Blazing Star [Arcade]

[Meriscan]

Previous thread. Maintained by Ghegs.

Rules

• Full defaults, one credit.
• Autofire is allowed.
• MAME and MVS/AES are allowed.
• Photos/replays are encouraged but not required.

Submission format

SHIP
NAME - SCORE - STAGE

Example:

Windina
UsernamePlayer - 12,345,678 - ALL

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    | NAME               |  SCORE       |  STAGE  
----+--------------------+--------------+---------
  1 | AST-DGN            |  61,831,460  |   ALL
  2 | AST-POW            |  23,313,890  |    5 
  3 | jpj                |  20,403,050  |    6
  4 | Zigfried           |  18,689,270  |    6    
  5 | Sturmvogel Prime   |  12,724,060  |    6
  6 | SamIAm             |  12,276,920  |    3 
  7 | Acid King          |  11,761,630  |    4 
  8 | Gion               |  10,283,950  |    4 
  9 | malcolm            |   5,965,890  |    6 

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    | NAME               |  SCORE       |  STAGE  
----+--------------------+--------------+---------
  1 | AST-DGN            |  54,518,320  |   ALL

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    | NAME               |  SCORE       |  STAGE  
----+--------------------+--------------+---------
  1 | Gemant             |  38,126,480  |    7
  2 | CRI                |  28,669,630  |    7 
  3 | _Bnu               |  26,010,120  |    6
  4 | The Coop           |  23,236,200  |   ALL    
  5 | AmidstStorm        |  19,498,860  |    6 
  6 | Herr Schatten      |  15,839,050  |    6 
  7 | coffeejoerx        |  14,926,030  |    6 
  8 | neocps2            |  12,460,680  |    4 
  9 | BareKnuckleRoo     |   8,388,000  |   ALL

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    | NAME               |  SCORE       |  STAGE  
----+--------------------+--------------+---------
  1 | LordHypnos         |  5,521,100  |    4

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    | NAME               |  SCORE       |  STAGE  
----+--------------------+--------------+---------
  1 | AKRATEN            |  12,047,760  |   ALL

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    | NAME               |  SCORE       |  STAGE  
----+--------------------+--------------+---------
  1 | ASE-Meriscan       |  58,711,410  |   ALL
  2 | luy                |  52,005,170  |   ALL 
  3 | BBH                |  48,915,370  |   ALL 
  4 | Fran               |  46,486,830  |    7
  5 | Maucast            |  44,112,470  |   ALL 
  6 | Icarus             |  43,869,530  |   ALL 
  7 | DEL                |  36,660,370  |    7 
  8 | Rob                |  35,851,780  |    6 
  9 | Skyline            |  35,682,230  |    7 
 10 | MrMonkeyMan        |  29,768,750  |    7
 11 | Kollision          |  29,559,450  |   ALL 
 12 | Smraedis           |  29,062,960  |    6 
 13 | freddiebamboo      |  26,963,410  |    7
 14 | TVG                |  26,150,200  |    6
 15 | MJR                |  24,888,520  |    6
 16 | Galdur             |  24,145,140  |    6
 17 | GLS                |  23,048,570  |   ALL
 18 | javel              |  22,687,420  |    6
 19 | Edge               |  22,554,690  |    6
 20 | Kiken              |  22,243,210  |    6
 21 | THE ALLETT         |  20,113,360  |    7
 22 | mulletgeezer       |  19,968,700  |    6
 23 | brokendivide       |  19,197,180  |    7
 24 | xipe               |  19,151,800  |    6
 25 | Tvspelsfreak       |  18,890,740  |    6
 26 | LAshujin           |  18,776,210  |    6
 27 | tviks              |  17,895,080  |    6
 28 | Darkwolf7          |  17,374,940  |    6
 29 | Dennis             |  16,670,960  |    6
 30 | BonusJZ            |  16,638,930  |    5
 31 | Neverland          |  15,9XX,XXX  |    5
 32 | Vincere            |  15,432,120  |    6
 33 | Marcodlb           |  15,396,150  |    6
 34 | PBMax              |  15,247,120  |    6
 35 | Davey              |  15,144,090  |    5
 36 | NRS                |  15,142,320  |    6
 37 | Leeram             |  14,860,510  |    5
 38 | elbarto            |  14,654,680  |    5
 39 | Randorama          |  14,450,230  |    6
 40 | Sparky             |  13,675,910  |    6
 41 | maxoon             |  12,035,740  |    4
 42 | Moteuchi_Yota      |  12,010,320  |    5
 43 | Buffi              |  10,513,780  |   ALL
 44 | ED-057             |   7,697,410  |    5
 45 | SpryteMix          |   7,118,590  |    4
 46 | Super laydock      |   7,064,080  |    4
 47 | Cannibal           |   6,451,780  |    3
 48 | Sword              |   6,347,070  |    4
 49 | TalkingOctopus     |   5,837,860  |    5
 50 | DC906270           |   5,703,920  |    4
 51 | raiden             |   5,586,300  |    3

[MauCast]

Windina
Maucast - 44,112,470 - ALL vid

old Calice score

[EmperorIng]

I am trying to see which character I want to play as, and dipping my feet into scoring. This is a kind of kooky and interesting system but man, those flickering bullets are killer.

Hellhound
EmperorIng - 12,612850 - 4



https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2806992876
^ a video of me flailing through the first four stages

This is just a start! I have also been playing as the Pulstar ship, Dino 246, and while the force+bits make the game far easier, her slow speed really can make getting through the stage and collecting medals a chore - especially when her homing missiles tend to kill enemies towards the back of the screen, which will then drop a medal and make them all go down in value

Hellhound is a fairly standard ship I suppose, but its speed makes it easier to use and it has decent enough firepower. Its charge shot and "bomb" have some utility, but the Pulstar ships' charge bomb seems to be almost entirely worthless unless it's some massive damage-dealer that I am unaware of.

Here's hoping for some more updates! I'm getting my medal values up to max by stage 3 and then milking the boss for all he's worth - this is super easy with the Dino btw thanks to her shield blocking the destructible bullets. I am still too chicken to milk the final phase - I haven't even 1cc'd yet! The big hump will be figuring out a good route for the stage 6 boss and dealing with those invisible attacks.