DonPachi!

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:12 am

Finally a score I'm happy with... interestingly, this comes after about a week of not playing any donpachi. And just to annoy the purists, this way done using the analog stick of a dual shock :p I just find it easier to use than a dpad, especially for flicking left and right.

ReKleSS - 3,975,780 - 1-4 - Max hit: 48 - Type B

I should stop trying to rely on point-blanking enemies, it's not reliable...
-ReK

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:18 am

Not quite last, thank goodness-

crithit5000 - 3,587,640 - 1-4 - Max hit:44 - Type A

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:10 am

i've been playing this one a lot lately (the pcb), hopefully stage 4 will get easier

kemical - 4,605,510 - 1-4 - max hit: 56 - Type C

*Edit* btw I love this game. i refuse to buy another cave game (well at least in pcb format) until i 1cc it. yea i'm screwed. next will be dodonpachi of course.

AWJ · Post by **AWJ** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:26 am

AWJ - 4,133,580 - 1-4 - max hit: 44 - Type B

Fuck fuck fuck. Made it to stage 4 on one life (for the first time that I can remember) and then totally choked. Died four times in rapid succession, with bombs in stock each time. I just haven't "seriously" (i.e. not creditfeeding) played stage 4 and beyond enough.

How can people use Type C in this game? It's ridiculously sluggish - its regular speed is almost as slow as Type B's speed while firing the laser!

I don't suppose anyone has a bee map for stage 3...

Redfield1 · Post by **Redfield1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:23 am

Redfield1 - 3 116 280 Pts - Red Ship - Stage 4
I need more practices !

... Redfield1 ...

AWJ · Post by **AWJ** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:22 pm

I just noticed a significant gameplay difference between the US and Japanese PCBs. In the Japanese version, upon finishing a stage you get a number of bombs added to your stock equal to the stage number (one bomb after finishing stage 1, two bombs after stage 2, etc.) In the US version, your bombs are filled to maximum at the end of every stage. Perhaps the scoreboard should be split, since this difference has a large impact on difficulty in regular play (as opposed to high-level no-bomb play, which does not seem to be reflected by most of the scores here)

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:34 pm

Ok, for the sake of completeness: who has used the US version? Please let me know, as i'll eventually split the tables, given the important informations provided by AWJ (thanks!). suspect that most scores come from the Saturn/PSX (thus JP) versions, though.

AWJ · Post by **AWJ** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:07 pm

Note that if you used the romset named "donpachi" in MAME, that's the US version. The Japan version is "donpachj".

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:36 am

The USA version does fill up your bombs after every stage. In the Japanese version, you do get at least the number of bombs as the stage you have cleared. So after 2-4, you will get 4 bombs to start off 2-5. Perhaps my memory is off, but on occasion I feel I have more bombs than the stage number with the Japanese romset. I could be wrong however.

The suicide bullets of the second loop are slower in the USA version than the Japanese version. Believe it or not, in some situations this can actually cause more problems for the player as the bullets tend to hang around the screen.

The medium sized enemies also have less hit points in the USA version. Again this may not be as good as it seems. On 2-3 there are some enemies (the square boats) which will drop bombs if they are killed after they perform two series of attacks. In the Japanese version, when you are dodging you can actually bomb and the ship will stay alive, then you can kill it and get your bomb back. In the USA version, when you bomb the ship will die too quickly and you won't get the extra bomb.

There is also a Korean version of the game which is exactly the same as the Japanese version except for the final attack of the 1-1/2-1 boss. The central laser is removed making that boss a bit easier.

I have not played the PS/Saturn versions of donpachi, but the PCB is easier than the curent mame version. For some reason the later mame versions don't have as much slowdown as the pcb. The older mame versions play slower than the current versions, so they may be more accurate.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:50 pm

*edit* i bombed and screwed up getting the 1up

kemical - 5,553,540 - 1-4 - max hit: 48 - Type C - JPN PCB

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:59 pm

crithit5000 - 3,894,270 - 1-4 - Max hit:44 - Type A - MAME (JPN)

Got this whilst competing in Ramus' DP thread. Hopefully I'll break 4 mil soon, and also get out of my 44 max hit funk...I blow at creating chains in DP...

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:31 am

Ramus - 6,798,740 - 1-5 - Max Hit:52 - Type C

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:39 pm

crithit5000 - 4,412,790 - 1-4 - Max hit:45 - Type A - MAME (JPN)

kyle d. · Post by **kyle d.** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:39 am

kd. - 4,876,290- 1-4 - max hit: 54 - Type C - Saturn

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:16 am

I hope no one minds I put my shmeet score here too.

Shatterhand - 4,002,670 - 1-4 - max hit:43 - Type B - MAME (US)

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:31 am

My shmeet too.

Landshark - 13,923,300 - C - 2-4

Wolf .102 Replay: http://marp.retrogames.com/inp/6/6/6/ls ... olf102.zip

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:44 pm

Yet another shmeet score;

freddiebamboo - 6,212,270 - 1-5 - Type C - MAME(US)

kyle d. · Post by **kyle d.** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:36 pm

kd - 5,633,770 - 1-4 - Type C

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:05 am

MOSQUITO FIGHTER - 4,098,950 - 1-4 - max hit: 31 - Type A - Saturn

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:12 am

zlk - 20,078,030 - ALL - Max Hit: 61 - Type A - MAME (JPN)

Replay available at MARP: http://marp.retrogames.com/inp/c/8/f/zl ... olf103.zip

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:19 am

ReKleSS - 4,359,010 - 1-4 - Max hit: 76 - Type B

I got to the 1up, broke it open.... and then collected a bullet from one of the popcorn enemies buzzing around. Bah. The 76 chain is around level 4 somewhere, between the mid boss and the big base.
-ReK

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:02 am

zlk wrote:zlk - 20,078,030 - ALL - Max Hit: 61 - Type A - MAME (JPN)

Replay available at MARP: http://marp.retrogames.com/inp/c/8/f/zl ... olf103.zip

I saw your post on marp. Grats on breaking 20mil and finishing the J version.

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:59 am

Thanks landshark. Now I am trying to finish the Korean version with the B ship. I really don't like playing with the B ship. The hitbox is slightly higher than the A or C ship, so many tactics and hiding areas don't work. I have already gotten to the end of 2-5, so maybe in a few months I will finish the game.....

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:07 am

congrats zlk for your cave 2-ALL, plus your replay was excellent

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:42 pm

I don't think I'll improve any more on this game, it takes too long to get far into it too..

Smraedis - 14,160,840 - 2-4 - Max Hit: 63 - Type C

Shapermc · Post by **Shapermc** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:04 pm

I just pulled this score out of the depths of hell.

ShaperMC - 4.664.300 - 1-4 - Max Hit: 45 – Type C

Tito · Post by **Tito** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:57 pm

Hola! I'm new here.

From Germany, but I live in Spain at this time. This is my first score... I know I can do betterrrrr.....harrr. Level 4 smothers me, always the point when things start to screw up.

Tito - 4,732,830 - 1-4 - Max Hit: 80 - Type C

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:07 pm

PlasmaBlooD - 5,812,950 - 1-5 - Max Hit: 56 - Type C

yesterday i became the PCB from a friend.My old Score was 5,7 Millions from 2004 ?i saw ZLKs Replay.Very nice.

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:43 am

PlasmaBlooD - 6,195,510 - 1-5 - Max Hit: 56 - Type C

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:18 pm

PlasmaBlooD - 7'265'020 - 1-5 - Max Hit: 48 - Type C