Topic: Arcade SHMUP High Score Thread

@meppi64 Yeah it seems it's only digital for us in the EU, but to make up for that we get Penguin Wars next month😁

@hybridseed that was such a surprise seeing it pop up on Switch.
I still remember picking it up on the good old Game Boy and playing a ton of it.
Such a weird game. Lol

@meppi64 I got the Japanese version and it's a great game, was very surprised when I heard we were getting a physical release and it's a must buy for me! There's dlc characters in the JP version but judging by the trailer they're all included in the localized version, never played it on Gameboy!

Just posted the Tengai leaderboard, 22 members took part making it the most popular challenge we've had so far, good stuff!

@Rogueleader76 Were you able to set a high score using 2 continues that you'd like me to add? I added your Danmaku Unlimited 3 score, sorry I missed your submission.

@hybridseed I honestly don't know why I picked up the game back in the day, because the cover certainly didn't look like the game would be any good, and I don't remember seeing it in Club Nintendo Magazine, although I might have forgotten that.
Just look at it:

Anyway, nice to see some UPL love as of late on Switch. A company that seems to be forgotten these days.
Last week with the release of Ninja-kun and soon with Penguin Wars.
I really hope that we'll see Gomola Speed again one day.
I still think that the creative minds behind NiGHTS into Dreams played Gomola Speed on PC-Engine and got their inspiration for the loops from it. Would love to see that confirmed or busted as it's been a theory of mine ever since picking it up on PC-Engine when I finally got one in the early 2000's.

This is it for tonight, just getting the ball rolling.

@OorWullie for Tengai? Yeah, I'll post it again

@OorWullie here is my score

@Lroy

Right?! I wish I knew...I hit the high one once and early on. I unfortunately cant remember doing anything different except the obvious of not dying and progressing further. I somehow was able to on handle the flying hands much better than every other run I had which is where I usually died. They are my nemesis, too many wasted lives.

Here's my score for Strikers...still working on this one

@meppi64 I didn't realize Ninja Kun was by the same devs... It's already in my watch list!! And yeah, let's hope Gomola Speed is released again in some form, haven't played it before, I never owned a PC Engine but I did have a Neo Geo Pocket Color!

So Thunderforce IV will have online leaderboards. I smell a future Weekly Challenge. This also gives hope for other Sega Ages titles having the same feature.

I finally broke 800K on Tengai with a single credit. If I manage the time to post a Strikers score, again, it will be single credit (I'm not one for continues I'm afraid. sorry.)

@GrailUK I'm not really one for continues either. All my scores on both Strikers, Gunbird and Samurai Aces leaderboards are single credit scores after turning them off in the settings. It's just some of the games frustratingly don't reset the scores when you lose all lives. I don't understand why Tengai does this considering it was a later release, Strikers 1945 II which came out before that resets the scores.

The Psikyo shooters are tough cookies so 75% of a high score will likely have been made with the original 3 lives.

@OorWullie Thunderforce IV... Coming to Switch? !?

This has made my day!

@hybridseed Yep and it'll be here sometime over the summer. It will include the Styx mode from the Saturn version Here's some Switch footage

@OorWullie Awesome! Strangely, a couple of days ago I was thinking about Sega's 3d Classics series for 3ds, wondering if they were going to something similar for Switch.. And here it is!

I wouldn't have bought Strikers 1945 if not for this thread, as I have the second one, and all I found online is that the 2nd is much improved.

However, from my time with it so far, although I love both, I much prefer the first game. Having lots of fun with it, and I like the differences between the aircraft you can use. I prefer the Spitfire so far.

@monkeyspasm I prefer the original too. I think the graphics and music are better and the gameplay is more..... pure. Can't think of a better word

@OorWullie I'm only now trying to catch up with the threads (busy workload) but I noticed you'd posted the TENGAI Leaderboard. Nice one. Although I think @Krull has been listed twice?