Looks like 3 votes for BigJoe so far; it's 4 votes if you count my vote.

Here's why I think BigJoe's quest should win:

First off, as many others have said, this quest arguably does the best job of demonstrating "NES limitations". It's a difficult quest, which I understand may turn away some folks, but, if I'm allowed to have a vote, I want the winner to be a hard quest. It's hard, yet fair. Secrets are well hidden, though not impossible or tedious to find. But NES authenticity and difficulty don't mean anything if the quest isn't fun to play - fortunately, BigJoe's quest is helluva lot of fun. Importantly, the pacing is excellent (e.g. acquiring the whistle, bracelet, & ladder gets you access to a HC), which I feel is one of the most important aspects of getting a good "fun factor" score.

Here's a longer review I wrote in Jan 2014:
http://armageddongames.net/showthrea...l=1#post900450

Congrats to all of the finalists. I sincerely enjoyed playing everyone's entries.