Hello everyone and welcome to the latest installment of the Weekly Contests!  Have you ever wanted to jump in a jeep and blast the crap out of terrorists who have taken many of your military brothers-in-arms hostage?  Well, with Jackal for the Nintendo Entertainment System, you can live that dream.  I'm General Bimmy SchwarzBimmy and I'm here to help lead you grunts into battle.  Yeah, I know, Bimmy SchwarzBimmy isn't a very original name.  My parents weren't very creative when they gave me my name.  Hey, it's better than being called Quinn-Bert Chester Hyram Ulysses Barnaby III (if you don't know what in the heck I'm talking about, see the Q-Bert contest from 2016).  It seems the leader of some generic terrorist nation with some weird name like Vermon CaTaffy or Waluigi or Darc Seed or Ayatollah Khomeini or Higharolla Kockamamie or Giant-Cowabunga Holy-Shittamamie has kidnapped a bunch of your fellow Army compadres.  To save them all, you need to jump into a jeep armed with a machine gun and blast these 8-bit goons into oblivion.  I wish I could give you a better vehicle and weaponry, but we are trying to save money for a 16-bit version of the game (rumor has it that an SNES version of Jackal will NOT be created, but I'm holding out for some hope).  Once you rescue those hostages, get them to the extraction site so they can be rescued and sent back to the base for debrief so they can head on to other video games (rumor has it the enemy has kidnapped Lance and Bill (aka Scorpion and Mad Dog) from Contra Squad, Duke from G. I. Joe, Paul and Vince of the Ikari Warriors Squadron, Solid Snake of Foxhound, Nova the Power Blade master, Marco from the Metal Slug Unit, and Arnold and Sigourney from the Special Cybernetic Attack Team (aka S.C.A.T.), amongst others).  If you don't rescue them, then certain video games won't exist, and as a result, the entire fabric of the universe will unravel and destroy everything, and we can't have that, can we?  Hell no!  So, strap on your favorite, sweat-drenched war bandana, flex your gigantic, over-sized, steroid-filled biceps, slather on your Fabio-approved body grease and glisten brighter than the sun, and prepare to blast your enemies to shreds in a way that would make Rambo proud.  Get ready, because this battle will make your blood boil!  Geez, that actually sounds pretty painful.  Could you imagine what it would feel like if your blood ACTUALLY boiled?  I'm guessing it would probably hurt quite a bit.  Maybe you shouldn't let your blood boil, but maybe let your testosterone pump very hard throughout your body.  You know what, that sounds like it could hurt, too.  Maybe you should just get your game on with a 2-liter of Mountain Dew and a bag of Cheetos.  That sounds a lot safer.  Okay, enough chit-chat.  The enemy has been amassing quite the force since you all have been sitting here listening to me babble on and on.  Here's what you need to know to succeed in the mission known only as Jackal:

• Play until Life 0.  You may not play any of the game on Life 0.  You must immediately pause the game and take your picture once you reach Life 0
• One playthrough only.  No looping of the game will be allowed
• If you beat the game, take your picture once the game starts over.  You must take your picture from the starting point in the game and cannot play any of the second playthrough
• No farming allowed during 3rd (tank) and 4th (parachutes guys) Bosses sequence.
• Highest score wins
• Special Bonus: If you beat the game, add 1,000 points to your score for each extra life you have

The contest ends Sunday, 3/4/18 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  

1st	tablew/chairs	531,030
2nd	Gloves	525,040
3rd	gutsman004	523,610
4th	SwiftFrost	520,000
5th	bertsampson	511,170
6th	SilvertongueBullet	489,440
7th	mbd39	473,840
8th	arnpoly	452,780
9th	Gutling	432,850
10th	Richardhead	359,660
11th	Ausden	336,900
12th	Liduario	264,770
13th	Yoshi	227,540
14th	smick	224,050
15th	SuperJimtendo	154,800
16th	the tall guy	127,860
17th	JamesRobot	125,950
18th	laddersandcakes	123,450
19th	Murray	114,900
20th	Mega Tank	100,450
21st	Seppatoni	100,350
22nd	Krunch	75,000
23rd	skinnygrinny	15,300

Art by SirCandle-TheMobBoss (https://www.deviantart.com/art/Ja...)

Art by Super Jimtendo.

100,450

One of the few cartridges I own.
I never played this game back in the day. I got the cart when I bought a Turbo Game due to nostalgia of my first nes console.
Usually, I play roms on the EverDrive.
1) 264,770
 

What an awesome game.

Score: 336,990

 

Great game. My neighbor had this game growing up and my brother and I would always swap our Double Dragon 2 for it.

Dammit Liduario! I was gonna be the first to post a score !😜

Yeah, that you can't take from me. But you can post a higher score and take the 1st place. I'd gladly choose the first place instead of first post.
My goal is to finish this game too. I had never done that.
Five years ago, when I got the game. I recorded my gameplay. I'm still behind my past score.



 

359,660



 

Beat the game, no deaths. Tried to make it even 500k but I suck.

Score: 500,300 (492,300 + (8*1000))





 

Great intro Bimmy! Thanks 🤣

Right now I'm at the last stage with five lives. I'm surprised that I made it this far because I'm really rusty.

But I doubt that I'll beat the game. This stage is really tough.

I don't wanna be a smarmy bitch or anything, but legit what do people consider tough about the game? I know I have some skill in shooters, but tbh I found the game incredibly easy.
 

It's mainly the last stage that is tough. For one thing, there's that stupid helicopter that keeps sniping. And there are many situations where you can easily die if you're not cautious enough. The game is mainly about taking your time and not rushing into enemies.

 

The last boss is hard too.

473,840


 

P.S. I love you.😘😜

Bimmy tapped into some nostradumbass abilities and predicted a plot point of this week's comic page....

Jesus dude! Get to work!
 

You want me to participate then you don't. Make up your mind clownshoe
 

I was hoping someone would post this.  

 

227,540
80,650
This game is a lot of fun. I can't beleive I never played this before. I'll keep on trying for better scores as the week goes on.

The last boss can go fuck itself. I had almost all my lives going into that fight and blew it.

Oh well, I don't think I would have gotten that many more points anyway.
 

I find that going all the way to one side and then back the other way, back and forth, shooting straight up all the way tends to work out best. The little bullets are easy to dodge, but the cannon can ruin your day at random. So I go one direction to near the edge, then when he let's off a blast I switch sides, rinse repeat.