Sabertooth Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Caverns of Mars: Recharged (2023) Atari VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Normal Game, Arcade Mode Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 29, 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 February 1st through February 29, 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 Caverns of Mars: Recharged in ARCADE MODE! Select your score modifiers of choice and play to achieve the highest possible score! 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 24th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're taking on SqueakyBox and Atari's take on the APX cult hit Caverns of Mars! The original Caverns of Mars was was famously programmed a teenage Greg Christensen for the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1981 for the Atari 8-Bit. It went on to become the best selling APX game program ever. Atari included the game in the Atari50 collection. More than 40 years later, Atari returned to the red planet with Caverns of Mars: Recharged! Progress through 30 unique missions set within three primary “depths” of Mars, descending deeper and deeper into enemy territory. Blast through oncoming hostile fire, bull through debris and obstructions, and dodge other obstacles all while keeping a close eye on fuel and ammo reserves! Play in ARCADE mode from level one and take the game as far as you can for the high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the second 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. RickR, Cryptocoffee13, Marco1019 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 (edited) In the Club VCS Fanzine we ranked Caverns of Mars: Recharged as the top game in the series! We hope that you enjoy revisiting the red planet in this Challenge! Check out all the rankings in Issue 01! Edited February 2 by Sabertooth Cryptocoffee13, Smell Dawg, socrates63 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 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! RickR, Cryptocoffee13 and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 I had to be first to plant my flag on Martian soil. My return to the red planet was pretty rough. 46,722 with a Modern Controller. socrates63, Smell Dawg and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Believe it or not, I don't have this game! I'll buy it sometime after next week. Please let me know if a sale or something comes up! socrates63 and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 This game ends for those who don't know, so your score is a reflection of how much you keep your multiplier going during the run and how many things you clear out. It's a cool score-chaser and fun game. Once you beat the game a few times it becomes easier and you can focus on the score-chasing. 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 I have to admit that I was skeptical about getting this one but I'm glad I picked it up. I'll be joining in shortly. Filling out applications at the moment. Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 (edited) Here’s my score so far. I think I’ve found my favorite VCS game and Recharged game. This one is addictive. 87025 using Modern controller. I may try with the Classic controller. Edited February 3 by Atari 5200 Guy socrates63, Sabertooth and Smell Dawg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 13,145 This isn't your daddy's Caverns of Mars. I just love the Recharged series. Atari 5200 Guy, Cryptocoffee13, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 19,600 Sabertooth, Atari 5200 Guy, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 26,475 Finally broke 20k! RickR and Smell Dawg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 On 2/1/2024 at 10:04 PM, Sabertooth said: Caverns of Mars: Recharged (2023) Atari VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Normal Game, Arcade Mode Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 29, 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 February 1st through February 29, 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 Caverns of Mars: Recharged in ARCADE MODE! Select your score modifiers of choice and play to achieve the highest possible score! 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 24th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're taking on SqueakyBox and Atari's take on the APX cult hit Caverns of Mars! The original Caverns of Mars was was famously programmed a teenage Greg Christensen for the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1981 for the Atari 8-Bit. It went on to become the best selling APX game program ever. Atari included the game in the Atari50 collection. More than 40 years later, Atari returned to the red planet with Caverns of Mars: Recharged! Progress through 30 unique missions set within three primary “depths” of Mars, descending deeper and deeper into enemy territory. Blast through oncoming hostile fire, bull through debris and obstructions, and dodge other obstacles all while keeping a close eye on fuel and ammo reserves! Play in ARCADE mode from level one and take the game as far as you can for the high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the second 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. I didn't do real well tonight. 36k was my high, but 14k was it so far. Been a minute since I played this one. I like it more each time I play it. socrates63, Sabertooth, RickR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 On 2/1/2024 at 10:04 PM, Sabertooth said: Caverns of Mars: Recharged (2023) Atari VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Normal Game, Arcade Mode Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 29, 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 February 1st through February 29, 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 Caverns of Mars: Recharged in ARCADE MODE! Select your score modifiers of choice and play to achieve the highest possible score! 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 24th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're taking on SqueakyBox and Atari's take on the APX cult hit Caverns of Mars! The original Caverns of Mars was was famously programmed a teenage Greg Christensen for the Atari Program Exchange (APX) in 1981 for the Atari 8-Bit. It went on to become the best selling APX game program ever. Atari included the game in the Atari50 collection. More than 40 years later, Atari returned to the red planet with Caverns of Mars: Recharged! Progress through 30 unique missions set within three primary “depths” of Mars, descending deeper and deeper into enemy territory. Blast through oncoming hostile fire, bull through debris and obstructions, and dodge other obstacles all while keeping a close eye on fuel and ammo reserves! Play in ARCADE mode from level one and take the game as far as you can for the high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the second 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. I didn't do real well tonight. 36k was my high, but 14k was it so far. Been a minute since I played this one. I like it more each time I play it. Got 21K my last go around Smell Dawg, socrates63, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Once you get decent at beating the game the scores go quite a bit up. 206,625 You then have to start maximizing your points and (try to) keep the multiplier running. Sabertooth, socrates63, RickR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 1st try today. Think I'll end there. RickR, Smell Dawg, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 28,580 a small improvement RickR, Cryptocoffee13, Sabertooth and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Slight improvement Sabertooth, socrates63 and RickR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 I'll have to give this one another shot later. Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 This was my first attempt tonight. Finished all the Missions too. RickR, socrates63 and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 Not bad socrates63 and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 That's an improvement RickR, Sabertooth and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 That's an improvement RickR, socrates63 and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 50,480 Almost doubled my previous score! Sabertooth, RickR and Cryptocoffee13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 (edited) I'm just getting the hang of this. What a unique game! 4310. I'll keep playing. Right now, I'm having trouble seeing those "bombs" that look a lot like power ups. Edited February 18 by RickR Sabertooth and Cryptocoffee13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 PS - I think I like using the classic controller a lot more for this one. With only one button needed, it seems like a no-brainer. Sabertooth and Cryptocoffee13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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