Progear no Arashi HS Thread! (US/JPN) UPD Aug2021

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:51 am

About time, eh?

US version:
Taylor - 22,713,290 - 2-1 - Bolt/Nail

Post by **spadgy** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:53 am

Awesome news mate! If I hadn't just heard that a good friend is getting married, that would be the best news I've heard all day!

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:06 am

Hehe, thanks for that. There was 30+ people in Casino today, but they were all indifferent :)

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:55 pm

Whoo!

JP Ver

Skykid - 14,786,130 - 1-5 - Ring/Nail

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:18 am

US version:
Taylor - 24,241,700 - 2-1 - Bolt/Nail

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:35 pm

As always- poke (pm or post) with errors that I might have missed.

Nice on that 1cc Skykid

Scores still climbing SFK-

Taylor- in a perfect world- some day people will recognize stuff like this and cheer.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:06 am

Battlesmurf wrote: Nice on that 1cc Skykid

Thanks Smurfy, but my job is not complete until I see that Japanese version fall.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:20 pm

AND IT'S DONE!

Finally wrapped the JP 1CC this morning before work, and I'm on cloud 9. Did it with lives to spare too, but all at the detriment of score. I didn't bother to record it cos it was only in the 12 mils and I've scored much higher. I was just about conserving lives which meant low risk play and plenty of bombs. But god damn it, I did it. Finally.

Damn, whatta game.

BryanM · Post by **BryanM** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:27 am

Grats.

Just getting into this game:

US Version
BryanM - 3,982,940 - 1-3 - Bolt - Rivet

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:48 pm

probably my last score on this one. had two spare lives during the stage 4 boss fight, and the phone rang. lost two lives in quick succession while whoever it was wouldn't hang up. don't think i've ever sworn so loudly in my life

jpj - 9,235,680 - 1-5 - Bolt - Rivet

bye progear

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:52 pm

lol.

That's how it goes, though. MF'ers always find a way to knock on the door in the middle of a good run, call the house, etc.

Anyways- updated the (3?) scores.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:03 pm

Crossposted from Cave-STG site:

Welp, I guess I haven't really "retired" myself from playing Progear or shmups in general because I've been playing this for a month, and just managed to beat sikraiken's score.

Japan PCB
RAR - 159,922,540 - ALL - Ring / Chain (Lx2, Bx0)

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:46 pm

Superb score, you rock!
Beating sik at anything will always be an accomplishment on it's own.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:31 am

Thanks, Plasmo.

It's the second time I've beaten sikraiken's score, so it's definitely quite an accomplishment because he is truly a gifted and skilled player. I don't doubt that he can and will demolish my score easily without any problems. I wish I was as good at shooters as he is, but the reality of it is that I've dedicated my time on playing Progear and nothing else.

(My girlfriend isn't too pleased about that, because she wishes the time I spent on it was on her instead of "that stupid game.")

I'm not even sure if I want to keep playing and raising the bar. I think I'm about to hit the proverbial "wall" pretty soon if I keep trying to improve my score.

Ex-Goku · Post by **Ex-Goku** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:31 am

ArrogantBastard wrote:Crossposted from Cave-STG site:

Welp, I guess I haven't really "retired" myself from playing Progear or shmups in general because I've been playing this for a month, and just managed to beat sikraiken's score.

Japan PCB
RAR - 159,922,540 - ALL - Ring / Chain (Lx2, Bx0)

160mln in only one month is such an incredible score.
I'm really courios to see your play; please post a video.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:55 am

My girlfriend isn't too pleased about that, because she wishes the time I spent on it was on her instead of "that stupid game."

The best strategy to please the gf is to play only 1-2 credits a day and not more. The new highscore will come sooner or later and you're not spending too much too much time on that "stupid game". The important thing is to keep going, it has to be a routine like breakfast or something. The gf will accept that.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:11 pm

Ex-Goku wrote:160mln in only one month is such an incredible score.
I'm really courios to see your play; please post a video.

Thank you, Ex-Goku.

As for video replay, I do not have access or possess video recording equipment.

So pictures from my cellphone will have to do for now....

Plasmo wrote:The best strategy to please the gf is to play only 1-2 credits a day and not more. The new highscore will come sooner or later and you're not spending too much too much time on that "stupid game". The important thing is to keep going, it has to be a routine like breakfast or something. The gf will accept that.

Haha, yeah, maybe I need to do 1-2 credits a day instead of 4-5 credits a day then!

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:17 pm

ex-goku: AB means he played seriously for one month. he has played progear long before then, and already had over 100 million points..

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:41 pm

I've been playing Progear for 4 years. The first 3 years were on and off thing, but had steady improvements during that time, then I went on a hiatus for a long time until last year when I was dealing with some stuff in real life. After I had achieved two goals: 2-ALL'ing and beating sikraiken's score; I went on another break again because I was way too burned out from playing it consistently for 6 months. I started playing it again recently when my friend let me borrow his PCB again, and I figured I'd give it another shot and so there it is: a new western record and another ALL clear from me.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:12 pm

Awesome score AB, 2 lives spare is an amazing achievement given how hard the loop is. Congrats

Ex-Goku · Post by **Ex-Goku** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:16 pm

Ok!

What about recording something with WolfMame than ? It can be a great idea, i really want to see the way you go trough the game (it's one i like the most).

I know, there are such big problems for pcb players (i've some pcb too and i can only take photos from TV) but there is every time a solution!

If you can satisfy me, i'm curious on your partial score too. (stage x,y,z; not all stages, obviosly. Only the scores you remember).

Thanks a lot.

Ex-Goku · Post by **Ex-Goku** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:43 am

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:11 am

Wow - AB - that's awesome! Congratulations!

Glad to see you back too. I've had my own hiatus from Progear after a humble ordinary 1CC, just chucking in the odd credit every now and then with Mr_m0nks.

Hearing plasmo talking about brief regular play - I really need to get my suicide battery sitution sorted on my PCB...

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:02 pm

Ex-Goku wrote:Ok!

What about recording something with WolfMame than ? It can be a great idea, i really want to see the way you go trough the game (it's one i like the most).

I know, there are such big problems for pcb players (i've some pcb too and i can only take photos from TV) but there is every time a solution!

If you can satisfy me, i'm curious on your partial score too. (stage x,y,z; not all stages, obviosly. Only the scores you remember).

Thanks a lot.

Maybe.... But I just cannot go back to MAME after playing the PCB version. I cannot deal with the input lag when playing MAME at all, so if I played it on MAME, I would have to completely change my playing skills and that could take a long time to get it down for a 2-ALL run.

If I were to produce a replay, I would very much prefer it recorded from the PCB, since I have invested a lot of my time into it and developing my play style without input lag.

Edit: Another thing, I'm playing with joystick, not a pad. So that's another issue that I have if I wanted to record a replay through MAME.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:11 am

Meh, I was going for the loop but I did a 3rd bomb during the final pattern like a big fool.

JP Version:
Taylor - 19,053,250 - 1-ALL - Bolt/Nail

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:29 am

Crossposted from Cave-STG site:

My friend bet me $250 that I couldn't bang out a 190M ALL score, and I won. Now I'll have some spending money for my trip tomorrow....

Japan PCB
RAR - 195,903,260 - ALL - Ring / Chain (Lx3, Bx2)

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:30 am

haha fuck

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:30 am

coolest high score pic ever

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:36 am

My friend's going to have to explain to his wife why he lost $250 when he gets home tonight. Oh well, that's what he gets for betting against me....

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:59 pm

Wow.

Just fucking nuts!

Keep up the good work fellas- I dare someone to try to catch up to 195!

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