CGQuarterly Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) This season, the NES HSC is going to participate in the AA-wide knockout competition. See the rules here: http://www.atariage....t-announcement/ If you get knocked out, you can still compete in the NES HSC, but your score will not count towards the knockout tournament. So I'll be posting 2 sets of results for each round. This round's game was picked by cparsley. Title: Pin*Bot Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Released: April, 1990 (US) http://youtu.be/-AYtvyfiyY0 Rules: This round will end on Thursday, March 8th. Tips: Scores so far: 1. cparsley 16,810,780 +9 2. asponge 15,875,630 +6 3. Sonic R 12,869,700 +3 4. atarilovesyou 3,853,570 +1 5. jblenkle 3,209,400 +1 6. roadrunner 1,395,960 +1 Current standings: 1. asponge 27 2. Sonic R 25 3. cparsley 18 4. atarilovesyou 13 5. Austin 9 6(t). bigbee99 5 6(t). roadrunner 5 8. jblenkle 4 9. LarcenTyler 3 10(t). classicgamer_27330 1 10(t). Jibbajaba 1 Players still alive in the knockout: Sonic R asponge cparsley bigbee99 LarcenTyler Austin Jibbajaba roadrunner Edited March 19, 2012 by Jibbajaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ahhhh.... more Rare! I'm not complaining though… I quite like Pin•bot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Now I see you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 had a go after I got home from work… starting off with: 5,073,770 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) cparsley 14,078,600 Sonic R 5,073,770 asponge Unofficial Final 3 standings - updated as of post 7 Edited March 1, 2012 by cparsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. SWEET I SAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Opening salvo, damn blue blob that eats your ball (Triangular ball that is), and damn missles that blow up your flippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Alot of pinball games being played in the HSC's. We got Pinball Jam over in the Lynx HSC and there's Pinball Fantasies in the Jag HSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Pinbot - 2,859,240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 some improvement… 12,869,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Pinbot - 3,209,400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 1,395,960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 as of post 12 cparsley 14,078,600 Sonic R 12,869,700 asponge Yet to post Not in KO jblenkle 3,209,400 roadrunner 1,395,960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+asponge Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I really struggled to get myself into a rhythm this round. Eventually, I got it together. 15,875,630 Opening salvo, damn blue blob that eats your ball (Triangular ball that is), and damn missles that blow up your flippers Yes, the blue blob sucks. I try to get off of that board as soon as possible. I'd rather take my chances with the bird/missiles that you can defend against instead of the blob which is basically a death march. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Try round 4 then... the missles remain, but the non-missle birds now try to pick up your ball and fly it away. You also do know you can get the ball away from that blue blob, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+asponge Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Try round 4 then... the missles remain, but the non-missle birds now try to pick up your ball and fly it away. I know I at least made it to level 4 last night and possibly level 5. I'm not sure. I ended on a level where the machine was a bright blue. I was on my last ball and only lasted a few minutes after I got there. And, yes I had one of those birds snatch a ball from be along the way. I thought the level was red, but I could just be confusing it with level 3. You also do know you can get the ball away from that blue blob, right? Yeah, I know you can. I just have a hard time doing so for some reason. It seems like you have to shake the table just before the ball lands in it's mouth. A split second too late and you're SOL. I did get the blob to release the ball once last night, but I can't do it consistenly. As I said before my strategy instead is to just rip through the level as fast as possible. I alwasy lose a ball so maybe that's not the greatest strategy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Blue is 4... lost both of a double ball on my final ball to the bird grabbing them right next to Pin*Bot's visor, and no chance to save em... New score... 15,912,720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 You guys are animals! I guess I have to put something up, lol!... 3,853,570 I used to play this one way back when and never had any idea how to do much other than open up the mask, get the mulitball, that kinda thing. I know if you hit the far left ramp that sometimes it advances a level, but it's a tricky shot. I know how to advance the planets but it's more of a luck thing. I remember once being able to get the different shape balls, but can't remember. I know it's late, but any good links to how to score highest, how to do the tricks and stuff like that? I made it to the third board, and yes, those missles are a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic R Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I am going to have to submit… I'm just struggling playing at this level… played a bit tonight and best I could do was 10 million… I don't see 15 million plus in the next hour and I'm getting burnt out at this point… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 My final posting for this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+asponge Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I tried again tonight as well. Unfortunately I couldn't get anything going to beat 16 million. When does this round end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Hmmm, a bit of inactivity...is the next round starting soon? Spring Break, perhaps? Edited March 15, 2012 by atarilovesyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sorry guys. Trust, me it was far from spring "break". We're down a man at work, and since there are only 3 of us normally, the two of us who are still here have a muc higher workload until they get us a replacement. So unfortunately, video games and video game forums got put on the back burner. Anyway, here are the final standings for this round: 1. cparsley 16,810,780 +9 2. asponge 15,875,630 +6 3. Sonic R 12,869,700 +3 4. atarilovesyou 3,853,570 +1 5. jblenkle 3,209,400 +1 6. roadrunner 1,395,960 +1 That was definitely a knock-down, drag-out, but unfortunately someone had to get knocked out, and that person was Sonic R. cparsley thinks that I should pick the game for the next round since it's the final. I'd rather post something that I know that you guys both have, so that no one has the disadvantage of emulation to deal with. I'll just PM you guys. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawndec Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I know my entry is a little late but broke out the old Pin*Bot today and ended up with 10,316,920. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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