Shmup of the Month Club 2014 (Completed)

[dunpeal2064]

you get points for every bullet that hits a stationary object, structures, the ground, etc).

Yeah, when the game's score is based on bullets hitting things, auto-fire should be seperated/not allowed, for sure. I've played stage one in Zed many, many times, and 750k is ridiculous.

Yeah, the music in this one is just great, so strange and frantic. Namiki really knows how to create tension. I am actually pretty fond of NMK's chunky ship sprites, and like you said, they don't feel too big, they control very well.



So... I should play some Blazing Star so I can talk about that one, instead of just oozing over Zed Blade.

[EllertMichael]

Some dude got 750K on stage 1 (about 300K is normal, 400K is very good - you get points for every bullet that hits a stationary object, structures, the ground, etc).

I broke a million on stage 1 once (pcb, default settings, no autofire) back when I had my big red so 750K isn't unrealistic.
You need to immediately suicide twice at the beginning of the stage and hope you get four shot power-ups (sometimes it gives you a bomb. seems random.)

NMK is this month's 1cc Shirt

I've had a couple credits of Blazing Star this month but haven't come close to my previous best (actually haven't even broke 2mil )

Hopefully the back half of the month will yield me a run with a score worth posting...

[ExedExes]

For those of you wondering if the portable version of Blazing Star is any good, I'm gonna be the guinea pig of the experiment, I got it for my recently acquired Kindle Fire HD at $2.99 from Amazon's appstore.

So far, DotEmu nailed the emulation aspect. Multiple ways to set it up graphically. Play it in the original 4:3 or stretch the screen in 16:9. Scanlines are available (none, 50%, 100%), and 3 ways to control it (virtual "stick", move ship with finger, special smartphone optimized control option).

The ship selection and high score screens are different from the arcade version. There also appear to be achievements.

Not getting very far in it, but the oversized A and B buttons on the right really help, and are just transparent enough to be non-obtrusive.

For the price, I thought it was worth it.

Anybody have that Raiden Android collection (also by DotEmu?)

[ChrisHaha2049]

Giving other ships a go...Gotta love the variety. Aryustailm is fun. Got the first two stages down pretty well, but still having trouble in stage 3 using it. Meanwhile, Pulstar's ship is nice for survival, but gotta work a little harder to score well. Nevertheless, it's the first one I broke 10mil with.

ChrisH2049 - 11,357,150 - Stage 5 (Boss) - Dino-246 - MAME



...and still not getting the rank.

[foxhound1022]

Got some time to play this today, and crushed my previous score by almost 5 mil. Plus, I got my rank to B. Not really sure how.

foxhound1022 - 7,739.970 - Windina - Stage 6 - MVS

[o.pwuaioc]

Anybody have that Raiden Android collection (also by DotEmu?)

Yeah, and if you don't mind Blazing Star's control, you'll probably like this also. Personally I can't do it on my phone, I need a stick or a controller, but YMMV.

[ExedExes]

ExedExes - 6,199,860 - Stage 4 - Windina - MAME



Another 2 million increase. I didn't spend too long on the 2nd part of the Stage 3 boss, but had my point items up to the maximum before that point.

[mjmjr25]

Nice improvement, Exed. I'm gonna put some more time in tomorrow - loving the improvements all around, this is what this club is about, appreciating these games more and getting more out of them than you first knew was there.

[ExedExes]

Nice improvement, Exed. I'm gonna put some more time in tomorrow - loving the improvements all around, this is what this club is about, appreciating these games more and getting more out of them than you first knew was there.

This game is a perfect example of that. I've played this for many years in many different forms (MAME, gametap.com, now on Android) and to not know about all the scoring opportunities here, it brings a new life into this game. I am also glad to see many new people playing this as well as everyone sticking with it and improving well. It's one of the largest score lists I've seen here on SOTM.

The updated list will be posted later tonight.

[DocHauser]

DocHauser - 7,857,090 - Dino-246 - Stage 4 - Shmupmame 4.2

Haven't actually put much time into it this week, should be able to improve on that if make a bit more of an effort...