SOTM June 2017: Batsugun + 19XX

kuze

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kuze - Mosquito - 2908900 - Stage 6 - PCB

Finally defeated Sancho Pedro. :vik:
 

egg_sanwich

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Ran through a couple more credits in 19xx:

egg_sanwich - 3149200 - mosquito - stage 6 - pcb

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Extends come when you reach ranks 10 and 25. You rank up based on your completion per stage - you get 5 stars for 100% completion, the number of stars decreasing as your percentage decreases. (Rank is maybe not the right term here, not to be confused with rank related to variable difficulty).
 

The_Chosen_One

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Ran through a couple more credits in 19xx:

egg_sanwich - 3149200 - mosquito - stage 6 - pcb

Extends come when you reach ranks 10 and 25. You rank up based on your completion per stage - you get 5 stars for 100% completion, the number of stars decreasing as your percentage decreases. (Rank is maybe not the right term here, not to be confused with rank related to variable difficulty).

Good eye on the bonus guy, and with the ranks you get an extra one if you can clear the boss in the fastest time (S rating). S rating is also a massive boost to your bonus score that gets multiplied at the end of the stage. B Rating is 7k I believe, A is 10k, S is 50k. I can only do it on the first boss so far

Edit: I was wrong, no extra level for S rank
 
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The_Chosen_One

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Chosen One - 1404790 - Stage 4 - Type B - Saturn

Just throwing a score out there. I've only played it a handful of times, tips/tricks or scoring mechanics explained is most welcome.
 

Mugicha

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Finally had a chance to sit down with these.

Batsugun:

Mugicha - 244,410 - 2- Jeeno - Mame

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19xx

Mugicha - Mosquito - 715,700 - 3 - Mame

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gotta keep at it!
 

city41

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Thanks for the reminder. For the people using MAME, please try to stick to the regular version, i guess it's the same as the Saturn version.

Just a heads up, the Saturn version has both versions on it. If you've not tried Special, it's great, better than normal IMO.
 

BerryTogart

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UPDATE!

Where are the Batsugun players? I will try to put up a score tomorrow to get that ball rolling.
I did manage to find the time to play a few rounds, but my score did not improve very much yet.
Will try to get a bit further the rest of the month.
 

_rm_

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_rm_ - 1414010 - Stage 4 - Beltiana - Mame
 

_rm_

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I did manage to find the time to play a few rounds, but my score did not improve very much yet.
Will try to get a bit further the rest of the month.

Keep working on it.

New score update, please let me know if i missed anything.
 

BerryTogart

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Keep working on it.

Managed to have some more rounds yesterday. I can clear lvl1 regularely with Iceman (shipC) and one bomb (first shot pattern of the boss to evade) rather easy, Lvl2 I usually need to use some more "evade bombs" at the boss.
I didn't see Level 3 often enough to be consistant there.
Unfortunately I think I need to move to another ship type - as reaching the point where shipC gets the laser results in one of the most horrible and annoying sound effects I heard for some time and this really strains my concentration.

What is the ship level that you guys who are good at this have at the start of level 3?

Furthermore: How can one select the additional ships? (does the game need to be completed? Obviously I didn't manage a 1CC yet or the scoreboard would know)
 

_rm_

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To be honest i don't know much about this game and i've only spent a few credits with it, but as far as i know, the "additional ships" are for the second player, i think you can use them if you start the game with player 2 like in other games such as Ibara, for example. Please correct me if i'm wrong.

One thing i do know: This is one of the few games that gives you different ships but they all have the same speed, only the shot type is different.

Never paid attention to the ship level :scratch:
 
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The_Chosen_One

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Chosen One - 4,401,400 - Mosquito - Stage 6 - US PCB

Finally busted through Sancho Pedro, who's been my wall this month. Tanked pretty hard on stage 6 as I have very little practice on it.
 

egg_sanwich

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Chosen One - 4,401,400 - Mosquito - Stage 6 - US PCB

Finally busted through Sancho Pedro, who's been my wall this month. Tanked pretty hard on stage 6 as I have very little practice on it.

4 mil club! Nice work dude. The 3 perfects probably added a hefty bonus to your score.

Agree with stage 6, I need some practice there for sure. Now I have some motivation after seeing your score.
 

kuze

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Chosen One - 4,401,400 - Mosquito - Stage 6 - US PCB

Finally busted through Sancho Pedro, who's been my wall this month. Tanked pretty hard on stage 6 as I have very little practice on it.

Excellent run! Nice job getting perfect accuracy on st3/4.
 

_rm_

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New Update!

Congrats to the 19xx guys, lot's of action going on :buttrock:
 

The_Chosen_One

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4 mil club! Nice work dude. The 3 perfects probably added a hefty bonus to your score.

Agree with stage 6, I need some practice there for sure. Now I have some motivation after seeing your score.

If you can one life (so you don't lose your medals) any stage from 3 up the bonus gets pretty big. On that run I died stupidly on stage 4, but stage 3 was a 800k bonus and stage 5 was a 1.1m bonus and that was with zero bomb stock leftover.
 

BerryTogart

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Unfortunately not very much improvement in the total score, using the pig in lvl2 (hovering over it) did allow me to reach experience lvl2 in level2 though.
This results in a much better start for level3. All in all I'm still too greedy with bombs. Happens rather often that I die with a 3 bomb stock because I'm gambling on dodging shots. At least in the classic version the big hit box is giving me some trouble.

BerryTogart - 479,650 - TypeC - Stage 3 - SaturnIMG_20170624_100909.jpg
 
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andsuchisdeath

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No Batsugun special?

I mean..that's the scoring game of the two.
 
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ECZangief

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There should also be a high rollers league where your extra ships really matter and you have to purchase a new pcb for each additional run.

Live a little you cheapskates.
 

The_Chosen_One

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Chosen One - 5425800 - Mosquito - Stage 7 - US pcb

Really pushin through today. Getting much better Sancho and learning stage 6 a bit more. I made it to the sub boss right before the final boss on this run. Hoping I can get a 1cc on it by end of the month
 

kuze

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Very nice! Re: the 1CC,

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Going to try and top my last score, but I don't think I have a clear in me this month.
 

ShootTheCore

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Not good enough for the big leagues, but still an improvement on my part.

19XX
ShootTheCore - Mosquito - 1,840,200 - 4 - PCB

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The_Chosen_One

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Chosen One - 5983700 - Stage 7 - Mosquito - US Pcb

Didn't realize the stupid rockets would kill you if you ran into them, I was at the black fighter right before his final boss form.
 
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