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Re: Kyuukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra [Arcade/Conversions]

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Such a good run, no miss till 1-7, 1-9 is nasty and managed to no miss 1-10 :mrgreen:
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I'll have to see...
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Re: Kyuukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra [Arcade/Conversions]

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Good CHI 8)
You must have used that safe spot on the ST10 Last Boss.
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DEL wrote:Good CHI 8)
You must have used that safe spot on the ST10 Last Boss.
http://youtu.be/QB52G6DUUAM :mrgreen:
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CHIsus Christ! Nice leap forward there! Got your eye on DEL's score have you CHI? :wink:
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CHIsus will prevail !
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Re: Kyuukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra [Arcade/Conversions]

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Some great music in this one, reminds me a lot of Outzone.

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Still not satisfied with the JPN score. 1st place or bust.
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I'm having a lot of fun with these old school Toaplan titles. Plus they are much cheaper to get than the later ones.

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The tension and pressure in these older shmups created by a slower ship and sniper shots...SO GOOD. I'd recommend this to anybody who wants something classic. You can really feel the spirit of the designers and the game.

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Had a breakthrough! I've been playing a credit or two of this, then Tetris the Grandmaster 1, and finishing off with some Street Fighter IV: AE 2012 before I leave for work. So happy to crack the top 10 on this Toaplan classic.

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Oh man you're so close to the loop! You can do it, F-man! :)
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Thanks for the encouragement trap15! I almost got this tiger by the tail.
trap15 wrote:Oh man you're so close to the loop! You can do it, F-man! :)
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Well, maybe I shouldn't say loop, since after the first loop you get an 'ura' loop :lol: Then it properly loops. Either way, you got this!
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I keep on messing with the tiger and getting bit.

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Why is the Japanese version board so empty?

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I'm keeping at it! I like that band Tiger Trap.

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Yeahhhhhhh! Got past the boss of 1-5/Area 120. It has been my personal goal for a while and I got it just in time before TRP-STGT!

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I'm sorry I didn't posted which emulator I used. It's Ootake, version 2.61.
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thank you!
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Re: Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra [Arcade/Various]

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MD version

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I wholeheartedly agree with Kollision about this particular port. It may seem like the MD equivalent of the botched PCE Image Fight at first when in reality this is a damn fine game in its own right. It takes a while to get used to it but it's very well worth it.
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pce image fight is fine and is more like pce tatsujin or something. the problem with md kyukyoku tiger is that everything about it "feels" wrong, like you're playing a crappy micronics port
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PCE Image Fight looks and controls more than fine but the giant hit box of your ship gets uniquely aggravating at times. Quite a few of the strategies that work in the arcade version are no longer viable due to that one change (the safe spot on the third boss, for example). The sixth boss takes the cake though: since you are unable to move around the confined space you have to find the perfect blind spot in order to escape from the vertical laser beams. I do adore Irem games for their demanding nature. I honestly think, however, that PCE Image Fight is needlessly difficult. It almost seems like the programmers were not entirely convinced of their port either since they scrapped the second loop which would've been a real chore given the aforementioned circumstances. PCE Tatsujin works a lot better; the final stage in that version is even much easier than its MD counterpart, which is nice.

Regarding Micronics: while you are definitely correct about their "quality ports" I still am of the opinion that SFC Acrobat Mission is probably the greatest guilty shmup pleasure since SFC BlaZeon. :mrgreen:
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removing the entire second loop like that is proof of their convinction, really

if that is at all true, it's only because acrobat mission is such a good game to begin with
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PCE version

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Funny how this version is technically easier than its MD counterpart but due to the unbalanced checkpoint recovery it ends up being harder in the long run. The last checkpoints before the final boss are plain horrible.
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Despatche wrote:the problem with md kyukyoku tiger is that everything about it "feels" wrong, like you're playing a crappy micronics port
Yeah the MD port is squashed and doesn't feel right at all. PCE is much better.
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PCE Version:

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I don't have a picture for it, but I have my progress at the end of 1-10:

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I am pretty pissed that this game doesn't at least display a high score, so I could actually show a pic.

I am impressed that I managed the clear, since as Perikles mentioned, the checkpoints in the PCE port downright suck at times, particularly before the bosses on 1-5 and 1-10. I actually had thought I 2ALL'd the game ( :oops: ) considering how things feel like they "looped" after five stages, ha. I wish it didn't take so long for the game to pick up the challenge (blue shot fully-powered means that you are cruising along until 1-4). What seems to me very strange, if not stupid, is how the game resets its difficulty upon the second loop. After 5 stages of pure hell, nothing bores you quite like being thrown back to the easy half of the game! This is where I lost interest and mostly suicide'd at 2-4. Does this reset happen in the arcade versions?
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Re: Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra [Arcade/Various]

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Twin Cobra, Arcade, Normal difficulty

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Famicom version

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I actually recorded the arcade run, but I'd rather upload something better once I get it. :lol: Is it normal that the game skips the short intermission sequence between stages (which also results in the soundtrack not changing for the next stage) when you lose a life just when the boss times out? I've noticed this several times now.

Also one question regarding the arcade Kyuukyoku Tiger: I know about the checkpoints, but is the game different aside from that? Faster bullets mayhap?
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