Shmup of the Month Club 2014 (Completed)

[skate323k137]

Didn't get much time for this, but still had fun. Before this month I'd probably only played 4 credits on blazing star ever.

skate323k137 - 1,564,820 - Windina - Stage 4 - MVS

[ExedExes]

Final Blazing Star scores:

ChrisHaha2049 - 13,242,240 - Windina - Stage 5 - MAME
jepjepjep - 8,571,800 - Windina - Stage 4 - MVS
DocHauser - 7,857,090 - Dino-246 - Stage 4 - Shmupmame 4.2
foxhound1022 - 7,739,970 - Windina - Stage 6 - MVS
ExedExes - 6,199,860 - Windina - Stage 4 - MAME
hashiriya1 - 4,549,800 - Aryustailm - Stage 4 - MAME
mjmjr25 - 3,446,800 - Dino-246 - Stage 5 (Boss) - MVS
pierrot - 2,869,160 - Windina - Stage 3 - MAME
dsheinem - 2,428,550 - Windina - Stage 4 - MAME
coloradog1 - 1,686,730 - Windina - Stage 4 - MVS
Nyukki - 1,339,310 - Windina - Stage 4 - MAME
TSTR - 1,233,850 - Windina - Stage 3 (Boss) - MAME
Aidric - 798,860 - Dino-135 - Stage 3 - MVS
fvgazi - 624,970 - Windina - Stage 3 - MAME
samsonlonghair - 284,900 - Hellhound - Stage 2 - MVS

Once again, fantastic turnout for this month, and I welcome all new members to SOTM.
I hope you will continue to join us as we go on to Rayforce!

[o.pwuaioc]

What settings should I choose when playing this on the Saturn? Rapid on and Sega Saturn Game Mode are default. That OK with everyone?

[DocHauser]

Is the first extend at 500k or 1M in that mode? I think there might be a difference between the Arcade version and the Saturn default settings...

[dunpeal2064]

Yeah, it looks like the shmups high score thread separates RayForce (1m, 2m), and Layer Section (500k, 1m) scores.

I'm not sure if the extend rates are the only difference, since if that were the case, I'd expect one scoreboard, with extends changed from defaults to match the arcade game (Unless Layer Section/Galactic Attack don't have a setting that matches arcade?)

[dsheinem]

There's a lot of confusion over on the shmups forum about what mode on the Saturn (Normal, Hard 1, or Hard 2) is closest to arcade mode. The best guess seems to be somewhere between Hard 1 and Normal. They split the Saturn port out into a separate table (with the defaults including autofire left on) and put the other ports on the Arcade table. It probably makes sense for us to do the same.

[dunpeal2064]

I hate to ask this... are we allowing auto-fire on the Arcade board? Or do we want to do Arcade/No-Auto, and Saturn/Auto?

[dsheinem]

I hate to ask this... are we allowing auto-fire on the Arcade board? Or do we want to do Arcade/No-Auto, and Saturn/Auto?

What's the default for arcade?

Auto is default for Saturn, so it is fine there - but it also isn't scored the same as the arcade.

[dunpeal2064]

There is no default auto fire in the version I've played. I doubt its different between regions, but I have not tried them all.

So, sounds like we are going with RayForce with no Auto, and Layer Section (May as well stick to Normal if we want defaults) with auto allowed?

[noiseredux]

ahh, nothing like autofire talk to kick a month off right.