vdub_bobby Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 (edited) You've defeated Mr. X, now it's time to...um, stack some blocks...in Tetris! Post a score and let's get this thing rolling! We are playing Game A, starting on Level 0 this week. Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point! Also, if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it. This week's competition ends next Tuesday (Nov 14) morning at approximately 9:00 am PST. This week's standings: 272,771 nester (+10 pts) 181,000 rjchamp3 (+8 pts) 173,279 figgler (+6 pts) 107,307 MetalSlime23 (+4 pts) 105,432 Cybergoth (+2 pts) 72,302 vdub_bobby (+1 pt + 1 bonus pt for best (only) tip) 66,307 mojofltr (+1 pt) 64,538 HeckYesIDid (+1 pt) 31,717 LarcenTyler (+1 pt) 27,769 8th lutz (+1 pt) Twin Galaxies High Scores 842,127 Harry J. Hong 620,260 Ted Sotoropolis 571,450 Mike J Hayes 550,338 Michael Sulpher 517,821 Dale Adams 513,441 Jeremy Schild 320,125 Brian P Sulpher 175,615 Scott Kimberling 145,340 Adam C. Cornelius 131,547 Ron Corcoran 128,220 Marshall Sauder 127,710 Rosemary Marra 90,670 Robert Puza 86,210 Charles Vantine 76,727 Mr. Kelly R Flewin Overall standings: 1. rjchamp3 (54 pts) 2. figgler (48 pts) 3. vdub_bobby (34 pts) 4. mojofltr (30 pts) 4. LarcenTyler (30 pts) 6. 8th lutz (27 pts) 7. nester (19 pts) 8. gdement (15 pts) 9. Malc74 (13 pts) 9. MetalSlime23 (13 pts) 11. bust3dstr8 (11 pts) 12. Cybergoth (7 pts) 13. keilbaca (4 pts) 14. MCHufnagel (2 pts) 14. remowilliams (2 pts) 14. Kami68k (2 pts) 17. BrianC (1 pts) Tips Mine: The A and B buttons rotate the pieces in different directions (A = clockwise, B = counterclockwise. Or vice versa.) If you learn to rotate both ways you will never have to rotate a piece 3 times. At the faster levels it makes a big difference. Obvious, but go for all Tetrises (4-line combos) - they give the most points. The classic technique is to build a solid mass of blocks, leaving room for the straight-line piece on one side or the other. The variation on this I use is to leave room for the straight piece in the middle, since that is where new pieces drop. When the pieces are falling quickly and your screen is almost filled it can be the difference between losing and getting a Tetris! Edited November 14, 2006 by vdub_bobby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Ask and you shall receive: http://www.tendoweb.com/Manuals/NES/Tetris...Nintendo%29.pdf (FYI, you should check www.tendoweb.com in the future, as they have a rather large number of NES manuals online.) And here's my first score. You should try to get your snapshot as the playfield is being covered by the 'curtain' if you will. If not, then I'd suggest inputting your last name, but don't finalize it untill you've gotten your snapshot, since the cursor will show what your current score is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalSlime23 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Yeah!!! Finally, a game I'm actually good at! Here's my first score: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 First game in years: 56.152 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 So, the second game was more like it: 83.800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 If I use my FC Console, I won't be able to get pics, but don't worry I'll be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nester Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (edited) Well you've finally chosen my game. I hope to make up for missing the deadline on Kung Fu. Edited November 8, 2006 by nester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 27,769 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 This is interesting for me because I've almost always played Tetris with a line goal in mind, score was never a big motivator. This is fun though, and this is my favourite version of Tetris by far. Score; 56 872 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nester Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 185,246 I got this one on my first game and then never even got half that again. Isn't that always the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 72,302 My tips: The A and B buttons rotate the pieces in different directions (A = clockwise, B = counterclockwise. Or vice versa.) If you learn to rotate both ways you will never have to rotate a piece 3 times. At the faster levels it makes a big difference. Obvious, but go for all Tetrises (4-line combos) - they give the most points. The classic technique is to build a solid mass of blocks, leaving room for the straight-line piece on one side or the other. The variation on this I use is to leave room for the straight piece in the middle, since that is where new pieces drop. When the pieces are falling quickly and your screen is almost filled it can be the difference between losing and getting a Tetris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Stage 10 - 066307 I've always been more partial to the Gameboy port of Tetris because of it's link-ability. Does anyone here play Tetrinet? I haven't played in years, but it might be fun to get a few AA users together and have some sort of tournament. Tip: Take a break now and again while you are playing Tetris or you'll start seeing tetris shapes and spaces everywhere. When I was in 7th grade, I got beaten up for trying to fit an L-shape over a highschool kid's shoulder. j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 (FYI, you should check www.tendoweb.com in the future, as they have a rather large number of NES manuals online.) Do you know where I can find a manual for Elite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uosipa llamxew Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Here is a manual scan for Elite in a Word document: Elite_Manual.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ah, most excellent! Thanks a million! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Here's my latest effort and check out the level - 153 lines New Score; 173 279 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmont Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 There's a video of the 800k game on archive. It's pretty awesome: http://www.archive.org/details/TETRIS_NES_800K He starts on level 18 (hold A when you select your level) and ends with 224 lines on level 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 There's a video of the 800k game on archive. It's pretty awesome: http://www.archive.org/details/TETRIS_NES_800K He starts on level 18 (hold A when you select your level) and ends with 224 lines on level 28. I haven't watched this, but since the levels increase in increments of 10 lines, wouldn't he have ended on level 22? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 18+22=30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgler Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 (edited) 18+22=30 huh? So I watched parts of this and it looks like the levels start going up at 130 lines which is weird. For instance, if you start on level 6, you don't advance to level 7 until you hit 70 lines. I would think starting on level 18 that you wouldn't hit level 19 until 190 lines were earned. Of course I can't play on those levels for more than 8 seconds, so what do I know? Edited November 10, 2006 by figgler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nester Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Well my new one's 272,771 My brother, however, recently got a score of 439,045. Luckily for me he's not a member so he's not qualified to compete. I should add that I taught him everything he knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjchamp3 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 135,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 18+22=30 huh? Oh, I forgot about the fact that the level is kept for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 I watched the video and at 130 lines it went to level 19, which I believe is the fastest, and then it increased one level every 10 lines thereafter. Interesting video - he got almost all Tetrises while on level 18 (first 130 lines) and then got about 4 in the the 95 following lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalSlime23 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 New score: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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