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Links to the Racketboy Hi-Score shmup threads:

AERO FIGHTERS / SONIC WINGS 1 - 2 - 3 - SPECIAL / LIMITED

AKAI KATANA

AXELAY

19XX: The War Against Destiny

BATTLE GAREGGA

BIKE BANDITZ

BLAST WIND

BOSCONIAN

CASTLE OF SHIKIGAMI II

CHAOS FIELD

DARIUS GAIDEN

DEATHSMILES

DEATHSMILES II

DODONPACHI DAIFAKKATSU & RESURRECTION 1.5

DODONPACHI SAIDAIOUJOU

ECO FIGHTERS

ESPGALUDA

ESPGALUDA II + Black Label

FAST STRIKER

G-DARIUS

GEKIRINDAN

GIGA WING

GRADIUS IV

GUNBIRD

GUNBIRD 2

HITOGATA HAPPA

HYPER-DUEL

IBARA

KETSUI

MARS MATRIX

MUSHIHIMESAMA

MUSHIHIMESAMA FUTARI 1.5 + BLACK LABEL

PRO GEAR

RAIDEN II

RADIANT SILVERGUN

RAYFORCE / GALACTIC ATTACK / LAYER SECTION

RECCA

REFRAIN ~ PRISM MEMORIES

SOUKYUGURENTAI / TERRA DIVER

STRIKERS

SUPER SPACEFORTRESS MACROSS

TRIZEAL

ZED BLADE

ZERO GUNNER 2


Interested in adding a particular title to this thread? Please create a thread titled: "NAME of SHMUP HERE - Hi-Scores" and shoot me a PM or post a message in the thread.

TYPICAL SETTINGS OF A HI-SCORE THREAD
-In the OP of that thread, describe the rules (typically Hi-Score, 1 Credit, Default Settings).
-List the accepted formats for the game (Console releases, arcade, PC, MAME, etc)
-List the way you'd like the scores submitted, typically (score - username - level reached - character (ship, etc) used - format)
-Should look like this: 2,000,300 - mjmjr25 - stage 5 - Vic Viper - Saturn-JP
-Then as time allows, update the OP w/the current standings. Top 10 is a good number to track.
-1 score per member admitted to top 10.
-If there are drastic differences from the different formats the game is available to b played on, you may want to have separate top 20 score-boards within the same OP.

Remember, it is easy to create a thread, but can prove difficult to maintain. Don't hesitate to bump any of these threads when you find yourself playing these games - get others involved. Shmupping is best done together, or not at all.

Rather than seperate dedicated threads for each, you could always make a public Google Spreadsheet and organize it like that. Simple, unified, easy. Probably best to have everyone link a shot of their score though, rather than have someone go on and post fake numbers.

Of course, this would rely on people not screwing with other people's scores.

^Not worried about cheaters - there's no prizes, so no point in cheating.
Screen shots are nice though in any regard.

No interest (for me) on a linked spread sheet. Talking about individual threads for the more popular shmups. Part of the idea is discussing strategy and talking about your run. A spreadsheet doesn't do any of that.

I'd be okay with this, but most of the shmups I've been playing are doujin. Probably would not warrant their own thread unless it's on the actual shmups forum (not Racketboy).

This must happen.

Screenshots are mandatory. Nintendo Power circa 1992 rules apply: the television screen and console must both be included in the photo.

Flake wrote:Screenshots are mandatory. Nintendo Power circa 1992 rules apply: the television screen and console must both be included in the photo.

And the picture sent in cannot be digital. It must be taken from a camera that uses film- REAL film that has to be developed.



Jokes aside, I like the idea of this thread.

Sounds like fun to me ^_^

what are we doing though? Single credit?

EDIT? or is that what "settings" means?

noiseredux wrote:what are we doing though? Single credit?

EDIT? or is that what "settings" means?

Generally default settings and one credit. Although perhaps we can do it by difficulty level too.