Rayxanber I-III [FM Towns/PCE]

[Perikles]

This exceptional series definitely need its own thread. Probably not the brightest examples for sophisticated scoring as checkpoint milking is the name of the game, but what can you do?

One credit only, as always. The third game is the only one with a higher difficulty setting as far as I know, I'll gladly add another table if anyone wants that!

Please post your scores like this:

Name – Score – Stage


Rayxanber:

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    Name         Score     Stage     
1. Kollision    594,200     ALL      
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Rayxanber II:

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    Name         Score     Stage     
1. Perikles     458,500     ALL     
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Rayxanber III:

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    Name         Score     Stage     
1. UGO         3,435,830    ALL
2. Perikles     983,310     ALL     
3. ooze9        541,350     ALL
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Maniac:

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    Name         Score     Stage     
1. Perikles     592,970     ALL     
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[Perikles]

Rayxanber II



Perikles - 365,800 - ALL


Rayxanber III



Perikles - 446,190 - ALL


Might try to squeeze out more points out of both games as I only lost one life, respectively. I'd also love to clear the higher difficulty setting on III which is easy enough with the exception of one insanely tricky part.

[UGO]

Played in 2011 :

Rayxanber III.
Standard - UGO - 3,435,830 - ALL

[Kollision]

One for Rayxanber FM Towns!

Kollision - 594,200 - ALL

[Perikles]

Excellent work, gentlemen! And one hell of a Rayxanber III score you got there, UGO! Was it checkpoint milking or did you find some peculiar scoring trick?

[UGO]

It is possible to restart the last stage indefinitely, with suicide before the destruction of the boss.

[Perikles]

Played a bit more of Rayxanber III:

Perikles - 983,310 - ALL



Milked the final boss for a while before I got incredibly bored. Decided to go after Maniac and got this after a few attempts:


Maniac:



Perikles - 592,570 - ALL

Smart changes for the most parts. A few more enemies here and there that either serve some strategical purpose or just add a tad bit more action can help out a lot. Same parts are stylistically similar to R-Type II, always a great bonus. Not too fond of that bullet sponge of a final boss, though, it takes forever to kill him. Get impatient for a second and start aaaaaaaall over again. Not that it's all that problematic since you can indefinitely checkpoint milk him, it's nonetheless aggravating. I wonder why they decided to copy Atomic Robo-Kid of all games regarding the final boss?


Probably not going to boost my Rayxanber II score, you could milk one of the bosses forever, anyway. I've had my fair share of repeating checkpoints for a while.

[Despatche]

i'm telling you man, no miss play fixes these games

edit: aww, screw console games

[Perikles]

Not necessarily. Both Rayxanber II & III feature one boss that has destructible projectiles/spawns little minions which are worth some points. There's no time-out in either game. It's extremely tedious to boost the score by a significant amount, but it can be done. I haven't played the first game, but I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if there's a similar exploit in that one, too.

[ooze9]

Rayxanber III - ALL (normal Game): 541350

[Perikles]

Rayxanber II



Perikles - 458,500 - ALL