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NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Q-Bert Contest ends Sunday, 9/1/13 at 10 PM NA time

Aug 25, 2013 at 10:03:53 PM
bimmy_lee (78)
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Hello everyone and welcome to the latest installment of the weekly contests!  This week's game is an arcade classic whose main protagonist has a filthy mouth and game play mechanics that may leave you using the same foul language.  That's right, it's time for some Q-Bert.  Here are the rules:

  • 1 player only
  • Choose whichever control setup you want
  • Play until Life 0.  As soon as you get to Life 0, you must stop playing the game and take your picture.  You may not play any of the game on Life 0 or your score will be disqualified
  • Highest score wins
  • GENRE: Arcade


The contest ends Sunday, 9/1/13 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.  No screenshots by hitting "print screen" on a computer will be allowed.  You must take a picture of your computer monitor.  There may be instances where this will be acceptable, but it will be at the discretion of myself and the contest organizers.  Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, or save states if playing on an emulator.  Also, we will only be using NTSC systems for the contests.  The use of PAL systems will NOT be allowed.  Good luck everyone and have fun


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Edited: 09/01/2013 at 10:15 PM by NintendoAge Moderator

Aug 25, 2013 at 10:04:56 PM
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I'm still waiting for the contest to be an actual game I own

Aug 25, 2013 at 10:53:58 PM
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Oh Q-Bert...this should be a good one. I take it NA will have quite the number of good Q-Bert players here. And I'm not one of them, but it should be a fun time no less! ^>^

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Aug 25, 2013 at 11:41:53 PM
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One of the classic arcade games. I love it but find it so difficult. Anyways, I'll get the ball rolling here. For the Q-Bert masters out there, do you have any good tips? I'm looking to improve my score, not to win this contest, merely to become a better Q-Bert player. I swear! ^>^

53,230 points.


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Edited: 08/31/2013 at 04:21 PM by sunsetflip84

Aug 25, 2013 at 11:42:32 PM
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I'm just glad more people are participating. Keep 'em coming!

Aug 25, 2013 at 11:50:45 PM
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I am
Horrible at Qbert. I mean REALLY bad.

At least this will help me get better.

There is no way I will be in top 10...but...as I said, this is yet again another game that really just sits on the shelf...so I'm excited to actually get better than "awful" at it

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Aug 26, 2013 at 10:31:12 AM
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Bumping because we need a sticky. Playing now and will be posting a score soon. Love me some Q-Bert.

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Aug 26, 2013 at 12:28:54 PM
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46,670

This took quite a few attempts. Level 3 where the blocks revert to another color EVERY TIME you step on them gets irritating.


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Aug 26, 2013 at 12:52:48 PM
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I own this but have never played it. I need to look at a manual

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Aug 26, 2013 at 1:59:15 PM
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I only know this game because of Wreck it Ralph! Should be fun, if not challenging. And I'm going to leave my picture UP this week. I had no idea that deleting the file from your uploaded images deleted it from the posts it was in... And I find out today
Live and learn I guess...

Aug 26, 2013 at 3:53:34 PM
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Originally posted by: EoTN

I only know this game because of Wreck it Ralph! Should be fun, if not challenging. And I'm going to leave my picture UP this week. I had no idea that deleting the file from your uploaded images deleted it from the posts it was in... And I find out today
Live and learn I guess...



Or you can just use photobucket since it's free and easy to use.

Aug 26, 2013 at 10:01:02 PM
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15,390. Wow I had forgotten how confusing the control scheme can be. I haven't played this since our local Foodland had one in about 1985.

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Edited: 08/26/2013 at 10:01 PM by razeak

Aug 27, 2013 at 10:08:41 AM
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EDIT: Newest score posted on page 3




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Edited: 08/30/2013 at 08:57 PM by mattyjmania

Aug 27, 2013 at 11:25:08 AM
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I played alittle bit last night and there's a bit of a learning curve with the controls. I have the arcade port on the ps3 and adjusting back to a NES controller has been difficult.

Aug 27, 2013 at 11:55:46 AM
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final submission. no matter how many tries i put in, my brain just isnt wired right for this one. good luck everybody!
qbertfinal


Edited: 08/29/2013 at 07:41 PM by fatalfuryspecial

Aug 27, 2013 at 1:34:21 PM
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Hey fatalfuryspecial,do you realize you had one more life to play with on that run?

Aug 27, 2013 at 3:31:39 PM
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Originally posted by: gutsman004

Hey fatalfuryspecial,do you realize you had one more life to play with on that run?



i didnt realize that no, i was under the impression that we were supposed to play until live zero rather than through it. i hit pause when i got hit and lost my "life #1" the counter doesnt go down to zero until after qbert is done @#!$&!-ing. i figured that was the appropriate time to take the pic as it was the only way to ensure i wasnt hopping around scoring points on my zero life.

*edit (cant type good)


Edited: 08/27/2013 at 03:33 PM by fatalfuryspecial

Aug 27, 2013 at 4:25:55 PM
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Ah,okay. You did it right then. I just saw that 1 in the column in was like...he could have kept going. Never mind,you were right good sir!

Aug 27, 2013 at 8:18:51 PM
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Sure, I'll post an early one. This is one of my favorite NES games. However it requires a lot of patience. You have a lot of lives and they can be replenished, so if you die, don't take example from Q*Bert and himself by beating yourself up over it.

EDIT: better score below, old score ~53,000

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Edited: 08/28/2013 at 02:02 PM by Krunch

Aug 28, 2013 at 12:34:05 AM
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I've always been really good at the arcade version. Never played this version until a few months ago. Pretty disappointed in this port overall,but it's not horrific. I still should be able to do pretty well nonetheless. I should have a score up on thursday.

Aug 28, 2013 at 12:40:28 AM
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Originally posted by: fatalfuryspecial

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Hey fatalfuryspecial,do you realize you had one more life to play with on that run?



i didnt realize that no, i was under the impression that we were supposed to play until live zero rather than through it. i hit pause when i got hit and lost my "life #1" the counter doesnt go down to zero until after qbert is done @#!$&!-ing. i figured that was the appropriate time to take the pic as it was the only way to ensure i wasnt hopping around scoring points on my zero life.

*edit (cant type good)

It's okay for you guys to pause the game once your life total flips over to "0."  That way it's easier to capture your score and you don't have to worry about missing it.


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Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread


Aug 28, 2013 at 9:38:33 AM
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This is all I've got time for this week: 10,690


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Aug 28, 2013 at 10:41:06 AM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

It's okay for you guys to pause the game once your life total flips over to "0."  That way it's easier to capture your score and you don't have to worry about missing it.
 

ok sweet thanks for the clearing that up


Aug 28, 2013 at 1:38:09 PM
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Originally posted by: Logo1285

46,670

This took quite a few attempts. Level 3 where the blocks revert to another color EVERY TIME you step on them gets irritating.


yeah

i just had my first experience with level 3 and i wanted to cry....

ok ok...i did cry a little


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Aug 28, 2013 at 2:04:14 PM
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Okay here's a better score but I definitely think I can top this. The rewards become much greater at the high levels but it's hard to get through them without dying. Luckily I had lots of lives in reserve. Those little green guys are troublemakers!

EDIT: better score below, old score ~97,070

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Edited: 09/01/2013 at 06:47 PM by Krunch