phht. I did it....it just goes back to the SMB title screen with no menu (like you get when you first start SMB on the competition cart) and starts you up again just as before. I had enough time left over in my one run to see that the "second quest" is still in the ROM though, I saw a buzzy beetle before I was OOT. I ended with a whopping 200 pts!

Was kinda expecting this but fun to polish up on my old skillz


/I suck at tetris, and have not played Rad Racer since the Xmas it came out and there was a demo at Woolworth's. What, 20 years ago? Okay time to play the cart as it's intended hehe...

Jason, my first try 469640 looks like you beat me by a tetris I suck so bad though I had like eight gaps in my stack hehe. This is fun! Barely feels like 6 minutes I bet the competition really flew for everyone back in 1990 (except maybe the parents hehe)

Adds up in my head:

1 - Brian
2 - Mark
3 - Rob
4 - will be put up at eBay at some point
5,6 - sold (the first 2)
7,8 - nonworking, to be sold in future
9-23 (the last 15) = 17 total

so Bootgod you were officially the last lucky sod

Anyone that gets the highest score (~500k is max so far) email me and I will put it on the product website. In the email include:
1. photo or screenshot of final score pict. make sure at least the total is readable, and make sure it is higher than the currently posted pict
2. your nick from this website
3. cart number

^^ Sweet ^^ I nearly broke 500k on my first go around, I should be able to break a million pretty easy with some practice.
~~NGD

second attempt much better although I crashed three times on Rad Racer and messed up on SMB once (I was flawless first time through) I did much better at Tetris. Will keep trying

Cart #5 bunnyboy

My 2nd attempt 692365 and I really screwed up on Tetris. Rad Racer and SMB are easy stuff. I can easily no wreck Rad Racer. Just have to get better and Tetris and maybe read Thor's tips, still haven't done that.
~~NGD

cart 9 or 10

Yay......a contest! My highest after 3 tries is 453,765. I'll keep working on it.

On attempt about 6 or 7 I have broken 1 million. YAY!!
~~NGD

damn.... Ill get on this tomorrow, went out and got drunk for a friends 21st bday instead... watch out guys,,,, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

The timing is off on my rom, it only goes 4 and half minutes, I am only able to barly break 100,000.  The longest run in tetris so far has only been like 20 seconds.  Oh well, gives me some practice before I get a cart.

To anyone who bought this cart, there is a revision to the manual that Bunnyboy didn't get in on time. So, you may have the OMGRAREBBQ version of the manual. The updated one fixed a lot of stupid errors I made, but added a page that was missing at the end too. If you bought this, and only if you bought this, send me a PM, and I'll get you the .pdf of it. Just please promise me you won't share it with anyone else who hasn't bought the game, OK? I just want to make sure Bunnyboy is fully supported. If you do share it with someone else who HAS bought the game, make sure they take the same oath, lol.

But, just to be sure, If there is no Sealie Seal of Approval on the front and back and there is no page 14 entitled Compliance with NWC Regulations, then you have the earlier one.

-Rob

Things like jumping on the turtle in level 1-3 instead of 3-1 and stuff?

I don't need the PDF, I'll just buy another later hehe thanks though. Sealie of Approval that's a riot!

Yeahhh, like 3-1...dammit, I didn't catch that one.

I'll lol at the day when I see a "NWC Repro Cart Instruction Books: Compare the differences" thread.

-Rob

I need to go ahead and pick up one of each then, lol. What is 1-2 more variants out of 5000
~~NGD

Got mine today: 12 and 22. Weird thing, and don't know why, but I have to press Start on controller 1 to start the comp and play with controller 2. Maybe the NES? Maybe my brain?

And first attempts have me around 400k; I'd never played Rad Racer till today. I think something in the first two games is taking me too long. I need a new strategy.

There is a video (posted by Dangevin I think) about a guy who broke like 3 million posted on youtube. I do exaclty what he does for SMB. Rad Racer is just skill and a little luck to be honest. The traffic can be very easy to get around one game, and very hard the next. I have found my favorite Tetris pattern is when I score 10300 on SMB. That is when I can make some made Tetris points with that pattern. I tried 10400 and even though Thor said that was the best # to rack up on, I couldn't do shit with it. Look likes my high score on bunnyboys site is holding up for now.....Link
~~NGD

Got my two yesterday...  The one which I opened the bag on was cart #6, and had the first (errored) manual variant.  The other that I didn't open...well, kinda wanting to leave it sealed for collection purposes, but I also kinda want to have it open in the event I am able to hold a tournament.

Btw, rbudrick, and this mostly out of curiosity...is there any way I could just buy one of the new manuals?

Edit:  Just gave my #6 cart its inaugural play, and promptly put up a score (which I'm proud of, since I never got better than 115,000 on emulators) of 291,595.  I didn't time it, but it felt good playing it..exponentially better than any emulator I ever played.  This game is genuinely one of the most fun games I've ever played.  Thanks again, bunnyboy!

Well, I only have the pdf. BunnyBoy printed the manuals. I'm hoping he only printed enough of the first version for the first batch.

I'd gladly give you one if I had them, but I don't. I've got the pdf, though.

So who owns 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19?

-Rob

Mine's on the way to Australia, so slowed down by international post

I have 18

Best I can do thus far:



Need to master Tetris.

EDIT: Progressing fast:

Whenever I try the timer cheat as discussed in the manual, it never works. It's the one where you need to hold A as you are pressing Start. I'm doing it on the 2nd controller when I start the game. What am I doing wrong?

Dan you know it cant be CIB unless you have the extremely RARE Torn up Tecmo Wrestling Cart that the First Production NWC Repros came produced in! LOL!!!!!



BY THE WAY GUYS I STARTED A NEW THREAD IN COLLECTORS CORNER ON HIGH SCORES AND CART OWNERS. :-)

Damn Mark now that's gonna be tough to track down Seeing your paint job next to a standard grey cart really gave me a new appreciation for it, killer job btw.