Feast of Games for Thanksgiving Weekend.

**Kong** · 11-13-2007, 01:51 PM

This post was edited/updated Thursday, November 22nd.
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Disclaimer: Sabby and I designed this contest. We selected the games last minute and did not practice them at all. We selected the games based on #1: bug free as far as we know, #2: games that had zero scores submitted, #3: games that we know are fun or have good reviews/ratings, #4: a cross selection of as many systems and genres as possible.

Because lots of these games are newly added and not fully tested it is possible that you will discover a bug in the game. If you do find a bug, please report it and we will try to fix it or adjust the rules accordingly ASAP.

The contest starts now. So get going!

Everyone in the contest has deposited 250 points into a prize pot.

14 people are playing:Kong, Sabby, Tanc24, Rambo, Maquis, TrakMastaTom, mj23, wanman, alexnester, trippykid, Gizzy, TNTisKING, bolivianbouncer, gamemaster77
The prize pot is 14*250 = 3,500 points.

Whoever has the most high scores in the games listed below at Midnight, Sunday, November 25th EST, is the winner.

The winner will take the entire prize pot and a permanent badge that will go next to their name.
The badge:

The games are:
ColecoVision

Congo Bongo

Roc 'N Rope

Nintendo Entertainment System

Arkanoid 2

Burger Time

Sega Game Gear

Bubble Bobble

Marble Madnes

Sega Genesis

Boogerman

Jeopardy Deluxe

The New Zealand Story

Rampart

Sega Master System

Pro Wrestling

Shinobi

Streets of Rage

Super Off Road

Super Space Invaders

Turbo Grafx-16

Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure

Ninja Gaiden

R-Type II Taisang Version

Spalter House

Hints:
You do not have to play every game to win. The winner will simply have the most 1st place scores. We purposefully tried to select games from multiple genres so if you are not good at one particular game style try look for games you are good at and focus there.

To submit NES scores press T then double click Submit.

For all other systems right click the screen and select Submit Score.

Your score must be on the screen when you submit it or it wont count.

There are two known bugs that you should be aware of. For non-NES games, the keyboard might be unresponsive or the game might pause. If this happens right click the game and select Change Controls. Then click OK or Cancel. The game should play normal after doing that. This bug is usually caused by switching to a different window while playing the game and then returning.

Playing several games in a row can cause new games to not load or work properly or cause a repeating sound loop. To fix this close all open browser windows. Wait 10 seconds and then try again. This happens more often with Turbo Grafx-16 games than with the other systems.

Some games have hints posted in the game's discussion page or under Articles->Tips in the top main menu. Shinobi is the only game in this contest that I am aware of that has a tip's page. But there might be others that I have forgotten about.

**sabby** · 11-13-2007, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kong

For example, I Kong can bet Sabby 1,000 points that I will beat him. ;D

Keep smiling there pally. Time to dust off the ol' badge contests, you know I'm in on this one (if allowed)

**tanc24** · 11-13-2007, 02:15 PM

Oooh, I'd love to play! However, I just don't think I'll get enough much RU time during the holiday to compete with you two.

**rambo** · 11-13-2007, 06:06 PM

Count me in, sounds fun.

**Maquis** · 11-15-2007, 02:42 PM

Hmm, not sure I'll have a whole lot of time to play during that time period, but I'll give it a shot. Heck, what else am I gonna spend these points on?

**TrakMastaTom** · 11-15-2007, 03:15 PM

Sign me up.

**mj23** · 11-15-2007, 06:42 PM

im in but like many i wont be on very often but either way im in and KONG do we have to send you the points

**wanman** · 11-16-2007, 05:00 PM

Lie eh?

Ok. I have 250 points. No lies

**Kong** · 11-16-2007, 05:26 PM

The points will automatically be taken from you and deposited into the pot when the contest starts. Also remember to check back here 12:01 AM EST Thursday for the rest of the rules.

Current players: Kong, Sabby, Tanc24, Rambo, Maquis, TrakMastaTom, mj23, wanman
Current pot: 2,000 points plus a badge.

**alexnester** · 11-16-2007, 06:41 PM

250 im in but can you say how long we will have to be on retrouprising so i can have an idea how long i will have to sneak away from my grandma

**Kong** · 11-16-2007, 08:55 PM

The more time you have the more of an advantage you will have. You can complete the contest in half an hour but the winner will have a combination of skills and time.

So you can play if you have just half an hour to spare but you will need more time if you want to win.

Current players: Kong, Sabby, Tanc24, Rambo, Maquis, TrakMastaTom, mj23, wanman, alexnester
Current pot: 2,250 points plus a badge.

**trippykid** · 11-18-2007, 11:53 AM

im down but what exactly are we playing?

**Kong** · 11-18-2007, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trippykid

im down but what exactly are we playing?

The rules will be explained Thursday morning EST. If I explained the rules now then someone might start practicing and get an unfair head start. So the rules will be explained last minute. You will, of course, be playing games that are on RU.

Current players: Kong, Sabby, Tanc24, Rambo, Maquis, TrakMastaTom, mj23, wanman, alexnester, trippykid
Current pot: 2,500 points plus a badge.

**Gizzy** · 11-18-2007, 09:37 PM

Throw my 250 into the pot.

I'm down for this as well.

**sabby** · 11-21-2007, 03:09 PM

Only 8 more hours to sign up. Get your entries in now. Besides, those points are just burning a hole in your pocket.

**TNTisKING** · 11-21-2007, 03:52 PM

I'll play.

**Kong** · 11-21-2007, 11:03 PM

The contest starts now. I updated the first post of this thread. Please go back and read it for the complete rules.

Happy Thanksgiving.

**rambo** · 11-22-2007, 12:00 AM

Volfied doesn't work. I forget exactly waht the box says but it says something like "try to load the game again, and if it doesn't work report the error. So anyway, I'm reporting the error =p

Wait, now its gone.......

**Kong** · 11-22-2007, 12:46 AM

I removed Volfied right before you posted that. It is one of my favorite games and was the first one I tried after the contest started but it does not work.

So it is gone now.

**gamemaster77** · 11-22-2007, 01:32 AM

hmm, sounds fun! i'm in!

**trippykid** · 11-22-2007, 08:40 AM

ooh this should be good. my 6th sense told me to start playing burgertime! (which i still suck at

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**Kong** · 11-22-2007, 01:07 PM

There is a bug in Jeopardy. The computer is incapable of choosing a category which means the game freezes if the computer gets a question right. I removed the game from the contest.

In my initial rules post I typed the url for the Ninja Gaiden image wrong. Because of that you might not have noticed Ninja Gaiden being part of the contest. I fixed it.

14 hours into a 96 hour marathon and the standings are:

Kong 8 points
Congo Bongo
Roc 'N Rope
Marble Maddness
The New Zealand Story
Rampart
Pro Wrestling
Bonk III
Ninja Gaiden

Gizzy 5 points
Bubble Bobble
Shinobi
Super Space Invaders
Splatterhouse
R-Type II

Rambo 2 points
Boogerman
Streets of Rage

Tanc24 1 point
Burger Time

TNTisKING 1 point
Arkanoid II

**alexnester** · 11-22-2007, 01:27 PM

these are awsome games for the contest and thank you for finaly putting burger time on the website

**mj23** · 11-22-2007, 03:59 PM

cool games happy thanksgiving but unfortunately i doubt ill be able to get on long enough to win many games either way ill still try. [size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt][size=10pt]Happy thanksgiving[/size][/size][/size][/size][/size][/size]

**TNTisKING** · 11-22-2007, 06:18 PM

For Jeopardy, cant you just play a 1 player game without the computer? it works fine that way.