Shmup of the Month Club 2014 (Completed)

[Kidpanda]

White Label DOJ
Kidpanda - 21,398,760 - Stage 3 - Type B/Laser - Arcade

Sorry for the big pic

[dunpeal2064]

I wouldn't mind just snagging the 1-ALL this month, I think this is the only game in the pachi series that I'm missing this for.

Have you cleared DonPachi as well?

I've cleared the first loop, not the entire game. Though, that goes for the whole series, have yet to finish a loop on one

Hopefully will have time to get at this now that the weekend is here.

[Nyukki]

^ It's only Wednesday dude, sorry to burst your bubble.

[TSTR]

This game is making me realize my masochistic tendencies. I can't even get on the table, but I want to keep letting it hurt me.

[mjmjr25]

I'm not playing until we discuss autofire.

[ExedExes]

This game is making me realize my masochistic tendencies. I can't even get on the table, but I want to keep letting it hurt me.

That's Cave!

I'm not playing until we discuss autofire.

Since it's a user-generated issue every month, I put my autofire rules for the particular game on the first post of the new month.

but I know it's a sarcastic statement.

[Nyukki]

White Label DOJ
Nyukki - 7,672,850 - Stage 3 - Type A/Expert - Shmupmame 4.2



I'm using the parent rom, is that white label? Got the black label rom too but only the parent is visible in the rom list when I start Shmupmame. Oh well.

Still can't get past the second boss without panic bombing my way through, though I feel his bullet patterns shouldn't be that difficult to manouver but I keep losing my cool. Everytime I make it to stage 3 I'm on my last life and get obliterated instantly.

Also, I get the chaining, but can someone please briefly explain this Hyper thingy? I get that there's this kind of gold chip-like item floating around which I grab and when I hit the bomb button I go into Hyper mode, but often when I die it's because I'm in a tight spot and need to use a bomb but instead go into Hyper mode and get trapped. Anyway to choose whether you want to use a bomb or go hyper?

Also, I chose the third pilot with "Laser and Bomb" or whatever it was. I'm guessing this means I have stronger shot and bomb, and I also found that my ship flew around faster. Are my assumptions right? Does this choice influence scoring at all?

[jepjepjep]

I think the parent rom is white label. If you get a choice of "Old Version" or "New Version" when you boot it up, then that's black label.

I suggest going with Black Label if you have the option. It's a little bit less brutal (especially 1st stage boss) and it gives out hypers more easily. Not to mention the Type B ship is balanced much better if you like the slow, wide shot type.

You have the basic gist of the hyper system. Right when you activate it, it cancels all of the enemy bullets and gives you a boost in power, so it's very good for scoring and for a short panic bomb (but it speeds up boss attack patterns). There's no way to use the bomb when you have a hyper in stock, it'll always launch the hyper.

The expert ship type that you chose is the best since it has strong shot and laser and higher movement speed, the only downside is that you only get one bomb. I think the best ships for survival might be the shot types since you have so many extra bombs, but for scoring everyone chooses the EX ships since they're better overall and bombing kills your score.

[jepjepjep]

White Label DOJ:
jepjepjep - 46,901,200 - 1-ALL - Type A Expert - Arcade

First time clearing regular Daioujou! It was hard going from Black Label to white since I'm used to using Type B and it's really gimped in white label (slow movement speed and wonky hitbox). I had to switch to the Type A ship for this. This was really fun to do, like dunpeal I'm down to only a single 'pachi game without having cleared the first loop (SDOJ ).

[Nyukki]

@jepjepjep: Thanks man.

White Label DOJ:
Nyukki - 13,771,200 - Stage 3 - Type A Expert - Shmupmame



Fuck yeah!