MAME ROW #36 - DonPachi

[dankcushions]

finally beat @meleu's score, but only thanks to his blue ship strategy :) 1717050.

[meleu]

@dankcushions damn! Now I have two arcade gaming items on my ToDo list:

1. Beat @lilbud 's score on Phoenix.
2. Beat @dankcushions 's score on DonPachi.

Cheers!

[lilbud]

@meleu Good luck trying :)

Also, look at this beast of a player Phoenix

Phoenix WR - 1,008,000 points

[lilbud]

@meleu I'm on vacation and I found a Phoenix machine. Now where did I put my baseball bat...?

[meleu]

@lilbud hey, take a picture of this odious precious machine! :)

[lilbud]

@meleu I'll get one tomorrow. It's more of a Mame machine

[lilbud]

@meleu

Found it

[mediamogul]

@lilbud

There's a pretty big movie theater in my town that has one of these. I wonder if these games are being licensed?

[lilbud]

@mediamogul Probably not, they have had a for sale sign on that cabinet for years now. $1900 and it's yours...broken mechs and all.

[mediamogul]

@lilbud

$1900 and it's yours...broken mechs and all.

What a bargain! If the controls are sticky and the audio has enough of a warble to it, I'm sold.

[lilbud]

@mediamogul well the speaker is very tinny, the controls are shit, and it's been there since at least 2008

[mediamogul]

@lilbud

I wonder if they'd take $2100?

[lilbud]

@mediamogul Well, it's down here in Wildwood NJ if you want it.

[VictimRLSH]

I used Savestate not to get this score, but to train any point where I was having a problem, particularly bosses. Just keep restoring state and replay every sticking point (even if you win) until you have it down pat. The 4th boss was just too tough to get through on one play for me now matter how hard I trained it, but there are peeps on Youtube that have played through the whole game both times (there is a 'secret' ending after the 2nd play through)

Don't forget that unlike virtually all other vertical shumps with bombs, your supply of bombs is restored after each boss win, so don't be shy about using bombs first at the tricky spots in the boss battle, then worry about dodging.