Sabertooth Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 (edited) Cash Cow DX ATARI VCS Controller: MODERN CONTROLLER / CLASSIC CONTROLLER / PLAYER'S CHOICE Difficulty Level: Easy Play on: Real Hardware ✔ Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST May 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 May 1 through May 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 This is a VCS exclusive challenge. Play on a VCS! 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 Cash Cow DX for the Atari VCS! To make this challenge as accessible as possible, we're playing on EASY. Start from the start and get as much "mooney" as you can before game over! 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 It's all about the mooney! Welcome to our 27th Club VCS Recharged Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge, we're playing a recently released game called Cash Cow DX! Cash Cow DX is from one of our favorite VCS devs, pixel games SARL-S, maker of Donut Dodo, Sir Lovelot and Sigi - A Fart for Melusina. Like Donut Dodo before it, Cash Cow DX is a love letter to 80s arcade quarter munchers that many of us grew up with! From the dev: Holy cow, it's all about the moooney! Embark on an udderly jolly adventure to rescue Cash Cow's riches from the grasp of those sneaky Pig Pockets and reclaim what's rightfully hers! Get ready for a blast from the past with an 80s inspired arcade experience released 40 years late... Features: 5 multi-screen levels, bonus stages and secrets player speed selection: normal or turbo arcade, speedrun and marathon modes delightful chiptunes by Vincent Verger aka Tuï illustration and official merch by Pete Ellison B/W and color TV compatible (unplug antenna first) cross-platform, worldwide leaderboards Play on EASY and collect as much MOONEY as possible for a high score! Club VCS Recharged Squad Contest This game is the fifth title in our fifth Club VCS contest giveaway! This time we're going a full 12 rounds with the winner announced in January 2025! Prize details are linked here. 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 May 2 by Sabertooth Cryptocoffee13 and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 2 Author Report Share Posted May 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! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 2 Author Report Share Posted May 2 New to Cash Cow DX? Check out this great review from @Mockduck to find out why this is probably the best $6 you can spend on the VCS! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 2 Author Report Share Posted May 2 Got a hankerin' for more high score action? Be sure to check out this month's Circus Atari (Atari 2600) challenge hosted by @Justin on the main forum! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 Oh man y'all going down this month, I've gotten real good at this game. 🙂 A few tips: Go for the bonus stages each level, big points and an extra 250,000 if you succeed at them all. The pick accesses the bonus stage, after it is done the pick will reappear for a short time before disappearing for good. Grab it a second time and get all the enemies you can. Clearing a stage of enemies spawns a watermelon that is worth 100,000. Grab as few points as you can unless you are getting at least a 2X bonus. There are hidden diamonds generally along several drops each stage. I know most but not all of them. Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Ok, let's start with a new personal record of 2,247,975: Marco1019, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 3 Author Report Share Posted May 3 33 minutes ago, Mockduck said: Ok, let's start with a new personal record of 2,247,975: Dang! Well, it will be fun to chase this score for the next 30 days. 🙃 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 23 hours ago, Sabertooth said: Got a hankerin' for more high score action? Be sure to check out this month's Circus Atari (Atari 2600) challenge hosted by @Justin on the main forum! Not good but it's a start. Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 3 Author Report Share Posted May 3 108,900 to start. It's been a minute... Justin and Cryptocoffee13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 3 Author Report Share Posted May 3 222,200 A little better. Time to go to work. Justin and Cryptocoffee13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 300,500 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 4 Author Report Share Posted May 4 945,075... didn't clear it, but got to "Payback Time" on 1-5. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 PSA: CashCow DX developer pixel games SARL-S has generously offered up a limited edition JP Import Donut Dodo soundtrack for the winner of this challenge! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 Marco1019, Justin and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Pro Gamer Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 As soon as I get my circus interstellar stuff done I'm coming back here to WIN! Sabertooth and Justin 2 Watch 7800 Pro Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAtariNetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, 7800 Pro Gamer said: As soon as I get my circus interstellar stuff done I'm coming back here to WIN! That's the spirit! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptocoffee13 Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Justin and Sabertooth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Final day! I've not been able to top my best score earlier in this thread. I really love this game. Sabertooth, RickR and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 I'm sorry I missed this one. I hemmed and hawed and finally decided I didn't really enjoy how hard Donut Dodo was, so not sure about this game. Good luck to everyone that gave this a go! Sabertooth and Justin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted June 1 Author Report Share Posted June 1 (edited) Congratulations MOCKDUCK! Congratulations @Mockduck! He takes the win in our Cash Cow DX Recharged Squad Challenge! @Mockduck got all the MOONEY early on with a devastatingly high-score of 2,247,975! I slid, bounced and bounded to a second place finish of 945,075. @Cryptocoffee13 kept the party going all month long with a final high-score of 448,450! As the winner of this round @Mockduck will receive three (3) entries. @Mockduck receives a bonus entry for sharing his attempt on YouTube! That's four (4) entries total! Everyone else will receive one entry! Finally, @Mockduck will receive a JP Import of the Donut Dodo soundtrack courtesy of developer pixel games! A very special thank you to pixel games for his generosity! I'd like to encourage @Mockduck to post this high score on the Scoreboard so we can make sure this Challenge continues on! Cash Cow DX is a love letter to classic arcade action. Like any quarter muncher, it is tough. But if you get past the initial learning curve, there is a tremendous amount of fun to be had. If you're at all curious about the game, I highly recommend it! NOTE: Series Five of the Recharged Squad Challenge continues with a terrifying trip to the CIRCUS! Be There! Edited June 1 by Sabertooth Justin and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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