I did it, even though I'm far from satisfied with the time (and obviously, the fact that I died twice). I think a time of <14:00 is definitely possible, but since it's almost Skyward Sword time, and there are lots of new medal games, I'm going to let Fooliolo handle that one. ;)

Couple of quick notes for people who are going after this medal:

- The author's time is fast, but leaves plenty of room for error. Therefore, there is no need to take big risks to win a second or 2, especially later in the game.

- Find a good, risk-free rhythm at boss stages and keep playing it that way. There is no need to find shortcuts and try to see if you can make a certain jump faster. The boss stages take a fixed amount of time, so you should play accordingly. If you die at a boss stage, your run is probably over.

- Don't focus too much on the timer. You really don't have to restart if level 1 took you longer than 4 seconds, and while it is fun to beat the first boss in 2:00, if you do it risk-free in 2:08, you're still at a nice pace to beat the author's time.

The medals are now visible:

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  Bullet Bill 3

  by Psycosis91

  Smash your way through 54 exciting levels, or make your own with new level creation tools!

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At 11/15/11 07:55 AM, Nijsse wrote: I did it, even though I'm far from satisfied with the time (and obviously, the fact that I died twice). I think a time of <14:00 is definitely possible, but since it's almost Skyward Sword time, and there are lots of new medal games, I'm going to let Fooliolo handle that one. ;)

Congrats! I'm not sure a time of less than 14 minutes is in the realm of feasible, so I'm not going to try. However, it would satisfy me to just get the damn thing, and even more so if I 1up you. With a video!

Couple of quick notes for people who are going after this medal:

- The author's time is fast, but leaves plenty of room for error. Therefore, there is no need to take big risks to win a second or 2, especially later in the game.

Actually I find that taking certain risks in the lava stages builds up into a really fast time compared to if you wait for some of the sequences. Do these if you're feeling confident though (aka lots of practice), otherwise it defeats the purpose.

- Don't focus too much on the timer. You really don't have to restart if level 1 took you longer than 4 seconds, and while it is fun to beat the first boss in 2:00, if you do it risk-free in 2:08, you're still at a nice pace to beat the author's time.

This. I screwed up plenty in some of the longer levels, and I still made good time when I finished the lava stages. Dying near the end of boss levels should be avoided at all costs, as he mentioned earlier.

At 11/15/11 11:52 AM, Fooliolo wrote:
Congrats! I'm not sure a time of less than 14 minutes is in the realm of feasible, so I'm not going to try. However, it would satisfy me to just get the damn thing, and even more so if I 1up you. With a video!

There's plenty of room for improvement, as I died twice and I did not take that many risks. As a matter of fact, this was one of the first runs after I thought to myself ''just get the medal already, getting the best time possible will take you WAY too much time''. This, comparing my times at certain stages with yours (the ones you listed on the previous stage), <14 minutes is possible. Perhaps not as easily as I made it look in my first post. :P

Actually I find that taking certain risks in the lava stages builds up into a really fast time compared to if you wait for some of the sequences. Do these if you're feeling confident though (aka lots of practice), otherwise it defeats the purpose.

Yeah, it's hard to tell what we think are the risks, and what the stuff is we are confident in doing. For instance, in level 11 it is possible to hop onto the moving platform right after you get the key. If you succeed, you win 2 seconds, if not, you'll loose 2 minutes. There are a bunch of these moments in the game, and you have to pick the ones you feel like you can do almost perfectly. So each run, you can pretty much make a game-plan, and my time was after a somewhat conservative route.

I would love to go back, make a video of an even faster run and brag about it, but I think the smart thing to do is to move on. If you beat my time (and I'm sure you're capable, as am I), we should just leave it at that, as we don't want it to become a huuuugely time-consuming ego-fest. :P

Long story short: Dangerous Dungeons was awesome, onwards to some new games! =)

Medals now available...

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  Mushroom Madness 3

  by SilenGames

  Defend more mushrooms from hungry animals. Now with 300% more enemies, weapons and fun!

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At 11/15/11 12:39 PM, Nijsse wrote: There's plenty of room for improvement, as I died twice and I did not take that many risks. As a matter of fact, this was one of the first runs after I thought to myself ''just get the medal already, getting the best time possible will take you WAY too much time''. This, comparing my times at certain stages with yours (the ones you listed on the previous stage), <14 minutes is possible. Perhaps not as easily as I made it look in my first post. :P

I'd argue that sheer travel time is what makes getting <14 minutes so difficult, in addition to the fact that you just can't rush boss stages. If you could rush boss stages, I'd save at least 30 seconds.

Yeah, it's hard to tell what we think are the risks, and what the stuff is we are confident in doing. For instance, in level 11 it is possible to hop onto the moving platform right after you get the key. If you succeed, you win 2 seconds, if not, you'll loose 2 minutes. There are a bunch of these moments in the game, and you have to pick the ones you feel like you can do almost perfectly. So each run, you can pretty much make a game-plan, and my time was after a somewhat conservative route.

I dunno what you do in that level, but I consider that very low risk. Actually you lose more time if you have to wait for the second passing of the moving platforms than if you died trying to get the key, then succeed, by not waiting for the maces to pass. 2 deaths, about the same amount of time wasted. 3+ deaths = just stop trying, play it safe.

Ironically, most of my deaths in time attack runs now come from the unexpected, along the lines of "well that never happened before." Some examples:
-- In "Sailing the Seven Seas", I was spamming the jump key on the platform above the key while holding right, waiting for the water to rise again. When it did, my character somehow wedged himself into the water while shoving the floating platform to the left.
-- Same level. If you get squished between a non-spike ceiling and the wooden platforms, the game crashes. (Actually this happened on a spiked ceiling, but apparently I clipped on the edge anyways and didn't die.)
-- Level 3. I apparently ran through so fast, the bottom left-most spike didn't retreat far enough, and I died.
-- Secret level 1. Near the end, I somehow fell in between the cumbling block and the safe block into the spike pit. I have no idea how I did that.

I would love to go back, make a video of an even faster run and brag about it, but I think the smart thing to do is to move on. If you beat my time (and I'm sure you're capable, as am I), we should just leave it at that, as we don't want it to become a huuuugely time-consuming ego-fest. :P

Indeed. I'm not a big fan of being #1, and I stroke my ego by doing science on video games anyways.

Besides, LoL already has my work cut out for me in the competitive department =P

Another older game got its medals approved...

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  Submarine Tactics

  by keyreal

  Sink all of the enemy's submarines before he sinks yours!

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At 11/15/11 08:22 PM, SFS1313 wrote: Another older game got its medals approved...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 3016

The new rules makes it possible to game the computer opponent. Since destroying a vessel clears all adjacent squares, the idea is to attack in a methodical pattern as to minimize wasted shots, and clear out the larger vessels.

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#$#$#$# # = do not attack
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To minimize your chances of losing, place all your vessels at the edge of the screen and clump them together. But make sure they're at the edge of the screen. Did I forget to mention? Edge of screen.

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this one, but it does have medals worth points (even though they do not show up on the games page).

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  Draka

  by nabossa

  Draka has a plan to turn into spiders a certain amount of people!

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Just noticed this. Medal points approved.

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  Willvasaurus

  by wynand

  A true story about a dinosaur who saved the world after being mutated by alien DNA

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At 11/15/11 04:33 PM, SFS1313 wrote: Medals now available...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 3772

I've got 13 achievements in-game, while I have every medal up to the 30 achievements gained on my profile. Is there something wrong with anybody else? Not that I mind though, more medal points is never a negative point.

At 11/15/11 04:46 PM, Fooliolo wrote: I dunno what you do in that level, but I consider that very low risk. Actually you lose more time if you have to wait for the second passing of the moving platforms than if you died trying to get the key, then succeed, by not waiting for the maces to pass. 2 deaths, about the same amount of time wasted. 3+ deaths = just stop trying, play it safe.

Haha, it's crazy how often you misinterpret in-game stuff I'm trying to explain. I'm well aware this is mostly my fault, and recording would probably be a bit easier. Since it has so little value, I can once again just say "no, no, that's not what I meant". :P

I can't see the medals on the games page

At 11/16/11 05:33 AM, jonathanfis wrote: I can't see the medals on the games page

What games?

0-point medals never show up on the page.
Next to those games there are three other that don't show up yet: Draka and Reincarnation: TFHH.

If it's not any of those, you need to change your flash display.

http://tally1989.newgrounds.com/

This is one of the many users who has medals for a game called The zombie diary of Rupert Whitewater.
Is this game released yet? If not, another game to look forward to.

At 11/16/11 04:35 AM, Knuckstrike wrote: I've got 13 achievements in-game, while I have every medal up to the 30 achievements gained on my profile. Is there something wrong with anybody else? Not that I mind though, more medal points is never a negative point.

I only have 39 of the 40 achievements, but yet still got the 40 achievement medal. So it seems the game's kinda screwy in that way. I'm okay with that though. :)

At 11/16/11 09:54 AM, SFS1313 wrote:

At 11/16/11 04:35 AM, Knuckstrike wrote: I've got 13 achievements in-game, while I have every medal up to the 30 achievements gained on my profile. Is there something wrong with anybody else? Not that I mind though, more medal points is never a negative point.

I only have 39 of the 40 achievements, but yet still got the 40 achievement medal. So it seems the game's kinda screwy in that way. I'm okay with that though. :)

I guess I'm lucky then, since I got my 40'th achievement medal when I got my 17'th achievement in-game.

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  Urban Rally

  by gamezhero

  Feel your first dangerous adventure and don't give up!

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At 11/16/11 09:54 AM, SFS1313 wrote:

I only have 39 of the 40 achievements, but yet still got the 40 achievement medal. So it seems the game's kinda screwy in that way. I'm okay with that though. :)

Is there a list of all the 40 achievements?

At 11/17/11 02:11 AM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:

At 11/16/11 09:54 AM, SFS1313 wrote:

I only have 39 of the 40 achievements, but yet still got the 40 achievement medal. So it seems the game's kinda screwy in that way. I'm okay with that though. :)

Is there a list of all the 40 achievements?

In the main menu, where you can choose a level, there is an "achievements (X/40)" button at the bottom.
X is the number of achievements you have.

At 11/16/11 10:38 AM, Knuckstrike wrote:

At 11/16/11 09:54 AM, SFS1313 wrote:

At 11/16/11 04:35 AM, Knuckstrike wrote: I've got 13 achievements in-game, while I have every medal up to the 30 achievements gained on my profile. Is there something wrong with anybody else? Not that I mind though, more medal points is never a negative point.

I only have 39 of the 40 achievements, but yet still got the 40 achievement medal. So it seems the game's kinda screwy in that way. I'm okay with that though. :)

I guess I'm lucky then, since I got my 40'th achievement medal when I got my 17'th achievement in-game.

I had played through 70% of the game before the medals got approved. After reloading I was auto-rewarded with every medal...

However, I'm stuck at 39/40. Does anyone know in which level to get the 30 combo in-game medal?

However, I'm stuck at 39/40. Does anyone know in which level to get the 30 combo in-game medal?

Try level 5 of Vault Defense, there are about 36 rabbits during the first wave. Restart the level until you get a nuke in the beginning, the rest should be simple. Just don't worry about one or two rabbits getting into the vault.
I completed the game before the medals were approved so I'm quite disappointed that you don't even need all achievements due to glitches.

However, I've got 48 of 50 medals in Bullet Bill 3 but just don't know how to get the last ones. Well, I guess I'll wait until someone confirms it. By the way, I don't think that beating the bosses while holding the key is impossible, but ten points for each one aren't rewarding enough.

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  Bomboozle 2

  by Megadev

  The blobs are back and it's your job to remove them from the island! With bombs of course.

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This game doesn't seem to be working for me.

At 11/17/11 08:28 AM, Sizzlebuzz wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/55 3844
This game doesn't seem to be working for me.

I've gained two more medals, and neither work for me. I guess we have another game onto our broken medals list.

Another new medal game...

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  Fall Damage

  by The-EXP

  You've hatched! But you're so fragile! Will you ever find out who you are?

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  Bloom Defender

  by JuicyBeast

  Grow defensive trees and cast powerful spells against elemental spirits!

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I was wondering about this 25 point medal, "Evil Showdown",

where the description is "Collect the last 2 medals in the secret level".

What secret level is it talking about?

Could someone PM me on how to find the secret medal in

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  Notepad Drawing Collab 2010

  by JKAmovies

  The third installment of the NDC series has arrived.

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At 11/17/11 11:04 PM, SCTE3 wrote: Anyone beaten the last level on this? It's almost as it was suddenly impossible. Difficulty spikes are annoying. All the other levels were fairly easy yo mediocre then the last one is suddenly impossible as it is impossible to gain speed near the end and the only checkpoint is close to the start, how annoying.

Always make sure to back up a bit before making the big jumps in order to gain enough speed. It'll probably take you a few tries to master the course, but once you figure out what you're doing, you should be okay.

At 11/17/11 08:55 PM, Sizzlebuzz wrote: Could someone PM me on how to find the secret medal in
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/55 4083

Sure, sent

At 11/17/11 05:09 PM, SFS1313 wrote: Another new medal game...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/58 3978

If anyone wants to know, for the last rank you will need to fall 7000 feet. It's certainly not as hard as it looks like. I have screenshots of me getting to 7000 and 8250 feet, for if anyone wants them.

Don't take too many risks trying to get the parachutes, but certainly do if you can get a heart or a pogo stick. You can't die while on a pogo stick, you can't even get hurt, so with that stick you can take as many risks as you want.

Slide as many as you can, try to do it on blocks with a height of 1 too. It reduces your damage a lot.