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49 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Yeah, I immediately pause so that Groundchuck is in picture. I hope people aren't waiting to get the extra points from beating him.

The extra points are added when the door starts to open. I can see and invalidate the score.
The rules have also been covering that.

As long as you pause before the door starts opening, all is good.

The game awards you extra points during the cut scene. We need the picture as you defeated the boss for the score to count.

4 hours ago, JamesRobot said:

Is that picture intended to be the final score, or do we include the points awarded after you defeat him and on the clear screen as well?

It is intended to be the final score..

1 hour ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

Here's my score before getting the +15k from the second boss.

129,100 + 18,000 = 147,100

So you died to max the health bar. Clever. I will have to change that so lives have more weight.

There. Now a life is worth more than a full health bar and thus managing to conserve it will play a bigger part on the challenge!

This ought to be a very fun challenge since the points from extra live and remaining health can tip the scale a lot.
Thought this would be more fun than have you guys beat the game.

Reserved for scoreboard

COWABUNGA!!!

Get your nunchakus, your pizza, your orange ninja mask and get turtle ready for some ACTION!
This week we will tackle on TMNT and do I have ONE set of rules for you all!

• Play as Michelangelo, and ONLY as Michelangelo
• Play till game over or till you beat scene 2
• If you beat the Groundchuck at the end of scene 2, pause the game right away and take your picture
• You must pause before the door starts opening and you are awarded the stage clear bonus points
• For each extra life you have at the end of scene 2, add 10000 to your score
• For each health point you have at the end of the scene 2, add 500 to your score, up to 8000 points (a full health bar with 16 points)
• You cannot use the cheat code to start with more lives
• Highest score wins
• Genre: Beat'em up

Never pay full price for late pizza.

The contest ends Sunday, 04/21/24 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.

Current standings posted.

Geral and genre scoreboards updated.

Final standings posted.

As long as the turbo and slow down features are not used, the NES Advantage is totally legal on the VGS NES Weekly Contest.
Of course, we operate on the honour system, as we have no real way to check if it was used or not. We will trust you all not to.

Welcome, welcome. Who is ready to RUMBLE???

We enter phase "Shooter" of the 2024 VGS NES Weekly contest round1. And for this week, we bring in BURAI FIGHTER for our skilled players to prove their ability in shoot'em ups!

The rules for this week are:

• Enter the password "KING"
• Play till you beat the game or die the first time
• Take your picture at the ending or pause the game as you die the first time to take it
• Point pressing isn't allowed
• Highest score wins
• GENRE: Shooter

Good luck, fighter. The fate of the universe is in your hands

The contest ends Sunday, 04/14/24 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.

Current standings posted.

Geral and genre scoreboards updated.

Final standings posted.

6 hours ago, G-type said:

I need to know at which level you where as the rules are level then score.

Ladies, gentlemen and all sort of fine folks, welcome to another week of our beloved contest!

This week we will be hitting the gas and pumping up the adrenaline for it is a week of SPEED!
Our talented players will show their mad speed skills on R.C. Pro-Am!!!

The rules are as follow:

• Play until reach level 11 or till you finish 4th, whichever comes first.
• Pause your game at the start of level 11 or when you finish 4th and take your picture
• Highest level wins, with highest score used as tie breaker
• GENRE: Sports

Get on your remote control and show that you know how to make that toy car fly!

The contest ends Sunday, 04/07/24 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.

Current standings posted.

Current standings posted.

Well, turns out those were the final standings!

I think that having to take 4 pictures actually drove people away from this, but SMB3 will be back and we will run these rules again.
They seem to have worked pretty great.

4 hours ago, koifish said:

sweet, one of my favorites. I don't usually have time for contests anymore but I'm definitely in on this!

BTW, no reason I can't use 3DS virtual console version, right?

The 3DS virtual console is perfectly fine for this.