Colecovision HSC Season 15 - Round 8 - Mario Bros.

[Northcoastgamer]

HIGH SCORE CLUB

Season 15 Round 8

Game Information

Game Name: Mario Brothers 

Released by: Arcade: Nintendo 1983. CV: Collectorvision 2008.

Settings: Rev.A, Rev.D & Not for Resale

CV HSC High Score: Rev.A, Rev.D & Not for Resale: 511,580 DuggerVideoGames (1/2018 HSC 11)

Manual: https://cvaddict.com/manuals/mario-brothers.pdf

 

This game was chosen by fakecortex.

 

Mario Bros. Bonus Points: Play the game & post a score= +3

Score 10,000= +2, Score 35,000= +3, Score 75,000= +4, Score 150,000= +5, Score 300,000= +7,

Score 500,000= +10, Score 700,000 & up= +12

Break or set a new CV HSC High Score= +10

 

Round Ends: Sunday May 29th at 8:00pm(PST) 11:00pm (EST)

 

Everyone who posts a score throughout the season will be entered into a drawing at seasons end for a special prize!

 

The same rules and scoring system that have been used the past few seasons will be in play this season as well.  Season 15 rules: http://atariage.com/...1-cv-hsc-rule

 

Good Luck!

Final Mario Bros Scores

1)1,002,870 DuggerVideoGames +3 +12 +10  ROLLAGE - Record Breaker - Record Setter  

2)   131,840 Colecovision +3 +4

3)   131,400 Ikrananka +3 +4

4)     91,760 ed1475 +3 +4

5)     89,790 fakecortex +3 +4

6)     86,260 zaphro72 +3 +4

7)     61,640 jblenkle +3 +3

   21,850 Krytol +3 +2

 

Round 8 Totals - Including Bonus Points

1){125} DuggerVideoGames

2) {20}  Colecovision

     {20}  Ikrananka

3) {16}  ed1475

     {16}  fakecortex

     {16}  zaphro72

4) {12}  jblenkle

5)  {8}   Krytol

 

Season Standings - After 8 Rounds

  1)696 DuggerVideoGames

  2)571 Ikrananka

  3)512 Northcoastgamer

  4)381 jblenkle

  5)346 Colecovision

  6)317 ed1475

  7)278 zaphro72

  208 fakecortex

  9)123 JEFF31

10)  98 patbb

11)  80 mark griff

12)  51 xdurable

13)  47 OriginalJohn

14)  27 timepilot

15)  16 roadrunner

16)  15 Serguei2

17)   8  Krytol

 

mario-brothers-2009.rom

Edited July 11, 2022 by Northcoastgamer
Final Score Update

[Northcoastgamer]

Haven't seen the plumbers in awhile, have a great week folks!

[Ikrananka]

Just a heads up that the "Not for Resale" version has a different difficulty to the other versions and should likely be excluded from use in this round.  In the Rev A and Rev D versions, from level 16 onward (including the bonus Donkey Kong level), enemies and the red fireball move faster every 7 levels.  This ramp up in red fireball speed does NOT occur with the "Not for Resale" version.

 

Also, seeing as the original Red Cart physical release is essentially the same as the "Not for Resale" version then this should also likely be excluded as well.

 

Refs:

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/282226-mario-bros-different-versions/?do=findComment&comment=4099048

https://atariage.com/forums/topic/282226-mario-bros-different-versions/?do=findComment&comment=4101668

[Ikrananka]

Oh - just realised that the ROM provided in the first post is the Red Cart ROM from 2009, which is essentially the same as the "Not for Resale" ROM.  And I believe this is the only version of the ROM that has been made freely available and so I guess this has to be the base version used for the competition.  With that in mind it doesn't matter what version anyone plays, although if any of us gets to level 16 then best to be playing with the provided ROM (or the AtariMax "Not for Resale" ROM) and not the more difficult Rev A and Rev D ROMs.

 

Ramble over.

[Northcoastgamer]

^Alrighty

[fakecortex]

Oh jeez, I didn't realize my pick would have so much controversy haha. I will note that I had to read the manual to find out to press 5 in order to add credits and actually start the game. Thought this would be a fun follow-up to DK Jr. I love it on the NES, and it plays pretty nicely here too.

[Ikrananka]

1 minute ago, fakecortex said:

Oh jeez, I didn't realize my pick would have so much controversy haha. I will note that I had to read the manual to find out to press 5 in order to add credits and actually start the game. Thought this would be a fun follow-up to DK Jr. I love it on the NES, and it plays pretty nicely here too.

It's a great game choice.  One I sadly haven't played much of to date so this is a great reason to really spend some time with it.

[fakecortex]

This version plays pretty well (tho I'm sure I'd be horrible on original hardware). Made it to 75k for another bonus point, but the next point is a leap. I'm sure there will be some insane scores to compete with here this week.

 

This is one of my two player go-to's on NES. That's where it really shines. It's fun for one player, but with two, you can work together or start fighting each other mid game; it can get really funny.

 

Mario Bros. - 78,260 Phase 10

[DuggerVideoGames]

149,130 pts.  Holy crap, I'm so rusty!  Lost almost all of my lives on phase 13.

 

 

 

[DuggerVideoGames]

215,960 pts.  Should have done much better.  Stupid deaths come in bunches.

 

 

 

[Krytol]

5,750

 

[Ikrananka]

Having lots of fun learning this game.  I really like the way new enemies and hazards are introduced as you progress at a well balanced pace.  Only got 7 credits left so don't have a lot of games left to improve with until my money runs out ?

 

 84,930 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2022 by Ikrananka

[Krytol]

21,850

 

[ed1475]

91,760

 

 

[jblenkle]

Mario Bros. - 61,640

[zaphro72]

37,920

[DuggerVideoGames]

998,840 pts.  Quickly hit the print screen button at the start of this level to capture the score before rollover.  This late in the game, you're still getting extra lives at what appears to be every 10k points.  Got my iPhone out and zoomed in to take a pic when the score rolled over.  You see the first digit appears to be a pipe after the rollover.

 

 

 

[Northcoastgamer]

16 hours ago, DuggerVideoGames said:

998,840 pts.  Quickly hit the print screen button at the start of this level to capture the score before rollover.  This late in the game, you're still getting extra lives at what appears to be every 10k points.  Got my iPhone out and zoomed in to take a pic when the score rolled over.  You see the first digit appears to be a pipe after the rollover.

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding!

 

[Colecovision]

131,840

 

 

 

 

[Ikrananka]

130,780

 

[Ikrananka]

131,400

 

 

This particular game I experienced the Donkey Kong level which caught me by surprise.  Does anyone know what triggers this?

Edited May 30, 2022 by Ikrananka
Added photo - media card reader working again :)

[DuggerVideoGames]

7 minutes ago, Ikrananka said:

131,400

 

Having problems with my media card reader so can't get the photo off my camera at the moment.

 

This particular game I experienced the Donkey Kong level which caught me by surprise.  Does anyone know what triggers this?

 

I think it shows up for the first time on phase 16 or so, and then shows up after every bonus level from that point on.

[ed1475]

Northcoastgamer don't forget to record my score in post #14 of 91,760.

Edited May 30, 2022 by ed1475

[fakecortex]

Phase 12 has guys coming at you every which way. Those slipice dudes are sneaky.

 

89,790

[zaphro72]

86,260