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Nintendo 64 Forever 1000th Member Giveaway (FINISHED); Mario Kart 64 Challenge - Final Challenge Added
Topic Started: Dec 27 2012, 06:07 PM (5,148 Views)
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Nintendo 64 Forever 1000th Member Giveaway

Hey all :D

For the Nintendo 64 Forever 1000th member celebrations (old news I know -_- ) I would like to give a member the chance at winning the newly created N64 Pro Controller.



The challenge goes as follows: (Please read fully)

- Each few days I will post a picture of my best time on a track selected from Mario Kart 64 (see below)
- You must beat my time on every track to even qualify
- If another member has a better time than me, you must beat that also >:-]
- Wait until I have posted the next challenge before posting pictures of times
- You must post a picture of your time as proof.
- Real hardware must be used, no emulation, no cheats!
- You must have at least 20 posts to enter
- Sadly postage costs a lot these days, you must be willing to cover any postage costs to send the controller
- The competition will run until 12:00am GMT UK 27th January 2013

And finally the person who comes out with the best times for each track wins the controller.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO PAL MEMBERS. USE THE CALCULATION BELOW TO GET AN NTSC TIMING:

your time ÷ 1.2024 = NTSC time


Track List

Track 1

Mario Kart
Track - Luigi Raceway
Time Trial

Mission
Get the fastest lap

Time to Beat
00"43"66 PAL time
00"36"31 NTSC time

Current times set by members

YogurtStorm 00"24"37
Hockylife21 00"27"73
Cabanon 00"26"91
Sanni 00"35"91
Bluedog 00"38"66

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Track 2

Track - Wario Stadium
Time Trial

Mission
Get the fastest lap

Time to Beat
01"43"38 PAL time
01"19"24 NTSC time

Current times set by members
YogurtStorm 00"04"04
Cabanon 00"07"46

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Track 3

Track - Banshee Boardwalk
Time Trial

Mission
Get the fastest lap

Current times set by members
Cabanon 00"37"61
YogurtStorm 00"37"87

GAME ON
Edited by clarky_n64, Feb 5 2013, 03:33 PM.
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hockeylife21
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Jan 8 2013, 06:05 PM
Doesn't the PAL mario kart run slower than the NTSC though?

Same for 1080 and mario 64.
I thought it was opposite? I know its opposite for SNES, PAL speedruns for DKC 2 are faster than NTSC ones.
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Z890
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For PAL games that haven't been optimised they run slower. So for mario kart it would take longer to get round the track.....I think PAL 1080's clock runs slower too so thats equivalent to NTSC 1080 except maybe easier to race on PAL(you move slower but so does the clock time).

Regarding the SNES games, maybe its like with 1080's in game clock thats slowed down for PAL - so some games have shorter times as its easier when the games going slower, with the clock also going slower. More likely that the PAL games you mention on SNES allow certain extra glitches to be done when running a tool-assisted-speedrun - to then set faster times.

P.s cant remember whether mario kart or mario 64's in game clock has been altered or if it runs slower but for 1080 the seconds are slowww seconds!!!
Edited by Z890, Jan 8 2013, 06:29 PM.
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I think the SNES one has to due with the refresh rate on PAL TV's don't quote me on that though lol
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Oh wow I'm in love with that controller! It looks so ergonomic and tight.

I've gotta catch up!

Edit: Eeeh poops... Dont have 1080, Mario 64 or DKR
Edited by YogurtStorm, Jan 9 2013, 02:34 PM.
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Firstly I must apologise as to why I haven't posted the most recent challenge up yet. I've just had a lot on with everyday life at the moment.

Z890 actually makes a very good point. I decided to do some research about the timing difference between consoles and came across this site dedicated to Mario Kart times. Below is a quoted section from part of the website stating how you should calculate the timing taken from a PAL version to get an NTSC time.

"Ever since its release at Christmas 1996, Mario Kart 64 has been one of the most popular games on the Nintendo 64. With its large variety of strange and entertaining courses and items, this sequel to Super Mario Kart offers hours of singleplayer and multiplayer fun. Due to programmer laziness, the PAL version displays all the frames of the NTSC version, making the game run about 5/6th the speed. This results in an equivalent run having a higher time in PAL. To compensate, PAL times are divided by 1.2024 based on research by mariokart64.com members."

SOURCE

With this calculation in mind, my timing from Mario Kart 64 would be calculated like so:

43.66 ÷ 1.2024 = 36.31

This actually doesn't make any difference now as this time has already been beaten by others but to inform PAL users I will add this calculation to the first post.

This now brings me onto my next point. It appears that most members that want to take part don't actually own all the games listed, so with said I want to make this a Mario Kart challenge. So instead of setting different tasks for each of the games I listed, I will now just select various tracks from Mario Kart and set times for you all to beat. Same rule applies, whoever gets the the best times throughout the 5 tracks selected, wins!

Sorry for changing this part way through but I feel as though this is the best way now run the giveaway allowing the most members to take part. Many thanks for those who took part in setting Goldeneye times (great times btw) but these are now exempt. Please take part in the Mario Kart challenge though :yeah:
Edited by clarky_n64, Jan 10 2013, 04:35 PM.
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Cool I like that idea better as more people probably own MK64/ can afford a copy instead of having to buy 4 other games. Good luck to everyone i'm practicing hard as we speak :P also heres my new time for the first challenge. All my times will be NTSC. 34"41 Posted Image
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Clarky I LOVE U! :dance:

I'll get to practicing the track(s) :-)

Thanks man, so great of you!


EDIT: Do I post my best time now or only when you'll announce Track 2?
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awesome job on that lap time. ima see what i can do...

EDIT: yup, was able to do better. not much room left for me tho.
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Jan 10 2013, 05:31 PM
Clarky I LOVE U! :dance:

I'll get to practicing the track(s) :-)

Thanks man, so great of you!


EDIT: Do I post my best time now or only when you'll announce Track 2?
No porblem man :yeah: It seemed the most suitable and viable thing to do. I'm not sure why I didn't start the giveaway like this :huh:

Post your time on the current challenege, Luigi Raceway.

I'm now going to go through and add everyones times to the first post so we can see who is in the lead.
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Will post as soon as I get home from work.

As a warning... I was 'THE mario kart guy' in my friend circle ;-)
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Jan 11 2013, 10:21 AM
Will post as soon as I get home from work.

As a warning... I was 'THE mario kart guy' in my friend circle ;-)
GAME ON ! :blasphemy bat:
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Jan 11 2013, 02:28 PM
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Jan 11 2013, 10:21 AM
Will post as soon as I get home from work.

As a warning... I was 'THE mario kart guy' in my friend circle ;-)
GAME ON ! :blasphemy bat:
ON like Donkey Kong, mon ami! :yeah:
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btw clarky, i'll ask before anyone comes up an insanely good time. what do you do with shortcuts ? do you count them or not ? do you do a seperate leaderboard ?
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Jan 11 2013, 05:59 PM
btw clarky, i'll ask before anyone comes up an insanely good time. what do you do with shortcuts ? do you count them or not ? do you do a seperate leaderboard ?
Anything goes cabanon :yeah: its intially up to you if you use them or not. ;)
Edited by clarky_n64, Jan 11 2013, 06:07 PM.
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I tried doing better than this tonight, but I think this is as good as I'm gonna be getting

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29 freaking seconds? how.... haha i cant even get past 33
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Jan 11 2013, 11:36 PM
29 freaking seconds? how.... haha i cant even get past 33
thats why the shortcut is there. tried a full hour yestrday to do it but couldnt. i'll try more tonight if i have time, otherwise it'll be tomorrow night.
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Jan 11 2013, 11:36 PM
29 freaking seconds? how.... haha i cant even get past 33
Even with doing 3 to 4 mini-turbos around every corner my best time was in the 33 second range too. :(
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29 freaking seconds? how.... haha i cant even get past 33
Even with doing 3 to 4 mini-turbos around every corner my best time was in the 33 second range too. :(
yeah this is going to be though to beat honestly. the WR is at 31:32 through the no shortcut route. that is insanely fast. the WR shortcut is 21:59 :omg: which is, well lets say, ************* fast.

neither both shortcut worked for me, yet. i'll do my best to beat this time tho.
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Don't give up ^_^

I'm trying to beat it also (just in case hehe) but it's still hard to do again
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My fastest was 38, I suck.
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Shoot I just got 30"04 finally figured out the shortcut. I'll try beating it. is your time NTSC or PAL yogurt
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Jan 12 2013, 04:05 PM
Shoot I just got 30"04 finally figured out the shortcut. I'll try beating it. is your time NTSC or PAL yogurt
It's NTSC :-)
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Managed to beat yogurts time just barley :) im sure this is going to be a never ending war haha. Clarky do you know what the next challenge is gonna be? My time is 29"53Posted Image
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Managed to beat yogurts time just barley :) im sure this is going to be a never ending war haha. Clarky do you know what the next challenge is gonna be? My time is 29"53Posted Image
Oh nice going!! I'll get you back on that >: )

EDIT:

The bar has been raised :-)

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Very nice! But it's on even more now :rofl:
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28.65 is my best so far... I'll catch up 8)
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I'm loving the competition at the moment :D

I will get the next challenge posted tonight. I wanted to do it this weekend but I just had too much on to even sit down and play any game :(
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