STGT'09 Week 3 - Thunder Dragon 2

[dex]

Thunder Dragon 2!

Week Themes & Rules
Registration Thread
Week 1 Scores: Varth
Week 1 Results
Week 2 Scores: Raiden Fighters Jet
Week 2 Results

This week is Dragon Week and the game is Thunder Dragon 2.
Settings
-default settings
-Autofire allowed (no limit)
-One credit!
-No old scores!

The playing week ends on September 21th, 2009, at 4:00 AM GMT

(GMT).
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

Score format: Player - Team - Score - Stage - Player Side - Version

Player side is important - your ship depends on which side you play!

Remember about proper formatting, and about the spaces before and after the '-'! You don't need to insert commas into the score (though it won't hurt).

Again, if you keep to the formatting, it would be splendid. And a reminder, dynamic scoreboard is still very much up and running.

In the case that you complete the game, please take note or a screenshot (F12) of your score AFTER the words "PRESENTED BY NMK" disappear (whether being shot by you or they fly away) which is seconds before the game fades to the high score screen, which will report a lower score than what you've gotten at the end of the game (bug.)

Have fun!

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**   Player              Team                     Score         Stage  Player  Version
1.   sikraiken           TCACTRM                      5,211,530 ALL    P1      MAME
2.   LUY                 Pelé Shooting Team           4,913,550 ALL?   P1      MAME
3.   Plasmo              TCACTRM                      4,286,600 Final  P1      MAME
4.   ShadowWraith        Team Hard Gay                4,234,890 ALL    P1      MAME
5.   Dragoforce          Team Sweden [Blue]           4,220,890 Final  P2      MAME
6.   Enhasa              Team Sweet Tacos             4,107,240 Final  P1      MAME
7.   ikki86_             Bröstlaser                   4,098,950 Final  P2      MAME
8.   Shatterhand         Pelé Shooting Team           4,042,160 ALL    P1      Mame
9.   The_Pro             TCACTRM                      3,854,800 Final  P1      MAME
10.  The Coop            Team Oldschoolers            3,717,130 Final  P1      MAME
11.  shoe-sama           TCACTRM                      3,511,700 7      P1      MAME
12.  Normand             Team Sweet Tacos             3,437,730 7      P1      MAME
13.  Ravid               Team Royale                  3,306,230 7      P1      MAME
14.  LtC                 Team Downrank                3,181,450 7      P1      MAME
15.  shadowbringer       Garrincha Shooting Team      3,092,180 7      P1      MAME
16.  coffeejoerx         Pelé Shooting Team           2,867,370 7      P1      Mame
17.  DMC                 Team Sweden [Blue]           2,773,040 7      P1      MAME
18.  spineshark          Team Sweet Tacos             2,611,400 7      P1      MAME
19.  moozooh             Team Hard Gay                2,492,800 6      P2      MAME
20.  NTSC-J              Shooting Snobs               2,470,840 6      P1      MAME
21.  croikle             letsdestroystgt09            2,457,290 6      P1      MAME
22.  toby                Team Sweden [Blue]           2,412,600 6      P1      MAME
23.  Arvandor            Drink 'N Fly                 2,360,400 6      P1      MAME
24.  SFKhoa              Team Downrank                2,288,140 6      P2      MAME
25.  CRI                 Gothloli Luftwaffe           2,254,740 6      P1      MAME
26.  TodayIsForgotten    Drink 'N Fly                 2,229,320 6      P1      MAME
27.  RGC                 Team Royale                  2,206,100 6      P1      MAME
28.  zoonel              Team Free Agents             2,202,810 6      P1      MAME
29.  ArcticXC            Team Mancos                  2,183,040 6      P1      MAME
30.  pat33999            Ketsui Defense Force         2,181,740 6      P1      MAME
31.  freddiebamboo       Garrincha Shooting Team      2,180,310 6      P1      MAME
32.  DJ Incompetent      Drink 'N Fly                 1,999,830 6      P1      MAME
33.  Breakdown           Team Sweet Tacos             1,900,140 5      P1      MAME
34.  ED-057              Team Oldschoolers            1,878,790 5      P1      MAME
35.  Doctor Fugue        Team Lower Quartile          1,839,750 5      P2      MAME OS X
36.  Hiki                Team Sweden [Yellow]         1,800,700 5      P1      MAME
37.  Zakk                Drink 'N Fly                 1,794,480 5      P1      MAME
38.  unsane              Drink 'N Fly                 1,759,820 5      P1      MAME
39.  Zidor               Team Sweden [Blue]           1,751,300 5      P2      MAME
40.  Shadow Jacky        The Team With No Name        1,704,520 5      P1      MAME
41.  Davey               letsdestroystgt09            1,696,820 5      P1      MAME
42.  Fu                  Team Free Agents             1,694,870 5      P1      MAME
43.  DoubleThink         The Team With No Name        1,654,370 5      P1      MAME
44.  dex                 Team Sweet Tacos             1,641,470 5      P1      MAME
45.  Necronopticous      Slap Chop My Nuts            1,592,760 5      P1      MAME
46.  LFO                 Gothloli Luftwaffe           1,584,740 5      P1      MAME
47.  Redsun              Garrincha Shooting Team      1,524,110 5      P1      MAME
48.  Aquas               Team Loser                   1,520,800 5      P1      MAME
49.  Ruldra              Garrincha Shooting Team      1,488,080 4      P1      MAME
50.  Edge                Gothloli Luftwaffe           1,472,910 4      P1      MAME
51.  charlieton          Team Sweden [Blue]           1,471,560 4      P2      MAME
52.  Core                Team Loser                   1,396,820 4      P1      MAME
53.  bkk                 letsdestroystgt09            1,362,440 4      P1      MAME
54.  KennyMan666         Team Sweden [Yellow]         1,350,270 4      P1      MAME
55.  stanski             Team Sweet Tacos             1,326,750 4      P1      mame
56.  Erodion             Team Mancos                  1,304,390 4      P1      MAME
57.  Danbo Daxter        MANGO SENTINAL               1,295,080 4      P2      MAME
58.  najzere             The Team With No Name        1,268,600 4      P1      MAME
59.  lgb                 MANGO SENTINAL               1,249,620 4      P2      MAME
60.  sandlegs            Team Loser                   1,245,080 4      P1      MAME
61.  LLCoolDave          Team Hard Gay                1,227,670 4      P1      MAME Plus
62.  Dale                Team Lower Quartile          1,161,500 4      P1      Mame
63.  CPN                 MANGO SENTINAL               1,155,270 4      P2      MAME
64.  victoly             Drink 'N Fly                 1,154,900 4      P1      MAME
65.  argelius            Team Sweden [Yellow]         1,146,580 4      P1      MAME
66.  Large               Gothloli Luftwaffe           1,139,030 4      P1      MAME
67.  DOS                 Team Sweden [Yellow]         1,129,250 4      P1      MAME
68.  Kiken               Drink 'N Fly                 1,116,040 4      P1      MAME
69.  Ed Oscuro           Slap Chop My Nuts            1,101,080 3      P2      MAME
70.  crithit5000         letsdestroystgt09            1,101,030 4      P2      MAME
71.  Herr Schatten       Team Oldschoolers            1,099,830 4      P1      MAME
72.  Mr_Soren            letsdestroystgt09            1,087,860 4      P2      MAME
73.  Kyper               Garrincha Shooting Team      1,078,240 4      P1      MAME
74.  ColonelFatso        The Team With No Name        1,072,060 3      P1      MAME
75.  Jockel              Gothloli Luftwaffe           1,069,930 4      P2      MAME
76.  Gaijin Punch        Shooting Snobs               1,056,810 4      P1      MAME
77.  Third_strike        Pelé Shooting Team           1,045,500 4      P1      MAME
78.  Aru-san             Team Loser                   1,016,770 3      P1      MAME
79.  spadgy              Team Royale                    952,080 3      P2      MAME
80.  sunburstbasser      The Team With No Name          921,920 3      P1      MAME
81.  BulletMagnet        Team Loser                     918,560 3      P1      MAME
82.  emphatic            Team Sweden [Blue]             913,710 3      P1      MAME
83.  Tigershark          Underdogs                      859,650 3      P1      MAME
84.  Aleanil             Team Lower Quartile            856,780 4      P1      MAME
85.  ZenicReverie        Team Hard Gay                  851,780 3      P1      MAME
86.  kozo                Team Lower Quartile            807,070 3      P1      MAME
87.  donotcare95         Team Free Agents               805,750 3      P2      MAME
88.  Turrican            Team Oldschoolers              777,270 3      P1      MAME
89.  CHI                 Team Royale                    774,130 3      P2      MAME
90.  msm                 Underdogs                      738,080 3      P1      MAME
91.  Otherworld          Bröstlaser                     733,010 3      P2      MAME
92.  Zejiro              Bröstlaser                     729,700 3      P1      MAME
93.  m3tall1ca           Team Downrank                  722,450 ?      P2      MAME
94.  Warp_Rattler        Shooting Snobs                 719,720 3      P1      MAME Plus!
95.  RaneofSoTN          The Team With No Name          703,240 3      P1      Mame
96.  Voxbox              Team Sweden [Yellow]           696,980 3      P2      MAME
97.  z0rly               MANGO SENTINAL                 686,240 3      P1      WOLFMAME+
98.  1up                 Underdogs                      680,100 3      P1      MAMEplus!
99.  deadward            Team Fremont                   675,860 3      P1      MAME
100. charlie chong       Ketsui Defense Force           652,600 3      P1      mame
101. MrTie               letsdestroystgt09              625,710 3      P1      MAME
102. Leeram              Underdogs                      556,030 4      P2      MAME
103. antron              Team Lower Quartile            534,880 3      P1      MAME
104. agustusx            Team Lower Quartile            529,010 3      P1      MAME
105. joystickchris       Team Fremont                   293,560 2      P1      MAME
106. MrSparkle           Team Hard Gay                  275,750 2      P1      MAME
107. jluedtke            Team Fremont                   202,300 2      P1      MAME 

[Turrican]

is the 9 / 11 / 93 rev. good for STGT?

[Aru-san]

Aru-san - Team Loser - 530,070 - Player 1 - MAME

[Ed Oscuro]

I love you guys sooo much.

I think I know how the games got picked now

Admittedly I haven't put as much time into this one as I think people would assume I have, but just to start things rolling:

Ed Oscuro - Slap Chop My Nuts - 799,180 - Stage 3 - P2 side - 9 Nov. '93 (MAME)

[Aru-san]

Aru-san - Team Loser - 618,540 - 3 - Player 1 - MAME

Dammit, autofire made me input this name.
Also, is it me, or do I see rank present? I jacked up my autofire rate and enemies that didn't normally go bullet-happy on me did.

[Enhasa]

I love you guys sooo much.

I think I know how the games got picked now

all 5 weeks straggler

[Aru-san]

Aru-san - Team Loser - 681,690 - 3 - Player 1 - MAME

[Turrican]

Turrican - Team Oldschoolers - 537,820 - 3 - Player 1 - MAME

[clp]

fuuuuuuuuuuuu.... can it be good games time now plx?

[ShadowWraith]

ShadowWraith - Team Hard Gay - 2,124,770 - Stage 6 - Player 1 - MAME

I like this game. It's not horribly fast paced and there's not a lot of memorisation involved! Bombs are all over the place.

[Arvandor]

I'm digging it too so far, but...

For the love of all that is explosions and stuff! Turn off your sound!

Your sanity will thank me.

The voice... My god the pilot's voice... *shudder*

[TodayIsForgotten]

yeeee-her. Got outta my way!

[Ed Oscuro]

It's not horribly fast paced and there's not a lot of memorisation involved!

LOL

Enjoy losing a third of your first stage scoring potential because you missed just two secret bonuses. (300K is a good first stage score, possibly one can do even better, kind of like how 6200K+ in RFJ stage 1 was my target, though I made do with 5M+ scores.)

Although, it looks like I should pay more attention to just forcing my way through some stages...it's too easy to get hung up on the first stage.

It's kinda like RFJ in that your score is related to the square of the amount of time you put in. Sort of a mix between the caravan style play and kind of like RFJ in that shooting things down quickly means you get more scoring opportunities later on, also more bombs.

It's also somewhat like RFJ in that the more hidden medals you uncover, the more later ones are worth.

Thanks to Aru-San for reminding me to shoot safely. Rank definitely is tied to the amount of times you shoot. So not only does this game reward you for sweeping back and forth quickly (also punishes because I often sweep back into a bullet), but there's also a reward for shots hit percentage.

[TodayIsForgotten]

Gotta get use to the blue bullets and this game suffers a little varth with the shit coming from behind that you can run into. I'm liking this game though.

TodayIsForgotten - Drink 'N Fly - 966,470, Stage 4 - Player 1 - Mame

[Ed Oscuro]

with the shit coming from behind that you can run into.

Note that the first bomber that comes from behind (in stage 2) actually goes through your ship at the beginning with no ill effect. It doesn't actually come into play until a bit later. A scaling or similar effect would have been helpful there.

That, and bonuses that hide behind clouds, and enemy shots that can be completely hidden by the P2 ship (example of a dangerous situation: the watchtowers in stage 2), makes me wonder if the graphics emulation is 100% correct. Well, it probably is (at one point in that stage I noticed a bomb floating under a fake transparent tent net). It does take some getting used to in any case.

[ED-057]

ED-057 - Team Oldschoolers - 1,036,860 - stage 4 - p1 side - MAME

This game seems kind of tame after playing Varth and seeing every little popcorn and ground-based enemy trying to sneak up and point-blank me.

[croikle]

Rank definitely is tied to the amount of times you shoot.

I'd thought it was based on survival time, but I just shoot autofire continually. This could bear some checking out.

[Ed Oscuro]

Rank definitely is tied to the amount of times you shoot.

I'd thought it was based on survival time, but I just shoot autofire continually. This could bear some checking out.

Actually you could be right. I didn't get back to stage 3 in order to check it out, so definitely try different strategies.

Rank control is probably just through dying if shots aren't counted O_O

[Zaarock]

Yay, maybe not having autofire wont matter this week then. How the hell do you set up autofire for SDLMAME on a mac? I cant seem to get it working in any way. Using a keymapper with autofire mysteriously stops working on any MAME client when it works fine on everything else.

[Erodion]

Erodion - Team Mancos - 584,390 - Stage 3 - P1 Side - MAME

Edit:



Erodion - Team Mancos - 878,440 - Stage 3 - P1 Side - MAME

[Arvandor]

Gotta get use to the blue bullets and this game suffers a little varth with the shit coming from behind that you can run into. I'm liking this game though.

Wait, what? I've actually been really enjoying the LACK of behind deaths. The stuff that comes in low doesn't shoot at you until its higher up on the screen, and planes that come in from below won't kill you by touching them until they're in the top two-thirds of the screen or so. There's only one exception I've found to this so far.

I'm more annoyed with the... third boss? Instant kill laser. Even though I've seen it a few times, I still stand there in front of him like a retard and BLAM!

[Nifty]

Continuing my two-week tradition of posting an early score:

DoubleThink - The Team With No Name - 590,570 - 3 - P1 - MAME

It's really annoying how the bombing ships at the end of stage 1 will randomly fly straight back up the moment they appear

[unsane]

unsane - Drink 'N Fly - 629,360 - Stage 3 - P1 Side - MAME

[DOS]

DOS - Team Sweden [Yellow] - 704,730 - Stage 3 - P2 Side - MAME

edit:

DOS - Team Sweden [Yellow] - 796,570 - Stage 3 - P2 Side - MAME

[Ruldra]

Dear lord, with so many great options for a dragon week you had to choose this one?

Thunder Dragon is as much about dragons as Kyukyoku Tiger is about tigers.

[lgb]

is the 9 / 11 / 93 rev. good for STGT?

yes because there's like 3 different versions and I dunno which one to pick

[Tigershark]

Not sure where the dragon is but this is much more like it!

[charlieton]

charlieton - Team Sweden [Blue] - 1,078,090 - 3 - P2 - MAME

"Time to put in more coins!"
NO! Fuck you!

[clp]

Dear lord, with so many great options for a dragon week you had to choose this one?

Thunder Dragon is as much about dragons as Kyukyoku Tiger is about tigers.

+1

[dex]

dex - Team Sweet Tacos - 908950 - 3 - P1 - MAME

First credit.

I don't like this game. It's not horribly fast paced and there's not a lot of memorisation involved! Bombs are all over the place, at least.

I think I'm going to be playing more rohga this week instead (thanks Twiddle!).

All revisions should be good, I guess? Ask mike about that, I'm just here doing the scoreboard that has just been updated.