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So this is the Jx2 that passed me in the rankings! I've started playing again in the last couple days in the hopes of finally breaking the 30 million mark. I've had a few short unsuccessful comeback attempts, but I've almost shaken off all the rust now. I should be giving you guys some more competition as well hopefully in a few days when I regain my old form.
Hi guys, I'm from Singapore and while watching the Appreciate dvd, I noticed all the players used the single stream vulcan bullet, may I enquire how is that done? What's the technique to it?
basically, you have to tap the shoot button.
Of course, those players are pro and can seemingly endlessly tap the button at a very high pace. Not that it's hard to do or anything, but how they got the idea of using that single stream is a mistery...
No, what they're doing with the single stream is not rapid tapping. It is simply the pushbutton is modified to rapid fire. This is a common practice in Japan arcade. Mainly because of the many games that require rapid tapping of the fire button just for normal shot. It is convenience feature, and allowable under Arcadia hi-score rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saffran
But, yes I agree what Saffran said "basically you have to tap the shoot button", since of course you can get the single stream that way, but it's not as <i>solid</i> a stream as the arcade player show on Appreciate.
Indeed. This can prove awkward for us mere mortal players as we dont have full access to the single stream attack... an example of this is in the section of 3-2 where you are being chased by Miss Shigi. There are sets of enemies that come in two lines that are much easier to chain with the single stream... of course, you can still chain them with the double stream but its much harder.
In fact, there are a lot of sections that the modern GC players get the bad end of... we can't energy release Eboshidori, the game doesn't slow down on the circle shell formations at the start of 2-1, or the boss of stage 3, and of course we don't have proper access to the single stream either...
In the long run though, I like to think that this just makes us better players than the original gamers. :lol:
(So close to 28mil btw, new score soon.)
Pulling off the single stream shots where necessary (like in 3-2) isn't very tough to do, so it's not too much of a disadvantage. I think I'm close to 28 million as well, just need to bring up my consistency back to the point it used to be at.
I don't tend to use it at all in 3-2, I just use the double stream on the appropriate sides of each set of enemies.... kind of hard to explain. I'll make a video and post it in an hour or so. :)
EDIT - In fact, I wont post a video... my camera is pretty shitty and only catches blurs due to the speed of 3-2. I need to get a better cam. :(
I don't think I've ever tried using double streams there. Ever since DaveSS suggested using the single stream shots on the last two groups (of the four) in 3-2, I've found that to be very reliable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jx2
I managed to break one of my old chapter records (ch. 5) last night for the first time in about 4 months, by bullet-eating the third form of the boss. I hope my total score is the next to see an improvement.
Single shots are a must, much more consistant.
I use plenty of single shots for consistency and accuracy, yes... a lot of chapters 2 and 4 require that. But it some of the sections where the Appreciate DVD players use the single stream I don't see it as necessary... chaining the criss-crossing enemies in 1-4 for example, and the double lines of enemies in 3-2.
Im not the authority of course, we all have our own ways of playing the game, and as long as it works no strategy is necessarily "better" than the other. :)