Ikaruga

[sleeve]

I just have a small tip I'd like to share with everyone having problems with the Chapter 2 shrinking circle drones.

You must shoot each group of drones right at the moment they contract together. If you see the drones starting to expand outward just as you shoot them, you've waited too long, and you'll have much less space to manuever. So if you find yourself dying here frequently, it's not because of the slowdown, it's because you're waiting too long to shoot.

BTW, the Chapter 4 satellite is modeled after the rafflesia, one of the world's largest flowers. See my avatar for a picture.

(Thanks to Bern-D for the rafflesia trivia)

EDIT: New high score:

sleeveboy / 8,049,950 / 78 Max Chain / Chapter 4

[FirstBlood]

3,527,200 lvl-3

max chain: 59

... whoohah! too bad there's no way i'm beating that level 3 boss

[Ryan]

is it just me or has it been awhile since an update?

[sleeve]

Someone needs to give cigsthecat a swift kick in the pants.

[japtor]

yeah id like to be 3rd place before some random person destroys my score like usual

[Mode7]

cigs: please remove my score next update.

[ICE]

ICE / 25,258,400 / Chapter A / 177 Max Chain

[Taito]

Taito/3,350,290/Chapter 2/82 Max Chain

[cigsthecat]

"Someone needs to give cigsthecat a swift kick in the pants."

Yeah, yeah, I'm coming.

*puts on pants*

A couple of things: The chart is now closed at a top 40- the reason for this is that any longer and I get a "your message is too long" error. I think 40 slots is more than adequate though.

ICE: Is Chapter A something you reach after completing Chapter 5, as in the first stage of the loop?

And sorry for the sluggish update everybody.

[japtor]

dang, if only you updated right after mode7's post then i couldve had 2nd for a few minutes :P

and on 'chapter a' im guessing 'chapter all' like on the jap score boards, doubt it does a 2nd loop through the game...but hell if ill ever find out on my own