Battle Garegga

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:25 pm

Raizing's masterpiece is one nice scoring experience, given its extreme complexity and its many sources of points...But well, it also makes the competion easily accessible by everyone.

How to post scores?

1. Randorama - 3,451,230 - Stage 4 - Golden Bat

Please play the game and post your scores here, of course you have to play on full default mode (i.e. no easy-to-see bullets, edit stages) but you can use the Mahou characters via dipswitches.

Silver Sword (Cannon Ball, Masamune, Shatter Star)

1. ket - 14,661,160 - ALL - Silver Sword
2. Vorpal - 6,254,930 - Stage 6 - Shatter Star
3. BulletMagnet - 3,259,240 - Stage 4 - Masamune
4. Kaiser- 1,596,380 - - Stage 4 - Cannon Ball
5.

Grass Hopper (Reinforcer, DGR October, Diving Fox)

1. ket - 11,284,760 - ALL - Grass Hopper
2. Rastan78 - 6,228,600 - Stage 6 - Reinforcer
3. BulletMagnet - 5,435,420 - Stage 6 - Diving Fox
4. Ayanami - 2,581,910 - Stage 5 - DGR October
5.

Flying Baron (Storm Omen, Red Impulse, Black Zeppelin)

1. ket - 13,213,790 - ALL - Flying Baron
2. Icarus - 7,263,260 - Stage 6 - Flying Baron
3. BulletMagnet - 3,857,050 - Stage 5 - Red Impulse
4. shiftace - 2,279,420 - Stage 4 - Flying Baron
5.

Wild Snail (Iron Mackerel, Rust Champion, Golden Bat)

1. Randorama - D,600,000 - Stage ALL - Golden Bat
2. ket - 12,271,080 - ALL - Wild Snail
3. DMC - A.840.290 - ALL - Iron Mackerel
4. Cowboy-NOA - A,324,750 - Stage ALL - Iron Mackerel
5. Vorpal - 9,188,760 - Stage 7 - Golden Bat
6. Neon - 8,321,660 - Stage 6 - Golden Bat
7. Gakidou - 7,226,770 - Stage 6 - Iron Mackerel
8. sven666 - 7.050.120 - stage 6 - Iron Mackerel
9. CRI - 6,957,560 - Stage 6 - Iron Mackerel
10. D-Ku VCR - 6 713 060 - stage 6 - Golden Bat
11. SalemWitchTrials - 6,637,060 - Stage 6 - Golden Bat
12. Punkfox - 6,333,090 - Stage 5 - Golden Bat
13. charlie chong- 6091860-stage 6-rust champion
14. SamIAm - 5,809,450 - Stage 5 - Golden Bat
15. Trevor spencer - 5,586,870 - Stage 5 - Iron Mackerel
16. CIT - 5,555,220 - Stage 5 - Iron Mackerel
17. Guardians Knight - 5,458,780 - Stage 5 - Wild Snail
18. Leandro - 5,202,620 - Iron Mackarel - stage 6
19. beam - 4,915,010 - Stage 5 - Iron Mackerel
20. AST-POW - 4,695,900 - stage 5 - Iron Mackerel
21. BulletMagnet - 4,957,170 - Stage 6 - Golden Bat
22. JTW--4,898,860--Stage 6--Iron Mackrel
23. DC906270 - 4,890,250 stage 5 - rust champion
24. gameoverDude - 4,800,590 - Stage 5 - Golden Bat
25. Imhotep - 4,659,800 - Stage 6 - Rust Champion
26. silvergunner/RIG - 4,088,010 - Stage 5 - Iron Mackerel
27. thesuperkillerxxx - 3,818,460 - Stage ? - Iron Mackerel
28. raiden - 3,638,960 - Stage 5 - Golden Bat
29. Ayanami - 3,597,070 - Stage 4 - Rust Champion
30. Cthulhu - 3,587,360 - Stage 5 - Golden Bat
31. alpha5099 - 3,135,460 - Stage 4 - Golden Bat
32. RFP - 2,788,180 - Stage 3 - Golden Bat
33. Sonic R - 2,255,600 - Stage 4 - Rust Champion
34. professor ganson - 2,145,800- Stage 4 - Iron Mackerel

Gain (Battle Valhalyzer, Baster Sword, S. Magic Bomb)

1. ket - 16,715,920 - ALL - Gain
2. Rastan78 - 9,191,090 - Stage 7 - S. Magic Bomb
3. jpj - 7,738,860 - Stage ALL - Battle Valhalyzer
4. Twiddle - 7,168,620 - Stage 6 - Magic Bomb
5. D-ku VCR - 6 393 050 - stage 6 - S. Magic Bomb
6. zinger - 5,942,870 - Stage 5 - Gain
7. BulletMagnet - 4,132,130 - Stage 5 - Baster Sword
8. TKGB - 1,682,070 - Stage 4 - Battle Valhalyzer

Chitta (Neo-Guidallf, Magic Fire, Jinn the Mountain)

1. ket - 16,159,850 - ALL - Chitta
2. Rastan78 - 6,725,210 - Stage 6 - Jinn the Mountain
3. AFXisatwin - 5,822,930 - stage 6 - Chitta
4. BulletMagnet - 3,470,570 - Stage 5 - Jinn the Mountain
5.

Miyamoto (Samurai Dragon, Ninjyutu Bomb, Simhuu-Giri)

1. ket - 12,904,290 - ALL - Miyamoto
2. Rastan78 - 9,108,080 - Stage 7 - Simhuu-Giri
3. TWE - 5,474,290 - Stage 5 - Miyamoto
4. BulletMagnet - 5,285,970 - Stage 5 - Ninjyutu Bomb
5.

Bornham (Final Golgdian, Bat Wave, Gate of Hell)

1. ket - 16,401,260 - ALL - Bornham
2. Icarus - A,404,440 - Stage 6 - Gate of Hell
3. BulletMagnet - 5,116,000 - Stage 6 - Gate of Hell
4.
5.

Also, thanks to Icarus, you can change extends in MAME:

""The default Extend setting is at 1,000,000pts per Extend.
Sega Saturn players don't need to mess with the options screen as the game defaults to this Extend seting automatically. However, MAME players will need to get the romset named "battlega" along with the parent set, change the emulation's region to "Japan" and set extends to "None" to get the 1mil per Extend setting."

All the other regions have weird settings, like 2mil per Extend, or no Extends at all"

Also many thanks to BulletMagnet, for making a much clearer scor table with specific entries per plane?character!

Have fun

!

BREAKING NEWS: on 20-07-2005, Plasmo enters the Olympus of shmuppers! Congrats on your 1-cc!

BulletMagnet - 2,967,990 - Stage 4 - Baster Sword

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:52 am

How does one make it "full defaults"? I have the ROM, but it seems as if it's not the same (bullets are easy to see, no extends on default).

Arcatech · Post by **Arcatech** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:40 am

I've been lurking on these forums for quite a while and finally decided to register. Anyways, here's my score.

AFXisatwin - 5,102,260 - stage 6 - Golden Bat

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:18 am

TomTom, let me check and i'll post it ASAP

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:30 pm

raiden - 2,996,020 - Stage 4 - Golden Bat

my old score used to be somewhere around 5mio., but I haven´t written it down, so I´ll start from scratch. Damn, I had 3 lives left at the end of stage 4 and was so sure I would reach 5, but then my nerves gave in.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:46 pm

raiden - 3,638,960 - Stage 5 - Golden Bat

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:26 am

is there no alternative crafts allowed i.e. can we only use 'a' to select a ship or are faster craft etc allowed?

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:11 am

the Golden Bat, which was the ship Randorama specified in his first posting, is an alternative version craft, so...

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:04 am

All ship types are allowed, if you want the B+C (smaller hit area and faster) type just let the selection screen time out. As long as it's full default (extend every 1M, still need to check the trick for MAME

, normal difficulty, normal bullets ), everything else is ok (well, turn on the Mahou characters, inserting the trick every time is a pain).

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:30 pm

after the confusion thats going on in the Raiden score board could someone clarify whether the saturn default difficulty settings are the same as the pcb default settings please?

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:10 am

That depends on which region your PCB is set at.

From my ST:

"The default Extend setting is at 1,000,000pts per Extend.
Sega Saturn players don't need to mess with the options screen as the game defaults to this Extend seting automatically. However, MAME players will need to get the romset named "battlega" along with the parent set, change the emulation's region to "Japan" and set extends to "None" to get the 1mil per Extend setting."

All the other regions have weird settings, like 2mil per Extend, or no Extends at all

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:24 pm

Fucking buggery!!!!!

died on the second from last boss on level 6!!!!!!!!

Anyways here's my score:

Guardians Knight - 5,458,780 - Stage 6 - Wild Snail

Arcatech · Post by **Arcatech** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:49 am

Damn, felt nice being on the top for a little while. Guess I need to play some more!

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:46 pm

oops it wasnt stage 6 it was stage 5, sorry

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:09 pm

Plasmo - 2,169,950 - Stage 4 - Shatter Star
lost my medal count at the end of stage3

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:45 pm

what the hell.. my score places 2nd on shmups.com.. where are all the unbelievably pro players!?!

SVEN666 | 5 266 070 | 5 | Iron Macerel | Saturn

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:08 pm

Plasmo - 2,698,460 - Stage 4 - Shatter Star

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:12 am

My old Score.... nowhere near current (not to good as of late)

thesuperkillerxxx - 3,818,460 - Stage ? - Iron Mackeral

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:19 pm

new score for me: 5.928.350

im playing some garegga while my cabinets are getting fixed up, gonna break 7mil atleast..

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:02 pm

lol looks like ive used the wrong ship all the time....
Plasmo - 5,095,210 - Stage 5 - Iron Mackerel

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:23 pm

However, MAME players will need to get the romset named "battlega" along with the parent set, change the emulation's region to "Japan" and set extends to "None" to get the 1mil per Extend setting."

Pardon the dumb question, but how does one do this? I have the romset specified, but I'm not sure how to set up the 1 mil. extends, as of now the thing is set to not give me any extra lives.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:23 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Pardon the dumb question, but how does one do this? I have the romset specified, but I'm not sure how to set up the 1 mil. extends, as of now the thing is set to not give me any extra lives.

Make sure you have both battleg (Garegga parent set) and battlega (Asian territories set). Load battlega in MAME, and when the game appears, press the TAB button, and negotiate to the Dipswitches menu. From here, change the Region to JAPAN, and the Bonus Lives option to NONE, then reset the emulation via the main TAB menu.

When the game reloads itself, check the copyright screen. If it says "This game is only for use in NIPPON..." then the Region setting changes have worked. Then wait until the title screen appears, and see if it says "1,000,000 Per Extend" at the bottom. If it does, then you're all set!

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:25 pm

Hmm, okay, thanks, I'll give it a try. Hopefully the tab button thing will also work with MAME32, which is what I usually use...if not I'll just download regular ol' MAME and try it there.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:38 am

new high for me...

6.325.640 - stage 6

thought id proove it too...
umm sorry bout the crappy webcam quality

what does the 3/23 mean on the far right???

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:03 am

The numbers on the far right on the Ranking screen indicate the date and month the score was achieved. There are also an icon with two different states next to the date - one is an ARC if I remember correctly, and one is a chicken. If you have an ARC, then it means you got the score without the use of the restart option. The chicken is for those who have restarted credits and stages

Well done on a good score, BTW. What ship were you using?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:39 am

Icarus wrote:The numbers on the far right on the Ranking screen indicate the date and month the score was achieved. There are also two icons next to the date - one is an ARC if I remember correctly, and one is a chicken. If you have an ARC, then it means you got the score without the use of the restart option. The chicken is for those who have restarted credits and stages

Well done on a good score, BTW. What ship were you using?

thanx

iron macarel as always

thanx, hehe now im gonna cheat just to see the chicken

*never even looked under "ranking" before*...

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:35 pm

uhm, congrats on your progress, especially since it's Iron Makerel. Never liked it, but i admit i've always been biased against B-button ships

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:20 pm

Randorama wrote:uhm, congrats on your progress, especially since it's Iron Makerel. Never liked it, but i admit i've always been biased against B-button ships

the macarel is superiour for me.. speedy and weak shots = lots of shooting points and easier medal catching...

im absoluteley crap with any other plane, but maybe ill change tactics someday.
like in batrider, different characters have very different tactics, but a good score is possible regardless..

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:41 pm

sven666 wrote: the macarel is superiour for me.. speedy and weak shots = lots of shooting points and easier medal catching...

im absoluteley crap with any other plane, but maybe ill change tactics someday.
like in batrider, different characters have very different tactics, but a good score is possible regardless..

Yeah, it's just that i can't avoid choosing the double-edged option of a smaller hit box ( double-edged because it makes dodging bullets easier and getting medals harder).

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:04 pm

bumpy.. just bettered my HS witha a couple of 100K.. ill post a score next +1mil.. nobody else is playing this?