STGT'09 Week 3 - Thunder Dragon 2

[agustusx]

agustusx - Team Lower Quartile - 529,010 - 3 - Player 1 - MAME

[Enhasa]

I don't mind this game (although I'd rather be playing just about any other NMK game that doesn't suck), but that was absolutely classic.

Best parts were the missing letters and "I'm sorry you all had to play Progear last year."

[Erodion]

Erodion - Team Mancos - 1,272,390 - Stage 4 - P1 - MAME

Died 2 times in st2

[Ruldra]

(although I'd rather be playing just about any other NMK game that doesn't suck)

All NMK games suck.

[clp]

(although I'd rather be playing just about any other NMK game that doesn't suck)

All NMK games suck.

Rapid hero is alright but the rest do indeed suck.

[BulletMagnet]

BulletMagnet - Team Loser - 918,560 - 3 - P1 - MAME

Is it my imagination, or does cranking up the autofire rate only benefit the P1 craft?

[captpain]

BulletMagnet - Team Loser - 918,560 - 3 - P1 - MAME

Is it my imagination, or does cranking up the autofire rate only benefit the P1 craft?

It actually hurts the P2 side.

[charlieton]

First visit to stage 4. It wasn't pleasant.

charlieton - Team Sweden [Blue] - 1,182,250 - 4 - P2 - MAME

"I could've beat the hell out of these guys!"
Shut the fuck up!

[argelius]

argelius - Team Sweden [Yellow] - 1,146,580 - 4 - P1 - MAME

[CRI]

CRI - Gothloli Luftwaffe - 1,142,180 - 4 - P1 - MAME

[Plasmo]

Plasmo - TCACTRM - 2,546,790 - 6 - P1 - MAME

[Twiddle]

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.)

[dex]

Scoreboard updated.

[Edge]

Edge - Gothloli Luftwaffe - 1,374,610 - 4 - P1 - MAME

[emphatic]

emphatic - Team Sweden [Blue] - 913,710 - 3 - P1 - MAME

Where do all these sniper-happy game spawn from?

[Sandlegs]

I for one am tired of bullets hiding behind explosions. I liked this game at first, now the announcer is getting a little annoying. I wish I had a new score to put up, alas, no improvement.

[captpain]

Why, why, why do the bullets draw behind everything.

[Tigershark]

Tigershark - Underdogs - 680,670 - 3 - P1 - MAME

Very slight improvement but I've drunk too much single malt to continue sensibly now.

[Ed Oscuro]

Shut the fuck up!

Signed. I've gone from thinking it was cute to being annoyed half the time.

That said, the quote is something like "I'll beat the hell out of you this time!"

"It's time to put in" MORE FISTS INTO STUPID PONCE ANNOUNCER FACE

[Tigershark]

I spoke too soon.

Tigershark - Underdogs - 745,680 - 3 - P1 - MAME

Not giving up until I break the 1m.

[Ed Oscuro]

Blame the game, MAME, and the dog for not knowing when the score screen comes up? Seriously though, how did it come up BLANK?!

the top score flashes, of course a bunch of games do that so i thought i'd hammer on the screenshot button and none of the screenshots had a visible top score. just bad luck probably

To be actually helpful this time - you need to input your initials, wait a second, press a button at the "today's top score" if you don't get that, and then the highscore board will show up. I don't think this is a big deal really. Back luck though.

At least on the first stage, if you don't shoot the white planes at the end fast enough, they will suicide and you will know you won't get the delta. and if the delta suicides you won't get the extra planes after. and there are those two big medals to the right of the delta. both are hard to grab because the screen starts scrolling faster when the boss comes. i am sure it is this way with every stage, you just have to figure out which enemies trigger the delta. i think in stage 2 it is the watchtowers? So yeah, shoot fast and don't miss any planes or any things.

i think it merely has to do with the time that is left before the boss comes.

Ding ding! When I shoot stuff down quickly, I get the delta and maybe even one or two of the planes after.

I can actually miss the fast bomb spreaders that come right before the plane and it'll still come up. I still will restart if I miss one of those, since that's losing a 50K bonus.

Also, back to the start of the stage for a second - I notice that there's indeed a window of time when the first medal on the right will show up, but sometimes it appears high up on the screen, sometimes right at my ship level - usually a bit above. I've had the game uncover a medal apparently BELOW me once (as I noticed it slip away on the right), later in the first stage.

Just the fact that the game is apparently free-spirited about where it uncovers hidden medals adds a lot to the confusion.

[captpain]

Just weave all over and shoot everything really fast for 300k on the first stage.

[Kiken]

Whose bright fucking idea was it to make the bullets flash white and blue? Really, NMK, really?

Kiken - Drink N Fly - 1,067,790 - Stage 4 - P1 - MAME

Also, fuck that bitch that appears behind you near the start of level 4.

[ArcticXC]

ArcticXC - Team Mancos - 1,341,930 - Stage 4 - P1 - MAME

Didn't die until the stage 3 boss and first time I saw stage 4. Now to find that fucking moth that was flying around.

[Sandlegs]

sandlegs - Team Loser - 1245080 - 4 - P1 - MAME

i am making more progress than RFJ at least

[luy]

LUY-PELÉ SHOOTING TEAM-2.341.720 P1 SGT 7 MAME

[DJ Incompetent]

Whose bright fucking idea was it to make the bullets flash white and blue? Really, NMK, really?

THIS GAME HAS ATTITUDE!!

DJ Incompetent - Drink 'n Fly - 1,070,570 - 4 - P1

[Fu]

Fu - Team France - 1,042,510 - 3 - P1 - MAME

[LFO]

LFO - Gothloli Luftwaffe - 1,145,470 - 4 - P1 - MAME

Also, fuck that bitch that appears behind you near the start of level 4.

i`m still trying to figure out how that sucker killed me...

[DJ Incompetent]

Aaahhh, the trick is to not die. I get it.
3-0 in 6 seconds. I really gotta scout ahead.

DJ Incompetent - Drink 'n Fly - 1,490,690 - 5 - P1