dvertov

32,450

38,890

84,800

Edit: Reread the rules and revised with an earlier score. I’m not sure what it means to “point press” the final boss is but I think I unintentionally did it, because it took forever and I racked up a ton of points, so this is the run just before that one.

Updated score with 999,999 points and 24 lives in reserve. I feel like I could break 30 lives with a better run, but I’m out of podcasts to get caught up on so I’ll stick with that one.

I bought my first crypto two days ago and I've already lost 20% of my investment. I don't know, folks. That's literally an entire dollar just gone. Come on DOGE you gotta turn it around baby, I just want out of this with my entire $5 back

Edit: I’m kidding, it’s fine. I just bought this so I could bug my crypto friends with texts like “Much loss. Very ouch.” The jokes are worth $5 to me.

1 hour ago, mbd39 said:

Fighting a gorilla. Bad Street Brawler did that too.

Good point. Looks like “gorilla fighters” is an overlooked NES subgenre?

For the record, I don't think this is a better game than Kung Fu. I enjoy it more for the stage variety, the cut scenes, and, as has been noted, the fact that it makes you defeat a gorilla in a fist fight.

7 hours ago, DefaultGen said:

TBH I couldn’t decide if I wanted the CIB or LE version, so bought neither. It’s something pretty on the edge of my interest to begin with though. The CIBs look better than the stock black box LRG LEs but the LEs are supposed to be the premium version. I’ll probably just get the Famicom releases if I do want them in the future so I don’t have to decide between the two.

I also didn’t like the look of the big LE boxes, although I would love to read the Jeremy Parish-authored inserts and the CDs of course will probably be great. I already own the Japanese CDs though, so...

Looks like my Nt Mini Noir is arriving on Friday.

Did anybody else grab the RIKI 8Bit NES full set, or even any of the individual CIBs? I picked up all three standard editions, since I figured it was the only way to get officially released versions of these games on quality cartridges that won't accidentally fry my console.

Oddly, it looks like they're still available as of this post although presales were supposed to end last night.

9 hours ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Did you ever play it in the arcade with the trackball?  That's the only way to have total control of your marble

Playing this game with a trackball is such a unique and fun experience. The dpad never feels quite right, but the trackball feels realistically tactile in a way you rarely get to experience with a video game.

999,999 (24 lives)

139,330

First time playing this game. I also like it more than Kung Fu.

Burritos

20 minutes ago, Gloves said:

The controller literally has 2 buttons; you never thought to press either of them? xD

No. See this is why you always read the damn manual

1 minute ago, mbd39 said:

 

For the ramp in ultimate you have to hold A to go faster.

WTF there is a go faster button, you have got to be kidding me.

One thing I love about this contest is realizing I’ve been doing a thing completely wrong for 35 years. Good stuff. Ok, I guess I will try this again after all.

42,280

48,870

50,650

Slightly better after discovering the speed button.

2 hours ago, Daniel_Doyce said:

Korean fried chicken burrito? That sounds awesome.I would destroy a couple of galbi burritos too

We’ve got a local place that does them pretty well. I get mine with bulgogi, extra kimchi, a fried egg, and... damn. Now I kind of want one 

2 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

Where in the city did you live? I knew I liked you.  

Thanks. I spent most of my time living in the Sunset but usually worked around the Mission and Potrero Hill. But I would go all over the city for a burrito. 
 

Now that I’m thinking of it, the best burrito I’ve ever had in my life was at Taqueria Cancun on Mission St. Unfortunately I can’t remember exactly what kind of burrito it was as I was also very drunk. It was definitely the best though, whatever the hell it was.

Mfw I tie for 3rd place

2 hours ago, Deadeye said:

@dvertovI ask because I like these food debates that spawned from is a hotdog a sandwich.  I came across this food organization diagram a while back and it has been a good conversation starter.  Good luck

Ah, I see. I read your comment as kicking off one of those burrito gatekeeping conversations, e.g. "a burrito with french fries is not really a burrito." I don't like the gatekeeping part but I do think there's an interesting discussion there about regional food variants, like with pizza.

Incidentally my favorite go-to burrito was at a SF taqueria called Gordos, and the best thing about it was that they melted a layer of cheese across the entire tortilla before adding any other ingredients. Once wrapped up the cheese worked as glue to hold the whole thing together and you were sure to get a mouthful of hot melted cheese in every bite. Genius.

9 minutes ago, Deadeye said:

What are the limits to what is called a burrito?  Any collection of food items wrapped in a tortilla?

I moved from burrito mecca San Francisco, where I was a proud burrito connoisseur / snob, to the US Midwest a few years ago. Outside of a few sparse urban taquerias I've never seen someone around here even wrap one correctly, and in my head I've come to think of Midwestern burritos as "a loose tortilla-sack full of whatever Mexican-flavored food you want to stuff in there." So when defining "burrito" I think one should consider the broad array of regional distinctions that exist.

Also, Korean burritos are legit.

41 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Play with what the game gives you.  So the SNK games are cleared.

Good, because the thought of trying to go back and 1 cc a few of those actually makes me nauseous. There are some true classics on that 40th Anniversary Collection, but man are there a lot of stinkers.

40 minutes ago, Gaia Gensouki said:

What are the rules regarding arcade games? Do you have to beat them on a single credit or is it okay to brute force your way with lots and lots of continues/coins?

If it’s the former you can strike all of my SNK wins, and then buy me a stiff drink I can cry into

66,440

137,450

Lost by a &!$@*% nose...

Thank you for making my profile pic relevant 

Just wanted to brag about this since I finally got a big one

On 3/30/2021 at 8:40 PM, NESfiend said:

Pretty crazy. I just updated to the exact same score.

I don't know how tiebreakers work for these contests but it really should be biggest marlin, not just because they're tough to reel in but because they're so hard to find in the first place.

For the record, mine is 730lbs 994lbs

31 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said:

Hey, this is a cool list!  I assume this is all-time or how far did you go back?  Also, I don't think Jim Power should count because it's not strictly a NES homebrew Kickstarter...

If you took that one off the list I suspect #5 might be Trophy, which raised $40,096.