Hello everyone and welcome to the latest installment of the Weekly Contests!  For the intro this week, it’s going to be a blast from the past.  For those of you who remember the 2014 intro to the Double Dragon contest, this should seem very familiar.  This is one of my favorite contest intros ever, so I want to share it with those that didn’t get to read it the first time around.  With several changes to make it fresh and entertaining, I hope you all will enjoy it.
 
 
So this week, I need everyone's help.  And I need it big time because I am in some really deep doo-doo right now.  This morning I was working on my car in the garage, and before you ask what kind of car it is, I drive a 6000 Sux.  What, you’re not familiar with it?  You know, it’s the one that drives really fast and gets really bad gas mileage.  Yeah, that one!  Anyway, my girlfriend Marian is there (you know, the really hot girl with the tramp stamp dragon tattoo) and decides to go get us some lunch from this new place called Panic Restaurant.  She ordered a chicken sandwich and I ordered something like eight hotdogs because I didn’t eat my Wheaties that morning and was SUPER hungry.  Then she starts nagging me about eating too much.  Marian is all like “You shouldn’t eat so much at one time.  You’re going to get fat.  Don’t eat too many hotdogs!”  Blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH!  You know how women can be.  Geez!  Anyway, I said “Fine!  I’ll only order FIVE hotdogs!”  I hand her the money and she mutters something about me still eating too many hotdogs as she leaves through the open garage door.  No sooner does she walk out of the garage, I hear her scream.  I roll out from under the car and rush outside, fearing the worst, like she saw a spider or saw some crazy old guy riding his bike down the street in his underwear.  To my surprise, I see some ugly dude in a vest throwing Marian over his shoulder.  Before I can act, this huge bald guy throws me against the wall and I blackout.  What's that you say?  What did he look like?  I didn't get a good look at him, but I know he wasn't Karnov or Bald Bull or Soda Popinski or Jerbilly.  So, I wake up with a pounding headache  and my mouth oddly tasting like a dirty fart and notice a note pinned to my shirt.  I unfold the note and this is what I see scrawled across the paper:


“Bimmy,

I have your girl, Marian.  Man is she ever hot!  This is revenge for putting that rubber snake in my bed.  You know I hate snakes.  If you want Marian back, come find me in my fort.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Your cool brother,
Jimmy

P.S. We also let the air out of your car tires, stole all your ice cube trays, and pulled all the bookmarks out of your books!  Now you'll never know where you left off in How to Win at Nintendo Games!  HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!  Oh, and Abobo plugged up your toilet.  He said he wanted to leave you a “Super C surprise” hahahahaha!!!!  You might want to call a plumber.  Oh yeah, and he may have farted in your open mouth a few times.  He ate a bunch of hard-boiled eggs this afternoon and now he has stinky egg farts.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!  Seriously, though, they REALLY stink!”


Can you believe this!?  I put a rubber snake in Jimmy's bed as a harmless April Fool's Day prank and he kidnaps my girlfriend???  What kind of crap is this???  And he called me Bimmy!!  Like, hello, my name is Billy, not Bimmy.  Bimmy isn't even a real name!!  Get it right, moron!!  And YUCK!!!  Who farts in someone’s open mouth??  That’s totally disgusting!  Gag me with a spoon and get me like 50 breath mints.  The weirdest part about it is that I now have a strange craving for eggs.  Also, are any of you out there a plumber?  He wasn't kidding about what this Abobo guy did.  He totally wrecked my bathroom.  I didn't think it was possible for a human being to produce so much...Anyway, this is where I need your help, and not with the bathroom.  I need all of you to help me get to Jimmy's hideout so I can rescue Marian.  Help this Double Dragon get his revenge...hmmmm...Double Dragon...revenge...this gives me an idea for a sequel...Anyway, this is what you need to know to get me to my brother:
 
 

• Play until you lose your last life.  Take your picture while you are flashing or as you are falling into a pit (you can pause the game at this point).  If you allow Game Over to flash up on the screen, you will likely not have enough time to take your picture.
• Get as far in the game as possible
• Get as low of a score as possible
• If you beat the game, take your picture when Billy Lee rescues Marian.  You can pause the game on this screen
• No headbutting allowed
• No weapons glitches allowed
• You may not re-enter doorways to reset your life bar.  Doing so will result in your score being disqualified
• Furthest progression wins with the lowest score taking precedence
• Participation: Get to Mission 3 (The forest stage)
• GENRE: Beat ‘Em Up

 
The contest ends Sunday, 4/17/16 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

OFFICIAL SCOREBOARD
Double Dragon (Beat 'em Up)
Mod	Completed		19,720	bearcat-doug
Mod	Completed		59,820	bimmy_lee
Place	Area		Score	Username
1	Completed		22,670	skinnygrinny
2	Completed		23,770	Brock Landers
3	Completed		24,060	BriGuy82
4	Completed		25,140	JamesRobot
5	Completed		25,930	ToxieRules
6	Completed		28,600	bertsampson
7	Completed		29,960	mbd39
8	Completed		34,090	Richardhead
Participation
9	Completed		38,310	gutsman004
10	Completed		57,690	SuperJimtendo
11	Mission 4	Final Room - Willy	45,220	Jandrem
12	Mission 4	Final Room - Willy	53,580	Seppatoni
13	Mission 4	Final Room - Willy	66,130	Twarwick07
14	Mission 4	Final Room - Linda	50,580	Ferris Bueller
15	Mission 4	Large Platform Area	38,680	xtremegamer
16	Mission 4	Large Platform Area	42,430	arnpoly
17	Mission 4	Large Platform Area	46,680	EgasKrad
18	Mission 4	Chintais	42,880	Commander Santa
19	Mission 4	Wall Blocks of Doom	38,560	barrelsAndRivets
20	Mission 3	Wall Climb Area	44,500	MegaMartyr
21	Mission 3	Chintais in Purple Cave	28,390	Stryphos
22	Mission 3	Beginning of Purple Cave	26,100	laddersandcakes
23	Mission 3	Ropers	26,230	zobber
24	Mission 3	Before Chintais	34,270	dirk12121212
25	Mission 3	Beginning	16,920	BingoRingo
26	Mission 3	Beginning	18,660	Mega Tank

Great I been practicing head butts all week lol

Dammit! I've also been practicing head butts all week😁

19,720 - Game Completed (Contest Moderator Score, Does Not Count Towards Leaderboard)



 

This is the one week that you don't want to score 50,000 points on Double Dragon like the kid from The Wizard.




 

If you guys ever have a "Batman" contest, these rules would be the way to go. It's harder to 1cc that game with a low score than with a high one.

What the hell?!?!  I didn't even beat the 3rd mission and my score was higher than that!!

 

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I am so out of my league right now😳

Once again, total noob here

What are the weapon glitches, how does headbutting work, and how/what are the doorways?

None of that matters since you can't do any of it😜

I have to wait on mail to get Double Dragon....I thought I had it but apparently don't which is kind of effed up.

Might just practice on an emulator which will kind of suck and just hope it comes in the mail early on in the week.

The weapon glitch is something that basically has to be done on purpose, so if you don't know what it is, you aren't likely to do it by accident. Headbutts are pretty tough to do by accident as well. The one thing that probably could use clarification is the doorway question. The caves of Mission 3 require you to go through doorways to advance to the next section. Like the rules say, going back through a doorway that you just entered refills your life bar, so obviously doing so is forbidden. It also sends you back to the last section that you just went through and makes all of the enemies reappear, so it's not something that you would want to do in a low score contest anyway.

 

Apparently, the only time Batman was played was way back in 2011 and it was a 1 life contest. A low score Batman contest could always be something to consider for the future. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

Wow, so many rules! Ha. I'm going to be stressed out playing worrying more about the rules than the game itself. But I look forward to giving it a go.

Yeah, whenever I beat "Batman", I consider a lower score as indicating that I played a good game. It means less grinding was required. The B's actually mean something in a low score contest because you want to collect as few as possible.

 

Actually, just trying to beat the game would be a good start since progress is the main goal. If multiple players have games that end in the same area, the tiebreakers go to the ones with the lowest scores first.

 

Wait so I just need to clarify one thing.....are we only allowed our last life?

You're allowed to use all of your lives, you just need to pause the game and get your score before losing your last one since you can't pause once the game over screen comes up.

Ahhhh okay makes sense thanks man.
 

No problem. The rules sound complicated, but the main goal is to get as far in the game as you can without getting a game over.

 

Rules are fine...just try to clear the game and get a low score.

I don't know much about all that other stuff and feel like it won't even matter because it is just exploits....honestly never played DD1 that much played the hell out of 2 though.

This is exactly what happened to me with Pacman! I had fun with Pacman though, I did a lot better than I thought I would, but missing a few days for it was awful. 
 

I honestly think I accidentally sold it in a lot because I know for a fact I had it....ah well.

I have only played this game a few times, so I hope I can at least get participation!