PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST
PLAY ALL THE GAMES FIRST BEFORE VOTING.
Make sure you are using the correct romset and settings for each game!
The Voting deadline for Week #5 is Monday, October 20th at 12:00am midnight EST (4AM GMT).
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
Voting is completely private. Here's what you need to do.
Send an e-mail to [email protected] with the following required things:
- Your forum name
- What game you are voting for
(If you do not include both of these things, your vote will not be counted).
While this is not required, please also add:
- WHY you are voting for the game you are voting for (your reason will not change the qualification of your vote, I'm just interested in seeing why people are voting for the game they choose. "I like this game" is not a reason, you can do better than that. "I like/chose this game because..." If you have trouble writing english, feel free to write in your native language.)
After you have sent your vote, you may not change your vote. You do not have to vote if you do not want to. You may not vote for other players (this also includes team mates). Your vote only counts if you send it to the e-mail address above. You must be part of STGT2008 to participate in voting. DO NOT PM me your votes.
I will be checking the votes two hours before the deadline. I will not be opening the e-mail account and looking at the votes before then. If there happens to be a tie (or one vote difference) at that point when I check them, I will announce that and extend the voting period for two more hours, allowing anyone who has not voted to have a chance to vote. I will not announce what games they are. Once there is a clear winner, the game will be announced.
Thread discussion:
DO NOT:
-Do not talk about what game(s) you are going to vote for or game(s) you are not going to vote for in this thread.
-Do not talk about what game(s) you might vote for in this thread.
-DO NOT STATE YOUR VOTE IN THIS THREAD.
(I hope this makes it clear what you should NOT talk about in this thread).
DO:
-Do ask questions about voting in general.
-Do ask questions you have about any of the games ("Why does this game suck?" is not an acceptable question, however.)
-Do ask any questions you have about the tournament.
-Do discuss anything that doesn't have to do with liking/disliking one of the game selections.
-Feel free to talk about your votes with your team outside of this thread (outside of this board).
Game Selection:
I don't believe I can do each game justice in describing how to approach it for scoring so I've linked to threads that will hopefully give you an idea of what you need to be doing. Just ask anything you're curious about in this thread otherwise; someone will answer your question.
Battle Garegga (JAPAN REGION) -8ing/Raizing-
Make sure you are using the correct romset and settings
If you are using MAME .117u1 or after, then you'll need to use the bgaregga romset. If you are using a MAME version before .117u1, you'll need to use the battlega romset (which means you'll have to get both battleg and battlega).
Quoting Icarus:
"Sega Saturn players don't need to mess with the options screen as the game defaults to this Extend setting automatically. However, MAME players will need to get both battleg (Garegga parent set) and battlega (Asian territories set) [or just bgaregga if you're using .117u1 and on]. Load battlega [or bgaregga] in MAME, and when the game appears, press the TAB button, and negotiate to the Dipswitches menu. From here, change the Region to JAPAN, and the Bonus Lives option to [Every 1000k], then reset the emulation via the main TAB menu ['reset game', or hit F3 or close out and reopen should work as well].
When the game reloads itself, check the copyright screen. If it says "This game is only for use in NIPPON..." then the Region setting changes have worked. Then wait until the title screen appears, and see if it says "1,000,000 Per Extend" at the bottom. If it does, then you're all set!"
Zakk made some rom patches (IPS) to stop the rank from changing after each play as well as making the secret ships always unlocked. Without it, you can always reset rank by restarting the game (hitting F3, exiting out, etc), but the ships need to be unlocked each game.
Link to Zakk's page with patches: http://bigcore.rsdio.com/zakk/replay/?p=98
Indepth guide: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=351
Ship types: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=3614
Some game secrets (including how to unlock the Mahou ships): http://www.world-of-arcades.net/R8zing/ ... ecrets.htm
Progear no Arashi (JAPAN) -Cave-
Make sure you are using the correct romset and settings
You'll need both progear and progearj, we'll be playing progearj. Default game settings. Pretty straightforward.
I believe the loop requirements are bomb 2 times or less, or have your # of bombs used + your number of lives lost equal to or less than 7.
Progear scoring discussion: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=2752
Guide by 270M player: http://www.arcade-extreme.com/ast/home.htm (Navigate to Guides/Specials and it's under there)
Raiden Fighters Jet (US version) -Seibu Kaihatsu-
Make sure you are using the correct romset and settings
You will need to get both rfjet and rfjetu, we'll be playing rfjetu. Default game settings.
For the timer, wait until counter goes down to 000, then press tab, go under dip switches, set JP1 dipswitch to ON and reset MAME.
If you don't want to deal with the wait time, extract this file and put it in your nvram folder. I made it in .99 and tested it in .127, so it should work fine: http://beatthegame.net/stgt2008/rfjnv.zip
(I think wolfmame stopped using nvram by default after .99 or a couple versions after. I made the file with wolfmame .99 but tested it in regular mame .127.)
To use the Slave or Fairy ship, insert your credit, hold bomb, press start to start the game, then release bomb. Select Miclus to use the Fairy, or select any other ship to use Slave. Different ships give Slave different properties
Partial guide: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=16237
RFJ discussion: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=883
Progear 31
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ArcticXC, Aru-san, charlieton, coffeejoerx, Danbo Daxter, DMC, FIL, Fu, Herr Schatten, Javel, KennyMan666, Kenzilla, lgb, lowemark, maxi, moozooh, MrMonkeyMan, Observer, Ravid Ruldra, shoe-sama, sikraiken, SFKhoa, spadgy, spongdangly, The Coop, The Riddler, themachinist, toby, viniciusvbf, Zidor
Battle Garegga 28
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Ayanami, bkk, bsidwell, Breakdown, crithit5000, Croikle, Cromarty, dandy j, Davey, dex, Enhasa, groobo, Kiken, MGN, mikwuyma, Minzoku, MR_Soren, MX7, Plasmo, professor ganson, Rob, ShadowWraith, spineshark, stanski, sunburstbasser, twiddle, VorpalEdge, Zebra Airforce
RFJ 12
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Aquas, CHI, elbarto, freddiebamboo, Icarus, Necronopticous, nZero, RGC, Rupert H, Smraedis, STG, szycag
Thunder Dragon 2 1
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