While I'm here, I should probably answer some questions.
Vorpal wrote:I really DO want to see replays, but not to judge them for "legitimacy". I just want to see how YOU guys handle various bullet patterns, because the "pros" just freaking brute-force-micro-move through them.
My old Bornnam 9.84mil kuso is back online. (XVID - 272MB)
Goes to stage6, before the turrets (simultaneously dying and dropping Medals at Black Heart killed the run.)
zinger wrote:Vorpal wrote:Speaking of that, in my mame replay there you can see I drop 3 bombs at once on the flamingoes... but usually I'm capped at 2. Did I encounter a bug, or how the hell did I do that?
I think it's related to the sprite limit, at least that's what Icarus told me. Feels kinda random, but maybe there's some strategy for pulling off this consistantly. It's been so long since I last played the game.
There is a sort of sprite limitation in effect, but I've been able to trigger a three-Weapon drop quite consistently if I drop 1 full and one partial before grabbing the full-Weapon item.
This is on the Saturn version, by the way.
zinger wrote:There's also a method that involves suiciding exactly before you get the first extend from the flamingos, to gain a full bomber item. I've managed to get ~2,5 mil out of this (resulting in 2,9 after the birds), but it's tricky to get it right.
CIT wrote:That method is shown in the Bornnam replay on the Saturn version, iirc. Extremely difficult to pull off.
First, a quick replay with Gain, nabbing 2.3mil.
(Laugh as I completely mistime a suicide and thus don't get a free full-Weapon.)
http://bigcore.rsdio.com/icarus/garegga ... il_icr.avi
While I don't actually recall seeing it done by WAT on the Saturn superplay,
I myself have managed to do it with Bornnam, although there isn't much point since you can't drop more than one Weapon at once. You can do it in one of two ways: lead one of the slow-moving homing drones around the side of the screen, then suicide off it (like in the Gain clip), or keep distance from one of the turrets on the right, and suicide off their shots (like in the Bornnam clip).
I think you can get over 3mil with the full-Weapon suicide, but you have to place your Weapons in the right place. I'm still experimenting with the timing of the first Weapon drop to release the birds since, as you guys should know, it differs depending on the ship you're using.
By the way,
did the gunblimp with Gain, as well.
fuck it 
