MAME ROW #58 - R-Type
-
The blue laser works well on level 2, but for the most part I stick with red. The blue ones diagonal shots hit more, but a single hit only stuns the crabs, doesn't destroy them. This makes their timing slightly different if they are hit, so it's a bit haphazard and unpredictable for me -that's why I stick to red if I can - less collateral damage and easier to predict.
Spoiler for Level 2 boss:
I did play this on the old ZX Spectrum, a really good conversion, but can't remember what happened on the level 2 boss and if it was the same as the arcade. In the arcade version thought there is an easy way to kill this boss with the force though.
As the boss scrolls into view wait in the bottom left while the snake does it's thing and disappears down a ventricle. As soon as it goes, fly up and over the blue eye on the boss (memorably named "The big ^&^& with a blue Smartie in it" when I was at Uni).
Before the snake comes out, tap the joystick down to gently lower the ship until the force is sitting directly over the eye. Be careful, it's very easy to crash. There's room for the ship in the space between the eye and the left ventricle. Sit in that position and hit fire like crazy.
The snake will reappear and go over your ship but the projectiles won't hit you - if you have the little floating orb at this stage it will actually strip the snake of all the projectiles as it flies over.
The force does massive damage to the blue eye every time it opens. The boss will be destroyed in under 10 seconds.
-
i just got 161k on level 3, i died on the boss annoyingly, its different to the MS version and I hit the cieling which didnt exist on the version I used to play.
161k was on my arcade macheine, I will try again using my ds4, i think I can beat it then -
@pjft On the MS version its really easy to just lodge the ship down by the eye and the force hits it when it opens, on the MAME version you can do the same, its a bit harder (not as much room) but you can kill the boss before the snake even re-enters the heart for the second time, ie it goes it, the boss starts, you position, it comes out, then you win the level before it goes in again.
-
Ok. Tonight's result is 188000 :) not a big stretch from yesterday's scores, but good enough to keep it alive.
I still feel miserable as I haven't gotten past level 3. In fact, I got to the end of level boss for that level, in my last life, with 180000 points and I thought "oh, this is going to be good for the high score then".
The next moment I didn't manage to put the force on my back. That's how I only got 8k more points:p
It's being loads of fun playing R-Type for ROW.
A random unrelated question: has anyone heard anything from our @mediamogul ? I haven't seen him in a long time. Hope he's doing well. :l
-
@pjft Nice score! Right, the gauntlet has been thrown! That's my Friday night planned - trying to beat that score!
-
@pjft said in MAME ROW #58 - R-Type:
@andershp great that you're enjoying the game! Where or what are you struggling with? Happy to try to share some tips from my limited (and likely somewhat lucky) experience.
Thanks, but my problem is mainly that I haven't really had the time to memorize much. I think I've played 20x3 lives, and only recently got through to level 2. It's just a matter of putting the time into it. Will make sure to play more this weekend.
-
I think we should have another challenge, see who can post the LOWEST score for the first three levels, Now that would be a challenge
-
@spruce_m00se I'll be happy if I can finish the first level. :-/
-
Slowly getting there. Managed to get through stage 1 and 2 without getting killed. Great succes! :)
This game is great. -
@andershp well done! It is a great game indeed. Glad to see such quick progress!
-
I played two games tonight, but both were underwhelming. This is the kind of game that I get slightly upset with if I lose a life because of something I should now know by heart.
The first game I lost all lives except one in the end of level 2 boss. I got quite frustrated with that, but I now think I have a way to consistently kill it without losing a life. Then I went through level 3 which I now kind of have under control into the last bit, and got to the boss, but died before getting to fight it.
The score was around 167k.
Then the second game I lost a life in the first level - something that hasn't happened in a long time - inside the "curled rotating caterpillar" enemy... One of its shots actually hit me!
I then recovered and went through level 2, then I lost a life quite stupidly immediately at the beginning of level 3, but then went on to the boss and even though I didn't manage to kill it, I think I wore it out, as it eventually goes away a while after its cannons respawning.
I was very much under the impression that I could send the force back and get it to lodge in the enemy's weak spot but once again I must have been misremembering things.
Then I got to level 4 and immediately lost the 2 remaining lives near the beginning.
This time the score was around 147k, so it seems that what had been doing wonders for my score was losing and repeating level 3 as I almost always managed to make a lot of progress in that level before losing.
So yeah. I managed to get to level 4, but I didn't get close to being yesterday's scores, especially when I got to level 4.
-
@pjft I got to the boss of level three last night, I had actually got an extra spare life aswell :) or thats what I assume the pinging beeply sound was, the boss is much different to the one on the MS, and again I hit the ceiling when going in to hit the weird penis type thing that shoots at you.
-
Have you seen this?
This guy makes animations on his own that are so good !!
Best one to me is its Tie-Fighter based vid. -
@udb23 wow. I hadn't seen this yet. This is just fantastic! Thanks for sharing:)
-
167k is all I have, I got to about half way through the fourth level, but there is no way I can get through that level on one credit, I did however manage to get to the fourth level without being hit.
Has anyone else noticed the lag when you go around the back of the level three boss ship? It happened to me twice. -
@spruce_m00se yup, I sometimes get that lag as well, it seems to be when all those front cannons are all intact and firing, the slowdown (well actually the sudden speedup) makes navigating the front of the ship sometimes really difficult.
-
Damn, reeeeally wanted to beat @pjft 's score... Close but no cigar. 186.500 is as close as I can get.
Really enjoyed this MAME ROW though.
-
@andershp wow. Well done. That's a tremendous progress since earlier in the week :) more than the score, I'm happy that you're consistently getting to level 4 - something I still can't, and actually something I didn't manage to when I got that high score.
So, to some extent, I think it's unfortunate that repeating level 3 gets me more points than making it to level 4.
But yeah, it was a great ROW. And it's still not over.
-
@pjft Thanks, I was really hoping that I was in the zone today, but this is one of those games where you can almost feel if the score will get high or not.
Yup, we'll see if you clinch this win. I've backed off for now - but I cannot promise I won't return and try to beat it :-)
Maybe we should have an R-Type thread like Joust and Time Pilot?
-
Am I still in time?
260600!
My fire-button mashing finger has a blister on it!
@pjft is right though, you can actually do better by messing up level 3 multiple times, as you can see from above, that's where most of my points came from on this game.
Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.
Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.