DoDonPachi (New Thread)

Vin45 · Post by **Vin45** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:00 am

Vin45 - 18,587,620 - C-S - 1-5 - 159 - mame

not so great, just started getting into these a few weeks ago

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:20 am

I've been working on getting 50mil with no such luck. I really should have 50million by now but I don't! here's my best effort so far.

Buha - 45,166,720 - Ship C - Shot - Area 6 - Max Hit 368 - MAME

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:37 am

Edge wrote:After some hours experimenting with save states in Mame...

OT: Which version of Mame are you guys using? I would really like to be able to practice certain bosses and sections of levels but when I try to use save states in DP or DDP I get an error saying something like "Unable to save due to anomalous timers".

I've tried Mame, MamePlus, and Mame32 and they all give me the same error.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:35 pm

BUHA wrote:I've been working on getting 50mil with no such luck. I really should have 50million by now but I don't! here's my best effort so far.

Buha - 45,166,720 - Ship C - Shot - Area 6 - Max Hit 368 - MAME

But with 368 max hit , you should be granted the second loop (for C ship), when you finish level 6 that is....then you will clear 50M.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:39 pm

Shalashaska wrote:
Edge wrote:After some hours experimenting with save states in Mame...
OT: Which version of Mame are you guys using? I would really like to be able to practice certain bosses and sections of levels but when I try to use save states in DP or DDP I get an error saying something like "Unable to save due to anomalous timers".

I've tried Mame, MamePlus, and Mame32 and they all give me the same error.

I was getting that error from Mameplus after version .99, but I'm now that I'm using .101u5 they turned it on again, but the games seem to lock up more often now with savestates. .102u5 seems to be the latest, I'd try working with that first.
http://www3.emu-zone.org/host/mameplus/

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:19 am

Dave K:

I haven't even been to the 6th boss in a while, let along get close to beating him!

With the score tricks I know and if I play at my full potential I should be able to get 50M in the first loop. I just keep blowing it!

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:01 pm

Dave_K. wrote:I was getting that error from Mameplus after version .99, but I'm now that I'm using .101u5 they turned it on again, but the games seem to lock up more often now with savestates. .102u5 seems to be the latest, I'd try working with that first.

Hmmm, well I'm using .102u5 but still get the same error. Maybe I should revert back to an older version until the error is fixed (or maybe it's just something wrong with me/my computer).

Anyway, thanks for the reply and info.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:46 am

Hiya, had a few games for fun over the last few days, and this came out of nowhere..

Smraedis - 54,593,590 - C-S - 2-1 - 353

Only just beats my old best of 54.321m too.

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:46 pm

BUHA - 47,430,130 - C-S - max hit 286 - area 6

Slowly working up to 50mil

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 3:52 pm

Updated.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:44 pm

New score

MOSQUITO FIGHTER - 22,526,370 - A-S - 1-6 - 185 - Saturn

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:25 pm

I just got the PSX version of this game so I guess I might as well throw up a score.

Shalashaska - 31,928,670 - A-L - 1-6 - 188 - PSX

The timing in this port really is a bit different in some areas which leads to lots of broken chains.

The lack of slowdown changes the game up too.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:37 pm

Have you tried turning on the "wait" option? You have to pause mid-game to do so, otherwise the game runs a bit too fast. I had the same problem at first, until someone else here (I think it was SAM) clued me in.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:27 pm

Edged ahead of ya Mosquito Fighter! Just!!

Moving Target 22'603'920 C-S 1-5 216 RE-EDIT: Arcade version saturn format

If I could just make it past the multiple red needle shooting green ships in stage 3 without dying I could drastically improve my score I think, also other stupid deaths early on are common for me. I always seem to switch on in stage 5, love that stage. I do a lot better in some of the boss fights if I actually stop firing during problematic bullet waves, helps me learn them better... and stay alive longer.

If ever there was a game I'd want to master over all others its DoDonpachi, its a fine game indeed. A masterpiece.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:17 pm

Wow man that was quick. Close call too. Thought I had you there.

I'm not too bad at stage 3 chaning aside. The only part that gives me trouble is the last row of those green ships which I can usually get through by staying to the far side of the screen. Stage 3 boss is not too difficult to me. Stage 2 boss seems to give me a more difficult time. Keep on dying at the tank boss pattern with the thinly spaced blue bullets. Which must be avoided to keep the bomb multiplier bonus through stage 3. I need to figure out a way to save more bombs for stage 6. I've gotta clear this game.

Gopher's Ambition · Post by **Gopher's Ambition** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:13 pm

14 Million (sorry, don't have the exact number) 1-4, Type A-L, Mame

I died right at the beginning of level 4... and I can usually one life the level

I guess the pressure got to me... usually the artillery of the level 3 boss gets me (can't seem to destroy the sidearms quickly enough). Those de-cloaking ships mess me up with their uber slow shots too.

I used to be a C-S or C-L player, but I gave A-L a try, and haven't gone back since. For me, the speed just can't be beat when faced with those massive bullet storms that get chucked at you during the last 3 levels. I once one-lifed the first 2-3rds of level 5 (on my second credit), but lost it at those blasted spread turrets just before the missile launching corvettes (can beat them now... but...)

About Mame: after version 0.99 (I think), they switched to a different method of savestates. The switch was made because the old one was very buggy (for most games, you needed a blank screen to load one, or you'd get graphical anomolies). However, in doing this, a lot of games no longer worked with savestates, since the new method requires specific programming for each individual game to work.

So basically you'll need an old version to use them.

ave · Post by **ave** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:49 pm

aventus - 9,723,580 - Ship A (red), Laser - Area 4

I have it since yesterday and .. what a hell of a good game! I am also very delighted that the red Laser looks just like in DDP3 =)
I don't play it for score as you may have noticed on my score. My highest combo is 140 in Stage 2.

If I would have survived only 10s longer, the STG4-Boss were dead and I'd have a score of ~11m >_>

PS: I used bombs

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:54 pm

MOSQUITO FIGHTER wrote:Wow man that was quick. Close call too. Thought I had you there.

I'm not too bad at stage 3 chaning aside. The only part that gives me trouble is the last row of those green ships which I can usually get through by staying to the far side of the screen. Stage 3 boss is not too difficult to me. Stage 2 boss seems to give me a more difficult time. Keep on dying at the tank boss pattern with the thinly spaced blue bullets. Which must be avoided to keep the bomb multiplier bonus through stage 3. I need to figure out a way to save more bombs for stage 6. I've gotta clear this game.

Its the last set of green ships that normally catches me out too, the previous ones you can take care of by destroying the accompanying large ships which clears the bullets. After playing espgaluda I'm finding the boss fights much easier, theres only one of the last waves on the stage 2 boss(the very fast spread of pink and blue bullets) that catches me out, 3 is fine, I sometimes have to use a bomb at a late part of stage 4 but the boss I can handle. The stage 5 boss I cant handle same with 6, theres a few patterns I cant even begin to comprehend.

If I can hold it together to stage 5 I know I can do well, its just silly mistakes trying to chain early on, loss of concentration etc Hopefully I'll have a new score up tonight...

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:51 pm

Look out MovingTarget!

MOSQUITO FIGHTER - 23,433,150 - A-S - 1-6 - 155 - Saturn

Almost dropped the boss. One more bomb and I would have cleared the game.

That last patten is so tough to hang with.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:36 am

Well done man, I'll be back at it tonite, last night was a disaster. Too greedy on early stages etc which is where I get most of the points. I did manage to get a no miss and no bomb goin to stage 3 boss, with a large chain from stage 1 also, but spoke to soon about the stage 4 boss, died there like 3 times.

ave · Post by **ave** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:58 pm

aventus - 12,245,380 - Type A-L - Area 4 - Saturn-Mode

Do you play Saturn or Arcade-Mode? I think Saturn-Mode is easier, isn't it?

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:21 pm

Arcade mode always, i add saturn next to my score because its on the saturn.... maybe that was misleading.... Anyhow my last score is in arcade mode.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:46 pm

YES FINALLY!

MOSQUITO FIGHTER - 24,795,000 - A-S - 1-ALL - 143 - Saturn version in arcade mode

Had a few bombs left too. Time to start some decent chains and get the second loop. HA HA HA!

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:09 pm

Congrats!

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:33 pm

Getting back into some DDP - trying to get the second loop, although no joy yet.

Minor score improvement;

freddiebamboo - 43,152,010 - C-S - 1-ALL - 215

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:20 pm

This came out of nowhere.

MrMonkeyMan - 120'484'130 - A-L - 2-5 - 406 Hit

No miss, no bomb until somewhere in the 6th stage. I managed to no miss the first loop. I don't think I'll manage to no bomb stage 5 again anytime soon...

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:33 pm

Updated.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:09 am

Neon 22'860'180 C-S 1-6

Not one, not two, but three stupid, full-bombstock deaths. I reckon I'll have it cleared by the end of the week ^_^

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:59 pm

New score..

Smraedis - 59,037,110 - C-S - 2-2 - 403

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:09 am

and another..

Smraedis - 67,393,380 - C-S - 2-3 - 338

I ended up going a little shaky on stage 2-3, didn't get many points from the bullet cancelers..