Border Down - DC & Arcade

[gameoverDude]

New score:

OmegaFlareX - 9,702,340 - 3.1

Bah, still in 5th place.

Question: I know what the green score is on the lower-right part of the screen (points you need to change border in next level), but what's the circle to the right of it? It seems to fill up with yellow. Is this a difficulty rank meter?

Actually, that is the Norm Meter. The closer you come to meeting the Norm for your stage, the more it will fill up. Fill it totally and you'll hear the beep signifying a Norm Clear.

[Dave SS]

jesus this is tough!
played an hour today and was determined to get past the 2nd stage boss
Eventually got to level 3 but with a modest score of 5481600.

[Shapermc]

So, I have getting as close to 0 on the timer as possible as a scoring technique. What else is there?

I think Shinya should share some of the other point scoring techniques.

[Shinya]

So, I have getting as close to 0 on the timer as possible as a scoring technique. What else is there?

I think Shinya should share some of the other point scoring techniques.

The Red Border.

[gameoverDude]

Regarding that Stage 3 boss, I seem to find its Border Green 2nd form tougher than its Border Yellow or Red 2nd form. Looks like next time, I'll start on Border Green and deliberately Border Down in one of the sections beforehand. (I did BD in this run but by accident).

Here's my latest score:

17668510 Stage 3.3 (Damn that 3rd boss- At least I came THIS close to frying his sorry ass.)

[Shapermc]

Ok how about this as a question. What is the most effective way to use the Break Lazer for points?

[alpha5099]

New score:

OmegaFlareX - 9,702,340 - 3.1

Bah, still in 5th place.

Question: I know what the green score is on the lower-right part of the screen (points you need to change border in next level), but what's the circle to the right of it? It seems to fill up with yellow. Is this a difficulty rank meter?

That's the score you've gotten within that level. It fills up as you get more points. Once you reach the score needed, it makes that quasi-annoying little noise and you get to border up.

[gameoverDude]

Ok how about this as a question. What is the most effective way to use the Break Lazer for points?

If an enemy is firing a lot of bullets, you can use the BL to soak up the firepower- and then target the enemy with it. Countering a Boss' laser beam and then damaging a part of it or finishing it totally is helpful.

[oxtsu]

oxtsu- 4,186,250- Stage 2

The 'Ikaruga' of horzi shmups...it is Border Down

[Dave SS]

getting the hang of it a little now.

12,205,830 3-3