Originally posted by: arnpoly
First time dropping in the thread in a few days and all I can say is WOW. I actually fist-pumped when I saw Briguy drop the 400K+ score. =)
I'm really pleased to see that everyone had a good time during this contest and that we had a very healthy competition all the way to the end.
I said I would play along for fun this week ... well my wife was sick for part of the week so I only ended up playing maybe an hour total all week. I managed 95,550 at 2-3 which is pretty good given my prior experience with the game and overall time constraint for the week. If I were in the finals I probably would have had to sacrifice a heck of a lot of sleep just to even pretend to complete. This is a game I could definitely see myself trying to beat someday. I have beaten both 2 and 3 but it's been years since I've played either one.
Congrats to all the participants! I'm super impressed with the scores this week.
Yeah, this is definitely on my want-to-beat list.
Given the structure of the game, even with a continue the game is a serious challenge, and beating it should probably count as one of the major accomplishments of NES gameplay.
I tinkered on an emulator early in the week to learn some of the level layouts and get a feel for it, but in terms of console play, I only really had 2 games on Saturday night and 8 hours, or so, on Sunday to figure it all out.
I feel like throwing two or three more weekend afternoons at, and beating it would definitely be a possibility.
I think map making would be critical, though, to avoid the mental overlap of some of the level design.
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