Giga Wing

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:03 pm

Trillion.

BBH · Post by **BBH** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:33 am

Smraedis wrote:Congrats BBH still not 100T though

yeah yeah yeah, I'm working on it

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:41 pm

crithit5000 - 28109173513690 - Ruby - 6 - MAME

Eps · Post by **Eps** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:52 pm

First day with this game (on DC) and I fucking love it.

I can make Stage 2 with the Raijin, but I suspect that's just because that ship starts on the easier 'sky carrier' Stage 1. Every time I fight them, I'll send them to their graves!

It's out of the Raijin and the Porchka at the moment, though I'll probably experiment more with the Carmine when I'm a bit more confident about actually surviving.

Oh yeah, and my current highest score is moderate 'yellow numbers' but still not very near a 'red number' at all. I have a feeling, though, that this might be one of those games where going for the high scores also allows one to actually survive, so they're probably both actually the same objective (as with many good shooting games).

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:22 am

I have a feeling, though, that this might be one of those games where going for the high scores also allows one to actually survive, so they're probably both actually the same objective

not really. To maximize score, you´ll want to milk bosses, for example, while it´s easier to kill them quickly if you just want to survive. Still, learning to score better helps to survive in a way because you need to turn bullets into medals to score, so to maximize score, you need to learn the patterns by heart, and of course by doing that, survival gets a lot easier as well.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:39 am

Haven't played for awhile. But reccently I returned to it and today I got a new highscore.

Edge - 22'4842'9289'7050 - Lvl.6 - Carmine

Changed from Raijin to Carmine because of the faster movement. This made me fly into bullets a couple of times but I think it's better for collecting medals. Also the stronger fire power is useful for the last bosses which are still giving me a pretty hard time.

@Eps:
Welcome to the forums. I think Giga Wing can be played pretty intuitive. So you don't have to study the stages to get good scores. I'd reccomend that you play for survival only. All those flashy medals will make you greedy enough that you'll try to collect as many as possible. And while you play for survival you learn the stages anyway. This game is pretty addicting if you always try to beat your old highscore... step by step.

Well at least in my opinion.

toby · Post by **toby** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:05 am

toby - 86954299020510 - Ruby - 7 - MAME

inp. for EKMame 0.90, found here ( save as and remove the .mp3,
you have to set the game to difficulty 4 manually or it will go out of sync on stage 2 )

It will look like it gets out of sync on the first stage, but don't worry it's doesn't.
I die two lives very quickly, let's call them intentional suicides

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:24 pm

there's no rank in this game why

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:02 pm

There is rank.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:20 pm

Isn't it stage-based instead of survival time/lives based though?

toby · Post by **toby** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:41 pm

Anyhow they weren't intentional, they're screwups (hence the

).

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:50 am

Twiddle wrote:Isn't it stage-based instead of survival time/lives based though?

as far as I know, its based on the amount of lives you have, and suiciding at the start of any stage is a good idea.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:11 am

Edge - 41'6189'7823'7850 - Lvl.7 - Carmine (Mame)

That was a good run and the fact I beated the stage 6 boss without a bomb made me a little proud.

I got to him with with no bombs but still one life in stock. First time I killed him on one credit. Having no bombs and one life still in stock is perfect for your mental status I think. You don't have to bother when to use the bomb and also have a safe feeling because you know you have one more life if you screw. So you can concentrate purely on survival without a distraction... :p

Stranger's fast bullet spam was pretty irritating for me. I need some more practise to stand a good chance against him.

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:24 pm

12 0850 6240 7600 / stage 7 / Isha / d-ku VCR

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:27 pm

CPS2 version, sorry.

Edit: fuck, wanted to edit, wrong button...

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:55 am

is d-ku VCR your entry name, or what does it mean?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:33 am

Gojira!

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:59 am

I guess "d-ku VCR" indicates some kind of team / clan. Like they have in fighting games or FPSs...

neocps2 · Post by **neocps2** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:15 am

raiden wrote:is d-ku VCR your entry name, or what does it mean?

yep d-ku vcr is the pseudo of scoring of guwanger!

the d-ku team is a french team^^

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:02 pm

Yes, sorry, it's my scoring pseudo. I requested to change my nick.
In every other forum it's "Vincere" (VCR) so it's more easy to link.

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:28 pm

Sorry to annoy you people but as I stated, my nick is "d-ku VCR", not simply "VCR".

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:15 pm

I think that limiting the highscore table to "only" the top ten will motivate less people to start the game then open ended highscore tables.
That's why i went through the entire thread and picked all scores that else wouldn't be listed and made them into this list:

@raiden:
I also put the table into this form, it's just a suggestion and if you don't like it just continue the great work you did before. Otherwise hit the quote button on my post and copy the table into your post.

Dreamcast Version

Code: Select all

 1. Rob            74'4075'9631'7890   Ruby    ALL
 2. Randorama      57'4533'0018'5330   Ruby    ALL
 3. J-Manic        52'6790'9423'5240     ?     Stage 6
 4. the vagrant    11'0264'1046'5030   Ruby    Stage 5
 5. Zach Keene      6'6395'6864'0730   Ruby    Stage 5 
 6. IlMrm           6'5010'1720'1010   Isha    Stage 6 
 7. BulletMagnet    5'4085'6317'5020   Stuck   Stage 5 
 8. Skyline         4'7123'1110'5570   Ruby    Stage 3 
 9. adam76          3'1611'9828'1310   Isha    Stage 5 
10. Chico           2'2635'3988'2570   Ruby    Stage 5
11. icepick         1'3555'1435'8830   Isha    Stage 3

CPS2 Version

Code: Select all

 1. toby           86'9542'9902'0510   Ruby    Stage 7 
 2. BBH            86'4484'0963'8380   Ruby    ALL 
 3. gameoverDude   42'9540'8965'0550   Raijin  Stage 7 
 4. Edge           41'6189'7823'7850   Ruby    Stage 7 
 5. Skyline        32'9191'8165'7140   Ruby    Stage 6 
 6. crithit5000    28'1091'7351'3690   Ruby    Stage 6 
 7. d-ku VCR       12'0850'6240'7600   Isha    Stage 7 
 8. Sword           8'6187'5364'1520   Isha    Stage 5 
 9. Tar-Palantir    8'2943'0652'6130   Stuck   Stage 5
10. raiden          6'0693'9260'3070   Ruby    Stage 4
11. Landshark       5'8117'6632'7930   Stuck   Stage 6
12. Fighter17       4'0795'7043'7410   Ruby    Stage 5
13. rcgrant         3'7140'6350'1300   Ruby    Stage 4
14. Jck             1'4098'9795'7680   Raijin  Stage 4

hmm... the colour code don't work in the list.... ?

BTW: I went with the characternames, instead of the ship names. Just in case of Sinnosuke I went with his ship Raijin. Since this name seems to stick better.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:35 pm

Had this score for awhile but alway's forgot to post it

Dale-11,205,012,051,350-All-Ruby-Dreamcast Version

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:02 pm

thanks for the suggestions, Edge, but I want to keep it the way it is now. I´d have gone with the code format, but prefer the colored numbers.

Regarding the unlimited table: if at some point the number of entries will allow a top-20, I´ll probably change it. As it is now, the scores on 10th place are low enough so everybody who dropped out can get back in with a little effort. It´s supposed to be a teaser to motivate

I know I´ll play the game a lot more seriously once I´ll drop out of the list - which will probably happen pretty soon.

wiNteR · Post by **wiNteR** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:38 pm

wiNteR - 9,8777,0934,0080 - Ruby - ALL - MAME

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:05 pm

I instantly got better when I shifted to Ruby the other day. Then I come here and see that others are favoring her as well. The thing is: I don't understand why I have improved with her. Usually the advantages of the alternatives is a bit more obvious to me. Perhaps it's this:
(i) her shot is more powerful, it seems
(ii) because it shoots straight up medals fall straight down in a line to you and are not spread all over the screen
(iii) perhaps she's a bit quicker, more fluid in movement? Not sure.
Sorry, I probably should have put these comments in the strategy section.

I'm still struggling with that damn lava boss.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:03 pm

Quick tip's for the lava boss,if your having trouble with the part of the boss that shoots out the blue spread slivers just get close to him then let him fire them one way then shift to other side(this takes persice timing but once you learn to do it it amkes it allot easier). On it's first attack dodge as much as you can then use your sheild focus on the smaller turret's then aim for the main part.

This should really be in strategy,would you like me to go into detail about beating it in the strategy section Professer?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:09 am

Dale wrote: This should really be in strategy,would you like me to go into detail about beating it in the strategy section Professer?

Thanks for the help-- I need all I can get so I'd love to hear more if you get a chance.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:34 am

professor ganson wrote: (i) her shot is more powerful, it seems
(ii) because it shoots straight up medals fall straight down in a line to you and are not spread all over the screen
(iii) perhaps she's a bit quicker, more fluid in movement? Not sure.

All those are pretty much valid, though her main advantage as far as score goes is her speed (she's the fastest next to the Stranger), which allows her to zoom around and collect more medals. Go figure that somehow my best score is with Stick, of all people, heh heh...though something in the back of my head's telling me that the WR score is a Stuck, for some reason.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:04 am

mainly because stuck's option shot does a lot of hits therefore scores a lot of points