asponge Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Here is a fun little arcade port for the Famicom. This is the first time Pooyan has appeared in the HSC. Game Rules: Manual/FAQ Score Post Deadline: Sunday April 24 at 11:59 PM CDT. AtariAge High Score: None Scores as of 4/24: mbd39 273,700 fakecortex 140,200 wongojack 138,200 roadrunner 84,100 asponge 81,300 jblenkle 78,400 Frozone212 36,300 Season Standings: General HSC Season Rules: To participate, just post a score to the thread. Anyone can join in at any time. A picture or screenshot is encouraged when posting a score but not required. The season is 15 rounds long. Games will be posted on Sundays and run two weeks through Sunday at 11:59 PM CST. Do not exploit game glitches, take advantage of 1-up loops or intentionally die in order to replay a level. If "point pressing" is not specified in the game rules you should be moving forward in an attempt to complete/loop the game and not "camping" for points. No emulator save states, slow-mo, rewind, etc. No cheats, e.g. Konami code, Game Genie, etc. Turbo controllers are allowed. Season points are awarded according to the following chart: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Oooh a classic arcade game! I always get this one confused with "Pengo." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 this is weird, a famicom game. huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 20 minutes ago, Frozone212 said: this is weird, a famicom game. huh Asponge has picked a fair amount of Famicom games, which is pretty cool. The nes catalogue really expands when you include those. Outside of language barrier games, you can find some great games and interesting knock offs. We played Circus Charlie recently, which is one of my favs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 first! score 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mbd39 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 273,700 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Hint: Go for high scoring combos by killing multiple enemies with the same meat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Oh man, I didn’t realize there was a Famicom version! I will have to download it and post a score for this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Broke 100k! Watch out @mbd39! Hahaha. Pooyan - 119,700 This is by far the best port of Pooyan I’ve played. Cute game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 It's a really fun game that's a bit harder than it looks. There are bonus items you can trigger in the NES version by doing specific actions. The mushroom is doable but the rest are absurd. The leaf looks like the easiest, but good luck getting it. I've occasionally gotten the leaf to appear by using both thumbs on the up and down buttons on my controller. https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pooyan/Versions#NES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, mbd39 said: There are bonus items you can trigger in the NES version by doing specific actions. The mushroom is doable but the rest are absurd. The leaf looks like the easiest, but good luck getting it. I've occasionally gotten the leaf to appear by using both thumbs on the up and down buttons on my controller. https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pooyan/Versions#NES These look crazy, but I gotta try for em! "Giant Beetle: 20 consecutive hits on the left balloon generator. Worth 80,000 points and gives 5 extra lives." WTH?!? What a bonus! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 The gameplay was not familiar at all to me, so I guess I have never played Pooyan . . . until today 125,100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 Scores and season standings updated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 81,300 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 84,100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 late to the party but 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Pooyan - 78,400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Increased my score slightly to 138,200 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I hadn’t played since the 12th, and kept scoring low enough that I was surprised that I got what I had previously, then just had a breakout game, so I’m pretty happy. I forgot to try out those crazy bonuses, tho you do get 10k I think for a perfect bonus round. Wolves vs Pigs - 140,200 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 the third round with the rock is hard AF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 Another round is history! Points Awarded: mbd39 273,700 +25 fakecortex 140,200 +20 wongojack 138,200 +17 roadrunner 84,100 +14 asponge 81,300 +12 jblenkle 78,400 +10 Frozone212 36,300 +8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozone212 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 dead last (sigh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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