NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac (CLOSED) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-09-01T13:49:30 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T20:03:07 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 Contra 3 and Joe & Mac runs. Finished Contra but couldn't quite defeat the last boss in Joe & Mac. ]]> SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac (LAST DAY) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T16:35:41 -05.00 Brock Landers 54
Joe and Mac: 63,900


Contra III: Completed, score 557, 677

]]> SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac (LAST DAY) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T14:35:14 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac (LAST DAY) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T12:28:58 -05.00 Brock Landers 54   ]]> SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T11:20:13 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Unless you can beat Contra III I wouldn't even worry about the score part.  That's just a tiebreaker.

I believe I can, though. I've gotten to the alst boss mutliple times last night and once during break time today(not enough time for multiple runs). I've scored 1-ups on the eyeball version of the last boss, but then hit some crappy version that kills the crap out of me.  ]]> SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T11:12:03 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T06:37:18 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 Originally posted by: Brock Landers
 
Originally posted by: Andy_Bogomil

 

Yeah, I actually thought Contra III would be one of the more popular installments.
 
It should be, but it's a low-score/progression contest. I understand why it is what it is(infinite point farming is really easy), it just feels counter-intuitive to what the game is about. I basically played normally and just tried to avoid the occasional respawning enemy when possible. I know we don't have to go out of our way to get a low score, but given the contest conditions, it's always going to be part of play. 

I was pressed for time last night, got towards the end(one of the forms of the final boss) and I accidentally set off my bomb right as I respawned on life 00(I do it a lot to clear the area when playing normally). Not sure I should post this one, or just try it again later. 
  ]]> SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-31T04:02:18 -05.00 Brock Landers 54 Contra 3 - Stage 4 Boss, 308,292





Died stupidly in a few spots.  Doubt I'll get another chance to give this one a try.

Joe and Mac - 117,000



Wow, is this game ever fun.  Super easy to figure out and not really all that difficult of a game, Joe and Mac on the SNES is definitely a hidden gem in my book, and I can't stand the NES version.  Got all the way to stage 9 and blew my few remaining lives on some stupid jumps.  Decided to keep going after this and ended up beating the game.  The one thing I could not consistently do was figure out how to get to the bonus areas where you get the keys.  I only did it on stage 1 once, but could do it every single time on the log stage that scrolls to the right and has all the fish that jump from the water (stage 3, stage 4?)  I couldn't figure out how to make the pink Pterodactyl spawn to get these bonus areas.  How in the heck do you do it?  I looked at some FAQs and they weren't any help. ]]> SNES Monthly Contest: August - Contra III & Joe and Mac http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=165124 2016-08-29T14:16:10 -05.00 Brock Landers 54