April Retro Community Playthrough - Atari 2600 Activision Challenge

[JerryGreenwood]

I agree about Stampede, Banana. There are a few strategies to use in this game. I don't think you can rely on memorizing where the black cattle appear because it'll change depending on whether or not there is a clear lane for them. Usually when I push the brown, orange, or yellow cattle forward, I try to capture them on the repel since they are very close.

[singlebanana]

Yep, great point Jerry! I too try to lasso the cattle after the forward push.

[singlebanana]

Just a reminder that tonight is the last night to post Keystone Kapers and Stampede scores. Wow, that week went by quickly!

[bsr241]

Scores for the week. 

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The planes were moving so fast, it was crazy.

[Wempster]

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I was doing really well in Keystone Kapers tonight and lost track of what time it was.  2 min past midnight isn't TOO late I hope...

[singlebanana]

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I was doing really well in Keystone Kapers tonight and lost track of what time it was.  2 min past midnight isn't TOO late I hope...

If you look at the time of your post, you made it in plenty of time. We go by the server time, which I believe is set to Central, so you had another 58 minutes. Great scores guys!

[singlebanana]

Well, well, well. Looks like we have a new leader! Congrats to bsr241 on pulling ahead in the race and to douglie who posted 18 points this week and is now sitting very close to the top. Great to see some exciting competition this month and with the Royal Rumble only a few days away, it truly is still anybody's game. Here are the current standings:

bsr241 - 55
singlebanana - 54
douglie007 - 49
bombatomba - 28
Wempster - 26
Jerry Greenwood - 13

On to Sky Jinx and Enduro!

[douglie007]

Enduro lives up to its name, so tedious I like the night drive , easy to see the middle car with its Orange tail lights and thr side cars have pink, atleast on my tv [img width=700 height=394]http://i.imgur.com/cnCLdQo.jpg[/img]

Sky jinks was fun but hard not to hit things when its 2 am it is [img width=700 height=394]http://i.imgur.com/E2sSyCa.jpg[/img]

[singlebanana]

Douglie, what's the score on Sky Jinx? I can't really make it out in the photo. Thanks.

[Wempster]

For scoring on Enduro, are we going by days completed or miles driven?

[singlebanana]

For scoring on Enduro, are we going by days completed or miles driven?

For scoring, we will be using miles driven. I am keeping track of the days as well, since that is the indicator of the badge for this game. You will have to make it to day 6, in order to earn the badge achievement, since the rule states "must survive 5 days." I interpret that this means make it to the 6th day.

[douglie007]

on the Activision hits it gave me the badge for making it to 5 days.

[singlebanana]

According to the scan of the actual manual that came with the game, you would be correct douglie. I will make this change and award the badge at 5 days.  

[singlebanana]

Just a reminder. Today is the first day of the Royal Rumble, so you can start submitting scores for all 8 games! Scores MUST be posted no later than 12:00 a.m. server time. No.....I repeat, NO.... scores even a second past this time will be accepted, so plan out your playing/posting accordingly. Thanks and good luck!

[douglie007]

its on, its on like next months playthrough