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~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:36 am

US DEFAULTS

8,094,490 Type b Ship, type c gunner, Stage 5 (just)

I'm working on getting a 1cc replay for my site.

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:39 pm

Can I double post in this topic? It might not get noticed otherwise? Sorry.

Anyway, new hi score:

American Defualts

11,240,510 - Type B ship - Type B gunner - Stage 5

Replay here (for MAME.95):

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.and ... files.html

Gozer · Post by **Gozer** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:26 pm

JPN PCB

Gozer - 5,559,480 - 1-4 - Bolt/Rivet

A minor improvement.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 2:35 am

I really need to buy a new monitor so I can play this again. This score was achieved way back in January. I wrote down my points quick and neglected to write down what fighter I was using. All I know is the score, I was on the 1st loop, stage 4:

Japan CPS2 Green, default diff, 1 credit:

3,252,141 1-4

matt · Post by **matt** » Mon May 09, 2005 7:01 am

Yet another old score (Jap settings):

Matt - 9,821,270 - 1-4 - B-Beta

Probably will not break it for a while, seeing how long it's been.

matt · Post by **matt** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:02 am

matt wrote:Probably will not break it for a while, seeing how long it's been.

Ok, maybe not.

Matt - 12,583,140 - 1-5 - B-Beta

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:38 pm

Right as I get done editing it.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:34 pm

Its a rubbish score but I won't be playing it for a while:

Jap Green, defaults.... 5453020 - 1.4 - Bolt Nail

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:44 pm

~Kid Icarus~

US Defaults

Bolt/Rivet

13,339,180 Cleared

AWJ · Post by **AWJ** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:56 pm

The US and JP difficulty settings aren't equivalent to each other. A US board on difficulty 4 is very noticeably harder (more and faster bullets right from the beginning of the game) than a JP board on difficulty 4.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:42 am

Man, I kinda suck at this, but gotta jump in somewhere.
Japanese Green Board

5,046,440 Stage 4 Ring/Nail

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:04 pm

6,203,580 Stage 4 Ring/Nail

A little better, but that took like 8 tries. Just like everything else, I learn the game, then start playing like shitl

EDIT:
Okay, getting better at this:
10,108,450 Stage 5 Ring/Nail

Man... jeweling is addictive like crack!

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:33 pm

5,427,420 1-4 Bolt/Rivet US version

AH!! weak.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:21 am

God, I hate you all for having high scores.

I can pretty much 1 credit my way through to the stage 2 boss.

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:26 pm

New Hi-Score for me (US Defaults)...14,251,060.

I beat my previous best even though I didn't finish it. I only reached the last boss's final form.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:01 pm

Well, I've made some progress today... I finally managed to 1 credit my way to stage 3 boss before getting blasted to hell by its crazy bullet pattern while my right hand started to cramp up like a motherfucker.

Can anyone give me some tips on how I can score more higher other than jewel gathering? I'd like to know, so I can get better at this game. Thanks!

US version score:

ArrogantBastard - 2,609,970 - 1-3 - Bolt/Nail

Edit: I should note that the last time I played was when I posted my previous post when I finally broke 1 million points, and pretty much sucked at playing this game. But now I feel accomplished and somewhat impressed that I've jumped from 1 million points to 2.6 million points. Not bad, eh?

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:39 pm

Okay apart from the whole Jewelling issue, if you have 3 bombs (or is it 4?, damn) and collect another bomb you will add 10,000 to your jewell count. This enables bonus points for everything you kill. You will see the jewel counter shows a x2 & a +10 next to it. Keep getting bombs and you will get +20, +30 and so on. Using bombs when the screen is awash with bullets will drasticly lower your jewel count and getting yourself killed will -10 from your score bonus. So stay alive and avoid avoid using bombs! (Easier said than done!)

Two things I'm still wondering about though:

1) Next to your score display there's a little animated sprite of the kids from the start of the game waving a flag. What's the relevance of this? It seems to dissapear when you die?

2)The x2 bonus on the Jewel count. It seems to be activated when you get an extra bomb but if you die you lose it? What does it do? How can you keep it/get it back?

There's just too much to this game!

Thanks

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:08 pm

~Kid Icarus~ wrote:Okay apart from the whole Jewelling issue, if you have 3 bombs (or is it 4?, damn) and collect another bomb you will add 10,000 to your jewell count. This enables bonus points for everything you kill. You will see the jewel counter shows a x2 & a +10 next to it. Keep getting bombs and you will get +20, +30 and so on. Using bombs when the screen is awash with bullets will drasticly lower your jewel count and getting yourself killed will -10 from your score bonus. So stay alive and avoid avoid using bombs! (Easier said than done!)

Two things I'm still wondering about though:

1) Next to your score display there's a little animated sprite of the kids from the start of the game waving a flag. What's the relevance of this? It seems to dissapear when you die?

2)The x2 bonus on the Jewel count. It seems to be activated when you get an extra bomb but if you die you lose it? What does it do? How can you keep it/get it back?

There's just too much to this game!

Thanks

Thanks, dude! I, too, am wondering about the little animated sprites next to my bombs and my remaining ships.

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:43 pm

Ah, this thread explains alot:

http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2752

We should keep this thread on hi-score topic before we get bashed!

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:46 am

Fuck, I'm so close to clearing stage 3. Died at the same goddamn boss again. Heh.

ArrogantBastard - 2,864,420 - 1-3 - Bolt/Nail

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:59 am

Double post. Fuck.

Ignore this one, and skip onto the one below.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:01 pm

Just destroyed the stage 3 boss, and died against the stage 4 mini-boss... Fuck. I was shaking the whole time, because it was my first time venturing into stage 4 territory. My score is still pretty low compared to those of you who are on stage 4 on US version.

ArrogantBastard - 3,692,640 - 1-4 - Bolt/Nail

Edit: If I keep this up, I'll probably 1CC this game as my first 1CC ever. Pretty lofty goal, eh? I hope I manage a first-ever 1CC on a shmup game.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:18 am

Nemo - 7,931,840 - 1-5 - Bolt/Nail (Japanese version)

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:25 am

Nemo - 10,432,980 - 1-5 - Bolt/Nail (JP)

Still can't figure out how to trigger the 1-up on 1-4.

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:28 am

Nemo wrote:Nemo - 10,432,980 - 1-5 - Bolt/Nail (JP)

Still can't figure out how to trigger the 1-up on 1-4.

There are 3 large "tanks" on the tracks, the mid boss and two slightly smaller ones, destroy the midboss, the top tank and then the middle tank and the 1up will pop out of the middle one when it is destroyed.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:31 am

Cool, thanks!

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:52 pm

Nemo - 12,458,760 - 1-All - Bolt/Nail

Can someone tell me how to enable the loop?

Jck · Post by **Jck** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:58 am

To enter the second loop you have to clear the first one without lose any life and without use any bomb!

Oh yep, Hello everybody, I'm an italian "junior shooter player"

I'll send my record in Progear asap

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:08 am

No, to get the loop you just have to not bomb more than a couple times. Die as much as you want, tho.

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:24 pm

The loop requirements are something like

Bombs + Lives used < ***

Someone can test what *** is by getting to the last boss (using cheats?) and then save state. Use a certain amount of bombs and clear it, seeing if you get to the second loop.