BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Ladies and gentlemen, @guillavoie and proudly present the 2023 VGS NES Weekly contest, continuing with the tradition that is over a decade long! We will have a shorter season this year to not burn out our players with games usually focusing on fast and furious rulesets to allow our competitors to quickly try again and again to get that winning score! Expect too see fierce competition, drama, epic rivalries and great scores all through the season! Our skilled players will put the best of their skills to the test! And what a better game to start this season than the classic of all classics SUPER MARIO BROS? DO THE MARIO!!! Without further ado, here are the rules for Super Mario Bros: Beat World 1 in one life and take your picture at the start of World 2-1 You are only allowed one loop of turtle hoping. You must hop the turtle or beetle till you get the 1up then stop and not repeat it. Anyone caught doing more than one loop of turtle hoping will have their score disqualified. Highest score wins. In case of a score tie, highest amount of coins wins. It is good to be back! Let's have a grand season! "Faster than a vanishing clog! More powerful than an electric drainsnake! It's Super Mario!" The contest ends Sunday, 02/04/23 at 11 PM VGS time. Your user name MUST be written or typed on a piece of paper and 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. No screenshots by hitting "print screen" on a computer will be allowed. You must take a picture of your computer monitor. There may be instances where this will be acceptable, but it will be at the discretion of myself and the contest organizers. Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, slow motion functions, 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. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 1st PII 148,150 2nd BlackVega 146,050 3rd Gloves 144,750 4th Dr. Morbis 132,750 5th JamesRobot 129,350 6th Richardhead 125,450 7th docile tapeworm 125,300 8th NESfiend 121,950 9th RH 114,850 10th nesmaster14 109,750 11th Krunch 105,700 12th mdb39 104,200 13th TriHart 103,300 14th Abner Stomps 102,400 15th TWarwick07 100,650 16th SuperJimtendo 99,550 17th Murray 67,050 18th G-type 66,700 19th a3quit4s 65,550 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) I've heard of this game... Score edit - 132,750 Edited April 2, 2023 by Dr. Morbis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) Do the Mario indeed skinny’s scoreboard 1. Pizza pie - 144500 2. Ti83- 126900 3. James “robot” jones - 123100 4. Obedient poop eater - 118650 5. Initial here, here and here - 108200 6. I’ve got an nes jones - 103250 7. Whoa Oh abner is the color of your energy - 102400 8. Jimmy - 99550 9. Might g my type - 66700 10. #’s in my n4m3 - 65550 Edited March 31, 2023 by docile tapeworm 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,121 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,898 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) Be prepared to be wowed by my mediocrity! Score: 114,850 Score: 108,200 Score: 69,150 And @BeaIank, just to be clear, we play stages 1-1 to 1-4, no death allowed. I assume if we die we can take a photo from the stage we are on when it resets? Edited April 3, 2023 by RH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 11 minutes ago, RH said: And @BeaIank, just to be clear, we play stages 1-1 to 1-4, no death allowed. I assume if we die we can take a photo from the stage we are on when it resets? Nay. If you die your run is invalid. You MUST make it to 2-1 for your score to be valid. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 I'm curious as to where any turtle hopping to run up the score to the point of a 1-up is in world 1. I know there's the classic/traditional spot in world 3-1, but nothing equivalent in the first one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,898 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said: I'm curious as to where any turtle hopping to run up the score to the point of a 1-up is in world 1. I know there's the classic/traditional spot in world 3-1, but nothing equivalent in the first one. My guess is, maybe, the turtle at the end of 1-3. There is one you can knock into a wall, but I thought you had to do the 1-Up trick on steps. Maybe it was a general rule to avoid points pressing. Although, I’d also be 100% fine with allowing it. There’s always a timer ticking down so if you’re good enough to hit the 1-Ups, then go for it because you have to eventually stop so you can beat the stage. With that said though, I never payed attention to the score when I played this game in the past. I was surprised to see that 1-Up mushrooms do not affect your score . Is the same true for 1-Up turtles? I don’t know? Edited March 26, 2023 by RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,121 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 99550 76,150 Edited March 30, 2023 by SuperJimtendo Score 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,884 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) 148,150 148,000 [obsolete] 147,050 [obsolete] 146,050 [obsolete] 145,650 [obsolete] 144,500 [obsolete] 141,900 [obsolete] 122,400 [obsolete] Edited April 3, 2023 by PII 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abner Stomps | 9 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) Can anybody post a score? Was there a sign-up? 82,000 102,400 Edited March 28, 2023 by Abner Stomps Update 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,121 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) Whoa same device Edited March 27, 2023 by SuperJimtendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,121 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 17 minutes ago, Abner Stomps said: Can anybody post a score? Was there a sign-up? 82000 Anyone can play, welcome aboard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,898 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 22 hours ago, RH said: Be prepared to be wowed by my mediocrity! Score: 69,150 I just wanted to get a score on the board. I’m pretty sure this is a good baseline for everyone. Also, I only got fireworks once. And @BeaIank, just to be clear, we play stages 1-1 to 1-4, no death allowed. I assume if we die we can take a photo from the stage we are on when it resets? 59 minutes ago, Abner Stomps said: Can anybody post a score? Was there a sign-up? 82000 42 minutes ago, SuperJimtendo said: Whoa same device I just want to say that I wasn't (and I'm still not) feeling well yesterday and knowing that I had a billion games loaded on my Analogue Pocket, I'd throw up my first score from the device. I really want to play these games on the original hardware (when possible) but man, this device is solid, responsive and just plays great. I can't say some final score won't be submitted from this thing, from me. And welcome aboard @Abner Stomps. I assume you're new, because I'm too lazy to check your profile to see if you're someone who's simply changed their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,898 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 21 hours ago, darkchylde28 said: I'm curious as to where any turtle hopping to run up the score to the point of a 1-up is in world 1. I know there's the classic/traditional spot in world 3-1, but nothing equivalent in the first one. @BeaIank I assume this behavior is what you're trying to ban? I just wanted clarification. Technically, this WR holder for most points in 1-1 isn't doing the 1-up trick but it's close and the same general idea. (Sorry, I couldn't find a YouTube video. Skip to about 30 seconds to see what this guy does.) https://recordsetter.com/world-record/highest-score-level-1-1-super-mario-bros-nes/33194 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, RH said: @BeaIank I assume this behavior is what you're trying to ban? I just wanted clarification. Technically, this WR holder for most points in 1-1 isn't doing the 1-up trick but it's close and the same general idea. (Sorry, I couldn't find a YouTube video. Skip to about 30 seconds to see what this guy does.) https://recordsetter.com/world-record/highest-score-level-1-1-super-mario-bros-nes/33194 If I don't ban the turtle hoping loop, then this week will become a bore fest of turtle hoping instead of level optimization that tries to achieve lightning fast completion while maximizing point scoring opportunities. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,618 Events Team · Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Abner Stomps said: Can anybody post a score? Was there a sign-up? 82000 Always great to have new blood join us here. Welcome aboard and have fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abner Stomps | 9 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Hey, thank you everyone. I'm out on business, and only have my Pocket to play in my downtime. I've been lurking on here for a bit, and I thought I'd throw up some scores this year. I look forward to posting at least something every week. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,771 Administrator · Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I suck at turtle hopping anyway, so not too worried about the rules around that personally. Score: 144,750 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) 125300 Edited April 3, 2023 by docile tapeworm 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 7 hours ago, docile tapeworm said: 104050 That exact princess TV is on display at the local video game store, but they won't sell it to me It's sitting beside a yellow Spongebob TV, but the princess one actually looks way better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,788 Events Team · Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 129,350 123,100 106,159 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,709 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 15 hours ago, RH said: Sorry, I couldn't find a YouTube video. Skip to about 30 seconds to see what this guy does.) https://recordsetter.com/world-record/highest-score-level-1-1-super-mario-bros-nes/33194 That is a Youtube video, lol. See the Youtube logo in the corner? Click it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xNOLZ5H8bg4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 42 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: That exact princess TV is on display at the local video game store, but they won't sell it to me It's sitting beside a yellow Spongebob TV, but the princess one actually looks way better... When you adjust the volume Ariel “swims” left to right with bubbles behind her representing the volume level. When you change the channel Cinderella accompanies the number. It’s pretty cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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