BlackVega 361 Member · Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 This topic gives me these vibes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish 437 Member · Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 my submission 438330 can definitely go faster on mario and crashed once on rad racer, so I'll do my best to go further 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish 437 Member · Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Optimism lowered. It seems I can't well at all in tetris. Beginner's luck on first run? Maybe I'll try again later. I never did like NES Tetris that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer 1,858 Member · Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 9 minutes ago, koifish said: Optimism lowered. It seems I can't well at all in tetris. Beginner's luck on first run? Maybe I'll try again later. I never did like NES Tetris that much... There's only like 4 or 5 different variations of the Tetris pieces that you can get. Some are easier than others to deal with so if you practice and get familiar with which set you're comfortable with you can get a couple Tetrises off and get a good well going just from habit. Same thing with rad racer. I can't remember exactly but something determines the aggressiveness of the VW Bugs. Edited April 2 by RegularGuyGamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot 5,314 Events Team · Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 201,665 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan 8,626 Events Helper · Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 15 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said: There's only like 4 or 5 different variations of the Tetris pieces that you can get. Some are easier than others to deal with so if you practice and get familiar with which set you're comfortable with you can get a couple Tetrises off and get a good well going just from habit. Same thing with rad racer. I can't remember exactly but something determines the aggressiveness of the VW Bugs. 24 minutes ago, koifish said: Optimism lowered. It seems I can't well at all in tetris. Beginner's luck on first run? Maybe I'll try again later. I never did like NES Tetris that much... They say 10,400 is the best score to get in Mario I believe. Gets you the same set that everyone uses for WR runs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer 1,858 Member · Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 54 minutes ago, Jeevan said: They say 10,400 is the best score to get in Mario I believe. Gets you the same set that everyone uses for WR runs. That's definitely the best Tetris set to get. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish 437 Member · Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) how do you get 10,400 on Mario? Best I can guess is you suicide on 1-1 to save time vs. the 1-2 stage transition, but then I'm not sure on the path you end up with. Ok, WOW. I had no idea until looking it up that your score in Mario determines the block pattern in Tetris. Seems that if you get the same score on Mario then your Tetris round will be the same set of blocks every time. Oh, and also, Rad Racer has a turbo button when you press Up on the d-pad The tetris round is way easier now that I have this trick. Rad Racer is much faster too, so more time to block drop. On that note, my new entry: 693275 Edited April 3 by koifish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak 3,289 Events Team · Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 On 4/1/2023 at 6:39 PM, RegularGuyGamer said: You can get the top score by just rocking the turtle on 3-3 and not even getting to Tetris. I believe the NWC rules were adapted to say you need at least 1 pt on Tetris that way if contestants did rock the turtle they needed to leave themselves enough time to get at least 1 pt on Tetris. Interesting, how does that work? Because doing that doesn't give you any coins, so I'm confused as to how that really helps you at all. On 4/1/2023 at 9:21 PM, JamesRobot said: This was the guy. Said he had five kids to feed and a wife in the hospital so he was letting everything go for cheap. Set me back a few Gs but totally worth it. Really, he was doing me a favor. Nice guy! Man, he really does seem trustworthy, you were right! Five kids and a wife in the hospital though, poor guy... glad you were able to help him out at least, and you got a great deal out of it, win-win! 12 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said: @ZeldaFreak Do you want score updates in a new post or the original score post edited? Updating your original post keeps the thread a bit less cluttered, but you can do either, up to you! Whichever you prefer, it'll be counted either way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer 1,858 Member · Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 28 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: Interesting, how does that work? Because doing that doesn't give you any coins, so I'm confused as to how that really helps you at all. Lol it's just to rack up points. You never get the coins to move on. The timer runs out and your score for the other two games is blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthughson 167 Member · Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Getting my name on the board That Rad Racer section is such a drag... Edited April 3 by matthughson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer 667 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 The tetris part is legit the killer, I got so goddamn lucky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avgn Gamer 667 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I also go by avgn_pope so disregard the name fuck up lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak 3,289 Events Team · Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 20 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said: Lol it's just to rack up points. You never get the coins to move on. The timer runs out and your score for the other two games is blank. Oh yeah duh, I'm an idiot, haha. I'm so used to just thinking as Mario and Rad Racer as stepping stones to get to Tetris, not as actual ways to get high scores. How high of a score can you get to? Because it takes awhile to get to that stage to begin with, so I'd be curious to know how high you can go within the time limit. Maybe I'll test that out later actually, if you can rack up a SUPER crazy score with that method then I might alter the rules so you have to make it to Tetris, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer 1,858 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 3 hours ago, ZeldaFreak said: Oh yeah duh, I'm an idiot, haha. I'm so used to just thinking as Mario and Rad Racer as stepping stones to get to Tetris, not as actual ways to get high scores. How high of a score can you get to? Because it takes awhile to get to that stage to begin with, so I'd be curious to know how high you can go within the time limit. Maybe I'll test that out later actually, if you can rack up a SUPER crazy score with that method then I might alter the rules so you have to make it to Tetris, yeah. I think it's a pretty substantial amount of points if you get good at it. It's a skill though bc the points stop onces the lives start accumulating. Turtle tipping got people far enough though that Nintendo had to change the rules once the regional finals started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT 27 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) I have one of the older RetroUSB (individually numbered) NWC repros without dipswitches. Is the default time for that cartridge 6 minutes 21 seconds? Any help would be appreciated! I might have to go the emulator route. Edited April 4 by CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan 8,626 Events Helper · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, CT said: I have one of the older RetroUSB (individually numbered) NWC repros without dipswitches. Is the default time for that cartridge 6 minutes 21 seconds? Any help would be appreciated! I might have to go the emulator route. I'm asking one of the guys from retrousb, I'll let u know. Edited April 4 by Jeevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan 8,626 Events Helper · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 @CT if nothing else, just start a run and see if you can time it. I would think they would have set it to comp. time, but just to make sure you can double check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT 27 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 20 minutes ago, Jeevan said: I'm asking one of the guys from retrospect, I'll let u know. THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan 8,626 Events Helper · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 minute ago, CT said: THANK YOU! he said it should technically be hard coded, bit you might want to double check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT 27 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) Here's my entry for now. Edited April 5 by CT new score 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug 4,944 Member · Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) 1,152,050 Edited April 7 by Bearcat-Doug 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug 4,944 Member · Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 4/2/2023 at 5:06 PM, Dr. Morbis said: @ZeldaFreak Do you want score updates in a new post or the original score post edited? Anyway, I'm pretty rusty at this. I used to be able to break a million points regularly, but I'm just not getting a break on the Tetris part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 1,655 Member · Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 It seems that the 25x multiplier on Tetris scores makes the Tetris score the biggest impact. So focusing on maximizing the Tetris score would be the best strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish 437 Member · Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Can't do any better than this, I think. Luck be on my side! 914855 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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