That's what I thought at first.  Turns out that's not the issue.  River Jump = everyone is overthinking it

 

Speed running AI would require not only mastering the game, but also the skateboard. The speedruns of AI that I've seen are all tool assisted and never AGDQ or anything like that.

Please enlighten me 
 

well, its been fun. 732,280

Yep. Which means I have my plate full for 2018.
I will lose whatever sanity I still have.
 

I was hoping that you would put your math skills to the test one day to figure out what the actual highest possible score is so I could see if I could get it.  

I never had any issue beating Adventure Island when I was a kid since it was a game that I actually owned, but I haven't played it in almost 30 years, so I doubt that I'd be any good at it now.

BTW, I have NES Bump n Jump coming in the mail. It's still unbeaten in the "beat every NES game" thread and I'm also thinking that it will appear in the weekly contests sooner or later. Mexican Runner says it will turn your hair grey trying to beat it without the continue code.

That's impressive if you could beat it without the Hudson bee. Some of those later levels make Battletoads seem easy by comparison.
 

I guess because I owned it, I played it a lot. My disdain for Battletoads is well documented by my "rage trade in story". I've posted it before, but the short version is that game was so aggravating to beat that I literally took the cart out of my NES after I finally beat it, drove to the closest game shop and traded it in. Given the finals selection, this story works because I traded it for $5 and Joust.

I foresee 4 3.1 million 1943 scores coming any moment now...

It was a contest game most recently in 2015. I finished 3rd, but I don't remember if I beat it or not.

Bea has become aware of our plan to post 3 million + scores, so be wary of her! The jig is up!  

 

Alright, leaderboard should be up to date as of this moment. Any scores posted after this will be updated tomorrow morning  

Here's the 2015 scoreboard. I don't even really remember playing this too much. I bet it would be fun to revisit.

OFFICIAL SCOREBOARD

Bump n' Jump (Arcade)
Place	Score	Username
1	330,850	bertsampson
2	285,370	BriGuy82
3	205,740	bearcat-doug
4	155,920	zobber
5	80,640	ninjistar
6	72,650	floydfan38
7	69,460	skinnygrinny
8	55,050	arnpoly
9	53,800	barrelsAndRivets

 

I remember back during the 2016 contest when breaking a million was the goal. Man, I feel old!  

Where is your 3.1 million score? I know you 4 are ready to snipe at the last minute to knock me and Tables out!  
 

Maybe if we combine our scores together  

 

Well, Guil already has my picks for next week so no one will have to wait for me to wake up and call my pick.
I will be fast asleep when this ends, sadly.  

 

Is Kickle now the official mascot of the weekly contests?

Must to my dismay, yes, it seems the icy naughty thing is the mascot for the contest now.  
 

187,110




 

The suspense is killing me  
 

Your only hope is for Red to have a heart attack before he can post a score.