Scrobins | 1,718 Moderator · Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Homebrew Leader Board Competition 2020 - Game 2: The Rise of Amondus Play Period: Friday, February 7, 2020 - Sunday, February 23, 2020 Play on your cart or download the rom here. Released in summer 2015, The Rise of Amondus served as a prequel to Rob’s (Sly Dog Studios) equally excellent NES homebrew, The Mad Wizard. Though most gaming franchises tend to hover around the same genre, Sly Dog’s Candelabra Epic represents his personal challenge to use each entry to in the series to push the limits what can be done on the NES in every genre. The Rise of Amondus offers a unique take on the horizontal shooter, requiring the player (in the role of The Mad Wizard’s villain) to fill a given quota for capturing goblins before reaching each level’s boss. It’s up to you and your minions to conquer the Primwoods, or else the events of The Mad Wizard can’t come to pass! The Rise of Amondus was initially available in a clear cartridge on RetroUSB, but has since been discontinued. K3VBOT offered a re-release of The Mad Wizard and The Rise of Amondus in his 2019 Kickstarter for Candelabra: Estoscerro, the latest entry in the Candelabra Epic. Missed out on getting your copy of the physical cartridge? Don’t worry, Sly Dog offers the rom on his site, where you can explore and enjoy his entire catalog. Gameplay is innovative, but be careful because with innovation comes complexity. The d-pad controls Amondus’ movement, but hitting the d-pad while holding A moves the reticle used to lock onto and capture goblins. Hitting B while moving as Amondus unleashes your attacks, which vary depending on whether your to the side of or in the middle of the screen. Meanwhile hitting B after locking onto a goblin with the reticle summons Rant who will swoop down and carry the targeted goblin away. Hitting Start switches between the reticle for Rant and the option for helper Charwit. Your goal: meet your goblin capture quota so you can move on to the level’s boss. This round will begin February 7, no score posted before then will be accepted. Please limit your posts to including your scores so as not to clutter the thread. How to submit your score: 1. Scores shall be submitted by posting a picture to that month’s game thread. Screenshots of a computer screen (print screen) are not acceptable. 2. The picture must include the entire screen and have your VGS user name within the picture on a piece of paper. Username can not be added digitally to the picture. 3. Type out your score in bold on your thread post. 4. Scores must be submitted within the posted time frame. 5. Do not submit scores from previous runs. 6. Use one post for your score. You can submit as many as you like by editing your original post. You can bump the thread to announce your new score. Rules: 1. NTSC only, no PAL. This will create a level playing field and not create differences based on timing. 2. OEM, FPGA, and clone consoles are OKAY. 3. Emulators are OKAY. Play game at 100% speed. 4. No save states allowed. 5. Flashcarts (i.e. Everdrive / Power Pak) are OKAY. 6. No turbo or slow motion controllers are allowed. 7. No game genie codes. 8. Do not use glitches in the game to boost your score. 9. Single Player only 10. Do not loop play session into a "New Game Plus" (which carries your score). Reset the game instead. 11. No continues allowed, one play is limited to the 3 lives you receive at the beginning of the game. Edited February 9, 2020 by Scrobins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,718 Moderator · Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) The Rise of Amondus Leaderboard Username Score Date Red 230,100 2/15/2020 bertsampson 89,950 2/21/2020 ecmyers 78,800 2/23/2020 driveshaft 66,550 2/22/2020 Ausden 60,150 2/15/2020 Richardhead 47,550 2/17/2020 Deadeye 47,400 2/11/2020 JamesRobot 31,350 2/19/2020 Scrobins 10,750 2/9/2020 zi 8,650 2/23/2020 Edited February 24, 2020 by Scrobins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,718 Moderator · Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 (edited) Go! (accidentally a day early, but oh well) Edited February 6, 2020 by Scrobins 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Though this game can be two player, single player only runs for the competition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It's already Friday! Thread is now pinned and featured guys, so go play some Rise of Amondus before going to bed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) ... Edited February 20, 2020 by Richardhead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Richardhead said: 47,050 First to the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red | 434 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 You might want to consider putting a limit on the number of lives and loops you can use for this contest. It loops endlessly and the difficulty doesn't change significantly after the second loop. You can also score enough points on the last level to get an extra life, so you can just keep playing that level over and over until you reach 1,000,000 points (you stop getting extra lives after that). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Red said: You might want to consider putting a limit on the number of lives and loops you can use for this contest. It loops endlessly and the difficulty doesn't change significantly after the second loop. You can also score enough points on the last level to get an extra life, so you can just keep playing that level over and over until you reach 1,000,000 points (you stop getting extra lives after that). Agreed, one life, one loop would be great. Which means I’ll have to update my score Edited February 9, 2020 by Richardhead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) @Red @Richardhead Thanks for pointing that out. Let me talk with @Scrobins to figure out if we will revise the rules. We will try to sort it out today. @Richardhead since you submitted your score already, will you be okay if we revise the rules and reset the board? Edited February 9, 2020 by Deadeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Deadeye said: @Red @Richardhead Thanks for pointing that out. Let me talk with @Scrobins to figure out if we will revise the rules. We will try to sort it out today. @Richardhead since you submitted your score already, will you be okay if we revise the rules and reset the board? I’m fine with whatever works. That want gonna be my final score anyhow. Just wanted to get on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Notice: Rules have been revised in the OP, see #9-11. Scoreboard will be reset. FYI: @Ausden @bertsampson @Bearcat-Doug @DefaultGen @driveshaft @ecmyers @JamesRobot @Richardhead @zi 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrobins | 1,718 Moderator · Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) On the board! 10,750 Edited February 10, 2020 by Scrobins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 60,150 Edited February 15, 2020 by Ausden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecmyers | 97 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) 78,80054,05075,450 Ah, I'm starting to remember how to play this game! I had forgotten how frenetic it is. It's really impressive. I'm hoping to actually beat the game this time around. Edited February 24, 2020 by ecmyers Updated score! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 47,400 Damn you Rob [Shaking fist to the sky] Place holder score. Warming up, I will get better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Prize Announcement Recall those intermediate prizes we talked about? Well here is the first one. In celebration of The Mad Wizard's recent 5 year anniversary: - First one to post a score of 150,000 or higher during this round of The Rise of Amondus, wins a physical cartridge copy of The Mad Wizard. Fine print:. Same rules apply as in the OP on this thread. Shipping is included in the prize. Excludes any import taxes. (Image is from Hagen's Alley) EDIT: Prize has been claimed by @Red. More prizes will be announced in the future. Edited February 16, 2020 by Deadeye 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausden | 323 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Score updated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red | 434 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 230,100 I'm a bit rusty, so this took me a few tries. To get this score, I played until just before the final boss and lost on purpose twice so I could replay the stage. I then beat it on the third life. I played pretty cautiously, so a significantly higher score is possible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 @Red Great job! The prize is yours. I'll send you a PM to work out where you want the package sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Red said: 230,100 I'm a bit rusty, so this took me a few tries. To get this score, I played until just before the final boss and lost on purpose twice so I could replay the stage. I then beat it on the third life. I played pretty cautiously, so a significantly higher score is possible. Ha! Saw this coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 47,550 This is all I can muster up on this game. It’s just not for me. I burned my three lives in stage one, it was hard to get that damn picture since it goes away so fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 @Richardhead yeah the score goes away super quickly. I needed to just kill myself an additional time to show the game over screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,786 Events Team · Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 31,350 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertsampson | 345 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Haven't had time to play, but here's a decent score I suppose. Nice job Red. 89,950 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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