Red | 434 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) Hello and welcome to the final round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest! This week's game is Tetris. If you've never played before, don't worry! It's pretty easy to learn. Guide falling blocks to the bottom of the screen to create horizontal lines. When a line is made without any gaps, all the blocks in the line will disappear. Clear multiple lines at once to score big points. Be careful! The more lines you clear, the faster the blocks will fall. If the blocks pile up to the top of the screen, it's Game Over! How long will you last? Rules: -Choose Game Type A -Start on any level you want -Play until Game Over or you max out the score -Highest Score Wins -If you max out the score, immediately pause the game and take your picture. If more than one participant maxes out the score, the participant who did it with the least amount of lines is the winner -You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, February 9, 2020 to submit your score. For general contest rules, click here: https://www.videogamesage.com/topic/1468-game-boy-weekly-contest-leaderboard-rules-20192020/ Good luck and have fun! SCOREBOARD: 1. 442,109 (arnpoly) 2. 323,414 (Splain) 3. 293,727 (mbd39) 4. 286,360 (0xDEAFC0DE) 5. 265,697 (bertsampson) 6. 232,805 (BriGuy82) 7. 162,895 (Philosoraptor) 8. 83,059 (Ausden) 9. 12,568 (ecmyers) Edited February 10, 2020 by Red 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The real contest begins now. This is why we're all here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,017 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 293,727 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,017 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 The droughts are killer. Much like the NES version in this respect but it seems even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 762 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 232805 Edited February 6, 2020 by BriGuy82 Score update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 762 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 So I learned that if you press start+select+a+b it resets the game....Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 58 minutes ago, BriGuy82 said: So I learned that if you press start+select+a+b it resets the game....Amazing! I learned a couple games into the competition that this applies to pretty much every GB game (maybe it's a system thing?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,017 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I'd like to break 300k this week but I dunno if it's going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 762 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, mbd39 said: I'd like to break 300k this week but I dunno if it's going to happen. Yeah, I would be happy with that too. My time to play this week is pretty much done after tonight though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 286360 Just short of MBD. Edited May 4, 2021 by 0xDEAFC0DE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 265,697 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,931 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 7:10 AM, mbd39 said: The droughts are killer. Much like the NES version in this respect but it seems even worse. Yes, the Game Boy randomizer is famously broken. Another thing to keep in mind is that O pieces are more likely to show up than any other piece. This really goes for any version of Tetris, but still it's worth to keep in mind: ALWAYS have an opening for an O piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 323,414 updated score Edited February 8, 2020 by Splain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,017 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 13 hours ago, bertsampson said: 265,697 I love that Gameboy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosoraptor | 468 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 *mouth fart noises* 162895 I wanna be that guy to say "meeeeeeh the Retron 5 and my HDTV held me back with its input lag and stuff," but I know that isn't the case. I subconsciously really like building unnecessary towers that require specific pieces to dig me out of, which is when the squares start dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmyers | 97 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 12,563 I've always been embarrassingly bad at Tetris. I don't think it's gonna get much better than this, so here's my participation score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 83,059 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly | 198 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) 442,109 Edited February 10, 2020 by arnpoly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,092 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I can hear people playing this game lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red | 434 Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 That's it for the Game Boy Weekly Contest! The leaderboard has been updated. Congratulations to @0xDEAFC0DE for taking the top spot. Hope everyone had fun! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 I had fun. I'm sorry that I couldn't participate more. Good choice of games Red. Congrats Deafcode. You really put in the effort. You going to be participating in the NES contests??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosoraptor | 468 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 12 hours ago, ecmyers said: 12,563 I've always been embarrassingly bad at Tetris. I don't think it's gonna get much better than this, so here's my participation score! You got 60 lines, which is far from embarrassingly bad. I only got about 100 lines for my score of 162,000. The trick is to always go for tetrises, because those are worth several thousand points each, if not tens of thousands in later levels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjistar | 517 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I had found out about this on the Friday before. I put some cycles into it, but didn't post my score (166,557). I wish I had been paying attention! It's still a fun game though. Here's my score from the weekend, just for fun. Congrats to you big sluggers breaking 200k+! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,931 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Aw you guys had a Tetris contest without me? Probably the only contest I'd have been able to easily win, and it ends up right when I'm AFK for a week or two being busy around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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