King & Balloon

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Rob
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King & Balloon

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This definitely needs its own thread. The number at the end is wave reached.

1. SPM - 108,610 - 12
2. Rob - 56,920 - 10
3. Dale - 51,080 - 12
4. Mero - 35,480 - 9
5. Bloodreign - 21,550 - 8
6. Lamar - 14,450 - 5
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I'm anticipating many scores.
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You got one.

Bloodreign- 21,550 - 8
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Dale-51,080-12

It was a bitch just to improve it this much.
I did great so much water and milk that I threw up when I was little.
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Lamar-14,450-5

This is my friends score. He likes the game a bunch, he says the King's a retard though. I'm going to try to get a score from my mom eventually.
I did great so much water and milk that I threw up when I was little.
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Mero - 35,480 - 9

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And a 6th score added to the list! Getting those numbers up like Rob anticipated "some" time ago :mrgreen:

SPM - 78,960 - 11 (played on MAME, Japan version. I don't know if there's any difference apart from voices though)
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Really fun game, it gets super intense towards the 10th loop!

It's possible to reach higher scores much sooner from excessive milking (for reference, I tried to optimize* the first stage -on a different run- and got 17k points just there), but that gets a bit boring, annoying and more luck-based.
Instead, speedkilling whites (to get better triple balloons), shooting the others as they come down (second best values) and getting ~2 "1500" balloons per loop is much more engaging!

*Giving the score table, the best-case scenario seems to be just shooting triple balloons and herpu-ing the king (probably after speedkilling the whites as well, but I haven't explore that)
"There are three possible endings: the good one, the bad one and death" - Locomalito, Super Hydorah
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Let's gooo! I was aiming for 100k & 10 loops :D

SPM - 108,610 - 12
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I don't think I'll push it more. Will just play every now and then whenever my inner voice screams "Herpu!" but that's it (which may perfectly be tomorrow, I declare myself a fan! Best game from 1980!) :mrgreen:
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It's been really cool seeing you crank out impressive scores on relatively unknown early arcade shmups. Keep it up! I love watching your runs on Youtube. :D
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Thanks! There was a time when I mixed shmups with other genres, now I just mix shmups with older shmups. :lol:

I love exploring these, they're the epitome of pick up and play (and quite addictive!)

Here's the replay with a long ass description no one asked for but me XD
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I remember this being an awesome little game and you're killing it. Updated.
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