ninjistar

2 hours ago, Richardhead said:

872,993

 

 

Hey, good to see you here!

3 hours ago, arnpoly said:

850,216

Nowhere near a major score ... just wanted to show off my Recca cart.

 

Buying a real cart is on my list! Did you buy it a while back and get a much better deal than today's prices?

1 hour ago, NESfiend said:

Posting scores before 10:55 pm est on Sunday night!? Who are you and what have you done to @ninjistar?

Sunday afternoon & evening is normally my go-to play time. Being 3 hours behind Eastern time is never in my favor either! I just putzed around today and decided to give Recca some attention

32 minutes ago, guillavoie said:

No you're good man! I remember the incident you're referring to, the problem was that the guy had his best score on an inferior hardware to play on, but that particular platform had built in save states. The guy smelled like BS from 100 miles away on top of that, so I asked him to play on the NES, which was his best legit option anyway.

Thanks for the clarification. It has been a long time since I heard about this (probably 2015), so it's very fuzzy! I'm so much happier playing on real hardware!

1 hour ago, ninjistar said:

Score updated. I joined the million point club and locked in my spot as 9th place prince . I do really like this game. I think this was a fun choice to spice up the weekly contest library.  I enjoy it much more than Star Force  

I forgot to mention: in the past it has been considered unkuth to switch hardware platforms mid-week. Hopefully, @BeaIank and @guillavoie will forgive me this time. It took some time to get a clone copy of Recca on the cheap! I love emulating on the PSP, but I really do prefer the big screen.

1 hour ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Please beat @bertsampson and I'll pay your Hooters tab on all you can eat wing day.

Are you sure you can spare that kind of bank? Those skinny guys always eat the most. Plus, he's got a tapeworm, so... 

Score updated. I joined the million point club and locked in my spot as 9th place prince . I do really like this game. I think this was a fun choice to spice up the weekly contest library.  I enjoy it much more than Star Force  

53 minutes ago, bertsampson said:

Not my words, I just didn't argue, and no, I don't need Viagra.  Your mom can attest to that.  Your piss poor score getting you in the top 8 is a joke.  I've been waiting for a real challenger for 5 years.  @rdrunner seems happy with his effortless wins over you, and after this year, I will be too.

I'll be your real challenger!  Here's how we'll do it. I'll play the game of the week. You play something else and don't post any scores. Sound good?  

28 minutes ago, 42 foot tapeworm said:

the graphics are nice but the music......

I actually like the music. It's a bit of not bad. 

24 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

I'm just still holding out hope that I don't end up in last place.

You'll get at least 3 points either way  

4 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

So, did everybody eat lunch and fall asleep? It's quiet in here.

I've improved my score, but haven't bothered to post it until I figure out the mechanics of this game. I think my last run was yesterday or the day before. I wish I didn't have to emulate this week. I really have grown fond of using the big screen. 

18 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Something like Phase 30, low score/progression should keep a full run at around a half hour. I'm still in no hurry to play this again anytime soon.

Why is phase 30 the cutoff everyone is selecting? 

1 hour ago, MeganJoanne said:

Gave it about an hour. Furthest I got was to the second snake boss.

My highest score so far: 1.133.713

 

Good to see you here!

8 hours ago, BeaIank said:

I can't believe we had 6 players tied for 1st this week.
This game is now BANNED from the weekly contest!

That seems a bit extreme We could always play for low score, furthest progression (or perhaps something else we've not thought of). Even just furthest progression might be okay. But I can agree that for high score, this is a mega grind!

3 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said:

Oh yeah, if anyone was still curious. It's impossible for the fireballs to hit you when you are half way between screens. So, hiding there on the lowest level lets you hit the icicle without anything being able to damage you. 

This is what I was doing initially, but decided there had to be a faster way. So I tried the POW block, hoping the enemies couldn't hit me (and they don't). I would only kill one or two enemies at the start of the level so that the icicle would appear, but the fireballs would not. I felt this made the farming go about 20%-30% faster (7 seconds to respawn and hit versus 10 seconds). Still, it's a long grind. 

2 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

wonder if it will be lowest score with konami code like that one year that @ninjistar showed me on regular contra

I'm not sure. That was a brutal week. I've never been so proud to get 7th place!  

4 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

I might, but prolly not.......depends on if i am bored enough or not........

You also said there was no way you'd be putting in 5-6 hours to roll the score in Mario Bros. We all know how that turned out

8 hours ago, 42 foot tapeworm said:

10

I'm surprised you didn't get shamed much more for this  Perhaps it's because folks aren't enjoying this game much - and also that you posted it in the wrong thread first  

Score updated. Your turn, @Bearcat-Doug

First time playing this, first run. Told ya, @Bearcat-Doug  

1,606,432
1,047,748
406,658
138,503

1 minute ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

You don't have to ask me twice, but you're getting it back empty.

Maybe if you plan on chugging it. This won't take long at all

3 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

Or I'm the only one that's no good at it.

Hold my beer...

5 hours ago, Kid Dracula said:

No...not a genuine copy but an interesting one-off reproduction from Nintendo Age ~2009. I wish I could remember the members name.

Somehow I double posted... when I clicked submit, it didn't close out the ability to edit and then take me to my post... weird

5 hours ago, Kid Dracula said:

No...not a genuine copy but an interesting one-off reproduction from Nintendo Age ~2009. I wish I could remember the members name.

That's freaking awesome!