Tatsujin (Truxton)

[Despatche]

Tatsujin is one of those MD games that uses a single multi-region cart, that changes between versions depending on what region the system is. Most just install a region switch on real hardware.

[bottino]

Truxton MD version - Normal
bottino - 1.360.560 - 2-2 - Int. - Sega Genesis

Spoiler

It's not a very good score, I know.

Truth be told, I haven't developed a good strategy to beat the last boss - especially with max ranking. I can no-miss stage 5, but that bastard always gets me.

[mycophobia]

Tatsujin
mycophobia - 792350 - 132 - Yes - MAME v.0193



Just had the best credit I've ever had on this game by a mile (mid stage 4 with 4 lives in stock) so I figured I'll make my first appearance here. I love this game

[mycophobia]

After a handful of absolutely miserable credits I managed to no miss up to stage 3 for the first time ever (getting the 2-up of course) and I made it to the stage 4 boss.

Tatsujin
mycophobia - 991990 - 156 - Yes - MAME v.0193



Still love the game but it would be great if I could stop dying on stage 1

[mycophobia]

So up until today I was using a relatively low autofire rate so as to simulate what I could normally do without autofire but without killing my wrists. After getting owned repeatedly by stage 1 and 2 minibosses and the game started being not fun, today I decided fuck it and cranked that sucker up to max, and got this:

Tatsujin
mycophobia - 1139590 - 177 - Yes - MAME v.0193


I got pretty well into stage 5 and I have no qualms finishing the game this way :p

[mycophobia]

Swapped to Truxton a while back and got my clear last night

Truxton
mycophobia - 1335890 - 208 - Yes - MAME v.0197

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9AhQoIcoME

I actually had a higher scoring non-clear (reached the last miniboss with eight lives in reserve so I got to kill them a lot) but I didn't want to submit that.

[mycophobia]

Got the 1-ALL on Tatsujin tonight

Tatsujin
mycophobia - 1303110 - 208 - Yes - MAME v.0197

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW1kBiHOEBk

want to get the 2-ALL eventually (or better) but first I have to consistently not lose all my lives on 1-5

[mycophobia]

had my best credit ever and hit the 2-1 boss:

Tatsujin
mycophobia - 1647620 - 232 - Yes - MAME v.0197



second loop is really not fuckin around

[mycophobia]

Hit 2-2 today

Tatsujin
mycophobia - 1648860 - 257 - Yes - MAME v.0197

Oddly not much of a score improvement.

[Square_Air]

Tatsujin
Square_Air - 1,589,080 - 224 - Yes - ShmupMAME v4.2

This is possibly my favourite Toaplan game. I'm definitely going to revisit this one in the future.

[mycophobia]

had a near-flawless loop 1, game over right after 2-2 boss. the difference in difficulty between loop 1 and 2 matters less and less the further I get, I've found. like it's there, but it's not as meaningful as it is in 2-1, like my 1-2 route mostly works for 2-2 as well.

mycophobia - 1867140 - 282 - Yes - MAME v.0197

[mycophobia]

here's my genesis score rn, will be improving it much over the next few days probs

Truxton, Normal
mycophobia - 1,828,420 - 2-3 - Int. - Genesis

[mycophobia]

MD Tatsujin, Normal
mycophobia - 1,465,230 - 2-1 - Int. - Genesis

[mycophobia]

MD Tatsujin, Normal
mycophobia - 1,869,670- 2-3 - Int. - Genesis

[mycophobia]

Tatsujin (arcade)

mycophobia - 2560320 - 373 - Yes - MAME v.0195

Hit 2-5 for the first time. Finally figured out how to handle 2-1 effectively, so the rest is falling into place

[mycophobia]

Tatsujin (arcade)

mycophobia - 3,140,300 - 432 - Yes - MAME v.0195

2-ALL, finally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSpbMmtG0lI

edit: According to MAME, I have put 693 credits into this game and have played it for 124 hours and 15 minutes

[mycophobia]

randomly got this tonight:

mycophobia - 4,346,510 - 580 - Yes - MAME v.0195

died at 3-5 to a bullet I couldn't see thru my blue laser, then it all crumbled from there. still crazy good run

[mycophobia]

mycophobia - 5,902,590 - 796 - Yes - MAME v.0195

first 3-ALL, very nearly a 4-ALL. biggest obstacle to 10mil is stage 5 recovery. once I get those checkpoints nailed down it should be in the bag

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/387354381

[Bloody]

I began to play my truxton pcb in the last days.

Truxton Arcadeversion

BLO - 1,196,860 - 175 - Yes - Pcb

https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-49cad ... 5.jpg.html

[mycophobia]

4-ALL. I think I'm done with this game now. No missed the first loop for the first time too.

TATSUJIN (arcade)
mycophobia - 6,002,490 - 819 - Yes - MAME v.0195

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWYdTP76fKE

[Despatche]

What a monster. Congrats!

[EmperorIng]

Mad respect myco. That's some serious dedication to crushing this game. I guess you really are the Tatsujin now.

[Bloody]

Truxton Arcadeversion

BLO - 1,510,120 - 221 - Yes - Pcb
https://share-your-photo.com/5edb54a944

[Flobeamer1922]

Truxton, Arcade
Flobeamer1922 - 1,555,350 - 205 - Yes - MAME

I started learning this one a few months back, but never seriously delved into it until recently. About time I looped it.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/486897261

[Flobeamer1922]

Tatsujin, Arcade
Flobeamer1922 - 1,620,390 - 213 - Yes - MAME

Decided I might as well get this while the game is still fresh in my mind.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/489455864

[Mills]

4-ALL. I think I'm done with this game now. No missed the first loop for the first time too.

TATSUJIN (arcade)
mycophobia - 6,002,490 - 819 - Yes - MAME v.0195

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWYdTP76fKE

Yeah watched some of this congrats on the marathon run.

Scores wise you could have definitely reached higher if you take some risk with the high scoring stages.

[DEL]

Well done mycophobia. The 7 loop 10mil+ should now be a formality.

[Mills]

If I can find a way to record this, I would like to post a 1st loop, no miss, no bomb run with Max firepower. Or potentially see if I can repeat this in the arcade PCB version at HOG if they have the board.

[Mills]

1cc, no miss no bomb. Will record the entire run when I get consistency with Stage5 two Blue mid-level bosses.

[Flobeamer1922]

Tatsujin, Arcade
Flobeamer1922 - 1,727,800 - 222 - Yes - MAME

Woo, I still know how to play it. I'll come back to it and try for a 2-ALL at some point.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/513454614

(Edited to include video of score.)