Red | 435 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 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 Edited December 9, 2019 by Red 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 One of my favorites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Did a cold run-though to get used to the controls. It took three runs to make it to 2-3 deathless where I got 131200. I'll probably look stuff up now as I'm sure I missed several hidden things. I had never played mario for high score before, but it ended up not being too different since I naturally try to get all the coins and kill all the enemies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 17 hours ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: I got 131200. Yep, that's... a bit more than I'm getting, lol. I tried breezing through each level as quickly as possible, for the time bonus, but that's definitely not a winning strategy. It's definitely worth getting coins, since every second (or pseudo-second) is worth 10 points at the end, while every coin is worth 100. So any coin that takes less than 10 seconds to grab is a net gain. I'll have to put in a few more runs to find a good path. I've never played this game much, despite being a GB junkie. It's good for my soul to dive into it like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,708 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 141480 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Now that I figured out a route, I've been trying to get a run that hits all the major things. The closest I got was with one death (getting all those damn fish in 2-1 is the worst) where I got 157060. I'll keep trying to get a clean run tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,762 Administrator · Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Uuuugghhhh I don't have this gaaaaaammmmeee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 12 minutes ago, Gloves said: Uuuugghhhh I don't have this gaaaaaammmmeee. Ha this was the only one of the 10 I did have. Although I've been slowly getting the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) 155450 [Was Picture of Old Score] Decided to try one more time tonight and got this. It's definitely improvable as I got hit in 2-1 and missed a couple higher point enemies, but it's good enough to post for now. Edited December 4, 2019 by 0xDEAFC0DE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Wow, you guys must be getting just about everything. I tried, but I can't remember how to get some of the coins. Here's my attempt. 139,370146,820 Edited December 4, 2019 by bertsampson Update Score 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly | 198 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) 153,190 Throwing my hat into the ring Edited December 7, 2019 by arnpoly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) 159360 [Was Picture of Old Score] Finally, got a score where I hit every major thing in my route. Of course, I still made some minor mistakes, but I'm happy with this for now. Unfortunately, I discovered a rather risky strategy in 2-2 to get more points. I'm not sure if I want to grind runs with that strategy. Edited December 5, 2019 by 0xDEAFC0DE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,897 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I really need to pick up my GB from my office tomorrow so I can enter. I certainly have more than a couple copies of this game lying around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) 161620 [Was Picture of Old Score] I'm now approaching the limit of my route. I took some time last night to boot up an emulator, so I could use save states to help look for optimizations in the later levels. I found improvements for 2-2 and 2-3. Although in the run above a slightly messed both them up. If I were to keep grinding, I could probably get over 163k, but probably not much more. Edited December 7, 2019 by 0xDEAFC0DE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koifish | 555 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 From my own play, around 160k looks like it's close to the natural limit possible. Someone with some math and patience could figure out the absolute upper bounds of what is possible, I just couldn't do that myself. Better to create a map parser (ie. breakable block = 50, coin = 100, etc.) and feed the map data into it than try it manually. As for 160k~ish, I can get to around that mark, but not in one life just yet. Need more practice at not dying in world 2. If you really practice, you can probably spam some more points out of the blocks in 2-3 from sheer button mashing, but it will take a lot to get there IMO. Hope to post a score eventually once I get there alive and with a number that pleases me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Yeah, the more I play the more I find, but I haven't survived the whole run yet. The physics in this game are JANKY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 122,520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnpoly | 198 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Nice scores so far! I haven't played since Monday. I think I can get into the 160's so I'll shoot for that, then we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,762 Administrator · Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 If I buy this on the 3ds eshop does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link | 2,708 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Splain said: Yeah, the more I play the more I find, but I haven't survived the whole run yet. The physics in this game are JANKY No way, they’re great. idk. I love this game. But I played it when it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Gloves said: If I buy this on the 3ds eshop does that count? The general rules say, "It is highly encouraged to play with original software on original hardware, if possible." Since it's not possible for you, I think that's fine. Looking above, you'll notice that Bertsampson is using an emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,762 Administrator · Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 40 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: The general rules say, "It is highly encouraged to play with original software on original hardware, if possible." Since it's not possible for you, I think that's fine. Looking above, you'll notice that Bertsampson is using an emulator. Fair nuf! I checked the nearby stores and nobody had it, so it's about my only option. Kinda sucks since the controls on 3ds on retro games aren't great, but I'll make do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red | 435 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Gloves said: If I buy this on the 3ds eshop does that count? Yes, that would be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,560 Editorials Team · Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Link said: No way, they’re great. idk. I love this game. But I played it when it came out. Then maybe I just need to Git Gud™, which was already the case anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 337 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 149,520 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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