TRP-STGT 2014 Conversation Week 4: Andro Dunos (2 Loops)

[trap15]

Andro Dunos (2 Loops)

It's like I actually suck at picking games!

Playing week ends Monday, 9 June, 2014 at 00:00 GMT

Dynamic scoreboard at http://dodonpachi.daifukkat.su/stgt/2014/

Tournament main thread: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=50105
Score submission thread: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=50486

RULES
MAME or PCB (MAME set: androdun)
Autofire is allowed
1 credit only

DIP SWITCH/CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
Default Settings

Discuss the game, strategy, and such here, not the score submission thread.

[shmuppyLove]

Ok, so, is it just me or is the default weapon the best one?

Also, dat survival rank

[BIL]

Oi trap u can borrow my new and improved anti-goat fuck mechanism if u like ^o^

[trap15]

Ok, so, is it just me or is the default weapon the best one?

Not just you, I've seen superplays that only use the default weapon.

Also, dat survival rank

Intense, isn't it?

Oi trap u can borrow my new and improved anti-goat fuck mechanism if u like ^o^

Love it, thanks!

[Eno]

So, what does the power up with the orange thing does? I figured out S is for speed, but no clue on that one.

Ok, so, is it just me or is the default weapon the best one?

Felt that way too. Also found it funny how the charged shots barely stand a chance when compared to point blanking with the weapons.

Also, dat survival rank

Caught me by surprise too.

[Kyper]

orange thing

It's a bonus item, worth 2000 at the end of the stage.

Hm, it looks like the stage boss don't time out, which is odd 'cause mid-bosses do. This means you can milk it indefinitely as it shoots out volleys of missiles (haven't gotten too far, but it looks like the stage 2 boss is decent as once you destroy the 3 front circle things it only attacks with ramming and missiles). The missiles themselves aren't worth too much - only 100 a piece and 800-1000 per volley. Also, there's a bit of a catch; longer the boss lives, the weaker it gets and parts appear to lose health until you can one-shot them with anything.

And if the bosses do time out 'cause I tested wrong (probably), that just means it's time to fill up some jugs with boss milk...

[endoKarb]

Wow the art is gorgeous in this one. Stage 3 looks amazing.

Too bad for the broken autofire. Well, actually it's pretty fun to use.

[Nifty]

Hm, it looks like the stage boss don't time out, which is odd 'cause mid-bosses do. This means you can milk it indefinitely as it shoots out volleys of missiles (haven't gotten too far, but it looks like the stage 2 boss is decent as once you destroy the 3 front circle things it only attacks with ramming and missiles). The missiles themselves aren't worth too much - only 100 a piece and 800-1000 per volley. Also, there's a bit of a catch; longer the boss lives, the weaker it gets and parts appear to lose health until you can one-shot them with anything.

And if the bosses do time out 'cause I tested wrong (probably), that just means it's time to fill up some jugs with boss milk...

The Arcadia mirror has this on record as an infinite pattern game (and also Sengeki Striker actually but we got through that okay). Gun Frontier was one thing but I don't think there's much competitive quality to be had in this, nor would it do the game itself any justice. I'm going to be bold and suggest Vasara 2 or Earth Joker instead

[Ruldra]

Best thing about the default weapon is that you don't need to worry about recovery when you die - it's already at full power!

But seriously, it's much more useful than the other weapons. But then again this game wasn't made with autofire in mind.

[sikraiken]

Point leeching on the 2nd boss is ~5k/min and on the 3rd boss is ~7.5k/min. The game is only four stages long. Could point leeching just be banned?

Edit: The bosses don't seem to time out just like Kyper said, if that wasn't clear.

[spadgy]

Too bad for the broken autofire. Well, actually it's pretty fun to use.

What's the deal with the autofire in Galmedes? The only thing that's not been fun this TRP STGT for me has been lack of autofire (I'm a Mac MAME user ), and the fact it's ruining my arm.

Is not having autofire going to screw me over this week, in terms of scoring?

[Furry Fox Jet Pilot]

I'm not in the tournament, but I sure do love Galmedes' music, especially the Stage 1 theme, it's so serious and dark!

[goober]

what is this where am i

[Despatche]

we could have had andro dunos or vasara, but you had to pick galmedes

this game isn't really worth playing without autofire, yet stage 1 is a giant fuck you to people who try

[Cee]

Game selection going downhill in both directions since a decent week 1 .

[DocHauser]

This reminds me of early Dooyong games.

[Icarus]

this game isn't really worth playing without autofire, yet stage 1 is a giant fuck you to people who try

In before next week's game has rank based on autofire speed. :3

[Despatche]

or just lethal thunder blaster

[shmuppyLove]

Gastonian forces

[EmperorIng]

Point leeching on the 2nd boss is ~5k/min and on the 3rd boss is ~7.5k/min.

It's like you forgot all about Gun Frontier week.

[Illyrian]

Next week needs to be Dimahoo or Truxton II to save the tournament!

[trap15]

Game is canceled due to boss milking shit. Instead we will be playing:

ANDRO DUNOS.

I will clean everything up soon. Sorry for the mess.

[Despatche]

and so we got andro dunos after all because YES

[Eaglet]

[trap15]

I was honestly going to keep Galmedes going, but then I actually tried the milking. It's way way way too easy. If it wasn't so easy, it would have been a much harder choice. But literally anybody could do that milking as long as they wanted. Not OK

May Galmedes rest in piece ;_;7

[spadgy]

Andro Dunos huh? At list my lack of autofire won't be quite so punishing.

[Despatche]

maybe. this game is kinda brutal if you don't kill things asap

[Kollision]

hmmm so Galmedes is gone

[coturnixx]

I won´t be complaining about this game that´s for sure, played it quite intensely a year ago. Guaranteed tech bonus for me once i scrape the rust off This game rocks, the player ship design is megacute and one of my favorites.

[Eno]

This one has four buttons, out of which only two seem to be functional and every button gets two entries in the mame configuration screen but only one actually works

At least you can't die from crashing into walls.