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NintendoAge 2016 Weekly Contests Presents: Mendel Palace Contest ends Sunday, 10/2/16 at 11 PM NA time

Sep 25, 2016 at 8:23:20 PM
guillavoie (125)
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Hello everyone and welcome to the latest installment of the Weekly Contests!  This week’s game is going to be Mendel Palace.  Here are the rules:
 
 
  • 1 player only
  • Play until Game Over
  • Play the stages in any order
  • To get your score, continue your game after getting a Game Over and take your picture on the stage select screen
  • Highest score wins
  • Participation score : 100,000
  • GENRE: Puzzle
 
 
The contest ends Sunday, 10/2/16 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

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Edited: 09/25/2016 at 09:54 PM by NintendoAge Moderator

Sep 25, 2016 at 9:53:52 PM
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Edited: 10/02/2016 at 05:00 PM by mbd39

Sep 25, 2016 at 10:03:13 PM
bertsampson (11)
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OFFICIAL SCOREBOARD
Mendel Palace
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(Puzzle)
Place Score Username Points
1 2,829,140 tablew/chairs +11
2 1,888,440 the tall guy +10
3 1,607,190 Brock Landers +9
4 1,173,510 mbd39 +8
5 926,510 barrelsAndRivets +7
6 737,400 arnpoly +6
7 602,480 AnalogNightmare +5
8 531,410 bertsampson +4
Participation
9 445,330 Thomahawk12 +3
10 262,800 Ferris Bueller +3
11 254,190 EgasKrad +3
12 250,490 Seppatoni +3
13 247,360 SuperJimtendo +3
14 208,350 laddersandcakes +3
15 196,800 Krunch +3
16 151,360 skinnygrinny +3
17 140,240 Richardhead +3
18 123,150 JamesRobot +3
19 104,860 Jandrem +3


Edited: 10/06/2016 at 06:25 AM by bertsampson

Sep 25, 2016 at 10:54:52 PM
Brock Landers (61)
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Definitely gonna need to look at a guide or something for this.  I gather that you want to uncover all the icons and get them in a certain order?  Perhaps chain the enemies or something too?

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Edited: 09/25/2016 at 10:55 PM by Brock Landers

Sep 25, 2016 at 11:56:13 PM
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I bet some people are going to wreck this game. I likely won't be one of them. But I foresee wizardry this week (like most weeks). 


Sep 26, 2016 at 12:09:24 AM
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Sadly I was not able to get a physical copy of this game for this week. I couldn't justify buying a CIB and there are zero loose carts for sale in my city.

I have a Powerpack but I have to buy some supplies to get it working again. Am I severely handicapped playing this on a keyboard instead of a real controller?

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Sep 26, 2016 at 12:39:01 AM
mbd39 (1)
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Originally posted by: Krunch

Sadly I was not able to get a physical copy of this game for this week. I couldn't justify buying a CIB and there are zero loose carts for sale in my city.

I have a Powerpack but I have to buy some supplies to get it working again. Am I severely handicapped playing this on a keyboard instead of a real controller?

I use a Logitech pad for emulation weeks where I don't have the cart. But controls and basic gameplay are very simple so keyboard arrow keys should be fine.



 

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Sep 26, 2016 at 12:43:30 PM
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I'm not a fan of this one. I'll probably just practice Kickmaster this week.

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Sep 26, 2016 at 3:49:24 PM
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Here are the results from the 2013 contest. Based on the top scores in recent contests, I expect similar results this week:

"1st: 5,118,210 – rdrunner +11 points
2nd: 2,515,410 – EoTN +10 points
3rd: 2,222,910 – guillavoie +9 points
4th: 1,451,990 – Thundercat08 +8 points
5th: 1,115,410 – smick +7 points
6th: 950,250 - mattyjmania +6 points
7th: 872,870 – link463 +5 points
8th: 443,620 – fatalfuryspecial +4 points
9th: 370,470 – EgasKrad +3 points
10th: 341,140 – bearcat-doug +2 points

PARTICIPATION

236,410 – Krunch +1 point"

Tom gives some helpful tips in that thread as well...

http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

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Sep 26, 2016 at 6:19:57 PM
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Part of me wants to give myself a bit of a breather and take participation this week since I think the odds of skinny catching me are now about 1%, and bert already has puzzles locked up

On the other hand this game seems really bizarre and I want to know its secrets

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Edited: 09/26/2016 at 06:39 PM by Brock Landers

Sep 26, 2016 at 6:36:19 PM
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With this participation, I've locked in the puzzle win.  So, due to time constraints, I probably won't play too much more this week.  It bothers me that you can easily beat a level without getting all the points.  Definately a game that looks to require more time than I have to get a high score.
Decided to make my score a little more presentable.  


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Edited: 09/27/2016 at 07:15 AM by bertsampson

Sep 26, 2016 at 7:13:55 PM
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I will most likely sit this one out.
I still have a ton of stuff to figure out at Mighty Bomb Jack, need more chocolate and pick proper flowers to apologize to the girl for spending Friday night and Sunday night on video games.  

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Sep 26, 2016 at 11:23:49 PM
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Edited: 10/01/2016 at 04:17 AM by barrels

Sep 26, 2016 at 11:40:19 PM
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After a quick first try I am looking forward to improving my score on this one.  Just gotta stop just running into things so frequently.

445330

 

Sep 27, 2016 at 12:38:55 AM
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Pic in update in a sec

 

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Edited: 10/02/2016 at 10:51 PM by Brock Landers

Sep 27, 2016 at 11:34:30 PM
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Just lost 10 lives to the level 3 boss.  They are the devil

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Sep 28, 2016 at 11:36:49 AM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Just lost 10 lives to the level 3 boss.  They are the devil

Which level?  I don't think you can really distinguish by number.   
 

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Sep 28, 2016 at 11:52:43 AM
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Upper right, the scribblers

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Sep 28, 2016 at 12:21:39 PM
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Okay cool, I haven't tried that level yet. I'm still experimenting a bit on which levels I find easier. Haven't even bothered with the right side yet!

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Sep 28, 2016 at 2:09:44 PM
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Never played this game and I've gotta say, it's a pretty damn good game!

Sep 28, 2016 at 9:28:04 PM
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My life has been so fucking ridiculous lately boys I have had absolutely zero time to play.......

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Sep 29, 2016 at 2:34:57 AM
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I quit one of my two jobs and took a huge paycut, I have had(what feels like) all the time in the world to play, working only 40 hours a week! I stopped playing for 6 weeks (I think ) and I can't figure out why the fuck I did that!!😳

Sep 29, 2016 at 2:42:28 AM
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The levels with the swimmers are chaos. I was thinking about trying to just finish out the game but it gets brutal

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Sep 29, 2016 at 8:25:08 AM
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My house has been hectic as hell the past few weeks. Numerous plumbing issues(eww), had to move a friend in off the street, job has been super busy, the works. So, just squeaked by with participation yet again.


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Sep 29, 2016 at 10:15:12 AM
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I like this game so I'll probably put some more time in on it if I can!


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