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SNES Monthly Contest: May - Super Empire Strikes Back & Paperboy 2 (CLOSED) Winners - Andy_Bogomil & xtremegamer

Apr 30, 2016 at 4:47:26 PM
Brock Landers (61)
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Going forward the competition will have two games running at a time.  They are separate leaderboards, with their own points awarded.  You can compete in one or the other, or both.

May Game #1: Super Empire Strikes Back
Rules
  • Goal -> Progression, tiebreaker is low score
  • Start a new game on the default settings.  Do not start a game from a password
  • You may play until Game Over, including use of ALL continues.  Score does not reset after continuing.
  • Take a screenshot anytime BEFORE you die.  You cannot pause after dying
  • I will try to be as granulur with progression as possible.  If it cannot be determined where in the level your screenshot is, you'll probably be given credit for reaching the beginning of that (sub)level.
May Game #2: Paperboy 2
Rules

  • Goal -> High Score
  • Start a new game on the default route.  You can choose paperboy or girl
  • Play until Game Over
  • Take a screenshot of the high score table
General Contest Rules, Prizes, Schedule, etc.
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Edited: 06/02/2016 at 08:12 PM by Brock Landers

Apr 30, 2016 at 4:47:45 PM
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May - Super Empire Strikes Back & Paperboy 2
 
          
Mod Rebel Base
33,520		 Brock Landers 10,500 Brock Landers
 
1 Game Complete
146,430 		 Andy_Bogomil 126,150 xtremegamer
2 Cloud City
115,445		 bimmy_lee 83,200 bimmy_lee
3 Snowspeeder II
67,385		 quest4nes 67,700 Andy_Bogomil
4 Ice Cave II (middle)
12,770		 Seppatoni 51,790 Seppatoni
5 Ice Cave II (beginning)
40,700		 bubbapauls 16,050 laddersandcakes
6 Hoth III
21,115		 laddersandcakes 16,000 quest4nes
7 Ice Cave
6,475		 xtremegamer    
         


Level key:
Level 1 - Hoth I
Level 2 - Hoth II
Level 3 - Ice Cave
Level 4 - Hoth III
Level 5 - Ice Cave II
Level 6 - Hoth IV
Level 7 - Rebel Base
Level 8 - Snowspeeder
Level 9 - Snowspeeder II
Level 10 - ATAT
Level 11 - ATAT II
Level 12 - Rebel Base II
Level 13 - Rebel Base III
Level 14 - Millenium Falcon
Level 15 - Dagobah
Level 16 - Dagobah II
Level 17 - Dagobah III
Level 18 - Cloud City
Level 19 - Cloud City II
Level 20 - Cloud City III
Level 21 - Cloud City IV
Level 22 - X-Wing
Level 23 - Vader's Base
Level 24 - Vader's Base II
Level 25 - Vader's Base III
Level 26 - Vader

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Edited: 06/03/2016 at 11:52 AM by Brock Landers

Apr 30, 2016 at 4:48:07 PM
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Please do not begin play until 12am NA time tonight

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Apr 30, 2016 at 5:35:17 PM
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Do we only get points for our best position out of both games if we choose to compete in both? (i.e. if I come 3rd in Paper Boy and 5th in Star Wars do I only get points for coming 3rd)

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Edited: 04/30/2016 at 05:36 PM by Andy_Bogomil

Apr 30, 2016 at 5:37:57 PM
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Nope, completely separate leaderboards and points. You can earn 22 points this month

When this is fully integrated next year, we'll have 22 games on the schedule (or 20 with a tournament, still working on that one), with your 2-3 lowest scores being dropped at years end.  That way people could skip games they don't have or don't want to play, without being excluded for an entire month, and not be overly penalized for it.  We're only dropping one score this year.

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Edited: 04/30/2016 at 05:43 PM by Brock Landers

May 1, 2016 at 1:36:53 AM
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Sweet, I've been looking forward to Empire Strikes Back. I used to be able to no-death this game when I was a kid. I haven't played it in a long time, so hopefully I still have it in me to pull off a no-death run.

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May 1, 2016 at 6:41:12 AM
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Damn. It's all good, just means we have half the amount of time to play each game. One reason I was really liking the monthly format.

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May 1, 2016 at 7:58:37 PM
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I got to the beginning of Stage 5 on Hoth. This game is just as hard as I remember.


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Edited: 05/01/2016 at 07:58 PM by bubbapauls

May 2, 2016 at 4:36:33 PM
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Updated. So basically, if someone gets to that same enemy in that level, low score wins

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May 3, 2016 at 12:39:56 AM
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Does the score reset with a continue? That would make it very easy to have the lowest score


kinda rewarding failure at that point.

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Edited: 05/03/2016 at 12:41 AM by quest4nes

May 3, 2016 at 12:50:01 AM
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I can say with 95% certainty that it does not because I just checked it the other night. But I had some beers so I have a sliver of doubt in my mind...

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May 3, 2016 at 1:01:28 AM
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Never have i legit straight through beat this one. Got to bespin before

I beat the original super star wars in an awesome run a couple years ago. Ive never beaten jedi. Ive gotten to palpetine but only beat him using passwords once. Empire is by far the hardest one to me.

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May 3, 2016 at 1:14:54 AM
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Originally posted by: Andy_Bogomil

Damn. It's all good, just means we have half the amount of time to play each game. One reason I was really liking the monthly format.


I kinda like the idea. Can play 2 different games for a change of pace once you hit a wall with 1

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Edited: 05/03/2016 at 01:15 AM by quest4nes

May 4, 2016 at 1:46:49 AM
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Paperboy 2:  

32000
38150
48270
51790




Super Empire Strikes Back: Somewhere in Stage 5





Paperboy 2 is a great choice, I really love the idea of that game. It's fun and challenging, now I only need to get better.

On the other side, I don't like Super Empire Strikes Back. It was one of my biggest disappointments regarding videogames. I was hoping to never play that piece of crap again, but you leave me no choice.

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Edited: 05/30/2016 at 03:46 PM by Seppatoni

May 4, 2016 at 2:24:46 AM
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Yeah I'm terrible at both games. Like, I must just play the Star Wars games fundamentally wrong or something bad

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May 4, 2016 at 2:52:38 AM
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Rebel Base - beginning (33,520)




10,500


 

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Edited: 05/18/2016 at 01:14 AM by Brock Landers

May 4, 2016 at 2:01:13 PM
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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Yeah I'm terrible at both games. Like, I must just play the Star Wars games fundamentally wrong or something bad


Once you pass all the ice caves then your life is less stressful. Oh yeah and that ATAT snowspeeder shit lol. Hoth is a major pain in the ass.

The first super star wars is all guns for the most part. Well luke has a saber once you meet obi wan but its not the same usefullness. Keeping gun upgrades without dying was key.

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Edited: 05/04/2016 at 02:02 PM by quest4nes

May 4, 2016 at 2:25:26 PM
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I love everything about the Star Wars games (and Indy) but I'm god awful at them. May give it a go for this though. I've been slacking on all of the contests so far.

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Edited: 05/04/2016 at 02:25 PM by Silent Hill

May 5, 2016 at 3:33:43 PM
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I can beat Indy rather easily. Guess I feel less overwhelmed since the enemies aren't so relentless in their spawning

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May 9, 2016 at 2:20:54 AM
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I made my first and last try in Super Empire Strikes Back. Made it to Stage 5, that's enough, I prefere spending the rest of my time with Paperboy 2, which makes much more fun.

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May 11, 2016 at 6:00:29 PM
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I'll have to watch a longplay tonight to see who got further.

I have yet to get through the first cave level. Ever...

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May 14, 2016 at 8:55:03 PM
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Wow that snow speeder level is complete trash on this game. So random and literally everything hurts you and takes a good chunk of energy. The controls are pretty much crap as well for a lot of the platforming. Between slipping and the double jump not responding it gets pretty frustrating. I don't remember hating this game so much.

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May 16, 2016 at 9:03:57 AM
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Break week from NES contest, time to post some SNES scores!

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May 18, 2016 at 12:43:02 AM
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Made it to Hoth IV on the first credit so far. Not sure how far I'm going to get but I swear everything after that first cave way easier

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May 18, 2016 at 1:12:51 AM
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...until you get to the Rebel Base. And the damn droids just mow you down over and over and over and over

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