Shmup of the Month Club 2012

[mjmjr25]

Did a couple runs yesterday, hit 27bil on DC by 3rd boss, only 7bil on CPS2 by 3rd boss, it's actually more than 30-40% per enemy because of the multiplier factor.

[ExedExes]

The DC (Arcade mode) and CPS2 versions play exactly the same...the stages, enemies, bullet patterns, timings, etc. All the same. However the DC version's base score values have indeed been "juiced".

But don't take just my word for it...
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=78 (3rd paragraph)

This feature [maxed out score] had been removed in the port, since they added two extra digits in the score. ALSO, all larger enemies and boss parts are worth more in score, meaning that the scores are somewhat bigger (basically, about 30-40%, but i'm not really sure: it seems they're worth x5 or x10 times their original value).

Well poop. I got MM for DC thinking it would be exactly like the arcade on all fronts and now I'm a victim of port differences. (See: Truxton from January) Now I'll definitely have to fire up MAME and see just how well my 3.6 billion translates to a real play.

[noiseredux]

starting to get the hang. Generally hitting 600M-700M which is only making it to middle of Stage 2. But man... Stage 2 stresses me out. Just so many bullets, haha.

EDIT: top score now is 799M... nothing worth posting yet.

[skate323k137]

level 2 gets overwhelming really fast. It's key to be able to really quickly activate and release the bullet deflection. Getting that down to a fraction of a second is clutch especially after the first level. You get a split second of invincibility right after you let go and the bullets fly back, so you can cut through some bullets to get out of a jam. Right as you're about to get hit with a swarm of bullets, quickly activate and immediately release the bullet deflection, and move to a clear area of the screen. If you do it right, you can deflect bullets every few seconds. Hope that helps.

[noiseredux]

level 2 gets overwhelming really fast. It's key to be able to really quickly activate and release the bullet deflection. Getting that down to a fraction of a second is clutch especially after the first level. You get a split second of invincibility right after you let go and the bullets fly back, so you can cut through some bullets to get out of a jam. Right as you're about to get hit with a swarm of bullets, quickly activate and immediately release the bullet deflection, and move to a clear area of the screen. If you do it right, you can deflect bullets every few seconds. Hope that helps.

I think it's the controls that throw me off. Let me see if I understand (on DC)...

1 - rapid fire - self explanatory
2 - fire - but if you hold it down it absorbs/deflects bullets
3 - piercing - you need to hit this and THEN hit the fire button to do the piercing shot (?)

if tihs is correct, it still feels a bit overly complicated to me. I mean, I'm sure I can get used to it, but it's not the most elegant button setup.

[skate323k137]

You're right on auto shot and shot. for the piercing cannon, just set one button to auto piercing and hold that down. If you do let off of auto shot, the first time you press it, it will fire the piercing cannon once.

[noiseredux]

for the piercing cannon, just set one button to auto piercing and hold that down.

interesting. Will have to dabble with the options menu... thanks!

[ChrisHaha2049]

On the DC version, "SHOT" performs all three functions. (The 1 button config mentioned earlier.)
1.Continuous tapping = normal shots
2.Tap once = the Piercing shot...Wait half a second and tap once again for another pierce.
3.Hold button = shield.

If you're using the Auto Shot and Auto Pierce functions in the DC version, you still need to assign a 3rd button as "SHOT" to do the shield. This config just eliminates the need for 'tapping'. So you're affectedly using a different button for each of the 3 weapons.
1.Hold 'Auto Shot' = normal shots
2.Hold 'Auto Pierce' = rapid Pierces one after the other.
3.Hold 'Shot' = Shield.

[noiseredux]

If you're using the Auto Shot and Auto Pierce functions in the DC version, you still need to assign a 3rd button as "SHOT" to do the shield. This config just eliminates the need for 'tapping'. So you're affectedly using a different button for each of the 3 weapons.
1.Hold 'Auto Shot' = normal shots
2.Hold 'Auto Pierce' = rapid Pierces one after the other.
3.Hold 'Shot' = Shield.

this is what I want to do then... 3 buttons for 3 functions makes more sense in my head.

EDIT: I have difficulty at default (4) is that correct?

[Tyranix95]

DAMN! I died in the exact same spot again!!!

This time, my score went down and my exp (ship level) went up.

I've got to work on getting past this one spot.

Tyranix95--CPS2--Mosquito 02--Score: 9,028,407,010--Exp:226,855 (Lv.5)--Stg: 3.