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NintendoAge 2012 Weekly Contest Presents: Star Soldier Contest ends Sunday, 9/23/12 at 10 PM NA time

Sep 16, 2012 at 12:05:44 PM
bimmy_lee (78)
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Hello everyone and welcome to Block 6, the final block of this year's contests.  I'm getting this week's contest started early since I will be away from the computer tonight.  We still have seven spots left in our tournament (1 for the Block 6 winner and 6 spots for the genre winners), so this block is sure to be a good one.  This is a very special block, as all of the games and rules have been created by Twin Galaxies record holder Tom Votava (known as rdrunner here on NA).  Thank you Tom for taking the time to come up with some games and rules to challenge us all   This week's game is going to be Star Soldier.  Here are the rules:

  • Backwards warping by failing to defeat a boss is not allowed
  • Play until Game Over
  • Highest score wins


The contest ends Sunday, 9/23/12 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 and have fun.


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Edited: 09/23/2012 at 10:09 PM by NintendoAge Moderator

Sep 16, 2012 at 11:45:13 PM
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Thanks Bimmy. It was a lot of fun cooking up the challenges for this block. Here's hoping that I made some decent choices.

Okay, Star Soldier. Really tough shooter. Have only beaten it with save states. However, the game can be really high-scoring once you know a few things, namely the three ways to score 80,000 point bonuses on almost every level.

Check out this old VHS video on NES games (not a classic, but it has some charm). It has a good summary of how to get these bonuses. The section on Star Soldier starts at 2:19.





My best score on Star Soldier is 2,281,800 (stage 12). It gets really tough at the end, but way higher scores are possible. I'm interested to see what you guys can do with this game!

Good luck!

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Sep 17, 2012 at 12:12:29 AM
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Star Soldier sends me into a frustrated rage.
I'm not very good at it and the under/over platform thing drives me crazy.
But maybe I'll get drunk later and give it a shot.

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Edited: 09/17/2012 at 12:58 AM by WashYourFace

Sep 17, 2012 at 2:23:10 AM
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Thanks a lot for setting up block 6 Tom! I think you did a great job at choosing fun and challenging games for a contest.

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Sep 17, 2012 at 7:45:33 AM
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As a point of clarification, is there any specified emulator (for those of use using emulators) and platform? By that I mean, I normally play on a hacked Wii using the downloadable NES emulator, which is FCE Ultra GX.

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Edited: 09/17/2012 at 07:49 AM by JSoup

Sep 17, 2012 at 4:13:25 PM
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Originally posted by: JSoup

As a point of clarification, is there any specified emulator (for those of use using emulators) and platform? By that I mean, I normally play on a hacked Wii using the downloadable NES emulator, which is FCE Ultra GX.

You can play with an emulator on wii, no problem here dude.


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Sep 17, 2012 at 4:51:32 PM
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On a side note, I presume that turbo controllers are forbidden, is it right Tom?

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Sep 17, 2012 at 6:08:19 PM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

On a side note, I presume that turbo controllers are forbidden, is it right Tom?

Yup, that's right.  No turbo controllers.

The game is a bit of a hand cramp, but there are powerups that give you autofire, if you can hang on to them.

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Sep 17, 2012 at 11:20:50 PM
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Well I will try to get a full monitor pic but seems photobucket wont load my pics any ideas? I have cleand my registry
On a side note this game seems to be one of the few I  have right in site for me nes

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Edited: 09/17/2012 at 11:21 PM by Megamanfan

Sep 17, 2012 at 11:25:47 PM
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Hey also what is backwards warping?
Also note this game is awsome  mega score here I come

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Edited: 09/17/2012 at 11:58 PM by Megamanfan

Sep 18, 2012 at 12:26:10 AM
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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

Hey also what is backwards warping?
Also note this game is awsome  mega score here I come

Like 1943 if you don't defeat the boss you do the level over.


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Sep 18, 2012 at 12:33:26 AM
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Is that head thing a boss because it is a pain to beat and get the bonus

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Sep 18, 2012 at 12:37:44 AM
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how can you tell what objects will cover your ship? that keeps messing me up when I try to get the z's in the first level.

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Sep 18, 2012 at 12:45:07 AM
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My hands are hurting so bad from button pushing

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Sep 18, 2012 at 1:07:23 AM
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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

My hands are hurting so bad from button pushing

If you get the power-up you can just hold the button down.
Also if you don't kill the face, you won't go back, that is a mini-boss.
You only "backwards warp" if you fail to kill a Star Brain and you see the message Star Brain escapes and you do the level over again.  If that happens, I guess you have to start over since this contest doesn't allow it.
Sometimes the brain escapes really fast.

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Sep 18, 2012 at 1:13:28 AM
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Thanks and fast escaping brain sucks. Btw Ibelive you cant get the bonus from the head unless you got a turbo controler

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Sep 18, 2012 at 1:25:27 AM
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Originally posted by: Megamanfan

Thanks and fast escaping brain sucks. Btw Ibelive you cant get the bonus from the head unless you got a turbo controler

Oops, you mean the 80,000 bonus from the video.
Yeah, not sure if that can be done without turbo.

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Sep 18, 2012 at 1:38:17 AM
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57,800



The best I got for tonight.
I'll try again later.

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Sep 18, 2012 at 1:39:58 AM
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Originally posted by: rokubungi

how can you tell what objects will cover your ship? that keeps messing me up when I try to get the z's in the first level.

You kind of can't.
Yeah, that's the worst part.
You are safe when you are under those platforms, but you also can't shoot anything under there.
Then you pop out and get blasted.


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Sep 18, 2012 at 1:45:38 AM
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Originally posted by: rdrunner

Originally posted by: guillavoie

On a side note, I presume that turbo controllers are forbidden, is it right Tom?

Yup, that's right.  No turbo controllers.

The game is a bit of a hand cramp, but there are powerups that give you autofire, if you can hang on to them.

Any additional info about the autofire powerup would be greatly appreciated by my right hand


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Sep 18, 2012 at 2:07:39 AM
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Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: rdrunner

Originally posted by: guillavoie

On a side note, I presume that turbo controllers are forbidden, is it right Tom?

Yup, that's right.  No turbo controllers.

The game is a bit of a hand cramp, but there are powerups that give you autofire, if you can hang on to them.

Any additional info about the autofire powerup would be greatly appreciated by my right hand
 

I think you can auto-fire as soon as you get 1 power-up.
Maybe it's 2.


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Sep 18, 2012 at 2:17:03 AM
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Here
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star...

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Sep 18, 2012 at 2:33:46 AM
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Ok here is my first good score

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Sep 18, 2012 at 3:28:22 AM
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Ok nevermind that score I like this one better

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Sep 18, 2012 at 10:03:38 AM
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Just to recap the questions people have asked (though you guys have covered them really well already ):

--The rule about failing to defeat a boss involves the "brains" at the end. That is the only enemy that can push you backwards into the level if it escapes (like in 1943).

--I can't remember if I've ever gotten the 80,000 for shooting the head quickly without turbo. There are people out there who can button mash pretty fast though, so I wouldn't put it past anyone to do it.

--I didn't know about that strategy wiki site, but READ IT. The stuff in there is AWESOME. Great find!


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