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NintendoAge 2011 Weekly Contest Presents: Castlevania Contest ends Sunday, 10/9/11 at 10 PM NA time

Oct 2, 2011 at 10:20:20 PM
bimmy_lee (78)
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Hey everyone.  For the month of October, we're going to play some horror themed games to get in the spirit of Halloween.  To kick things off, this week's game is gonna be a classic, Castlevania.  Here are the rules:

  • 1 life only
  • One playthrough only (no looping allowed)
  • Participation: 20,000

The contest ends Sunday, 10/9/11 at 10 PM NA time.  Your user name must be in the picture for your score to be valid.  The entire TV screen, or computer monitor if you are playing on an emulator, MUST be in the picture for the score to be valid.  No partial screenshots will be considered or accepted.  Good luck everyone and have fun!


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Edited: 10/09/2011 at 11:29 PM by bimmy_lee

Oct 2, 2011 at 10:28:28 PM
MuNKeY (151)
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YES! I do looove me some Castlevania!

Here is my first attempt I got to late last night after a couple nights practice.

220,150




Sadly no where close to Megan's ungodly score. But with her little "hints" I am going to see what kind of mess I can really make.


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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 02:09 PM by MuNKeY

Oct 2, 2011 at 10:29:22 PM
AtariMaxx (65)
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I definitely have do participate in this contest!

Oct 2, 2011 at 10:44:27 PM
Benihana (154)
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Never beat this game, so looping will not be a problem for me.
I am sure I will be able to meet the min required for participation though.
Good luck all.

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Edited: 10/09/2011 at 01:12 PM by Benihana

Oct 3, 2011 at 2:51:18 AM
sconley666 (21)
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Best I can do....castlevania is not my game for sure.



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Edited: 10/03/2011 at 02:51 AM by sconley666

Oct 3, 2011 at 11:07:37 AM
E-Man (36)
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There's no way anyone can not lose a life by the time you reach the level where Death is.

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Oct 3, 2011 at 11:45:01 AM
NESMASTER14 (26)
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Sounds great! I'll definitely give this game a go this week

First attempt:


26,350

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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 03:41 PM by NESMASTER14

Oct 3, 2011 at 1:56:46 PM
Nightowljrm (42)
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Originally posted by: E-Man

There's no way anyone can not lose a life by the time you reach the level where Death is.

I've done a no-death run before, actually... Hope I can do it again!!

Anyway, sounds great!! Be expecting a picture from me before too long.


Edited: 10/03/2011 at 03:03 PM by Nightowljrm

Oct 3, 2011 at 4:01:51 PM
Nightowljrm (42)
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Well, here we go. I'm a bit rusty... I hate those giant bats at the end...

Username: Nightowljrm
Score: 259040



Edited: 10/03/2011 at 04:03 PM by Nightowljrm

Oct 3, 2011 at 4:04:09 PM
sconley666 (21)
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^^^^WHOA. DUDE.

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Oct 3, 2011 at 6:54:08 PM
GhostNinja (28)
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Nice. I'll give this a go tomorrow, as I have to sleep in a minute anyway.

Oct 3, 2011 at 10:56:37 PM
Jono1874 (22)
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I don't usually participate in this due to general lazyiness, but this time I think I will. Castlevania is one of my favorites.

EDIT: I think I did pretty good.
NAME: JONO1874
SCORE:Who cares I topped it already see below.



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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 07:52 PM by Jono1874

Oct 3, 2011 at 11:22:12 PM
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Originally posted by: Jono1874

I don't usually participate in this due to general lazyiness, but this time I think I will. Castlevania is one of my favorites.

EDIT: I think I did pretty good.

JONO1874 184270



Dude. I died at about the same spot. *Grumble, grumble* I hate those bats so much.
I have a question, too. Am I allowed to resubmit? Or are all submissions final and that's it? In retrospect, I probably should've asked this first... but oh well.



Oct 3, 2011 at 11:29:47 PM
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I think as long as you top your previous score, you're able to resubmit as much as you want.

And yeah, that bridge and those bats are killer. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw a few more people die there by the end of the week.

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Oct 3, 2011 at 11:33:31 PM
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Perfect pick. As a benchmark, you break around 100K by the fourth level, roughly at the middle of it. I got to the fifth and died, but didn't bother taking a picture. I've beat this one on a single life before, just need to practice again.

Oct 3, 2011 at 11:34:20 PM
Stan (81)
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On the bat bridge, watch online videos of speed runs, it's best to just totally avoid them and run through there to beat it.

Oct 4, 2011 at 1:21:56 AM
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Originally posted by: Stan

On the bat bridge, watch online videos of speed runs, it's best to just totally avoid them and run through there to beat it.


I love the speed run where the guy waits for the bat in the first stage and gets hit on purpose to propel him to the next level. He does it with the Medusa heads later, too.


Wow, some amazing scores already. I doubt I'll be able to get through on one life, but I'll give it a shot.

Oct 4, 2011 at 1:32:58 AM
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Username: elhector

Score: 52, 730

I think this is the furthest I've made it on one life. Going to have to keep practicing.

 


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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 01:33 AM by elhector

Oct 4, 2011 at 2:04:34 AM
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Been a while since I participated, but when I saw this one, I just had to play! My favorite NES game of all time. Only had to play it once so far to achieve a no death victory, pretty good considering I hadn't played this one for some time and on emulator with a not as good as an NES controller at that. If I continue to try this one I should be able to get what I had last time this game was in the contest, somewhere around 6-7 hundred thousand by the end. Yes, I point racked, but game does have a timer, so can only stick around boomeranging medusa heads and firebombing red skeletons so long before you have to rush ahead (yes, those were hints to big points).

Score upon beating game without dying 495,810

See latest post for a higher score.


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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 05:31 AM by Miss Clawful

Oct 4, 2011 at 2:15:23 AM
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Wow Megan, that's an impressive early score. Talk about putting the bar super high!
I need to do my Castlevania's homework if I want to match this.

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Oct 4, 2011 at 2:32:31 AM
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Originally posted by: Miss Clawful

 

Been a while since I participated, but when I saw this one, I just had to play! My favorite NES game of all time. Only had to play it once so far to achieve a no death victory, pretty good considering I hadn't played this one for some time and on emulator with a not as good as an NES controller at that. If I continue to try this one I should be able to get what I had last time this game was in the contest, somewhere around 6-7 hundred thousand by the end. Yes, I point racked, but game does have a timer, so can only stick around boomeranging medusa heads and firebombing red skeletons so long before you have to rush ahead (yes, those were hints to big points).

Score upon beating game without dying 495,810


Holy crap.
btw theres some other places you can point rack too, if you're creative enough. You've set the bar higher than I thought it would go, congrats.


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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 02:34 AM by Jono1874

Oct 4, 2011 at 2:35:03 AM
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^ That's pretty damn awesome, to say the least

Oct 4, 2011 at 2:52:29 AM
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Actually, looking back at my old scores, I did indeed roll the score on the 1st quest. Also, want to learn some point racking techniques, check out one of my posts from the old Castlevania high score topic from several years ago. Sadly only a few people competed in this game that year.

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRow=1&...

This is one of those very few games that I do know how to get big scores in, right there with Bubble Bobble.

Oh, and do beware, if you do happen to pass my current score and get near maxing it out, score rolls over, so as you get close to all 9's, start pausing and taking pics (just in case you might miss it) until you got it as high as it will go before starting anew at all zeros.


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Oct 4, 2011 at 5:30:36 AM
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Okay, a few more tries, was so close to nearly rolling the score, ran out of hearts when firebombing red skeletons. And the timer was starting to tick. dammit. Then ran out of time in a desperate attempt to at least get to the Grim Reaper so that I at least die by something worthy. Guess I'll have to be better prepared next time. Anyway, for the time being, you all got something to shoot for. For me, time for bed.

Score upon 1st death 970,330

Once again see later post for even better score.


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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 02:57 PM by Miss Clawful

Oct 4, 2011 at 6:34:19 AM
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Holy Mother of God...



looks like we have our work cut out for us.

you know what screw it, we should just give her the $10,000 now.

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Edited: 10/04/2011 at 06:38 AM by Jono1874