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[[File:NCC Cartridge.png|thumb|right|The SNES cartridge.]] | |||
'''''Nintendo Campus Challenge''''' is a special cart used in the [[Nintendo]] Campus Challenge. There are two different cartridges produced for it: a [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and a [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] cartridge. | |||
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The | ==Games== | ||
===NES version=== | |||
The NES game was used in the [[1991]] Nintendo Campus Challenge that toured fifty cities. The top prize was an all-expense trip to Florida for the next tournament, which took place in [[1992]]. | |||
The | The NES game is a combination of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Dr. Mario (game)|Dr. Mario]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Pinbot|Pinbot]]''. It's unknown whether ''Pinbot'' or ''Dr. Mario'' were modified, but it's known that ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' was. In ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', players' goal is to collect twenty-five [[coin]]s. | ||
After playing around of each game, the player's scores is totaled. Each scored is adjusted. The player's score from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' is multiply by ten and the player's score from ''Dr. Mario'' is multiply by a hundred. | |||
== | ===Super Nintendo version=== | ||
In 1992, the Nintendo Campus Challenge visited thirty-five different campuses including Central Michigan University, Arizona State University, and Texas A & M University. The prize for winning at a university was a Super Nintendo with ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''F-Zero'', and ''Pilotwings''. Second, third, and fourth place winners got $100, $75, and $50, respectively. The overall winner got $10,000. | |||
The Super Nintendo game was a combination of ''Super Mario World'', ''[[wikipedia:F-Zero|F-Zero]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Pilotwings|Pilotwings]]''. Like the NES game, it too was modified. In ''Super Mario World'', players are require to get fifty coins. In ''F-Zero'', players are require to complete two laps. In ''Pilotwings'', players are require to parachute from two planes and land on a certain target. | |||
The Super Nintendo version also adjusted the player's scores. The ''F-Zero'' score was multiplied by 100 and the player's ''Pilotwings'' score was multiplied by 10,000. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/06/garage_sales_unearths_nintendo.php Game Set Watch] | *[http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/06/garage_sales_unearths_nintendo.php Game Set Watch] | ||
*[http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0790&usg=__jQEMZ_UsD-hmvioZFB4iSz02BKc= SNES Central] | *[http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0790&usg=__jQEMZ_UsD-hmvioZFB4iSz02BKc= SNES Central] | ||
*[http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=68 RetroUSB sells a repro cart of Nintendo Campus Challenge] | |||
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