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NintendoAge 2014 Weekly Contest Winter Tournament Presents Round 1: Dr. Mario Contest ends Sunday, 1/4/2015 at 11 PM NA time

Jan 4, 2015 at 8:57:55 PM

gutsman004 (126)

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I had several chances to improve my score but kept screwing up on level 18 so my current score will be my final one,

Puzzle games are my absolute weakest genre by a mile. At least I know we are done with puzzlers for this tourney.

Jan 4, 2015 at 9:37:02 PM

Thundercat08 (9)

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Updated Score

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Jan 4, 2015 at 9:43:09 PM

babywuchki (90)

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Maybe this will squeak me by somehow. Probably not.

Tier 3 - babywuchki - 27,100

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Jan 4, 2015 at 10:01:12 PM

BriGuy82 (25)

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That's a wrap for me on this one. I feel as though I got much better at pulling of bigger combos but the game went from averaging about 1 hour for me to play, to about 2 plus hours. Also it made it more difficult for me to progress to the higher levels. I just died at the start of level 16 with about 270k points and just don't have it in me to go again. Definitely had alot of fun playing though and next time I'll be breaking 400k for sure Nice job everybody, and congrats Arnpoly.

Jan 4, 2015 at 10:01:23 PM

Commander Santa (178)

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Originally posted by: Thundercat08

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Ho-lee-shit Alicia!
That score is insane!

Going to go back and see if I can up mine now...
...although Level 24 is bananas good.

Bravo!

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Jan 4, 2015 at 10:04:17 PM

Krunch (146)

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233,700 - NOTE this score does not count for the tourney

Finally had a decent run on my first try today. On the last level there was a huge wall of viruses on the right side. I tried working from the bottom up but didnt have enough space to work with and it got the better of me. Fun times!

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Jan 4, 2015 at 10:56:22 PM

EgasKrad (17)

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35,600 - Tier 2

I'd like to thank everyone who tried to give tips this week, but I've just always sucked with puzzle games like this and tried to get all I can out of all the time allowed, which is why I'm posting at the last second. I've only played this on low before this week so the speed was an issue plus not having the time I wish I had this week too. I'm hoping to sneak into the next round, otherwise good luck to all the rest of the way.

Edited: 01/04/2015 at 10:56 PM by EgasKrad

Jan 5, 2015 at 12:45:39 AM

bimmy_lee (78)

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DR. MARIO RESULTS

TIER 1
381,900 – arnpoly
366,900 – CLAYB1RD
319,200 – Balloon_Kid
318,900 – BriGuy82
253,500 – arch_8ngel

41,100 – JamesRobot

TIER 2
304,200 – khog143
203,000 – gutsman004
184,000 – BilltownSparty
170,800 – Caleb47
35,600 – EgasKrad

Czar5 – No picture

TIER 3
183,700 – Thundercat08
153,300 – Commander Santa
132,700 – bearcat-doug
113,100 – Beliskner
73,200 – Velinos

27,100 – babywuchki

Congratulations to everyone who advanced to Round 2. JamesRobot, Czar5, and babywuchki will be entered into the drawing for the elimination prize. Round 2 game is coming up very shortly.

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:05:08 AM

Vectrex28 (130)

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Well, I had no chance of beating these scores, lol! Congrats everyone I hate this game with a passion

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Jan 5, 2015 at 1:08:35 AM

bimmy_lee (78)

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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

Well, I had no chance of beating these scores, lol! Congrats everyone I hate this game with a passion

Prepare yourself because this game will be making a comeback in the contests sooner than you think, muahahahahaha!

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Jan 10, 2015 at 3:00:37 PM

Thundercat08 (9)

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Thanks this was one I played as a kid quite alot. Playing on the low speed is harder than you think, especially if you are used to playing on hard.

Originally posted by: Commander Santa

Originally posted by: Thundercat08

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Ho-lee-shit Alicia!
That score is insane!

Going to go back and see if I can up mine now...
...although Level 24 is bananas good.

Bravo!

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Jan 10, 2015 at 5:27:58 PM

NostalgicMachine (8)

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Congrats on the incredible high score! I was bummed that I missed this one; I got a copy of Dr. Mario just in time for this contest, but it was too dirty and required cleaning before I got my DeOxit spray

Jan 15, 2015 at 11:04:08 AM

G-Type (1)

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I just read the high scores published for Dr. Mario from Jun '91 Nintendo Power:

217,400
200,700
195,700
158,400

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Jan 15, 2015 at 2:09:40 PM

bearcat-doug (34)

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Originally posted by: G-Type

I just read the high scores published for Dr. Mario from Jun '91 Nintendo Power:

217,400
200,700
195,700
158,400

Does it say what speed they were playing on?

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Jan 15, 2015 at 2:14:38 PM

arch_8ngel (68)

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Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: G-Type

I just read the high scores published for Dr. Mario from Jun '91 Nintendo Power:

217,400
200,700
195,700
158,400

Does it say what speed they were playing on?

They could probably pick any speed they wanted.

Those tables were literally just "send in a pic of your highest score", no real caveats.

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Jan 15, 2015 at 2:32:47 PM

G-Type (1)

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It didn't list the speed.
In the counselor corner profiles, 3 out of the 4 featured listed their favorite games a Solomon's Key and Destiny of an Emperor. That's kinda weird.

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