BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Welcome honourable players to a land of mystery and magic! Going unto this week, you will have to prove your mettle with your brain skills, to solve the mysteries of Solomon's key! To unluck the wisdom of Solomon, you must follow the guidance below: Play till room 17 or till you game over Upon reaching stage 17, pause the game at the stage load screen so that we can see your life count and take your picture If you game over, pause the game before the game over screen shows up and take your picture If you game over at a hidden room, your progress will be determined by the colour of the background of the stage (browns - room 4.5, cyan - room 8,5, purple - room 12.5, dark grey - room 16.5) Highest progress will win, with highest score used as tie breaker. For players that reach stage 17, it will be highest life count and then highest high score for tie breaker. Genre: Puzzle May the wisest and most skilled wizard win. The contest ends Sunday, 05/26/24 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 1st Tablew/chairs 17 - 11 - 652120 2nd PII 17 - 09 - 764840 3rd Seppatoni 11 - 0 - 122560 4th BriGuy82 03 - 0 - 57470 5th SuperJimtendo 03 - 0 - 40650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,182 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) I dunno what happened last week. I was within a personal shadow realm but this week I will attempt to be back into the swing of things. I don't think I've played this before. Edit: oh nvm we played it like 2 years ago? I dunno. Doesn't matter. Edited May 20 by SuperJimtendo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablew/chairs | 253 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) Level 17 11 lives 652,120 Sorry I missed last week Edited May 26 by Tablew/chairs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablew/chairs | 253 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Also shouldn’t there be a lives tie break to prevent having to point rack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 47 minutes ago, Tablew/chairs said: Also shouldn’t there be a lives tie break to prevent having to point rack Good point. I will add it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,929 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) 17 / 9Lives / 764,840 Edited May 27 by PII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 806 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) Level 3/57,470 Edited May 22 by BriGuy82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppatoni | 61 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Level 11 - 122560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 Current standings posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,040 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Yikes. Not much enthusiasm for Solomon's Key this week. I will definitely try to get a score in today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 I am afraid we won't be seeing much in terms of participation till the end of the season, but as long two or three people keep posting scores, I will keep the contest running. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,040 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 7 minutes ago, BeaIank said: I am afraid we won't be seeing much in terms of participation till the end of the season, but as long two or three people keep posting scores, I will keep the contest running. Contest participation has ups and downs. I hope Tetris brings it back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,182 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Stage 3: 40650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,157 Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) If analogue would send my dang NT Noir back anytime soon I could at least play in the contest Edited May 26 by a3quit4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,929 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 @Tablew/chairs Well done! I came pretty close to finishing with 10 lives but I guess there were some sources for fairies that I didn't find. Far too many people sleeping around here on one of the best games the NES has to offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablew/chairs | 253 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 4 hours ago, PII said: @Tablew/chairs Well done! I came pretty close to finishing with 10 lives but I guess there were some sources for fairies that I didn't find. Far too many people sleeping around here on one of the best games the NES has to offer... Thanks, here’s a surprise it’s not the fairies! The dinosaur enemies can drop 1-ups if you hit them with fireballs. I didn’t know until one time I was on the hidden shrine, I had an extra fireball and shot the thing and it turned into a 1-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 1,929 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Tablew/chairs said: Thanks, here’s a surprise it’s not the fairies! The dinosaur enemies can drop 1-ups if you hit them with fireballs. I didn’t know until one time I was on the hidden shrine, I had an extra fireball and shot the thing and it turned into a 1-up. Interesting, I always dropped the one in the shrine rooms. I shot some of the other ones when I was trying to test which enemies might drop a fairy but I never got a one up from one of them. Oh well, live and learn. ...I did notice that on rare occasions when shooting an enemy the drop would be this red thing that looks like a game piece from the board game "Sorry" that isn't in any of the literature, manual or online stuff; at least nothing I looked at. But it would manifest a fairy just like the bells.. Edited May 27 by PII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,672 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 On 5/26/2024 at 11:43 AM, mbd39 said: Yikes. Not much enthusiasm for Solomon's Key this week. I will definitely try to get a score in today. I did attempt it, but didn't get far enough to bother taking a photo. (also, wasn't crazy about this game when we played it last year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 271 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Holding my place; I'll see if I can borrow a cart copy later today from a colleague! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,040 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 9 hours ago, G-type said: I did attempt it, but didn't get far enough to bother taking a photo. (also, wasn't crazy about this game when we played it last year) It's a good game, but one that requires a lot of effort to get a decent score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 Final standings posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,210 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 14490 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,210 Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 22 minutes ago, BeaIank said: Final standings posted. The contests don’t run till Sunday night anymore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,650 Events Team · Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 2 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: The contests don’t run till Sunday night anymore? This one ended last weekend. This week's is Punisher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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