Nesrulers contest presents: Ninja Gaiden 2

nesruler22nesruler22
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MAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Happy Halloween every one! Im gonna work you this week with ninja Gaiden 2!!!
Good luck everyone!

Rules
  • 1 life only
  • Participation: 30,000
Ends next sunday at 9 Pm central time
YOUR NAME MUST BE IN THE SCORE FOR THE SCORE TO COUNT

Good luck everyone!

Jeremy

P.S I STILL NEED PRIZES SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY JUNK LAYIN AROUND ONCE AGAIN PLEASE LET ME KNOW image

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Comments

  • rokubungirokubungi
    wooo  I'll start it off with the craptastic score of 56700

    at least this seems easier than 1 or 3 those were redonkulously hard. image
  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    ohohohohoho!!! I practically have a phD in Ninja Gaiden 2 (and 3 too). I can almost do a 1 life run on this! One day I was this near! (--).



    This will be Jorge's month image

    EDIT: nesruler, I got like one buck and a half in my paypal account, do you want'em for cooperation with the prize? send me your paypal address.

    EDIT 2: I know this ain't in the rules, but point farming is for wusses (and just plain boring, so don't make me resort to that)!
  • Bea_IankBea_Iank
    Finally a game I have.

    I'll take part of this one. Can't promise I'll do much, though. I'm kinda bad at Ninja Gaiden.
  • MCMROSEMCMROSE
    sweet!

  • nesruler22nesruler22
    Originally posted by: buttheadrulesagain

    ohohohohoho!!! I practically have a phD in Ninja Gaiden 2 (and 3 too). I can almost do a 1 life run on this! One day I was this near! (--).



    This will be Jorge's month image

    EDIT: nesruler, I got like one buck and a half in my paypal account, do you want'em for cooperation with the prize? send me your paypal address.

    EDIT 2: I know this ain't in the rules, but point farming is for wusses (and just plain boring, so don't make me resort to that)!


    Thanks Jorge thats alright, Am looking to get more of physical donations,but thanks anyway for thinking about me image
    Jeremy

  • LincolnLincoln
    79,400

    this is a terrible pic but it'll work for participation. i assume i'll have a better score later in the week. new cart, i'll have to get the stove cleaner out for this one.



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  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    496,800

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    This game doesn't forgive any mistake.
  • AustinAustin
    One life huh? I'm kind of drunk right now. Maybe I'll try this later when I'm not. image
  • LincolnLincoln
    seriously, fuck this game. this has got to be one of the worst games i've ever played. the mechanics are fucking awful.

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    and of course it still works since just the shell snapped. so i'll probably have to wait a couple days and try again.
  • TanookiTanooki
    Hahaha nice one, and of course it taunts you by still working. Seems from your image it was dead meat anyway if you got a replacement coming.
  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    Originally posted by: Lincoln

    seriously, fuck this game. this has got to be one of the worst games i've ever played. the mechanics are fucking awful.



    Naaahhh, I think it's pretty good, just unforgiving. My two main complaints are:

     - throwback after getting hit = cheap deaths;
    - respawning (fixed on 3).
  • SamSpadeSamSpade
    You guys are crazy. Ninja Gaiden 3 is way harder. The only rough parts of Ninja Gaiden 2 come at the slippery ice cavern stage and the last level. It's a very beatable game and if you die at the bosses, it doesn't send you nearly as far back as the first one. Difficult, yes, frustrating, of course, but it certainly beatable. I'm in no way a talented nes player but even I can tackle the first two.
  • AustinAustin
    Keep in mind if you want to do really well in the NG series (especially on one life), a bit of memorization is required.
  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    Originally posted by: SamSpade

    You guys are crazy. Ninja Gaiden 3 is way harder. The only rough parts of Ninja Gaiden 2 come at the slippery ice cavern stage and the last level. It's a very beatable game and if you die at the bosses, it doesn't send you nearly as far back as the first one. Difficult, yes, frustrating, of course, but it certainly beatable. I'm in no way a talented nes player but even I can tackle the first two.


    NG 3 is harder because enemies take more of your life per hit than in any of the other 2: gameplay-wise it's the same or even easier than 2 (that big sword makes it a lot easier). All the games are beatable, but 1 is more frustrating for what you mentioned. Nontheless, getting far with just one life (in any of them) is certainly a challenge!
  • AustinAustin
    I used to think 3 was the hardest, but once I got to really know the game, I realized it's not so bad. It's fairly on-par with the others in terms of difficulty if you get familiar with it. It takes a little while to get used to though because it has a different physics model to it (it's very floaty). Fortunately, unlike parts 1 or 2, the game actually remembers when you've killed enemies, so if you back up a bit then move forward, they won't reappear. The larger sword, like stated earlier, also helps a lot.
  • AustinAustin
    Well, here's my score.. 228,200. I know I can do a lot better, but this was the fourth or fifth time I played it in this sitting, resetting the game each time I died. Going to call it quits for today before I put my fist through my monitor, haha.
  • bimmy_leebimmy_lee
    160,200

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    Probably won't do any better than this.
  • NESMASTER14NESMASTER14
    Originally posted by: Lincoln

    seriously, fuck this game. this has got to be one of the worst games i've ever played. the mechanics are fucking awful.

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    and of course it still works since just the shell snapped. so i'll probably have to wait a couple days and try again.

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  • acidjaguaracidjaguar
    Originally posted by: buttheadrulesagain

    Originally posted by: SamSpade

    You guys are crazy. Ninja Gaiden 3 is way harder. The only rough parts of Ninja Gaiden 2 come at the slippery ice cavern stage and the last level. It's a very beatable game and if you die at the bosses, it doesn't send you nearly as far back as the first one. Difficult, yes, frustrating, of course, but it certainly beatable. I'm in no way a talented nes player but even I can tackle the first two.


    NG 3 is harder because enemies take more of your life per hit than in any of the other 2: gameplay-wise it's the same or even easier than 2 (that big sword makes it a lot easier). All the games are beatable, but 1 is more frustrating for what you mentioned. Nontheless, getting far with just one life (in any of them) is certainly a challenge


    What's the trick for the end boss on NG3?  I can get to him ... but then I just throw random attacks and nothing lands ... the machine kills me EVERY G DANG time ! arrrr
  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    Originally posted by: acidjaguar

    Originally posted by: buttheadrulesagain

    Originally posted by: SamSpade

    You guys are crazy. Ninja Gaiden 3 is way harder. The only rough parts of Ninja Gaiden 2 come at the slippery ice cavern stage and the last level. It's a very beatable game and if you die at the bosses, it doesn't send you nearly as far back as the first one. Difficult, yes, frustrating, of course, but it certainly beatable. I'm in no way a talented nes player but even I can tackle the first two.


    NG 3 is harder because enemies take more of your life per hit than in any of the other 2: gameplay-wise it's the same or even easier than 2 (that big sword makes it a lot easier). All the games are beatable, but 1 is more frustrating for what you mentioned. Nontheless, getting far with just one life (in any of them) is certainly a challenge


    What's the trick for the end boss on NG3?  I can get to him ... but then I just throw random attacks and nothing lands ... the machine kills me EVERY G DANG time ! arrrr


    You have to hit it's shield until it's destroyed, and then hit it at the glowing orb it has inside.

    This video has al three transformations of the boss, beaten:


  • Bea_IankBea_Iank
    83,400

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    Didn't have much time to play this week. Here's a small score for the participation point.
  • guillavoieguillavoie
    211,100
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  • E-ManE-Man

    230, 200

    I was on a roll till I got knocked down into a pit. Aghh!!

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  • bimmy_leebimmy_lee

    NINJA GAIDEN 2 RESULTS

    See post below for new score results.


    I'm sorry to say, Austin, but after discussing it with nesruler22, we cannot accept your score for this contest. Your picture did not display your remaining lives, and with this being a 1 life only contest, we could not verify that your score was done with one life. For further 1 life only contests, please make sure your picture includes your remaining lives. This goes for everyone as well.

  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    Very neat E-man, that's a good score.
  • buttheadrulesagainbuttheadrulesagain
    Originally posted by: bimmy_lee



    I'm sorry to say, Austin, but after discussing it with nesruler22, we cannot accept your score for this contest. Your picture did not display your remaining lives, and with this being a 1 life only contest, we could not verify that your score was done with one life. For further 1 life only contests, please make sure your picture includes your remaining lives. This goes for everyone as well.


    I think there's no reliable way to verify such thing anyways... For instance, my pic says I have 8 lives... Either I lost 1 life before and earned it later (and lost it again before the pic), or did it with only 1 life (I really did it with 1). Just saying, for your re-consideration of Austin's score.
  • bimmy_leebimmy_lee
    Originally posted by: buttheadrulesagain

    Originally posted by: bimmy_lee


    I'm sorry to say, Austin, but after discussing it with nesruler22, we cannot accept your score for this contest. Your picture did not display your remaining lives, and with this being a 1 life only contest, we could not verify that your score was done with one life. For further 1 life only contests, please make sure your picture includes your remaining lives. This goes for everyone as well.


    I think there's no reliable way to verify such thing anyways... For instance, my pic says I have 8 lives... Either I lost 1 life before and earned it later (and lost it again before the pic), or did it with only 1 life (I really did it with 1). Just saying, for your re-consideration of Austin's score.

    Yeah, I understand what you mean.  I hated to do it, but nesruler22 had the final say in the matter.

  • guillavoieguillavoie
    You guys did the right thing, despise it is always a pain in the ass to void a score.



    Buttheadrules got a good point, but the problem is that we, at the least, need to see score-lives left combination that sounds plausible to accept the score. The missing information is killing him in the end, even if he probably made this score the legit way. I guess that's a lesson for everybody. 1-life rule commands it.
  • LincolnLincoln
    I can see the reasoning for games with a fixed schedule for extra lives, but this is not one of those games. extra lives can be skipped/missed in the course of this game.
  • AustinAustin
    It would have been nice if you guys sent me a PM about it sooner, that way I could have gotten another score in (I get notifications via email that way). I don't see much basis for disqualifying the score, though. You get extra lives for points, and there are extra life icons littered throughout the game, which you can choose to pick up or not. How would you be able to tell whether I used a life or not? You wouldn't, unless you made a chart of how many extra life opportunities there are and also required the player to either skip or pick up all of the 1up icons within the game.



    Another thing is that as long as you're not camping and taking advantage of how the enemies reappear endlessly, if you pick up a majority of the items in each level and destroy nearly every enemy you see, there's not much room for fluctuation in scoring. You can compare my score to someone else who died just a few screens away from where I did (E-Man), and they are pretty similar. Not to mention the timer on my screen is nearly full, which wouldn't have given me much opportunity to score anything extra either, heh.

    Anyways, I understand it's your decision though, not mine. I wouldn't mind re-playing it though up to the same point just to get a full-screen shot, if that's an option. Hell, I could do it on video for all I care.
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