Fantasy Zone (plus: No Shop Challenge)

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:05 am

Scores are from the arcade version (Saturn Sega Ages version would be fine too). I might start tables for other versions if someone shows some interest. Format is NAME - SCORE - LEVEL. Autofire scores are now kept seperately.

If you are feeling like a particular bad ass, go ahead and try the No Shop Challenge. As the name implies, you may not purchase any items from the shop. There will be a seperate table kept for this. Format is NAME - SCORE - LEVEL.

Fantasy Zone Arcade:
1) Kaiser - 8,480,600 - 3-3
2) Andi - 137,900 - 6
3)
With Autofire:
1) incognoscente - 12,880,700 - 3-2
2) saucykobold - 11,516,660 - 3-3
3) zinger - 5,361,200 - 2-2
4) GaijinPunch - 3,533,780 - 2-1
5) RFP - 1,720,280 - 2-2
6) Andi - 1,339,700 - 2-3
7)

Fantasy Zone No Shop Challenge:
1) incognoscente - 146,820 - 5
2) Skyline - 124,450 - 4
3) Andi - 117,240 - 5
4) Skyline - 89,740 - 3
5) Bloodreign - 81,300 - 3
6) Kagami HiME - 74,980 - 3
7) Ed Obscuro - 69,480 - 3
8)
With Autofire:
1) saucykobold - 255,720 - 8
2) incognoscente - 163,080 - 6
3) Kagami HiME - 129,980 - 5
4) RFP - 109,980 - 4
5)

PCE:
1)

PCE No Shop Challenge:
1)
With Autofire:
1) incognoscente - 399,900 - 8
2) Sonic R - 196,100 - 7
3)

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:20 pm

Bumping topic with a new update. Hopefully I'll outdo my current mediocre scores soon.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:49 am

RFP - 214 440 - R.8 - MAME (AUTO)

Maybe it takes the fun/challenge out of things but once I saw the replays from the Sega Saturn version, it's obvious that auto-fire was afoot.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:19 am

The enemies eventually flood areas if a stage is taken too long to beat.

Bloodreign - 39,460 (MAME) Area 2 NO SHOP

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:13 pm

Updated! Thanks for the heads up Bloodreign!

I didn't use autofire on my high score (it can be turned off in the options), but since there are only two scores right now, I'm not going to split the tables into autofire on and off.

Bloodreign: Yes. At first I thought that maybe just chilling in level one and killing the enemies over and over might be a way to break the no shop challenge and get really cheap high scores, unfortunately, you get overrun really fast. It's tough.

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:47 am

Ps2 version arcade mode plays exactly like original
Kaiser - 280,140 - R.8(Stuck at last boss) - PS2

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:18 pm

No shop use.

Tabas (stage 2) 35,060 (this play anyway, had a few quick deaths at the end and was too frustrated to go on). Played Set 2 in MAME.

God, I hate floaty games. Worst thing about Defender, too.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:08 am

Ahh, making real progress in the challenge now (I haven't even bothered using the shop before):

69,480, round 3 (La Dune), NO SHOP

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:41 pm

Shit Ed, I'm at my parents house this week, but when I get home and in front of my Saturn...oh shit, your score is going down.

Maybe. If I'm lucky.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:03 am

No Shop

RFP - 109 980 - Rd.4 Auto-fire

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:38 pm

No Shop

Andi - 117,240 - 5 - no autofire

Hopefully that will keep me on top for a while. Round 5 is a nightmare with no shop. The spawners takes so long to kill, meanwhile the screen is practically filled with bullets.

I also updated my regular mode score very slightly.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:45 pm

No Shop Stage 2 - 49,500

An improvement for sure, but those enemies, graaah.

Edit: 81,300 stage 3 NO SHOP

My arms are now officially worn out.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:45 pm

Skyline - 89,740 - Round 3 - No Shop

Need to spread out my shots a little more on Round 3's Boss, as opposed to concentrating on destroying one beam cannon at a time.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:30 pm

Skyline wrote:Need to spread out my shots a little more on Round 3's Boss, as opposed to concentrating on destroying one beam cannon at a time.

I destroy them one or two cannons at a time and seem to have good luck. I start at the top using the drop bombs to kill all the way down to the last two cannons, then I take little potshots at those until they're destroyed. It works pretty well. If you're having lots of trouble, you might try it.

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:31 pm

Andi wrote:
Skyline wrote:Need to spread out my shots a little more on Round 3's Boss, as opposed to concentrating on destroying one beam cannon at a time.
I destroy them one or two cannons at a time and seem to have good luck. I start at the top using the drop bombs to kill all the way down to the last two cannons, then I take little potshots at those until they're destroyed. It works pretty well. If you're having lots of trouble, you might try it.

Change your strategy on him, destroy the lower ones at least to the center cannon, then just bomb rest of cannons from top

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:46 pm

Thanks for the input. Ended up using pretty much only the bombs on the Round 3 Boss this time around.

Skyline - 124,450 - 4 - No Shop

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:46 pm

incognoscente - 7,031,380 - 11 - autofire
MAME: Fantasy Zone (set 2, unprotected)

On the loop all extra lives, gold, and weapons are removed. You can keep your speedups at least :)

End of loop bonus is a hefty (gold * 10) + (lives * 1,000,000).

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:50 pm

incognoscente wrote:incognoscente - 7,031,380 - 11 - autofire
MAME: Fantasy Zone (set 2, unprotected)

On the loop all extra lives, gold, and weapons are removed. You can keep your speedups at least

End of loop bonus is a hefty (gold * 10) + (lives * 1,000,000).

Nicely done.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:07 am

incognoscente wrote:incognoscente - 7,031,380 - 11 - autofire
MAME: Fantasy Zone (set 2, unprotected)

Nice work man. Nice work. So, basically, when you clear the game, your score in like tenfold. That's dope.

If we get one more score with autofire, I'll start another board for it.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:41 pm

Score Up:
incognoscente - 12,880,700 - 18 - autofire
MAME: Fantasy Zone (set 2, unprotected)

1-life clear of first 2 loops, died on second stage of third loop. (Embarassing.)

No Shop:
incognoscente - 163,080 - 6 - autofire

A correction: lives and gold are converted into points at the end of a loop, but weapons remain.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:18 am

Would scores be acceptable from Turbo Grafx 16 Fantasy Zone?

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:58 pm

Sonic R wrote:Would scores be acceptable from Turbo Grafx 16 Fantasy Zone?

Maybe. How authentic to the arcade version is it? I'm not too big of a stickler, but there won't be much of a sense of competition if people are playing vastly differenty versions of the game. Any know the differences between the versions?

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:22 pm

I found some you tube clips of arcade Fantasy Zone and it seems that the Turbo Grafx version is pretty spot on.

I have a score (no shop) to submit but I used rapid fire and it makes the games MUCH more manageable.

EDIT:
Anyways I'll post my score:

No Shop
Sonic R - 196,100 - 7 - autofire (TG-16)

I cannot defeat the stage 7 boss without speed ups

He moves too fast when he is almost die.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:51 pm

Some of the differences I spotted:

PCE version's enemy and bullet speeds are overall slower than the arcade release.
PCE version starts the player with extra lives.
Opa Opa's base movement speed is increased.
Enemies are much less likely to shoot in the PCE version and stage difficulty takes longer to increase.
Popporz (Stage 5 boss) has different shooting behavior. [This seems to be a problem of all conversions, including the PS2 version.]
Coin system is a little off. I would need to spend more time to discern exactly how it is working.
IDA-2 (stage 7 boss) has fewer hitpoints and cannot jump as far.
Final boss's 5th pod behavior is modified.

PCE/TG-16 version is overall easier, especially in the no shop challenge. eg:

No Shop:
incognoscente - 399,900 - 8 - autofire
Fantasy Zone, TG-16 version via MagicEngine.

This was my first time playing this version. Died on the final attack of the final boss.

Sonic R: Know precisely when IDA-2 can take damage and when it can't. Keep shooting during the entire encounter, but lob bombs to hit the boss right when it can take damage. This will allow you to take it down a little faster and is practically required when looping the arcade version.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:06 pm

incognoscente wrote: Sonic R: Know precisely when IDA-2 can take damage and when it can't. Keep shooting during the entire encounter, but lob bombs to hit the boss right when it can take damage. This will allow you to take it down a little faster and is practically required when looping the arcade version.

Thanks for tip

I'll have to give it another go.

I've never play the arcade Fantasy Zone and play the SMS version many years ago. The TG-16 is pretty much the only one I know

There is not much difference in challenge from no shop and shopping to me other than buying speed ups - only thing I buy anyway.
Maybe a different table or even a separate thread for TG-16/PCE?

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:56 pm

I've now split up autofire and regular mode scores. I mean, it's cool if you don't have any balls and want to play with autofire - no one will judge you. But you'll now be banished to your own table.

Kidding. Keep the scores coming. Autofire or not.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:11 am

I will post a score for regular game on TG-16 this weekend (likely Sunday) when I flip TV back.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:55 pm

No Shop, No Autofire:
incognoscente - 146,820 - 5
MAME: Fantasy Zone (set 2, unprotected)

I wish I could do a normal clear sans autofire, but I'm very out of practice with the joystick.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:58 am

Nice work dude. I'm impressed.

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:29 am

Fantasy Zone Arcade No Autofire

Kaiser - 8,480.600 - 19 (3-3)

Whoo..... i finally 1cc'd that game + glitched final boss two times in a row on final minion... (i got him stuck in his maze dunno how)