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NintendoAge 2016 Weekly Contests Presents: Pinball Contest ends Sunday, 9/4/16 at 11 PM NA time

Aug 31, 2016 at 12:57:17 PM

senorchocotaco (20)

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Well, I'm nowhere near the high end of these scores, but I can at least get my first participation. It seems like every time I got a lucky streak going, there'd be a really bad run on the lower table in store for me.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 1:12:34 PM

Brock Landers (61)

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I can definitely see how that dude scored 1.6 million. You can more or less go indefinitely once you have the safeguards in place and you know the patterns to keep the ball safe. I screwed up my run by somehow letting the ball go under my flipper even with the post in place.

The maddening part is I don't think I ever once got one of the slot machine bonuses

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Edited: 08/31/2016 at 01:13 PM by Brock Landers

Aug 31, 2016 at 2:01:39 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

I can definitely see how that dude scored 1.6 million. You can more or less go indefinitely once you have the safeguards in place and you know the patterns to keep the ball safe. I screwed up my run by somehow letting the ball go under my flipper even with the post in place.

The maddening part is I don't think I ever once got one of the slot machine bonuses

You still have to luck out even with all the safeguards in place. All you have to do is lose one of the side thingies which can easily happen any time you're on the lower board and you're vulnerable again.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 2:03:49 PM

Brock Landers (61)

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Originally posted by: mbd39

There are ways to mitigate that risk

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Aug 31, 2016 at 2:13:08 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Originally posted by: mbd39

There are ways to mitigate that risk

I hope to figure them out, but my current score isn't too shabby.

How good are you at the Mario bonus game? If I'm lucky, I can rescue two princesses in a row, and that's the best I've done at it.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 2:15:10 PM

Brock Landers (61)

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I've gotten two once. I get one maybe 33% of the time.

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Edited: 08/31/2016 at 02:15 PM by Brock Landers

Aug 31, 2016 at 3:09:23 PM

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I hope at least one person flips the score by Sunday.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 4:49:35 PM

Krunch (146)

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Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

I dig this game. I'm not a pinball wizard or anything and have hardly ever played on a real one. I used to play the Windows space-themed pinball game a lot as a kid. Nostalgic for that this week.

I'm curious about what the B mode is all about; worth a Google, I guess.

You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.

Ha, hopefully. I never get complacent, in the rare event of my posting a decent score. Too many bonafied NES sorcerors on this forum. But it's all fun. Last night, I just turned the radio on and had a nice time playing and listening to my local alt rock station.

I want to keep pushing, but in response to your other post, I think a lot of it is definitely randomness. I mean, I've had balls completely escape me a bunch of times. It's disheartening. My latest score was almost entirely achieved on my last ball; it's so tempting to rage quit when I lose a ball with something low like ~3k, but I try to resist.

It sucks for the flippers to go invisible (that was so disorienting), but they come back at 150k, thankfully.

Check out the scores from the 2012 contest.

PINBALL HIGH SCORES

1st: 1,648,580 – MCMROSE +10 points
2nd: 633,170 – 2Legit28Bit +8 points
3rd: 600,140 – guillavoie +6 points
4th: 544,370 – Lincoln +4 points
5th: 370,470 – lospunchados +2 points

PARTICIPATION

364,480 – Krunch +1 point
297,350 – aleckermit +1 point
262,610 – CLAYB1RD +1 point
257,910 – Dr.Pepper +1 point
247,270 – bimmy_lee +1 point
203,690 – rokubungi +1 point
181,610 – bearcat-doug +1 point
158,060 – Jono1874 +1 point
135,600 – eric430 +1 point
128,650 – Rengozu +1 point
125,500 – laserman81 +1 point
125,430 – otterpop +1 point
102,990 – duncan +1 point
37,650 – Luigi_Master +1 point

How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch

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Aug 31, 2016 at 6:35:23 PM

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Originally posted by: Krunch

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Originally posted by: mbd39

You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.

How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch

And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 6:37:59 PM

Krunch (146)

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Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: Krunch

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Originally posted by: mbd39

You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.

How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch

And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.

And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days

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Aug 31, 2016 at 11:12:37 PM

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1,317,440

I haven't had much time for these contests lately, but I really like pinball, so I made sure to get in a few games this week. I'd like to see if I could loop the score, so hopefully I'll have a chance to play a bit more later this week.

Edit: Looped the score!

Before the loop:

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After the loop:

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Later on:

Edited: 09/04/2016 at 09:39 PM by Red

Aug 31, 2016 at 11:15:10 PM

guillavoie (125)

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Originally posted by: Krunch

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: Krunch

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Originally posted by: mbd39

You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.

How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch

And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.

And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days

Having a top 5 was definitely not enough, too much great score falling into the participation. Not to say that participation used to be only 1 tiny point

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Aug 31, 2016 at 11:19:07 PM

Krunch (146)

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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: Krunch

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: Krunch

Originally posted by: mbd39

Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Originally posted by: mbd39

You might make top 3 this week, man. Nice score.

How did I ever get that score? Must have been some other Krunch

And it only got you participation points. Top 5 cutoff for participation. Ouch.

And even worse yet, I only needed a neglibile amount of points to get 5th. Oh well. I had a lot of 6th place scores back in those days

Having a top 5 was definitely not enough, too much great score falling into the participation. Not to say that participation used to be only 1 tiny point

Yeah, the new scoring system is much better IMO

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Aug 31, 2016 at 11:21:20 PM

guillavoie (125)

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As long as we get better and not 'worser', I'm happy.

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Aug 31, 2016 at 11:30:59 PM

laddersandcakes (58)

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Score updated a bit. Ugh, I suck so hard at saving Paulina. Didn't save her once in that run, despite many attempts. Not good at that minigame. At all. And I feel like I get worse and worse because when I first started playing this week I was able to do it more. Go figure.

Aug 31, 2016 at 11:37:57 PM

guillavoie (125)

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I'm only good at saving Paulina in weird streak where I do it like 5 times in a row and after that every time I get there my ball take the exit in no time.

The big/fast points are in the upper playfield anyway

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Sep 1, 2016 at 6:54:34 AM

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116810

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Sep 1, 2016 at 7:30:04 AM

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68,900

Sep 1, 2016 at 10:05:05 AM

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score: 076060

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Sep 2, 2016 at 12:48:20 AM

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*Updated my score by a wee bit.

Been having fun with this one all week.
For whatever the reason, the first time I turn my NES is always my best run.

Unlike Rollerball, where each new run made me feel like I was figuring out the table more/mastering ball movement more.

Both games are great fun. Just wish I could crack "Pinball's" mysterious table.

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Sep 2, 2016 at 7:12:39 AM

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Final score update 107060

Edited: 09/03/2016 at 07:02 AM by dirk12121212

Sep 2, 2016 at 7:37:01 AM

Jandrem (6)

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Fun game, but I'm not having a whole lot of luck figuring it out. Dropping my participation score here, might try for a better one later.

94,870

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Sep 2, 2016 at 9:40:48 AM

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Originally posted by: Jandrem

Fun game, but I'm not having a whole lot of luck figuring it out. Dropping my participation score here, might try for a better one later.

94,870

It's fun _and_ infuriating. All too often the the game simply decides to bounce the ball down the side gutters or between the bottom flippers with nothing I can do about it. I played for hours the other night and a high score wasn't happening. I'm getting burnt out on this game and I'm about ready to call it quits.

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Sep 2, 2016 at 12:27:46 PM

Red (80)

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Nevermind.

Edited: 09/02/2016 at 06:44 PM by Red

Sep 2, 2016 at 9:31:56 PM

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Fun game, tough when the flippers disappear. I think it's a lot more luck based than real pinball when the ball decides to drain

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