Interested in NES High Score Club?

[vdub_bobby]

So, any interest? I'd take part.

 

EDIT: And if you are interested, go ahead and make some suggestions for the format for this thingie. One game at a time? Multiple? Time limit? (1 week? More?) Select games by vote?

 

I'd prefer something similar to the 8bit HSC - 1 game at a time, run for 1 or 2 weeks, have a running list of nominated games, open voting on the 5 games at the top of the list.

Edited August 25, 2006 by vdub_bobby

[keilbaca]

Sounds good to me

 

I only have a couple dozen NES games now, so I'll be using an emulator much more often than I want to

 

On the up side, I always have my camera and my flash cart GBA on me at all times, so I can play/proove a score at any time.

[figgler]

I'm in.

Whatever format works for me. Let's just try to keep the games farily common. I have loads of carts, but not everyone is going to be able to play the rare stuff

[shadow460]

I don't have enough carts to participate. And since most of them are still copyrighted (and I'm lazy), I don't wanna mess with emulation.

[vdub_bobby]

Thanks for the responses so far - I figure I'll let this run over the weekend and, if there is enough interest, try to get something rolling next week.

[ewing92]

I would definately participate.

[gdement]

I'd participate, at least with games I own.

 

Since many NES games aren't really scoring oriented, they may require more creative ways of winning the contest. Perhaps contests like "How far can you get in X amount of time" would be most appropriate for many games. We could also have a "lowest score to beat the game" contest on SMB. Maybe even some pure speedrun contests. A lot of NES games are long, so the rules may need to be tailored so time isn't as much of a problem. There may need to be some discussion in the preceding week about what rules should be used for a given game.

 

I'd like to see season standings somewhere. Unless I missed it, I think some past HSC's have been devoid of rankings, and that just doesn't make it feel like a competition. Competition is fun.

[vdub_bobby]

Okay, based on 12 positive responses, I think that's enough to get things rolling. So I'm gonna start a new thread soliciting game nominations.

[128bytes]

Can you believe I have never touched an NES, never mind played one? The only Nintendo systems that have touched my hands are a N64 (played Banjo-Kazooie 3 times), and my family of GBA's (my GBA (and SP, and micro) was my first - and only - non-Atari console (handheld or otherwise!) though I played all the NES minigames in WarioWare and loved them). Maybe it's time I fill in this missing hole in my gameplaying resume...

Edited August 28, 2006 by 128bytes

[vdub_bobby]

Can you believe I have never touched an NES, never mind played one? The only Nintendo systems that have touched my hands are a N64 (played Banjo-Kazooie 3 times), and my family of GBA's (my GBA (and SP, and micro) was my first - and only - non-Atari console (handheld or otherwise!) though I played all the NES minigames in WarioWare and loved them). Maybe it's time I fill in this missing hole in my gameplaying resume...

Definitely!