Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Homebrew Leader Board Competition 2020 - Game 5: Troll Burner Play Period: Friday, May 1, 2020 - Sunday, May 17, 2020 Download the rom here at the bottom of the page. Order a physical cart here. Joe Granato and Austin McKinley created Troll Burner in just 8 days while returning home from PAX South in 2017. Developed as a brief, playable proof of concept to demonstrate the versatility of NESmaker, as well as an enthusiastic middle finger to its critics, Troll Burner is an action platformer where you blast some smack-talking trolls and run up a high score. Don't dawdle though because there is a time limit to add some extra difficulty (unless a burnt troll drops a time boost for you). Still not challenged enough? Okay, you only get a "Trolls Burned" end screen when you beat the game; so if you can't reach the end, you just won't cut it. Troll Burner is available from The New 8-Bit Heroes website, and a handful of carts were given out in early 2018 as prizes for various contests. But wait, you ask, there's a link above that says I can order a cart, how is that possible? Well Timmy, here's the scoop: after a little digging in the NESmaker Facebook group in search of one of those rare Troll Burner carts, I learned there is an active physical run of Troll Burner available. Infinite NES Lives sells flashable carts for use with NESmaker, however those carts are NOT blank. In order to ensure every cart works, Paul flashes Troll Burner onto every single one. Therefore purchasing an NESmaker refill cart is tantamount to purchasing a copy of Troll Burner! (I left this tidbit in my VGS Homebrew Almanac thread as an easter egg of sorts for a few months, but I'm sharing it more widely for this competition and a little earlier than usual for folks to have time to get a cart if they want) 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. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Troll Burner Leaderboard Username Score Date Red 2,146 5/17/2020 bertsampson 538 5/17/2020 dvertov 398 5/14/2020 zi 304 5/15/2020 Deadeye 179 5/12/2020 driveshaft 119 5/17/2020 JamesRobot 64 5/14/2020 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-70100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 GET GOING DAMN YOU! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-70101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 Everybody get ready, because at midnight, it's on! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-73520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,604 Homebrew Team · Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) 105 179 Edited May 13, 2020 by Deadeye 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 The demo doesn't give that swell splash screen with your total kills. Am I missing something, or is only the demo available for download? Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, bertsampson said: The demo doesn't give that swell splash screen with your total kills. Am I missing something, or is only the demo available for download? You can buy a physical version by buying the refill NESmaker cart from INL. See link in OP. You only get that screen by beating the game, if you die beforehand it doesn't appear. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,604 Homebrew Team · Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) @bertsampson It happens after you beat the end boss only Happens in physical and demo ROM. Edited May 2, 2020 by Deadeye Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Oh, ok, thank you for clearing that up. I just ordered up the cart, but I'll probably just end up using the demo rom. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 538 159 - First time beating the boss, I got 56... Edited May 17, 2020 by bertsampson Update Score 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zi | 175 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Hell, my best = 20 minutes of patience 304 18841 Edited May 15, 2020 by zi Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-74524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Scoreboard updated, who else wants to get crispy? Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-75477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 After a few more attempts, updated my score. Yeah, big update! Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-76333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zi | 175 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Updated Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-76337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,604 Homebrew Team · Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 New score, 179 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Nice! I of course have yet to beat the game. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 211 Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) 398 219 Hi, a bit late to the party here. Can anybody jump in this contest? Edit: Ok, had to try again. Bummed I didn't hit 400. Edited May 14, 2020 by dvertov Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,604 Homebrew Team · Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 @dvertov yep anyone can join in, you won't get points for the rounds you missed, but will for this one and any future rounds you participate in. Good luck! And great score! 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 For anyone curious, the score that won a prize cart of Troll Burner back in 2018 was 688 trolls burned. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,604 Homebrew Team · Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Scrobins said: For anyone curious, the score that won a prize cart of Troll Burner back in 2018 was 688 trolls burned. That is an insane amount Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 211 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 16 hours ago, Deadeye said: That is an insane amount I can see how it would be possible, but you'd have to get really lucky with the item drops. And have a ridiculous amount of patience. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 6,257 Events Team · Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 64 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 211 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 To bump: I am somewhat embarrassed to report I hit a new score of 398. Why are all those zeros there? I asked The New 8-Bit Heroes' Twitter account if anyone had ever hit 1,000 but I haven't heard back yet. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,881 Moderator · Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Embarrassed? You’re kicking ass! I’ll bet those leading zeroes are just to egg people on to go for the high score. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvertov | 211 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 That was a grind, man. I'd recommend putting on a good podcast. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/3373-homebrew-leader-board-competition-2020-game-5-troll-burner/#findComment-77653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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