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Cool, I updated your score and watched your replay.
- I had to bomb on Stage 2's Amphibious tank. I can't successfully point-blank it without getting shot down.
The fanning-out spread shot (unique to the second tank) is presumably what is killing you here. Since the spread is aimed towards the bottom, you can simply move quickly above the tank while he's shooting, then move back down to finish him off. He shoots in regular intervals so it shouldn't be too hard to get the timing right.
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Thanks for that strategy. I'll give it a shot.
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It certainly helped.
SFKhoa - 5,137,350 - ALL - Novice Course [PS1][2UP]

I have a replay recorded for this run, but Youtube sucks in terms of quality, so...
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Kaiser - 1,183,380 - 1-0(c) - Training Course [PS1][2UP]

Normal difficulty
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Halloween Jack - 891,370 - Training Course 1-0 - 1P - PCB
Halloween Jack - 1,277,780 - Novice Course 1-3 - 1P - PCB

Thanks,

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New PCB score
<<will upload image later when he gets his cell phone back>>

SFKhoa - 4, 428,710 - 1-5(c) - NOVICE
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I have Reccently been playing a lot of Raiden and Raiden DX and was enjoying the old school-ish feeling of these games a lot. :)

Here my current highscores for the Novice Course:

Novice (Normal)
Edge - 4'638'330 - 1-5 - P2 - PSX

Novice (Arcade)
Edge - 3'313'750 - 1-4 - P2 - PSX
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Tried Training for the first time today.
SFKhoa - 3,245,040 - 1-0(c) - 2P

I just noticed that another condition to get the 3rd pyramid for the two big tanks is to not bomb at all. I ended up bombing once to "destroy the second tank first" and those four consecutive radars didn't appear. :(
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Yip, you're not allowed to bomb once you blow the first tank's cover off.

Did you play normal or arcade?
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PCB defaults, so most likely Arcade.
CIT wrote:Yip, you're not allowed to bomb once you blow the first tank's cover off.

Did you play normal or arcade?
Wait, does this mean I can bomb if the tank's "cover" is intact?
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Oh, that's a really good score then, congrats!
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Wait, does this mean I can bomb if the tank's "cover" is intact?
That wouldn't do you any good, because the requirements for the third radar are:

1) blow cover off first tank
2) destroy second tank
3) destroy first tank
4) activate and destroy the line of 4 radars

all this while not bombing
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CIT wrote:
Wait, does this mean I can bomb if the tank's "cover" is intact?
That wouldn't do you any good, because the requirements for the third radar are:

1) blow cover off first tank
2) destroy second tank
3) destroy first tank
4) activate and destroy the line of 4 radars

all this while not bombing
Oh.......OH....... OOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
That bolded statement just totally nullified my confusion! No wonder 99% of the time I can never get the pyramid, even if I didn't bomb!

The Raiden DX ST over here in this forum is so misleading sometimes.
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Yeah, that ST needs an overhaul. There's a bunch of stuff missing from it as well.


BTW, I've decided to note the version played (PCB or PS1) in the arcade table, as the two versions are not exactly alike, for example the requirements for the 7th radar are much harder on PS1 and you can manipulate the guts bonus with the PCB.


I will assume the PS1 version was played for everybody's old scores unless people inform me otherwise.
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CIT wrote: ...for example the requirements for the 7th radar are much harder on PS1...
All I know in the PS1 version is that in order to get the 7th pyramid, you have to activate but don't destroy the 3 radars and get the DX bonuses for all trains. What makes the PCB requirement different from the PS1?
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On the PCB the 7th radar appears automatically, right after the 6th one. No special requirement. :)
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CIT wrote:On the PCB the 7th radar appears automatically, right after the 6th one. No special requirement. :)
Other than meeting all of the requirements for and getting the first 6 radars.
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yip
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CIT wrote:Cool, I updated your score and watched your replay.
- I had to bomb on Stage 2's Amphibious tank. I can't successfully point-blank it without getting shot down.
The fanning-out spread shot (unique to the second tank) is presumably what is killing you here. Since the spread is aimed towards the bottom, you can simply move quickly above the tank while he's shooting, then move back down to finish him off. He shoots in regular intervals so it shouldn't be too hard to get the timing right.
Where is this replay?
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1CCed DX Novice Course for the first time today. Nothing special scoring wise, but a solid 1cc with fast boss kills. Though I have messed up the final boss battle, but thanks to a reserve life and some bombs I could still finish him.

Novice (Normal)
Edge - 4'806'850 - 1-5(c) - P2 - PSX
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Mills wrote:
CIT wrote:Cool, I updated your score and watched your replay.
- I had to bomb on Stage 2's Amphibious tank. I can't successfully point-blank it without getting shot down.
The fanning-out spread shot (unique to the second tank) is presumably what is killing you here. Since the spread is aimed towards the bottom, you can simply move quickly above the tank while he's shooting, then move back down to finish him off. He shoots in regular intervals so it shouldn't be too hard to get the timing right.
Where is this replay?
Youtube. Look on my profile (Username: SFKhoa) and I have TWO RDX replays. CIT is referring to my 4.7M replay.

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Okay, so I managed to get the 3rd pyramid. Getting that 5th (or is it 4th) pyramid is a bitch though. The one that you have to activate the centre THEN deactivate the other 4 surrounding it.

How the hell can you pull that off without getting sniped?!
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SFKhoa wrote:Okay, so I managed to get the 3rd pyramid. Getting that 5th (or is it 4th) pyramid is a bitch though. The one that you have to activate the centre THEN deactivate the other 4 surrounding it.

How the hell can you pull that off without getting sniped?!

You mean because of the two tanks on the island?

There's different ways to approach it. Some people fly up real close and point blank them, but I often messed it up and destroyed the radars accidentally, so I prefer taking them out with the outermost line of the spreadshot, but of course that requires good aiming. Just try out what works best for you.

My Training 100% replay is still here: http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=5V416S1M
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I think you got too used to my submission of Novice Course scores that you decided to put 1-5(c) on my Training score. XD
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After the 1cc the playing for score on normal got too frustrating for me. I find the medal timing annoying. So, I am just going to focus on Arcade Difficulty for now.

Novice (Arcade)
Edge - 4'051'860 - 1-5 - P2 - PSX
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Ive just looked at the highscore table on Charlie mission. how come no one has got to level 8 yet? i havent played this on my playstation for over 6-7 years yet no one seem to have looped it yet. whats going on people?
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Someone needs to dig out a Raiden DX board and put it in Casino arcade again. I want to watch Mills get back to Loop 4 (Charlie/Advanced).
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Mills wrote:Ive just looked at the highscore table on Charlie mission. how come no one has got to level 8 yet? i havent played this on my playstation for over 6-7 years yet no one seem to have looped it yet. whats going on people?
You give people on here too much credit Mills. I doubt there is even a handful of people who've logged even a fraction of the time you've spent on this and countless other games. Let's not forget many of the games you excell at are often seen as challenging even now, like Charlie Mission in DX. All the same, I hope too you get some sort of DX outlet to play on, I think that would be a real treat to see.
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Mills wrote:Ive just looked at the highscore table on Charlie mission. how come no one has got to level 8 yet? i havent played this on my playstation for over 6-7 years yet no one seem to have looped it yet. whats going on people?
I like pyramids.
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Mills wrote:Ive just looked at the highscore table on Charlie mission. how come no one has got to level 8 yet? i havent played this on my playstation for over 6-7 years yet no one seem to have looped it yet. whats going on people?
I did reach the last boss on Pcb board, but for some reason I got so occupied on my (ultimately fatal) competition with icarus on alpha/bravo missions that I never played it *seriously* on PSX.

Since you put it this way, I'm going to get on to this.. :D
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Just as well i havent bothered to play it since my playstion died (ie stopped running the disc) all those years ago. probably would have closed in that japanese 21million 4th loop score. i wonder what the highest jpn score is nowadays?
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