Strikers 1945

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:23 am

Twiddle wrote:
professor ganson wrote:
Twiddle wrote: uhh
Are you making fun of my score? expressing disgust?

That's alright, it doesn't bother me. I know my score sucks. What do you expect from under 10 hours of play?
i was bothered by the last digit continue marker

Is that where that '1' comes from? Yeah, as I've complained before, on the PS2 version the continue button is the same as my autofire button, so I would involuntarily continue nearly every time I played. Of course, I wouldn't actually continue playing. Since then I've managed to get the Saturn version, which I like much, much better.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:47 pm

YES! Finally got to level 1-6 in a Psikyo game! Nice level, too.

528,100 Bf-109

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:07 pm

Nice one, ganson. I've been stuck on 1-6's boss forever, it seems...

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:38 pm

crithit5000 wrote:Nice one, ganson. I've been stuck on 1-6's boss forever, it seems...

Thanks, crithit. I don't think I've seen the 1-6 boss yet. Rob recently said that this game is a bit long, and I can see what he means. I can't believe there are still three levels to master. And judging from what I saw of 1-6, it may soon get unmanageable for me, with my rather average skills.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:21 am

professor ganson wrote:
crithit5000 wrote:Nice one, ganson. I've been stuck on 1-6's boss forever, it seems...
Thanks, crithit. I don't think I've seen the 1-6 boss yet. Rob recently said that this game is a bit long, and I can see what he means. I can't believe there are still three levels to master. And judging from what I saw of 1-6, it may soon get unmanageable for me, with my rather average skills.

As BER mentioned on Beepreying, this game is somewhat tough due to the fact that the bosses have so many parts, and each part shooting so many patterns that it all just "blends" together. I always had a tough time remembering what part shoots what.

I'll take seven stages in Psikyo games, and five stages in Cave games.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:15 pm

434,800 - Mosquito Fighter - 1-5 - Shinden - Saturn

Bleh. I'm very rusty. Think I'll start score attacking this one after work each day.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:25 am

professor ganson wrote:
crithit5000 wrote:Nice one, ganson. I've been stuck on 1-6's boss forever, it seems...
Thanks, crithit. I don't think I've seen the 1-6 boss yet. Rob recently said that this game is a bit long, and I can see what he means. I can't believe there are still three levels to master. And judging from what I saw of 1-6, it may soon get unmanageable for me, with my rather average skills.

This is definitely the hardest of the 3 strikers (not including plus).

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:13 am

587,000 - Mosquito Fighter - 1-6 - Shinden - Saturn

Now that's more like it. Might be able to complete level 6. No way I'm getting through 7.

RealBout c.f. · Post by **RealBout c.f.** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:47 am

landshark wrote:This is definitely the hardest of the 3 strikers (not including plus).

Yeah, and what it makes it even harder is that you get the extend so late.

571,800 - RealBout c.f. - 1-6 - P-38 - Arcade

Arcatech · Post by **Arcatech** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:51 pm

598400 - AFXisatwin - 1-6 - Spit Fire - Saturn

Not really too happy about this score but i'll post it anyway.

Died twice on the 1-5 boss (wtf). But then again, first time playing in a long time.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:05 pm

RealBout c.f. wrote:
landshark wrote:This is definitely the hardest of the 3 strikers (not including plus).
Yeah, and what it makes it even harder is that you get the extend so late.

571,800 - RealBout c.f. - 1-6 - P-38 - Arcade

It is possible to get the extend by level 5. You can leach the power-up planes during boss fights. Knock your power down really low at the beginning of a boss. Then as new power-up planes fly in, shoot 2, get hit by one (to drop your power), kill the 3rd and pick up the powerup. Repeat for the entire fight.

It doesn't give a ton of points, but it is significant. The problem is that it gets really difficult to do after 1-2 =)

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:44 pm

Moved up a couple slots:

544,300 - professor ganson - 1-6 - Bf-109 - Saturn

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:19 am

Alright, I think I'll quit this one for now:

558,300

Level 1-6 is just a bit too hard without a practice mode. I suppose I could practice by continuing, but I don't like doing that.

1up · Post by **1up** » Mon May 29, 2006 9:54 pm

my first entry

339,500 - 1up - 1-4 - bf-109 - MAME

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:42 pm

1up wrote:my first entry

Welcome, 1up!

1up · Post by **1up** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:04 am

new highscore

361,400 - 1up - 1-4 - spitfire - MAME

1up · Post by **1up** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:53 pm

improvement. can get to 1-5 now lol

411,600 - 1up - 1-5 - P-51 - MAME

1up · Post by **1up** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:04 pm

I assume these high scores are set with default settings?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:24 pm

1up wrote:I assume these high scores are set with default settings?

Definitely, and with no continues.

Hey, 1up. Do you know about triggering the Gunbird train in the Germany level? This is a nice way to boost your score. If you need a link about this, I can find one.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:13 pm

professor ganson wrote:
1up wrote:I assume these high scores are set with default settings?
Definitely, and with no continues.

Hey, 1up. Do you know about triggering the Gunbird train in the Germany level? This is a nice way to boost your score. If you need a link about this, I can find one.

Please post the link. I never remember the different locations for the different stage numbers. The only one I ever used to get was when it fell on stage 3 - but I even forgot how to do that =)

1up · Post by **1up** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:47 am

professor ganson wrote:
1up wrote:I assume these high scores are set with default settings?
Definitely, and with no continues.

Hey, 1up. Do you know about triggering the Gunbird train in the Germany level? This is a nice way to boost your score. If you need a link about this, I can find one.

didnt know about that? I thought people were just referring to the 2 trains that give a lot of powerups (1 powerup + 1 bomb)

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:52 am

Check out the pics and remarks by mannerbot in the following thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 76fb9f5010

1up · Post by **1up** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:30 pm

yet another new high score

460,000 - 1up - 1-5 - P-38 - MAME

cant figure out the gunbird train thing.

1up · Post by **1up** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:55 pm

little improvement tonight. beat my hi-score. got to 1-4 without dying and died 2 times at the boss grrr

471.900 - 1up - 1-5 - P-38 - MAME

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:32 am

1up wrote:little improvement tonight. beat my hi-score. got to 1-4 without dying and died 2 times at the boss grrr

471.900 - 1up - 1-5 - P-38 - MAME

where are you at now, and have you managed to trigger the train yet? you know you have to position your fighter above one of the trees and sit on it for a few secs without firing at the neigbouring enemy vehicles.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:33 am

professor ganson wrote:Check out the pics and remarks by mannerbot in the following thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 76fb9f5010

The problem is the tree is different for each stage number. Does anyone have screenshots of all the positions? I knew the 1-3 position for a while, but then forgot.

Does the train exist on the 2nd round?

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:37 am

You're in luck. Some info on the old high score thread:
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=733

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:04 am

landshark wrote:
professor ganson wrote:Check out the pics and remarks by mannerbot in the following thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 76fb9f5010
The problem is the tree is different for each stage number. Does anyone have screenshots of all the positions? I knew the 1-3 position for a while, but then forgot.

Does the train exist on the 2nd round?

No need. on that web-thread with the screen shots of spitfire hovering above the (stage3 tree). the tree directly below that is for (stage4). the trees for stages1-2 are on the right side virtually parallel. and yeah the train is on the 2nd loop. its just a little harder to skillfully deal with.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:39 am

Is this right?

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:25 am

landshark wrote:Is this right?

No not quite, your a little off target. that same digi pic of spitfire hovering directly above a tree, is STAGE3. the tree neighbouring that is STAGE4. STAGE1-2, well you cant see those two trees on that digi pic because they are cut off on the top right hand corner of the screen which doesnt help matters.