Change Air Blade

[Ed Oscuro]

The highscore board nobody was expecting* is finally here!

Rules: Single-player game, normal difficulty, extends at 2 million and 6 million. Autofire OK (the game will limit you to three shots on-screen at a time).

SHOCK ENTRY!!!

[table]R=# & Player & Score & Initials & Ship & Stage & Play details
R=! & shoe-sama & 13,531,010 & SHU & 138-TYPE Strong Thunder & ALL & MAME
R= & Enhasa & 12,956,890 & KAJ & 138-TYPE Strong Thunder & ALL & MAME
R=:} & SFKhoa & 10,987,650 & KOA & YF-222A Alpha Blade & ALL & MAME32FX 0.135
R=4 & ZengarZombolt & 9,553,500 & ZNG & F-36B Blaster & ALL & Shmupmame 3.0
R=5 & Baron Rojo & 9,227,200 & LWC & YF-222A Delta Edge & ALL & WolfMAME Plus 106
R=6 & EBR & 9,032,440 & EBR & F-36B Blaster & ALL & MAME
R=7 & .ASP & 8,941,720 & ASP & YF-222A Alpha Blade & ALL & Lagless MAME 0.99
R=8 & Damocles & 8,501,680 & KCK & 138-TYPE Strong Thunder & ALL & MAME
R=9 & shadowbringer & 8,301,050 & SBR & F-36B Blaster & stage 8 & WolfMAME Plus
R=10 & Ruldra & 8,008,630 & RUL & YF-222A Alpha Blade & ALL & MAME
R=11 & Sasupoika & 7,645,350 & SAS & YF-222A Alpha Blade & Stage 8 & MAME
R=12 & WLF & 6,942,270 & WLF & F-36B Blaster & stage 7 & Mame
R=13 & Azinth & 6,407,160 & EWP & F/A-6Ω Omega Arrow & stage 7 & MAME
R=14 & robivy64 & 5,779,210 & ROB & F-36 Blaster & stage 7 & PCB
R=15 & Momijitsuki & 5,465,790 & MTS & YF-222A Alpha Blade & Stage 7 & MAME32 Plus! 0.99
R=16 & lewisit & 4,453,270 & ELF & YF-222A Delta Edge & stage 6 & MAMEUI 0.143
R=17 & Ed Oscuro & 4,202,810 & EAH & F36-B Blaster & Stage 5 & MAME Plus! 0.138u1r4683-20100528; autofire off
R=18 & donotcare95 & 3,821,500 & KMM & 138-TYPE Strong Thunder & Stage 5 & WolfMAME 0.99; autofire off
R=19 & ColonelFatso & 2,922,160 & FAT & YF-222A Alpha Blade & Stage 5 & MAME
R=20 & donotcare95 & 2,865,130 & KMM & YF-222A Alpha Blade & Stage 5 & WolfMAME 0.99; autofire off
R=21 & Dylano stewart & 1,323,860 & AAA & aLPHA BLADE & Stage 3 & MAME32 0.103u2
R=22 & roadrunner & 1,212,950 & RUN & YF-222A Alpha Blade & Stage 3 & MAME[/table]

What did you prove? World Record is only 26,278,890 points (player "Kanada Kobun E"). Keep faith for a better shot! (Thanks Plasmo & Enhasa!)

Example score entry:

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Pidgin Joes & 62,557 & EAJ & Galeria & F-36B Blaster & MAME Plus! 0.135 - Autofire ON

Score entry format details:

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Full name, nickname, or callsign
& score
& your three-letter initials entered in the actual game
& plane used
& Stage reached
& Game version (only if non-JAPAN)
& other info you wish to regale us with

For the planes, you can write "third column, second tier" for the seventh plane (the lower green one). If you can't remember which plane you used, the P1 side choices can be seen on this review.

Sept. 14, 2012 update: "160% enhanced comprehensibility edition!" The old-style scoreboard has also been updated and preserved as the second post on page 3.

* Please check also the MAJOR STRYKER highscore thread for a double-header of baked goodness!

[Ruldra]

Ruldra - 8,008,630 - RUL - Alpha Blade - ALL - MAME

This score is from April 2008...one of the first shmups I cleared when I joined the forum. You can only play the japan version on mame, so I guess you don't need to state that in your score submission. Can't remember if I used autofire or not.

[Ed Oscuro]

Pulling out the region bit for now then, it's just a choice of MAME vs. PCB then. I also got rid of P1 / P2 and so on.

I forgot to mention that the top player gets their name in lights, isn't that great?

I was thinking about an "R. Player Rule" where no scores under 1M will be added to the board, but can stay in the thread. Even though the board already has a reply in a record 14 minutes, perhaps I should just let it fill up.

[SFKhoa]

SFKhoa - 9,625,350 - KOA - F/A-6Ω "Omega Arrow" - ALL - MAME32FX 0.135

[Ed Oscuro]

Well I hope you enjoyed those 47 minutes of being on top, Ruldra! New bestest player again!

How soon until somebody breaks into double didgits?!

[Ruldra]

How soon until somebody breaks into double didgits?!

BBH and shoe-sama both have 11mil scores at MARP.

[Ed Oscuro]

I'll take whatever you have

[Enhasa]

Someone ought to post for shoe, it's only right.

[Ed Oscuro]

Thanks for the scores!

Someone ought to post for shoe, it's only right.

I would if I knew what it was!

@ Ruldra: Just to clarify...if you want your MARP score in here, just post it. It sounds like you want it, and I've no problem (so long as it's the same number of extends).

[Ruldra]

I'll post the scores from MARP then:

shoe-sama - 11,468,840 - SHU - A-10 "Warthog" - ALL - MAME (Kaillera Mame .119 9/14/07 build)
BBH - 11,298,280 - BBH - ????????? - ALL - MAME

Since the replays are there then they were probably playing at default settings. I can't watch them so I can't tell which ship BBH used (maybe you could PM him).

[Ed Oscuro]

Haha, I like how BBH has scores right next to each other (top Caliber 50 score right below).

There is no A-10 in the game, and nothing really looks like one either. He may mean the Sylph though. I will try to contact them and see if they can shed light on the situation. Meanwhile, I'm just gonna put off this update for a wee bit, but I will get it done.

[Ruldra]

Forget that shoe score, he's got a 13mil run up on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8_rlEHV2yg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sn7YpF3rYY

Final score is 13,531,010.

[Ed Oscuro]

Wow, I thought I was hot stuff if I let the first stage plane use its support plane twice and got a stage score half that. Work to do!

[Plasmo]

shoe has submitted a speedrun for this game:

http://www.super-play.co.uk/index.php?superplay=2808

Crazy stuff!

[Ruldra]

No need to download that, he uploaded it on youtube too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unltIa0ZX-g

[robivy64]

fuck yes

i'm on it...

[SFKhoa]

Y'know.... this is the biggest fucking coincidence ever in my days of scoring for any shmup
SFKhoa - 10,987,650 - KOA - YF-222A "Alpha Blade" - ALL - MAME32FX 0.135

Also, Shoe's fighter is 百参拾八式"猛御雷" which translates to 138-TYPE "Strong Thunder".

[Momijitsuki]

Sorry, Ed.

Momijitsuki - 4,157,030 - MTS - YF-222A "Alpha Blade" - Stage 6 - MAME32 Plus! 0.99

I'm starting to get the hang of this game.

[Ed Oscuro]

My name isn't crithit, I don't conveniently forget to update the thread when it bumps me. Thanks for the contribution, activity is good!

[Ruldra]

Why is there three #3?

[Momijitsuki]

Ed doesn't like to be 4th.

[Ed Oscuro]

Why is there three #3?

Why is 8 million the cutoff for having fancy colors on your entry? You sure you want to ask?

[Ruldra]

Why the scoreboard looks like traffic lights?

[SFKhoa]

Why the scoreboard looks like traffic lights?

Cuz you need to keep going, I need to approach shoe with caution, and shoe just needs to stop playing altogether.

[clp]

anyone have any basic scoring tips for this beast?

[Momijitsuki]

From the looks of it, making sure the enemy calls in a boss ship more than once, and killing it for medals seems to be pretty lucrative. Only problem is that those bosses are cheapshot-tastic, so I don't like doing it

[SFKhoa]

From the looks of it, making sure the enemy calls in a boss ship more than once, and killing it for medals seems to be pretty lucrative. Only problem is that those bosses are cheapshot-tastic, so I don't like doing it

That's why you stock up on Alpha Blade's melee special if you can.

[Momijitsuki]

Momijitsuki - 5,465,790 - MTS - YF-222A "Alpha Blade" - Stage 7 - MAME32 Plus! 0.99


Almost made it to stage 8, but the bastard called in his ship right before I could melee him again.

[KMM]

donotcare95 - 2,865,130 - KMM - YF-222A "Alpha Blade" - Stage 5 - WolfMAME 0.99 (autofire off)

I like this game! It seems like it'd be an easy 1cc with maybe an hour or two of practice.

[ColonelFatso]

WHAT. THE. FUCK. The fifth enemy just called a boss-ship move WHILE THE ONE IT HAD JUST CALLED WAS STILL ON SCREEN, EXPLODING. Or maybe the very frame after it disappeared. This is not difficulty, this is bullshit.

ColonelFatso - 2,922,160 - FAT - YF-222A "Alpha Blade" - Stage 5 - MAME