mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 19 minutes ago, NESfiend said: Played marble madness today @mbd39 Im rusty. 105k w/11 deaths. Doing the math on how score gets calculated, even if you finish with 70 seconds left and no deaths, I still only get to 160kish. What am I missing that people can get to 180? To get 180k you have to be able to finish the ultimate race with at least 77 or 78 seconds left and also get a lucky wand or two. There is also a trick to breaking the black marble in stage 2 without losing any time for an additional 1k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Finally got a mistake free run (although I think I missed a couple hundred points due to slightly delayed trick execution on backwoods 6). Updated page 2. Your move @NESfiend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablew/chairs | 225 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 7161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,508 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 9 hours ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: Finally got a mistake free run (although I think I missed a couple hundred points due to slightly delayed trick execution on backwoods 6). Updated page 2. Your move @NESfiend I'll probably get a few runs in this afternoon, but thats probably good for the win. Thats a little higher than I would have thought the max is. Not sure where I'm missing points. Hell of a score!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,767 Events Team · Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 2381 Edited September 20, 2020 by JamesRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 54 minutes ago, NESfiend said: I'll probably get a few runs in this afternoon, but thats probably good for the win. Thats a little higher than I would have thought the max is. Not sure where I'm missing points. Hell of a score!!!!! Yeah, that's crazy. I thought about playing, but I'm out of my element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I don't really enjoy this game enough to get good at it. It's more frustrating than fun for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Where's @docile tapeworm? There's not even a participation score this week. Edited September 20, 2020 by Bearcat-Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,168 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Bearcat-Doug said: Where's @docile tapeworm? There's not even a participation score this week. im working on it. got the actual cart in a cool trade for cards. pins are cleaned and its in the avs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Just now, docile tapeworm said: im working on it. got the actual cart in a cool trade for cards. pins are cleaned and its in the avs Good to hear. I was starting to get worried. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,168 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 i actually had some time late last night after rascal went to bed. had the game in the consile amd power was on but i burned one drank and passed out instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Just now, docile tapeworm said: i actually had some time late last night after rascal went to bed. had the game in the consile amd power was on but i burned one drank and passed out instead. Well, that happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,878 Events Helper · Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 2835 As you can see i had a higher score, but missed the screen.......anyway, i focused more on homebrew this week. This is literally full on whiskey playing games. Edited September 20, 2020 by Jeevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I'm sorry but this game is fucking horseshit. Most of the time when I press up when you're supposed to toe grab after a jump, my guy just plummets to his doom instead. It doesn't seem to matter when I press up. Sometimes by accident he does a toe grab but most of the time he falls. It's still at total mystery to me when you're supposed to press the direction after a jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, mbd39 said: I'm sorry but this game is fucking horseshit. Most of the time when I press up when you're supposed to toe grab after a jump, my guy just plummets to his doom instead. It doesn't seem to matter when I press up. Sometimes by accident he does a toe grab but most of the time he falls. It's still at total mystery to me when you're supposed to press the direction after a jump. The key is to release A before pressing a direction. Other than that don't do it too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: The key is to release A before pressing a direction. Other than that don't do it too late I'm trying to release A before. Is there like a two frame window or something? Why can't it just do a fucking toe grab when I press up instead of not responding? Is that too much to ask??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Whelp, I just tried five times in a row to do the toe grab after the jump. I was not holding the jump button when I pressed up. Failed each time. As far as I'm concerned these are the worst NES controls I've ever experienced, hands down. EDIT: I am playing on PC on an emulator so I wonder if it's lag. It shouldn't be this difficult. Edited September 20, 2020 by mbd39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,508 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, mbd39 said: Whelp, I just tried five times in a row to do the toe grab after the jump. I was not holding the jump button when I pressed up. Failed each time. As far as I'm concerned these are the worst NES controls I've ever experienced, hands down. EDIT: I am playing on PC on an emulator so I wonder if it's lag. It shouldn't be this difficult. Whats strange is your able to do the mule kick. Toe grab is same timing and everything with a different directional. Be sure to hold the up direction through the entire trick. There may be something I am missing that just comes second nature at this point. When I beat this for the completions thread back in the spring, I had a lot of trouble with the timing for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, NESfiend said: Whats strange is your able to do the mule kick. Toe grab is same timing and everything with a different directional. Be sure to hold the up direction through the entire trick. There may be something I am missing that just comes second nature at this point. When I beat this for the completions thread back in the spring, I had a lot of trouble with the timing for a while In the half pipe I just jump and press the direction and it does the trick with no issue. Here I jump and then press up and most of the time nothing happens, he just falls. Press up, hold up, it doesn't seem to matter. This is the beginning of the third backwoods section. Maybe I'm not holding up long enough? I'll give it another try before abandoning this stupid game forever. Edited September 20, 2020 by mbd39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 27 minutes ago, mbd39 said: I'm trying to release A before. Is there like a two frame window or something? Why can't it just do a fucking toe grab when I press up instead of not responding? Is that too much to ask??? Weird. I do use a mule kick (Left) to clear the large gaps, so maybe that will work better for you. I am using a ROM cart on a real NES, but I wouldn't think it would be that much more difficult on an emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Okay I tried another four times and got the trick to work the first time. Other three times it didn't want to work. The timing must have to be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I'm starting to get it now. You have to press the direction immediately after jumping or it doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I tried it out on an emulator with an input viewer (see upper left) and didn't have any problems. Are you doing anything differently? You don't need to hold the direction btw. NES - Heavy Shreddin' 2020-09-20 15-41-51.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 1,996 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: I tried it out on an emulator with an input viewer (see upper left) and didn't have any problems. Are you doing anything differently? You don't need to hold the direction btw. NES - Heavy Shreddin' 2020-09-20 15-41-51.mp4 Yeah, I finally I watched a Youtube video where someone said that you have to press the direction _immediately_ after jumping and that seems to work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,508 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, mbd39 said: In the half pipe I just jump and press the direction and it does the trick with no issue. Here I jump and then press up and most of the time nothing happens, he just falls. Press up, hold up, it doesn't seem to matter. This is the beginning of the third backwoods section. Why use toe grab at all outside of half pipe? Mule kick is easier and covers the same distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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