Dodonpachi

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 217,881,930 - 2-5 - 818 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, International

Minor improvement of my previous PB.
Better consistency overall and some new strats; but still NOT a loop1 NMNB !

Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPWyYMoG0dY

.inp file available upon request, for this run and all the previous ones

[blackisto]

I play Dodonpachi on my Xbox, using FBA.

Well, a few days ago I was playing 4th stage. The zone of the last red ship before the boss. I used a bomb (I guess that in that moment I had all the bomb, but not Maximum) just before getting the bomb that red ship drops. Got Maximum. I remain shooting while the score starts to grow, and grows more and more, to 500.000.000!! A little more and I get the WR

I don't know what's happened, it was the first time that I see something like this. I tried to repeat it in a next play but this doesn't work

I believed that sharing this would be interesting, to know if someone experienced something similar. My english is very poor, so it's difficult for me to respond possible quotes

Greetings.

Hi ! Thanks a lot for sharing this. Even though it might be an emulation issue; this may deserve some attention. When you talk about the "Last red ship before the boss"; are you talking about the ship which drops the bomb ? (see: at 11:45 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPWyYMoG0dY).
SInce your hit counter did not become crazy; there must have been "one hit" which gives a huge score; or a bug in the maximum bonus calculation. Do you remember which enemies you killed with the bomb and when exactly you used it ? Was it more at 11:43 ? 11:45 ?
Did you catch the bomb (from the red ship) IMMEDIATLY after bombing ?

Also; do you remember if your score was still increasing AFTER the last stage4 enemy (during the 3-4 seconds where we wait for the stage 4 boss, 12:03 to 12:07 in the video) ? In that case the bug would be a maximum bonus bug; and not a bug with the hits.

If you prefer to chat in another language; that is possible in French; Spanish and probably German

[Bananamatic]

btw the counterstop score that was posted was due to playing with extends every 10m points or something
the game has no limits on lives so if you get like 550m on that setting you get another 500m from life bonus and counterstop

this is likely just a glitch that isn't related to the current WR in any way

[Shepardus]

btw the counterstop score that was posted was due to playing with extends every 10m points or something
the game has no limits on lives so if you get like 550m on that setting you get another 500m from life bonus and counterstop

I had been wondering about that, thanks for figuring it out. Still wonder about the 100m improvement on the record revealed earlier this year, though - that's got to be some sort of glitch/exploit.

The glitch posted here is more likely than not an emulator fluke. Getting the maximum bonus under the circumstances described is normal behavior, but the rate of increase obviously isn't. Maybe the maximum bonus multiplier got set to a bad value through an underflow or something.

[kidpanda]

Arcade C-Shot
Kidpanda - 110,967,450 - 2-3 - 403 - On - 1P - PCB

Spoiler

[Despatche]

Nice, updated.

Got rid of the VERSION field. I'm just gonna ignore the PS and Saturn versions like with Guwange's 360 version, if that's okay with everyone else.

[Bananamatic]

you still didn't update my score

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 238,776,390 - 2-5 - 704 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, International

Update of my previous PB.

Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45GcgRQY8Xk

.inp file available upon request.


Almost a loop1 NMNB
I'm going to upload (should take a couple of hours) another run with a better score where I signed "BLL" instead of "BLK" (cause the run is ugly, and I was angry).

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 252,840,300 - 2-5 - 871 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, International

Update of my previous PB.
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPL8Dptz8mI

The run is ugly (very bad loop2) and I signed "BLL" instead of "BLK". So don't hesitate to ask for the .inp file.
Anyway; I hope to quickly improve that !

[volaju]

Nice run blackisto

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 283,581,080 - 2-6 - 869 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, International

PB update
Forgot to say merci Volaju !
Video here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjb_4qQh-HY

shmupmame .inp file available upon request.

I keep going ^^

[volaju]

GG , 2-ALL close

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 304,055,420 - 2-6 - 879 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, International

PB update
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOl0L4CTeB4

.inp file available upon request.

Still having fun with this game ^^ Lots of small details still need to be polished to improve consistency.
The road to 400 millions begins !

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 340,439,750 - 2-6 - 855 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, Japan

PB update.
Video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRb276nW8m4


.inp file available upon request.

I switched to the Japanese version (used to run on the International version before).
The run should have been a 400 millions, but bad play in 2-4, 2-5, 2-6.
Next time maybe !
Also, looking fwd to see 2-7 ^^

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 378,576,910 - 2-7 - 880 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, Japan

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qytr-5xuHTw

.inp file available upon request.

It's probably time to learn the 2-6 boss fight + Hibachi.

[Plasmo]

Great progress! Getting closer to 400mill. Keep it up!

[pegboy]

I know this is a bad place to ask this question but I'm not sure any of the other threads are really active for this game. I'm starting to get back into shmupping regularly and decided I wanted to finally try and clear a Cave game.

My question is (hopefully) simple: What is the best/quickest type for a "beginner" to use to 2-ALL clear in DDP? Not trying to score at all, just want the clear. I'm guessing it's either C-S or C-L based on my limited research and a few hours of playing around in MAME using save states.

C-S at first seems intuitively the easiest since you have massive coverage for the stages, but the weakened laser seems like a liability against the bosses (and especially hibachi). Based on my terrible skills at this game I'm thinking maybe C-L is better for a "beginner" to try and 2-ALL this game since you can take down the bosses faster? I have ZERO goals for scoring in this game, and beyond reaching the loop requirements, my only other criteria is surviving the game.

Thanks for any help.

[Vludi]

C-L because bosses/meaty enemies and laser speed, you will not miss C-S as it doesn't have many advantages in terms of survival.

[Shepardus]

Laser types have a higher movement speed while using the laser than shot types do. That's the main reason I prefer C-L over C-S. The laser feels more responsive in general. Even though the shot strength resets down to the minimum when you die (you lose one power level on the "primary" weapon but all power on the "secondary" weapon) I think C-L's shot is powerful enough even at minimum power.

[Vludi]

Even though the shot strength resets down to the minimum when you die

Loop 1 only, in loop 2 you only lose one power level for both primary and secondary weapon.

[Shepardus]

Even though the shot strength resets down to the minimum when you die

Loop 1 only, in loop 2 you only lose one power level for both primary and secondary weapon.

Good point, I forgot about that. All the more reason to use C-L.

[blackisto]

Arcade - A-L
Blackisto - 398,748,010 - 2-6 - 872 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, Japan

small pb update.
The run was streamed live on twitch. Link to the video
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/177476902

.inp file available upon request.

[volaju]

GG! 400M was so close :

[Bananamatic]

Arcade - C-L
Bananamatic - 586,854,430 - ALL - 840 - On - 1P - Shmupmame 4.2, Japan

placeholder until 600m
and please don't use the phrase "western record" or god forbid "western world record"

[Cee]

Congrats on the east of west record.

[Bananamatic]

hard to call it even that considering how much easier it is to play C-L than A-L except no one really realized it and the early dodonpachi guides straight up called it shit
A-L only really gets an advantage past 650m, before that you're just making the game way harder

[pegboy]

That's awesome, congrats on the COMMUNITY record.

Has anyone actually used the term "western world record"? lol.

[Bananamatic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJY_014jpsc
yes

[pegboy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJY_014jpsc
yes

Lol that is pretty embarrassing. I also can't stand the whole "western record" thing either, I'm glad they got rid of that terminology in the hall of records.

Anyway, that is quite an insane score, how long did it take you to achieve? I remember you saying it only took you 2 weeks to 2-ALL the game, which is just insanely quick. I'm trying to 2-ALL it with a shit score (C-L as well) and haven't even reached the 2nd loop in a live run yet. I have done a shit ton of save-state practice of the second loop and also against hibachi (who is a massive asshole). I probably need to get to him with 3 or 4 lives to beat him, so I have a long way to go.

Congrats again!

[Bananamatic]

around 70 hours for pure survival 2-all, then another 170 or so hours for this score?
most of it was practice and it took around 40 or 50 credits, 14 of those got a no miss no bomb second loop
around 2 months of real time from coming back to the game after 2-all