NintendoAge 2014 Weekly Contest Winter Tournament Presents Round 2: Rollerball Contest ends Monday, 1/12/2015 at 11 PM NA time

Jan 5, 2015 at 12:51:51 AM

bimmy_lee (78)

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Hello everyone and welcome to Round 2 of the 2014 NintendoAge Weekly Contest Winter Tournament. Round 1 saw some pretty exciting action and great scores by all the competitors. But there's no time to savor the victories as Round 2 is going to begin now! The Round 2 game is going to be Rollerball. Here are the rules (Participants, please read the rules carefully for your tier to make sure you play by the correct rules. Failure to play by the correct rules can result in your score being invalid):

TIER 1

1 player only
Play until Game Over
Highest score wins
GENRE: Arcade

TIER 2

1 player only
Play until Game Over
Highest score wins
GENRE: Arcade

TIER 3

1 player only
Play until Game Over
Highest score wins
GENRE: Arcade

As you all can see, everyone will be playing by the same rules this time around. Here are the participants that will be playing in Round 2:

TIER 1
arnpoly
arch_8ngel
Balloon_Kid
BriGuy82
CLAYB1RD

TIER 2
BilltownSparty
Caleb47
EgasKrad
gutsman004
khog143

TIER 3
bearcat-doug
Beliskner
Commander_Santa
Thundercat08
Velinos

Remember, the last place score in this round will be eliminated from the tournament. The top 4 scores will advance to the Finals next week.

The contest ends Monday, 1/12/15 at 11 PM NA time. Your user name MUST be written on a piece of paper and 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: 01/12/2015 at 11:30 PM by bimmy_lee

Jan 5, 2015 at 1:02:11 AM

Vectrex28 (130)

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Good luck to all! I'll be away for the next two weeks and I really regret not participating on this one... I like Rollerball

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:09:01 AM

Krunch (146)

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Fun game! Except the fact that dying is sometimes a thing totally out of your control. Let's hope for some sky high scores!

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Jan 5, 2015 at 2:12:16 AM

khog143 (73)

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Guh, not a huge fan of pinball video games. Outside of the Crush series on PCE, I always think that the physics are just off. Either that or I just suck at pinball.

Jan 5, 2015 at 3:17:24 AM

Commander Santa (178)

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Tier 3: 4,175,310

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Jan 5, 2015 at 8:10:38 AM

Beliskner (1)

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Awesome I love playing Pinball games (however not so much on the NES ). Still confident to advance though.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 8:58:44 AM

arnpoly (110)

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Well, this is going to be an interesting week. I have no idea how I am going to fare on this one. Gonna do my best!

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Jan 5, 2015 at 9:19:05 AM

arch_8ngel (68)

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I guess we'll see how well my pinball skills adapt to an unfamiliar table and physics engine.

Anyone with experience want to say where this one stands between Pinball and High Speed in terms of NES pinball games?

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Jan 5, 2015 at 9:37:04 AM

Commander Santa (178)

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*updated score*

Nathan, this is my first experience on an NES pinball game.
The physics are a tad bit "floaty" but not too bad.
Still trying to figure out the table too.

Music in this game is great.

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Edited: 01/05/2015 at 09:37 AM by Commander Santa

Jan 5, 2015 at 10:13:39 AM

arch_8ngel (68)

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Ha, that score counter cracks me up... potential scores in the BILLIONS! Talk about inflation

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Jan 5, 2015 at 10:17:38 AM

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I really enjoy this pinball game, I think the last time I played it for one of the contests I ended up destroying the WR for it but it was an extremely long run when I did it.

As long as you can stay on the upper half you should be good, once you fall to the lowest level I almost find it impossible to get yourself back up

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Jan 5, 2015 at 10:23:44 AM

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Congrats to all who made it to the next round. I'm probably going to still play along even though it doesn't matter.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 10:30:31 AM

arch_8ngel (68)

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Originally posted by: CLAYB1RD

I really enjoy this pinball game, I think the last time I played it for one of the contests I ended up destroying the WR for it but it was an extremely long run when I did it.

As long as you can stay on the upper half you should be good, once you fall to the lowest level I almost find it impossible to get yourself back up

That is sort of the objective with pinball

Stay away from the bottom and you can't die!

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Jan 5, 2015 at 10:34:21 AM

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Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

That is sort of the objective with pinball

Stay away from the bottom and you can't die!

Haha very true, but this one will completely screw you once you are at the bottom.

I feel like with other ones it will suck when you get to the bottom level but they at least give you some kind of shot of getting out of there

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Jan 5, 2015 at 11:05:54 AM

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Originally posted by: CLAYB1RD

I really enjoy this pinball game, I think the last time I played it for one of the contests I ended up destroying the WR for it but it was an extremely long run when I did it.

As long as you can stay on the upper half you should be good, once you fall to the lowest level I almost find it impossible to get yourself back up

There were some really high scores that week. I had 1.3 million and that was only good enough for 10th place. Hopefully I can step it up this time.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 11:21:17 AM

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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: CLAYB1RD

I really enjoy this pinball game, I think the last time I played it for one of the contests I ended up destroying the WR for it but it was an extremely long run when I did it.

As long as you can stay on the upper half you should be good, once you fall to the lowest level I almost find it impossible to get yourself back up

There were some really high scores that week. I had 1.3 million and that was only good enough for 10th place. Hopefully I can step it up this time.

Yeah I actually just played this for the "beat every nes game" thread but only needed to get 1 million points before it was considered beat so I just stopped playing once I got that score.

Kind of wished I just kept playing it now haha

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Jan 5, 2015 at 12:18:53 PM

Velinos (11)

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This game sounds fun. Hopefully my local game store has it in stock.

Jan 5, 2015 at 12:44:14 PM

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Tier 3 - 6,083,810

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Jan 5, 2015 at 12:55:42 PM

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Can't wait to play tonight!!! I really love High Speed, which was the only pinball nes game I owned as a kid. I hope this game is just as good.

Jan 5, 2015 at 12:58:09 PM

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4,813,040 - Tier 2

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:03:58 PM

arch_8ngel (68)

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Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Can't wait to play tonight!!! I really love High Speed, which was the only pinball nes game I owned as a kid. I hope this game is just as good.

It is much floatier than High Speed.

Feels like a super-deluxe-layout version of "Pinball", IMO.

Very basic physics, with a number of irritating highly consistent drain locations.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:33:18 PM

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Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Can't wait to play tonight!!! I really love High Speed, which was the only pinball nes game I owned as a kid. I hope this game is just as good.

It is much floatier than High Speed.

Feels like a super-deluxe-layout version of "Pinball", IMO.

Very basic physics, with a number of irritating highly consistent drain locations.

Absolutely. I try to get 3 cherries on the slot machine so at least I have some protection. Hate that bottom right side on the lowest playfield.

Jan 5, 2015 at 1:36:41 PM

Commander Santa (178)

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Originally posted by: gutsman004

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Can't wait to play tonight!!! I really love High Speed, which was the only pinball nes game I owned as a kid. I hope this game is just as good.

It is much floatier than High Speed.

Feels like a super-deluxe-layout version of "Pinball", IMO.

Very basic physics, with a number of irritating highly consistent drain locations.

Absolutely. I try to get 3 cherries on the slot machine so at least I have some protection. Hate that bottom right side on the lowest playfield.

I've been calling the lowest play field "The Toilet."

My oldest son stayed home sick today... He asked me why I kept yelling "Fuck You Toilet!" A little while ago.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:55:52 PM

arch_8ngel (68)

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Originally posted by: Commander Santa

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Can't wait to play tonight!!! I really love High Speed, which was the only pinball nes game I owned as a kid. I hope this game is just as good.

It is much floatier than High Speed.

Feels like a super-deluxe-layout version of "Pinball", IMO.

Very basic physics, with a number of irritating highly consistent drain locations.

Absolutely. I try to get 3 cherries on the slot machine so at least I have some protection. Hate that bottom right side on the lowest playfield.

I've been calling the lowest play field "The Toilet."

My oldest son stayed home sick today... He asked me why I kept yelling "Fuck You Toilet!" A little while ago.

Yeah, that is what it feels like, for sure.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:56:53 PM

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Originally posted by: Commander Santa

Originally posted by: gutsman004

Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

Originally posted by: BriGuy82

Can't wait to play tonight!!! I really love High Speed, which was the only pinball nes game I owned as a kid. I hope this game is just as good.

It is much floatier than High Speed.

Feels like a super-deluxe-layout version of "Pinball", IMO.

Very basic physics, with a number of irritating highly consistent drain locations.

Absolutely. I try to get 3 cherries on the slot machine so at least I have some protection. Hate that bottom right side on the lowest playfield.

I've been calling the lowest play field "The Toilet."

My oldest son stayed home sick today... He asked me why I kept yelling "Fuck You Toilet!" A little while ago.

Did you tell him because you are trying to get sky high?