CGQuarterly Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Welcome to week 1 of the 7th season of the Atari Age NES High Score League! Rounds will last two weeks this season, so the next round will begin on April 3, 2 weeks from today. Twin Galaxies now requires people to create an account and log in if they wish to view high scores. I object to this, and as a result I will no longer be listing TG high scores with each round's game. This week's game is going to be Ghosts 'n Goblins Title: Ghosts 'n Goblins Developer: Capcom Publisher: Nintendo Released: November, 1986 (US) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Hi, my name's SoulBlazer, and I'm a NES addict! Been here on the forums for a while and never even knew about this till last month. Sounds fun and I'd like to take part in this. Here I was looking forward to this, though, and you have to start with one of the toughest NES games ever made! When I had this game on my system as a kid, I got quite good at it. Now, as a 35 year old adult, well..... Anyway, fired up the ROM in Nestopia, played for about a hour, and used the ground rules of no continues, no save states, and no hanging around a area to just get points, but trying to play 'normaly' and finally got halfway through Stage 3. Top score: 55,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Point-racking is really tough in this game anyway because they barely give you enough time to get to the end of the level, especially in the second stage. Anyways, looking forward to playing. I might even have a score in tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 All right, I got my first score in. I was only able to make it to the blue part of level 3 and scored 77,800 points. I may come back to it again before this round is over.. maybe. For those that wonder, you get an extra life at 50K! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 33,000 Thats all I can manage so far. I have had the game for a while and never really played it, this is as hard as people say for sure. And I agree entirely about the Twin Galaxies crap. Why would they do that? Just to make people sign up for a free site? I assume its free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've always avoided this game because I've heard how ****ing hard it is. But, since a contest is up and I never shy away from retro gaming contests *Disclaimer: I ****ing suck at this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite76 Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I've always avoided this game because I've heard how ****ing hard it is. But, since a contest is up and I never shy away from retro gaming contests *Disclaimer: I ****ing suck at this game Man you're not alone. I can't get anywhere in this game, lol. I like the music but the gameplay is too freekin hard to be any fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Yeah, it's super-tough. This is one of the few instances I can think of where the arcade version is actually easier than the home port. That's not to say the arcade version is easy by any stretch, though. It's just far more "doable" than the NES one, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted March 27, 2011 Author Share Posted March 27, 2011 43,700, but I'll be back for more. 1 more week. Not seeing much interest this round. I hope this isn't an indication of how things are going to be this season... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I'm sitting this round out. I hate this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I play everyday, I'm very interested in this HSC, but this game takes it right out of me. I can't get more then a game of two in before I'm worried about the safety of the people around me I'll post more scores tonight I hope, and I'm off tomorrow with plans to play more. We are interested, this game is HARD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Luck had it that I picked up something that increased my score by 10K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite76 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I just have too many bad memories playing this back in 1986. It's too damn hard and about as much fun to play as getting teeth pulled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 I disagree. It's challenging but still fun to play. Maybe some of you guys should read an FAQ to get some gameplay pointers? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatefulGravey Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I disagree. It's challenging but still fun to play. Maybe some of you guys should read an FAQ to get some gameplay pointers? Chris Its fun and challenging for sure. Maybe more challenging then fun. After a week or so playing I'm still only getting past the first flying boss guy about 20% of the time. It also really seems like the points are random here. Just a matter of what things drop when you kill them. I had 32900 with one of those 10k bonuses on the ground when a ghost got me out of no where. Challenging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustfilledhobo Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 (edited) Here's my first try: 24100 pts. Edited April 2, 2011 by dustfilledhobo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asponge Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 I wish I'd had more time to play. Despite the difficulty it's actually a fun little game. 32,200 is the best I can do for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Looks like my score still held up to be second. Cool! Looking forward to the next game -- it's the 3rd allready. Please make it something eaiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 This round is over. Posting the next round now... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Austin 77,800 +9 SoulBlazer 55,000 +6 Jibbajaba 43,700 +3 HatefulGravey 33,000 +1 asponge 32,200 +1 classicgamer_27330 25,500 +1 dustfilledhobo 24,100 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubufubu Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 355,100 Got a pretty decent score here. That timer is a real bitch when you are going for points. And those freaking ghost burritos on Stage 5 of the second loop were making me nuts. The person behind its programming has got to be a sadist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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