IBARA (Arcade)

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:01 pm

+12V is for the amp.

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:19 pm

Valgar wrote:+12V is for the amp.

Could that cause the problem?

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:31 pm

Check the +12V line, but if your other games are working it isn't likely.

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:26 pm

Ok, problem found. Its the supergun, tried it out on another shitty one and the sound worked fine through that. Once I get this sorted out I'll have some scores for you.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:43 pm

Yahooo! I played brilliantly tonight!

I didn't miss a single bloody medal (until I croaked on level 3). I'm getting better!

laurie47 · Post by **laurie47** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:30 pm

Yey, go Ord!!! I cant wait for the port

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:15 pm

laurie47 wrote:Yey, go Ord!!! I cant wait for the port

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:44 am

Icarus - 2,718,660 - Stage 2 - Bond [ST]

No, seriously. Stage 2. Everything was going smoothly until Midi showed up. Finished stage 1 with 8,000pt Medals, and passed Meidi without dying. Made it quite deep into stage 2, scoring quite well, and then it all went to hell on Midi's second and final forms.

I think I need to start suiciding to decrease rank a lot more, and figure out a safe routine against Midi before I can make progression.

On a related note, I managed to record some wobbly and blurry stage 1 footage using my digital camera in camcorder mode. Ended the stage with 9,000pt Medals, and passed Meidi without dying (using safe, non-milking tactics). I died very early on though, but managed to rescue the run through the rest of the stage. Trying to find some way of converting it from CrapTime to AVI format, preferably without losing too much image quality so I can compress it with DivX.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:34 pm

Well that was short lived!

Scores have been updated.

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:22 am

Icarus - 3,639,010 - Stage 3 - Bond [ST]

A pretty decent run this time. Managed to get MAX Medals just before Meidi arrived, and kept them all the way through stage 2 and up until the stage 3 midboss, who managed to stomp me as I was making my way to collect another one. Lost my spare Extend, subsequently dropped the Medal, and died shortly after (at the first train that scrolls upscreen as opposed to downscreen). The game really kicks up a notch in stage 3...

I think I finished the first stage with 1.5 - 1.6mil. (Can't really tell, as the top few pixels of the score display are cropped off.)

I've figured out three good methods to tackling Meidi safely: one is a non-scoring speedkill; one is a milking speedkill; and one is a milking attack, with double suicide and a hadou to finish. Whichever is used depends on how I've played the stage itself: if I accidentally acquire Rocket at any point, I just speedkill (to try and keep rank as low as I can) but if I manage to tackle the stage decently, then milking attacks are used instead.

Still uncomfortable with Midi's second and final forms, although I now play the chicken method and just time out the final form by sweeping up the side of the screen to the top as she tries to trap me.

Baby steps as I start to build a good strategy for the first few stages. Watch out RFK, I'm coming for you ^_-

Raidenfighter Kirkov · Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:52 am

Bring it on Icarus !

BTW: I have a complete different strategy => i dont have a specific one.

But i dont really care about the medals floating around, and i collect two and sometime 3 rockt launchers (i hate the wide spread shot...in every shooter

).

Greetings
RFK

BER · Post by **BER** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:13 am

Since we're discussing a little strategy here, I have found a Japanese strategy guide from the Japanese record holder for the 1P side (as of Arcadia issue no. 65):

http://www15.ocn.ne.jp/~kmt/ibara_kouryaku.htm (home page)

By the way, his top score is 16,552,000.

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:51 pm

Thanks for that, BER. It's a little difficult to make sense of the machine translations, though -_-;;
I kind of suspected the best score to be in the F,xxx,xxx range (15mil) but 16mil is a pretty big score for such a short game (only six moderate length stages). There must be a lot of milking and scoring areas - I know of one on stage 5, with two fast moving lines of drones that drop Medals each, a hadou at that point could add around 600k in points.

I'll have to read this tonight after work.

Hayabusa · Post by **Hayabusa** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:34 am

my best score: 5 445 090 (stage 5 / boss)

Redfield1 · Post by **Redfield1** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:48 am

Well done comrade !!

... Redfield1 ...

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:39 pm

Simply awsome Hayabusa! I will post your score tommorow once i'm sober. I know how hard this game can get, and my hat is off to ya!

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:31 pm

**Updated!**
Looks like i'll have to hook up this awsome game again and get some practise in.

Hayabusa · Post by **Hayabusa** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:46 pm

thanks
i play this great game 2 hours + per days (since end of july...)
stage 4 make me sick

can't wait for ibara 2 if confirmed

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:19 pm

Tekneekz - 3,223,630 - Stage 3 - Bond [ST]

this game rocks. anybody else love the rose garden soundtrack? i do

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:47 am

Arcade Mode/Normal/PS2

cigsthecat - 3,736,990 - Stage 4 - Bond [Type A]

-edit:

cigsthecat - 4,384,910 - Stage 4 - Bond [Type A]

Post by **system11** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:55 pm

Maybe it's worth extending this topic to cover the port now too? Either mix PS2 arcade scores in with what's here, or add another section, plus a section for arranged.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:34 pm

Right! As much as I love this game, i'm finding real life to be too busy at the moment, so keeping this up could be a chore. Does someone want to start a new threat that includes the PCB and PS2 arcade and arrange modes?

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:54 am

I'll take the scorethread on if you don't mind, Ord. My own life is getting pretty busy as well, but I think I can manage to run the Ibara thread if it's required. ^_^

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:30 am

Arcade Mode/PS2/Normal:

cigsthecat - 4,867,720 - Stage 4 - Bond [Type A]

Might have made it to the boss, but made a silly mistake then foolishly tried to use the hadou to get out of a tight spot. Of course I fired it at the middle of the screen, so it only held my death off for a bit while I waited for the giant battleships on both sides to eat me alive.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:39 am

hi sprry but i thought this was for ps2 arcade mode. my score is for the ps2 version of ibara. thanks

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:55 am

Icarus wrote:I'll take the scorethread on if you don't mind, Ord. My own life is getting pretty busy as well, but I think I can manage to run the Ibara thread if it's required. ^_^

Good man Icarus!

Thanks.

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:10 pm

It is done ^_^
Everyone please use the new score thread, thanks. Ord, feel free to post your new scores whenever you have time ^_^