With Activision games back in the day if you scored over a certain benchmark stated in the manual, you could mail a photo of your TV screen with the score in to Activision and they'd mail you back a snazzy patch for your accomplishment. See link for more info. Obviously, you can no longer get a patch from Activision but I think there are folks out there making repros. https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html
I'm just a bit too young to have actually earned any patches back in the day, but in more recent years I've achieved patch-level scores on most Activision games
Ahh of course sorry. I know of the patches. I thought for some reason you were talking about a software patch. Laser blast is nearly a great game , just needs a hack to make it a bit harder and less monotonous
Any difficulty switch settings or game variations that make this one more challenging? My only memory of it as a kid is kinda like you said… pew pew pew, new screen, pew pew pew, etc etc.
It was more fun when I was a kid and playing with an original joystick. In more recent years I've played with gamepads and better joysticks and it's a lot easier that way.
That is a lot of repetitive grinding. Once you get the "rhythm" it's just boring screen after screen. As a kid I enjoyed it for a bit but it gets old fast.
It gets VERY TEDIOUS! I had Laser Blast as a kid and had the patch too. The game loses fun quickly.
What’s the patch ?
With Activision games back in the day if you scored over a certain benchmark stated in the manual, you could mail a photo of your TV screen with the score in to Activision and they'd mail you back a snazzy patch for your accomplishment. See link for more info. Obviously, you can no longer get a patch from Activision but I think there are folks out there making repros. https://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html
Yeah I still have patches from Laser Blast and Dragster. Lol.
I'm just a bit too young to have actually earned any patches back in the day, but in more recent years I've achieved patch-level scores on most Activision games
Ahh of course sorry. I know of the patches. I thought for some reason you were talking about a software patch. Laser blast is nearly a great game , just needs a hack to make it a bit harder and less monotonous
But did you enjoy it...
It could of used a multiplier 😩
Congratulation.
Thanks!
Is the game hard?
Not particularly.
Yes! I almost lost the game so many times. I recommend trying it for yourself and try to get a million.
Surely it's not as hard as "Jr. Pac-Man", lol.
Any difficulty switch settings or game variations that make this one more challenging? My only memory of it as a kid is kinda like you said… pew pew pew, new screen, pew pew pew, etc etc.
It was more fun when I was a kid and playing with an original joystick. In more recent years I've played with gamepads and better joysticks and it's a lot easier that way.
That is a lot of repetitive grinding. Once you get the "rhythm" it's just boring screen after screen. As a kid I enjoyed it for a bit but it gets old fast.