Posted: April 1, 2005 -
Stargate
Let's go back in time to June 30, 1984 and the first Stargate Champion.... Scott Heyano
As of March 24, 2005 we have a new Stargate Champion!
Bill Jones beats June 30, 1984 Classic Era
High Score of Scott Heyano
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**1984 Stargate
Masters
Tournament Champion
Scott Heyano
Has been defeafed after 20 years of being the Champ.
Bill Jones beats Masters Player Scott Heyano from the 1980's Classic Era with a (New High Score) of 197,500 points.
The last high score of 194,200 was made way back on June 30, 1984 at the Annual Masters Tournament in Seattle, Washington USA which was printed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1985.
Scott Heyano Defeated World Record of 194,200
by 3,300 points with a new World Record on Stargate of 197,500 by Bill Jones on March 24, 2005 from Vernon Hills, IL, United States
Let's go back in time to June 30, 1984 and the first Stargate Champion.... Scott Heyano
As of March 24, 2005 we have a new Stargate Champion!
Bill Jones beats June 30, 1984 Classic Era
High Score of Scott Heyano
Masters
Tournament Champion
Scott Heyano
Has been defeafed after 20 years of being the Champ.
Bill Jones beats Masters Player Scott Heyano from the 1980's Classic Era with a (New High Score) of 197,500 points.
The last high score of 194,200 was made way back on June 30, 1984 at the Annual Masters Tournament in Seattle, Washington USA which was printed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1985.
Scott Heyano Defeated World Record of 194,200
by 3,300 points with a new World Record on Stargate of 197,500 by Bill Jones on March 24, 2005 from Vernon Hills, IL, United States
Game Play:
The stargate itself can be flown into by the player. If a humanoid is being
abducted, the player is taken to the area of the abduction. If the player has
4 or more humanoids attached to their ship, the player is Warped forward three
waves. Otherwise, the stargate transports the player to the other side of the
planet. Waves 5, 15, 25 etc. are Yllabian Dogfight waves, where the player is
in space (no planet or humanoids) against an Armada of Yllabian Space Guppies.
Waves 10, 20 30 etc. are Firebomber Showdown waves. A special 2000 point
bonus can be gained by simultaneously catching and dropping off a falling
humanoid as the last event in a wave once all the enemies have been destroyed.
STARGATE - the Sequel of Defender. It had everything that made Defender so appealing
but the problem was that only those already studying Defender were potential customers
and that was hard enough as it was! Defender was already taking huge amounts of money in
arcades all over the world - with some places housing 3 or 4 Defenders in a row!
Stargate Enemies;
Stargate had the same smarter old enemies of defender and newer enemies, sexier
graphics, a 'stargate' for warping and yet another button ("Inviso"), but it was
still Defender, the sequel. That was where the ultimate challenge lay, not this
new-fangled spin off only found half way down the country we professed to one another.
Even to the great Defenderers, Stargate was bewildering. There was simply so much going
on at once that the normal precision manoeuvring was made impossible and unless you were
blessed with four thumbs. the new 'inviso' button proved worthless. Williams went
understandably overboard on the whole thing buoyed by the massive success of its
predecessor.
Bookkeeping:
There were new heights in bookkeeping tallies for the operator, testing programs for
the engineer and extensive game difficulty permutations with a new buy-in facility
which gave you another couple of men for the game for an extra credit. Bonuses were
boosted and the game no longer clocked at a million - it was 10,000,000 now. The name
up ceremonies were entertainment in their own rights! A good player entered the realms
of the "Stargate Immortals" on a 40-strong all time list while a real big score earned
the addict the status of "Mortal".....and should you ever become the game's highest
ever scorer you had no less than twenty spaces to digitally chalk up your victory
message - usually totally obcene.
The Williams buffs limited individual entries on Stargate to five a piece with the
new 100 place screen of fame (rather unfairly I though) so that only your best five
scores were on show but with clever use of full stops and gaps and dashes, players
using only two initials could get about 40 up if they so wished. This was also the
case on Joust and Robotron as was the ability for the operator to type in a custom
message which appeared on the game's attract mode.
Defender Statistics:
Defender Miscellaneous:
Play the game on-line (requires Shockwave) at:
http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/defender2
Designed by Vid Kidz (Eugene Jarvis and Larry Demar) who also designed Defender,
Robotron: 2084 and Blaster for Williams Electronics. Stargate was produced in
upright, cocktail and mini cabinet versions. In Europe the game was manufactured
under license by Williams Streets, commonly in a mini cabinet with
different (poorer) artwork. The game is also known as Defender Stargate and Defender II.
Defender Technical:
There are no DIP switches for difficulty settings; it's all handled in software
and on the screen. The sound board has its own CPU. Both the Sound CPU and the
Game CPU are Motorola 6809.
Defender Trivia:
Approximately 26000 uprights were made plus about 1000 cocktail tables.
For legal reasons, the name was later changed to Defender II for home versions
such as the NES cartridge and the emulation on Arcade's Greatest Hits.
The Defender names of some of the enemies in the game are William's competitor's
names spelled backwards: the Yllabian ("Yllab" is "Bally") and the Irata (Atari.)
Legacy:
Defender
Stargate
Strike Force
Released: December, 1982 / 2 Players
Stargate SG-1
The first officially licensed Stargate SG-1 video game is due out
on the PC, XBox and PS2 late 2005 by Sydney-based Perception Inc.
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance
Will be an action shooter with exciting
Additions to single-player multi-plaer
Experience for al major platforms.
The game utilizes background & ideas the
Stargate universe has to offer by adding
Intensive team interaction as well as
Multiplayer elements to a fast paced action
Game!
Stargate SG-1: The Alliance offers a unique
Story that ties in with events from the well
Known TV series and is filled with
Graphically stunning representations of
Locationis - some of them familiar to fans of
The series, some of them offering exciting
New insights into the Stargate universe.
The upcoming video game Stargate SG-1: The Alliance have arrived, showing off
both a Goa'uld cargo ship (with ring transporter activated) and the Earth ship
Prometheus.
(Stargate SG-1)
Stargate City (Stargate SG-1)
Stargate Thrown (Stargate SG-1)
