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@the_wizard_666 Wow! I just got a score without checking everyones and thought I was hot shit with a +6 shutout, yours is unreal! Cool. Makes me want to try again and see how much better I can get against the first team. Nicely done!

Oh yeah that path part was what always got me after that it wasnt too bad but despite many tries and small improvements I just couldnt get enough consistency to really make a great run. I maybe just should have said F the bird seed on level 2 Wil E. and his sprite are my favorite parts, he looks juuust off enough that it's a little bit creepy but mostly just funny. Like there's long stretches where he's just creepin on you from behind like a dead-eyed canine zombie

Damn @PII you are killing it. Thats a mind boggling score in my opinion I can't imagine staying alive thaat long. It's so easy to get caught on an edge

Fine by me, I never found a manual but I've had this game for some time got the cart and box separately for $3 each. And it being a sports game probably helped with that. I find it to be a unique blend of concepts, sports and rpg-style decison making, I'm sure it's been done elsewhere, but this has still gotta be among the earliest examples. I'm surprised anyone's even out there trashing it lol i understand trashing a big title like Blades of Steel for being weak but idk

I've always loved this game. This should be great

I'm actually digging this one, good 1-life challenge, Wil E. does some pretty funny shit so far as I've seen. The snake shaped paths are very looney tunes. I like it when games give a good attempt to deliver on the theme, instead of just taking a character and making it a platformer or whatever. Might follow this attempt up tomorrow, level 3 seems easier than level 2?

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Tough to say, might be the beginning of summer factor too. Not the most popular week... but still not exactly easy to place top 3. I thought it was a decent game and didn't find it super hard myself. But with a busy week and just starting 6 hours before the deadline today, I'm just going with what I got posted. It's just not a game that's easy to spend all day grinding, even though it would probably work. Above all I'm quite fond of how well-programmed the ladders are.

@BeaIank Is mine acceptable as a picture even though it's showing 7 lives? I lost all of my lives down to 1 without progressing past this level, and missed the pic. So there wouldnt be a score change since no progress.

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Hmm... ill probably start this tomorrow. See what the ruling is. I never played it, though it always looked to be in my wheelhouse

Dude this week was crazy it put me in peril and shook me, I was gunning for the TMNT2 win, it was a dream week until it was a nightmare. And it's compounded onto my previously existing shell shock of not being able to beat Krang in the 2013 summer tournament. Comparing 1st to 4th is double/half, 20 points to 10 now, it feels more severe but also appropriate. I got the 4th place blues. With how the scoring system is now you could still make something happen with limited playtime, if you focus on a few and get some wins. Even 2nds are pretty good, they're worth 10+ more than 6th place downward

Sweet! Nice to have you playing. I expect you can set a pretty high bar off the bat

I sort of agree that low score 1 life is the way because you avoid this, and also it adds a bit of strategy into lots of the mob fights, wherein you have to use projectiles etc to kill enemies for 0 and it's quite hard to get all that perfect. But it's still not hard to do most of them, and IMO it's fun because using the projectiles is sheer fun

I think I usually just kinda keep fighting through the head moving, and watch the head mostly, just trying to get as many kicks in as possible. Maybe with enough health you could smash him with your special a couple times before the head comes off again, even if you take a bit of damage for it. Cant believe this is what sunk me

I was absolutely framing it as a dance with Krang too in my head, lol. It's definitely tightly designed that it allows you to do that. He's hard on one life, but I consider it a pretty fair fight since normally it's designed for you to have spare lives.

For sure, I just overlooked him too much during practice, I'd beaten him a few times but when it came to it I just couldn't pull. Real bummer. I wasnt in the TMNT mood yesterday so i put the whole ending on today. Aargh

Updated, the damn samurai finished me, I didnt practice on him enough and no time left. Frustrating

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Damn. I beat Krang without dying a few times (not on a run) but I still haven't got em both in one life. Of course in the 2013 contest I couldnt even ever beat Krang. He's not too bad... I've crafted a strategy where I can get pretty good damage in for a low-medium amount of risk. It's easy to get flustered and then greedy though, since I did find a way to land lots of consecutive hits but it's not as likely he'll follow the right sequence to enable this.

As much as I hate Krang it's probably one of the best designed boss fights I've ever seen. You have to really fight with skill and you can't fake your way through it, unless what Doug said about trapping him is true

No, i was too specific, maybe being at the boss would be farther? but otherwise same level. At any rate I have a better pic already. And even that ill improve on soon. I played with all continues a bit tonight, so I could practice Shredder and Krang.

My bad, I meant the sewer level, the snow level is a bit tricky but it becomes one of the easier ones in the long run. For the snowmen I usually just try to push one or both of them onto the side, you can spam them with just the basic attack if theyre stuck this way. Usually i jump kick them into the side. If need be you can manage the missiles by destroying them. But my advice also rests a bit on the fact that I don't mind taking dmg at this part. The boss is pretty easy if you stay on one horizontal line and just keep trying to jumpkick his shins so he drops the iceball, which then also won't damage you as you're resetting your position. The pizza definitely gets more generous in the late game... I wonder if it's because that's where the game starts to variate more from the arcade version? It makes the late game run more smooth and the game more fair.

I think you'll find stage 3 to be easier than both stages 1 and 2. Easier (easiest?) boss, less chaotic fights and the obstacle avoiding parts are pretty easy.

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