Welcome to the monthly SNES contest, new to 2016.  We will be playing one or two games every month up until November, with the points leader being crowned champion in December.  There is no tournament (yet), but there will still be prizes for the top three finishers. 

Also, thanks to the NES crew for the ideas and support for this companion contest.  I'm still learning, and improving this thread every day

General Contest Rules
Posting Scores

• Pictures will not be are required.  This is a revision of my previous thoughts because that is the sentiment from people participating.
• In order to submit a score for the contest, take a picture of your score with your user name written or typed on a piece of paper, which must be present in the picture. Your user name mustbe 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.
• 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.
• Please do not begin a competition run on the new title before the 1st of the month, 12AM NA time.  Please do not post a score for said title on or after the 1st, 12AM NA time, of the following month.  Feel free to do practice runs of any of the titles whenever you want.

Emulators/PowerPak

• Emulators ARE allowed to be used in the monthly 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.
• 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 month players who submitted scores will earn points as follows. 
• 11 points to 1st place, 10 to 2nd, etc.  11th place and lower will earn 1.
• Players who compete but are unable, for whatever reason, to provide a score or time will be given participation credit
• Starting in May, we will have two games running in tandem each month.  There will be seperate leaderboards for each, and seperate points awarded
• At the end of the year everyone will have their lowest score dropped.  Effectively, you get a free pass to be terrible at or skip one game, with no consequences.
• The overall champion will be the combined points leader after 12 months

Prizes

• Will be awarded to the top 3 finishers.
• In addition, the overall champion will get to select one game for next year's slate
• If anyone wants to donate to the pool; even crap like copies of Jurassic Park, they are appreciated.

Scoreboards/Schedule
 

January - Super Castlevania IV
High Score
Mod	139,000				Brock Landers
1	1,021,580				Andy_Bogomil
2	260,580				NintenDarr
3	196,650				Soulfly_Solid
4	196,230				lightly_toasted
5	174,470				gutsman004
6	147,960				Jono1874
7	145,290				barrelsAndRivets
8	121,050				bertsampson
9	83,150				Laseki
10	64,930				KrakenSoup
11	63,060				bimmy_lee
12	56,360				arnpoly
13	53,680				rokubungi
14	53,110				ALTQQ

 

February - Super Smash TV
High Score
Mod	26,000,000				Brock Landers
1	36,873,865				Andy_Bogomil
2	35,978,445				POB1337
3	24,322,945				gutsman004
4	20,756,970				WebHead123
5	20,471,480				arnpoly
6	17,751,935				0xero0
7	16,478,760				bimmy_lee
8	9,127,260				Soulfly_Solid
9	6,847,050				Silent Hill
10	6,409,920				ALTQQ
11	3,835,320				barrelsAndRivets

 

March - Super Punch-Out!
High Score
Mod	1,117,930				Brock Landers
1	1,666,470				gutsman004
2	1,438,770				arnpoly
3	1,429,020				Andy_Bogomil
4	1,371,070				DaneNES
5	1,354,730				mbd39
6	1,315,790				skinnygrinny
7	515,000				bimmy_lee
8	464,990				xtremegamer
9	435,700				KrakenSoup
10	206,440				Seppatoni
11	147,350				bertsampson

 

April - Super Mario Kart
Fastest Time
Mod	8'46"25				Brock Landers
1	6'37"53				pegboy
2	6'49"58				milesp1
3	6'58"04				Stryphos
4	7'09"69				quest4nes
5	7'16"42				Seppatoni
6	7'18"10				Andy_Bogomil
7	7'42"47				bertsampson
8	7'52"37				arnpoly
9	8'23"70				bubbapauls
10	8'33"70				bimmy_lee
11	9'06"24				DaneNES
12	9'12"12				xtremegamer
13	11'22"71				gutsman004
	8'20"12				AlexElectric

 

May - Super Empire Strikes Back & Paperboy 2
Progress & High Score
Mod	Rebel Base 33,520			Brock Landers			10,500			Brock Landers
1	Game Complete 146,430			Andy_Bogomil			126,150			xtremegamer
2	Cloud City 115,445			bimmy_lee			83,200			bimmy_lee
3	Snowspeeder II 67,385			quest4nes			67,700			Andy_Bogomil
4	Ice Cave II (middle) 12,770			Seppatoni			51,790			Seppatoni
5	Ice Cave II (beginning) 40,700			bubbapauls			16,050			laddersandcakes
6	Hoth III 21,115			laddersandcakes			16,000			quest4nes
7	Ice Cave 6,475			xtremegamer

 

June - UN Squadron & Tecmo Super Bowl
High Score & Win Margin
Mod	429,600			Brock Landers			29			Brock Landers
1	1,347,100			Jandrem			72			bert sampson
2	1,108,400			xjwebb1982			69			johnnytecmo
3	981,500			WebHead123			55			quest4nes
4	167,400			bimmy_lee			52			GoldeneyeGamer
5	64,200			Seppatoni			49			xtremegamer
6	53,500			xtremegamer			41			WebHead123
7	44,500			quest4nes			17			bimmy_lee

 

July - Final Fight & Super Adventure Island
High Score & Progress
Mod	336,651			Brock Landers			1-4			Brock Landers
1	1,920,290			Andy_Bogomil			Completed			Andy_Bogomil
2	1,818,590			AC Skywalker			3-4 (183,000)			quest4nes
3	1,818,520			Jandrem			3-4 (175,000)			AC Skywalker
4	1,765,710			Teknoskan			3-3			Webhead123
5	1,059,581			Webhead123			3-1			alekx
6	566,361			bimmy_lee			2-2 (79,000)			Seppatoni
7	450,641			Silent Hill			2-2 (78,400)			bimmy_lee
8	367,290			xtremegamer			1-4			Silent Hill
9	344,660			quest4nes			1-3 (31,000)			xtremegamer
10	342,461			Seppatoni			1-3 (28,800)			Jandrem
11	239,321			GoldeneyeGamer

 

August - Contra III: The Alien Wars & Joe and Mac
Progress/Low Score & High Score
Mod	Completed (606,955)			Brock Landers
1	Complete (325,583)			Andy_Bogomil			163,600			quest4nes
2	Complete (475,869)			Webhead123			149,700			Webhead123
3	Complete (557,677)			Jandrem			117,000			bimmy_lee
4	Stage 4 (Boss)			bimmy_lee			63,900			Jandrem
5	Stage 3 (Boss)			quest4nes			60,000			mbd39
6	Stage 3 (Near end)			Seppatoni			25,100			Seppatoni

 

September - Tetris Attack & Super R-Type
High Score & High Score
Mod	31,485			Brock Landers
1	39,323			Krakensoup			208,300			Andy_Bogomil
2	32,619			quest4nes			202,400			Thomahawk12
3	24,637			bimmy_lee			185,500			bimmy_lee
4	23,895			Thomahawk12			156,300			Jandrem
5	20,620			mbd39			143,900			quest4nes
6	19,755			Seppatoni			137,100			Webhead123
7	17,274			Jandrem			126,400			Seppatoni
8	12,994			laddersandcakes			111,800			mbd39
9	11,046			Webhead123			66,100			laddersandcakes
10	71,120*			CZroe			701,400*			pegboy

* not submitted in time

October - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts & Street Fighter II
Progress & High Score
Mod
1	Loop 2 - Level 7			GhostofSparta			1,026,900			Andy_Bogomil
2	Loop 2 - Level 4			Andy_Bogomil			952,400			quest4nes
3	Level 6 (117,800)			3rdstrongestmole			889,000			Abelardo
4	Level 6 (132,800)			Jandrem			883,800			Webhead123
5	Level 3			mbd39			852,800			Ozzy_98
6	Level 2 - Reef Towers			quest4nes			760,200			mbd39
7	Level 2 - Beginning Raft			Webhead123			708,500			user
8	Level 1			bimmy_lee			567,800			Bea_Iank
9							347,800			Jandrem
10							138,800			bimmy_lee

 

November - Super Metroid & Super Mario All-Stars: The Lost Levels
Progress & High Score
Mod
1	Complete (0:49)			Andy_Bogomil			628,800			Webhead123
	Complete (1:17)			Webhead123			240,850			bimmy_lee
3	Complete (1:53)			Loxx O)))			189,650			quest4nes
4	Complete (5:03)			KrakenSoup			189,000			Andy_Bogomil
5	Complete (5:37)			quest4nes
6	Maridia			bimmy_lee

Leaderboard
Final
Mod	-				Brock Landers
1	141				Andy_Bogomil
2	117				quest4nes
3	114				bimmy_lee
4	101				Webhead123
5	63				Seppatoni
	63				Jandrem
7	41				xtremegamer
8	38				mbd39
9	28				gutsman004
10	24				KrakenSoup
11	22				arnpoly
12	21				bertsampson
13	20				laddersandcakes
14	19				AC Skywalker
15	18				Thomahawk12
16	13				Soulfly Solid
17	12				Silent Hill
18	11				pegboy
	11				GhostofSparta
20	10				johnnytecmo
	10				xjwebb1982
	10				milesp1
	10				NintenDarr
	10				POB1337
25	9				DaneNES
	9				Stryphos
	9				GoldeneyeGamer
	9				3rdStrongestMole
	9				Abelardo
	9				Loxx O)))
31	8				lightly_toasted
	8				Teknoskan
33	7				bubbapauls
	7				alekx
	7				Ozzy98
36	6				0xero0
	6				barrelsAndRivets
	6				Jono1874
	6				skinnygrinny
40	5				user
41	4				Bea_Iank
42	3				ALTQQ
	3				bubapauls
	3				Laseki
45	1				rokubungi

April Update - Please discuss games and post scores and updates inside new game-specific threads

Good luck with your SNES contests! That's an excellent looking lineup!

Please require pictures (I know this probably belongs in your previous thread). I like looking at pictures in contest threads Plus, pictures can help ensure that any requirements are met (e.g. for some games, having to stop at a certain spot and capture your score).

Looking forward to posting a score! I suck at this game though.

How about I just heavily encourage them?  One thing I've learned from the "can na beat every" threads is that some people just do not want to take the 5 minutes for pics.  And in order for this thing to get some momentum I feel like we need all the participation we can get.  But yes, if some new account posts some highly suspicious score, that can change

Anyways, rules updated

 

Awesome! Unlike the NES contests, I'm actually participating in this! I look forward to trying to take the top spot! (Though I probably won't) Look out in September because Tetris Attack is my jam!

No but seriously thanks for starting this up. A SNES contest is something I've wanted since I signed up here!

Best I ever did when I was younger was get to the "Let's abuse mode 7" level. I might be able to do better now than back then, but who knows.

In 20 years I've made it to level 4 (or 5?) of Contra III once, and my Super Metroid time will probably be north of 10 hours

 

I ended up with a score of 200,010. I could definitely see the potential for milking the gold level near the end if you saved all your lives and repeatedly died but saved a life or two to complete the last couple levels (which I did not do). I died on the knight boss before the prision/sewer. I also died a couple times on the clock tower for really, really dumb reasons. Other than that the rest was a breeze and finished the game without a continue. It also doesn't look like you get any more score once you reach the series of bosses at the end of the game so you might as well take a pic there. Not sure I'll run through this again. I forgot how long this game is. 

Yeah, I'm playing Dracula X right now and it's shocking just how much shorter than SCIV it is

I was actually mistaken. When I went back into the room the game starts over. It now showed a score of 204,770. I also neglected to do the secret at the end which would have gave me more hearts and a higher score. Which score should we used, the one before or after the credits? Is the secret allowed?

If I understand correctly, you're saying score carries over to a New Game+?  I see no reason not to allow either. 

Yeah, you start the game over with the score you beat Drac with. 

Well let me know what you end up with. It doesn't matter if the SCIV scores come down to skill or attrition, both count

Lol if I even make it to level 2 in Contra III that will be the furthest I've ever gotten. Really the most difficult game I've ever played.  I've ashamedly never finished Super Metroid. My latest save file is stopped near the end, but there are 2 or 3 bosses til the end that I just can't beat. Chorizo statue or something? Cannot beat it for the life of me.

I haven't played it in at least 15 years, so hell if I can remember where anything is

No worries, I'll award participation to people who at least start a game of Super Metroid

Pics should be required with the same criteria as the NES contests.  Especially if prizes are involved.  The completion lists are a "just for fun" thing, so not requiring pictures isn't an issue because there's no real incentive for people to cheat.  With a contest, there needs to be some sort of verification process, and pictures are the easiest way to do it.

No prizes yet, but the people have spoken, and I will oblige

Rules are updated

Andy, no name in your pics but Ill grandfather them in since I changed the rules after-the-fact

Mmmm...chorizo! You're making me hungry!

I'm not familiar with this game, does it loop?  Also, allowing passwords to skip ahead into the game seems very bizarre for a contest.

Shouldn't scores be comparable, i.e. all start from the first level?

Usually, you'd post your score along with the stage you reached on 1 credit (at least in shmups that's pretty much how we do it).

Yep. After you beat the game, there's a second loop with a higher difficulty level.

Does it loop forever like Contra or is there only 1 extra loop?

 

Lolz! If someone could photoshop me a Chozo statue made of chorizo, I'd die a happy man.