MAME ROW #58 - R-Type
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@pjft I've been playing a bit more (but didn't manage to beat my score) but I noticed that if you don't finish off the ship on level 3 and just wait around, it respawns the cannons on the front, you can destroy these for extra points, and they then respawn again.
I thought I'd discovered a way to rack up an endless score but no, after three (I think) respawns the whole ship crashes to the ground and you are forced into level 4. The ship actually crashed into me (I was underneath it when it fell) but I appeared to be invulnerable at that point. So if you're going to collect points on the respawned cannons, you need to remember to die before the ship decides to crash itself.
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Well done @GtBFilms - that is an incredible score! I was actually wondering myself if level 3 could be used as a way to harvest points, since level 4 is so crazy, but didn't manage to test it yesterday.
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Well I got to level 4 without being hit last night, and then got to the boss without being hit, then I died on teh boss and got to it again twice,
total score was 185600.
I think Im going to get to stage 5 later, I have a cunning plan.
We should start a thread to keep alive for high scores for this game. It one of my favorite games. -
i will add that I found the arcade controls are better and more responsive than the ds4. The dpad on the ds4 is ok, but a bit wierd feeling, the analogue stick is however noticeably worse, the ship seems to move slower, although I cant work out hwo than can be with a IO system that wasnt programmed for variable speed, its not variable btw, just seems slower
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@spruce_m00se I agree with that - I tried playing on my PC (with a PS3 controller, and I just didn't seem to get enough control with the analogue stick, the D-pad was better but not much.
I played using my Picade (with arcade controls) and it was much easier, then I tried with my Bartop MAME cabinet which was the best of all - I think that was just due to the larger screen and more room on the arcade control panel. Plus on the level 2 boss, it's easier to tap an arcade joystick down to position the ship than it is to use a console gamepad.
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I'm always using my bartop arcade, and the controls are very responsive there, I think.
I am avoiding the second "S" powerup though, since I think the ship moves too fast, making a single tap with the joystick make the ship move much farther. I have collided with the background many times on this behalf.
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@andershp Yeah I always wonder about that second speedup but usually am greedy and take it.
On one of the times I got through to level 4 I got a THIRD speedup and it was absolutely crazy, I was careering all over the place out of control!
Great game.
I have my fingers crossed for Robocop to come up next, as that's the other machine I spent far too much money on when I was a student!
In the paraphrased words of George Best:
"I spent my money on R-Type, Robocop, beer and women. And the rest I just wasted." -
I'm hoping for R-Type 2 or Leo to come up, maybe we should have some kind of tournament going on..
Hmm.. With all the classics (or maybe an initial poll of which games should be included). It could be games like Joust, Donkey Kong, R-type and Time Pilot (mentioned only because I won that one, haha!). Every gamer could have one week per game to submit the highest score possible, and with a points system we could rank up and find the winner. It could be a MAME Christmas Tournament..? Just an idea I got while typing :)
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MAME ROW #59 is live!
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i would like to see a permenant R-type high scores table being run,
I cant believe the "S" is a speed increase, all these years and I've just assumed it did nothing.
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Could be interesting - One of these days I need to memorise level 4 and how to get through it.
I found a strategy guide for R-Type here:
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@gtbfilms From playing so much these last few weeks now, I think I have level 4 memorised, I think the easiest way is through the warp though :)
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