Sabertooth Posted December 2, 2023 Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 MISSILE COMMAND 3D Atari VCS (2020)/ATARI JAGUAR Controller: MODERN / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: VIRTUAL/NORMAL Play on: Real Hardware/Emulation ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST DECEMBER 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 December 1st through December 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 this special 30th Anniversary Round, we're allowing cross platform play. Have Missile Command 3D for the Jaguar? Join in the fun! Choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, save states, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing MISSILE COMMAND 3D in VIRTUAL mode (Normal). Select Normal difficulty and play 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 twenty-second Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're continuing our celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Atari Jaguar by playing one of the platform's unsung heroes: MISSILE COMMAND 3D A late release in the life of the Jaguar, Missile Command 3D is notable as the only game developed for the Jaguar's ill-fated Jaguar VR headset. It is also right behind T2K as one of the best updated classic Atari games to hit the Jaguar. A true Jaguar exclusive, the game is hard to find and has become prohibitively expensive in the last several years. With the release of Atari 50 Missile Command 3D is the more accessible than ever! We invite everyone to join in the month-long celebration, whether on Atari 50, original hardware or the excellent BigPEmu by Rich Whitehouse! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the sixth title in our fourth Club VCS contest giveaway! Prize details were announced in the ClubVCS fanzine! 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. Justin, socrates63 and Smell Dawg 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) Let's get the word out about this Special 30th Anniversary Recharged Squad Challenge! The more people participating the more fun the challenge! Spread the word and invite friends to play! Edited December 2, 2023 by Sabertooth RickR, Justin, socrates63 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 For this special Jaguar 30th Anniversary Challenge we are allowing cross-platform play! Play on your VCS, on a real Jaguar or BigPEmu! Justin, Smell Dawg, RickR and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted December 2, 2023 Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 17,830 First run -- didn't read instructions, don't know what I was doing 😂 But it was fun. It took this dense 🧠 a while to understand that the game is found in the Atari50 collection. Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 83,060 via Atari50 with a Modern Controller. I got passed the dragon with just one turret left. Died immediately thereafter. I remember beating this game circa 1996. Looking forward to getting there again this month. Smell Dawg, RickR and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) While you're playing MC3D, don't forget to check out the annual holiday F-Zero Squad Challenge! Going on all month long! Edited December 2, 2023 by Sabertooth Smell Dawg, socrates63 and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted December 2, 2023 Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 I'm taking part in this one, whether it's via BigPEmu or VCS. Good luck to all of the participants! I do have a question re: Atari 50. I've yet to purchase it for the VCS. I spotted Atari's tweet with an announcement for Tuesday morning at 9am ET. Should I wait until then to purchase Atari 50 or should I just purchase it straightaway? socrates63, Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Marco1019 said: I'm taking part in this one, whether it's via BigPEmu or VCS. Good luck to all of the participants! I do have a question re: Atari 50. I've yet to purchase it for the VCS. I spotted Atari's tweet with an announcement for Tuesday morning at 9am ET. Should I wait until then to purchase Atari 50 or should I just purchase it straightaway? It will be cool to have you participate! No need to wait on Atari50 - it will be updated for everyone. socrates63, Marco1019, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 23460. This is tough! I better read the manual. Smell Dawg, Sabertooth and Marco1019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted December 14, 2023 Report Share Posted December 14, 2023 Missile Command 3D Virtual/Normal Played via Atari50 on Xbox 32,140 This game looks a lot easier than it really is, ha - it's tough!! Would have loved to play this in its intended VR environment. Sabertooth, RickR and Marco1019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.joe Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 Wow ! It's been a long time since I played this gem Sabertooth, Marco1019 and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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D.joe Posted December 15, 2023 Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 Coming for you sabertooth!!! Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 3 minutes ago, D.joe said: Coming for you sabertooth!!! I'd expect nothing less! 🤣 Smell Dawg and D.joe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 All right, I had never played this game before, and I have to say it's not really working for me. I am not entirely sure how to play it, but it feels like I am playing it wrong. At least I finally figured out that I could switch missile silos! Not really sure why some enemies seemed to be bullet sponges while others weren't, and never really figured out how the bomb worked, it seemed to just explode in front of my face without damaging anything. So, I'll take the participation ribbon this holiday season with 12,090: RickR, Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 I feel that - I can see that there are different status bars with unknown function which puzzles me! Granted, I only played a couple times so far, so I'll go look more up on it before trying again. The real sad part: Within Atari50, the button mapping controls in the "how to play" menu were all labeled for classic Missile Command, and not the virtual! Not super helpful 😅 Sabertooth and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 11 hours ago, Mockduck said: never really figured out how the bomb worked Me either until I read the manual....you shoot the missile with one button push and have to push it again to detonate it! But even given that information, it's hard to know at what depth to detonate it accurately. Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted December 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 I'm an OG Jaguar gamer, so I never really considered the learning curve for those new to the game. It's worth getting the hang of. Trust me! Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 Congratulations SABERTOOTH! Congratulations @Sabertooth, the winner of our MISSILE COMMAND 3D Squad Challenge! Sabertooth blasted his way to the top of our leaderboard with 83,060! @D.joe defended his cities to take second with 72,600. @Smell Dawg rounded out the podium with a third place finish of 32,140. @RickR, @socrates63 and @Mockduck also joined in on the polygon blasting 3D action! As the winner of this round @Sabertooth will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway ! Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @Sabertooth to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Sabertooth on a fantastic win and to everyone else who jumped in! Missile Command 3D is an often overlooked take on the arcade classic and a great way to celebrate the Jaguar's 30th on real hardware, emulation or Atari50! Could you imagine playing Virtual Missile Command with a working Jaguar VR headset? NOTE: Series Five of the Recharged Squad Challenge kicks off with Quantum: Recharged! Be There! socrates63, Smell Dawg and RickR 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, Sabertooth said: Congratulations SABERTOOTH! Congratulations @Sabertooth, the winner of our MISSILE COMMAND 3D Squad Challenge! Sabertooth blasted his way to the top of our leaderboard with 83,060! @D.joe defended his cities to take second with 72,600. @Smell Dawg rounded out the podium with a third place finish of 32,140. @RickR, @socrates63 and @Mockduck also joined in on the polygon blasting 3D action! As the winner of this round @Sabertooth will receive 3 entries in the upcoming giveaway ! Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @Sabertooth to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Congratulations to Sabertooth on a fantastic win and to everyone else who jumped in! Missile Command 3D is an often overlooked take on the arcade classic and a great way to celebrate the Jaguar's 30th on real hardware, emulation or Atari50! Could you imagine playing Virtual Missile Command with a working Jaguar VR headset? NOTE: Series Five of the Recharged Squad Challenge kicks off with Quantum: Recharged! Be There! Congrats to @Sabertooth, and everyone who participated! This is a fun game, with some great options and interesting updates. As for me: "Not last place!" is something to celebrate!!! Sabertooth, Smell Dawg and socrates63 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Thanks @Sabertooth for hosting and managing not only this, but another entire year of successful and entertaining VCS Squad Challenges!! RickR and Sabertooth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 On 1/1/2024 at 8:16 AM, RickR said: As for me: "Not last place!" is something to celebrate!!! Just seeing my name on the leaderboard is something to celebrate 😂 Sabertooth, Justin and RickR 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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