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NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Battletoads Contest ends Sunday, 4/14/13 at 10 PM NA time RANDOM PRIZE WINNER - RetroDave

Apr 11, 2013 at 7:19:26 PM
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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Just to supplement what guillavoie said, Battletoads is a difficult game and it takes time to get good at it.  My reasons for the rule where the earliest stage where the score was maxed out takes precedence is simply this: To allow everyone a chance to max out the score or rack up a high score.  The casual Battletoads player typically has difficulty getting past the speeder bike part in stage 3.  The top Battletoads players on the site can get very far in the game and maybe max out the score by the time they reach the later stages.  What this contest will come down to is who can farm the most points from the birds in stage 2.  But there's dangers in doing it since you're only allowed to play with one life.  This isn't the last time we will play Battletoads in the weekly contests, and the next time we do, the rules will be different.  The rules this time around are different from the last time around and it's to help change things up so the contests will always be fresh and not the same thing over and over again.
Next time, let's do a "bonus points per level beaten" rule or something, perhaps an additional 1,000 for level one, 2,000 for level two, and so on, since it gets harder and is more impressive to hold a life that long as you go further.



Apr 11, 2013 at 7:58:31 PM
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97000


Damn it.

Apr 11, 2013 at 9:12:10 PM
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Originally posted by: Stan

Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Just to supplement what guillavoie said, Battletoads is a difficult game and it takes time to get good at it.  My reasons for the rule where the earliest stage where the score was maxed out takes precedence is simply this: To allow everyone a chance to max out the score or rack up a high score.  The casual Battletoads player typically has difficulty getting past the speeder bike part in stage 3.  The top Battletoads players on the site can get very far in the game and maybe max out the score by the time they reach the later stages.  What this contest will come down to is who can farm the most points from the birds in stage 2.  But there's dangers in doing it since you're only allowed to play with one life.  This isn't the last time we will play Battletoads in the weekly contests, and the next time we do, the rules will be different.  The rules this time around are different from the last time around and it's to help change things up so the contests will always be fresh and not the same thing over and over again.
Next time, let's do a "bonus points per level beaten" rule or something, perhaps an additional 1,000 for level one, 2,000 for level two, and so on, since it gets harder and is more impressive to hold a life that long as you go further.

 


I really like this idea, Stan.  I've done this a few times over the years (actually, we did this with Ninja Gaiden last week where people got bonus points for beating the game with extra lives), but not nearly enough.  I really need to do more stuff like this in future contests.

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Apr 11, 2013 at 9:24:49 PM
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Updated score and picture 218,000

Apr 11, 2013 at 10:48:42 PM
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Originally posted by: Parpunk

Originally posted by: guillavoie
Well Said and i agree. Never thought about mario and tetris for example. Eitherway its still pretty tough to have a good (max score in level 1 and then a gret bird kicking run in level 2) run, without dying. The frustration of trying will slow some down lol. I got aggravated and needed a break after last night. Probably give it another run this evening. 

 

Yeah man, after playing for awhile, I start losing my life on stage 1. When you're out of focus, it's hard to keep the concentration to play battletoads flawlessly.

Even if we're playing for points this week, we can still claim bragging rights for going further in the game. Since Stan posted his score up to Manus, I'm working to beat him at it even if the contest is about points. If I max out the score, I'm taking my picture, but I'm not going to power off the NES. I'll try to get as far as I can regardless.

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Apr 11, 2013 at 10:52:03 PM
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Best score so far, too bad I touched that damn mine at the last and shortest segment of this surf run.

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Apr 12, 2013 at 12:48:35 AM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

860,400

Best score so far, too bad I touched that damn mine at the last and shortest segment of this surf run.
Damn bird kickers!  Get out of here!  Yeah, those mines, as well as the fireballs in the inferno, can be a bit random.  Luckily you can weave through the fireballs easily, but these mines can sometimes trap you at the bottom or top if you get unlucky.



Apr 12, 2013 at 10:59:33 AM
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nice run quillavoie!

I didnt get a chance to play last night, but plan to go a couple more runs at it this weekend if i can find the patience lol. I also died a bunch of times trying to max score in level 1, freaking pigs ram ya off an edge! ugh hate that! Especially at the end of level 1 where the three pigs come out, thats tough to maximize off them without taking hits.

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Apr 12, 2013 at 10:59:47 AM
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Originally posted by: dra600n

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: dra600n

I hate this game.
If there is a hell, being forced to play Battletoads must be how the worst people there are punished.

 

LOL agreed 1000x over

Nope, the worst has to be Stealth ATF


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Apr 12, 2013 at 11:52:05 AM
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It's all about bird kicking. I used to get to level 6 without dying! Stupid snowman
Sorry for the poor quality pic, hope you can see my name...

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Edited: 04/12/2013 at 11:53 AM by Vectrex28

Apr 12, 2013 at 6:50:10 PM
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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

It's all about bird kicking. I used to get to level 6 without dying! Stupid snowman
Sorry for the poor quality pic, hope you can see my name...


Try posting the picture again.  I've tried to view it in a couple web browsers and it won't show up.

@Parpunk: I don't usually accept pictures without usernames, but since you already submitted one score earlier in the week and I can verify that it's the same set-up in your new picture, I allowed your 661,100 score.

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Apr 12, 2013 at 6:50:13 PM
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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

It's all about bird kicking. I used to get to level 6 without dying! Stupid snowman
Sorry for the poor quality pic, hope you can see my name...
Man you're the second guy to die on that Mr. Frosty!  He throws one high, then one low, jump up during the low one and you land right on top every time.


Apr 12, 2013 at 8:07:06 PM
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participation point for me. I know, it was crazy trying to play it on a keyboard but I couldn't/didn't feel like fixing my emulator for this game.



Edited: 04/12/2013 at 08:07 PM by Caleb47

Apr 12, 2013 at 8:49:48 PM
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updated score and picture.

241,500

Apr 13, 2013 at 12:03:33 AM
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Here's my participation point this week. I'm no good at birds

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Apr 13, 2013 at 2:33:38 AM
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After some try's my best score u.u 74,750

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Apr 13, 2013 at 4:37:00 AM
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Tried Photobucket and Imageshack for this one. You should be able to see it

400150 Points

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Apr 13, 2013 at 4:43:09 PM
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I'm proud to make it this far, but my score sucks.
564.900

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Apr 13, 2013 at 4:44:42 PM
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Originally posted by: dev(2)



I'm proud to make it this far, but my score sucks.
564.900
Have you kicked enough birds on stage 2?


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Apr 13, 2013 at 4:56:28 PM
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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

Originally posted by: dev(2)



I'm proud to make it this far, but my score sucks.
564.900
Have you kicked enough birds on stage 2?
 



There's always something.
When i get a good score on level 2 i fuck up in the later levels and vice versa.
Pretty frustrating.

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Apr 13, 2013 at 6:35:02 PM
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This time, I scored at least 250'000 on the bird stage, but as always, those stupid arctic caverns killed me! What's interesting is that I can do the surf level without dying...
Anyway, my last and best score for this week:524900

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Edited: 04/14/2013 at 06:27 AM by Vectrex28

Apr 14, 2013 at 11:30:04 AM
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353,900.

sorry, I forgot about the full screen monitor when I posted my first score.

Apr 14, 2013 at 12:38:21 PM
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Almost forgot to get to my participation point this week




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Apr 14, 2013 at 12:54:11 PM
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999,999 - Stage 6-2

Finally got past the surfing level without messing up!  It was funny finishing stage 5 and coming up just short.  I scored the last 10,000 by completing two rooms in the snake level.


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Apr 14, 2013 at 1:21:59 PM
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Sick scores guys! I took a break to play some Gun.Smoke.