Kuhga: Operation Code "Vapor Trail" [Arcade/Mega Drive]

[Despatche]

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3 lives. Extends at 200K and 600K and Normal difficulty for the arcade version. Autofire is allowed.
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Post scores in this format:

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VERSION - FIGHTER
NAME - SCORE - STAGE - AUTOFIRE - TIME - DETAILS

DETAILS is for what model of console and release of cart/disc, or what emulator and version. I'm sure there's a difference between these arcade versions.
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Arcade version

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-Silph-
1.  DEL        - 2,463,630 - 2-4 - No  - ??:?? - PCB  [unknown fighter]
2.  zinger     -   743,410 - 1-5 - ??  - 16:44 - ???

-Valkyrie-

-Seylen-

Mega Drive version
Easy difficulty

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-Silph-

-Valkyrie-
1.  THE ALLETT - 2,022,600 - ALL - --- - ----- - JP MD+JP cart?
2.  The Coop   - 1,964,500 - ALL - --- - ----- - US Gen+US cart?

-Seylen-

Hard difficulty

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-Silph-

-Valkyrie-
1.  UGO        - 1,912,250 - ALL - --- - ----- - JP MD+JP cart

-Seylen-
1.  Perikles   - 1,980,550 - ALL - --- - ----- - ?????+US cart
2.  Kollision  - 1,932,150 - ALL - --- - ----- - US Gen+US cart

[Kollision]

thought I had input this already!

Mega Drive Hard, Seylen

Kollision - 1,932,150 - ALL - / - / - US cart + Genesis

[Perikles]

Mega Drive, Hard, Seylen



Perikles – 1,913,650 – ALL - / - / - US cart

Generic it may be, I, for one, thoroughly enjoy(ed) it. Used the S-unit for the entire run with the exception of the last stretch in the third stage and the final boss itself therefore lots of button mashing took place (no autofire controller was used). Some neat high scores from you guys, I guess I should've stalled the final boss for its missiles, eh?

[Despatche]

game's a little too odd to be generic. no other game really has the mixture of systems kuhga does

[Perikles]

Mega Drive, Hard, Seylen



Perikles - 1,940,600 - ALL - / - / - US cart

That's definitely the best score I'm going to squeeze out of the game (almost lost it, too!). I surmise it might be possible to sacrifice one life in the fifth stage or to find a way to safely milk the first boss for a while, but I'm rather content with what I got. At least I've managed to get more points than Kollision (whose entry seems to be missing on the score board), that's always satisfying.

Edit: forget what I just said!

Mega Drive, Hard, Seylen



Perikles - 1,980,550 - ALL - / - / - US cart

[Despatche]

hm, wonder if 2m is possible in that category.

thanks for pointing that out, not sure how i missed his score.

[Perikles]

This might be a silly question, but I'll ask nonetheless: would you be interested in adding Skull Fang scores since it's the sequel to Vapor Trail? It was selected as the game of choice elsewhere and I thought I might as well clear it while I'm at it. It has a lot of different modes and regional differences (World version has lives on top of the energy bar, Saturn version must be set on Hard to play it on Arcade difficulty, a cornucopia of pilots and planes etc.), so this just might be a job for a precise organiser such as yourself. In case you do accept it:

Japanese version, Chase Mode



Perikles - 18,392,000 - ALL - Seylen-EX - Sparrow - Autofire Yes - ShmupMAME v4.2

Video

[Despatche]

Might as well just make a new topic for it. I didn't want to do a double topic for the Dragon Spirit games like that, that one was a very quick decision that I am very much regretting. I don't mind doing it, or you could do it since you know way more about the game. Nice to know we wouldn't have to split Saturn scores... hopefully...

People think I enjoy this, that I'm ruining competition somehow and I just want to see people squirm. It really depresses me that I've spent years fixing all the old problems with these crusty score threads just to get shit on like this. These old games have problems. They need to be dealt with. Please do not ignore them. Please help me. That's all I can tell people.