Retro Game Championship Contest Details

Even if I could make it, I'd just be the first to lose.

I competed in Nintendo World Championship a few weeks ago in Miami. For some reason they wouldn't tell you where you ranked overall, but the guy did hint that I was toward the higher end of the scores.

Didn't win though.

Heck yeah me too. I would love to play both of the games just to have the chance. Sounds like a good way to promote Retro Game Challenge being awesome so we can get the sequel too LOL

@Chicken Brutus.....So you played Nintendo World Championship and Nintendo Campus Challenge?

@slapshot82:
Just NWC. I've been to events that ran the NCC, but I never played it. This time they were using the entry fee to donate to a children's hospital, so I thought it was worth the money. (Two bucks or something, I think.)

I did a lot better than I thought I would. One of the guys running it said there are two strategies: either you play SMB the whole time and rack up the points, or you rush through SMB and Rad Racer and score all of your points in Tetris. I chose the latter approach, but got pretty shafted by the random blocks. I could have done better.

EDIT: Having read the article, I'm wrong...I've never seen the NCC in practice. I did see another variant, though, that had Track and Field in place of Rad Racer. My mistake.

Well hot fries. If I could make it I'd have a chance. At Magfest in Alexandria Virginia I got the highest score of anyone on the Nintendo World Championship cartridge. Retrowaretv.com had a booth there and they set up a little contest. I got around 900,000 but I know I'm capable of getting a lot higher. Hmm.. If only I could find a way to Colorado. XD

I hear it guys. I would pay a pretty big entry fee to get into something like that. Ive never seen or heard of anything of the sorts come way down here in Alabama lol. I would definately go if it did though.

There should be an event like this at the upcoming Fan Expo in Toronto, since they do gaming events as well.

Aww... too bad I'm broke.

whats funny in that a week or two later i'll be going up to denver to see my cousin

Man, I've been wanting to throw one of these at my college! It would be awesome, but probably take a long time and I don't know how many people would actually want to enter...

As a Denverite, I might have to go to this. Let me know if you're coming to town.

Sigh, if only the UK got this treatment

Once upon a time I believed I could kick butt on the games mentioned (Especially Super Mario, Tetris, and Dr. Mario), and going to this would be a dream come true for the younger me. However, I recently played Super Mario on VC and when I finally managed to get to 8-4, I couldn't even remember how to get through the castle. My Super Mario Skills have gone down hill over the years.

Whoever manages to get there, I hope you enjoy.

Remember Darknyht, the only thing you need to do in SMB for this competition is get 50 coins. Most people that I watched play it were doing that by the middle of 1-2, but I wondered if maybe you couldn't do it all in 1-1...

If you had mad Mario skills you could hang out in SMB for the whole six minutes and rake in the points, but you always have the option of rushing through to Tetris, and milking it there.

Screw that, I'm bringing my Power Glove. These suckas in for an old school pwning!

@sirgrim: I would be impressed to see you able to play these games with a power glove, let alone school people on it. I remember the power glove well and how it was used more often as a toy than a controller.

Edit: Never mind... "I love the Power Glove! It is Bad!!!" Brain must have shut off.

No thanks, I don't live anywhere near Denver anyways.