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2012 NintendoAge Weekly Contest Tournament: The Finals The Finals end Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 10 PM NA time

Dec 16, 2012 at 12:44:24 PM
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Shenanigans!

Dec 16, 2012 at 1:26:03 PM
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Originally posted by: dev(2)



513020

This game makes me feel like a dinosaur.
Especially when i see a wii u commercial on tv 5 minutes later.
Make no mistake,im a tyrannosaurus rex.


What kind of system are you playing on? NTSC, PAL? Also a NES , Famicom, clone system?


Dec 16, 2012 at 7:06:19 PM
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Dec 16, 2012 at 7:13:13 PM
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What is the score? We don't see it on your picture.

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Dec 16, 2012 at 7:16:52 PM
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Originally posted by: Mog

Originally posted by: dev(2)



513020

This game makes me feel like a dinosaur.
Especially when i see a wii u commercial on tv 5 minutes later.
Make no mistake,im a tyrannosaurus rex.


What kind of system are you playing on? NTSC, PAL? Also a NES , Famicom, clone system?
 

I played on different models.
And yes pal will slow down gameplay by 20% and is more easy.


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Dec 16, 2012 at 8:43:22 PM
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Donkey Kong - 3,464,700

Managed my second kill screen!

First Rollover:




Second Rollover:




Third Rollover:




Kill Screen:




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Dec 16, 2012 at 8:52:33 PM
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Galaga - 16,087,060

I stopped this game on Stage 1,300 (the stage number rolls over to zero at 1,000).  Took me around 12-14 hours (lost count!).  Kudos to you guys if you decided to push further, but I've had enough.

This game has the a rather creative millions system.  For the first six rollovers, miniature versions of your ship appear below your score.  They are the size of a digit of your score, so you run out of room after 6.  So when you get 7 million, all of the ships disappear and get replaced by "HERO 7".  Then the next rollover is "HERO 8" and so on.  Letters are used instead of numbers when you get to 10 million ("HERO A").  I stopped on "G" for 16 million.

On a side note, I went to 16 million to see if an old score on Twin Galaxies was real.  Someone posted 15,999,990, which seemed to indicate that the scoreboard freezes there.  By passing that score, I was able to prove that it doesn't, while also putting into question whether that score was real or not.  Quite interesting!




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Dec 16, 2012 at 8:58:34 PM
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Siiiiiiiiiiick... I really hope you make a highlight video like you did with DK and Kung Fu.

Dec 16, 2012 at 9:12:40 PM
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Originally posted by: rdrunner

Galaga - 16,087,060
 


Wow, I think I just messed my pants.

Dec 16, 2012 at 9:13:25 PM
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Originally posted by: dev(2)

I played on different models.
And yes pal will slow down gameplay by 20% and is more easy.
 


So does that mean you are playing on a PAL system? 


Edited: 12/16/2012 at 10:02 PM by Mog

Dec 16, 2012 at 9:35:52 PM
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515,300


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Well, that's all I got for this finals. Not really what I wanted to do, but time got really tight for me in between the end of the University session along with Xmas and other unfortunate events that took the most part of my time. Anyway, it was really cool to go all the way to the finals and I want to thank everyone that participate in the tournament and in the contest for 2012.

See ya guys in 2013, I'll be there for sure

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Edited: 12/16/2012 at 09:36 PM by guillavoie

Dec 16, 2012 at 9:44:58 PM
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Ice Hockey - 66 (69-3)

Figured this game out just at the end.  Never played it seriously before this challenge.  I actually sold my copy of this game a few months ago because I prefer Blades of Steel.  I still feel that way. 



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Dec 16, 2012 at 9:46:37 PM
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Ghosts'n Goblins - 641,300

I have never beaten this game before.  I still haven't, but only because I died intentionally on Stage 6 of the second loop to rack more points.  Tough one, but doable once you know what's going on.



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Dec 16, 2012 at 9:53:45 PM
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Congrats for the win Tom, you totally deserve it

Having you around this year was super fun. I hope you'll join the fun next year as well.

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Edited: 12/16/2012 at 10:13 PM by guillavoie

Dec 16, 2012 at 10:02:07 PM
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Just got home from work and I'm gonna tally up the scores and announce the prize winners shortly

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Dec 16, 2012 at 10:41:24 PM
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2012 NINTENDOAGE WEEKLY CONTEST TOURNAMENT FINALS RESULTS

Donkey Kong
rdrunner: 3,464,700
guillavoie: NO SCORE
dev(2): 999,990

Galaga
rdrunner: 16,087,060
guillavoie: NO SCORE
dev(2): 513,020

Ghosts n’ Goblins
rdrunner: 641,300
guillavoie: 515,300
dev(2): 255,400

Ice Hockey
rdrunner: +66 (69-3)
guillavoie: +34 (36-2)
dev(2): +64 (71-7)

rdrunner wins 4-0

1st place: rdrunner (wins Battle Kid and Nomolos: Storming the Catsle)
2nd place: dev(2) (wins Gradius 2)
3rd place: guillavoie (wins I’m Kid Dracula)

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Edited: 12/19/2012 at 12:47 PM by bimmy_lee

Dec 16, 2012 at 10:44:11 PM
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Congratulations to rdrunner for being the big winner of the 2012 contests He walks away with a copy of Battle Kid and Nomolos: Storming the Catsle for his first place finish (courtesy of Retrozone)

dev(2) finishes in second place and has won a copy of Gradius 2 (courtesy of Retrozone)

guillavoie is the third place winner and is the winner of I'm Kid Dracula (courtesy of Retrozone)

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the tournament. It was a blast to host and organize and a lot of fun to watch. Everyone played great and put up some excellent scores. Hope to see everyone in the 2013 contests

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Dec 17, 2012 at 8:06:43 AM
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Congratulations rdrunner.

Thank you bimmy lee (kevin) for organizing the tournament .

For this and for all the work you did all year round im donating my prize (gradius 2) to you as a present.








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Dec 17, 2012 at 8:47:24 PM
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Originally posted by: dev(2)

Congratulations rdrunner.

Thank you bimmy lee (kevin) for organizing the tournament .

For this and for all the work you did all year round im donating my prize (gradius 2) to you as a present.






 


Thanks dev   That is very generous of you to do.

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Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread


Dec 17, 2012 at 9:12:44 PM
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Congrats guys, rdrunner especially.. Im glad I lost out to the overall winnner, makes me feel a little better . Cant wait for next years tourney to kickoff!

Dec 17, 2012 at 11:08:32 PM
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Wow! Congrats Tom! Amazing scores!

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Dec 18, 2012 at 12:33:36 AM
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Thanks everyone.

Great job to guil and dev for their great showings in this tournament. Together, we put on quite a show!

Thanks also to Bimmy for putting all of this together. Nintendoage has become a great place for fun NES contests and it all starts with him. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us in 2013!


As far as videos go, I have a couple of things in mind, if anyone's interested:

I don't have any footage from my run, but I have definitely been inspired to put together a new video on Galaga. I looked on YouTube and there's nothing out there that shows all of the craziness with the scoreboard when you reach the upper millions.

I did however record the last few rounds of Donkey Kong, so look for that as soon as the holidays allow time for me to upload it. I won't show the whole 7+ hours, but things really got interesting at the end, as I was down to my last life shortly after reaching 3 million.

Ice Hockey? Nah, that link dev provided in this thread shows almost everything there is to know. Besides, I'm SO sick of playing this game. I swear the thing cheats!

Finally, Ghosts 'n Goblins wasn't anything special, so no video needed. I just played through the whole game naturally, except I point racked a bunch of zombies on Stage 3. I died a bunch of times, so my score could probably be improved by quite a bit.

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Dec 18, 2012 at 7:39:40 AM
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Great scores everyone, congrats Tom.

Dec 18, 2012 at 6:29:17 PM
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Just finished a little post on my blog about this great website and our weekly contests. My way of saying thanks for all of the fun this year.

http://rdrunner0077.blogspot.com/...

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Dec 18, 2012 at 10:45:17 PM
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Originally posted by: rdrunner

Just finished a little post on my blog about this great website and our weekly contests. My way of saying thanks for all of the fun this year.

http://rdrunner0077.blogspot.com/2012/12/nes-fun-at-nintendo...


Awesome stuff Tom   Thanks for mentioning the contests in your blog

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy??  How'd they make a mistake like this!?  Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread