toptenmaterial Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 For our third Retro Madness HSC, we will be doing Mario Bros for the Game Boy Advance. It is found on the Super Mario Advance games. Why this version of Mario Bros? Because it is a beautiful and fun conversion, yet most of us haven't played it that often. It is pretty common and ROMs for emulation are readily available. Rules: The contest begins on July 4th at 12:00 AM, EST, and ends on August 4th, EST. No late submissions will be accepted. Acceptable platforms are Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS via GBA slot, Game Boy Play and emulation. Absolutely no hacks, cheats or tool assist. Photo confirmation is mandatory. I will not be doing prizes for this round. I have seen things getting ugly on other forums lately, and I want the dust to settle. Maybe in the future we can include prizes, but for now it's AA bragging rights only. GOOD LUCK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I'll lead things off with 171,670 I'm not sure i can do any better than this. Those damn falling icicle's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) dude no way! sweet! i might have to take some AA'ers to school on this round! Did you use emulation? Was it smooth? Edited July 5, 2011 by toptenmaterial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 dude no way! sweet! i might have to take some AA'ers to school on this round! Did you use emulation? Was it smooth? I used the emulator Visual Boy Advance, the game played great. I like how Nintendo added some music from Super Mario Bros. in this game. The background graphics are cool. The falling icicles from Ice Climber are a nice touch, but really amps up the difficulty. All in all this is a great version of Mario Bros. This was my 3,000 post too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Who will challenge me?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr. Pac Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 1,000,000,0001. I didn't take a photo. (OF COURSE THIS IS A JOKE!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 1,000,000,0001. I didn't take a photo. (OF COURSE THIS IS A JOKE!) if you have a gba or emulator than go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I Hunger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr. Pac Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 1,000,000,0001. I didn't take a photo. (OF COURSE THIS IS A JOKE!) if you have a gba or emulator than go for it I'm horrible at Mario Bros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 I Hunger What's that from??? No computer or GBA cart so I'm sitting this one out. Next HSC will be a 7800 DK and DK jr double feature!! We can keep going with this particular thread or have it deleted, whatever you guys want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jr. Pac Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I Hunger What's that from??? No computer or GBA cart so I'm sitting this one out. Next HSC will be a 7800 DK and DK jr double feature!! We can keep going with this particular thread or have it deleted, whatever you guys want. I don't know, but I do hunger for some pellets. Maybe if there aren't any more entries, we can close it. It's kind of odd to use a side-game for a HSC (not trying to be mean). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I Hunger What's that from??? No computer or GBA cart so I'm sitting this one out. Next HSC will be a 7800 DK and DK jr double feature!! We can keep going with this particular thread or have it deleted, whatever you guys want. Sinistar Keep it alive. This is a great game, more people should play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 You are right! If anything, let's extend the time limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 Got up to 84,110 and my DS died as I was about to take a pic!!!!! I'll take another run tonight and submit an official score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Got up to 84,110 and my DS died as I was about to take a pic!!!!! I'll take another run tonight and submit an official score. Have you ever used the POW near the top of the screen? I never use that one. It's alot safer to stay near the POW on the bottom floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 No, that top POW is asking for death. Did you use your continue? I didn't. I overlooked that in my original post, so what do you think? Today was the first time I'd played Mario Bros GBA in several months. I must say, it's a really solid port! Speaking of GBA, it might be interesting at some point to do a Namco Museum HSC!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) No, that top POW is asking for death. Did you use your continue? I didn't. I overlooked that in my original post, so what do you think? Today was the first time I'd played Mario Bros GBA in several months. I must say, it's a really solid port! Speaking of GBA, it might be interesting at some point to do a Namco Museum HSC!! I didn't use any continues. Namco Museum, what platform? edit - i just fired up the emulator and using a continue resets the score to 0 Edited July 14, 2011 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 I guess that would make sense- it just lets you continue on with the level, like SMB or Castlevania. Namco Musuem is available as a GBA cart, and an excellent one. It has been released on many platforms, but the two that I am the most familier with are the GBA and N64 versions, which I believe are identical. The GBA version contains Galaga, Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug and Pole Position. If you can't find the ROM, the cart can be had dirt cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Namco Musuem GBA sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 That way we could have more structured HSC, but with broader options- we could allocate points for each individual high score on each of the five games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 @RR: In fact, once we get our ducks in a row and figure out a consistant method of doing these HSCs, it may be possible to get a permenant GBA gaming thread here. I am going to start observing some of the other HSCs here as they seem pretty coherant. It would be nice to have a forum for mobile gaming, be it Nintendo, Sony or an iOS or Android device. With the latter two, there are a very large selection of arcade apps, and some of those are specifically designed for the devices they run on. I'll ask around and get some opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Mamma Mia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 roadrunner, you wanna get this one going again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 roadrunner, you wanna get this one going again? The same game or another Game Boy Advance game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 The same game. I just picked up another copy of Super Mario Advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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