Hello NintendoAge and welcome to the 2014 NintendoAge Weekly Contests!  For the fifth straight year I will be managing the leaderboard for the weekly contests, so please feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the leaderboard.  Once again, guillavoie and myself will be moderators for the contests.  Please feel free to send either of us a PM if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about anything related to the contests.  Also, ookii_risu will be helping out with the contests, so feel free to send her a PM with any concerns.  Good luck to everyone who participates!

Weekly Contest Moderators
bimmy_lee
guillavoie

Weekly Contest Helpers
ookii_risu
pats1717

GENERAL CONTEST RULES

Please read these rules carefully before you submit a score.  Failure to comply with the rules may result in your score being disqualified.  If you're new to the contests, please take a few minutes to read over the rules to make sure you submit your scores correctly.

Posting Scores

- In order to submit a score for the contest, take a picture of your score with your user name written on a piece of paper, which must be present in the picture. Your user name MUST be in the picture or the score will be invalid.
- 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.
- When posting a new score, please begin your post by typing out your score.  Larger font (18pt) is preferred.
- If you are posting an updated score, please edit your initial post with the new photo and score. You can still create a separate new post as a bump to notify you edited your score if desired.

Systems

- NTSC systems will be the only consoles allowed for the contests.  PAL systems and games will not be allowed.  There are some PAL games that are optimized to run at the same speed and difficulty as NTSC games.  These will be allowed for use in the contests, but you MUST contact me first before using such a game so that I can investigate it.  Failure to contact me first could result in your score being disqualified.

Emulators

- Emulators ARE allowed to be used in the weekly contests. However, anything that may give a player an advantage with an emulator over playing on the system is NOT allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, save states, Game Genie codes, altered ROMS, and turbo controls.  It is preferred if everyone plays on a console.
- There may be some weeks where emulator use will not be allowed.  If I choose not to use emulators for a specific week, it will be noted in the rules.  This means NO emulators can be used whatsoever and the game MUST be played on a console.  If we play a game and emulators are forbidden and someone still submits a score using an emulator, the score will be ignored and you will receive a warning from me.

PowerPak

- A PowerPak IS allowed to be used in the competition with the same regulations as with emulators. You may not use save states, Game Genies codes, altered ROMs or anything else that would give you an advantage over playing with the regular cartridge.

Points and Leaderboards

- Each week the top 10 players who submitted scores will earn points as follows:

     1st – 11 points
     2nd – 10 points
     3rd – 9 points
     4th – 8 points
     5th – 7 points
     6th – 6 points
     7th – 5 points
     8th – 4 points
     9th – 3 points
     10th – 2 points
     Participation – 1 point

- Anyone who finishes below 10th place earns a participation point.
- There will only be 2 regular leaderboards throughout the year, one for the first half of the year leading up to the first tournament and one for the second half of the year leading up to the second tournament.  The leaderboard style will be the same as 2013 and all points on each leaderboard will be cumulative.
- Even if you feel you can't finish in the top 10 one week because the game selected is too hard for you, still go for that participation point.  It can go a long way on the leaderboard, especially with the tiered tournament.  Remember, even if you only score 10 points on the leaderboard, it could still get you into the tournament on the lowest tier.
- There will still be genre leaderboards for 2014.  The six genres are:

     Action/Platformer
     Arcade
     Beat 'Em Up
     Puzzle
     Shooter/Shoot 'Em Up
     Sports

- All games played in the 2014 contests will be reflective of those genres.  The genre leaderboards will use the same point system as the regular leaderboard, and whoever finishes atop each leaderboard prior to the start of one of the tournaments will win a genre icon.
- The genre leaderboards will be reset after the first tournament to give everyone a chance at winning a genre icon.  If you win a genre icon in the first half of the year, you will not be allowed to win that specific icon in the second half of the year.  That way everyone will have a chance to win an icon.
- The genre leaderboards are just for fun and will not impact anyone's standing in the tournaments.  So, if you feel you excel at Beat 'Em Ups, go for the Beat 'Em Up icon.

Controllers

- Turbo Controllers are NOT allowed to be used. Neither are any controllers that give you any advantage over regular controllers, such as slow motion or turbo ability.
- If anyone is suspected of using turbo functions, slow motion abilities, etc from a controller, your score will be disqualified and you will be banned from further competition.

Cheating

- Cheating will NOT be tolerated in any form. This contest is based on trust and honor. Anyone found cheating will be banned from further competition. A lot of time is spent on these contests, from selecting games to choosing the perfect rules that fit each game to playtesting the rules, as well as many other things. If you cheat, you are wasting my time and the time of everyone else competing in these contests.  If you feel the need to cheat, do not participate in the contests and cheat on your own time.
- The use of point glitches to intentionally increase (or in the case of a low score contest, decrease) your score are frowned upon and not allowed in the contests.  If a point glitch is discovered that can create an unfair advantage, the rules for the game will be altered to ban the glitch.  Anyone suspected of using point glitches will have their score disqualified.
- If there is suspicion of a participant cheating, I will review the case and the member may be asked to present further evidence of their score.
- If you suspect another participant of cheating, do NOT call them out in the contest threads.  Please send guillavoie, ookii_risu, bearcat-doug, or myself a PM and we will review the score.  Posting accusations in the contest threads creates unnecessary drama and stress for all involved and will NOT be tolerated.

Sportsmanship and Overall Conduct

- Please be a good sport while playing in the weekly contests.  While smack talk and the occasional vent are fine, please do not get carried away with it.  This includes, but is not limited to, name calling, excessive venting/complaining/whining, excessive profanity, cocky attitudes, arguing with contest moderators, accusations of cheating, etc.  Participants who cannot be good sports will receive a warning from me.  If your overall conduct is still considered to be in poor taste, you will be banned from the contests.
- Disrupting of the weekly contests in any way will NOT be tolerated.  This includes, but is not limited to, trolling, name calling, unauthorized prize giveaways, unnecessary drama, etc.  Anyone who disrupts the weekly contests in any form will be reported to a site moderator.

Tournaments

- There will be two tournaments played this year: one in the summer and one at the end of the year.  The first tournament will begin on July 6 and run through July 27.  The second tournament will begin after Christmas and run into the new year.  The winter tournament will begin on December 28, 2014 and run through January 18, 2015.
- The tournament will be a three-tiered tournament which will see players from the top of the leaderboard face each other, players from the middle of the leaderboard face each other, and players from the bottom of the leaderboard face each other.
- It will be an elimination-style competition for prizes.
- Icons will be awarded to the champions of each tier.
- The number of competitors will be based on how many people participate and will be announced prior to the start of each tournament.
- Anyone who earns a spot in the tournament will receive a PM from me asking for them to confirm their tournament spot prior to the start of the competition.  Those who can't or are unwilling to participate will have their spot forfeited to the next available person.
- Anyone who plays in the weekly contests will have a chance to participate in the tournament and a chance to win a prize

RANDOM PRIZES

- Random prizes will be given out again throughout the year.  These will be announced at random with no particular dates set in stone.  More than likely, anyone who participates in a particular contest will entered into a drawing for a chance to win a prize.  These prizes will be video game related in some way.
- To make it fair for everyone who plays in the contests, you can only win one random prize for the year.
- For contests that have a random prize, cheating will NOT be tolerated.  Anyone suspected of cheating will be disqualified from winning the prize and banned from further contests.  Random prizes will be stopped entirely if problems begin to arise.  Let's make this a fun thing to do.
- If anyone is interested in donating prizes to the weekly contests, please contact me first so arrangements can be made.  Do not feel compelled to have to donate to the weekly contests, but if you really want to, feel free to talk to me about it 
- If anyone wants to give away a prize on their own time for a particular contest, you must contact me first to get authorization to do so.  Any unauthorized giveaways will NOT be allowed.


GAMES FOR 2014

Here is the list of all games that will be played in the weekly contests for 2014.  This list may be revised with or without notice, but I will make sure I announce to everyone if a game is going to be changed.
 

THIS WEEK'S GAME: TOOBIN'

Rules

• 1 player only
• Play until Game Over
• Take your picture on the Game Over screen
• Highest score wins
• GENRE: Arcade

UPCOMING GAMES FOR 2014

NOTE: This list may be revised with or without notice.  As of now, this list is being revised a little bit.  I have made notes on which games may be replaced at this time.

2ND HALF GAMES
 

• 11/9/14 - 11/16/14: P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (Beat 'Em Up)
• 11/16/14 - 11/23/14: Toobin' (Arcade)
• 11/23/14 - 11/30/14: Track n' Field 2 (Sports)
• 11/30/14 - 12/7/14: Bomberman (Puzzle)
• 12/7/14 - 12/14/14: Dragon Spirit (Shooter/Shoot 'Em Up)
• 12/14/14 - 12/21/14: Cobra Triangle (Action/Platformer)

**AWARDS ICONS**

As many of you may have noticed, many users on the site have awards icons listed below their profile information on the forums.  "How do I earn one of these icons" you say?  Here are the different icons you can win:


2014 Summer Tournament:

Tier 1

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

Tier 2

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

Tier 3
 

2014 Year-End Tournament:

Tier 1

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

Tier 2

1st place

2nd place

3rd place

Tier 3
 

2014 Genre Awards:

 Action/Platformer Genre Champion: Finish atop the Action/Platformer Genre Leaderboard to earn this icon

 Arcade Genre Champion: Finish atop the Arcade Genre Leaderboard to earn this icon

 Beat 'Em Up Genre Champion: Finish atop the Beat 'Em Up Genre Leaderboard to earn this icon

 Puzzle Genre Champion: Finish atop the Puzzle Genre Leaderboard to earn this icon

 Shooter/Shoot 'Em Up Genre Champion: Finish atop the Shooter/Shoot 'Em Up Genre Leaderboard to earn this icon

 Sports Genre Champion: Finish atop the Sports Genre Leaderboard to earn this icon

 Game Contest Participant: Play in any contest to earn this icon (Some of you may already have this icon from playing in past contests)

 

If anyone has any questions about the icons or how to earn them, please feel free to send a PM to guillavoie, ookii_risu, or myself.  Good luck everyone!!

 

2ND HALF LEADERBOARD

(Through Dragon Spirit contest)

MAIN LEADERBOARD
Rank	Points	Username
1	162	CLAYB1RD
2	157	arnpoly
3	147	Balloon_Kid
4	136	arch_8ngel
5	106	Vectrex280996
6	83	JamesRobot
7	76	BriGuy82
8	68	BilltownSparty
9	59	Caleb47
10	57	EgasKrad
11	52	gutsman004
12	51	khog143
13	40	Czar5
14	36	Thundercat08
15	32	Velinos
16	26	CommanderSanta
17	21	ookii_risu
18	17	Beliskner
19	15	babywuchki
20	11	the_wizard_666
T-20	11	cirellio
22	8	Ozzy_98
23	7	fatalfuryspecial
24	6	jump_man95
T-24	6	dukeofhurl99
T-24	6	MrWunderful
27	5	TheFluffy
T-27	5	mattyjmania
T-27	5	BL4CKV4LOR
30	4	stinkerhubbin
31	3	nesmaster14
T-31	3	Silent_Hill
33	2	mattbep
T-33	2	TWarwick07
35	1	bencoffeehall
T-35	1	RetroNESNerd
T-35	1	knightriderce
T-35	1	TriHart

2ND HALF GENRE LEADERBOARDS
ACTION/PLATFORMER

PLATFORMER	FINAL
Rank	Points	Username
1	30	arch_8ngel
2	29	Balloon_Kid
3	26	arnpoly
4	23	EgasKrad
5	22	Vectrex280996
6	17	BilltownSparty
7	16	khog143
8	15	BriGuy82
9	13	CLAYB1RD
10	11	gutsman004
T-10	11	Thundercat08
T-10	11	cirellio
13	10	Czar5
T-13	10	JamesRobot
15	9	Caleb47
16	8	Ozzy_98
17	6	Velinos
18	3	babywuchki
19	1	jump_man95
T-19	1	mattbep
T-19	1	CommanderSanta
T-19	1	TheFluffy
T-19	1	fatalfuryspecial
T-19	1	knightriderce
T-19	1	TWarwick07
T-19	1	MrWunderful
T-19	1	Silent_Hill

ARCADE
(Through Toobin' contest)

ARCADE
Rank	Points	Username
1	28	CLAYB1RD
2	25	arnpoly
3	24	arch_8ngel
4	18	BriGuy82
5	16	Vectrex280996
6	15	EgasKrad
7	10	Balloon_Kid
T-7	10	JamesRobot
9	9	khog143
10	8	Thundercat08
11	7	Caleb47
T-11	7	ookii_risu
13	5	Velinos
T-13	5	CommanderSanta
15	4	Czar5
T-15	4	Beliskner
17	3	BilltownSparty
T-17	3	gutsman004
19	1	jump_man95
T-19	1	babywuchki
T-19	1	TheFluffy
T-19	1	fatalfuryspecial

PUZZLE
(Trough Bomberman contest)

PUZZLE	FINAL
Rank	Points	Username
1	43	arnpoly
2	28	Vectrex280996
3	25	arch_8ngel
4	21	Balloon_Kid
T-4	21	CLAYB1RD
6	16	BilltownSparty
7	15	EgasKrad
T-7	15	JamesRobot
9	14	BriGuy82
10	11	gutsman004
11	10	khog143
T-11	10	Thundercat08
13	9	CommanderSanta
14	8	Velinos
15	7	ookii_risu
16	3	Beliskner
17	2	babywuchki
T-17	2	TheFluffy
19	1	Czar5
T-19	1	jump_man95
T-19	1	TriHart

SPORTS
(Through Track & Field II contest)

SPORTS	FINAL
Rank	Points	Username
1	32	CLAYB1RD
2	26	Caleb47
3	23	JamesRobot
4	20	arnpoly
5	16	arch_8ngel
6	14	Balloon_Kid
7	12	BilltownSparty
8	11	Vectrex280996
9	7	Thundercat08
T-9	7	Beliskner
11	6	Czar5
T-11	6	dukeofhurl99
13	5	Velinos
T-13	5	gutsman004
15	4	khog143
16	3	BriGuy82
17	2	babywuchki
T-17	2	CommanderSanta
19	1	jump_man95
T-19	1	ookii_risu
T-19	1	fatalfuryspecial
T-19	1	TWarwick07

BEAT EM UP

(Through P.O.W. Prisoners of War contest)

BEATEMUP
Rank	Points	Username
1	32	Balloon_Kid
2	28	CLAYB1RD
3	20	arnpoly
4	19	JamesRobot
5	17	Czar5
T-5	17	arch_8ngel
7	15	Vectrex280996
8	12	Caleb47
9	6	babywuchki
10	5	BilltownSparty
T-10	5	BL4CKV4LOR
T-10	5	Vectrex28099
13	4	Velinos
T-13	4	MrWunderful
15	3	BriGuy82
T-15	3	Beliskner
17	2	khog143

1ST HALF LEADERBOARD
Leaderboard update:New Leadeboard! Updated 7/7/14

Place	Points	Name
1	164 pts	guillavoie
2	145 pts	arnpoly
3	135 pts	arch_8ngel
4	133 pts	BriGuy82
5	131 pts	gutsman004
6	73 pts	BilltownSparty
7	63 pts	Balloon_Kid
8	50 pts	Vectrex280996
T-9	44 pts	Caleb47
T-9	44 pts	EgasKrad
10	34 pts	Velinos
T-11	33 pts	jump_man95
T-11	33 pts	Thundercat08
T-12	26 pts	LukeAF24
T-12	26 pts	razeak
13	25 pts	mattyjmania
14	24 pts	etrainstyles
15	21 pts	pats1717
T-16	19 pts	JHAOC
T-16	19 pts	mattbep
17	15 pts	fatalfuryspecial
T-18	14 pts	renderling
T-18	14 pts	tyrantrum
T-19	12 pts	Lincoln
T-19	12 pts	Twarwick
T-20	11 pts	duncan
T-20	11 pts	pegboy
T-20	11 pts	Red
T-20	11 pts	SpaceJockey
T-20	11 pts	the_tall_guy
T-20	11 pts	treismac
21	10 pts	sunsetflip84
T-22	9 pts	cgfeelit
T-22	9 pts	dataz722
T-22	9 pts	OSG
T-22	9 pts	SONIKtheHEDGEHOG
23	8 pts	bearcat_doug
T-24	7 pts	KHAN Games
T-24	7 pts	megamarioman
T-24	7 pts	ruudos
T-24	7 pts	scaryice
T-25	6 pts	dropkickorange
T-25	6 pts	th0rpe
T-26	5 pts	knightriderce
T-26	5 pts	WickedWonka
T-27	4 pts	flash
T-27	4 pts	Krunch
T-27	4 pts	RegularGuyGamer
T-27	4 pts	smick
T-28	3 pts	fat2rak
T-28	3 pts	MrWunderful
T-28	3 pts	RetroDave
T-28	3 pts	rondy
T-28	3 pts	Sun Baked Records
T-29	2 pts	alpenanews0506
T-29	2 pts	Jmanson03
T-29	2 pts	quiet451
T-29	2 pts	The-retro-shop.com
T-29	2 pts	the_wizard_666
T-30	1 pt	barrelsAndRivets
T-30	1 pt	BenPlusPlus
T-30	1 pt	CLAYB1RD
T-30	1 pt	eCockpit
T-30	1 pt	Geester
T-30	1 pt	hitmantommy
T-30	1 pt	JojoRice
T-30	1 pt	Logo1285
T-30	1 pt	Megamanfan
T-30	1 pt	nes_pimp
T-30	1 pt	PekoTAS
T-30	1 pt	SAG26
T-30	1 pt	teh_lurv

GENRE LEADERBOARDS


BEAT 'EM UP UPDATED 5-26-14

Place	Points	Name	Previous Score
1	30 pts	gutsman004	23
T-2	19 pts	arnpoly	13
T-2	19 pts	guillavoie	9
T-4	18 pts	arch_8ngel	9
T-4	18 pts	BriGuy82	13
T-6	11 pts	Balloon_Kid	0
T-6	11 pts	Caleb47	7
T-6	11 pts	pegboy	11
T-9	10 pts	EgasKrad	8
T-9	10 pts	razeak	10
T-11	8 pts	bearcat-doug	0
T-11	8 pts	Velinos	7
13	7 pts	jumpman_95	6
14	4 pts	fatalfuryspecial	0
T-15	3 pts	etrainstyles	0
T-15	3 pts	Mega Mario Man	1
T-15	3 pts	pats1717	2
T-15	3 pts	the_tall_guy	1
T-15	3 pts	treismac	2
T-15	3 pts	Vectrex280996	0
T-21	2 pts	BilltownSparty	1
T-21	2 pts	Dennis_Fleaman	1
T-21	2 pts	Thundercat08	1
T-24	1 pt	dataz722	1
T-24	1 pt	RetroDave	1
T-24	1 pt	sunsetflip84	1
T-24	1 pt	th0rpe	1

PUZZLE updated 6-21-14

Place	Points	Name
1	29 pts	arch_8ngel
2	25 pts	arnpoly
3	22 pts	guillavoie
4	19 pts	Dennis_Fleaman
T-5	17 pts	BriGuy82
T-5	17 pts	JHAOC
T-7	10 pts	Thundercat08
T-7	10 pts	Vectrex280996
9	9 pts	SpaceJockey
T-10	8 pts	Baloon_Kid
T-10	8 pts	BilltownSparty
T-10	8 pts	mattyjmania
13	7 pts	gutsman004
14	6 pts	jump_man95
15	4 pts	cgfeelit
T-16	3 pts	Egaskrad
T-16	3 pts	pats1717
T-16	3 pts	Velinos
19	2 pts	smick
T-20	1 pt	CLAYB1RD
T-20	1 pt	dataz722
T-20	1 pt	dropkickorange
T-20	1 pt	etrainstyles
T-20	1 pt	Krunch
T-20	1 pt	Mega Mario Man
T-20	1 pt	razeak
T-20	1 pt	sunsetflip84
T-20	1 pt	th0rpe

SHOOTER/SHOOT 'EM UP UPDATED 8-1-14

Place	Points	Name
1	32 pts	gutsman004
2	26 pts	guillavoie
3	20 pts	arch_8ngel
4	18 pts	Balloon_Kid
T-5	16 pts	arnpoly
T-5	16 pts	BilltownSparty
7	13 pts	tyrantrum85
8	10 pts	rendeling
9	9 pts	BriGuy82
T-10	8 pts	mattyjmania
T-10	8 pts	Thundercat08
T-12	7 pts	Caleb47
T-12	7 pts	EgasKrad
14	4 pts	Velinos
T-15	3 pts	Dennis Fleaman
T-15	3 pts	jump_man95
T-15	3 pts	MrWunderful
T-15	3 pts	razeak
T-19	2 pts	pats1717
T-19	2 pts	treismac
T-21	1 pt	alpenanews0506
T-21	1 pt	dataz722
T-21	1 pt	dropkickorange
T-21	1 pt	Krunch
T-21	1 pt	Logo1285
T-21	1 pt	rondy_
T-21	1 pt	Sun Baked Records
T-21	1 pt	th0rpe
T-21	1 pt	the_wizard_666
T-21	1 pt	Vectrex280996

SPORTS Updated 6-21-14

Place	Points	Name
1	35 pts	gutsman004
2	28 pts	guillavoie
3	26 pts	BriGuy82
T-4	22 pts	BilltownSparty
T-4	22 pts	arnpoly
6	17 pts	arch_8ngel
T-7	15 pts	etrainstyles
T-7	15 pts	Vectrex280996
9	14 pts	Caleb47
10	11 pts	Lincoln
11	9 pts	OSG
12	8 pts	jump_man95
T-13	7 pts	EgasKrad
T-13	7 pts	mattbep
T-13	7 pts	razeak
T-16	6 pts	Dennis Fleaman
T-16	6 pts	LukeAF24
T-16	6 pts	pats1717
T-19	5 pts	WickedWonka
T-19	5 pts	Velinos
21	3 pts	TWarwick07
T-22	2 pts	cgfeelit
T-22	2 pts	dataz722
T-22	2 pts	Mega Mario Man
T-22	2 pts	Thundercat08
T-26	1 pt	mattyjmania
T-26	1 pt	Megamanfan
T-26	1 pt	SpaceJockey
T-26	1 pt	sunsetflip84
T-26	1 pt	treismac

ARCADE Updated 8-1-14

 

Place	Points	Name
1	41 pts	BriGuy82
2	36 pts	guillavoie
T-3	25 pts	arnpoly
T-3	25 pts	arch_8ngel
5	13 pts	Vectrex280996
T-6	11 pts	duncan
T-6	11 pts	gutsman004
T-6	11 pts	Red
T-9	9 pts	LukeAF24
T-9	9 pts	SONIKtheHEDGEHOG
T-9	9 pts	Thundercat08
T-12	8 pts	BilltownSparty
T-12	8 pts	Caleb47
T-12	8 pts	the_tall_guy
T-15	7 pts	EgasKrad
T-15	7 pts	KHAN Games
T-17	6 pts	Baloon_Kid
T-17	6 pts	scaryice
T-19	5 pts	knightriderce
T-19	5 pts	Velinos
T-21	4 pts	etrainstyles
T-21	4 pts	mattbep
T-21	4 pts	pats1717
T-21	4 pts	jump_man95
T-25	2 pts	cgfeelit
T-25	2 pts	dataz722
T-25	2 pts	Dennis Fleaman
T-25	2 pts	dropkickorange
T-25	2 pts	mattyjmania
T-25	2 pts	renderling
T-25	2 pts	sunsetflip84
T-25	2 pts	th0rpe
T-25	2 pts	treismac
T-34	1 pt	alpenanews0506
T-34	1 pt	barrelsAndRivets
T-34	1 pt	fat2rak005
T-34	1 pt	fatalfuryspecial
T-34	1 pt	JHAOC
T-34	1 pt	JojoRice
T-34	1 pt	Krunch
T-34	1 pt	Mega Mario Man
T-34	1 pt	nes_pimp
T-34	1 pt	quiet451
T-34	1 pt	razeak
T-34	1 pt	RetroDave
T-34	1 pt	rondy_
T-34	1 pt	smick
T-34	1 pt	Sun Baked Records
T-34	1 pt	the_lurv
T-34	1 pt	The-retro-shop.com
T-34	1 pt	Twarwick07
T-34	1 pt	tyrantrum85

WEEKLY TOP SCORERS

FIRST HALF

Games & Dates	Top Scorers	Scores
R.B.I. Baseball	1st -
3/23/2014 - 3/30/2014	2nd -
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Paperboy	1st - duncan	166,900
3/16/2014 - 3/23/2014	2nd - BriGuy82	153,950
	3rd - LukeAF24	147,550
	4th - arch_8ngel	142,950
	5th - guillavoie	135,800
	6th - arnpoly	134,850
	7th - Caleb47	108,100
	8th - BilltownSparty	107,350
	9th - pats1717	94,850
	10th - cgfeelit	72,700
Yoshi's Cookie	1st - arnpoly	206,900
3/9/2014 - 3/16/2014	2nd - arch_8ngel	160,910
	3rd - Space Jockey	160,580
	4th - Dennis Fleaman	140,100
	5th - JHAOC	125,250
	6th - guillavoie	95,220
	7th - BriGuy82	90,220
	8th - Thundercat08	88,440
	9th - mattyjmania	79,670
	10th - smick	64,370
Adventures of Bayou Billy	1st - pegboy	286,650
3/2/2014 - 3/9/2014	2nd - razeak	167,550
	3rd - guillavoie	96,770
	4th - arch_8ngel	85,630
	5th - Caleb47	77,750
	6th - gutsman004	71,270
	7th - BriGuy82	55,000
	8th - arnpoly	54,270
	9th - the_tall_guy	39,480
	10th - treismac	32,590
Tecmo Super Bowl	1st - Lincoln	77
2/23/2014 - 3/2/2014	2nd - gutsman004	75
	3rd - etrainstyles	62
	4th - BriGuy82	56
	5th - razeak	53
	6th - LukeAF24	49 (516 rushing yards)
	7th - Caleb47	49 (45 rushing yards)
	8th - pats1717	49 (28 rushing yards)
	9th - arnpoly	39
	10th - guillavoie	37
Life Force	1st - gutsman004	333,190
2/16/2014 - 2/23/2014	2nd - renderling	324,400
	3rd - guillavoie	322,230
	4th - tyrantrum85	319,330
	5th - arch_8ngel	307,390
	6th - mattyjmania	298,700
	7th - BriGuy82	279,600
	8th - arnpoly	263,890
	9th - razeak	260,410
	10th - Dennis Fleaman	241,990
Marble Madness	1st - guillavoie	177,870
2/9/2014 - 2/16/2014	2nd - BriGuy82	175,460
	3rd - SONIKtheHEDGEHOG	174,460
	4th - the_tall_guy	170,870
	5th - KHAN Games	160,150
	6th - scaryice	158,590
	7th - Vectrex280996	157,490
	8th - etrainstyles	143,290
	9th - arnpoly	137,130
	10th - arch_8ngel	136,320
Super Mario Bros.	1st - LukeAF24	923,450
2/2/2014 - 2/9/2014	2nd - fatalfuryspecial	837,950
	3rd - arnpoly	821,900
	4th - TWarwick07	814,400
	5th - BriGuy82	751,650
	6th - arch_8ngel	711,800
	7th - guillavoie	666,350
	8th - RegularGuyGamer	644,100
	9th - razeak	599,550
	10th - renderling	598,250

WEEKLY CONTEST BANNERS

If anyone would like to sport a NintendoAge Weekly Contest banner in their signature, feel free to use one of these (courtesy of ookii_risu)

Bubble Bobble



Contra



Double Dragon 3



Gradius



Super Mario Bros.



Super Mario Bros. 3

 

RANDOM PRIZE WINNERS

Random Prize # 1: 2/2/2014 - 2/9/2014: StarTropics - rondy_
Random Prize # 2: 3/16/14 - 3/23/14: Zoda's Revenge - cgfeelit

This year I'm going to try and play every contest even if I don't do so good or only give the game one run. Hopefully all my attempts will be enough to put me in the finals. I'm also going to add the Bubble Bobble banner to my sig since I didn't see anyone use it last year.

Good luck to all participants this year! I can't believe how many great NES players reside here its ridiculous! Either way it should be fun. ^>^

I was looking at the list and thinking "wow, how craptacular, a bunch of games I don't really want to play." Then I saw The Punisher. If I'm not on one of my random hiatuses then, I may just have to fire the ol' girl up, seeing as it's totally my game and all

Wow I love this list of games! SMB,Life Force,Tecmo Super Bowl,RBI Baseball,JACKAL!!!.....man! LOVE IT! Btw,I think the TBD week game should be Contra.

Great list of games ! Yoshi's cookie,duck tales and kickle cubicle!!! Come here for a Man-Hug!

Some suggestions :

- Zapper games
- Homebrew/reproduction game(s)
- icon for players that played every contest

Time to dust off SMB.

Hmm... I'm thinking about entering the fray this year. I like what I see for the 1st half (I can play most of these on original hardware), but the 2nd half not so much.

We'll see

What a kickass list of games! I'll be participating once again for these contests, it was fun competing with you guys last year

Oh, and guess what: Two of my favorite games (Qix and Balloon Fight) are played... During my exam weeks

Same here. I own 12 carts in the first half,4 in the 2nd.

I've got

1st Half  - 11
2nd Half - 2  (Duck Tales and Blades of Steel)

No Bubble Bobble....

No Sqoon..... boooooooo. I was really hoping to see it this year. There's about two games listed all year that I like but on the flip side, I've never played about half the games listed so maybe there will be a few hidden gems in there.

Well the list is subject to change,so there's a chance it could be added later. Plus there's a week that says TBD where Sqoon could fit.

This x10000000

But I can understand why =) Plus there are A LOT of arcade games already on the list.

I decided to get involved at the very end of the last contest so I'm pretty excited about participating this year!

The TBD week is for a puzzle game.  I've got it narrowed down to two games, but I'm still having rules playtested for one of the games.  In my opinion, I have thrown lots of hidden gems on the list of games for this year.  There's lots of first time games for the weekly contest as well, so I'm hoping that everyone will give them a try and find some new favorite NES games to play.

There are certainly a lot of hidden gems and big names at the same time on the list this year. It looks like a great list to me.

August is usually my busy month, and like last year, I'm going to miss a week. Last year it was Q*bert, regrettably, but this year it's Crash 'n' the Boys, and I never heard of that one so it's not so bad. Trog week, on the other hand, will be bittersweet, since it's one of my Top 20 favorite NES games but I'm only going to be around for half a week and I'm going to be extremely busy for the other half. Either way, I'll find time.

Great list overall!

Nice to see you pick so many lesser known, tough games that might be hard to complete for the 2014 completions thread. Especially High Speed.

Now you just need to find a way to include L'Empereur.

Count me in!