Strange bonus in Raiden Fighters 2

[EddyMRA]

A few years back, Alamone told me of a strange bonus in Raiden Fighters 2. He did not know how to trigger it, and it was called "DEAD POINT!"

Lo and behold, I triggered this bonus somehow in Raiden Fighters 2:



I don't know how I triggered it, but the screenshot shows the truck colliding with the medium tank, which would normally trigger the Miclus appearance.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I wonder if this mysterious "Dead Point" bonus can be excuted on the real Seibu Kaihatsu SP1 mobo setup? Could you tell us a bit more how this bonus came up, Alluro?

It sounds intriguing...always new stuff to find out and discover when it comes to old arcade shmup titles like you mention. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Twiddle]

Probably a bonus that has activated when you're dead.

[D]

More info please.

[Udderdude]

Probably a bonus that has activated when you're dead.

best bonus EVAR.

[Elixir]

That's incredibly retarded.

[EddyMRA]

Well, I did die shortly after this screenshot was taken. I was flashing with invincibility at the time (there's my ship's shadow on the bottom center off to the right). Also, it shows the truck running into the tank that would normally produce the Miclus. Perhaps that's how it's triggered:

Probably a bonus that has activated when you're dead.

It did not give any points, though.

[BulletMagnet]

It did not give any points, though.

Maybe it just acts as a multiplier for any other bonuses you might have activated?

Or else the programmers just put it there to mock us, heh heh.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

It did not give any points, though.

Maybe it just acts as a multiplier for any other bonuses you might have activated?

Or else the programmers just put it there to mock us, heh heh.

Yeah, those wise-cracking Seibu Kaihatsu dev guys...has this topic been discussed on the various Japanese BBS? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Twiddle]

It did not give any points, though.

Maybe it just acts as a multiplier for any other bonuses you might have activated?

If they wanted to do that they'd put it in Jet, but it apparently doesn't apply there so nyoro~n

[EddyMRA]

Yeah, those wise-cracking Seibu Kaihatsu dev guys...has this topic been discussed on the various Japanese BBS? ^_~

I don't know if even the Japanese know about this mysterious bonus.

I found this on a Japanese message board. One person talks about Raiden Fighters 2's DEAD POINT bonus. The URL is http://stg.arcadeita.net/seibu/1062606756.html#R701 and it is entry #726:

ライデンファイターズ２で、
自機が死んだら（ゲームオーバーだった）
「DEAD POINT」って表示が出たんだけど、これってなんなの？
砂漠面の下スクロールのところで出たんだけど。

My Japanese is extremely limited, so if anyone can translate this, it'd be much appreciated.

[Aru-san]

ライデンファイターズ２で、
自機が死んだら（ゲームオーバーだった）
「DEAD POINT」って表示が出たんだけど、これってなんなの？
砂漠面の下スクロールのところで出たんだけど。

My Japanese is extremely limited, so if anyone can translate this, it'd be much appreciated.

A rough translation. I'm sure someone else can do better.

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In Raiden Fighters 2,
if your character dies (and gets a Game Over),
"DEAD POINT" displays on the screen, however, what goes on then?
The desert level scrolls down anyways, no matter what.

[Ed Oscuro]

Oh god, why won't it stop scrolling

eject eject eje-