BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome!!! To end the 2024 VGS NES Weekly Contest, @guillavoie and I elected to host a special end of the year event instead of a tournament. For this event, out might warriors will put their metal to the test and prove their mettle at the following games: Ghosts 'n Goblins For this spooky game, the rules will be very simple: Start from a fresh reset to reset the drop queue. You can't let run the demo to move the drop count, you have to start the game immediately after the fresh reset. Make it to stage 2 of the first loop alive Highest score wins Antarctic Adventure Pick level 1 Run for as long as you can Loop the game till loop 4 Either pause the game when you run out of time to take your picture or take it at the start of loop 4. Highest score wins Now take your armour, your running flippers and go kick some zombie butt and run loops around Antartica! The special event ends Sunday, 11/17/22 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. 1 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted October 6 Author Share Posted October 6 Ghosts 'n Goblins: 1st PII 204,700 2nd G-type 21,100 Adventure Island 1st PII 335,880 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Is Ghosts and Goblins 1-life or 1-credit? Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,565 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 Day 1 and my flash cart has gone missing. Going crazy searching high and low for the cart and @PII fingerprints. I'm convinced he is behind this. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 17 minutes ago, NESfiend said: Day 1 and my flash cart has gone missing. Going crazy searching high and low for the cart and @PII fingerprints. I'm convinced he is behind this. Ya got me. I flew in yesterday morning for the express purpose of staking out your home, infiltrating it unseen and walking out the front door without even having to stack any bones in the shower, just me and your flash cart. In actuality I did not realize you were big on this game. Don't you have the o.g. cart? Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,565 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 5 minutes ago, PII said: Ya got me. I flew in yesterday morning for the express purpose of staking out your home, infiltrating it unseen and walking out the front door without even having to stack any bones in the shower, just me and your flash cart. In actuality I did not realize you were big on this game. Don't you have the o.g. cart? I'm about to pop in ghosts n goblins, but you know damn well I wanted to race penguins first and fore freaking most. This situation is actually concerning. Jokes aside, what this means is my daughter put it somewhere and possibly in the trash. Would be quite the blow if I couldn't find it. Cost of replacement isn't big, but I love the game selection I have on it. Remembering everything would be impossible and loading it all on there would be a project Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 3 hours ago, NESfiend said: I'm about to pop in ghosts n goblins, but you know damn well I wanted to race penguins first and fore freaking most. This situation is actually concerning. Jokes aside, what this means is my daughter put it somewhere and possibly in the trash. Would be quite the blow if I couldn't find it. Cost of replacement isn't big, but I love the game selection I have on it. Remembering everything would be impossible and loading it all on there would be a project Oh, of course. I wasn't even thinking. Got GnG on the brain tonight. Yeah, losing that would suck. All joking aside, I hope you find it quick. Wouldn't be the same, racing penguins withoutcha... Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 7 hours ago, PII said: Is Ghosts and Goblins 1-life or 1-credit? 1 credit. But you must make to stage 2 on your last life for you score to count. 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,565 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 On 10/7/2024 at 1:28 AM, PII said: Oh, of course. I wasn't even thinking. Got GnG on the brain tonight. Yeah, losing that would suck. All joking aside, I hope you find it quick. Wouldn't be the same, racing penguins withoutcha... Rest assured. Flash cart has been located. Penguin racing will begin in due time. Actually have been enjoying GnG runs here and there. I'm not good, but it's fun 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 38 minutes ago, NESfiend said: Rest assured. Flash cart has been located. Just curious, where'd it turn up? Was the fruit of you loins the culprit? 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,565 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 On 10/8/2024 at 7:23 PM, PII said: Just curious, where'd it turn up? Was the fruit of you loins the culprit? My daughter has been acquitted. The cleaning lady attempts to organize all the games I keep upstairs in the office and buried it under some SNES carts. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 (edited) GNG - 204,700 AA - 335,880 Edited November 2 by PII Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 187K? Only 187K??? Where's 200+K on stage 1??? This' back in 2016. I believe almost 250K is possible. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 37 minutes ago, BeaIank said: Where's 200+K on stage 1??? Workin' on it, but I didn't have as much time as usual this last week. Also, the rules say "make it to stage 2." Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 Yes, they do. I made that to make sure you people have to secure some seconds to kill the stage 1 boss. Which I did in that picture with 49 seconds to spare. Could have farmed more burritos, but it is hard to manipulate their drops to get kings to drop. This will all be about finding the best way to manipulate the drop look up table by picking special items in a certain order, forcing more kings to drop during the first part of stage 1, which is also why the rules say "Start from a fresh reset". This way the look up table start always at the same place. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,878 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 I'm working on making it to level 2. Finally got to the level 1 halfway point. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,565 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 On 10/15/2024 at 2:44 PM, BeaIank said: 187K? Only 187K??? Where's 200+K on stage 1??? This' back in 2016. I believe almost 250K is possible. Damn!! And of course @PII has already hit 200. I got to 118 or so and died just before the boss a few nights ago. I thought I had really figured things out, but obviously I'm still missing a lot Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 26 minutes ago, NESfiend said: Damn!! And of course @PII has already hit 200. I got to 118 or so and died just before the boss a few nights ago. I thought I had really figured things out, but obviously I'm still missing a lot ¡MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,878 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Made it to level 2. Easy. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 366 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 If I can dig out said cart, it's on! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 (edited) @NESfiend You gotta drop that King asap, fellow Knight. Edited October 18 by PII Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 I finally got around to powering up my penguin. I hear @NESfiend has legally changed his name to "Holden Mcgroin." 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,565 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 (edited) 33 minutes ago, PII said: I finally got around to powering up my penguin. I hear @NESfiend has legally changed his name to "Holden Mcgroin." I deserve that as I am pretty sure I have called you exactly the same thing. I was out of town most of the 1st week of October. Unfortunately, I turned 40, so I had a big party that weekend. Then out of town last weekend for a family thing. With all the travel and having to catch up on work, I am just getting started Funny timing on this comment because I just did my first penguin run. Died at level 27 and didn't pause like a dumb ass. Still haven't finished gng on a good run. I am holding nothing but two sore thumbs at the moment Edited October 19 by NESfiend Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,067 Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 17 hours ago, NESfiend said: I deserve that as I am pretty sure I have called you exactly the same thing. I was out of town most of the 1st week of October. Unfortunately, I turned 40, so I had a big party that weekend. Then out of town last weekend for a family thing. With all the travel and having to catch up on work, I am just getting started Funny timing on this comment because I just did my first penguin run. Died at level 27 and didn't pause like a dumb ass. Still haven't finished gng on a good run. I am holding nothing but two sore thumbs at the moment I was jus goofin'. It only seemed strange to not see a penguin score from you yet. And you are the scolder of holders (which I approve of) after all. But I prolly shoulda figured you were just busy... Happy Fortieth!!! It's not as bad as people think it is... except when it's worse. Just don't forget to keep havin' a little fun every day.. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-419949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted October 28 Author Share Posted October 28 Reminder that this ends this next Sunday! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/15141-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-special-event/#findComment-420464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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