Hello everyone and welcome to round 2 of the 2016 NintendoAge Weekly Contest tournament!  Round 1 saw some exciting action, great scores, and awesome rivalries.  Now that we are on to the semifinals, the action should be even more intense this time around.  Our second tournament game is going to be Palamedes.  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.  Participants, please make sure to include your tier number when you post your score.  It will make it easier to calculate the final results at the conclusion of the contest.  Remember, the top 4 scores in each tier will advance to the finals (The bottom two scores in all three tiers will be eliminated from the tournament).  First off, here are the participants:

Tier 1
bertsampson
Brock Landers
Krunch
mbd39
Richardhead
skinnygrinny

Tier 2
barrelsAndRivets
Bea_Iank
EgasKrad
laddersandcakes
SuperJimtendo
TWarwick07

Tier 3
Jandrem
Red
Seppatoni
Stryphos
tablew/chairs
zobber


And here are the rules:


Tier 1

• Choose 1 player
• Start on Level 5
• Play until you lose
• To get your score after you lose, select 1 player mode, Level 5, and immediately pause the game.  Your score will be in the high score spot.
• Highest score wins

Tier 2

• Choose 1 player
• Start on Level 3
• Play until you lose
• To get your score after you lose, select 1 player mode, Level 3, and immediately pause the game.  Your score will be in the high score spot.
• Highest score wins

Tier 3

• Choose 1 player
• Start on Level 1
• Play until you lose
• To get your score after you lose, select 1 player mode, Level 1, and immediately pause the game.  Your score will be in the high score spot.
• Highest score wins

The contest ends Sunday, 11/6/16 at 11 PM NA time.  Your user name MUST be written or typed 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, slow motion functions, 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  

Tier 2 - 257170

Oh boy, here we go.....

Don't crap your Stay Puft Panties!
 

You ready Skinny?

Love this game. This should be a fun week.

Tier 2 - 533,340

Tier 1 - 519, 760





Youtube video to prove that I played on level 5 difficulty:

OFFICIAL SCOREBOARD
Palamedes (Puzzle)
Tier One
Mod	280,640	bearcat-doug
Place	Score	Username
1	635,250	Brock Landers
2	536,160	Krunch
3	519,760	mbd39
4	483,480	Richardhead
5	399,140	skinnygrinny
6	281,390	bertsampson
Tier Two
Place	Score	Username
1	727,530	Bea_Iank
2	533,340	barrelsAndRivets
3	476,420	laddersandcakes
4	472,630	EgasKrad
5	469,110	TWarwick07
6	257,170	SuperJimtendo
Tier Three
Mod	669,690	bimmy_lee
Place	Score	Username
1	822,190	tablew/chairs
2	677,630	Stryphos
3	668,750	Red
4	650,170	Jandrem
5	515,030	Seppatoni
6	66,500	zobber

If you Let a snake live......

Garbage, garbage, garbage. If this puzzle game were a jigsaw puzzle, I'd burn some pieces, maybe eat some others, and let my cat gnaw and scatter the rest to the wind. 

Tier 2 - 476,420

I'm coming closer to being able to get perfects. With some more practice I should be able to do it and add to my score.

Oh shit! You scared?😜
 

154,550  483,480 Tier 1






 

Crap, I just came within 6 tiles of getting a perfect. I'm almost there.

Just a little something to get you tier 1 peeps fired up!😋

That dude in the background is quite awesome! If you could snap a 'squarely' framed picture of that I might use it as my avatar for a while.

Art is never squarely framed 😝
 

Wow i made it lol

I got my first perfect and on level 5. It is possible!

669,690 - Mod score



Feast your eyes on this, fellas    I did this under Tier 3 rules and this is the best I have gotten so far tonight, all perfects through Level 12 and then had to use combos to keep from losing on the next 2 rounds.  Got greedy on Level 15 and lost at the very end.  I'm sure a few of you will beat this score by the end of the week.

Haha, well I can't argue against that.

But, you know what I mean, a frontal shot proportionnaly framed, no fancy dutch angle etc. Look at my current avatar for a reference  

... I've made it to round two?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Playing this game for the very first time now. I think I could dig this.

I'm surprised that I made it into the second round.  

I've played the Game Boy version of Palamedes a few times in the past, but never really liked the game.
But it's time to give it another chance on the NES.

Okay, I think I've figured this game out. It's pretty cool! I don't get why everyone was panicking so bad in the other threads about this game. Maybe if previous years just had insane scores or something, but the actual play control is pretty nice on this.

Tier 3 - 677,630