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[vdub_bobby]

More platforming fun with hammers - yes, it's time for Ice Climber!

Post a score and let's get this thing rolling! Start on Mountain 1.

Please post any tips you may have - best tip gets 1 bonus point. No continues - only games played from the beginning count! And please - no leeching! (I.e., don't stay in one place racking up points forever - keep moving upward!)

And if anyone has a link to the manual, please post it.

This week's competition ends in a week on Wednesday (August 20th) at approximately noon PST.


This week's scores:
136,990 darkthur (+10 pts)
38,300 Wickeycolumbus (+8 pts)
37,540 LarcenTyler (+6 pts)
29,960 Shannon (+4 pts)
17,640 RJ (+2 pts)
12,660 vdub_bobby (+1 pt)


Twin Galaxies High Scores

1,292,130 Will W Carlough
1,030,010 Tom Votava
23,290 Mr. Kelly R. Flewin


Standings

1. Wickeycolumbus (10 pts)
1. darkthur (10 pts)
3. vdub_bobby (8 pts)
4. RJ (6 pts)
5. LarcenTyler (4 pts)


Game Info

NES original released by by Nintendo in 1985.

Other platforms: Game Boy Advance, Wii

Prequels/sequels/spinoffs: None


Tips

None yet.

Edited by vdub_bobby, Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:41 PM.

[LarcenTyler]

37,540

Man I remember the Christmas Day I got this, I was addicted... but my mom hated the music!

[RJ]

17,640

Im on an NES kick currently (got Slalom yest.) so I'll participate w/ whatever I have. I plan to buy a crapload of Wii VC games soon too!

[vdub_bobby]

I'm bad at this game. Fun, though.

12,660

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[darthkur]

24,310

He may sound like Mario but he sure doesn't jump like him. Between the odd jump dynamic and the collision detection issues it becomes serious stress relief giving the mallet to all the seals and birds that get in the way.

[vdub_bobby]

Actually, the jump physics are pretty similar to Mario Bros. - not a lot of horizontal movement when you jump and difficult to jump onto platforms since, annoyingly, it is easy to bump your head but unless you get your feet well onto the platform you will fall down.

I don't really like them in either place.

Edited by vdub_bobby, Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:14 PM.

[darthkur]

I think Mario moves a lot more horizontally than the ice climber does. It seem that in IC you jump, get about half way out and then just stop. Anyways, no biggie. Just something different to get used to.

Here's a bit of a minor update:


25,580

[Shannon]

29,960

Those bonus levels....

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[Wickeycolumbus]

38,300

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[vdub_bobby]

A new leader! Leaderboard updated up top. Another day or so until we move on to the next game...

[darthkur]

38,580

[vdub_bobby]

And darkthur takes the lead! Anyone top that? I'll probably switch games later today, so you have a few hours left...

[darthkur]

136,990

I thought that I'd give it a another go and I'm sure glad I did. Got further than I ever had before.

[vdub_bobby]

Wow! Nice score.

I wish I owned this game; it seems like a fun game that would reward practice. But I can't put in much time on emulators, so I only got a chance for a couple of games of this.

[darthkur]

vdub_bobby, on Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:54 AM, said:

Wow! Nice score.

I wish I owned this game; it seems like a fun game that would reward practice. But I can't put in much time on emulators, so I only got a chance for a couple of games of this.

Thanks. It is a very fun game, albeit frustrating at times. I have never put as much time into it as I have just recently. It does get a bit easier to complete the bonus top parts of each board, eventually. But until you finally get used to it's oddities in control it's a real hair-puller.
My doctor told me today I, more than likely, have an ulcer. I'm sure this little game exacerbated that a bit this week.

[vdub_bobby]

And we're done! Hope you had fun trying to hammer your way to the top of the mountain!