King for a day

[BPzeBanshee]

I thought you got this clear ages ago, but congrats nonetheless.

You know there's a thread for this already right?

Now that I think about it, by some fluke I made it to the final stage of DDP a few days ago with absolutely no practice. I should give it another go...

[ancestral-knowledge]

Now that I think about it, by some fluke I made it to the final stage of DDP a few days ago with absolutely no practice. I should give it another go...

I think you should eject the superplay dvd and put in the actual game.

[Paradigm]

Congrats, we know how much you wanted this...

Yep, I did, but I have to make special thanks to Paradigm who made a comment that aggravated me so much I decided I'd finally put it in the cab and not get distracted by any other games until I cleared it.

So... thanks (gritted teeth.)

My pleasure, I only ever call people shit cunts for their own benefit

*backslap*

[shmuppyLove]

wooooooo!!

[BPzeBanshee]

Now that I think about it, by some fluke I made it to the final stage of DDP a few days ago with absolutely no practice. I should give it another go...

I think you should eject the superplay dvd and put in the actual game.

I'm pretty sure the superplay would have more than the limit required for submitting to our forum's hiscore thread.

I was at 6. That IS the final stage right?

[spadgy]

Awesome work! It's doesn't matter how any of the spadgy vs Skykid shmup battles have turned out now; you're the king!

Well done mate!

[Skykid]

Cheers gents. Woke up this morning dreaming of 2nd loops instead of Honey Nut Loops, so I think I'm going to have another crack while the iron is hot and see if I can make that requirement again.

[ptoing]

I was at 6. That IS the final stage right?

You actually almost made it to the last boss there.

After those 2 big orange planes there are a bunch of big tanks and that's basically it.

[BPzeBanshee]

I was at 6. That IS the final stage right?

You actually almost made it to the last boss there.

After those 2 big orange planes there are a bunch of big tanks and that's basically it.

Thanks, will definitely check it out and record input files when I play it now.

Cheers gents. Woke up this morning dreaming of 2nd loops instead of Honey Nut Loops, so I think I'm going to have another crack while the iron is hot and see if I can make that requirement again.

Excellent! Keep it up!

Approach your target and attack. Your mission starts when you're ready.

[jammiejay85]

Well played Skykid I haven't even beat stage 3 yet lmao

[ SUPERB ]

[Captain]

I wish i remembered by scores...

[Skykid]

Well played Skykid I haven't even beat stage 3 yet lmao

[ SUPERB ]

Thanks dood

Excellent! Keep it up!

Approach your target and attack. Your mission starts when you're ready.

Well I've pretty much sucked at getting to Hachi every day since the clear, but I think that's because I'm now more invested in scoring than clearing. I *almost* chained the whole of stage 2 yesterday and managed just under 70mil by the boss (personal best), and then proceeded to ruin my run thereafter.

It'll happen in time, as Justin Timberlake would say.

[Friendly]

Right, your day as king is over. Back to being the village idiot.

Hello shmups forum!

[ncp]

How the hell do you people score that high yet have problems with clearing

also, good job

first stage is a gimme, learn the 2nd stage and boom you've broken 100m...

edit: well maybe not a gimme but if you can even come close to looping, you can chain the first stage with ease. 2nd stage is imo MUCH harder to chain than the first though.

[Skykid]

first stage is a gimme, learn the 2nd stage and boom you've broken 100m...

He ain't wrong you know:

[Animaitor]

Great improvement! Did you get the chance to continue to the second loop this time?

[Skykid]

Great improvement! Did you get the chance to continue to the second loop this time?

Oh, no that's not a clear unfortunately, died on Hachi. :/

It was really the second stage, I managed to do it in two chains: Up to the first big tank, then right through the midboss to the end of the stage with 5x hypers on the gauntlet. I looked at my score after that and it was 95mil.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

The big tanks always break my chain the few times I chain it that far. I never can keep the chain up to the power up item carrier after the chain break on the tanks, plus I'm always breaking the chain soon after the tank chain break as well. And the few times that I keep the chain to the power up carrier, it still doesn't last long enough to chain into the midboss.


When did you first die or bomb in that run? I know I should be able to beat that score if I get a good run, just a matter of doing so. A No Miss No Bomb till at least the stage 4 boss would go a long way for that for me, but I always screw some easy thing up.

[Skykid]

When did you first die or bomb in that run? I know I should be able to beat that score if I get a good run, just a matter of doing so. A No Miss No Bomb till at least the stage 4 boss would go a long way for that for me, but I always screw some easy thing up.

Not sure, I think I may have lost one on the stage 3 boss, then a fuckload on stage 4 just being stupid. Whenever I know I'm on an improvement nerves tend to get the better of me. I'm trying to use as few bombs as pos to see if I can trigger the 2nd loop again (should I ever actually clear it again. )

[professor ganson]

Well played Skykid I haven't even beat stage 3 yet lmao

[ SUPERB ]

Just got the 360 version and finally got a chance to play it tonight. I could get to stage 3, but that level is pretty intense. I really like the difficulty level of this game. It SHOULD be a challenge to get to level 4 in a game (for the average gamer).

[Vamos]

Just started attacking doj myself and i have to ask on stage 2 midboss bit is it possible to chain the stage onto the midboss without a hyper? ive done it with but fuck if i can do it without .

[Erppo]

Just started attacking doj myself and i have to ask on stage 2 midboss bit is it possible to chain the stage onto the midboss without a hyper?

Yes. Just leave some tanks alive.

[Skykid]

Just started attacking doj myself and i have to ask on stage 2 midboss bit is it possible to chain the stage onto the midboss without a hyper? ive done it with but fuck if i can do it without .

I would think it's difficult to do with a hyper tbh because you'd obliterate everything really quickly. Ideally don't use a hyper and stay as much to the left as possible alternating between shot when flying popcorn enemies come in and laser as the larger gunships come down the screen. you need to leave around 5-6 tanks on the top right bank alive, and ideally edge over the first two with the laser and then you should be in line with the item carrier as it comes down. As soon as that blows up, still holding laser, scroll right over the remaining 3 tanks and then center up and you should be firing on the mid-boss as it appears (easier to watch a vid, lol.) It's tricky, but I find chaining through the two large tanks earlier in the level much harder.

One note - something that kept catching me out: when you grab a power up it actually breaks your laser for a second. You want to be right on top of the mid boss as he ascends up the screen and grab the power up in the process. If you grab it while you're at the bottom you'll break your chain.

GL!