Red

Anticipation is done.

1 hour ago, bronzeshield said:

Re: Dragon Slayer I, it's mainly that I'm interested in playing through the Game Boy's first 100 releases or so, as a kind of informal project, so it'd come up in that context. And the game's reputation sort of intrigues me, since I've often enjoyed games that others deemed unplayable...

I own this one.  I've found enjoyment in quite a few games that are generally considered to be terrible, but not this one.  I admit I didn't give it much of a chance, but I think it might be one of the most tedious games I've ever played.

2 hours ago, koifish said:

790660

I have no shame in saying this is my least favorite GB game so far in the contest, and perhaps my least favorite of all the GB games I've played in the last year, with the exception of true crap like Pit-Fighter or Escape from Camp Deadly. That said, here is my only entry. I won't subject myself to any more of this one!

bgb00050.bmp 67.55 kB · 2 downloads

Would you happen to have another picture that also includes your user name written or typed on a piece of paper?

Hello and welcome to the sixth round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest!  This week's game is Revenge of the 'Gator.  The 'Gator is back and hungry for revenge!  I'm not sure what you did to him to begin with, but you better watch out!  

Rules:

- Play until Game Over

-Highest score wins

-You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, January 12, 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:

1,854,740 (0xDEAFC0DE) +11
1,162,930 (acromite53) +10
1,106,570 (BriGuy82) +9
606,620 (koifish) +8
538,400 (Splain) +7
472,610 (arnpoly) +6
456,980 (Link) +5
375,010 (ecmyers) +4
341,330 (Ausden) +3

On 1/2/2020 at 1:06 AM, 0xDEAFC0DE said:

1019870

[Old picture] 

Finally cleared stage 6 without continues. I've also played through the rest with continues and stage 9 and 10 seem nearly impossible without a lot of luck. Has anyone figured out what's the difference between the cars? They all feel the same to me. 

Did you do that on or after January 1?  If so, you could post about it here.

On 1/2/2020 at 1:48 PM, koifish said:

Hi Red, yes, it's here. I wasn't completely sure if it was required, since getting 1000 on hard is a prerequisite for unlocking very hard in the first place.

Thanks.  Even though I didn't doubt that you got at least 1000, I'd like to be consistent in requiring a picture for all scores achieved.

I beat Downwell yesterday.

@koifish

Did you take a picture of a Hard mode score?

Hello and welcome to the fifth round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest!  This week's game is Dead Heat Scramble.

Rules:

- Play until you beat the game or Game Over

-You may choose any car

-Highest score wins

-Be careful!  The preset High Scores are pretty high (lowest is 600,000).  If your score is below that, I'd recommend pausing your game right before the timer runs out to get your score.  If you don't, you'll only have a couple seconds to take your picture.

-If you pause the game to get your score, you may round it up to the nearest thousand.

-You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, January 5, 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. 1,339,780 (0xDEAFC0DE) +11
2. 1,336,880 (BriGuy82) +10
3. 867,300 (arnpoly) +9
4. 790,660 (koifish) +8
5. 676,940 (Splain) +7
6. 229,000 (ecmyers) +6
7. 102,000 (Ausden) +5

On 12/23/2019 at 2:36 PM, arnpoly said:

Haha I tied @koifish but was too lazy to post my update cause it was only 1000 points higher. 

The only way I found to boost my score was to grind enemies during boss battles.  It didn't seem interesting enough to bother though.  The game itself was fun!

Which enemies?  I didn't notice any of the enemies giving points during the boss battles.  It seemed like you only got points for hitting the bosses.

12 hours ago, koifish said:

I'm having trouble with photographing the score on Very Hard while still proving that I only have one miss. When the game is paused, your miss count isn't displayed, and when the game isn't paused, you can very easily either 1) get another miss, at which point it looks suspect that you have more than one miss, or 2) you might accidentally get more points just from the trampoline sitting in the leftmost position.

I'm troubled about this currently because my current best is 308 in very hard mode, but I didn't really have any way to take a picture that proved not only that I had 308, but that it was my first miss as well. @Red, what do you suggest we do?

You can take the picture while it's paused.  I'm just going to have to rely on the participants to take their picture after their first miss.

4 hours ago, Ausden said:

@Red you missed my score for Bubble Ghost. 77,550.

Fixed.  Sorry about that.

6 hours ago, acromite53 said:

Question: Once we get a miss on Very Hard mode, can we start our next run on Very Hard, or do we have to Start the whole thing over on Hard?

You don't have to start the whole thing over.  Once you get a miss on Very Hard mode, you should start your next attempt on Very Hard and add the 1000 points you already earned playing in Hard mode.  I'll add clarification to the rules.

4 hours ago, koifish said:

Also, I'm sorry, but I just realized it wasn't with my score in the image. Hopefully you'll believe that a game that's more obscure like this one will not have very many score photos like this one, particularly ones on a DMG.

 

It's okay.  Just try to remember to include it next time.

I'm actually glad to see that someone is sticking with original hardware for these contests!  If it wouldn't have killed participation, I would have made that a requirement.

Please note that I just updated the rules regarding glitches.  If you discover a glitch that could be used to increase your score, please check with me before submitting a score that was achieved using the glitch.

Hello and welcome to the fourth round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest!  This week's game is Game & Watch Gallery.

Rules:

- Play Fire on Hard difficulty in Modern mode until you reach 1000 points or Game Over

-If you reach Game Over, your run ends there

-If you reach at least 1000 points, take a picture for 1000 points (you will not get extra points for this contest even if you get over 1000)

-If you reach 1000 on Hard difficulty, you may start a new game on Very Hard - You may play this mode until you reach 2000 points or get 1 Miss

-If you get 1 miss in this mode, your run ends there (add your score to the 1000 points from Hard mode)

-You do not have to restart in Hard mode if you miss in Very Hard.  Once you get 1000 points in Hard, you may add that score to any future attempt in Very Hard.

-If you reach at least 2000 points in this mode, take a picture for 2000 additional points (you will not get extra points for this contest even if you get over 2000)

-Highest score wins (maximum possible score is 3000)

-You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, December 29, 2019 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. 2,614 (acromite53) +11
2. 2,233 (koifish) +10
3. 1,903 (arnpoly) +9
4. 1,669 (Splain) +8
5. 1,412 (0xDEAFC0DE) +7
6. 94 (ecmyers) +6
7. 93 (Ausden) +5

I don't recall a difficulty setting either.  If there is one hidden somewhere, just play on the default setting.

That's it for Round 2 and Round 3 has begun here.  I'll get this thread updated tomorrow.

Hello and welcome to the third round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest!  This week's game is Battle Unit Zeoth.

Rules:

- Play until you beat the game or Game Over

-Highest score wins

-If you beat the game, you will be able to see your score again after the ending

-You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, December 22, 2019 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. 2,623,900 (0xDEAFC0DE)

2. 2,620,800 (bertsampson)

3. 2,618,200 (koifish)

4. 2,617,200 (arnpoly)

5. 2,616,200 (acromite53)

6. 718,900 (ecmyers)

7. 716,100 (Splain)

8. 404,000 (Ausden)

Hello and welcome to the second round of the Game Boy Weekly Contest!  This week's game is Bubble Ghost.  You may me invulnerable, but your bubble isn't!  Guide the bubble through the castle to score points.  The faster you go, the more points you will earn.

Rules:

- Play until you beat the game or Game Over

-Highest score wins

-You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, December 15, 2019 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. 268,450 (0xDEAFC0DE)

2. 263,200 (arnpoly)

3. 241,130 (acromite53)

4. 205,630 (Splain)

5. 194,300 (koifish)

6. 93,780 (bertsampson)

7. 93,730 (ecmyers)

8. 79,640 (barrels)

9. 77,550 (Ausden)

4 hours ago, Gloves said:

A wild entry appears.

Score: 134,540

In the future, please don't forget to include your user name in the picture.

7 hours ago, Gloves said:

If I buy this on the 3ds eshop does that count? 

Yes, that would be okay.

The first round has begun!

Hello and welcome to the first round of the third Sega Master System first Game Boy Weekly Contest!  This week's game is Wonder Boy Super Mario Land.  Explore the Kingdoms of Birabuto and Muda to find and rescue Princess Daisy!  But if she's not in either of them, just give up.  You can't be expected to search every kingdom for her.  You've got other things to do.

Rules:

- 1 life only.  If you loose a life, your run ends where you lost.

-If you don't lose a life, play until you clear World 2-3.  Your run ends there.

-Highest score wins

-You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, December 8, 2019 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. 170,400 (0xDEAFc0DE) +11
2. 169,960 (koifish) +10
3. 167,100 (acromite53) +9
4. 166,540 (arnpoly) +8
5. 146,820 (Bertsampson) +7
6. 141,480 (Link) +6
7. 138,510 (Splain) +5
8. 134,540 (Gloves) +4
9. 122,520 (Ausden) +3
10. 77,110 (Eugene) +3

9 hours ago, RH said:

You expect me to play games from my (near) complete set?

 Ok.

Seriously, though, I'll see what I can do.  Do you have to beat these titles, or just show your best scores, cause I suck at games.

Nope, you won't have to beat any of them to participate.

8 hours ago, Splain said:

I'm in. SML will be interesting because you can easily cheese your way to 999999 points. Is it a low-score contest?

High score, but I have a rule set that will prevent that from being a problem.