Rare items in shmups

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That's how I thought you got the big medals but wasn't sure,you see I thought that's how you got the 1up.So just out of curoisty how do you get the 1up in that same stage?

And yes it's the red lamp thanks. :)
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The 1up won't appear there unless you're on your last life. I always interpreted that as Takumi mocking the player for dying so much, heh heh. "Oh, poor thing, you need some help with skills like that, don't you?"
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The 1UP in Battle Garegga. It's such a bitch to get it.


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no it's easy
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Don't forget the lucky cat in 1943.

I know some of the Gaiares weapons are very rare.

Of course, there's only one 1UP item in Ibara. :wink:
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The 1UP in Mars Matrix has gotta be rare also, right? I was playing last night and it popped up out of nowhere in the beginning of stage 4. I can't remember seeing it that much in the game, as long as I've had it.
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Tyrian has loads of rare items. More to the point, items that are only available in one level, or sometimes weapons or ship upgrades that can only be purchased at certain shops from certain secret levels. Not to mention secret levels that can only be access from w/in other secret levels.
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D wrote:I nominate not the 1UP and 2UP items in Shienryu, but the super P items that give you a shield. The sound when you get hit when you are wearing the shield is awesome. You will live offcourse
I remember a one time I caught an item that give a maximum shot or shield, but the same item it appeared again in another stage and when I caught a so much itens they had started to appear.
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Those pigs in Batsugun are among my faves...

How about the "point rolling as you hover on them" flowers in DDP?
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Soldato J wrote:Those pigs in Batsugun are among my faves...
Yeah. Same here. You get like 20 at one time in.......stage 2 was it? I forget.
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Fighter17 wrote:The 1UP in Battle Garegga. It's such a bitch to get it.


;)
no shit

still working on it

but I'm up to 3 mil on stage 3

I'm kicking all sorts of ass

(one day the 1cc will be mine!)
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Umm......if you like finding rare items in shmups....play Dimahoo...it's PACKED with rare items.
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Lives in G-Darius. They appear in every Fourth level, I think. They're pretty hidden so you have to shoot around and hope you find them. I was puzzled for the longest time as to what they were until I read a FAQ. It's supposed to be a bubble with a tiny Silver Hawk inside but looks like a bubble with three little balls.
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Eight One wrote:Don't forget the lucky cat in 1943.

I know some of the Gaiares weapons are very rare.

Of course, there's only one 1UP item in Ibara. :wink:
The A-Bullet in Gaiares is one I've only chanced upon occasionally. Same goes for F-Formation and T-Vulcan. T-Braster isn't too rare since you just shoot the TOZ 6 times and then capture something on the next launch.

There has to be some way to get the first three reliably. :?:
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UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Lives in G-Darius. They appear in every Fourth level, I think. They're pretty hidden so you have to shoot around and hope you find them. I was puzzled for the longest time as to what they were until I read a FAQ. It's supposed to be a bubble with a tiny Silver Hawk inside but looks like a bubble with three little balls.
Yup. I forgot about those. Something similar also appears in Darius Gaiden, IIRC. You have to shoot them out as well. They're the silver shields, if I'm not mistaking.
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the Merry bonus' in Radiant Silvergun.

i love those little dogs.
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I really enjoy shooting down the little fighter on the runway in stage 2 of Batsugun, great way to cut your teeth on some extra points early on. Seconded on Radiant's doggies. And it's always fun finding the 'lil dragon and fairy in Raiden.
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Dylan1CC wrote:I really enjoy shooting down the little fighter on the runway in stage 2 of Batsugun, great way to cut your teeth on some extra points early on. Seconded on Radiant's doggies. And it's always fun finding the 'lil dragon and fairy in Raiden.
Speaking of Raiden, did anyone else ever find a 1up in that game? I swear I've seen it once.
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You know how those pigs pop up in Batsugun? Well, I was playing playing today, and in the 2nd loop, during stage 7 (originally stage 3), a pink pig popped up. Only one pink pig. And I couldn't even pick it up. It just stayed put. What's up with that? :?
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That's the EXP pig.
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Okay. Why does that EXP pig pop up? And does the EXP stand for "experience" or "extra points" or what?
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Check the Batsugun ST for info on how to trigger the pigs (I can only wonder if anyone would have ever figured it out without such a guide...). As for what they do, as you hover over them they continually increase your experience.
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