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NintendoAge 2017 Weekly Contests Presents: Contra Contest ends Sunday, 7/30/17 at 11 PM NA time

Jul 25, 2017 at 12:18:07 AM
guillavoie (125)
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

70,880

Not bad considering this was the first attempt and only 2nd time I've played through the game (with the code)

The Prodigy is back.


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Jul 25, 2017 at 12:20:38 AM
Brock Landers (61)
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Holy shit my pics are huge in the vintage site

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Jul 25, 2017 at 12:24:29 AM
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There's something in the new layout that automatically resize pics so it is more friendly for mobiles and other non-vintage crap of the like.

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Jul 25, 2017 at 12:52:50 AM
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updated

 

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Edited: 07/26/2017 at 12:06 AM by Brock Landers

Jul 25, 2017 at 12:55:04 AM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

38,578

(694,400/18)

 

Very nice ! 
I'll beat you though old man!😜
 


Edited: 07/25/2017 at 01:22 AM by NintendoAge Moderator

Jul 25, 2017 at 12:55:16 AM
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Nice pre-divide score Brock.

If you can lower that along with not losing half of your lives, you'll get a nice little score by Sunday.

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Edited: 07/25/2017 at 12:58 AM by guillavoie

Jul 25, 2017 at 1:17:24 AM
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Shoulda just beat it with 23 but I made a tactical mistake on the final boss and ended with 20. I'm learning though

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Edited: 07/25/2017 at 01:17 AM by Brock Landers

Jul 25, 2017 at 1:19:45 AM
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You're probably going to no-death it (or almost no-death it) in a few days, so there's no problem here early on.

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Jul 25, 2017 at 1:21:37 AM
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Yeah I'm having fun. Especially after f'ing spending 5 hours resetting level 1 of Klax last week

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Jul 25, 2017 at 1:23:16 AM
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But Bea had a ton of fun, we must think of everyone when planning the year schedule, haha.

It is surprising you never played that game before. Effin Contra!

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Jul 25, 2017 at 1:25:13 AM
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Never had an NES, and other than the contests all my retro gaming goes into my SNES goals. I've also never played Super C, played Ninja Gaiden once, MTPO once, never played Castlevania III, and so forth  

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Jul 25, 2017 at 1:26:37 AM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Shoulda just beat it with 23 but I made a tactical mistake on the final boss and ended with 20. I'm learning though

I retract my last statement!😳
 

Jul 25, 2017 at 1:31:30 AM
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Hmm. It looks like it will be an interesting week...

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Jul 25, 2017 at 1:33:30 AM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Never had an NES, and other than the contests all my retro gaming goes into my SNES goals. I've also never played Super C, played Ninja Gaiden once, MTPO once, never played Castlevania III, and so forth  
That's what happen when you're raised by two dads, only SNES and no NES in the house.

You liked Startropics, so you're okay though.



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Jul 25, 2017 at 1:44:35 AM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie
 
Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Never had an NES, and other than the contests all my retro gaming goes into my SNES goals. I've also never played Super C, played Ninja Gaiden once, MTPO once, never played Castlevania III, and so forth  
That's what happen when you're raised by two dads, only SNES and no NES in the house.

You liked Startropics, so you're okay though.

 


I retract my previous  statement!
I'm actually pretty sure Brock is afraid of the competition this year and won't even beat me this week. 
 


Edited: 07/25/2017 at 01:45 AM by Richardhead

Jul 25, 2017 at 1:59:43 AM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie
 
Originally posted by: Brock Landers

70,880

Not bad considering this was the first attempt and only 2nd time I've played through the game (with the code)

The Prodigy is back.
 

i can get thro loop one without the code. should i give this a shot? i just figured this title would draw some ringers so i figured finishing the first loop wouldnt be enough for a top 8.
 

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Jul 25, 2017 at 2:02:29 AM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

That's a skinnygrinny if I ever saw one
lol she was STUCK in that life jacket rotfl! i even said i need one to put on her around the house. she look like she had one of those sumo suits on lol!

 

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Jul 25, 2017 at 2:23:41 AM
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Originally posted by: skinnygrinny
 
Originally posted by: guillavoie
 
Originally posted by: Brock Landers

70,880

Not bad considering this was the first attempt and only 2nd time I've played through the game (with the code)

The Prodigy is back.
 

i can get thro loop one without the code. should i give this a shot? i just figured this title would draw some ringers so i figured finishing the first loop wouldnt be enough for a top 8.
 
I figure placing is gonna require under 10 deaths

 

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Jul 25, 2017 at 2:32:34 AM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers
 
Originally posted by: skinnygrinny
 
Originally posted by: guillavoie
 
Originally posted by: Brock Landers

70,880

Not bad considering this was the first attempt and only 2nd time I've played through the game (with the code)

The Prodigy is back.
 

i can get thro loop one without the code. should i give this a shot? i just figured this title would draw some ringers so i figured finishing the first loop wouldnt be enough for a top 8.
I figure placing is gonna require under 10 deaths
well i can do that but i dont know if i can pull the pacafist run. 

+1 stinking prodigy...pppfff ill go with the grinder!!!!

 

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Jul 25, 2017 at 2:36:58 AM
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Posted a score. I never post this early. Hell will surely rain down upon my head.

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Jul 25, 2017 at 5:43:00 AM
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All these people posting fun scores and here I am, sitting waiting for my cart to be delivered.  

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Jul 25, 2017 at 6:48:11 AM
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Originally posted by: the tall guy

Very interesting.



I might just try a normal no death run and see what kind of score that results in. It probably wouldn't be low enough to be competitive, but I should be able to give it a try if someone doesn't beat me to it.

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Jul 25, 2017 at 9:20:10 AM
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Benihana's score from 2012 will be really tough to top this year.

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Jul 25, 2017 at 10:25:53 AM
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Score: ??? (The score flashes I guess, so my score wasn't shown. I didn't realize this until after I had taken the photo, and turned off the console. If it's ok, I'll take last place on Stage 6 for now, if I don't get time to play again. Sorry!)
Stage: 6



I've not played Contra past the third level... ever. So this was pretty fun, and not bad I think for what I'd basically consider a first attempt, at least in the last 20 or so years. 

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Jul 25, 2017 at 10:27:41 AM
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Originally posted by: Bea_Iank

Benihana's score from 2012 will be really tough to top this year.



That was so long ago I didn't even realize that I played that week. Hopefully if I get some time I should be able to do better than my old score.

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