Any help with this list though would be greatly appreciated.
and I think Retro Uprising settings are on Medium
Out of curiosity, would difficulty 1 qualify for badge purposes?There was an agreement that Easy settings/difficulty 1 was too easy. The current requirement is 1 million on difficulty 3 to get the 1 million Trifecta badge.
Cool, if you want to tag team on this puppy. I am cool with that. 8)and I think Retro Uprising settings are on Medium
Default on Full Mode is Easy. I'm assuming it's the same for Score Mode. Also, I'm willing to help maintain these lists.
George, do you have links to the YouTube videos in this list?Just added them. Had to delete one because I couldn't find it.
Rank | Score | RBS | Player | Date | Platform | Source | ||||||
1 | 13,957,600 | Y | George Riley (http://www.twitch.tv/dk3champ) | 12/27/2011 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/f/1/b/ggr_dkong3_13957600_wolf106.zip) | ||||||
2 | 3,163,700 | Y | Ben Falls (http://www.twitch.tv/syscrusher) | 06/06/2013 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/0/6/b/bmf_dkong3_3163700_wolf106.zip) | ||||||
3 | 3,061,700 | "teign" | 01/02/2003 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/3/c/3/tgn_dkong3_3061700_omame60.zip) | |||||||
4 | 2,550,500 | "Sampras@AIVA" | 12/23/2002 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/5/c/f/kid_dkong3_2550500_win62.zip) | |||||||
5 | 1,748,900 | Chris Psaros (http://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme) | 12/28/2014 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/4/f/9/cpx_dkong3_1748900_wolf140.zip) | |||||||
6 | 1,644,300 | Eric Tessler (http://www.twitch.tv/tessler1134) | 03/24/2013 | Arcade | Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=32556) | |||||||
7 | 1,596,000 | Brian Allen (http://www.twitch.tv/simpsons99) | 06/16/2011 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/9/c/8/bea99_dkong3_1596000_wolf106.zip) | |||||||
8 | 1,488,800 | Steve Wagner (http://www.twitch.tv/steve_wag) | 09/23/2011 | Arcade | Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=15618) | |||||||
9 | 1,394,900 | "EMPTY BOY" | 10/14/2003 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/a/5/0/emp_dkong3_1394400_wolf74.zip) | |||||||
10 | 966,500 | James White | 02/16/2014 | Arcade | Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=40871) |
Using the main Donkey Kong High Score List as a template I have created a preview of what a DK3 HSL would look like. Notice the KS (killscreen) column is renamed RBS (repetitive blue screen). Unidentified MARP/RU players retain the original formatting of their screen names, with the addition of quotation marks. If a player has a streaming account then it is linked to their name. A link to the source of the score is also provided if known.Xelnia, there is another chrispy at Retro Uprising, and as surprising as it is, both are very good at Donkey Kong 3. I was thinking that including difficulty 1 was a good idea, but people looking at this will be confused. The MAME settings need to be included in someway. Maybe in parenthesis or before the list explaining what difficulty 1,2,3,4 means.
There are a few things that need to be changed or added before any of this is finalized:
1) Scott might have a different or better way of setting up tables for this HSL in Excel and text files, although this formatting is ripped directly from the main HSL spreadsheet.
2) With marathon and 5-man variations there are potentially 8 different leaderboards to track. Do they go in one post? 8 posts? 4 posts separated by difficulty or variation?
3) Minor spelling/name changes (ballas = Koos van Dyk, Tim Lindberg = Tom Lindberg, F Ochs = Fred Ochs, etc.)
4) There are some obsolete, cross-referenced, and new scores that need to be addressed (Psaros' new PB, Lindberg and van Dyk MARP scores which are also listed on TG and done with TG settings, a new Aurcade score from a day ago).
5) I've tracked down the other YouTube videos. With the exception of GranSoren, I feel all the YouTube scores from the "Easy" list should be removed. GranSoren's is the only video that attempts to document the score and give some sort of context that it is a high score attempt. The rest are simply demonstration videos.Donkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 1 - Marathon[noembed][/noembed]
Rank Score RBS Player Date Platform Source 1 13,957,600 YGeorge Riley (http://www.twitch.tv/dk3champ) 12/27/2011MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/f/1/b/ggr_dkong3_13957600_wolf106.zip) 2 3,163,700 YBen Falls (http://www.twitch.tv/syscrusher) 06/06/2013MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/0/6/b/bmf_dkong3_3163700_wolf106.zip) 3 3,061,700"teign" 01/02/2003MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/3/c/3/tgn_dkong3_3061700_omame60.zip) 4 2,550,500"Sampras@AIVA" 12/23/2002MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/5/c/f/kid_dkong3_2550500_win62.zip) 5 1,748,900Chris Psaros (http://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme) 12/28/2014MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/4/f/9/cpx_dkong3_1748900_wolf140.zip) 6 1,644,300Eric Tessler (http://www.twitch.tv/tessler1134) 03/24/2013Arcade Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=32556) 7 1,596,000Brian Allen (http://www.twitch.tv/simpsons99) 06/16/2011MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/9/c/8/bea99_dkong3_1596000_wolf106.zip) 8 1,488,800Steve Wagner (http://www.twitch.tv/steve_wag) 09/23/2011Arcade Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=15618) 9 1,394,900"EMPTY BOY" 10/14/2003MAME MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/a/5/0/emp_dkong3_1394400_wolf74.zip) 10 966,500James White 02/16/2014Arcade Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=40871)
Xelnia, there is another chrispy at Retro Uprising, and as surprising as it is, both are very good at Donkey Kong 3.
I was thinking that including difficulty 1 was a good idea, but people looking at this will be confused. The MAME settings need to be included in someway. Maybe in parenthesis or before the list explaining what difficulty 1,2,3,4 means.
As far as the Youtube videos go, I think you are probably right on the bottom two, and I'll remove those from the list. The others though I think should be kept. Big reason is the rip_49er 1800 score from Retro Uprising. If it's good enough for him to submit a score like that at RU, than it's good enough to include the demonstration videos.
If we go forward with this program for the High Score List I have to understand how to work the program. If I don't then I get locked out from it. The truth being, I waited over 20 months to have this list created by someone else. If I hadn't taken the initiative this may have taken another year or two to compile. I'm sure people thought about making this list, but it was more like finishing that project that some people have in their garage. It's a fanciful thought that never gets finished. It took most of the day for me to compile this list. This is not an easy thing to pull together.
If we go forward with this program for the High Score List I have to understand how to work the program. If I don't then I get locked out from it. The truth being, I waited over 20 months to have this list created by someone else. If I hadn't taken the initiative this may have taken another year or two to compile. I'm sure people thought about making this list, but it was more like finishing that project that some people have in their garage. It's a fanciful thought that never gets finished. It took most of the day for me to compile this list. This is not an easy thing to pull together.
Rank | Score | RBS | Player | Date | Platform | Source | ||||||
1 | 13,957,600 | Y | George Riley (http://www.twitch.tv/dk3champ) | 12/27/2011 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/f/1/b/ggr_dkong3_13957600_wolf106.zip) | ||||||
2 | 3,163,700 | Y | Ben Falls (http://www.twitch.tv/syscrusher) | 06/06/2013 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/0/6/b/bmf_dkong3_3163700_wolf106.zip) | ||||||
3 | 3,061,700 | "teign" | 01/02/2003 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/3/c/3/tgn_dkong3_3061700_omame60.zip) | |||||||
4 | 2,550,500 | "Sampras@AIVA" | 12/23/2002 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/5/c/f/kid_dkong3_2550500_win62.zip) | |||||||
5 | 1,748,900 | Chris Psaros (http://www.twitch.tv/chrisp_kreme) | 12/28/2014 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/4/f/9/cpx_dkong3_1748900_wolf140.zip) | |||||||
6 | 1,644,300 | Eric Tessler (http://www.twitch.tv/tessler1134) | 03/24/2013 | Arcade | Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=32556) | |||||||
7 | 1,596,000 | Brian Allen (http://www.twitch.tv/simpsons99) | 06/16/2011 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/9/c/8/bea99_dkong3_1596000_wolf106.zip) | |||||||
8 | 1,488,800 | Steve Wagner (http://www.twitch.tv/steve_wag) | 09/23/2011 | Arcade | Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=15618) | |||||||
9 | 1,394,900 | "EMPTY BOY" | 10/14/2003 | MAME | MARP (http://replay.marpirc.net/inp/a/5/0/emp_dkong3_1394400_wolf74.zip) | |||||||
10 | 966,500 | James White | 02/16/2014 | Arcade | Aurcade (http://aurcade.com/members/submission.aspx?id=40871) |
The user that used to be chrispy is now, I believe, known as CrispyChicken as a result of some IGBY bet.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems a tad confusing for the average layman what the difficulty is. Through all the years, 99 percent of the people who refer to the difficulty settings don't call it difficulty 1,2,3, or 4. It doesn't seem clearly definable from what I see.
Thank you, that's what I already did. I think it makes for the best of both worlds.Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems a tad confusing for the average layman what the difficulty is. Through all the years, 99 percent of the people who refer to the difficulty settings don't call it difficulty 1,2,3, or 4. It doesn't seem clearly definable from what I see.
Why not add the description to the number designation, making it both unambiguous and intuitive?Donkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 1 (Easy) - MarathonDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 1 (Easy) - 5 ManDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 2 (Medium) - MarathonDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 2 (Medium) - 5 ManDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 3 (Hard) - MarathonDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 3 (Hard) - 5 ManDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 4 (Hardest) - MarathonDonkey Kong 3 High Score ListDifficulty 4 (Hardest) - 5 Man
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems a tad confusing for the average layman what the difficulty is. Through all the years, 99 percent of the people who refer to the difficulty settings don't call it difficulty 1,2,3, or 4. It doesn't seem clearly definable from what I see.
Saying "Difficulty 1 (Easy settings), Difficulty 2 (Medium settings), Difficulty 3 (Hard Settings), and Difficulty 4 (Hardest settings)" is not clearly definable and just as problematic: somebody will eventually wonder how TG/Aurcade's "Medium (3)" fits into the puzzle. To me that's NOT unambiguous and intuitive. By including TG, Aurcade, MARP, and RU you need to compare and explain the discrepancy between all those sources for every variation.
Switch G | Switch H | Difficulty | TG | MAME | ||||
OFF | ON | 3 | Medium | Hard |
FailFish if mame and arcade aren't the same setting, you can't just use numbers, it doesn't matter how lazy or stubborn one is, it needs to be addressed adequately. <YSG> It seems blatantly apparent what needs done.
FailFish if mame and arcade aren't the same setting, you can't just use numbers, it doesn't matter how lazy or stubborn one is, it needs to be addressed adequately. <YSG> It seems blatantly apparent what needs done.
Difficulty 1 Arcade= MAME Easy
Difficulty 2 Arcade= MAME Medium
Difficulty 3 Arcade= MAME Hard
Difficulty 4 Arcade= MAME Hardest
I don't understand your problem?
I would also like to submit this bota score. It was on arcade medium, 1 hour marathon setting , but you can check that with the bota website, or a real gamer <Tim> like Steve Wagner, who would know the settings used! :-)
192,100
Seen on page 3 of the bota scores for dk3, thanks in advance
http://www.battleofthearcades.net/Game/3/20 (http://www.battleofthearcades.net/Game/3/20)
I would also like to submit this bota score. It was on arcade medium, 1 hour marathon setting , but you can check that with the bota website, or a real gamer <Tim> like Steve Wagner, who would know the settings used! :-)
192,100
Seen on page 3 of the bota scores for dk3, thanks in advance
http://www.battleofthearcades.net/Game/3/20 (http://www.battleofthearcades.net/Game/3/20)
People don't understand there are 2 different medium settings for arcade. Difficulty 2, and Difficulty 3. Fortunately I know the "Medium" settings for BOTA are difficulty 3 i.e. MAME Hard.
By the way, why isn't anyone complaining about the Mario Bros. scoreboard? All it says is "The dip switch bank has to be on medium difficulty setting"