CGQuarterly Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Welcome to round 6 of the 13th season of the Atari Age NES High Score League! This round we are playing RC Pro-Am. I will take this opportunity to get some free advertising for my RC Pro-Am Retrospective, which gets shamefully low views considering how awesome of an episode it was. http://youtu.be/jlr03er6HLE This round ends on Sunday, August 23rd. Adding an extra week since I started this round late.Title: RC Pro-AmDeveloper: RarePublisher: NintendoReleased: February 1988Rules: Don't drive drunk. Bernie says "Think before you drive." Scores So Far Current Standings 1. bubufubu 90 2. DonPedro 773. S.BAZ 564. Jibbajaba 495. darthkur 456. roadrunner 367. jblenkle 328. AlexKIDD 229. asponge 209(t). Retrogamer81081 2010. atari2600land 1811. cparsley 15 Edited August 7, 2015 by Jibbajaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 RC Pro Am - 6,873 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 32,540 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubufubu Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 25,110 I had no idea there were weapons in this game. I don't think I've ever played past the 2nd or 3rd stage until today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Great video. I wasn't a super huge NES fan, but I had one, and I had this game and later got the Gameboy version. They have been in my rotation for those consoles ever since. I didn't have a chance to play RC II until recently in emulation, and I hadn't heard about the Genny version until your video. I think that I have only once played through all of the tracks in the original game without running out of continues. Eventually, you start over at track 1. There were two points where the game became extremely difficult. The first point was somewhere around track 14, you need to start avoiding picking up bombs. You'll have to have a specific strategy for the tracks to avoid this as they are placed in such a way that you'll get them and be unable to switch back to missiles for 3 or 4 critical tracks. The strategizing should be familiar because you'll need to do that at other points to avoid oil slicks that ruin your race. The other very difficult point is after you get the most advanced car (the 3rd one I believe) you are going to face stiff competition. They throw a few 5 and 6 lap races at you that are just killer if you haven't gotten the car in time to have it upgraded. I believe at one point I took notes, and I would quit the game if I didn't have what I considered enough upgrades before like track 22 or 23. Another option is to avoid collecting the letters and upgrading your car until after this point (the 6 lap race). BTW, I totally agree with your assessment of the plane and bombs in RC II. I think the trick with the plane is to have enough nitros to basically stay in 1st and directly under the plane. Then it bombs the other racers and you don't have to weave (as much). I think if you are really good at switching between the unmarked "lanes" on the track, you can also avoid the bombs by switching between the two inner lanes, but that takes practice. If we lived close, I would totally come over and play this with ya Jibba! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubufubu Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 74,426 I decided to include a "Trophy Room" shot for the hell of it. I had a feeling my number was going to be up soon. This was my progress through Level 10. As you can see, I'm not good at this game. The handling is so loose and I just couldn't find a successful comfort zone. I was trying to get a run started where I finished in 1st place on Levels 1-3, but I kept screwing up the "NINTENDO" bonus in those runs. I'm pretty sure this is it for me, so good luck to the rest of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I know it's a little annoying when someone comes along who never plays the game and submits scores, but I can't really resist this one. I've been playing this a lot in RareReplay but this was my first try in Fceux 118,873 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 I know it's a little annoying when someone comes along who never plays the game and submits scores, but I can't really resist this one. I've been playing this a lot in RareReplay but this was my first try in Fceux 118,873 RCProAMScore.jpg It's not annoying at all. You should join us more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Switched to original hardware! 176,776 FYI, I've been letting the timer run out on my first loss and just starting again from first track. However, you could also build a substantial score from a continue by cashing in letters early. I noticed no rules posted, so I assume everything is ok except emulator enhanced options and cheats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbee99 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I wanna play! 91118 B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonPedro Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 28,667 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 10,066 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 This is one of my favorite NES games, I gotta get in on this! Haven't played in months, here's my first try.. was hoping to break 100K at least. Maybe next time.. 93,733 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 77,032 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 This ends tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 I tried very hard to spell Nintendo 3x without finishing out. Came darn close. 197,571 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.BAZ Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) 92,314 I keep getting interrupted & have to stop before my game is over, busy week. i regret I didn't get more time into this one! i have a pic for this, I'll add it soon. Edited August 25, 2015 by S.BAZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Lots of new players this week. wongojack 197,571 +25 SiLic0ne t0aD85 93,733 +18 S.BAZ 92,314 +15 bigbee99 91,118 +12 Retrogamer81081 77,032 +10 bubufubu 74,426 +8 roadrunner 32,540 +6 DonPedro 28,667 +4 darthkur 10,066 +2 jblenkle 6,873 +1 1. bubufubu 98 2. DonPedro 81 3. S.BAZ 71 4. Jibbajaba 49 5. darthkur 47 6. roadrunner 42 7. jblenkle 33 8. Retrogamer81081 30 9. wongojack 25 10. AlexKIDD 22 11. asponge 20 12. SiLic0ne t0aD85 18 12. atari2600land 18 14. cparsley 15 15. bigbee99 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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