vdub_bobby Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) Mario's the villain this time, so let's save daddy - it's time for Donkey Kong Jr.! Post a score and let's get this thing rolling! Play Game A. Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point. No continues - only games played from the beginning count! And if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it. This week's competition ends in a week on Wednesday (August 13th) at approximately noon PST. This week's scores: 134,500 darkthur (+10 pts) 49,000 vdub_bobby (+8 pts) 44,800 RJ (+6 pts) 30,900 LarcenTyler (+4 pts) Twin Galaxies High Scores 2,248,100 Tom Votava 221,900 Tom Duncan 210,200 David B Yancey 206,700 Alex N Frisbie 123,400 Keith Hursey 73,400 Mr. Kelly R. Flewin Standings 1. Wickeycolumbus (10 pts) Game Info Coin-op released by Nintendo in 1982. Ported to the NES for the US by Nintendo in 1986. Other platforms: Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, Game Boy Advance, Intellivision, Wii Prequels/sequels/spinoffs: Legion. Just a few...Donkey Kong (coin-op 1981 and elsewhere), Donkey Kong 3 (coin-op 1983 and elsewhere), also Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Konga... Tips None yet. Edited August 14, 2008 by vdub_bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Ok, folks, you wanted the NES HSC back - so you got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 134,500 I'm very happy to see the NES HSC back up and with one of my favorite games to start out to boot. That just made my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 ooh! I wonder if I have this one... I sure hope not, I'd rather have the excuse to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Is anyone else going to play this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 11, 2008 Author Share Posted August 11, 2008 I'll be playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperman Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Is anyone else going to play this? yeah, but the HSC is only partially about 'doing my personal best' where the other half of motivation comes from 'trying not to get totally humiliated by the first score to come along' I've been watching dk jr youtube vids to improve my game while I'm away from my NES, but let's just say that while I've had a few personal victories, my score is far from ready for prime time. I haven't tried these tricks yet, but the speedrun is pretty darn good. Watching it shows that on the second board there's a springboard to moving platform trick (in manual too) that's pretty slick, (gamefaqs says jump is to be pushed when the springboard reaches bottom). he's also got a good technique for moving all the keys vertically at once with horizontal movement. and speaking of horizontal vine movement, I had no idea that could be so rapid. Pretty basic I know, but I'm at a level where that's help Edited August 11, 2008 by Reaperman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Is anyone else going to play this? yeah, but the HSC is only partially about 'doing my personal best' where the other half of motivation comes from 'trying not to get totally humiliated by the first score to come along' I've been watching dk jr youtube vids to improve my game while I'm away from my NES, but let's just say that while I've had a few personal victories, my score is far from ready for prime time. I haven't tried these tricks yet, but the speedrun is pretty darn good.... That's alright. You ought not to worry about that. I'm far from perfect on every game I play. Sure it's great to win but it's also nice just to be on the list. As for that speedrun, I think that the emulator that person is using is sped up a bit itself. That game just doesn't move that fast. That aside, he/she is really good at the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 30,900 I'm not that hot either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 (edited) Bought this on Wii Virtual Console last week- OK if I play? If yes then 44,800. Edited August 12, 2008 by RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 12, 2008 Author Share Posted August 12, 2008 Bought this on Wii Virtual Console last week- OK if I play? If yes then 44,800. I think that's fine; Wii VC is just emulation, right? Also - scores updated in first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 49,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 And we're done! Next up...climbing the (icy) mountain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 It's too late to count but a new personal best! 88,800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 143,500 The game starts to get tough around 135k when the little platform no longer moves all the way over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 143,500 The game starts to get tough around 135k when the little platform no longer moves all the way over. High score thread updated. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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