STGT'09 Week 5 - ...do I even need to tell you?

[dex]

Battle Garegga, surprise surprise!

Week Themes & Rules
Registration Thread
Week 1 Scores: Varth
Week 1 Results
Week 2 Scores: Raiden Fighters Jet
Week 2 Results
Week 3 Scores: Thunder Dragon 2
Week 3 Results
Week 4 Scores: Strikers 1945 II
Week 4 Results

This week is Raizing week and the game is What Everyone Knew Would Be The Game.
Settings

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). Load battlega 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 NONE, then reset the emulation via the main TAB menu.

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!

-extends every 1 million, Japanese region etc.
Roms:
-> For earlier than .61: use battleg
-> For .61 to .117: use battlega (although battleg, which at this point is the Chinese one, is also ok says Ruldra... but battlega is the rom in question)
-> For .117u1 and newer, use bgaregga
-Saturn difficulty should be 4, which should be the default.
-No old scores!
-Autofire allowed (no limit)
-One credit!

Remember, this is a DOUBLE week. The playing weeks end on October 12th, 2009, at 4:00 AM GMT

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

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

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.

Have fun!

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**   Player              Team                     Score         Stage   Ship            Version
1.   ket                 TCACTRM                      G,062,720 ALL     Chitta (ABC)    PCB(arcade)
2.   Plasmo              TCACTRM                      F,388,830 ALL     Gain (ABC)      Saturn
3.   sikraiken           TCACTRM                      E,868,040 ALL     Gain (ABC)      MAME
4.   bkk                 letsdestroystgt09            E,737,470 Airport Gain (ABC)      MAME
5.   Enhasa              Team Sweet Tacos             B,537,400 Airport Gain (ABC)      MAME
6.   clp                 Ketsui Defense Force         B,501,360 Airport Gain (ABC)      Mame
7.   Danbo Daxter        MANGO SENTINAL               B,018,930 ALL     Golden Bat      MAME
8.   CRI                 Gothloli Luftwaffe           9,768,100 Airport Gain (ABC)      Saturn
9.   Ruldra              Garrincha Shooting Team      9,707,950 Airport Gain (ABC)      MAME
10.  DMC                 Team Sweden [Blue]           9,164,590 Airport Golden Bat      MAME
11.  croikle             letsdestroystgt09            9,107,850 Base    Gain (C)        MAME
12.  spineshark          Team Sweet Tacos             8,611,770 Airport Chitta (C)      MAME
13.  Ravid               Team Royale                  8,410,690 Base    Gain (C)        MAME
14.  charlie chong       Ketsui Defense Force         8,027,630 Airport golden bat      pcb 
15.  moozooh             Team Hard Gay                7,919,800 Cloud   Gain (C)        MAME
16.  toby                Team Sweden [Blue]           7,354,040 Cloud   Gain (C)        MAME
17.  ikki86_             Bröstlaser                   6,759,960 Base    Gain (ABC)      MAME
18.  shadowbringer       Garrincha Shooting Team      6,696,560 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      MAME
19.  Kiken               Drink 'N Fly                 6,612,220 Base    Musashi B       Saturn
20.  SFKhoa              Team Downrank                6,492,480 Base    Gain (C)        MAME
21.  coffeejoerx         Pelé Shooting Team           6,455,850 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      MAME
22.  NTSC-J              Shooting Snobs               6,312,670 Base    Gain (ABC)      MAME
23.  victoly             Drink 'N Fly                 6,277,280 Cloud   Gain            MAME
24.  Hiki                Team Sweden [Yellow]         6,251,240 Base    Miyamoto (C)    MAME
25.  RGC                 Team Royale                  6,246,770 Cloud   Gain (C)        MAMEPlus!
26.  Zakk                Drink 'N Fly                 6,239,770 Cloud   Bornnam (ABC)   MAME
27.  Dragoforce          Team Sweden [Blue]           6,125,940 Base    Miyamoto(C)     Saturn
28.  shoe-sama           TCACTRM                      5,989,870 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      MAME
29.  Bill                Slap Chop My Nuts            5,894,050 Cloud   Wild Snail (ABC)MAME
30.  Arvandor            Drink 'N Fly                 5,792,890 Cloud   Golden Snail    MAME
31.  charlieton          Team Sweden [Blue]           5,724,820 Cloud   Golden Bat      MAME
32.  CPN                 MANGO SENTINAL               5,715,440 Base    Golden Bat      MAME
33.  stanski             Team Sweet Tacos             5,674,310 Cloud   Gain C          mame
34.  Erodion             Team Mancos                  5,636,490 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      MAME
35.  RGB                 letsdestroystgt09            5,552,400 Base    Golden Bat      MAME
36.  Doctor Fugue        Team Lower Quartile          5,500,510 Cloud   Golden Bat      Saturn
37.  Davey               letsdestroystgt09            5,370,430 Cloud   Miyamoto (ABC)  PCB
38.  ArcticXC            Team Mancos                  5,283,110 Cloud   Gain (C)        MAME
39.  The Coop            Team Oldschoolers            5,207,810 Base    Wild Snail      MAME
40.  LFO                 Gothloli Luftwaffe           5,054,840 Cloud   Golden Bat      Saturn
41.  dex                 Team Sweet Tacos             5,014,920 Plant   Gain (C)        MAME
42.  BulletMagnet        Team Loser                   4,805,060 Cloud   Miyamoto (C)    Saturn
43.  crithit5000         letsdestroystgt09            4,735,700 Plant   Gain (B)        MAME
44.  Jockel              Gothloli Luftwaffe           4,586,130 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      MAME
45.  Kyper               Garrincha Shooting Team      4,554,510 Factory Gain (ABC)      MAME
46.  Edge                Gothloli Luftwaffe           4,468,170 Plant   Gain (ABC)      MAME
47.  EPS21               Ketsui Defense Force         4,440,590 Cloud   Golden Bat      Mame
48.  emphatic            Team Sweden [Blue]           4,413,260 Plant   Gain (B)        MAME
49.  Kenzilla            Team Sweden [Yellow]         4,372,100 Cloud   Golden Bat      MAME
50.  DoubleThink         The Team With No Name        4,342,350 Cloud   Bornmad (ABC)   MAME
51.  sven666             Shooting Snobs               4,240,750 Plant   Gain (A)        PCB
52.  Geist               Gothloli Luftwaffe           4,160,270 Cloud   Wild Snail (ABC)Saturn
53.  pat33999            Ketsui Defense Force         3,904,110 Cloud   Gain (C)        MAME
54.  freddiebamboo       Garrincha Shooting Team      3,844,590 Plant   Gate of Hell    MAME
55.  z0rly               MANGO SENTINAL               3,843,350 Plant   Golden Bat      MAME
56.  spadgy              Team Royale                  3,825,570 Cloud   Wild Snail      Saturn
57.  argelius            Team Sweden [Yellow]         3,666,990 Plant   Gain (ABC)      MAME
58.  Rupert H            Team Royale                  3,573,770 Plant   Gain (ABC)      Saturn
59.  Redsun              Garrincha Shooting Team      3,565,900 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      MAME
60.  m3tall1ca           Team Downrank                3,463,930 Factory Gain (ABC)      MAME
61.  szycag              Team Downrank                3,454,760 Cloud   Gain (ABC)      Mame
62.  Large               Gothloli Luftwaffe           3,367,510 Plant   Gain            Saturn
63.  Voxbox              Team Sweden [Yellow]         3,341,500 Plant   Wild Snail (B)  Mame
64.  lgb                 MANGO SENTINAL               3,297,680 Plant   Gain (A)        MAME
65.  Herr Schatten       Team Oldschoolers            3,288,140 Cloud   Golden Bat      MAME
66.  donotcare95         Team Free Agents             3,228,620 Factory Gain (C)        MAME
67.  unsane              Drink 'N Fly                 3,055,240 Plant   Golden Bat      MAME
68.  ED-057              Team Oldschoolers            2,972,370 Cloud   Bornnam (ABC)   MAME
69.  DJ Incompetent      Drink 'N Fly                 2,948,830 Cloud   Golden Bat ABC  MAME
70.  msm                 Underdogs                    2,726,410 Plant   Gain (A)        MAME
71.  antron              Team Lower Quartile          2,681,800 Plant   Gain (ABC)      Saturn
72.  luy                 Pelé Shooting Team           2,664,910 Factory flying baron    mame
73.  KNTain              MANGO SENTINAL               2,662,590 Cloud   Golden Bat      MAME
74.  Warp_Rattler        Shooting Snobs               2,630,950 Plant   Iron Mackerel   MAMEPlus!
75.  Third_strike        Pelé Shooting Team           2,425,080 Plant   Iron Mackerel   MAME
76.  Tigershark          Underdogs                    2,384,090 Plant   Rust Champion   Saturn
77.  MrTie               letsdestroystgt09            2,361,990 Factory Gain (C)        MAME
78.  D3m0nZ              Team Mancos                  2,309,310 Factory Miyamoto (A)    MAME
79.  ShadowWraith        Team Hard Gay                2,307,890 Plant   Gain (A)        MAME
80.  sunburstbasser      The Team With No Name        2,223,830 Factory Bornham (ABC)   MAME
81.  ColonelFatso        The Team With No Name        2,216,890 Factory Golden Bat      MAME
82.  Ed Oscuro           Slap Chop My Nuts            2,193,090 Factory Bornnam (C)     MAME Plus!
83.  Leeram              Underdogs                    2,164,520 Factory Wild Snail      MAME
84.  CHI                 Team Royale                  2,008,690 Factory Wild Snail (A)  MAME
85.  Shadow Jacky        The Team With No Name        1,868,580 Factory golden snail    mame
86.  zoonel              Team Free Agents             1,711,800 Factory baron           MAME
87.  Core                Team Loser                   1,598,530 Factory Wild Snail      MAME
88.  Pringer             Team Loser                   1,583,620 Factory Golden Bat      MAME
89.  mikoto              Bröstlaser                   1,458,030 Factory Silver Sword    MAME
90.  Aleanil             Team Lower Quartile          1,267,800 Plant   Wild Snail      Saturn
91.  Zejiro              Bröstlaser                   1,260,000 Plateau Gain            MAME
92.  Mr_Soren            letsdestroystgt09              807,340 Factory Silver Sword    MAME
93.  LLCoolDave          Team Hard Gay                  739,420 Plateau Silver Sword (A)MAME
94.  ZenicReverie        Team Hard Gay                  678,990 Factory Flying Baron    MAME
95.  Aquas               Team Loser                     620,970 Factory Silver Sword    MAME 

[Enhasa]

<LLCoolDave> I'd laugh if the next game is something absolutely nobody predicted
<dex|> do you mean 'not Garegga' by chance?
<LLCoolDave> well, or any other maybes thrown out there
<LLCoolDave> extra bonus if it is something that can just barely be bended into being called a shmup by a drunk person

Should have gone with Kururin Paradise!

[spineshark]

First credit of utter failure:

spineshark - Team Sweet Tacos - 1,794,030 - Stage 3 - Chitta (C) - MAME

So pumped for this one aww yeah. Going for letters on stage and/or score

[Ed Oscuro]

Mahou D. or I bet even APB would have been less ridiculous to play for score.

Also, the instructions on setting up the ROMz for MAME are outdated; the game has different ROM names now. Both bgaregga and bgareggat2 have Japan and Asia in them. Which date revision do we want - the Sat Mar 2 1996 set (bgareggat2)? Edit: actually, that one isn't working for me, but the Sat Feb 3 1996 one is.

[Enhasa]

bgaregga

[mrtie]

Any know how to go tate in Garemame? The japanese and the ancient mame layout are kinda hard to navigate.

[Ed Oscuro]

bgaregga

Which is now Sat Feb 3 1996

[EPS21]

EPS21 - Ketsui Defence Force - 2,164,930 - 4 - Shatter Star - MAME

It takes an eternity to learn all the little scoring tricks in what just might as well be the most complicated shooter there is. Two weeks is not enough

For those of you who are good at the game, make wizzy proud ;D

[zakk]

Zakk - Drink N' Fly - 4,568,330 - 4 - Bornam(A) - MAME


I usually do (ABC) but I pushed a button by mistake....

[Zejiro]

Two weeks...? Wasn't five weeks without a break enough?

[Danbo]

Mahou D. or I bet even APB would have been less ridiculous to play for score.

[sikraiken]

APB is definitely more ridiculous to play for score. This game is alright.

[Ruldra]

Thank god it's not Batrider. The scoring is way too obnoxious in that one.

Now let's see if I can pull off an ALL in Garegga. I always wanted this one in my 1cc list.

[Erodion]

Erodion - Team Mancos - 2,723,390 - 3 - Gain - MAME

[dex]

Yes, bgaregga should be the proper rom.



First credit, looking good (I think I beat my high score). Definitely gonna pop a bunch of credits in for this one.

dex - Tacos - 4335530 - 4 - Gain (C) - MAME

Scoreboard will be updated in a bit.

[GaijinPunch]

Does MAME FUCKING FX not have a "reset" option in the TAB menu?

[Edge]

Edge - Gothloli Luftwaffe - 2,758,400 - 4 - Golden Bat - MAME

[captpain]

Ah, so it's Bargle Gargle after all. I guess it's time to get serious.

Note that the previous statement is not meant to imply that I will score well. I'll just... be serious.

[croikle]

Does MAME FUCKING FX not have a "reset" option in the TAB menu?

Does F3 work?

[mrtie]

MrTie - ldstgt0909 - 2361990 - 3 - Gain (C) - MAME

Shit starting score, BG is serious business.

[Herr Schatten]

Herr Schatten - Team Oldschoolers - 1,336,360 - 3 - Wild Snail - MAME

[CRI]

CRI - Gothloli Luftwaffe - 3,404,910 - 4 - Iron Mackerel - Saturn

[emphatic]

I got 1.2 mil on my first "serious" credit on this legendary game. This will be fun I hope. No, this post is not a score admission.

[Enhasa]

You want ridiculous to play for score, how about Dimahoo or Bakraid advanced course?

Two weeks...? Wasn't five weeks without a break enough?

Just take a break this week and play the next one as normal, problem solved!

Does MAME FUCKING FX not have a "reset" option in the TAB menu?

Resetting is annoying in this game due to ultra-long boot sequence plus having to Konami code if you want a Mahou ship plus having to wait for timeout for easy ABC type selection. I'd just create a savestate, near timeout, on the character selection screen. There might be some graphical glitches at the very beginning, but they quickly go away within a couple seconds.

[dex]

Scoreboard updated.

[croikle]

A couple rule clarifications:

Is zakk's patch allowed? It resets rank after each game, and permanently unlocks the Mahou characters.

Is a rank watchpoint allowed? I don't need it to play, but when practicing it could be handy to have an idea of how the rank is doing.

[Ruldra]

By the way, I'm using wolfmameplus 0.99 and the only rom that works here is battleg, not bgaregga. The date of it is Sat Feb 3 1996, however, and I can choose Japan version with 1m extends, so I guess it's okay.

[Enhasa]

I'm not mikwuyma, but I can't see how zakk's patch wouldn't be ok. Watch rank in cheat.zip/cheat.dat is a viable learning tool just like savestate practice. If it doesn't bother you, go for it. For a real run, I wouldn't use it personally (this is just my stance, I don't pause unless I really gotta answer the phone or anything either), but this is a casual tourney and it's up to you and it's not like anyone can call you out on it anyway.


Detailed infos:

For earlier than .61: use battleg
For .61 to .117: use battlega (although battleg, which at this point is the Chinese one, is also ok says Ruldra... but battlega is the rom in question)
For .117u1 and newer, use bgaregga

[emphatic]

How do you unlock the extra characters? As a total novice at this game, I feel I need all the help I can get. Also, if rank resetting is allowed, how do I do that? Do I have to do it after each credit?

Emphatic - Team Sweden [Blue] - 1,572,220 - 4 - Wild Snail - MAME

[Enhasa]

Insert credit, up up down down left right left right A B C start. Alternately, if you have cheat.dat/cheat.zip, you can unlock in the cheat menu. Or, you can use zakk's patch, which has them already unlocked.

To reset rank, either reset the game with F3 or use zakk's patch, which maintains constant starting rank. This is what I do though:

Resetting is annoying in this game due to ultra-long boot sequence plus having to Konami code if you want a Mahou ship plus having to wait for timeout for easy ABC type selection. I'd just create a savestate, near timeout, on the character selection screen. There might be some graphical glitches at the very beginning, but they quickly go away within a couple seconds.