High Score Competition #133 Giga Wing

[spoot]

Not sure which level number it was.   Killed the mech guy and then died on the next level to the tanx and the gold pyramids.

I think that's the last level.....and the two "end boss" levels would be after that.......but I always popcorn that stage.

[edekoning]

Yeah I think you are right in that you made it to level 5. Level 7 is only reachable if you finish the first 6 levels with a single continue though 

[jasonbar]

I think I got a big score. Pretty sure. Reflected as many shots as possible, while still shooting non-stop.

597,621,137,551

-J

[epetti]

Nice! I upped my score but not enough to retake third.

414,227,101,170

[lettuce]

607,318,125,850

[thrasherx]

451,155,664,800

This was using a Seimitsu LS-32. You guys are insane.

[jasonbar]

It's all about the reflecting shots, as many as possible, as early as possible!

1,028,935,624,800

-Jason

[thrasherx]

745,491,079,800

Getting better. Shmups stress me out.

[Connorsdad]

429,374,097,740

[lettuce]

1,302,409,597,730

[thrasherx]

937,700,715,870

Blast you, one-trillion. I still haven't cleared level 3.

[edekoning]

Just had two amazing runs! First one was the first time I ever reached the forth level, then the next run I even made it to level 5. Jeez man, the adrenaline is still racing through my body 
Anyway I obliterated my previous hi score and scored: 4669654169760

I was surprised that the level 4 boss is actually not that hard, but level 5 was just insane!

[spoot]

Nice!

Yeah, the "mech" boss is easier than that damn sub in the beginning I think.  You must have made it a ways into five.  I always popcorn that level for sum reason.....it might have to do with the billion bullets.   

[lettuce]

Just had two amazing runs! First one was the first time I ever reached the forth level, then the next run I even made it to level 5. Jeez man, the adrenaline is still racing through my body 
Anyway I obliterated my previous hi score and scored: 4669654169760

I was surprised that the level 4 boss is actually not that hard, but level 5 was just insane!

So from level 4 to level 5 you almost double your score, level 5 must be insane for scoring!!?

2,604,217,272,270

[edekoning]

I did not make it that far into level 5, as I died in the same spot as you did spoot, with all those small pyramids. I think the reason my score is that high is that I had 100% boss break on all bosses. So any boss you defeat gets you a score increase of 50%-100%. I also had a really good run of the boat level, so I already started out with a high multiplier.

Afterwards I started a new game and used a few credits just to see all of level 5, and yeah there is huge reflect/score potential, but it is also insanely hard. I can only try one more time this evening (bloody 9 hours time difference), but I doubt I will get anywhere in level 5. So all you have to do lettuce, is just double your score one more time 

[edekoning]

So the final scores are:

294631625840450 world record 
004669654169760 edekoning
002734348542650 spoot
002604217272270 lettuce
001028935624800 jasonbar
000937700715870 thrasherx
000429374097740 Connorsdad
000414227101170 epetti
000194766707830 JDFan 
000084186663040 Generic Eric
000055395116070 pbj
000003229605730 thomas_surles

[jasonbar]

Bronze Joystick Trophy thread points updated.

Edekoning, please pick another game!

Thanks,
-Jason

[edekoning]

I pick Osman, which is a Strider clone that I never played before, but which looks very cool! I found it by randomly browsing through my 'all games' list 

[Generic Eric]

So the final scores are:

294631625840450 world record 

I like that you added the world record.

[pbj]

I pick Osman, which is a Strider clone that I never played before, but which looks very cool! I found it by randomly browsing through my 'all games' list 

That's an interesting game I had never heard of until now.  How did I ever miss this one?  I know I'm consistently in the bottom but I have enjoyed these threads quite a bit.

 

[404]

I pick Osman, which is a Strider clone that I never played before, but which looks very cool! I found it by randomly browsing through my 'all games' list 

That's an interesting game I had never heard of until now.  How did I ever miss this one?  I know I'm consistently in the bottom but I have enjoyed these threads quite a bit.

 

I'm a huge strider fan and I have played osman too. Strider essentially had two different teams working on it. One at capcom and another doing a comic. The idea was to develop the game based around the comic book and tie the two together.

One of the creators of strider left the team following the release of the game and created osman as a spiritual successor to strider. The imagery in the game so far has never been duplicated in any other game i have seen in the same era and not until the 3d era of gaming really kicked into high gear. It has some real crazy stuff. Especially the later levels. I won't spoil it for you. I will just say that the guy was very much ahead of his time in terms of alternate/fantasy visuals in video games. Osman is one of those rare gems.

Here's another interesting fact on strider. The game was being developed by Capcom Japan and the comic was a japanese only manga but the game was never released for the famicom, the japanese nes.