Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Homebrew Leader Board Competition 2020 - Game 4: Mine Shaft Play Period: Friday, April 3, 2020 - Sunday, April 19, 2020 Download the rom here. Up next is the endless falldown platformer called Mine Shaft by Nioreh. In Nioreh’s first homebrew from 2012, it is a survival of the fittest in this high score challenge of how long can you last. Inspired by NS Shaft, a 90’s Mac game, this homebrew was programmed in C, using Shiro’s library, as well as some 6502 assembly, NES Screen tool was used for the graphics, and Famitracker for the music. Your challenge: endure the forced scrolling where you face the dual threats of being crushed by the ceiling or plummeting into the abyss. You must run off the platforms and choose your next target wisely, before you may meet either doom. You will be presented with blue platforms, which give you health, red platforms, which take health, spring boards, and conveyor belts. Survive as long as you can because there is only one life in this game. Scores revealed when you lose all your health or fall into the void. The round will begin April 3rd, hold off until the start because no score posted before then will be accepted. How to submit your score: 1. Scores shall be submitted by posting a picture to that month’s game thread. Screenshots of a computer screen (print screen) are not acceptable. 2. The picture must include the entire screen and have your VGS user name within the picture on a piece of paper. Username can not be added digitally to the picture. 3. Type out your score in bold on your thread post. 4. Scores must be submitted within the posted time frame. 5. Do not submit scores from previous runs. 6. Use one post for your score. You can submit as many as you like by editing your original post. You can bump the thread to announce your new score. Rules: 1. NTSC only, no PAL. This will create a level playing field and not create differences based on timing. 2. OEM, FPGA, and clone consoles are OKAY. 3. Emulators are OKAY. Play game at 100% speed. 4. No save states allowed. 5. Flashcarts (i.e. Everdrive / Power Pak) are OKAY. 6. No turbo or slow motion controllers are allowed. 7. No game genie codes. 8. Do not use glitches in the game to boost your score. Edited April 1, 2020 by Deadeye 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Mine Shaft Leaderboard Username Score Date Red 473 4/19/2020 Bertsampson 470 4/19/2020 Scrobins 258 4/18/2020 JamesRobot 182 4/6/2020 Zi 173 4/19/2020 Richardhead 153 4/7/2020 Deadeye 119 4/14/2020 Ecmeyers 93 4/19/2020 Driveshaft 71 4/17/2020 Ausden 21 4/14/2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Let the round begin! Edited April 3, 2020 by Deadeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot 5,117 Events Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 182 152 71 16 Edited April 6, 2020 by JamesRobot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 No scores count until the the opening of the competition on April 3, VGS time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 @JamesRobot that's about where I am at right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot 5,117 Events Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Deadeye said: @JamesRobot that's about where I am at right now Oh damn. I just saw the thread was up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden 322 Member · Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 @JamesRobot trying to give everyone the “shaft”. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot 5,117 Events Team · Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) DP Edited April 1, 2020 by JamesRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 119 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins 1,418 Moderator · Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On the board with 65! 83! 113! 117! 129!165! 258! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson 345 Member · Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 470 418 306281236196 Edited April 19, 2020 by bertsampson Score Update 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Wow, good improvements on the scores Please bump them next time you update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins 1,418 Moderator · Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Bumped with new score, not top of the pile but respectable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmyers 94 Member · Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) 9350 Just tried this out last night. It's pretty fun with catchy music, but I can see it taking some time to master (and I guess practice boosting your score on those conveyor belts). Edited April 20, 2020 by ecmyers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson 345 Member · Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Score updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins 1,418 Moderator · Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Got to admit it’s gettin’ better, better all the time! (Score bump) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead 2,243 Member · Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) 153115 50 Edited April 8, 2020 by Richardhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead 2,243 Member · Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Pretty fun game. Probably put a good amount of time in to figure this out. Edited April 8, 2020 by Richardhead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins 1,418 Moderator · Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 You’d probably wonder if a bump with a 4-point improvement is even worth it, but here I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Double post Edited April 8, 2020 by Deadeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye 1,566 Homebrew Team · Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 24 minutes ago, Scrobins said: You’d probably wonder if a bump with a 4-point improvement is even worth it, but here I am. I'll allow it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson 345 Member · Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 300! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins 1,418 Moderator · Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 This game is so addictive, and I love the music. It’s a shame it doesn’t have a cart release. Though I’m crossing my fingers this appears on the upcoming Action 53, Vol. 4. I hope they put out a game list so we know what will be on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins 1,418 Moderator · Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Woo getting a little better once in awhile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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