Originally posted by: mattyjmania



The WINNER will be chosen by random with Random number generator... ALL you have to do to enter the contest is,,,,well,,, enter THIS weekly contest and you are in! So tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your enemies (so you can beat the crap outta them in the contest and make them sad).
 

Originally posted by: Lance

Yea, I would think going back and getting energy for the magnet beam would be acceptable, becasue there's no other way to refill your weapons unless you use a continue.

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

I won't allow going back for health and weapon energy pellets that are placed throughout the levels, but it is okay to farm for them by fighting enemies. The only downside is that you will run your score up a little bit.

Originally posted by: EgasKrad
My second run I actually beat the clone (it's always been my Achillies heel but I found a sure-FIRE weapon to beat him, pun intended)

Originally posted by: EgasKrad

908,600 - Wily Stage 4: Guts Man

That's where my no additional lives, no energy farming from enemies run ended.  I've only beat this game once without using the select/pause cheat and my goal now is to do a second time before the end of the week.  I may give in and farm a little from enemies before the end of this, but we'll see.  I'm happy with this run as is and will keep playing. 

Damn you Guts Man

Originally posted by: EgasKrad

Also, congrats Doug on being the first to beat the game this week.  Since I can get past the clone easier now, I'm hoping to join you soon.  We'll see!

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

I came so close to getting under a million. I got some favorably low robot master bonuses, but if I had played a little better I should've been able to get a score in the 990k range.

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Yeah... What the game seems to like to do is give you 2-3 low rolls followed by 2-3 high rolls.

Originally posted by: ProtoScott

Man I have not played this game in forever, but I am getting better. I can now consistently make it to the first Wily stage without dying, but I always start to make dumb mistakes at that point. So far my best is making it to the last Wily level, but I refuse to post until I actually finish the game. Why couldn't it have been Mega Man 3? I can no death that with one hand tied behind my back.

Originally posted by: Lance

Yea, I would think going back and getting energy for the magnet beam would be acceptable, becasue there's no other way to refill your weapons unless you use a continue.

Would a last 15 seconds of gameplay be acceptable for judging, or should I post the whole video here?

If so, here is the video of the point where I died: http://tinypic.com/r/20fukv7/5

Originally posted by: EgasKrad




I'm okay with that.  I still will choose not to farm but it's ok as long as going back for items is forbidden.  If I remember right, from a practice run I had a couple weeks ago, in the 2nd Wily stage there is an extra life glitch if you die against the clone, the place you restart is where the extra life is in the level and it keeps generating itself if you lose a life, so it's basically an extra life loop.  I was going to ask about that, but you answered my question

Also, is there a minimum or maximum for how many lives you can use/collect?  This game isn't as bad as the sequels, but it still gives out random extras from enemies time to time.  Also, I've only been using the lives I start with, so I'm just checking everything.

I'll be posting a score sometime tonight, that is if I can stop screwing up when I die!  My first run I died at Elec Man in Wily 2 but I forgot to take a picture when I was fighting him.  My second run I actually beat the clone (it's always been my Achillies heel but I found a sure-FIRE weapon to beat him, pun intended), but then I choked and l died for the first time in years to that bubble man wannabe and didn't have the camera ready!  I still take pictures after I beat each RM/boss then at the beginning of each level to show score consistency, just in case, but still I want a pic before I die, so here's hoping for that.

Also, congrats Doug on being the first to beat the game this week.  Since I can get past the clone easier now, I'm hoping to join you soon.  We'll see!

Originally posted by: EgasKrad

I couldn't touch Doug's score, but I got my completed game in.

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

You aren't too far off. I'm not sure what stage clearing bonuses you got during that run, but you could possibly make up the difference with just one favorable roll. I'll probably give it at least one more shot before the end of the week to see if I can get under a million, but with those bonuses being random, it's going to be tough.

 

Originally posted by: EgasKrad

I did pretty well when it came to bonuses (2 x 50K, 2 x 60K, 70K and 90K) and because of that I ended up taking another extra life though I wanted to do this on what I started with, but that had nothing to do with the score of course.  I think where I really screwed up on was I decided to tackle the gauntlet before Wily with partial energy when I still had a couple lives left.  Each RM is worth 10K there and I believe I got to Guts Man before dying, so I ate too many extra points.  In hindsight I should have just died at Bomb Man since that's where I would have started anyway.  Still, I like this score and it's going to be tough for me to match my bonus average again (under 64K).

Originally posted by: Forte

oh I am DEFINITELY tackling this one this weekend