NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber RANDOM PRIZE WINNER: Caleb47 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-19T22:51:27 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PrEAWXEcrc
]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-17T08:25:18 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84 Originally posted by: gutsman004

That video is great,but I'd still love to see your video. What did you use to record it? And TG charging for submissions now?! Boo. Guess I'll never submit one then. It's pretty sad considering that it will drive away lots of potential submissions....like yours...which makes the leaderboards inaccurate as you definitely are the record holder now....unofficially. =/ Okay, I'll see about uploading the video then.

I just use my old VCR to record my runs.  When I decide to post something, I need to playback the video and capture it with my Pinnacle Studio software.  Works well most of the time, but it's glitchy and sometimes doesn't do it right.  That's how I ended up with the sound issues on the first stage of my TMNT 3 run, for example.

And yes, it's a shame that TG is charging fees, but I understand the need for it at the same time.  The previous ownership went broke trying to maintain the site while working for free.
]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber RANDOM PRIZE WINNER: Caleb47 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-17T01:37:02 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84
I haven't been in many contests, but this is now, somehow, my third 10th place finish. I don't know if I should be proud or start running in a circle screaming :/ ]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber RANDOM PRIZE WINNER: Caleb47 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-17T00:28:00 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84 NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-17T00:14:00 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84


Congratulations to Caleb47 for winning Blue Marlin ]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-17T00:06:49 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84 )  The winner won't be disappointed in this game  Here are a couple of pics:





I have assigned everyone who participated this week a random number to win the prize.  rdrunner, RetroDave, and treismac are exempt since they have already won a random prize drawing.  ookii_risu helped fund this prize and has requested to be exempt from winning this game.  Thanks for the donation, ookii  I will be using a random number generator to determine the winner and will post the picture on here as soon as I pick the number.  I will send the winner a PM after the drawing.  There are 18 people eligible for the game so everyone will be assigned a number 1 through 18.  Here's everyone's number:

1 - dev(2)
2 - hitmantommy
3 - TENGEN
4 - gutsman004
5 - UPN
6 - Krunch
7 - Spookter
8 - Vectrex280996
9 - EgasKrad
10 - bearcat-doug
11 - Alder
12 - WickedWonka
13 - GibbyVA
14 - link463
15 - guillavoie
16 - Logo1285
17 - Caleb47
18 - BenPlusPlus ]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-16T23:58:03 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84 ]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-16T23:07:52 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84 NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-16T23:06:05 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84
1st: 1,665,550 – rdrunner +11 points
2nd: 1,045,090 – bearcat-doug +10 points
3rd: 372,650 – Krunch +9 points
4th: 256,990 – guillavoie +8 points
5th: 247,550 – Vectrex280996 +7 points
6th: 201,660 – WickedWonka +6 points
7th: 186,020 – gutsman004 +5 points
8th: 177,620 – treismac +4 points
9th: 115,720 – ookii_risu +3 points
10th: 114,720 – EgasKrad +2 points

PARTICIPATION

78,740 – Caleb47 +1 point
71,140 – Alder +1 point
66,940 – BenPlusPlus +1 point
56,590 – dev(2) +1 point
53,830 – Logo1285 +1 point
51,370 – UPN +1 point
47,600 – TENGEN +1 point
46,130 – hitmantommy +1 point
35,060 – GibbyVA +1 point
30,510 – Spookter +1 point
25,860 – link463 +1 point
12,550 – RetroDave +1 point ]]> NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Ice Climber http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=104940 2013-06-16T22:03:00 -05.00 bimmy_lee 84 Originally posted by: rdrunner

Thanks guys!  I'm really glad to see that you guys are taking well to Ice Climber.  It really is one of the better black box games, once you get to know it.

I learned something new this week on this game.  When you die, you have an unlimited amount of time before your next life begins, as long as you don't move.  If you happen to die on the lower levels, you can take advantage of this by letting the polar bear scroll the screen a few floors before you continue on.  You already died once where you were, so you might as well get past it!

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Did you tape your run for a TG submission? You even blew out the current world record by 373,420 points!
 

I did record the run, but not for TG.  Not really interested in taking my spot back now that they're charging fees for submissions.  I can post the video if you like, but honestly there's someone better.  This YouTube video shows a guy who beats every mountain on one life!  Only weird thing is that I'm not sure if this is the Japanese version of the game or what, because the yetis are replaced by seals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZqIeMOK4gk

I actually still want to do better.  I happen to know from using save states that the game gets insanely fast if you manage to beat all of the levels.  3 icicles are always falling and the bird just becomes ridiculous.  Even the first mountain can be a problem during the second loop!  Anyway, someday I was thinking it would be cool to see if I can put a dent into a second loop run.



That video is great,but I'd still love to see your video. What did you use to record it? And TG charging for submissions now?! Boo. Guess I'll never submit one then. It's pretty sad considering that it will drive away lots of potential submissions....like yours...which makes the leaderboards inaccurate as you definitely are the record holder now....unofficially. =/ ]]>