MAME Game of the Week Tournaments: Mario Bros.

[YoshiEgg25]

Welcome to the MAME Game of the Week Tournaments!

After the article about setting up MAME on the front page of the site, General_Norris and I were talking and came up with the idea to have everyone play one game on MAME every week and have mini-competitions.

So here's the information and rules!

• Game can be played in any version of MAME
• Game must be played on default settings unless otherwise specified
• You can use any controller you wish
• All scores must be accompanied by a screenshot (use F12; it will be saved to the folder "snap" in your MAME folder)
• Tournaments will go from 12:00 PM EST on Sunday until 6:00 PM EST on the second Saturday after the start of the tournament.

I'll also let everyone know ahead of time what the next week's game is so you can get a ROM for it beforehand.

If you have any questions, ask away!


Current game:



Mario Bros.
ROM Type: Mario [U.S.]
Variation: Points [ Single Player: MEDIUM ]
3/25/12 - 4/7/12

Rules:

NOTE: In MAME 1.06 the dip switches are backwards for MEDIUM & HARD. MEDIUM is actually HARD and HARD is actually MEDIUM. Please set your dip switches to HARD as this will be the tracking for MEDIUM difficulty.

Lives: 3
Bonus Life: 20000
Difficulty: Medium

Scores:
1st: ExedExes - 81,960
2nd: YoshiEgg25 - 50,910
3rd:


Previous games:

Dig Dug
ROM Type: DigDugb
Variation: Points [Marathon Settings]
3/18/12 - 3/24/12

Scores:
1st: ExedExes - 83,940

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BurgerTime
ROM Type: Data East Set 1
Variation: Points
3/11/12 - 3/17/12

Scores:
1st: ExedExes - 57,400
2nd: the King - 49,700
3rd: YoshiEgg25 - 18,300

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Q*Bert
ROM Type: US Set 1
Settings: Marathon
3/4/12 - 3/10/12

Scores:
1st: YoshiEgg25 - 127,075
2nd: ExedExes - 40,365

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Nibbler
ROM Type: Set 1
Settings: Points [Marathon]
2/26/12 - 3/3/12

Scores:
1st: ExedExes - 199,890
2nd: YoshiEgg25 - 164,430

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Joust
ROM Type: White/Green Label
2/19/12 - 2/25/12

Scores:
1st: Key-Glyph - 110,500
2nd: ExedExes - 66,650
3rd: YoshiEgg25 - 55,350
4th: General_Norris - 53,600

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Donkey Kong
ROM Type: US Set 1
2/12/12 - 2/18/12

Scores:
1st: YoshiEgg25 - 88,500
2nd: Dylan - 62,900
3rd: ExedExes - 28,300
4th: Curlypaul - 19,000

[sevin0seven]

it's on like Donkey Kong!

[YoshiEgg25]

Alright, it's on like...oh wait, sevin used that joke already.

Alright guys, do the Donkey Kong! Tournament began an hour and a half ago!

[YoshiEgg25]

Guess I'll start.

36,400.

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EDIT: Update. 44,200.

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[YoshiEgg25]

More scores? Am I the only one doing this thing? Who knows.

[Curlypaul]

I'm too busy to play tonight, but I've been looking for an excuse to play DK for a while. I'm embarrassingly bad at this game though.

[YoshiEgg25]

I'm too busy to play tonight, but I've been looking for an excuse to play DK for a while. I'm embarrassingly bad at this game though.

Don't worry about it dude. As I see it, this is a way to help us improve at these games.

I only wish I could make that 48K score translate to an actual machine.

[Curlypaul]

Managed to get MAME installed and working, and had a few goes at DK. I'm gonna need some time to practise I think because this game is brutal!

Is the pattern that the barrels fall in completely random or can it be learnt?

[Erik_Twice]

Is the pattern that the barrels fall in completely random or can it be learnt?

It's pseudo-random, so there are no hard patterns in the game. The way barrels go down stairs can be controlled, but it's an advanced technique.

I'm also terrible at this game, you will see when I get my high score here.

[ExedExes]

I've been following this, and finally can submit a worthy score.



It's no 50K (geez!) but as I'm doing other score challenges on the forums, it has helped my play on this and other games by doing it.

It's not a shmup, give me a break