Justin Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Donkey KongNintendo Entertainment SystemController: CONTROL PAD / KEYBOARD / PLAYER'S CHOICEDifficulty Level: Game BPlay on: Real Hardware / Dedicated Console / Emulation OK! ✔Squad Challenge ends 11:59 pm PST September 14, 2021 Objective Play for the highest possible score using the difficulty settings defined in the challenge. Post a photo or YouTube video of your score in this thread. Scores must be achieved between September 1st through September 14th, 2021. Screen captures are not allowed as they are more easily manipulated for falsified scores. Multiple submissions are permitted. The player with the highest score at the end of the competition is the victor! Eligibility Anyone can join in. All players are welcome! Play Rules Games may be played on real hardware, Flashback / Mini console, or emulation, using any controller or keyboard, following all rules and game settings defined in the challenge. Choosing between real hardware or emulation, and choosing which controller to play on is part of formulating your strategy. Enhancements, rewinds and hacked versions of this game are not allowed. Difficulty Level We are playing Donkey Kong with Game B, which provides "Expert" level challenge. Fair Play Your integrity is everything. Players should play fairly, be honest, and have fun! Falsified scores will result in your immediate removal from the site. It goes without saying that we will not allow cheats, hacks, cartridge frying, enhancements, rewinds, deceitful photo manipulation, subterfuge, or any other unfair advantage. Everybody hates a cheater. More To review detailed rules on how to play, please visit the High Score Squad page here: Message Welcome to our 107th Squad Challenge!!! For this challenge we're playing one of the most classic video games of all time - Donkey Kong - on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Do you have what it takes to defeat bad luck with the barrels, dodge aggressive fireballs and cage that wily ape? ROM and PDF Instruction Manual are provided below. I hope you all have fun, and good luck to everybody participating! NOTE: We have a supreme lineup of games coming your way for High Score Squad in 2021! Expect a nice mix of classic Atari home console games in the rotation along with games from other classic systems! Here's a look at some upcoming events: September: An Atari Lynx game November: A Sega Genesis game December: 2021 F-ZERO Championship, plus a game for Atari Jaguar! Plus many more great games in 2022! (Schedule subject to change) Donkey Kong.pdf Sabertooth and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 There's a potential Donkey Kong kill screen coming up if anybody wants to watch RickR, Gianna and Dinobot711 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 Wow, after forty years, I learned that The Girl has a name 😮 Color me stupid. Thanks for posting the manual @Justin. According to Wikipedia, the character started her life with the name Lady and later changed to Pauline. Justin and Dinobot711 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 55 minutes ago, socrates63 said: Thanks for posting the manual @Justin. You're welcome! If you guys have trouble acquiring a ROM send me a PM. We haven't been including Nintendo ROMS in our NES and SNES Squad Challenges since Nintendo has really been cracking down. Donkey Kong for NES is common enough that it should be readily available to anybody who wants to play 57 minutes ago, socrates63 said: According to Wikipedia, the character started her life with the name Lady and later changed to Pauline. I spent years calling her "Princess Peach" which is dumb 🤦♂️ 🥴 Dinobot711, socrates63 and Sabertooth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Justin said: I spent years calling her "Princess Peach" which is dumb 🤦♂️ 🥴 I was thinking that it was Princess Peach as well. Let's just say the the Princess has a really strong brand going on! Atari Creep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 156,500. Played on OpenEmu which uses the Nestopia core. Dinobot711, socrates63, RickR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) 6,300 This one's going to take a bit of practice. I think my biggest challenge is the d-pad. I'm just not very good with the d-pad. I may need to pick up that 8bitdo arcade stick. BTW, I'm playing on a RetroPi. Edited September 3, 2021 by socrates63 AtariSphinx, Marco1019, Dinobot711 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariSphinx Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Donkey Kong (Game B): 100,700 Will give this squad challenge a try. Played on original NES hardware. Made it to level 6. Marco1019, Justin, RickR and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 @Marco1019 and @AtariSphinx killin' it! Great start! Marco1019, Justin, Atari Creep and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 Testing out a controller before getting started i got 5600. Figured because I still "played" it i would post. Using OpenEMU and a Genesis USB controller. socrates63, Dinobot711, Marco1019 and 2 others 5 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Creep Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 10600 Will be playing live soon, keep an eye out for that. socrates63, AtariSphinx, Marco1019 and 2 others 5 Don't just watch TV, PLAY IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1019 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Atari Creep said: Testing out a controller before getting started i got 5600. Figured because I still "played" it i would post. Using OpenEMU and a Genesis USB controller. I'm using a Genesis 6-button controller LOL! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinobot711 Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 40,900 Played on an NES with a NES Advantage socrates63, Justin, AtariSphinx and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 33,000 getting better but I get so nervous when playing 😆 AtariSphinx, Marco1019 and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 39,500 Justin, AtariSphinx and Marco1019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 First try: 18400. I really need to invest in a new NES controller. Marco1019, socrates63, Justin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianna Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 49,800. Tricky tricky 😖 RickR, Marco1019, AtariSphinx and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosweargamer Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Going live with my attempt Best from the stream: 49,000, which you can see around the 25 minute mark. Edited September 12, 2021 by nosweargamer Justin, AtariSphinx, Marco1019 and 3 others 6 The No Swear Gamer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtJuo040EOCTVziObIgVcg Host of The Atari 7800 Game by Game Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 OK, I just played a quick game. Here is my score... socrates63, Marco1019, Justin and 2 others 5 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, TrekMD said: OK, I just played a quick game. Here is my score... Quick game, you say? I've been trying since this challenge started and only managed 39k, and you nonchalantly play a quick game and blow past my score 🤣 😄 I suck 😂 I'm not much of a platform gamer. Great start @TrekMD 👍 AtariSphinx, RickR and TrekMD 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 I had a much better experience with the wireless Retron controller. 32,000. I will try again later. Gianna, Justin, AtariSphinx and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 OK, played a bit and improved on my score... Justin, AtariSphinx, Marco1019 and 3 others 6 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 Working on improving my High Score 62,900 Marco1019, RickR, TrekMD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 38,300 Marco1019, AtariSphinx, Justin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 40,100 Marco1019, Justin, socrates63 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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