Justin Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Midnight Magic Atari 2600 Controller: JOYSTICK / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: DIFFICULTY A Play on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / MAME / Emulation OK! ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST February 29, 2024 Nominated by @Atari 5200 Guy @TrekMD and @Justin 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 29th, 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 Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, FPGA or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds, save states and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level DIFFICULTY A. We will be playing Midnight Magic on DIFFICULTY A Expert Mode. 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 155th Squad Challenge! 2024 is off to a great start, and we're continuing with what's widely regarded as the best Pinball game for the Atari 2600, Midnight Magic! PDF Instructions are included below. Enjoy! Midnight Magic.pdf RickR, Smell Dawg and greenween 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Be sure to join @Sabertooth in Club VCS for this month's VCS Recharged Squad Challenge, CAVERNS OF MARS: RECHARGED on the Atari VCS! Also, be sure to join @RickR in Club Evercade for this month's special Let's All Play, IREM ARCADE 1 on the Evercade! RickR, Smell Dawg and Sabertooth 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Difficulty switches on expert or novice? Justin 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 180,540 on the Sears heavy 6. Switches on expert. Justin, RickR, Marco1019 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...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Oh I'll be joining in on this one! This game really shines on the 2600. Justin, RickR, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 (edited) 70,245. Left difficulty = A I agree with Mayor @greenween....we should be playing the expert mode (left difficulty on A). The "b" mode is too easy and the games go on a lot longer. Does anyone object? @Justin are you OK with this change? Edited February 4 by RickR greenween, Marco1019, Smell Dawg and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I have to admit that I never spent any time on this game. Video Pinball has always been my go to. I'm loving it on the expert setting! Justin, RickR and Smell Dawg 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 2 minutes ago, greenween said: I have to admit that I never spent any time on this game. Video Pinball has always been my go to. I'm loving it on the expert setting! Same. This game is awesome. I may try the asteroids controller for this. greenween, Justin and socrates63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 So mine started doing a weird thing where the ball would freeze or just disappear at the last 3 inches of the bottom of the screen and the game would start over. Switched to the 7800 and it's not an issue. RickR and Justin 1 1 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, RickR said: @Justin are you OK with this change? Yes, I’m without my computer at the moment, apologies. I will update the Squad Challenge to be Difficulty A, expert mode. Marco1019, Smell Dawg, greenween and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Here's my humble submission: 125,730. I played on Stella 6.7 for Mac OS. This is one heck of a port, and I absolutely suck at it lol. The ONLY reason I posted 125K is because I fluked my way into getting the 2x multiplier. I say that because I continue find new ways to lose a ball as soon as I hit the plunger. I just can't get the timing on the flippers or anything. So, in summation: Damn good port, but I truly stink. Justin, Sabertooth, greenween and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I played several times and didn't even hit 10K LOL. Smell Dawg, Marco1019 and RickR 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 15 minutes ago, greenween said: I played several times and didn't even hit 10K LOL. I am well into double digits w/o hitting 10K. 🍻 RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Well, it's pouring in California right now, so I decided to add to the misery & keep playing Midnight Magic*. New PB: 149,155 *I think I have reset this game about 250 times RickR, Justin, Smell Dawg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 This game was one of two I spent my first paycheck on when I was 16. I never regretted doing it. It’s a very impressive 2600 pinball game. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 132,480. RickR, greenween, Smell Dawg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I'm so out of practice with this game but I love it! I'll have to see what score I can get! 🙂 RickR, greenween and Marco1019 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 (edited) It's still raining in LA so I can't look up to see if the planets have aligned: 209,250 Edited February 6 by Marco1019 Spelling error greenween, RickR, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smell Dawg Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 I feel so good about myself when I have the bumbers/center pin enabled and still manage to sink the ball anyways 😄 071775 Marco1019, RickR, greenween and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 4 hours ago, Smell Dawg said: I feel so good about myself when I have the bumbers/center pin enabled and still manage to sink the ball anyways 😄 071775 Welcome to my world 🍻 Smell Dawg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenween Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 The only complaint of this game is that there is no nudge ability. Justin, RickR and Marco1019 3 "Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 45 minutes ago, greenween said: The only complaint of this game is that there is no nudge ability. I also feel like the flippers don't really offer any satisfying power. They are like slow wet noodles. BUT these are very minor nitpicks. I think the game is excellent. greenween, Marco1019, Atari 5200 Guy and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 21 minutes ago, RickR said: I also feel like the flippers don't really offer any satisfying power. They are like slow wet noodles. BUT these are very minor nitpicks. I think the game is excellent. This version is visually impressive and holds up when compared to the other versions (Apple II, C64). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Here's my measly first score... 13,835. I know I can do better. 🙂 Marco1019, Smell Dawg and greenween 3 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Well, I'm getting my groove back. Here's another score... 83,350 Marco1019, RickR, greenween and 1 other 4 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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