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NintendoAge 2016 Weekly Contests Presents: Q-Bert Contest ends Sunday, 6/19/16 at 11 PM NA time

Jun 14, 2016 at 8:43:42 PM

Bea_Iank (4)

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60,090
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I am stuck at stage 3, round 3. Try as I may, I keep failing to beat it. I need to try to set the board better so I can use the last disk to when there is one or two tiles to clear.
~~I really need to consider playing this when I am not tipsy...~~
~~Level 3 will take a wee bit for me to master...~~

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Jun 14, 2016 at 9:31:01 PM

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What I find bizarre is there are 2-3 boards where the game speed is turned way up. I think it's like 3-3 and 3-4?

Jun 14, 2016 at 9:44:42 PM

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Yeah, it was one of the ones I just played on that last run

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Jun 14, 2016 at 9:44:46 PM

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Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

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Jun 14, 2016 at 9:46:55 PM

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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

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Jun 14, 2016 at 9:51:36 PM

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Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

I'm pretty sure we did a 1-life Battletoads contest years ago, likely in 2009 or 2011. We used to do 1-life contests all the time and finally stopped after 2011 I believe due to popular demand. We still do them every once in a while when it makes sense.

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Jun 14, 2016 at 9:58:11 PM

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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

i think they sound like fun

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Jun 14, 2016 at 10:02:32 PM

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Originally posted by: SuperJimtendo

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

i think they sound like fun

A lot of them were pretty fun. It really helped you learn enemy positions and attack patterns and I think it helped me get better at certain games. A lot of people got tired of having to reset their NES continuously, so we decided to do away with them for the most part.

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Jun 14, 2016 at 10:26:02 PM

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updated score, 17,230

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Jun 14, 2016 at 10:55:31 PM

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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

We actually did this 3 times in the past, the first time the contest was still Nesruler's Weekly contest, so the 1-life ruling came from the players.

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo...

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo...

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo...

Those contest were a bird kicking fest and then you had to stay alive and max the score as soon as possible in the game. I finally did it in 2013 somewhere in the fifth stage.

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Edited: 06/14/2016 at 10:56 PM by guillavoie

Jun 14, 2016 at 11:09:29 PM

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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

We actually did this 3 times in the past, the first time the contest was still Nesruler's Weekly contest, so the 1-life ruling came from the players.

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRo...

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRo...

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3...

Those contest were a bird kicking fest and then you had to stay alive and max the score as soon as possible in the game. I finally did it in 2013 somewhere in the fifth stage.

I'm lucky to get one or two extra lives from hitting birds. I've always sucked at that.

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Jun 14, 2016 at 11:10:54 PM

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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: gutsman004

I'm not sure if Silver Surfer has ever been played.

We played Silver Surfer once all the way back in 2010. It was a 1-life only contest too, so we didn't get many participants

Bless you for not doing a 1-life Battletoads contest this year. My heart couldn't take it.

We actually did this 3 times in the past, the first time the contest was still Nesruler's Weekly contest, so the 1-life ruling came from the players.

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRo...

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?StartRo...

http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3...

Those contest were a bird kicking fest and then you had to stay alive and max the score as soon as possible in the game. I finally did it in 2013 somewhere in the fifth stage.

Wow, I can't believe we did three 1-life Battletoads contests over the years. We definitely had to go the route of the furthest progression/low score once bird kicking became a popular way to rack up points.

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Jun 14, 2016 at 11:50:38 PM

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Man, the 4th level is brutal. Use up all the discs and then get hit by the green guy and you are FUCKED

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Jun 15, 2016 at 12:54:01 AM

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Bring on the 1 life contests!!!!😜

Jun 15, 2016 at 3:10:53 PM

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I've been looking at this game all wrong, it's bad, really bad, however next week we got golf so there's that. Enjoy q*bert suffer through golf lol

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Jun 15, 2016 at 4:14:43 PM

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Originally posted by: SuperJimtendo

I've been looking at this game all wrong, it's bad, really bad, however next week we got golf so there's that. Enjoy q*bert suffer through golf lol

Golf is way better than Q*Bert dude!

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Jun 15, 2016 at 4:35:54 PM

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Originally posted by: ToxieRules

Originally posted by: SuperJimtendo

I've been looking at this game all wrong, it's bad, really bad, however next week we got golf so there's that. Enjoy q*bert suffer through golf lol

Golf is way better than Q*Bert dude!

I really like black box Golf a lot. As a kid I never thought I'd ever like a Golf game,but I like this one as well as the sequel Nes Open.

Jun 15, 2016 at 9:19:58 PM

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I don't hate Q*Bert, but I do recognize how frustrating it can be to play. Endorfun is its relaxing, harmonious, life-affirming good twin.
As for Golf, it doesn't hold a candle to Kirby's Dream Course, but it's still fun.

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Jun 15, 2016 at 9:53:45 PM

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From what I've played, the only bad thing about this version of Q-bert is not showing your score at the game over screen. That is so stupid for a classic arcade game to not show your score.

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Jun 15, 2016 at 11:07:37 PM

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updated score: 21,040

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Jun 16, 2016 at 2:01:54 AM

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~~20,450~~
~~25,740~~
~~35,370~~
58,030

And that is all I've got!

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Jun 16, 2016 at 3:02:25 AM

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Where the fuck is James Robot ??? His mom said he couldn't come out to play tonight because of homework! I was confused because she had plenty of time to "play" this week, even with her hectic work week. I just don't understand!😳

Jun 16, 2016 at 3:14:29 AM

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WTF??? Does everyone have homework tonight?

Jun 16, 2016 at 8:30:49 AM

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Originally posted by: Richardhead

WTF??? Does everyone have homework tonight?

I updated with a slightly higher score. Would have had 140k+ had Sam and Slick not taken huge dumps on my nearly completed board. I think they should have been named Douchebag and Asshole.

Jun 16, 2016 at 8:56:31 AM

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I was fairly too busy last night to play, but I will try to improve my pathetic score tonight.