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Oct 25, 2012 at 5:39:54 AM

Miss Clawful (19)

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I ordered a USB adapter last night so I can play using my NES controller, but, it'll be too late by the time I get it, but at least I'll have it for whenever I'm playing on emulator. The handicap thing was refering to not having a controller. Hopefully that adapter works well so I'm be ready for any contest that I so choose to play cart or emulator.

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Oct 25, 2012 at 9:48:25 AM

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Col I think you should still put up 1 more bubble bobble score when it arrives

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Oct 25, 2012 at 11:04:05 AM

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Would be a good way to test it out for sure.

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Oct 26, 2012 at 9:53:04 PM

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Wait, on Bubble Bobble you have lives?
72090, level 10 on my first run.
Not really used to caring about Bub's life LOL

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Oct 27, 2012 at 1:47:22 AM

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I was going to do this challenge, but when I can't beat level 3 cause of some cheap fireballs I think that means I'll put my hat up for today. Best of luck to all though.

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Oct 28, 2012 at 12:12:18 AM

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70160, level 11

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Oct 28, 2012 at 6:55:36 PM

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I only had time to give this one shot, but at least I got to play this week!

68,340 Round 11

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Oct 28, 2012 at 10:07:31 PM

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BUBBLE BOBBLE RESULTS

1st: Round 21 (105,770) – Nightowljrm +10 points
2nd: Round 15 (88,220) – Miss Clawful +8 points
3rd: Round 11 (68,340) – bearcat-doug +6 points
4th: Round 11 (70,160) – WashYourFace +4 points
5th: Round 8 (30,860) – Megamanfan +2 points

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Oct 28, 2012 at 10:09:01 PM

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Congratulations to Megamanfan for winning Block 6 and earning a spot in the tournament!

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Oct 28, 2012 at 10:39:24 PM

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Well, we have a tie for the tournament spot for the Arcade genre. As a result, both MCMROSE and Nightowljrm will earn tournament spots for the Arcade genre! Congratulations, guys!

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Oct 29, 2012 at 2:50:14 PM

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Sweet. I didn't expect to win off of one attempt. I haven't really participated this year 'til now (obviously). I plan on playing more next year, that was fun. The only problem is that I refuse to emulate and since I'm in college, my games are divided up. Maybe I'll compromise next year... who knows.

Oct 30, 2012 at 3:12:11 PM

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Well, finally got my retro-bit adaptor in. Was so eager to test this thing out. Set the buttons in the emulator, gave the game a couple tries. First time, round 10 but found how best to deal with this stage. Second time, round 19, actually had it beat, but Baron Von Blubba got me a moment after I killed the last baddie. Not bad at all. If I would've had this thing days before end of contest I would have gotten far. At this score below though, still think I'm a little too high, grabbed a few bonuses that I shouldn't have. So long as this thing works as it should with every game, I shouldn't have anymore excuses, unless I simply don't want to play a game.

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Oct 30, 2012 at 3:23:34 PM

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Right on time for the Final Tour Miss

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Oct 30, 2012 at 10:29:09 PM

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Yep! Didn't have time to test it except for those two games of Bubble Bobble before I left out for work earlier today, but got home a little while ago and tried it out with some others, Burai Fighter to try out the diagonals and every which way all worked as it should effortlessly. Little Samson, and Castlevania 3, testing out wall climbing since I had difficulty even with the pc controller I had in moving smoothly from one wall angle to another, this test though felt just like playing on my NES, both Samson and Grant climbing walls, around corners and across ceilings no problem. And Ninja Gaiden, shimmying up walls, all good. So I should be able to compete for everything even if I don't have the game, so long as I choose to, anyway, all options are open now.

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Oct 30, 2012 at 10:31:46 PM

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Great to hear Megan. The absolute test would be playing Marble Madness. Personally, this is THE game I absolutely need to play on the real thing or I'm unsatisfied with the controller's response. That and maybe mash-button games like Track & Field.

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Edited: 10/30/2012 at 10:32 PM by guillavoie

Oct 30, 2012 at 10:52:42 PM

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Ah, how could I forget Marble Madness! Will give it a good test run in a little bit then.

Okay, while I had some trouble playing well at first, once I figured out how to enlarge the screen without it freezing up or glitching I played a bit better. Gave it 10 full game test runs, my best being the score below. Of coarse given I kept trying I'm confident that I could play a perfect run as I am capable of doing, but, not into driving myself nuts over Marble Madness again so soon after the last contest with this game.

I think I got a winner, now hopefully after a time the adaptor continues to work as it is now, $15 isn't cheap for me, but if it continues to perform well over a year, several years or more, then I got me money's worth for sure.

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Edited: 10/31/2012 at 12:24 AM by Miss Clawful

Oct 31, 2012 at 9:54:39 PM

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I bought the same retrobit adapter a while back and couldn't be happier with it. I love playing all those games with a real controller!