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You got it!

There's definitely a pinball kinda thing happening here.

Nope. No. It was released in the US, Japan, and Europe.

No guesses? Here's a bit more:

I was going to skip it this year, but since no one else has done it yet... Spy Vs Spy is done.

Hello and welcome to the first round of the TurboGrafx-16 Weekly Contest! This week's game is Bonk's Adventure. Keep your enemies in the air as long as possible to maximize your score! - Play area 1-1 - Score as many points as you can without moving on to area 1-2 - Highest score wins - Turbo is not allowed - You have until 11:00 PM EST on Sunday, January 7, 2024 to submit your score. For general contest rules, click here: Good luck and have fun! Scoreboard: 1. Dr. Morbis (1,300 points)

I think it's time to reveal the answer and post a new one. It was Akira Psycho Ball. Try this:

Not Hot Wheels. Not Micromachines. It does, doesn't it?

Try again.

Hello and welcome to the TurboGrafx-16 weekly contest! It's like the weekly contest from last year, except every game is for TurboGrafx-16. There won't be a running leaderboard this time, but I will track the results of each week here. This will be a ten week event. When the rules are posted each week, the game for the following week will be revealed here. Schedule: Week 1: Bonk's Adventure (December 31 to January 7) 1. Dr. Morbis (1,300 points) Week 2: Super Star Soldier (January 7 to January 14) 1. 540,300 (Dr. Morbis) 2. 340,300 (Splain) Week 3: Time Cruise (January 14 to January 21) 1. 2,741,600 (a3quit4s) 2. 1,072,500 (Splain) Week 4: Victory Run (January 21 to January 28) 1. -17'35" (a3quit4s) 2. -20'42" (Splain) Week 5: Drop Off (January 28 to February 4) 1. 6,190 ( Splain) 2. 4,350 (a3quit4s) Week 6: China Warrior (February 4 to February 11) 1. 27,500 (Splain) 2. 15,700 (a3quit4s) Week 7: Sinistron (February 11 to February 18) 1. 43,900 (Splain) 2. 17,200 (a3quit4s) Week 8: Time Cruise (February 18 to February 25) 1. 1,520,000 (a3quit4s) 2. 1,040,000 (Splain) Week 9: Chase H.Q. (February 25 to March 3) 1. 301,850 (a3quit4s) 2. 241,820 (Splain) Week 10: New Adventure Island (March 3 to March 10) 1. 13,900 (Splain) GENERAL CONTEST RULES: -Contest is open to all members of Video Game Sage. - In order to submit a score for the contest, post a picture of it in the thread for that week. Take a picture of your score with your Video Game Sage user name written or typed on a piece of paper, which must be present in the picture. Your Video Game Sage user name MUST be in the picture or the score will be invalid. - Previously obtained scores are not acceptable as submissions. You must play the game during the week it has been selected. - When posting a new score, please begin your post by typing out your score. Larger font (18pt) is preferred. - If you are posting an updated score, please create a new post with your new score and delete the picture from your previous post with the old score. You may also edit your initial post with the new photo and score. - It is highly encouraged to play with original software on original hardware, if possible. NTSC only. No PAL. - This is a contest of skill, so using any sort of device or feature that would give you an advantage over another player is prohibited. Examples include, but not limited to, cheat devices, save states, altered ROMs, and remapped controllers. If turbo functions are permitted, t will be specified in the contest thread. The use of glitches to alter your score is also not allowed. Any other glitches will be examined on a case-by-case basis to determine whether or not they will be permitted. Any glitches discovered by participants must be reported and approved for use before submitting a score using them. - Although not required, I would encourage participants not to practice a game in advance. - Have fun!

No correct guesses yet.

Not that.

Try this one:

For those wondering, I am still doing this, it's just going to start later than planned (either this weekend or next weekend).

SkyGunner

Stray Sheep is correct. It's an adventure game with a bunch of mini games throughout. Decent game, but not great. The mini games weren't very good, but I liked the atmosphere.

At this point, I'll just post the whole screenshot and see if anyone gets it from that. I'll reveal the answer tomorrow if no one gets it.

No correct guesses yet. It is a PlayStation 1 game. It's not a Christmas themed game. You just visit Santa at one point. It's also exclusive to Japan.

No correct guesses yet. Here's a bit more:

No correct answers yet. Hint: It's a PlayStation game.

This might be a tough one:

I probably would have gotten it with that. I've never played the game, but I'm familiar with it and it has a very distinct style.

I wound up starting work on a TurboGrafx-16 contest, which will most likely start this weekend. Part of me wants to throw it all out though and try doing the genre specific contest instead. I guess we'll find out in a few days. When I was looking for a PC game to use last year, I found several good, free options. I'm not ready to put something like that together now, but I'd like to it in the future. If I ever do a Nintendo 64 contest again, I would like to bring Ucchannanchan no Hono no Challenger: Denryu Iraira Bo back. If I ever do a PS1 contest, it would be very unlikely that Irritating Stick would not be included. I thought about doing Jaguar, but wasn't ready to delve into its library. Neo Geo Pocket could be fun. I'll have to look into that one. ...It's starting to feel like I'm trying to plan these years in advance now.

Looks like Little Big Adventure.

I beat this in August. Not sure if @RetroMichel just missed it or because I wasn't sure if one loop would count. Dd you try the second loop? I made a few attempts, but it seemed like the fourth stage was either impossible or required a lot of luck. I didn't want to keep playing over and over to find out.