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[Bananamatic]

How often have I changed my opinion on a game?

See: UFO

well I also disliked dodonpachi at first

then I was like HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME

donpachi is garbage though, TOO MUCH STAGE, NOT ENOUGH BOSS

[Sapz]

I don't think I've actually seen anyone making the jump from Touhou to DoDonPachi not dislike it at first. :V It's pretty crazy how much it'll grow on you, though.

[Jaimers]

That last extend fucking taunts me. ;_;

Dodonpachi is still TOO MUCH STAGE, NOT ENOUGH BOSS.

[Bananamatic]

spoiled by touhou
don't worry, arcade games will make you love stages :V

[Azinth]

I don't think I've actually seen anyone making the jump from Touhou to DoDonPachi not dislike it at first. :V

o/

Dodonpachi is still TOO MUCH STAGE, NOT ENOUGH BEES.

fix'd

Also, go try Guwange, it's the best Cave shmup on MAME by a wide margin~

[Bananamatic]

fucking game long chains

[Aisha]

Uo Poko is the most superior Cave game on MAME.

[Azinth]

Boogie Wings is the best shmup on MAME.  Cybernator5000 said so, don't bother him about it.

[theshirn]

Damnit damnit damnit, that should have been a 3cc!  One crappy dodge on the final boss made it 4.

But I have no idea how the hell to get below a 3cc, simply because of the lolwalls on Stage 6.  Those green spreads are BS, plain and simple.

[Sapz]

Damnit damnit damnit, that should have been a 3cc!  One crappy dodge on the final boss made it 4.

But I have no idea how the hell to get below a 3cc, simply because of the lolwalls on Stage 6.  Those green spreads are BS, plain and simple.

This is how you do Stage 6.

/shameless self-plug

[Aisha]

The next Mushi game should have a bee as a secret character option. :V

[nintendonut888]

I love how you call me tsundere when I haven't properly played a Cave game in 3 months. >_>

[Matsuri]

Boogie Wings is the best shmup on MAME.  Cybernator5000 said so, don't bother him about it.

Damn right. That kid knows his shit.

I love how you call me tsundere when I haven't properly played a Cave game in 3 months. >_>

Neglect. :smug:

[Azinth]

This is how you do Stage 6.

/shameless self-plug

Where's the stage-long chain? 

mang, I am disappoint :V

[Sapz]

Where's the stage-long chain? 

mang, I am disappoint :V

;____;

[KOA]

Played the hell out of Black Label mode on ESPGaluda2 today. I fucking love the arrange tracks in this game.


I liked how I faced Seseri....as Seseri.

[theshirn]

so how many BEES are there per stage

as in, what should the maximum value of BEES be when you chain all BEES

if it's 80000 BEES points, then I can get all BEES in stages 1 and 2 fairly consistently

[Formless God]

I don't think I've actually seen anyone making the jump from Touhou to DoDonPachi not dislike it at first. :V It's pretty crazy how much it'll grow on you, though.

With my first-time 8cc ... yeah maybe >_>
Then I realized this thing requires even more skill than Touhou. And not everything is static (and repetitive)  :*

I'll steal a quote again
"I don't hate myself enough to play Touhou for score"

"I don't hate myself enough to play anything for score"
Throw a load of crap at me and I'll dodge. That is all  :smug:
Seriously bombing the hell out of everything just isn't my style of play >_>

don't worry, arcade games will make you love stages :V

love stages :V

NEVER

Boogie Wings is the best shmup on MAME.  Cybernator5000 said so, don't bother him about it.

I was expecting DDP and Guwange as well :<
And dang that arcade stick looks hawt. Buy one y/n :V

[KOA]

N

[Formless God]

I thought you said it's hard to switch back once I've got used to the arcade stick :/
Or was it Matsuri ? :V


6cc BEEhachi or something ...
But it fires even less bullets than Yamame >:O

[KOA]

I think it was Matsuri, and I say N cuz that particular stick looks like a shit-tier one.

[Bananamatic]

NEVER

dodonpachi turns your boss fetish into a stage fetish

no one is safe

[KOA]

Soldier Blade is so fucking awesome for a 16-bit shooter. :|

[Matsuri]

I think it was Matsuri, and I say N cuz that particular stick looks like a shit-tier one.

Yeah, I said it's hard to switch back.

[LtC]

so how many BEES are there per stage

as in, what should the maximum value of BEES be when you chain all BEES

if it's 80000 BEES points, then I can get all BEES in stages 1 and 2 fairly consistently

If you collect all them bees in level 1 the maxium value is 100'000. Also when you collect all them bees in a stage, in the next stage the first bee will be valued 200 and the last 200'000 and so on.

also flashing rainbow colors, you can't miss it

Oh yeah, here's the .inp for anyone interested. Note the 269 hit combo on Stage 2. <____<

Nice playing, but wow you really like holding down the Laser button. Also I think you could get around 10M more score from level 3 if you do the bullet cancelling part properly.

dodonpachi turns your boss fetish into a stage fetish

This.

[Formless God]

No one has explained blue BEES yet. Am I supposed to destroy them as soon as they appear ?

[Sapz]

Nice playing, but wow you really like holding down the Laser button. Also I think you could get around 10M more score from level 3 if you do the bullet cancelling part properly.

Thanks. Should I be using shot more often, then? I don't really see too many situations where it seems more useful than the laser as A-L, though I could be wrong. As for the Stage 3 bullet cancel section... that basically entails not destroying many enemies, and then canceling everything when the screen is nearly full, right? I've tried it a couple of times before, but I'm mostly reluctant to do it in an actual run because I have a tendency to get killed on that part unless I take things out pretty fast. I'll give it some practice, though.

No one has explained blue BEES yet. Am I supposed to destroy them as soon as they appear ?

Blue bees? What? :V If you mean the bee outlines, you can make the actual bee items appear by hitting the blue bees with the tip of the laser (i.e., switch from shot or nothing to laser while underneath them).

[LtC]

Thanks. Should I be using shot more often, then? I don't really see too many situations where it seems more useful than the laser as A-L, though I could be wrong. As for the Stage 3 bullet cancel section... that basically entails not destroying many enemies, and then canceling everything when the screen is nearly full, right? I've tried it a couple of times before, but I'm mostly reluctant to do it in an actual run because I have a tendency to get killed on that part unless I take things out pretty fast. I'll give it some practice, though.

Well it might be just my imagination since I don't play a-l very often. Although generally using shot instead in some situations slows the game down making some parts easier to dodge and for chaining since killing stuff with shot rises hit meter more than laser.

For the bullet cancel part you should just watch few different replays to see which enemies you should keep alive and then try with save states yourself how much you can safely milk from that part without dying. And other thing about level3 I forgot to mention is that you should learn the way of starting on top of the boss in the start since it's pretty easy and gives you 150 extra HIT or so.

[BoLaD]

dodonpachi turns your boss fetish into a stage fetish

no one is safe

In my case, I wish Cave games had only one boss; the TLB. The rest of the game is stages.

[Bananamatic]

But I find boss HP bars sexy for some reason
Which is why I love FFXII.

Also Cave makes epic boss tracks, so the bosses are worth it just as much as the stages are