Super Aleste/Space Megaforce

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:44 pm

I couldn't imagine not playing with switching shot functions. You really have to take that into account to win big in the game - especially when using the 7 weapon options that you can lock in place to form a defense array.

EDIT - got the other modes added and cleaned up the format for easier reading.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:08 am

circuitface wrote:EDIT - got the other modes added and cleaned up the format for easier reading.

Cool.

Quick note: I think you missed Coop's 7.2 mil normal score.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:11 am

I did miss that

Go, Coop!

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:08 am

Don't know if anyone else tried this or not but I was looking for a spot to rack up points by repeatedly dying and restarting at a checkpoint. It turns out that you can do it indefinitely by collecting the 1up (Randar?) each time.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:51 am

ED-057 wrote:Don't know if anyone else tried this or not but I was looking for a spot to rack up points by repeatedly dying and restarting at a checkpoint. It turns out that you can do it indefinitely by collecting the 1up (Randar?) each time.

That sucks...

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:13 am

-Normal game-

6,596,210 - All - The Coop (Hard)

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:35 am

ED-057 wrote:Don't know if anyone else tried this or not but I was looking for a spot to rack up points by repeatedly dying and restarting at a checkpoint. It turns out that you can do it indefinitely by collecting the 1up (Randar?) each time.

Hmm, do those things reappear? That is kind of a bummer...oh well, guess we'll hafta go on an "honor system" or something, heh heh.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:09 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Hmm, do those things reappear? That is kind of a bummer...oh well, guess we'll hafta go on an "honor system" or something, heh heh.

Yeah we can do that. "No Check Point Abuse."

my scores updated
ED-057 - 1,711,160 - All - normal (short game)
ED-057 - 1,641,450 - All - hard (short game)
ED-057 - 6,300,970 - All - hyper (normal game)

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:13 pm

Updated - let me know if i missed anybody ^__^

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:43 pm

-Short Game-

The Coop - 1,735,120 - All (Normal)
The Coop - 1,526,560 - All (Hard)
The Coop - 1,238,960 - All (Hyper)

Edit:

-Short Game-

The Coop - 1,701,400 - All (Hard)

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:48 am

Updated ^__^
Coop regains his position!

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:55 am

ED-057 - 1,570,000 - All - hyper (short game)
ED-057 - 7,052,480 - All - normal (normal game)

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:03 am

but Ed's on his tail

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:18 pm

Hard:
6,733,960 - all clear - PlasmaBlooD

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:45 pm

-Short Game-

The Coop - 1,791,700 - All (Normal)
The Coop - 1,606,980 - All (Hyper)

-Standard Game-

The Coop - 7,089,740 - All (Hard)

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:20 am

Coop refuses defeat!

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:23 am

normal game, hard rank
7,010,430 - all clear - ED-057

grrr... if I had taken a few less hits in area 8 I might have taken first

for a day or so

oh well here are some fun facts:
In area 1 you can build up a full stock (12) of bombs.
Every bomb after 12 gives you 10K points.
In areas 3 and 9 you can use a bomb to take out some otherwise indestructible doodads in the background and get 3 more bombs.
I use power shot for almost the whole game. MDS for area 4.

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:22 pm

regular game

normal game

6'848'340 - all clear - PlasmaBlooD

update

regular game

normal game

7'061'470 - all clear - PlasmaBlooD

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:47 pm

Regular game

Normal game

6.057.200 -all clear- (1cc)

Lost a life at the penultimate stage 12 boss, grumble. I suppose the 1 million difference between the top players here is due to never wasting a single bomb?

By the way, I used 4 99% of the time.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:15 am

My strategy was just to destroy everything. Like all the rocks, blocks, spinning triangular prisms, random space trash, the fire-stuff left behind by the enemies on area 4, etc. Sometimes using a bomb will get more points than not using it.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:17 am

ED-057 wrote:My strategy was just to destroy everything. Like all the rocks, blocks, spinning triangular prisms, random space trash, the fire-stuff left behind by the enemies on area 4, etc. Sometimes using a bomb will get more points than not using it.

Yeah. I regret not using them until stage 8 (to escape those dreadful debris), especially since I get to the 12 max around stage 1... What a waste.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:57 pm

Edit: In Short stage 4 and Standard stage 1, there's one of those little blue Compile alien guys about half-way through the level. When you pick it up, it powers up your weapon and gives you an extra life. You can pick it up all you want; it's still there if you die and restart the level or continue at the Standard checkpoint. It's an infinite milking opportunity.

Unless you can only pick it up a certain amount of times, the only thing I can think of to remedy this is by having a high score entry requirement that states you must put the amount of lives you earned/had throughout the game, and put how many lives you had when you finally finished. Of course, if someone 1LCs it that should be pretty self-explanatory.

I get the feeling you all know this (at least Coop, anyway), seeing as it's not that hard to notice.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:03 pm

The Lander (that's its name) trick was already pointed out earlier.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:41 pm

Yeah, I now see the "no checkpoint abuse" notice in the first post. Also, I think this board is dead.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:59 am

Short / Normal
gs68 - 1,611,460 - ALL

My one worry about the game is that you can infinitely milk points on several of the bosses.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:16 pm

Sorry, i'll update it soon. Was actually playing again the other day. Fell to sleep playing it actually, had good dreams. ^.^

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:21 pm

Just got this in the mail yesterday. Fun game.

Short / Normal
MR_Soren - 1,272,140 - All

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:50 pm

MR_Soren wrote:Short / Normal
MR_Soren - 1,272,140 - All

New Scores: (edited)

Short / Normal
MR_Soren - 1,777,030 - All

Short / Hard
MR_Soren - 1,656,370 - All

Short / Hyper
MR_Soren - 1,097,690 - All

Regular / Normal
MR_Soren - 6,373,760 - All

A few notes about Short Game:

It appears that you get 50,000 per ship and 10,000 per bomb at the end, so fewer deaths can make a big impact on your score. If I don't die, I typically finish with 8 lives which is worth a 400,000 bonus. There is also a stage clear bonus of 50,000 for Stage 4.

I wonder if I can get those last 14,670 points to reach first on Short / Normal?

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:13 am

Earth to Circuitface, do you copy? PM and email doesn't seem to work so does anyone else want to take this over?

Regular(Standard) Game [Normal difficulty]
6,358,890 - all clear - Limbrooke

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:09 pm

Sorry guys, i just don't get on enough anymore. I'll update it but if anyone else can take over that'd be fine.

[edit] - There we go, updated and image-fixed. Let me know if i messed anything up

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