Dodonpachi harder modes

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:03 am

How do you activate Dodonpachi harder modes on Mame32 ?
I've always only been playing the normal mode, would like to try the hard and very hard modes that I've heard of.

ave · Post by **ave** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:19 am

Weren't they only available in the ports of the game? On Saturn, you can definately change difficulty levels but I'm not sure about PSX.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:59 am

Something like press F2 and see what happens. Be aware that that anything different from default is just pointless

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:47 am

Ahh, there was a big thing on this with res0glas in an amusing thread.

Apparently, it's not a whole lot different on hard than it is on normal.

If you want to see it though, lun is probably right - if you mess about with the F2 menu you'll get it, or maybe the tab menu.

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:12 pm

F2 is bound to "Service Mode" for Dodonpachi on my config.
But it does nothing when I press it (be it on title screen or during gameplay.
Found nothing good in the tab menu either (Dodonpachi doesn't have "dip switches" like many neo geo games on which it's the way to change the difficulty level from 1 to

.
I just feel like a newbie playing Dodonpachi on normal mode when I see those people playing DOJ and mushihimesama on ULTRA. It looks so much harder -_-

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:27 pm

PROMETHEUS wrote: I just feel like a newbie playing Dodonpachi on normal mode when I see those people playing DOJ and mushihimesama on ULTRA. It looks so much harder -_-

They are different games, and Dodonpachi is hard enough. Just try to get past the first loop, at least >_<
Anyway, try to keep the F2 button pressed for some seconds, it should work. Otherwise I don't know what to say, unfortunately ^_^;;

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:43 pm

freddiebamboo wrote:Ahh, there was a big thing on this with res0glas in an amusing thread.

I'm teh' elete. This thread seriously made me laugh.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:21 pm

PROMETHEUS wrote:F2 is bound to "Service Mode" for Dodonpachi on my config.
But it does nothing when I press it (be it on title screen or during gameplay.
Found nothing good in the tab menu either (Dodonpachi doesn't have "dip switches" like many neo geo games on which it's the way to change the difficulty level from 1 to .
I just feel like a newbie playing Dodonpachi on normal mode when I see those people playing DOJ and mushihimesama on ULTRA. It looks so much harder -_-

You need to hold it down for a bit. It works, and that's where the setting is, trust me.

Arznei · Post by **Arznei** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:54 pm

Vincere wrote:
freddiebamboo wrote:Ahh, there was a big thing on this with res0glas in an amusing thread.
I'm teh' elete. This thread seriously made me laugh.

Is this a joke thread?

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:33 pm

Arznei wrote:
Vincere wrote:
freddiebamboo wrote:Ahh, there was a big thing on this with res0glas in an amusing thread.
I'm teh' elete. This thread seriously made me laugh.
Is this a joke thread?

No, that's what makes it so funny. I was totally upset to see a guy spitting on the others while achieving a 7,2M score on Very Hard. That was fucking funny ha ha. Don't ask me how someone can think this way whereas everybody can beat him.
If there was a "best of topics" collection, this would make it without a doubt along the "Garegga Ranking System Argument 2005".

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:48 am

They are different games, and Dodonpachi is hard enough. Just try to get past the first loop, at least >_<
Anyway, try to keep the F2 button pressed for some seconds, it should work. Otherwise I don't know what to say, unfortunately ^_^;;

aaah thx

The thing is I do get past first loop, 2nd loop is definitely hard and hibachi last attack pattern drives me crazy, but when I see the mushihimesama last boss ultra videos, it makes hibachi look easy. Even his last pattern

I totaly want to get my hands on mushihimesama. I'm a fan of DDP, but this one looks actually even better :O :O !

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:19 am

lol got to 2-2 first try A-L 63 millions on very hard
it doesn't really make any difference at all :/
I only noticed a very slight increase in the rate of fire of the enemies in area 1 and 2...
I think it only affects the starting rank or something like that. On very hard, rank must be set at maximum at beginning of area 1, then maybe it drops again as usual when you die, or just stays at max if you don't, and the game goes on exactly as on normal mode after a while...

Nothing Like Mushihimesama Maniac And Ultra Modes

!!
I badly want this game.

tassian · Post by **tassian** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:50 am

Vincere wrote:I'm teh' elete. This thread seriously made me laugh.

OMG, thanks for pointing us to that thread. It just made my Sunday morning so much better.