2023 VGS NES Weekly Contest - Rad Racer

[BeaIank | 1,621]

Welcome, speedy ones! It is time to decide who is the sportiest of all at the 2023 VGS NES Weekly Contest!
It is time for RAD RACER!

The rules are as follow:

• Choose whichever car you want
• While the demo is running, press B 5 times then hold UP + RIGHT and press start to start at Snow White Line
• Play until Game Over (be quick with your picture on the Game Over screen, the screen that shows the map of the course)
• Highest score wins
• Genre: Sports

May the fastest be the most sportiest player of 2023!

The contest ends Sunday, 09/03/23 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 | 1,621]

1st	Bearcat-Doug	24,619
2nd	docile tapeworm	24,227
3rd	Richardhead	24,094
4th	PII	23,993
5th	NESfiend	23,541
6th	Gloves	21,647
7th	mbd39	21,638
8th	G-type	12,345
9th	Dr. Morbis	9,155
10th	SuperJimtendo	7,364

[mbd39 | 2,024]

Good rule set! My thumb thanks you.

EDIT: I actually prefer we start at Los Angeles Night Way because it's fun, and  it's where the high difficulty really starts to kick in. But let's see what others think.

 

Edited August 27, 2023 by mbd39

[BeaIank | 1,621]

3 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Good rule set! My thumb thanks you.

 

Ain't no one of us has the time or the hands to do a full Rad Racer run these days.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

3 minutes ago, BeaIank said:

Ain't no one of us has the time or the hands to do a full Rad Racer run these days.

I don't think it takes that long, but the first four courses might as well be practice. Time to get a score in for @Richardhead to take a shot at.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

10 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Good rule set! My thumb thanks you.

EDIT: I actually prefer we start at Los Angeles Night Way because it's fun, and  it's where the high difficulty really starts to kick in. But let's see what others think.

 

I said the same thing in the Guardian Legend thread, but this works fine for me. Now that the rules are posted, I don't really have a burning desire to add another course.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

24,619

Edited September 2, 2023 by Bearcat-Doug

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

I need to do another run later. I got a fairly clean one in, but there's still room for improvement.

Edited August 27, 2023 by Bearcat-Doug

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

@BeaIank I got my picture at the finish line of Course 8, but if anyone misses their picture since you can't pause, it saves your score when the map of Course 1 comes up.

[Richardhead | 2,813]

24,094

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by Richardhead

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

26 minutes ago, Richardhead said:

15,396

 

I'm done for the week so you have plenty of time to beat my score. 

[Richardhead | 2,813]

4 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

I'm done for the week so you have plenty of time to beat my score. 

You aren’t done.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

5 minutes ago, Richardhead said:

You aren’t done.

I'd like to be, but there's not much margin for error on these last three courses, so the scores for anyone that clears them all will probably be close.

[BeaIank | 1,621]

2 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

I said the same thing in the Guardian Legend thread, but this works fine for me. Now that the rules are posted, I don't really have a burning desire to add another course.

I considered it, but that would be half of the game so I decided to go for just the 3 last stages to make it tough, but also quick to get a run in and repeat to fix small mistakes.
It will be a close week of competition.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

9 minutes ago, BeaIank said:

I considered it, but that would be half of the game so I decided to go for just the 3 last stages to make it tough, but also quick to get a run in and repeat to fix small mistakes.
It will be a close week of competition.

Yeah, I got two runs in and I think there was a 21 point difference between the two so the scores should be close.

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

Radical

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

1 hour ago, Richardhead said:

You aren’t done.

I might be. I've been trying for over an hour and I can't beat my own score. 

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

29 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said:

Radical

Indeed.

[SuperJimtendo | 1,123]

Score:07364

Edited August 30, 2023 by SuperJimtendo
Score

[Gloves | 11,782]

21,647

19,393 

[NESfiend | 1,515]

23,541

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by NESfiend

[Dr. Morbis | 2,088]

Score Edit: 9,155

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Dr. Morbis

[Gloves | 11,782]

I suck at this shit, yo.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

23 minutes ago, Gloves said:

I suck at this shit, yo.

Assuming that you still don't drive in real life, you basically get a free pass. 

[Gloves | 11,782]

34 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Assuming that you still don't drive in real life, you basically get a free pass. 

Yeah I still don't lol. Been considering a motorcycle license - those are still cool, right?