Same! Same! Same! (Fire Shark) - MD/Genesis

[Bloodreign]

563,590 Stage 6 easy, rapid fire on

By the end of stage 5 those kamikaze planes were beginning to be a pain in the ass to beat because not only were they fast, they were consistent, lasted quite awhile with them, but ultimately fell short of beating stage 6 (they'd loop around to try and ram me, goodness!).

And Ed that scene was the start of stage 3, absolutely hilarious that the guy tries to hide.

[Ed Oscuro]

Aha! Managed to beat my previous highscore first time I played (to 448,620), then had a few bad rounds, then had a very good round:

1,605,400 Stage 9 Easy, rapid fire off

Man, there was a spot where I died like six times in a row and my plane counter was stuck at five, I started to wonder if it'd ever go down

What can I say...the right weapon for the job.

Edit: And I hadn't ever passed stage 5 before, so a lot of it was completely new to me.

[Ed Oscuro]

Edit: just for SAM -

Ed Oscuro - 2,561,340 - Stage 10 - OFF

[Ed Oscuro]

Ed Oscuro - 3,266,920 - Stage 10 - OFF

If SAM doesn't show up soon I might see about taking over the thread...I love this game and don't want to see it neglected (even if I'm the only one).

[SAM]

Guys, sorry for the late update.
(I failed to update once, in Aug, and thus not receiving any new thread updated eMail ever since...)

MegaDrive/Genesis version only.

no MAME?.....

Actually the Hi-Score Board for acrade Version is over here
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=5843

[Ed Oscuro]

Thanks dude! No worries, I just figured you were busy :)

[Ed Oscuro]

On Normal difficulty:

Ed Oscuro - 1,162,540 - Stage 7 - OFF

[Limbrooke]

RFP - 957 250 - Stage 6 - Autofire Used - Normal Difficulty

(My autofire score is variable since sometimes I revert to blue spread (on) and back to sweeping fire (off)).

[CIT]

Got the 2-loop clear! Yay!

EASY:

CIT - 6,970,850 - Stage 21 - ON

[Bloodreign]

Bloodreign- 977,760 stage 8 easy rapid ON

Damn so close to looping this game, yet so far. Still last, but looking a lot better, and after taking a month or two break from it, I come back and post my best score yet. Bought the game so this is practice for me in anticipation of finally owning this little gem.

[Mills]

Stage8, should be easy peasy if your using autofire on easy skill level(its all about use the wideshot blue weapon). stages5-7 are the tricky stages, and then stage9-10 are hard pattern stages. Are you playing on the 2player side which is easier and your firepower stronger?

[Bloodreign]

No only on the one player side, now that I own the real deal for Genesis, I'll need a new Genesis pad first as my old one is literally on it's last legs. I do hear the second player side is easier, but I figured Fire Shark for Genesis was one player only (the box says so), I could've sworn Same Same Same was the exact same way on the MD.

[Mills]

You could be playing the japanese version which was 1player only and harder than the western/european 2player version which i played and looped 10 times.

[Bloodreign]

Yeah on emulator I was sticking with the Japanese version for awhile (seems about the same difficulty as the US version), I've noticed the arcade version is tougher because the US version has inst-respawn on it (damn I'd love to see a superplay on the real deal PCB, just to hear the music and see a pro go at it).

Also helps that I cranked the difficulty to normal mode, and getting absolutely wasted in stage 4 (enemies bullet speeds don't seem to change, just the amount of tanks and how much more they fire), can't drag myself to do easy mode anymore for some strange reason, either on the Japanese versions rom of Same Same Same, or on my Genesis copy of Fire Shark.

It also seems the Genesis Fire Shark may have the Twin Cobra Genesis syndrome, not only did it retain the checkpoint system, it also retained the difficulty of the Japanese arcade version. One good thing about this is it'll help make this game last much longer for me, in time I'll be getting as far in normal mode as I do in easy mode (used to not clear stage 1 in Normal mode, can now get to stage 4 consistently).

[Bloodreign]

Progress at last:

Bloodreign Genesis, Normal mode stage 8 Rapid ON 1,173,610

After many tries on normal mode figures I'd crack a million before I ever did it on easy mode (don't play easy mode anymore).

[PlasmaBlooD]

Easy

BLOODY - 3,733,790 - Stage 15 - ON

update

PlasmaBlooD - 5,123,630 - Stage 16 - ON

[PlasmaBlooD]

Easy:

PlasmaBlooD - 5,644,620 - Stage 20 - ON

Normal

PlasmaBlooD - 2,415,130 - Stage 10 - ON

[PlasmaBlooD]

easy:
PlasmaBlooD - 10,808,370 - Stage 30 - ON

[Bloodreign]

Bloodreign 1,727,130 stage 8 normal rapid on

Second crack of over 1 million, either I'm improving, or I've managed to fluke the game the last 2 times.

[PlasmaBlooD]

Normal:
PlasmaBlooD - 4'977'530 - Stage 19 - ON

pic follow

i go to Terra diver

[bVork]

Not spectacular, but at least it gets me onto the board...
Normal:
bVork - 1,063,950 - Stage 7 - ON

[Ayanami]

Normal
Ayanami - 1,854,800 - Stage 8 - Auto Fire ON

Just got this game in the mail. It is all kinds of awesome.

[JoshF]

Easy
JoshF - 1,242,160 - Stage 8 - ON

I'll be playing this some more.

[Sonic R]

Easy
Sonic R - 1,826,950 - Stage 10 - autofire ON

[BrianC]

Yeah on emulator I was sticking with the Japanese version for awhile (seems about the same difficulty as the US version), I've noticed the arcade version is tougher because the US version has inst-respawn on it (damn I'd love to see a superplay on the real deal PCB, just to hear the music and see a pro go at it).

Also helps that I cranked the difficulty to normal mode, and getting absolutely wasted in stage 4 (enemies bullet speeds don't seem to change, just the amount of tanks and how much more they fire), can't drag myself to do easy mode anymore for some strange reason, either on the Japanese versions rom of Same Same Same, or on my Genesis copy of Fire Shark.

It also seems the Genesis Fire Shark may have the Twin Cobra Genesis syndrome, not only did it retain the checkpoint system, it also retained the difficulty of the Japanese arcade version. One good thing about this is it'll help make this game last much longer for me, in time I'll be getting as far in normal mode as I do in easy mode (used to not clear stage 1 in Normal mode, can now get to stage 4 consistently).

Edit: I have a switched Genesis now. Fire Shark has both the US and JP rev in the cart.

BrianC - 2,068,950 - stage 9 - easy - rapid off - switched to JP

[Andi]

You just get so cocky and used to killing everything instantly with a full powered fire beam that then, when you fuck up and die, you don't know what to do with yourself.

Andi - 2,008,480 - Stage 10 - Rapid Fire On - Easy

[szycag]

Got this in the mail today, gave it a run at full default. I have a rapid fire controller so I guess that counts as on.

szycag - 3,347,000 - Stage 12 - Rapid Fire On - Easy

[Limbrooke]

Normal

RFP - 1 551 580 - Stage 10 - ON

Chock Full O' stupid deaths. Yet, still a good game.

You just get so cocky and used to killing everything instantly with a full powered fire beam that then, when you fuck up and die, you don't know what to do with yourself.

That sums this game up quite well.

[lgb]

=EASY=
LGB - 1.685.590 - Stage 10 - Auto ON - jp version

I could have gotten farther if I had moved to avoid those black ships at the beginning of Stage 10.

[lgb]

Sorry to bother you again Sam...

=EASY=
LGB - 2.067.430 - Stage 10 - Auto ON - jpn version

On the last run, I screwed up in Stage 8 and no-missed Stage 9. This time it was the opposite. Mean Stage 10 is still a bit mean.

STAGE 9 IS A TRAP