Nintendo PowerFest '94
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Nintendo PowerFest '94 was a 1994 Nintendo
-promoted video game competition
. Most of the town competitions were held in customized trailers outside of department stores. It was based on scoring points in a special game pack. The three Super Nintendo Entertainment System
games (Super Mario Lost Levels, Super Mario Kart, Ken Griffey Jr. baseball) were played within a time limit of six minutes.
1. Super Mario Lost Levels: Players had to complete the first level as quickly as possible.
2. Super Mario Kart
: Players had to finish the first track of 5 laps.
3. Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Major League Baseball: Players had to play a home run derby and hit as many of home runs as possible.
Top Eight
First round occurred in two parts because four people could play at a time. The players who had the top four scores played first followed by lower four scorers.
Top Four & Top Two
The top four scores from the Top Eight round played and from that the Top Two played head-to-head for the Town Title. The winner was crowned Town Champion.
1. Cyclones
2. Hurricanes
3. Tornados
4. Typhoons
The Tornados scored the highest at the World Championships in San Diego, CA.
Nintendo produced around 33 cartridges for the PowerFest '94. These were used in stores across the country in 1994 for around 130 different events. The winners of each event won a trip to San Diego, CA to play in the World Championships. The 2nd place winner at each event got a Star Fox Jacket (Left over from the Star Fox Competition the year before).
Out of the 33 cartridges only one is left in existence today. The rest were given back to Nintendo where they were reused for parts. The remaining cartridge was supposedly put up for auction on myebid with a buy it now price of $300,000; there were no bidders.
, 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge
, and 1992 Nintendo Campus Challenge.
Nintendo
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-promoted video game competition
Electronic sports
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. Most of the town competitions were held in customized trailers outside of department stores. It was based on scoring points in a special game pack. The three Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
games (Super Mario Lost Levels, Super Mario Kart, Ken Griffey Jr. baseball) were played within a time limit of six minutes.
Games
The tasks on the games were as follows:1. Super Mario Lost Levels: Players had to complete the first level as quickly as possible.
2. Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Kart
is a go-kart racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . The first game of the Mario Kart series, it was launched in Japan on August 27, 1992, in North America on September 1, 1992, and in Europe on January 21, 1993. Selling eight million copies...
: Players had to finish the first track of 5 laps.
3. Ken Griffey, Jr. Presents Major League Baseball: Players had to play a home run derby and hit as many of home runs as possible.
Town Competitions
Local competitions took place over three days with the finals happening late sunday afternoon. Eight finalists were chosen from the top eight scores achieved during the weekend.Top Eight
First round occurred in two parts because four people could play at a time. The players who had the top four scores played first followed by lower four scorers.
Top Four & Top Two
The top four scores from the Top Eight round played and from that the Top Two played head-to-head for the Town Title. The winner was crowned Town Champion.
World Finals
The Nintendo World Championships II held their finals in San Diego, California. Town Champions were grouped into four teams:1. Cyclones
2. Hurricanes
3. Tornados
4. Typhoons
The Tornados scored the highest at the World Championships in San Diego, CA.
Results
The final two players were Mike Iarossi and Brandon Veach on the Tornados team and played head to head on a speacialized catridge of Donkey Kong Country . Mike Iarossi had the highest score and was crowned the 1994 Nintendo World Champion.Cartridge
Nintendo produced around 33 cartridges for the PowerFest '94. These were used in stores across the country in 1994 for around 130 different events. The winners of each event won a trip to San Diego, CA to play in the World Championships. The 2nd place winner at each event got a Star Fox Jacket (Left over from the Star Fox Competition the year before).
Out of the 33 cartridges only one is left in existence today. The rest were given back to Nintendo where they were reused for parts. The remaining cartridge was supposedly put up for auction on myebid with a buy it now price of $300,000; there were no bidders.
Other Nintendo Powerfest Events
Nintendo held three other Powerfest video game competitions, 1990 Nintendo World ChampionshipNintendo World Championship
The Nintendo World Championships was a 1990 Nintendo-promoted video game competition that toured twenty-nine cities across the United States. It was based on scoring points in three Nintendo Entertainment System games within a time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds...
, 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge
Nintendo Campus Challenge
Nintendo Campus Challenge was a video game competition sponsored by Nintendo and held at nearly 60 college campuses throughout the United States. There were two Campus Challenge events, one in 1991 and another in 1992.-Games:...
, and 1992 Nintendo Campus Challenge.