Lol,I like it but I know I am in the minority.

Bayou Billy's beat em up gameplay is much easier and less aggravating for me than TMNT2. I might be the only person in the universe for which this is the case.

I can’t say that,but I can say TMNT 3 is aggravating.

The turtles beat em ups just don't click with me for some reason. For one thing, they get really repetitive. I prefer NES Batman Returns to TMNT2.

I’ll take TMNT 2 lol. 

It's because Abadox was among the first 20 games I picked up as an NES collector, so I put a lot of time into it just cause I had barely any games. It moves at a slow enough pace for me and I enjoy the theme.

In case you all haven't figured it out, skinny was bluffing on my behalf. I didn't even download the rom

Congrats to everyone advancing (totally called the bluff on your part skinny boy!)!!!

I might lack of time right now to post the final round thread tonight, but what I can tell you guys is what the game and the general setup for the rules will be. Drum rolls..........


Ninja Gaiden 3
1-life only
Highest score wins!

Cool.

I'm a little rusty at Ninja Gaiden 3. I have beaten the game losing only one life, but I've never no-deathed it. The timer on the last act is brutal!

Ooooooooooooooooooooohooooooooohooooooooo!


















I never played NG3

Ninja Gaiden 3 is the best for a contest because there's no re-spawning enemies. That means that progress is more important for a high score rather than point pressing until the timer almost runs out.

I was seriously expecting Ghosts n Goblins in the finals.

Don’t let me beat you in another NES NG game this year   
 

Congratulations to our top 6 that made to the grand finals.
I will be posting the thread through the day with the details.
Game one!

Just a tiny nitpick, but my score is actually 22,440. No big deal.

I kind of wish that smick and Krunch had posted something, but I understand. There are games where I'd have no chance against better players. I would have had zero chance going up against bert and guts at Life Force.

 

Fixed it.
I would have prefered if they had posted their scores, though.
It feels sad that the 2nd round of the tournament has 2 empty scores after a whole year of competition.
 

I agree. Tiers might be the better option for tournaments in order to prevent severe mismatches. Not that they can't happen anyway. We all have genres and games that we're better or worse at. Those were very unfortunate picks for Krunch and smick.


 


 

I almost dropped out of the tournament because I had travel for work last week come up unexpectedly and I had no idea of my ability to post anything at all. I stuck with it anyway and managed to have more time to play than I realized.

You may have also done better on real hardware instead of having to play on the laptop.