Sabertooth Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 (edited) Quantum: Recharged Atari VCS Controller: MODERN / CLASSIC / MOUSE/ PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Normal Game Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST January 31, 2024 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 January 1st through January 31, 2024. 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 Quantum: Recharged in the "Arcade Mode". Move, dodge and loop your way to 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-third Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing Quantum: Recharged! Released in Summer 2023, Quantum: Recharged is a re-imagining of the obscure Atari arcade game Quantum (1982) by GCC's Betty Ryan. It's a deep-cut for the series and unique in terms of gameplay. Accelerate to make some distance between you and a stalking Neutron and use your dodge to avoid the Quarks' deadly laser attacks. Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the first title in our fifth Club VCS contest giveaway! Prize details will be announced shortly. This time we're going a full 12 rounds with the winner announced in January 2025! 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. 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 January 1 by Sabertooth RickR, Marco1019, Justin and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 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! Smell Dawg, Justin and Marco1019 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 113,391 to kick things off. I am rusty. Smell Dawg and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Right on, great choice!! So it looks like any/all of the score modifiers are acceptable for this challenge? Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Smell Dawg said: Right on, great choice!! So it looks like any/all of the score modifiers are acceptable for this challenge? Thanks, it should be a fun one! Yeah, that's part of the strategy for these games. Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 175,986, after many, many tries last night. I couldn't figure out why my first run felt so "off"... seemed like things were going too well for being so out of practice. Turned out, I had mistakenly enabled Zen Mode 😅 Marco1019, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 I am gonna LOSE this one! My best is 123k, but the first best for the challenge here is: 61,162 RickR, Justin, Marco1019 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 4,594 gotta start somewhere 😂 \ Marco1019, Smell Dawg, Cryptocoffee13 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Thought I’d join you guys. It’s why I bought this thing in the first place. RickR, Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I’m getting the hang of it Sabertooth and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 4 minutes ago, Atari 5200 Guy said: Thought I’d join you guys. It’s why I bought this thing in the first place. Glad to see you up and running. Welcome to the Club! Atari 5200 Guy and RickR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Im having fun for a change. I needed this. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I improved my score. Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Excited to see you playing along, @Atari 5200 Guy! If you haven't yet, try out "Zen Mode" for Quantum:R - as the name implies, it's quite a bit less stressful when figuring out how things work! Atari 5200 Guy and Sabertooth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Congratulations SMELL DAWG! Congratulations @Smell Dawg! He takes the win in our Quantum: Recharged Challenge! @Smell Dawg expertly encircled the enemy for a first place finish of 175,986. I weaved and dodged my way to a second place score of 113,391. @Mockduck sent us spinning for the bronze with 61,162. @Atari 5200 Guy makes his Club VCS: Recharged Challenge debut with a fourth place showing of 20,058. @socrates63 joined in the fun with 4,594 to round out the final standings. As the winner of this round @Smell Dawg will receive 3 entries in the SERIES 5 giveaway ! Everyone else will receive one entry! I'd like to encourage @Smell Dawg to 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! Quantum: Recharged is such a unique game play experience and really shows that Atari is willing to take risks. NOTE: Series Five of the Recharged Squad Challenge continues with Caverns of Mars: Recharged! Be There! Smell Dawg, RickR and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 This was fun. I had a blast! See you guys on Mars!! Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Quantum:R is my favorite soundtrack out of all the Recharged games so far! Really matches the mood. Looking forward to repeatedly seeing the GAME OVER screen in Caverns of Mars, ha!! Sabertooth and Atari 5200 Guy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I wasn't able to put in the time but very glad nonetheless to have tried out a new game. Looking forward to the next challenge! Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 That game i never heard of before. I plan to send more time on it. But I do consider it one of Atari’s obscure games. It’s a weird game. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Ok. I’m leaving Earth now. I’ll be on Mars by tonight. 😝 Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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