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NintendoAge 2013 Weekly Contest Presents: Dr. Mario Contest ends Sunday, 2/17/13 at 10 PM NA time

Feb 10, 2013 at 10:12:30 PM

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Hello everyone and welcome to week 2 of the 2013 NintendoAge Weekly Contests! Last week's Super Mario Bros. 3 contest was a huge success with a record number of score submissions for the week. Everyone played great and put up some impressive scores. Let's keep the fun going this week Didn't get enough of Mario last week? This week, everyone is in for even more Mario with the contest being Dr. Mario. Here are the rules:

1 player only
Play on Virus Level 0, Speed Hi
Play until Game Over
Highest score wins
GENRE: Puzzle

The contest ends Sunday, 2/17/13 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. Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, 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

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Edited: 02/17/2013 at 10:25 PM by NintendoAge Moderator

Feb 10, 2013 at 10:17:16 PM

Benihana (154)

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Dr. Mario?
This one I like.
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Feb 10, 2013 at 10:18:49 PM

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Here we go again!

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Feb 10, 2013 at 10:29:22 PM

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I'll get the wife.

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Feb 10, 2013 at 10:31:23 PM

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And I own this cart too! Not sure how I'll do on this one,I was more of a tetris guy. We'll see what happens.

Feb 10, 2013 at 10:48:30 PM

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Dr Mario causes me more headaches than he cures but i will give it a go nonetheless

Feb 10, 2013 at 11:00:00 PM

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I love Dr.Mario!!! Not sure how I'll fair on High Speed but I can do pretty decent on normal.

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Feb 10, 2013 at 11:05:38 PM

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UPDATE 2/11/2013

40,200!

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Edited: 02/11/2013 at 01:12 AM by eCockpit

Feb 10, 2013 at 11:11:59 PM

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Here's a little something to get everyone in the spirit this week

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy?? How'd they make a mistake like this!? Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

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Feb 10, 2013 at 11:13:04 PM

bimmy_lee (78)

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Originally posted by: eCockpit

Also, to Bimmy, is it OK if i use an NES satellite, even though it gives me turbo?

That's fine as long as the turbo function is not used. The same goes for controllers that have a turbo function. They are allowed as long as the turbo function is not used.

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My NES collection count: 757 games (16 to go for a full set)

Latest Purchase(s): Snow Brothers

"Wait...Bimmy and Jimmy?? How'd they make a mistake like this!? Bimmy isn't even a real name!"

Beware the Bimmy Marsh!

Proud owner of post #2000, #2900, and #3800 in Inner Circle HQ thread

Edited: 02/11/2013 at 02:25 PM by bimmy_lee

Feb 10, 2013 at 11:15:57 PM

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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Here's a little something to get everyone in the spirit this week

Hilarious !!!!!!!

Feb 10, 2013 at 11:55:59 PM

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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Here's a little something to get everyone in the spirit this week

LOL nice

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Feb 11, 2013 at 12:00:54 AM

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Haha, this is going to be fun. I've played this game literally one time as a kid and didn't care for it. Yet, I actually do have the cartridge, so might as well play

Feb 11, 2013 at 12:06:13 AM

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This is more in my alley than SMB3. Always preferred Dr. Mario over Tetris (probably because I suck hard at the latter). If only my mom was playing for me, because she was a complete badass.

Feb 11, 2013 at 12:28:13 AM

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Chrono: 25,800

That was after one warm up attempt. I'll try to raise that up, but for now, I'll sit in the top spot. Hurry and update the list!! Hahaha.

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Feb 11, 2013 at 12:34:25 AM

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I have been playing this game religiously for the past two days, and I burnt myself out pretty bad. However, this morning, I loaded the game just to dink around as I sipped my coffee, and I started to just do very well - you ever get in that "zone" where everything just clicks and you can't explain why? Everything started to link together in combos of four, and I started round 20 with my previous score (mid 500K range).

Watching dra600n's live stream of this game the other day really helped me. I sort of studied what he was doing and jotted some notes down (overkill?), and I've been working on implementing them. That, coupled with some all right luck, gave me this beauty of a run.

Although, I am in trouble with my fiance - she asked me to come with her shopping, and I told her I couldn't because I was doing something very important. (I didn't lie, come on!)

Attempt #5: 861,300

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Feb 11, 2013 at 1:11:09 AM

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Can I use the PAL version which runs at the same speed as the NTSC version? If I remember well then the no PAL rule is void when the game runs at the same speed as the NTSC version.

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

No PAL?!? Even when the game is optimized?!? >

Well, explain what you mean exactly by 'optimized' and we may reconsider the situation.

Optimized means that the game is sped up so the PAL version runs at the same speed as the NTSC version.
Most of the games by the big companies are optimized, but several of them still run slower (Especially early Konami releases). An easy way to check if those games are optimized is to download an NTSC ROM and a PAL ROM and compare the speed.
If there's no difference between PAL and NTSC, then it's optimized

Thanks for your explanation!

If there's no difference in speed, then the 'no pal system rule' can be void for this game, and all other 'optimized' pal games.

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Feb 11, 2013 at 1:43:49 AM

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Depending who comes back from last year, here is how much "FUN" it was.
Check out the 2nd to last post for results.
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/...

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Feb 11, 2013 at 3:43:50 AM

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Well I officially suck at this game:

30300

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Feb 11, 2013 at 4:29:05 AM

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Chrono: 62,100

I managed to get to level eight and almost double my last top score. That'll be it for a couple days.

Feb 11, 2013 at 6:33:26 AM

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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

Can I use the PAL version which runs at the same speed as the NTSC version? If I remember well then the no PAL rule is void when the game runs at the same speed as the NTSC version.

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

Originally posted by: guillavoie

Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

No PAL?!? Even when the game is optimized?!? >

Well, explain what you mean exactly by 'optimized' and we may reconsider the situation.

Optimized means that the game is sped up so the PAL version runs at the same speed as the NTSC version.
Most of the games by the big companies are optimized, but several of them still run slower (Especially early Konami releases). An easy way to check if those games are optimized is to download an NTSC ROM and a PAL ROM and compare the speed.
If there's no difference between PAL and NTSC, then it's optimized

Thanks for your explanation!

If there's no difference in speed, then the 'no pal system rule' can be void for this game, and all other 'optimized' pal games.

Is the advantage as a pal player really that big? I always thought it was a disadvantage particularly with racing games.

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Feb 11, 2013 at 6:37:38 AM

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Ah, one of my favorite games! As long as GameBoyRicky isn't participating, I might have a chance this week Then again, A. Thrower kicked my ass in the semi finals at Campout last year, so who knows!

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Feb 11, 2013 at 8:21:43 AM

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668,700

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Edited: 02/15/2013 at 06:59 PM by Crabmaster2000

Feb 11, 2013 at 8:56:34 AM

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Cool, Dr. Mario!

This should be fun. Never played this one very much. I think the best I ever did was beat level 20 a couple of times on low speed.

Originally posted by: Crabmaster2000

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First attempt. I'm quite rusty so I'm sure I can improve this quite a bit.

Lol, this time, you're the rusty one.

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Feb 11, 2013 at 9:54:06 AM

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There are some powerful Dr. Mario players on NA.

I just hope to stay out of last place this time around.

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