Ikaruga

[cigsthecat]

Update.

[Dave SS]

new PB tonight highest chain of 174

26,677,950

http://www.ikaruga-atari.net/sougo_n.php

feels like i'm quite near my limit with the game.

[Dave SS]

i was lying there, completely.
I'm not anywhere near my limit just yet
As soon as i've completed Zelda i'll be back on IKA.
I'm looking forward to the US/UK release to see how i stand.

Shortly after i did my 26.6mil PB i quickly did 26.5 twice LOL
proof if ever i needed it that a really big score was there somewhere, just waiting to be produced.

[Kiken]

I don't know what happened here.. I was doing beautifully in the first 3 chapters... then I decided to commit suicide 4 times in chapter 4. Even after a commendable run in chapter 5 I still succumbed to the Ubusunagami Oukinoukai with 5 seconds remaining. That hurt.

Anyhow, here's the new score: 22,224,140, Chapter 5, Kiken, Max Chain 175

[johnk_]

i found a dot-eater video of the CHP.5 boss.. (the baloon-like one).. it seems you could get more points by dot-eating him than by beating him as quickly as possible..

this guy milked at least a couple mil off the thing!

[BER]

Originally posted by johnk_
i found a dot-eater video of the CHP.5 boss.. (the baloon-like one).. it seems you could get more points by dot-eating him than by beating him as quickly as possible..

That's right. In time, one can earn more than 10,000 points
a second by abosrbing the lasers. That is, the points
earned by milking this way is more than that from the BOSS
DESTROY BONUS. To maximize earnings, it's best to milk
until TIME 1--by then, the boss should be destroyed.

Note that TIME 1 means that there's anywhere from 1/60th of
a second to a second remaining--once TIME is 0, the boss
instantly dies. When there are no more lasers within TIME
1, it's better to destroy the boss and get the additional
10,000 points from the BOSS DESTROY BONUS than to leave it
alone and earn nothing.

[johnk_]

i don't see how it's possible to do all the dot-eating and dodging while paying attention to the boss's life meter, but best of luck to you..

[Dave SS]

its possible all right. Its precisely how the top JP players get scores of 5,800,000.

[Kiken]

Originally posted by johnk_
i found a dot-eater video of the CHP.5 boss.. (the baloon-like one).. it seems you could get more points by dot-eating him than by beating him as quickly as possible..

this guy milked at least a couple mil off the thing!

Ummm, the boss' name is Tageri. Although, "balloon-like one" is quite appropriate.

[blueskied]

Alright, my Ikaruga high scores (check me out on the ikaruga-atari.net netranking, I'm blueskied)

Arcade mode:
20,864,270 Max Chain: 150/ Chapter 5
Prototype Mode:
25,208,180 Max Chain: 149/ Chapter A