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username - 25,256,860 - All (4 remaining), not sure what my max chain was on that run.
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RWM - 20,165,970 - All - ??
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Hey all, new to the forum, and although I searched a bit, wasn't able to find any reference to the settings used when posting score - i.e. Default settings are required, correct? I mean, no one's posting on the Ikaruga list here, whilst using 5 lives/1up every 2 mill right? Just seeing what the deal is; input appreciated as always, & I pre-apologize if I'm too blind & missed where it's stated -
I CAN NOT FUCK UP FOR THIS.
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I would assume that these are all default settings. I 1cc'd easy mode with 5 stock/2 mil extend but I don't personally consider that a 'real' 1cc and I didn't bother even posting to this thread for that.
"I think Ikaruga is pretty tough. It is like a modern version of Galaga that some Japanese company made."
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Thanks man, but I knew I just had to be thick about this, lol. I found it, default settings fo sho; it's stated right underneath where it tells you the format used for posting score :idea:
I CAN NOT FUCK UP FOR THIS.
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Hey zakk, Ikaruga Broke-Ass Edition (read: XBLA) really ought to have it's own listings given how screwy it is in comparison to the original game.
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yeah, man. my mate got me to play his 360 last week to up his score on ikaruga. went from 1 million to 19.8 in one day :lol: at first, it was just a nightmare with the analogue stick, then a nightmare with the d-pad, but those homing missiles.... :x i would rather play the PAL gamecube version. still a lot of bang for your buck, and it's never looked better, but weird that treasure themselves couldn't make it as accurate a port as the DC version
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jpj wrote:yeah, man. my mate got me to play his 360 last week to up his score on ikaruga. went from 1 million to 19.8 in one day :lol: at first, it was just a nightmare with the analogue stick, then a nightmare with the d-pad, but those homing missiles.... :x i would rather play the PAL gamecube version. still a lot of bang for your buck, and it's never looked better, but weird that treasure themselves couldn't make it as accurate a port as the DC version
It's not just the wind lasers... there's messed up shit all throughout the XBLA version:
The boxes in stage 2 often come in at shifted intervals.
You can hit Buppousou before his bumpers retract for the first time.
Shigi's attack patterns are reversed.
The shatter utatsugumi at the end of chapter 3 have a different pattern.
Most of chapter 4 is fucked up in one way or another.
The chougenbou have altered hitboxes, as a result, it seems impossible to trigger the 7th one.
Playing stage 5 in practie mode ends once Tageri's final form is destroyed (you don't proceed on to the Ubusunagami Ookinokai).

And my personal favourite, the game will occasionally just decide to spontaneously end your run after any given level.

There are loads of minor timing differences throughout the entire game that make switching from any of the prior versions to this one rather infuriating.


Oh, and zakk, other possible names should include:
Ikaruga, Where The Fuck Are My Wind Lasers Going Edition
Ikaruga, Why Can't I Chain This Shit Edition
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Damn. I wonder where all the high ratings are coming from. Oh wait, it's Ikaruga.
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LGB wrote:Damn. I wonder where all the high ratings are coming from. Oh wait, it's Ikaruga.
From people who either: A. never played the game before, or B. were never any good at it and just don't notice this shit.
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well, (professional) reviewers only have a finite amount of time to review stuff, and usually to deadline. which is what always fucks me off about reviews for pro evo games - you need at *least* 500 matches before you can pass judgement :P

out of curiosity, what's the top ika score on xbla? is it still 32m?
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jpj wrote:well, (professional) reviewers only have a finite amount of time to review stuff, and usually to deadline. which is what always fucks me off about reviews for pro evo games - you need at *least* 500 matches before you can pass judgement :P

out of curiosity, what's the top ika score on xbla? is it still 32m?
Yep.. 32.9 million.
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I'll make a note of it in the root post and then worry about it when someone actually posts a score.

I propose "Ikaruga: I swear this shit worked before..."
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Kiken wrote:
jpj wrote:yeah, man. my mate got me to play his 360 last week to up his score on ikaruga. went from 1 million to 19.8 in one day :lol: at first, it was just a nightmare with the analogue stick, then a nightmare with the d-pad, but those homing missiles.... :x i would rather play the PAL gamecube version. still a lot of bang for your buck, and it's never looked better, but weird that treasure themselves couldn't make it as accurate a port as the DC version
It's not just the wind lasers... there's messed up shit all throughout the XBLA version:
The boxes in stage 2 often come in at shifted intervals.
You can hit Buppousou before his bumpers retract for the first time.
Shigi's attack patterns are reversed.
The shatter utatsugumi at the end of chapter 3 have a different pattern.
Most of chapter 4 is fucked up in one way or another.
The chougenbou have altered hitboxes, as a result, it seems impossible to trigger the 7th one.
Playing stage 5 in practie mode ends once Tageri's final form is destroyed (you don't proceed on to the Ubusunagami Ookinokai).

And my personal favourite, the game will occasionally just decide to spontaneously end your run after any given level.

There are loads of minor timing differences throughout the entire game that make switching from any of the prior versions to this one rather infuriating.


Oh, and zakk, other possible names should include:
Ikaruga, Where The Fuck Are My Wind Lasers Going Edition
Ikaruga, Why Can't I Chain This Shit Edition
And yet people on TV Tropes just brush this kind of shit off, the same way they call scoring meaningless:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheyChangedItNowItSucks wrote:The world's best Ikaruga player complained that the Xbox Live Arcade port of the game was "horrible" because it slightly altered a few of the bullet patterns and enemy placements that he had probably spent months meticulously memorising. Of course, he regained his high score and then complained.
(P.S. Don't get me wrong, I love TV Tropes, but there are things that they disagree with me on.)
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If you'd ever seen TVTropes' article on "Nintendo Hard" you'd realize they aren't people to ask about videogames.
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An opinionated site about opinionated people?
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bsidwell wrote:If you'd ever seen TVTropes' article on "Nintendo Hard" you'd realize they aren't people to ask about videogames.
Just did. They basically said that these games weren't hard, then said that they were hard.
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Quick question are you guys just posting hte number of scores listed? or you adding new people to the bottom of the list? I'm not good enough yet to match any of those scores, and I play this game a lot.
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Gennss 843,200 2 12

just to show how crazy awesome some of you guys are... been playing this game for years and i'm still not any good.
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Just to annoy you zakk. ;)

Ikaruga Broke-Ass Edition:

Kiken - Normal - 27,112,360 - Stage All - Max Chain 175


BTW, I think I've figured out a fairly solid technique for the preface of chapter 4... and, it would appear that ragial figured out how to chain the bonus shatter utatsugumi at the end of chapter 3 (it's actually a really cool method).
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Post by zakk »

I hate you.

You are now king shit of fuck mountain there all alone in the XBLA table.

I'll have to hop on XBLA and watch some of the replays.


Ok, I watched ragial's chapter 3. That pattern is very...symmetrical now. I kinda wonder if that was the original intent of that section.
Kiken wrote:Just to annoy you zakk. ;)

Ikaruga Broke-Ass Edition:

Kiken - Normal - 27,112,360 - Stage All - Max Chain 175


BTW, I think I've figured out a fairly solid technique for the preface of chapter 4... and, it would appear that ragial figured out how to chain the bonus shatter utatsugumi at the end of chapter 3 (it's actually a really cool method).
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Normal Prototype
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score from 2005. i had an arcade score around 27m but can't find it anywhere
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EASY MODE DC

quizknows - 13,341,370 - ALL - 75 max chain

can do better, just wanted to get a 1cc
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broken xbox live arcade version,

easy mode (sorry):
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msm - 6,124,560 - 4? - ???
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Easy Mode (DC)

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Completed with no remaining lives
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Blinge - 18,676,090 - A

Dreamcast version. Can't remember the max chain

Thought this was decent enough for my first score upload on this forum =D

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As highlighted to me by Blinge on a night out in London recently, I realise this hasn't been updated for years. A shame, as that discourages people from playing. I'll give zakk a nudge just in case, and then rebuild it myself if he's definitely moved on (which it seems he has!).
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Right - nothing from zakk.

However, blunge and I talked in person about blinge taking this over. You want it blinge?

I'll PM you that stuff I was waffling on about later today, about easy hi-score board maintenance. It's really simpler than I made it sound.
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BLUNGE

yeah, i'll do it at some point this week.

and start working on a new PB too...
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I have a month long break from school coming up so I guess that's a good excuse to relearn how to play this game with a stick and 2 button control and maybe even add some chains. It could also just be the coffee talking but you should remake the thread anyway :D
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