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Closed SNES Monthly Contest: March - Donkey Kong Country + Kirby's Dream Course Winners - quest4nes & MrPeaPod

Mar 1, 2017 at 1:42:36 AM
Brock Landers (61)
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Going forward the competition will have two games running at a time.  They are separate leaderboards, with their own points awarded.  You can compete in one or the other, or both.

This appears to trip people up so I'm posting it again:  If you post an updated score please re-use your original post, or create a new one and remove your old score.  That will make my life easier sorting things out.

March Game #1: Donkey Kong Country
Rules
  • Goal -> Completion %
  • Tiebreaker -> Low time
  • Bonus Point -> 101% in under 60 minutes
  • You are allowed as many tries and saves as you need
March Game #2: Kirby's Dream Course
Rules

  • Goal -> Courses cleared
  • Tiebreaker -> Low strokes
  • Bonus Point -> Obtain all Gold Medals
  • Choose 1Play Game
  • Create a new member
  • You are allowed as many tries as you need
  • You can re-try courses to improve your scores
  • Take a picture of the ranking screen for each course you are able to clear
  • The Special Courses unlocked by earning all golds are not in scope of this contest
  •     Normal Courses
      Medal/Course   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
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      Gold:          14  14  17  17  18  16  14  18
      Silver:        19  19  22  22  23  21  19  23
      Bronze:        26  26  29  29  30  28  26  30
General Contest Rules, Prizes, Schedule, etc.
Click for Main Thread

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SNES Set - 716/723 (Casper)
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Edited: 05/02/2017 at 01:44 PM by Brock Landers

Mar 1, 2017 at 1:42:47 AM
Brock Landers (61)
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March - Donkey Kong Country + Kirby's Dream Course
Progress + Progress
             
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1 101% - 0:54 +1 quest4nes Complete - 134   MrPeaPod
2 101% - 1:09   MrPeaPod Complete - 259   quest4nes
3 101% - 1:11   CZroe Course 1 - 14   bimmy_lee
4 101% - 1:43   link463 Course 1 - 32   Webhead123
5 101% - 1:58   Webhead123 Course 1 - 34   Stryphos
6 101% - 2:05   ALTQQ      
7 100% - 1:41   KrakenSoup      
8 66% - 2:00   Shino      
9 63% - 3:07   bimmy_lee      
10 43% - 2:37   mbd39      
11 40% - 0:21   Gloves      
12 23% - 0:40   Stryphos      

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Writing about every SNES game - Volume VIII (#400-351) - Migrating to snesrankings.com as we speak
SNES Set - 716/723 (Casper)
Switch: SW-6880-6470-3131


Edited: 04/02/2017 at 09:49 PM by Brock Landers

Mar 1, 2017 at 2:02:53 AM
link463 (25)
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Sweet! I'm about to be all over this.

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I hope this information is what you are looking for.

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Mar 1, 2017 at 2:04:03 AM
Brock Landers (61)
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I think DKC is doable in 60 minutes for non-rdrunner mortals.  If that's way off base, I can add a little more leeway.  I want it to be hard.

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Writing about every SNES game - Volume VIII (#400-351) - Migrating to snesrankings.com as we speak
SNES Set - 716/723 (Casper)
Switch: SW-6880-6470-3131

Mar 1, 2017 at 8:06:35 AM
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Mar 1, 2017 at 8:20:02 AM
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Saving my spot too, for participation that is  

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Haves     |     Wants

Mar 1, 2017 at 8:49:00 AM
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DKC is my jam! I will definitely be competing this month as well! Kirby's Dream Course I only tried once but sucked at it so who knows how that will go. Worth a shot though!

Mar 1, 2017 at 8:57:35 AM
quest4nes (147)
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Donkey Kong Country 101% (0:54)





Kirby's Dream Course - Completed All 8 Courses (Total Strokes 259)

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NES  646 (331 Manuals 319 Boxes)
Wii U 158
SNES 311
N64  189
Original Gameboy 48
 



Edited: 03/31/2017 at 02:12 PM by quest4nes

Mar 1, 2017 at 9:06:23 AM
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Can I get a month where something crazy doesn't happen?

​DKC - 2:00 - 66%





 


Edited: 03/31/2017 at 10:10 PM by Shino

Mar 1, 2017 at 9:09:12 AM
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I have never 100%ed DKC before! Nice!

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Mar 1, 2017 at 9:49:07 AM
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DKC - 1:09 - 101%


Kirby's Dream Course - 8 Courses Cleared (Total Strokes 134)





 

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Edited: 03/17/2017 at 10:20 PM by MrPeaPod

Mar 1, 2017 at 2:02:08 PM
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Donkey Kong Country: 101% - 1h 58m



Kirby's Dream Course: Course 1 - 32



​Well, didn't get much time to devote to these games this month with all the other drama to contend with. Such is life.

​Could have done much better on DKC but I was trying a new emulator (Higan) and had a horrible experience with it. For reasons yet beyond me, I was getting horrible framerate drops and occasional input lag.

​Kirby's Dream Course really surprised me with how much fun it is. I have never been one for "golf" games (or most sports games for that matter) but there's something very charming about Dream Course. It requires a lot of practice and familiarity that I didn't have the time to develop but I can tell the game will get pretty remarkable once I get to that level. I actually made it through the end of Course 2 but missed my chance to snap a pic and couldn't figure out how to get back to the score screen after that. I will end up spending more time exploring this game. A real gem that totally flew over my head all these years.

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Edited: 03/31/2017 at 08:49 PM by Webhead123

Mar 1, 2017 at 2:06:56 PM
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Originally posted by: Webhead123

Saved for scores.

Have literally never even booted up Kirby's Dream Course before, so this shall be interesting.
I didn't realize until today that it was a... golf game?

 

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Mar 1, 2017 at 3:16:44 PM
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Pretty sure I'm not going to complete this in an hour or close to 100%, but I'm having a good time. Finally made it past Mine Cart Madness and Stop & Go, and was able to save my game again.

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Mar 1, 2017 at 6:45:47 PM
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Mar 1, 2017 at 9:10:45 PM
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Slipside Ride can go fuck itself. Seriously.

EDIT: Fuck this entire ice themed world. You have to get through a ridiculous gauntlet of levels before you can even save your game again!

 

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Edited: 03/01/2017 at 09:59 PM by mbd39

Mar 1, 2017 at 11:39:32 PM
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Welp... either my DKC cart is fucked, or the battery just died. Either way, that's my progress all gone. Gonna... not play anymore tonight.

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Mar 2, 2017 at 12:55:37 AM
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Donkey Kong Country - 63% 3:07



Kirby's Dream Course - Course 1 - 14


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Edited: 03/30/2017 at 01:48 AM by bimmy_lee

Mar 2, 2017 at 1:47:28 AM
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Ugh. There is some evil, evil platforming with the save spots spread far apart later in DKC. It's tougher than I remembered.

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Mar 2, 2017 at 10:06:34 AM
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Originally posted by: mbd39

Slipside Ride can go fuck itself. Seriously.

EDIT: Fuck this entire ice themed world. You have to get through a ridiculous gauntlet of levels before you can even save your game again!

 
I consider myself pretty good at dkc. I never have to worry about lives . I always have like  60+.

i think maybe i could beat the game straight through if i didnt die in under an hour, but 100 percent is something else. Just beat the game last night casually. And was closer to 2 hours than 1. And i wasnt close to 100 percent
 

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Wii U 158
SNES 311
N64  189
Original Gameboy 48
 



Edited: 03/02/2017 at 10:07 AM by quest4nes

Mar 2, 2017 at 10:14:28 AM
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Originally posted by: quest4nes
 
Originally posted by: mbd39

Slipside Ride can go fuck itself. Seriously.

EDIT: Fuck this entire ice themed world. You have to get through a ridiculous gauntlet of levels before you can even save your game again!

 
I consider myself pretty good at dkc. I never have to worry about lives . I always have like  60+.

i think maybe i could beat the game straight through if i didnt die in under an hour, but 100 percent is something else. Just beat the game last night casually. And was closer to 2 hours than 1. And i wasnt close to 100 percent
 


Now I'm at Kremkroc Industries.

I don't plan on beating this 100%. It's not going to happen.




 

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Mar 2, 2017 at 10:33:28 AM
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Hey guys, looking for suggestions - I don't have soldering tools or anything like that, just the bit for removing the screws on cartridges. Apparently though I need a lot more than that to replace the battery in my DKC cart. Do stores typically offer battery replacement services? Or is there some other way for me to do it myself? I'd like to avoid playing on an emulator if I can, and would certainly rather not have to buy a whole new cart just because the battery died, that seems dumb.

Alternatively, should I buy a soldering iron? I'm not sure how expensive they are, and have no experience with them. Not sure how costly and/or difficult this is.

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Edited: 03/02/2017 at 10:35 AM by Gloves

Mar 2, 2017 at 10:43:22 AM
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YOriginally posted by: Gloves

Hey guys, looking for suggestions - I don't have soldering tools or anything like that, just the bit for removing the screws on cartridges. Apparently though I need a lot more than that to replace the battery in my DKC cart. Do stores typically offer battery replacement services? Or is there some other way for me to do it myself? I'd like to avoid playing on an emulator if I can, and would certainly rather not have to buy a whole new cart just because the battery died, that seems dumb.

Alternatively, should I buy a soldering iron? I'm not sure how expensive they are, and have no experience with them. Not sure how costly and/or difficult this is.

I would just buy a new cart before actually resorting to buying a soldering iron and fixing it myself.

 

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Mar 2, 2017 at 10:45:10 AM
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Originally posted by: mbd39
 
YOriginally posted by: Gloves

Hey guys, looking for suggestions - I don't have soldering tools or anything like that, just the bit for removing the screws on cartridges. Apparently though I need a lot more than that to replace the battery in my DKC cart. Do stores typically offer battery replacement services? Or is there some other way for me to do it myself? I'd like to avoid playing on an emulator if I can, and would certainly rather not have to buy a whole new cart just because the battery died, that seems dumb.

Alternatively, should I buy a soldering iron? I'm not sure how expensive they are, and have no experience with them. Not sure how costly and/or difficult this is.

I would just buy a new cart before actually resorting to buying a soldering iron and fixing it myself.

 

One thing I'm considering is that my DKC2 ALSO needs a new battery, so I'm actually leaning towards soldering iron. I've always been interested in that stuff... I dunno though. It's all so sudden and unexpected lol.
 

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Mar 2, 2017 at 10:58:42 AM
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This is one of the benefits of using an emulator. No dead batteries.

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