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"2 stock" (3 total lives to start), Normal difficulty. Don't use the edit mode.

If you bother going for the counterstop, please ALL it, do it for me~
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DETAILS is for what model of console and release of cart/disc, or what emulator and version.
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Darius Gaiden Extra Version (1P side)


Darius Gaiden All Stages (2P side)

Here's my score from 2004
Smraedis - 13,457,050 - ABDHLQV - 1P


Replay is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfezwRDn ... E3DACA791C

what difference between this extra version and 2.5 version?

FTV:
"This replay is taken from the rereleased version, Darius Gaiden Extra. The changes in this version are: Stage order mixed around, autofire at a fast rate, easier to capture Captains, reduced difficulty and a 28 stage route mode added into the game."

Don't ask questions unless you've tried to find the answers yourself.

First credit...

Darius Gaiden All Stages 2P side
CHI - 5,077,540 - H - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3



Display problem, I went from A till H, ABDG is incorrect
(this stage could be I, lost track )

after refamiliarizing myself with part of the game, i have determined the above is zone i

All Stages
Despatche - 6,280,240 - K - ShmupMAME v3.0b

Thanks for everything Despatche

2P
CHI - 6,886,910 - K - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3



So, there's an Extra Life at Zone D, E and F... stupid wall at Zone I... survival mode/waiting patiently for a shield at Zone K

Man this starts easy but gets brutal really fast D:



2P
ACSeraph - 5,678,740 - J - Shmupmame

All Stages
trap15 - 6,389,380 - K - MAME v0.154

All was smooth without deaths until first Neon Light Illusion. Then it all went to hell

Good stuff, I'll hopefully be back.

Awesome, glad you guys joined

Aaah... Died in the beginning of Zone M with 3 bombs

Player 2 Side Only
CHI - 7,835,060 - M - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3

All Stages
trap15 - 8,049,940 - M - MAME v0.154

Gah. I've never fought Fatty Glutton nor Titanic Lance in this before. Guess where I died a bunch

Lots of bombs on both Neon Light Illusions

first neon light illusion isn't so bad, i just bomb once (too afraid to no-miss it even if it seems feasible) and usually can kill it... second somehow gets me every time though. and yeah FUCK titanic lance, i feel like that will be as far as i get

ダラ外最強の敵は赤勲章～

FFS! It's taken me three evenings to get here and that squid just crushed me, I might be here for a while



Edit:

FUCKFUCKFUCK! Died with three fucking bombs again

Player 2 Side Only
CHI - 9,073,430 - M - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3



Gonna start inppin my plays from now...

Noticed some interest in this mode, so I've been streaming it for some time today, got a new PB!

All Stages Mode
Smraedis - 13,800,860 - Z' - Shmupmame 4.2

I'm quite liking this. I could make M if I didn't make silly mistakes - we'll see if that happens!

CSF - 6,312,120 - J - mameui64 .128

1P is surprisingly rough. Why the hell does it start out with Crusty Hammer?

Welcome... I should have posted my request here



Anyways... I finally fuct Titanic Lance from behind, but ended up with laser for the next couple stages

Player 2 Side Only
CHI - 9,461,960 - O - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3

2P
CSF - 8,353,950 - M - MAMEUI 0.128

First time seeing Titanic Lance. I had a NMNB until something like zone H, where I'm still not sure what hit me but I lost five bombs. Also ran into a bit of scenery I didn't think was solid in zone L. I can NMNB Neon Light Illusion 2 now, though! (Hide underneath his first form until it stops shooting lasers, then point blank the 2nd as long as you can and it'll die before it's got too many lasers flying around).

I feel like Lance is pretty milkable; those snails (?) he shoots out are worth a lot and there's an easy safe spot during that section. If it weren't for the giant laser shooting me in the face, I'd know what N looks like.

I'd like to be able to capture the 3rd Captain type. I think I know how I can do it, but I just can't seem to keep from damaging the body. 4th type... I have no idea how to make that happen.

Also got the 1P clear

1P
CSF - 8,247,340 - ABEHLQV (ALL) - MAMEUI 0.128

2P
CSF - 9,496,710 - N - MAMEUI .128

First death was on the second Prickly Angler, which is embarrassing. Held it together until the last section of Titanic Lance, where I took two hits for no reason.

When does the game start handing out extends again? I'm only halfway through the alphabet and I'm seeing my limit on the horizon.

Gaiden extends are in every third stage and every sixth stage. You'll have to get to P to find more, and you'll very likely lose that first one to Crusty Hammer.

Speaking of Darius Gaiden's real last boss, it was originally designed as a zone A boss called Twilight Rascal. Taito apparently felt that this was too similar to Metal Black (the previous "Darius III"), so Rascal was replaced and upgraded for later use. I guess having Hammer as the zone A boss in Extra is supposed to be cute.

Was on stream again earlier, hope you didn't miss it CHI! I'll be on it again soon anyway.
Smraedis - 14,770,780 - W - Shmupmame 4.2

2P
CSF - 9,814,840 - O - MAMEUI .128

Still a few silly mistakes. This should have been a P and 10 million+.

The main things I need to focus on are
- Electric Fan, of all things. It seems like once you blow off a leg he gets a ton of health, so I end up having to dodge through at least two of his droplet attacks (which always means hits). This run I scraped the ground and lost my shield, so I bombed twice.
- Neon Light Illusion 1, I still bomb twice against this guy. I can't do either of his forms at all.
- Titanic Lance. I just need to be more generous with my bombs - I seem to think I should save them all for the last phase, but the reality is that if I get there without losing a life I can probably take down his brain without needing more than one, if any. Once my shot level goes down though, it's a different story.

In an ideal run, I think I could make it to P with at least two lives in stock. Probably not going to give up on this until I get that run. I don't think I'll be able to go all the way; there's not a single final zone boss I think I'm capable of taking on at the end of an hour long run.

I'd also like to break 10 million on 1P. That's an easier one to go after, because it's a pretty short game when you're only playing a quarter of the stages.

Stage O and its boss has got to be the biggest wall of all, from what I've found.

If stage P is where you start getting extra lives again, that makes a lot of sense. Just gotta get to Fatty Glutton with enough resources.

I'm still working on this, been having loads of unlucky runs...
One time No-miss to Zone M, 5 lives but no bombs, i thought this is it... bloody squid took 3 of my lives...
Tonight no-miss Zone M after watching SM a couple nights ago, got to the Zone O boss first time, died with 9.3mil...
Been testing out rank control, not maxing out the shot power, not a good result...

1P
CSF - 11,352,330 - ALL (ABDHLQV) - MAMEUI .128

No miss. I missed the bomb in L, and threw out one in Q where the three captains pop up - the third has taken far too many lives and I just wanted to get past it.. I also used at least one (maybe two) more bombs than was technically necessary at the end of V as those things that pop apart and the rush of popcorns at the end do have some chance of killing me. Two more bombs against Odious Trident and the clear was mine.

I could see myself hitting 12 million. Don't really care to shoot for it, but 1P is a nice change of pace when I'm doing terribly at 2P.

Player 2 Only
CHI - 10,560,300 - Q - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3



YEAH BABY!
Got past O boss... First time into Zone P, I have no idea what I'm doing, pure survival, 2 lives and 6 bombs for the boss... Died within seconds on Zone Q

All Stages
CHI - 11,355,770 - Q - MAME32 Plus! v0.109u3



Was testing maxing out all the way (fuck avoiding power-ups!), a few mistakes here and there, just need to practice Zone P and onwards

Slight increase! I got further!
Smraedis - 14,846,260 - Y - Shmupmame 4.2

GO GO GO .SM... don't stop now

2P
CSF - 11,001,420 - P - MAMEUI .128

First credit since my last score post. Crusty Hammer died as I did. I was like "oh shit, I'm gonna catch up to CHI" because I expected Deadly Crescent but I don't understand how Crusty Hammer is doable without bombspam.