Hey everyone.  The horror game theme concludes this week with Ghosts n' Goblins.  Here are the rules.

• 1 player only
• Play until Game Over
• Take your picture on the title screen
• The point racking technique in stage 2 is forbidden (see below posts for details)
• Participation: 10,000

The contest ends Sunday, 11/6/11 at 10 PM NA time.  Your user name must 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.  Good luck everyone, have fun, and have a Happy Halloween!

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nice, I'll give it a try

Awesome... now I get to watch Mog play this in chat all week while i whine at how much I suck at this game.

*edit* double posted for some reason.

Holy F I suck at this game.
It is going to take me a while to get some real scores on this one.
At least I met the min for participation...only because I could not get past the first level and used all my guys on killing Zombies..
Benihana 29,100

So I'm cool to use an emulator for this? I'd like to participate, but currently don't own a copy of the game.

Yes, emulator are allowed.

Cool! I'd like to think I'm good at this game, so we will see what happens!

 

This game is fuckin' sadistic.

A pity that this one won't be valid because my name isn't n the screen.
Oh well, I shall hook up the nes this week again if I have time.
Edit:
Also, update the rules to make sure that the infinite point loop at stage two can't be used. There's a 1,000 point item and an extra life at the first part of stage 2.

Jesus. I can't get past the first half of stage 1. That score is just insane for this game.

I made to stage 6 run 02 with the torch on that one. I was aiming for points on that particular run, and I ended getting a game over while trying to farm points from red arremers there.
Wish me luck to find time to hook my NES this week to update that score.

Please keep track of how many consoles / controllers / games / televisions are destroyed during this contest Kudos to you guys for having the patience on this one.

This is a cool contest, and I will try my hand at it!

However, I would suggest you ban emulators since they can do things the real hardware can't. Save states, perhaps? That, or make two separate groups, emulators and hardware.

Well, the contest is mainly based on honor, so if someone plays with an emulator, he's not supposed to use save states when attempting a score. That's as simple as this.

Also, I don't know what to think about farming points in this particular contest. I'd like to hear thoughts from other players on this.

I couldn't even get a good score with save states on this game.  lol

The only possible point for farming in this game is at the beginning of stage 2, with the extra life and the 5,000 points item. Collect the extra life, get the 5,000 points, kill Arthur, rinse and repeat.
Everywhere else, it should be allowed, since you have a time limit, and more often than not you end up dying when trying to farm, being overwhelmed by enemies.

Yeah I was kinda curious how emulators were going to work with the whole save state stuff. I've beaten the game using save state, and that's the only way I've beaten the NES version. I wouldn't do it in a contest regarding points, but who's to know if anyone did really. Im glad you allow it though so I can participate.

I'm stupid, I forgot there was a timer in this game.

Ok, new rule. Use of the point racking technique in stage 2 is forbidden.

Well, I normally don't participate anymore, but GNG is one of my favorite games of all time. Here we go:

Pretty nice score there, Retrosnow.
I managed to hook up the NES today and took some of the rust from my controllers and my joints.


Sadly, I only saw that the paper with my name wasn't showing when I got the pictures into my laptop. By then the NES was off already. *sigh*
Oh well. If I get home earlier than 10pm from work tomorrow I will give it another run, this time with less stupid deaths at stage 2 and 5.
GnG is one of my favorite games of all time as well, and I won't let the 1st place on this one go lightly.

Thanks. I'm leaving mine where it is for now; I don't think I'll want to play again for quite some time, haha.

This game is an asshole!

Want to throw controller!!!!