SOTM May 2024: Same! Same! Same! (Fireshark) MD

[Johnny16Bit]

Fire Shark it is then - or rather Same! Same! Same! MD



Single board competition!

Play on whatever machine you like, but the Megadrive/Genesis version only, default difficulty (=Easy), 60Hz, BIOS set to "Japan" unless you can't do otherwise (enemies are reported to be slightly more shooty, I know it was the case on some of their other titles like Daisenpu).

Fire away!

1- Tarma - 10,106,110 (stage21)
2- Dogg - 3,979,280 (Stage 12)
3- ShootTheCore - ShootTheCore - 3,445,590 (stage11)
4- Roker - 2,741,160 (stage10)
5- Atro - 2,485,120 (stage12)
6- Johnny16Bit - 2,022,050pts (Stage10)
7- Gusmoney - 1,301,230 (stage7)
8- Op2not - 1,261,890 (stage10)
9- Kuze - 392,600 (stage5)
10- BerryTogart - 132,500 (stage2)

 

[roker]

roker - 1,857,840 (stage 8)

Wish I didn't lose my power up.

 

[gusmoney]

gusmoney - 979,460, Stage Seven

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Johnny16Bit - 2,022,050pts - Stage10

 

[roker]

roker - 2,741,160 - Stage 10

 

[wataru330]

I would need a Game Genie to see stage 10. Strong work, doods!

 

[ShootTheCore]

Just getting on the scoreboard for now.

ShootTheCore - 945,970 - Stage 8

 

[roker]

Great, now I keep resetting the game if I don't make it through the first 7 stages without dying. The key to scoring in this game is to hoard your bombs. If you max out at 10 bombs the bonus gets ridiculous. Great for scoring, bad for just playing through. Plus you get neutered so bad once you die. I usually end up losing 5 or so ships on the same stretch of the game because you're too slow and/or underpowered. I'm gonna keep trying.

 

[ShootTheCore]

Never bombing unless you’re recovering from a death is definitely the way to score. I was able to No Miss until the stealth green planes that come up from the bottom of the screen in Stage 7 got me.

ShootTheCore - 3,445,590 - Stage 11

 

[roker]

Never bombing unless you’re recovering from a death is definitely the way to score. I was able to No Miss until the stealth green planes that come up from the bottom of the screen in Stage 7 got me.

ShootTheCore - 3,445,590 - Stage 11

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Fuuuuuuuuck. Got my work cut out for me. Good job!

 

[Neodogg]

Dogg - 1,239,840 - Stage 8

 

[Tarma]

First time I've played this in ages... I'll have to sharpen up if I'm to compete with you fellas.

Tarma - 824,210 - Stage 8

 

[Atro]

Atro - 2,485,120 - Stage 12

Worked all the way to that score on my 2nd attempt. Not that hard if you get the red weapon.

 

[wyo]

Buncha noobs can't 1cc Fire Shark. Come on u gays

 

[Neodogg]

Dogg - 3,979,280 - Stage 12

 

[Tarma]

A little better I guess...



Tarma - 1,571,380 - Stage 10

 

[gusmoney]

gusmoney - 1,301,230, Stage Seven

 

[kuze]

kuze - 392,600 - Stage 05

 

[roker]

@Neodogg using that konami code again

 

[Neodogg]

@Neodogg using that konami code again

Nah, I tend to lean towards the spread shot vs fire

 

[opt2not]

opt2not - 1,261,890 - Stage 10

 

[roker]

alright, alright, I'll hook up the Genny and go for gold again

threw my back out the other day banging neodogg's mum

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Good to see the mom-banging going, now we need a tenth entrant - you know, to be 10.

Been pressing the "reset" button with no result.
I had forgotten the game was actually that long :O

 

[Tarma]

Put in a bit of practice...


Tarma - 10,106,110 - Stage 21

 

[BerryTogart]

BerryTogart - 132,500 - Stage 2

Not a shmup veteran, so I never played this before. Got the first couple of rounds in today, my favorite weapon was the red fire beam.
However, after consulting the shmup wiki it seems the spreadshot is the way to go.

From what I read the main rules for achieving a good score are: collect the lightning icons, keep the bombs - don't die.
The shmup wiki mentions one should use a 30ms autofire pad - I don't have that. What I did find however was an option to turn on auto-fire in the settings, as the rules don't mention anything regarding autofire I did activate that.

For anyone interested, I found this page pretty insightful: https://shmups.wiki/library/Same!_Same!_Same!