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NintendoAge 2012 Weekly Contest Presents: Castlevania 3 Contest ends Sunday, 8/26/12 at 10 PM NA time

Aug 19, 2012 at 10:03:33 PM

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Hey everyone! This week's game is gonna be Castlevania 3. Here are the rules:

Play until you reach Life 0
US version only
Entering the name "Help Me" at the beginning is forbidden
1-up loops will not be allowed
Highest score wins
GENRE: Action/Platformer

The contest ends Sunday, 8/26/12 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. Good luck everyone and have fun.

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Edited: 08/26/2012 at 10:19 PM by NintendoAge Moderator

Aug 19, 2012 at 10:13:49 PM

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Oh man I never played this game in my life

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Aug 19, 2012 at 10:20:17 PM

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Glad to see you participate last week, Andy! Castlevania 3 is a really fun game. You should give it a try this week

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Aug 19, 2012 at 10:22:15 PM

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I will I cant belive I got 129k on marble madness I feel so proud

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Aug 19, 2012 at 10:23:07 PM

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Just want to remind everyone to include their user names in their picture submissions. We had a couple scores last week that didn't include them, but decided to accept them since everyone put forth an impressive effort with Marble Madness

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Aug 19, 2012 at 10:23:51 PM

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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

I will I cant belive I got 129k on marble madness I feel so proud

You did awesome And you made the Top 5 for last week! Congrats Andy! Will have the Marble Madness results posted in a minute.

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Aug 19, 2012 at 10:24:19 PM

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Can I just use my real name oh goodie

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Edited: 08/19/2012 at 10:24 PM by Megamanfan

Aug 19, 2012 at 10:27:29 PM

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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

Can I just use my real name oh goodie

Yeah, that would be fine. I think everyone knows you as Andy around here anyway

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Aug 19, 2012 at 10:59:57 PM

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Horay thanks

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Aug 20, 2012 at 12:25:27 AM

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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

Oh man I never played this game in my life

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??

I may jump in on this one. I haven't participated at all practically, but it's Castlevania. So... I just might!

Aug 20, 2012 at 12:42:39 AM

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Looks like I'm finally participating in this event!

Aug 20, 2012 at 5:30:52 AM

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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

Oh man I never played this game in my life

I would strongly suggest you to do a lot of practice runs first then.
There are different routes and a lot of cheap deaths.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 5:41:28 AM

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I will get in on this. Just to play wich al.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 7:45:06 AM

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Aug 20, 2012 at 9:41:50 AM

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Dose anyone know if the JP version is the same, aside from the extra sound and uncensored things? The US version doesn't work on the powerpak, but the JP version does. Would that be acceptable to use for this contest?

Aug 20, 2012 at 10:46:15 AM

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Originally posted by: Mog

Dose anyone know if the JP version is the same, aside from the extra sound and uncensored things? The US version doesn't work on the powerpak, but the JP version does. Would that be acceptable to use for this contest?

That would be fine, Mog. I think the US and Japanese versions are pretty much the same, aside from a few very minor things.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 1:05:59 PM

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Doesn't Grant use unlimited throwing daggers in the JP version instead of his little knife?

Are we playing using any of the characters, or Trevor only?

Why zero, why not game over, cant' recall but does the high score disappear?

Can't remember but is there a way to take advantage of 1up loops, if so, this going to be forbidden, or acceptable, because the way this could go, the one losing the most lives so long as they don't lose all of them will have the better chance at a high score if they could lose enough lives to replay some areas yet still make it really far into the game, more chances at more points, no what I mean.

I'd like to play this one, not sure yet, my copy has really messed up Atarish graphics because one of the fingers is severely corroded, but I'll see what I can do, its a Castlevania game, I'd certainly like to give this one a try especially since I've never given it no where near the effort I ever have with the first Castlevania.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 1:11:25 PM

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Hmmmm, not sure about Grant in the Japanese version. If there is anything in the Japanese version that can give someone an advantage over the NES version, then we won't be able to use it.

Yes, we can use any of the characters. Pick your favorite one and have fun

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Aug 20, 2012 at 1:12:03 PM

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Yep, the score disappears after Game Over, so we went with life zero.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 1:16:01 PM

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There are significant enough gameplay differences between the Japanese and American versions of Castlevania 3.

Aside from Grant having a different weapon, some enemies do different amounts of damage compared to the US version.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 1:23:25 PM

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Since there's significant differences between the two, then we will have to use the US version only.

Also, 1-up loops will not be allowed. Thanks for pointing that out, Megan.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 1:28:53 PM

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You need to download some new mappers

Aug 20, 2012 at 2:46:19 PM

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Nope, never mind, graphics too messed up to even tell what the score is, duh. Perhaps I'll play it on emulator, or just sit back and watch. My nephew thinks it looks cool. Retro Atari 2600 style Castlevania 3! Should've broke down and bought another a long time ago.

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Aug 20, 2012 at 4:36:05 PM

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Originally posted by: Miss Clawful

Nope, never mind, graphics too messed up to even tell what the score is, duh. Perhaps I'll play it on emulator, or just sit back and watch. My nephew thinks it looks cool. Retro Atari 2600 style Castlevania 3! Should've broke down and bought another a long time ago.