now on the VCS. Sabertooth, Smell Dawg, Marco1019 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted October 11, 2023 Report Share Posted October 11, 2023 I really enjoy this game. I'll try to return with a better score! Justin, Sabertooth, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted October 12, 2023 Report Share Posted October 12, 2023 Maybe it was beginner's luck, but after hitting 6k during my first few times playing DD, I haven't been able to pass the first level! Can't get the landing speed right. Smell Dawg, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkies TV Posted October 20, 2023 Report Share Posted October 20, 2023 Marco1019, Sabertooth, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 After nearly two hours of coffee and virtual skydiving! Sabertooth, Marco1019 and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 On 10/1/2023 at 11:35 AM, Sabertooth said: 4,315 on a modern VCS using a Classic Joystick Controller. Man, HARD mode is HARD! You weren’t kidding - Several tries just to get over 500 points! I second, though - the classic controller is the way to go on this one! Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Been trying, but not been able to beat that 13K score I did 🙂 Smell Dawg, Sabertooth and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted November 1, 2023 Report Share Posted November 1, 2023 On 10/31/2023 at 9:07 AM, Mockduck said: Been trying, but not been able to beat that 13K score I did 🙂 Was it those freakin' trees?? Giant pains 😅 Sabertooth and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted November 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2023 Congratulations Smell Dawg! Congratulations @Smell Dawg, the winner of our Dare Devil Squad Challenge! Smell Dawg dodged those freakin' trees for a first place landing with 18,285! @Mockduck navigated his way through clouds and geese for a second place score of 13,370. @jbmindtrick makes his squad challenge debut with a strong thrid place finish of 11,740. @Yorkies TV, @Sabertooth and @socrates63 rounded out the board with solid showings of 7210, 6910 and 6,015. As the winner of this round @Smell Dawg will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway ! Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @Smell Dawgto post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Smell Dawg on a fantastic win and to everyone else who jumped in! NOTE: Our next Recharged Squad Challenge is TEMPEST 2000! socrates63, Smell Dawg and Justin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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