Indie Caravan Games

[Blue Protoman]

Scores for all of the known independent caravan games are here, with download links as well. If you know a game that can go on this list, tell me! The one criteria is that the game must end when time runs out.

Click the name of a game to download it.

Caravan Star

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Name - Score - Ship

1. sikraiken - 1,711,512 - E
2. Ransom - 1,606,212 - E
3. mjclark - 1,559,612 - E
4. Zeether - 1,018,205 - B
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1. sikraiken - 1,663,370                            1. sikraiken - 1:52:75
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Demolition Gunner: 3 Minutes Version

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Lunaria

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3 Lives, Normal Difficulty, Must State Speed
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1. sikraiken - 10,356,850 - 4 - 7            
2. AAP[P_HAT] - 9,776,970 - 4 - 9           
3. Ghegs - 9,749,720 - 4 - 7           
4. Icarus - 9,382,140 - 4 - 7          
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1. AAP[P_HAT] - 23,303,000 - 4 - 9
2. Ghegs - 23,115,400 - 4 - 7 
3. Icarus - 22,755,730 - 4 - 7 
4. gs68 - 22,749,090 - 3 - 7
5. Twiddle - 21,700,420 - 5 - 9
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VAX11

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1. MrMonkeyMan - 5,905
2. SiKrAiKeN - 5,814  
3. shiftace - 5,387
4. crithit5000 - 5,133
5. Skyline - 5,120
6. Damocles - 4,882
7. Tar-Palantir - 4,854
8. black mariah - 4,642
9. fl0w - 4,251 
10. captain ahar - 4,043

Score Soldier Summer Festival 2001

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1. Aru-san - 5,046,710
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[sikraiken]

Just to let you know, threads for some of these games already exist:

Score Soldier Winter 2004
Lunaria
Vax11
Torus Trooper

[mjclark]

Ha ha - you beat me to the Caravan Star high-score board (just after I PM'd you saying I was going to put one up lol) and I think it deserves a thread all of it's own really

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Caravan Star
mjclark - 1,559,612 - E



As well as the direct link here you can get it from the developer's blog at Target Approaching

I'm a great fan of Soldier Force but am rapidly falling for Caravan Star. It's a bit less subtle but a bit more mad

[Blue Protoman]

Just to let you know, threads for some of these games already exist:

Score Soldier Winter 2004
Lunaria
Vax11
Torus Trooper

Huh. Didn't know that. Well, I'm not taking them out of this thread.

[sikraiken]

There isn't any point in having more than one thread for each game...

Caravan Star
sikraiken - 1,656,312 - E

[mjclark]

Firstly thanks to Blue Protoman for giving us a heads up on Caravan Star and some of the other games in this thread but...

There isn't any point in having more than one thread for each game

No there isn't!! We need one board per game otherwise the whole thing becomes unworkable and misses the point of having a high-score thread in the first place. Why on earth would you want to duplicate pre-existing scoreboards?

The link to Demolition Gunner 3-minute isn't working, and what about Sonic Ironstorm 3-minute version? Can't find a link to that either , only a Youtube video here.

Also IMHO Caravan Star is in an entirely different league to the other games listed here (all respect to Kenta Cho and the abstracts, but they're coming at it from a different place) and deserves a seperate thread like Soldier Force.

Having said all that, it's great to be able to get competitive scores up for these games so let's keep on keeping on with the Caravan.

[Blue Protoman]

How about I just take those scores and throw them in here?

EDIT: Also, the link worked before. The site the file is hosted on must be down.

[sikraiken]

Send a message to the people who manage those score threads and see if they would like you to take over the scores for the games.

[Blue Protoman]

These threads are very old; no one has posted in them since 2008, 2009, and 2006. I'm sure no one will mind if I take over.

[mjclark]

These threads are very old; no one has posted in them since 2008, 2009, and 2006. I'm sure no one will mind if I take over.

Well - it makes sense but it needs to be sorted properly with the mods so that only one thread for each game appears in the High Score Board Index.

[Ghegs]

I'm sure no one will mind if I take over.

Regardless, you should ask the people who originally hosted them to check. Some of them are still quite active here. Just grabbing them like that is something of a faux pas.

[mjclark]

I'm sure no one will mind if I take over.

Regardless, you should ask the people who originally hosted them to check. Some of them are still quite active here. Just grabbing them like that is something of a faux pas.

Yes, I was a bit miffed too that this board just appeared without any prior communication after the following discussion in the Caravan Games thread:

I'm going to have to look at those indie shmups a bit closer to see if they warrant a section here. Caravan Star did seem pretty nifty.

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I'll happily start a new high-score thread for Caravan Star too unless you think it's more appropriate to keep the scores for it in this thread.

... and it appeared 5 minutes after I'd PM'd the thread starter telling him I was going to put up a Caravan Star score thread but was waiting for a response from the moderator lol
Enthusiasm wins over indifference every time but it needs a bit of courtesy too, eh?

[incognoscente]

(was working on this just before Ghegs posted but forgot to refresh along the way)

I have contacted the previous board owners to see if they are amenable to the changeover.


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Twiddle has agreed to the takeover of the Lunaria thread.

[mjclark]

If you know a game that can go on this list, tell me!

How about Gaism
Sonic Ironstorm 3-minute Version and
Spirit Collect

These came from the same 3-minute game competition as Demolition Gunner which is hosted by 3punge and their website has archives from previous competitions which may very well contain some other 3-minute STG gold!
Direct downloads:
Gaism
Demolition Gunner 3-minute Version
Sonic Ironstorm 3-minute Version
Spirit Collect

[sikraiken]

Every Extend has it's own thread

[mjclark]

Every Extend has it's own thread

Oops - point taken! I've edited Every Extend out of my post now cos there's been enough duplication going on here already lol

[sikraiken]

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Score Attack
sikraiken 1,084,840

Time Attack
sikraiken - 2:42:98


Caravan Star
sikraiken - 1,702,410 - E

[Zeether]

Caravan Star

Zeether - 1,018,205 - B

[sikraiken]

Caravan Star

sikraiken - 1,711,512

I'm done with this until someone beats it

[mjclark]

Score Soldier Winter Festival 2004 (Challenge Mode)
mjclark- 18,195,060 - 685

Woooh! This game is so addictive I can't put it down. Didn't think much of it at first but now I'm getting my head round the suicide mechanic I just can't leave it alone.
Wasn't aware of SSWF04 until this thread so (as with Caravan Star) thanks again

Also posted this score in the original score thread here since the scoreboard duplication issue hasn't been resolved yet.

[Aru-san]

Z-Lock
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Score Attack
Aru-san - 1,278,040

Score Soldier Summer Festival 2001
Aru-san - 1,033,820

[Blue Protoman]

Caravan Star

sikraiken - 1,711,512

I'm done with this until someone beats it

You forgot the ship. Not recording it until you post it.

[sikraiken]

E.

[CptRansom]

Caravan Star

Ransom - 1,565,912 - E

[sikraiken]

Z-Lock
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Score Attack
sikraiken - 1,663,370

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Time Attack
sikraiken - 1:52:75

[ArrogantBastard]

No. You will not create a new Torus Trooper scoreboard. Get your filthy hands off of it. Now.

[Blue Protoman]

Your manners. Or, rather, your lack of them. They kill me.

[incognoscente]

ArrogantBastard may be lacking in tact but you don't have a leg to stand on as regards manners. He maintains the current Torus Trooper high score board, and it will only transfer to a new owner when he consents to it. Remove the Torus Trooper board from this thread or I will remove it for you.

[Blue Protoman]

Fine.

[CptRansom]

Goddammit, Sik.

Caravan Star
Ransom - 1,606,212 - E