2023 VGS NES Weekly Contest - 1943

[BeaIank | 1,618]

Welcome abord, fellow aviators. You have quite the mission for this week!

You will have to prove your skills and your mettle at 1943!

The rules are as follow:

• Play until Game Over
• Take your picture on the Game Over screen
• If you have to re-start a level or boss because you did not destroy enough enemies, that counts as a Game Over.  At this point, you must stop playing and take your picture.  Anyone suspected of playing more of the game in the event you have to re-start a level or boss will have their score disqualified.
• Highest score wins
• GENRE: Shooter/Shoot ‘Em Up

The contest ends Sunday, 05/28/23 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.

[BeaIank | 1,618]

1st	docile tapeworm	2,351,600
2nd	Bearcat-Doug	2,206,500
3rd	Dr. Morbis	1,502,100
4th	mbd39	1,358,700
5th	JamesRobot	928,900
6th	Gloves	810,500
7th	Richardhead	709,400
8th	NESfiend	701,200
9th	PII	117,100
10th	RH	111,200
11th	G-type	110,600
12th	SuperJimtendo	106,300

[mbd39 | 2,020]

Woohoooo, 1943! This game is awesome.

 

 

[Dr. Morbis | 2,088]

Score edit - Man, I forgot how awesome this game is: 1,213,200

Score edit #2 - A little better; I might have time for one more run: 1,502,100

 

Edited May 28, 2023 by Dr. Morbis

[Gloves | 11,776]

810,500

512,800

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

2,206,500

Edited May 26, 2023 by Bearcat-Doug

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

23 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Good luck all! We'll see if I'm able to participate in this one. 

I managed 1.3 million which is probably all that I'm going to have time for. That's pretty close to my personal best, so I'm satisfied with it even though it may not even be good enough for a top 5 score.

[mbd39 | 2,020]

9 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

I managed 1.3 million which is probably all that I'm going to have time for. That's pretty close to my personal best, so I'm satisfied with it even though it may not even be good enough for a top 5 score.

It'll depend on how many shooter pros come of the woodwork and whether Gloves plays. I have a PB of near 1,400,000 that I got last year, but for now I'll be happy to break a million. It's a tough game.

 

 

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

22 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

It'll depend on how many shooter pros come of the woodwork and whether Gloves plays. I have a PB of near 1,400,000 that I got last year, but for now I'll be happy to break a million. It's a tough game.

 

 

I had 1.45 million in 2016 and I think that was just good enough for 5th place. Back in 2013, two people cleared the game and Tom made it all the way to the final battleship.

[RH | 4,903]

Score: 111,200

Fun game but man, this one hurt!

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

1LC or bust

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

Score: 106300

 

 

1.3 million before even home from work. Good lord. Lol like this isn't a solid one and done for me anyway. Played it a little bit last night just to remind myself why I dislike shmups

Edited May 22, 2023 by SuperJimtendo
Score

[Gloves | 11,776]

41 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said:

1LC or bust

I don't remember if this game keeps progress after death, nor do I recall if there are bonus points for lives remaining etc.. Would it make sense to burn remaining lives for points, versus a 1lc?

[RH | 4,903]

You only have one life.

[mbd39 | 2,020]

1 minute ago, Gloves said:

I don't remember if this game keeps progress after death, nor do I recall if there are bonus points for lives remaining etc.. Would it make sense to burn remaining lives for points, versus a 1lc?

You only get one life. So a 1CC is also a 1LC in this case.

[Gloves | 11,776]

Aaahhhh. Ok lol. 

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

1 hour ago, Gloves said:

I don't remember if this game keeps progress after death, nor do I recall if there are bonus points for lives remaining etc.. Would it make sense to burn remaining lives for points, versus a 1lc?

Once you die you can continue but your score goes to 0.

1LC brother 

[NESfiend | 1,515]

Made that level 3 boss my bitch

701,200

 

Edited May 29, 2023 by NESfiend

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

928,900

681,500

[G-type | 2,480]

A very good shooter!

Edited May 22, 2023 by G-type

[SuperJimtendo | 1,121]

Wasn't there something special about shooting the pow like 7 times or some shit? 

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,104]

I finally broke 1.5 million, but I still don't know if that will be enough to make the top 5.

[mbd39 | 2,020]

5 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

I finally broke 1.5 million, but I still don't know if that will be enough to make the top 5.

Look at the top 5 from 2016, one of the most competitive years in the history of the contests. Fourth place is around that.  https://archive.nes.science/nintendoage-forums/nintendoage.com/forum/messageviewd7f2.html?catid=31&threadid=159557

 

Your score will likely podium.

 

[mbd39 | 2,020]

I haven't even been able to get past level 9 yet. I don't want to post any score until I break a million.