Season 20, Week 6 - Atlantis (Atari 2600)

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Season 20, Week 6 - Atlantis (Atari 2600)
Topic Started: Sep 26 2010, 11:01 AM (544 Views)
merman	Sep 26 2010, 11:01 AM Post #1
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	~~Necronom~~ Paranoid Marvin gives us another Atari 2600 title - Atlantis Wikipedia page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_%28video_game%29 Quote: Atlantis is a variation on the shooting game genre popular in the early 1980s. The player controls the last defenses of the City of Atlantis against the Gorgon invaders. The city has seven bases, which are vulnerable to attack. Three of these have firepower capabilities to destroy the Gorgon ships before they manage to drop bombs on one of the settlements. The gun bases have fixed cannons; the center base fires straight up, while the far left and far right bases fire diagonally upwards across the screen. The enemy ships pass back and forth from left to right four times before they enter bombing range, giving an ample opportunity to blow them away. Lost bases can be regained by destroying enough Gorgon ships. However, regardless of the player's efforts to avert the tragedy, Atlantis is doomed. The only way the game can end is when all bases are destroyed. However, then a tiny ship rises from the rubble and speeds away, foreshadowing the events of the sequel Cosmic Ark. You can download the game from here : http://www.atariage.com/2600/roms/Atlantis.zip Scores to be in by 1200 on Sunday October 3rd: Final scores : 1) 70600 - Clarance = 100.00 points 2) 67400 - A.J Green = 94.96 points 3) 58300 - necronom = 85.73 points 4) 58200 - Captainfantastic = 82.88 points 5) 55600 - Paranoid marvin = 78.27 points 6) 53400 - Deadpan666 = 73.93 points 7) 52300 - Rassilon = 70.37 points 8) 43200 - HOW = 61.15 points 9) 43000 - Zaphod79 = 58.23 points 10) 39700 - Invisible = 53.12 points 11) 38200 - Merman = 49.28 points 12) 35800 - Adyshearer = 44.80 points 13) 35600 - Dam = 41.88 points 14) 32300 - Supermario = 36.76 points 15) 29200 - Mire Mare = 31.79 points 16) 26200 - Mooncresta77 = 26.89 points 17) 25500 - Leezer = 23.62 points 18) 23700 - Pokemonsam = 19.56 points



necronom	Sep 26 2010, 11:42 AM Post #2
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,751 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	merman Sep 26 2010, 11:01 AM Necronom gives us another Atari 2600 title - Atlantis No he doesn't, but paranoid marvin does I don't know this one, but from a pic I've just seen, it looks good.



zaphod79	Sep 26 2010, 12:20 PM Post #3
Like 69, but bigger Posts: 2,329 Group: Admin Member #11 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S5.5, S6 (2)	24100



paranoid marvin	Sep 26 2010, 01:07 PM Post #4
Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #91 Joined: April 18, 2007	My game,yay! Hope you guys enjoy this. Outside of the big 2 of Atari and Activision, Imagic were the creators of some of the best games for the 2600, and along with Cosmic Ark this is probably their most well-known game. It's an interesting variation of Missile Command , and although I'm not the greatest player , here are a few tips. Use the outer cannons as much as possible , especially on the earlier levels ; this not only gets you used to judging firing angles , but also scores double points - great way to double your tally whilst things are relatively easy. The samll ships are buggers to hit , but usefully act as smart bombs. If you're REALLY brave , wait until they are on their bombing run llevel and blast them with your centre cannon , as this will usually take at least 1 other ship at the same time



paranoid marvin	Sep 26 2010, 01:15 PM Post #5
Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #91 Joined: April 18, 2007	41700



necronom	Sep 26 2010, 02:39 PM Post #6
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,751 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	36,600 It's not what I was expecting. I thought it was a Scramble clone from the pics.



supermario	Sep 26 2010, 03:24 PM Post #7
Posts: 947 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: November 20, 2006	Every time I try to run the bin file from Stella it just crashes out - any ideas?



necronom	Sep 26 2010, 03:46 PM Post #8
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,751 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	supermario Sep 26 2010, 03:24 PM Every time I try to run the bin file from Stella it just crashes out - any ideas? Just load Stella, then choose the zip file from the file requester to run it. No need to uncompress it or anything.



Invisible	Sep 26 2010, 05:06 PM Post #9
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	This better be the best game in the entire world ever!



Invisible	Sep 26 2010, 05:10 PM Post #10
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	28,000 It isnt Attached to this post: Atlantis__1982___Imagic_.png (1.8 KB)



supermario	Sep 26 2010, 06:18 PM Post #11
Posts: 947 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: November 20, 2006	necronom Sep 26 2010, 03:46 PM supermario Sep 26 2010, 03:24 PM Every time I try to run the bin file from Stella it just crashes out - any ideas? Just load Stella, then choose the zip file from the file requester to run it. No need to uncompress it or anything. Afraid it still does the same - on Win 7, and have tried running it in Windows 95 mode.



necronom	Sep 26 2010, 06:58 PM Post #12
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,751 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	supermario Sep 26 2010, 06:18 PM necronom Sep 26 2010, 03:46 PM supermario Sep 26 2010, 03:24 PM Every time I try to run the bin file from Stella it just crashes out - any ideas? Just load Stella, then choose the zip file from the file requester to run it. No need to uncompress it or anything. Afraid it still does the same - on Win 7, and have tried running it in Windows 95 mode. Did you get it from the link in the first post? You probably did, so maybe get either a different version of Stella (I use 3.1.1), or try another VCS emulator.



Rassilon	Sep 26 2010, 08:09 PM Post #13
Posts: 205 Group: Members Member #235 Joined: January 13, 2010	36300



clarance	Sep 26 2010, 08:30 PM Post #14
Posts: 457 Group: Members Member #217 Joined: May 2, 2009	- 65,600 - Sort of don't like this much.



deadpan666	Sep 26 2010, 10:30 PM Post #15
Posts: 408 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: January 22, 2010	44,800 A perfectly decent little game!



merman	Sep 27 2010, 11:09 AM Post #16
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	29200 Attached to this post: Atlantis__1982___Imagic______1.png (1.78 KB)



Rassilon	Sep 27 2010, 06:34 PM Post #17
Posts: 205 Group: Members Member #235 Joined: January 13, 2010	47800



supermario	Sep 28 2010, 04:52 PM Post #18
Posts: 947 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: November 20, 2006	necronom Sep 26 2010, 06:58 PM supermario Sep 26 2010, 06:18 PM necronom Sep 26 2010, 03:46 PM supermario Sep 26 2010, 03:24 PM Every time I try to run the bin file from Stella it just crashes out - any ideas? Just load Stella, then choose the zip file from the file requester to run it. No need to uncompress it or anything. Afraid it still does the same - on Win 7, and have tried running it in Windows 95 mode. Did you get it from the link in the first post? You probably did, so maybe get either a different version of Stella (I use 3.1.1), or try another VCS emulator. Loads up with Stella 3.2.2 so should be OK - Cheers.



captainfantastic	Sep 29 2010, 10:13 AM Post #19
Posts: 319 Group: Members Member #209 Joined: January 29, 2009	It's not bad. Some tictacs to be had. 58200 Attached to this post: 58200.jpg (15.96 KB)



a.j.green	Sep 29 2010, 11:29 AM Post #20
Its not easy... Posts: 1,483 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: April 28, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S20 (1)	67400 I think the best tactic is to shoot from the gun that the ships are flying towards, so if the ships are flying from left to right, fire diagonally from the right hand turret. You seem to have more chance of hitting that way.



merman	Sep 29 2010, 02:49 PM Post #21
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Improvement to... 38200 Attached to this post: Atlantis__1982___Imagic______3.png (1.8 KB)



supermario	Sep 29 2010, 09:23 PM Post #22
Posts: 947 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: November 20, 2006	After a couple of shots 32,300



AdyShearer	Sep 30 2010, 05:38 PM Post #23
Posts: 84 Group: Members Member #262 Joined: September 17, 2010	My best score, so far, will be trying in the weekend i think. 35800 [Edited by Merman to include the score] Edited by merman, Sep 30 2010, 11:13 PM.



merman	Sep 30 2010, 11:12 PM Post #24
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Good score Ady, but it would be helpful if you put the score in your message (as I have edited it to show)



zaphod79	Oct 1 2010, 09:16 AM Post #25
Like 69, but bigger Posts: 2,329 Group: Admin Member #11 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S5.5, S6 (2)	Scores updated



HOW	Oct 1 2010, 09:32 AM Post #26
Posts: 567 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: June 7, 2008	Had a play - Didn't realise that there was any gun other than the centre one to start with....DOH! 30500 Will return to it over the weekend. Edited by HOW, Oct 1 2010, 09:36 AM.



deadpan666	Oct 1 2010, 11:14 AM Post #27
Posts: 408 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: January 22, 2010	52,500



Rassilon	Oct 1 2010, 05:18 PM Post #28
Posts: 205 Group: Members Member #235 Joined: January 13, 2010	52300



Ambroid77	Oct 1 2010, 06:25 PM Post #29
Posts: 229 Group: Members Member #142 Joined: March 13, 2008	26200 Amazing what we used to think of as a good game. I showed this to my 16 year old son and he couldn't believe how little there was to do in it........................... and he thought it was 'crap and pointless'



Dam	Oct 1 2010, 07:19 PM Post #30
Posts: 233 Group: Members Member #253 Joined: April 26, 2010	mooncresta77 Oct 1 2010, 06:25 PM Amazing what we used to think of as a good game. I showed this to my 16 year old son and he couldn't believe how little there was to do in it........................... and he thought it was 'crap and pointless' Well I think I agree with him. This game does suck balls. 35,600 Attached to this post: Atlantis35k.jpg (12.78 KB)



Invisible	Oct 2 2010, 12:00 AM Post #31
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	Dam Oct 1 2010, 07:19 PM mooncresta77 Oct 1 2010, 06:25 PM Amazing what we used to think of as a good game. I showed this to my 16 year old son and he couldn't believe how little there was to do in it........................... and he thought it was 'crap and pointless' Well I think I agree with him. This game does suck balls. 35,600 Thirded Its cack. mind you have had me mind on other things this week.



Invisible	Oct 2 2010, 12:09 AM Post #32
Posts: 871 Group: Members Member #134 Joined: January 2, 2008 RetroLeague Titles S16 (1)	39,700 Attached to this post: Atlantis__1982___Imagic__2.png (1.78 KB)



necronom	Oct 2 2010, 10:05 AM Post #33
Para(lytic)Droid Posts: 1,751 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S17, S19, S21, AA11, WW12 (5)	58,300 Edited by necronom, Oct 2 2010, 10:15 AM.



zaphod79	Oct 2 2010, 04:12 PM Post #34
Like 69, but bigger Posts: 2,329 Group: Admin Member #11 Joined: April 26, 2006 RetroLeague Titles S5.5, S6 (2)	43000



paranoid marvin	Oct 2 2010, 07:58 PM Post #35
Posts: 731 Group: Members Member #91 Joined: April 18, 2007	Shame that a few people not that keen on my selection , I knw it's not the greatest game, but still think it's fun for a quick 10/15 minute blast , with games usually lasting no more than 5 minutes. Bit of a difference from last week when the average playing time for Mercs was a good 20 minutes or so! Back in the day I thought this game had fab graphics , and was incredibly atmospheric - maybe I'm still wearning those rose-tinted specs! 55600



clarance	Oct 2 2010, 10:30 PM Post #36
Posts: 457 Group: Members Member #217 Joined: May 2, 2009	- 70,600 - Its not a bad little game at all, it's just that there isn't much variety in the gameplay, it's frustratingly hard and not very satisfying to play. It is very pretty for the 2600 though, and not the worst game this season.



Leezer	Oct 2 2010, 11:01 PM Post #37
Leecher more like Posts: 230 Group: Members Member #12 Joined: April 26, 2006	25500



HOW	Oct 3 2010, 08:29 AM Post #38
Posts: 567 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: June 7, 2008	Hi there, Last score for the week I think. 43200 Enjoyed the game, even though it was somewhat simplistic.....Not always a bad thing where I'm concerned Been a fantastic season so far - So it would be at the bottom of my list so far....But in other seasons it could've been mid-table Andy Attached to this post: 43200_Atlantis__1982___Imagic_.png (851 Bytes) Edited by HOW, Oct 3 2010, 08:31 AM.



pokemonsam	Oct 3 2010, 09:16 AM Post #39
Posts: 33 Group: Members Member #241 Joined: February 1, 2010	23700 First game. This game is difficult, I keep getting the buttons mixed up



deadpan666	Oct 3 2010, 10:07 AM Post #40
Posts: 408 Group: Members Member #240 Joined: January 22, 2010	53,400 A very slight improvement.....



merman	Oct 3 2010, 11:01 AM Post #41
Retro Survival Ed Posts: 2,503 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: April 26, 2006	Time's up!

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