Weely Online Shmeet #1 (Donpachi)

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:26 am

Thanks Icarus. I don't think I'll be hitting the top spot as I'm *very* hit or miss with this game. When I played again tonight and got that 13mil score, I had about 6 games where I exited out by level 2 because of stupid deaths.

I'm also horribly inconsistent with chains (except for the beginning of level 2, I can usually chain up to when the land runs out on the right side of the screen, but can't figure out how to link to the ships flying in from the left). I know you can get monster-chains on level 5, but I just can't do it.

So I end up playing for "how far can I get" instead of points. I'm pretty damned happy with 2-4.

Also, I have a feeling ZLK is gonna pop in at the last minute with a 20mil score

I should have suicided at 9million to keep myself in Tier II

And I still don't know how you guys get 1mil plus scores on level 1. I can usually get around 800-850k now (but I purposely deplete all my bombs to get more bomb capacity).

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:35 am

landshark wrote: The ships in this game have giant ass hitboxes. Literally, I always die by dragging the ass end of my ship across the top of a bullet.

The weird thing with donpachi is the hitboxes aren't necessarily where you intuitively think they are.

The hitbox for the A ship is easiest to see with the 1p ship. It is that dark red dot inbetween two really small white dots at the middle/back of the ship. I think the hitbox also includes the white dots as well. It is further back than you expect so doing precise dodges is kind of hard.

There are also two small white dots on the B ship right behind the dark dot where the helicopter blade is. The hitbox is in between those two whit dots. The hit box on the B ship is higher up than the A or C ship.

Relatively speaking, the hitbox for the C ship is in the same position as the A ship. If you load up the 2 player C ship there are 2 prominent yellow dots then a white dot towards the back. From this white dot to the white fire coming out of the jet engine is where the C hit box is.

landshark wrote: Also, I have a feeling ZLK is gonna pop in at the last minute with a 20mil score

I probably won't submit a score since I don't plan on competing in all of the contests.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:21 pm

landshark wrote: I should have suicided at 9million to keep myself in Tier II

Why do you want to stay in Tier II?

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:44 pm

Skyline - 5,301,880 - 1-4 - Type C - MAME

VERY good chaining run on area 1-3...too bad I still stuffed up the start of area 1-4...

...AS ALWAYS.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:01 pm

Ramus wrote:
landshark wrote: I should have suicided at 9million to keep myself in Tier II
Why do you want to stay in Tier II?

Haha, because I went from first place of a tier to last place

Vorpal · Post by **Vorpal** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:20 pm

Vorpal - 6,848,140 - 1-5 - Type C - Mame (JP)

Got to that bright red ship on stage 5 and misjudged my hitbox size... 5 bombs left grrrrrr.

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:08 pm

Shalashaska - 6,297,450- 1-5 - Type C - MAME(US)

Bah, stage 4 can burn in shmup hell.

kyle d. · Post by **kyle d.** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:13 pm

4,564,130 - 1-4 - Type C - Saturn

l feel good about it...

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 4:15 pm

Should this thread be closed now?

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:53 pm

There is still an hour left until the und of the smeet. Then I have to make sure everyone's score is in the correct place. Then it can be closed

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:16 pm

I have a feeling that someone is going to pop in with a 15mil.
And I couldn't even play properly last night, kept dying in stages 3 and 4 >_<#
Too busy with coursework and Advance Wars DS to play tonight -_-;;

In any case, well done everyone. Its been a good competition. See you in the next one ^_^

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:29 pm

Me too, me too...

Just seen this thread right now.

I tried right now once to join your board.

Here is my score:

3'092'360 / Stage 4 / 31 Hit / Blue Ship

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:34 pm

Final shot-

crithit5000 - 4,412,790 - 1-4 - Type A - MAME (JPN)

Thanks to this fun little competition, I've improved my high by about 800,000. Pretty cool.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:54 pm

Sorry forgot to mention I played on Mame (US)

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:57 pm

Close, but still not good enough. I like the competition, that was a good time.

NTSC-J - 13,245,560 - 2-4 - Type C - MAME (JPN)

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:00 pm

Smeet over. No more scores.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:08 pm

3'882'510 / area 4 / 56 Hit / green ship

Arghhh, no! too late!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 9:28 pm

Well, if no one minds, I am locking this thread.

Now we have to find a place to archive this, so we can safely delete it later.