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    MAME ROW #172 - DoDonPachi

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    • obsidianspider
      obsidianspider last edited by obsidianspider

      This is the MAME Random Of the Week #172

      The five random numbers for this week are: 807 507 396 818 1790

      Click here to vote! Which game do you choose for MAME ROW #172?

      807
      Game Name: Space Invaders
      Company: Midway
      Year: 1978
      ROM file name: invaders.zip

      507
      Game Name: Exciting Soccer
      Company: Alpha Denshi Co.
      Year: 1983
      ROM file name: exctsccr.zip

      396
      Game Name: DoDonPachi (International)
      Company: Atlus/Cave
      Year: 1997
      ROM file name: ddonpach.zip

      818
      Game Name: Jack Rabbit (set 1)
      Company: Zaccaria
      Year: 1984
      ROM file name: jackrabt.zip

      1790
      Game Name: Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (World 930911)
      Company: Capcom
      Year: 1993
      ROM file name: ssf2.zip

      The result of the poll is posted on Wednesday, so we have Monday and Tuesday for experimentation.

      What is the MAME ROW?

      MAME ROW stands for MAME Random Of the Week. We randomly select an arcade game from the 0.78 MAME Reference Set to play on the week. The idea is to play games we've never played before, interact with other forum members, post hi-scores, share game strategies, fun facts, and (the most important) HAVE FUN!

      We will play the winner all next week.

      Previous Rounds

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      • thelostsoul
        thelostsoul last edited by

        Holy Broly! DoDonPachi is one of my favorite arcade shooters I know of. Not that I am good at it.^^

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        • retropieuser555
          retropieuser555 last edited by

          Yikes what a stacked week! Street fighter 2 & Space Invaders!!

          Also I never knew jackrabbit was a mame game, I always thought it was a DOS game, good to know!

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          • AdamBeGood
            AdamBeGood @retropieuser555 last edited by

            @retropieuser555 said in MAME ROW #172:

            Yikes what a stacked week! Street fighter 2 & Space Invaders!!

            Also I never knew jackrabbit was a mame game, I always thought it was a DOS game, good to know!

            This is a big week!

            I'll go for DoDonPachi but it's a great line-up and a ridiculous choice.

            Do you mean Jazz Jackrabbit? Very diffferent, although does have a Rabbit in it.

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            • IanDaemon
              IanDaemon @AdamBeGood last edited by

              @AdamBeGood I agree. DoDonPachi is great and Jazz Jackrabbit had very different gameplay.

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              • Impman66
                Impman66 last edited by

                Torn between DoDonPachi and the game that started it all in effect Space Invaders. But had to go for Space Invaders, as if that had not of taken off, we would not of had the stuff we did.

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                • IanDaemon
                  IanDaemon last edited by IanDaemon

                  Since I have it right here I played a warm-up match of DoDonPachi. (2,643,510 with red jet, shot type)

                  ddonpach-200928-182011_cropped.png

                  The game is just fun to play even if I'm having a bad day. The movement feels good.

                  p.s.
                  I'm not trying to circumvent the voting process although I understand that I'm unintentionally influencing it.

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                  • obsidianspider
                    obsidianspider last edited by obsidianspider

                    This week's winner is DoDonPachi

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                    • IanDaemon
                      IanDaemon last edited by IanDaemon

                      I tried using the "auto shot" button, but I actually did worse than using the "shot-laser" button gameplay. (Plus using "auto shot" only and then picking "laser-type" powerup would be kind of pointless.) I dig the speed difference you get with "shot-laser".

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                      • IanDaemon
                        IanDaemon last edited by IanDaemon

                        That DoDonPachi YouTube footage may have been the arcade attract reel, but:

                        • they never used the laser beam as if they were using only the auto-shot and bomb buttons.
                        • they didn't get any bees.
                        • they weren't very good.
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                        • thelostsoul
                          thelostsoul @IanDaemon last edited by thelostsoul

                          @IanDaemon Well the footage is probably just casual play of someone who just wanted do a recording done.
                          Actually if you play for highscores, you do not want to use too much of the beam, because it kills the enemies too fast in a row. The level design of DoDonPachi is designed with the multiplayer of the scoring system in mind. You need to wait and kill slowly as possible, because then the multiplayer will stay and go higher. If you don't kill enemies for a certain period of time, then it will drop down. Hopefully this explanation is not too wrong.

                          I myself played with the green helicopter most in the past. Today I will sit down and try again, so stay tuned.

                          Edit: The controls for Arcade systems on my installation are total mess and I can't even navigate in the menu. So sorry to tell you, but I won't play until this is resolved. Damn I really like this game.

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                          • mitu
                            mitu Global Moderator last edited by

                            Got 2 817 630 and died at the 2nd level boss (red jet, shot type).

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                            • IanDaemon
                              IanDaemon last edited by IanDaemon

                              Dang it! I just remembered that I turned off the electrical circuit in that part of the house to do some plumbing & electrical work yesterday and I can't play my arcade cabinet today. :(

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                              • mitu
                                mitu Global Moderator @IanDaemon last edited by

                                Small improvement, managed to get on the scoreboard: 4 278 080 (red, laser).

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                                • sirhenrythe5th
                                  sirhenrythe5th @mitu last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                                  My favourite SHMUP of all time and i was on vacation:/
                                  Good to see it won anyway!
                                  It has got an awesome scoring system.
                                  You can finish level one with 100.000 pts.....or with a million pts, depending on your skills.
                                  Hint: if you dont use any bombs until the stock is full (the beginning of the stage 3) you get 2x points :)

                                  I wont post my highscore table here, it would be kind of unfair. I play this game since 20 years now and get through it with 1 coin (dont play anything with continues)

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                                  • AdamBeGood
                                    AdamBeGood @sirhenrythe5th last edited by

                                    @sirhenrythe5th said in MAME ROW #172 - DoDonPachi:

                                    My favourite SHMUP of all time and i was on vacation:/
                                    Good to see it won anyway!
                                    It has got an awesome scoring system.
                                    You can finish level one with 100.000 pts.....or with a million pts, depending on your skills.
                                    Hint: if you dont use any bombs until the stock is full (the beginning of the stage 3) you get 2x points :)

                                    I wont post my highscore table here, it would be kind of unfair. I play this game since 20 years now and get through it with 1 coin (dont play anything with continues)

                                    Post it! :p

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                                    • IanDaemon
                                      IanDaemon last edited by

                                      Play with shot only? But you need the laser to get the bees to appear.

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                                      • sirhenrythe5th
                                        sirhenrythe5th @IanDaemon last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                                        @IanDaemon you can use the beam of course (holding button A), it is the bombs (button B) that should not be used to get the big points :) Plus collecting further bombs until the stock is full. If you dont miss any from the start this will be at the beginning of stage 3.

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                                        • IanDaemon
                                          IanDaemon last edited by

                                          I played more over the weekend, but sadly my score didn't improve.

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                                          • obsidianspider
                                            obsidianspider last edited by

                                            MAME ROW #173 is now live!

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