Armed Police Batrider

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:16 am

A,053,470 - Macaw - Stage 7 - Strawman (A)

Dropped my medals at the end of stage 6, but recovered in stage 7 and bombed most of the secret locations for 10k. Died on the turrets before the boss (yet again). Missed out on about 500k in the first three stages because I screwed up almost everything, I'm surprised I managed to recover. Fought all 3 rivals.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:19 pm

A,300,600 - Macaw - Stage 7 - Strawman (A)

Died on those big enemies before the turrets near the end of stage 7.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:02 am

How disappointing. Two silly mistakes at Glow Squid, the last being a first form double KO. ;_;

SPECIAL COURSE
8,181,500 - Icarus - Stage 17 (Glow Squid) - Strawman (A) / Flying Baron (C) / Bornnam (A)

Pulled a rather obscene amount of points from Bashinet2 and Black Heart2, though.
Over 9mil when the ALL18 hits, maybe?
Replay available.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:50 am

could you please publish the replay? cos i dont think youll get a considerably higher ALL too soon and id love to see some new batrider stuff

sorry i really cant wait

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:06 pm

Normal Course
DEL - 7,702,340 - 6-ALL - Strawman (A) / Flying Baron (B) / Miyamoto (C) Photo to follow...

Failed to trigger Sobut & missed the 100,000 for the Hovercraft 3 lives remaining bonus. I guess 8mil+ with those...

I won't have more than a couple of evenings gametime before the Meet (7 Trade Shows in less than 2 months)

Regs, DEL

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:26 am

Photo proof as Promised;

Been away.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:22 pm

Normal Course
RFP - 2,980,840 - 4 - Strawman (A)

So damn close to the 2nd extend...

toby · Post by **toby** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:10 pm

Normal
toby - 6,040,480 - ALL - Strawman(A) / Carpet(B) / Flying Baron (C)
work in progress (and has been so for a while, mostly bashi2's fault)

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:34 am

Normal Course

RFP - 3,368,200 - 5 - Strawman (A)

Got the 2nd extend at the beginning of Highway but as I was about to defeat Boredom I lost my medals. To hell with you, Boredom!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:55 pm

Icarus, you haven't updated my Normal 7.7

See you soon

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SamIAm · Post by **SamIAm** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:06 am

Hey guys, I'm looking to get into this game, and I just have one quick question. Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'd be here for days looking through all the APB threads.

I know how the game has a starting rank variable which, opposite of Battle Garegga, is actually at its highest when the PCB is turned on and lowers with every attract mode cycle. In other words, when you first turn the game on, you need to let the attract mode run for a while to keep your rank from being too high at the start, right?.

I'm playing in MAME, and it seems like an obvious way to get around waiting for this would be to use save states. In my experience so far, and as you probably all know, MAME will glitch out if you don't load a save state properly in APB. I found that making a state at the title screen, then letting the game cycle to the same screen later and loading it then, is the only way to make a state load successfully. However, there is something strange going on: I made my state at the title screen with no credit inserted, but if I insert a credit and then load the state, I will still have that credit. That means, I think, that not all variables in the game are preserved within any given save state.

So my question is, can any of you players attune to the rank system and familiar with playing APB in MAME tell me if the starting rank variable can be preserved in a save state? Is this what all of you do? And while I'm thinking about it, how long/how many cycles does it take to lower the rank variable sufficiently, anyway?

Thanks!

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:28 am

All scores will be updated next week, as I am in London (sightseeing, visiting family and attending London Meet IV), and without permanent internet at the moment, at least until I sort out my cousin's wireless router and MacMini.

Apologies for the inconvenience. Normal service will be resumed shortly.
Here ends the Public Service Announcement by namakoteamHQ.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:54 am

Scores are updated. I think.
Please double-check your scores just to make sure, I've been slacking off a bit. ^_-

SamIAm wrote:So my question is, can any of you players attune to the rank system and familiar with playing APB in MAME tell me if the starting rank variable can be preserved in a save state? Is this what all of you do? And while I'm thinking about it, how long/how many cycles does it take to lower the rank variable sufficiently, anyway?

Yes, you can save the minimum rank level in a state if required. You MUST pause the game at the title screen prior to saving your state, and must reload from the title screen as well.

It takes about 20mins at MAME throttled speed (press F10) to reset the rank down to minimum from bootup.

Plasmo wrote:could you please publish the replay? cos i dont think youll get a considerably higher ALL too soon and id love to see some new batrider stuff
sorry i really cant wait

As promised at the London Meet:

Player: Icarus // Armed Police Batrider
- Normal, 7.79mil to Stage 6, Teamplay (XVID - 167MB)
- Advanced, 11.48mil to Stage 7, Strawman Only (XVID - 215MB)
- Special, 8.18mil to Stage 17, Teamplay (XVID - 165MB)

I'll be coming back to this soon, so hopefully some more improvements to the scores are coming.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:32 am

NORMAL COURSE:
3,474,050 - Dandy J - ALL - Maria (C)

I'll definitely be improving this, I couldn't even keep a medal chain, nor did I try and fight any of the extra bosses.

BTW Thanks to Icarus, NTSC-J, Matt, and everyone else who posted Batrider secrets/strats. I really don't think I could've done much without them. :p

gionmatsuli · Post by **gionmatsuli** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:03 pm

Normal Course:
7.084.290 - DKU-KAB - ALL - Strawman(A)-SilverSword(B)-Bornnam(C)

Lost my chain medals on the begining of stage 6

skink · Post by **skink** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:46 am

Normal Course:

skink - ALL - 3,791,380 - Strawman (A)

I'm just getting into this game, so hopefully this won't be my last score submission :p

My first ever 1cc!

zero.otaku · Post by **zero.otaku** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:36 pm

Normal Course (Japan version B)
zero.otaku - 3,629,910 - ALL - Strawman (A)

My first ever 1CC also, though I'm not sure how proud I am considering it's only Normal course =/

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:18 am

Normal Course (Japan Version B)

Ayanami - 4,122,930 - Stage 5 - Maria (A)

No matter how hard I try I can't even one CC the damn normal course...

zero.otaku · Post by **zero.otaku** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:14 am

Couple more scores to add, not progressing very much but this game rocks so I'll keep at it:

Normal Course

zero.otaku - 3718580 - ALL - Strawman (A)

Advance Course

zero.otaku - 4009320 - Stage 6 - Strawman (A)

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Scored horrendously during that Advanced course run, didn't even come close to what I usually do on Normal. Curse you, Ayanami, how are you doing it? I'll get you soon enough, heh heh =p

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:23 pm

zero.otaku wrote:Couple more scores to add, not progressing very much but this game rocks so I'll keep at it:

Normal Course

zero.otaku - 3718580 - ALL - Strawman (A)

Advance Course

zero.otaku - 4009320 - Stage 6 - Strawman (A)

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Scored horrendously during that Advanced course run, didn't even come close to what I usually do on Normal. Curse you, Ayanami, how are you doing it? I'll get you soon enough, heh heh =p

How is that stick working for you(does it even work

)? Looking good zero!

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:47 am

ADVANCED COURSE:
9,332,910 - cigsthecat - Stage 7 - Strawman (A)

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:20 pm

Scores updated. Finally.
Good to see you back in the hunt, cigs. ^_-

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:28 pm

Normal Course
28 - Pirate1019 - 5 - Strawman (A)

I think I'm finally getting the feel for how Batrider is supposed to be played. All I needed was to be less dependant on bombs to get through the boss fights so I can use them for the levels. I'm also getting better at medal chaining too.

califoreigner · Post by **califoreigner** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:29 pm

Normal Course (Japan Version B)

second update in one day

califoreigner - 3,118,740 - Stage 5 - Strawman (A)

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:53 pm

califoreigner wrote:recently got this board from bay. The game ever.

Fixed.

I think I'm gonna give Advanced a shot later today and see if I'm any good at that.

zero.otaku · Post by **zero.otaku** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:07 pm

Sonic R wrote: How is that stick working for you(does it even work )? Looking good zero!

Ack, no, for some reason Windows doesn't recognize it at all. I figured it would work since it's USB but alas, such is not the case. Thanks for letting me borrow it anyhow.

zero.otaku · Post by **zero.otaku** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:50 pm

Normal Course (Japan Ver. B)

zero.otaku - 4,146,630 - ALL - Maria (C)

Maria has the bomb ever.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:43 pm

Advanced Course

A,373,000 - cigsthecat - Stage 7 - Strawman (A)

Real damn close to that 500k bonus, but I decided to waste 2 bombs on the side pods in a vain effort to destroy them instead of waiting until I actually needed them.

califoreigner · Post by **califoreigner** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:07 am

Normal Course

califoreigner - 3,925,370 - ALL - Strawman (A)

zero.otaku · Post by **zero.otaku** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:04 pm

Normal Course

zero.otaku - 4,893,240 - ALL - Maria (C), Strawman (A), Miyamoto (C)

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