Dimahoo Magic Shot

Hi,

I'm a guy who just started playing Dimahoo with little shooter experience. I've been wondering if there is any advantage to multiple level charge up magic shots? What I mean is when you charge from red to blue to red again, is there any gain in power, or else any advantage in general?

Thanks,

-Joe

Dude, right on. I love this game. One of my favorites.

Review the links. Then ask your questions.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1896&p=27199&hilit=Dimahoo#p27199

And don't let the difficulty of this game discourage you.

This game is really awesome once you get into it.

jambitboom said:

Hi,

... I've been wondering if there is any advantage to multiple level charge up magic shots? What I mean is when you charge from red to blue to red again, is there any gain in power, or else any advantage in general?

Thanks,

-Joe

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Here are the moves strips for the game. http://cps2shock.emu-france.info/gamelist.html

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Heh, well, I guess I should answer your question, just to help get you going:

DIMAHOO is an ELEMENTAL game; so, YES: SHIP COLOR MATTERS. You do double damage to and score double points from enemies of the opposite color; however, you take no damage from and score half points from enemies of the same color as you.

Also, the Magic Charge Shot Attack Level matters a lot. When you kill an enemy with the MCSA, then they turn into a Magic Item. The level of the Magic Item is based upon the Power Of the Magic Attack. So, you need to kill enemies, collect items, and make sets of items to score points.

And, Shot Power, Magic Level, and Bomb Stock are all influential elements of the game. You need Hi levels of these to release Secret Treasures though out the game.

Finally, this game is geared to increase rank--FAST!! That is go from easy to GOD DAMN WTF!?!? So, simply put: Playing for points (treasure) will increase the rank; however, avoiding points (treasure) will help keep the rank down.

Probably my second favorite shmup of all time, but man is it a doozy. Most of what Tyranix said is correct. Also, while your magic is deployed killing enemies with rapid fire will also release items.

It's all about collecting set for the multipliers. Nothing quite like having a X10 bonus going and collecting secret items worth 1,000,000 points. Three cheers for MA based "Dimahooligans".

Yeah, this game is awesome. We should start a high-score thread.

Not the best forum for high score threads. OP editing ability only for a set number of days iirc.
My best is +14million btw. I haven't played regularly in about 6 months, I'll get back to it soon though.

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oh yeah, made this a while back, haven't printed it yet though.

I always thought the Dimahoo art set looks cool. Especially the Items Poster.

AHH, do you own the Item Collection poster?! I would kill (or suck a caulk) for one of those.

No, not yet. Always run into the "Big" poster.

Always thought it would have been cool if CAPCOM had made "Items Posters" for each of the for main ships (instead of just the one).

Karte and Moto would look cool up there too.

Chempop said:

Not the best forum for high score threads. OP editing ability only for a set number of days iirc.
My best is +14million btw. I haven't played regularly in about 6 months, I'll get back to it soon though.

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oh yeah, made this a while back, haven't printed it yet though.

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Man, I love the sound fx in this game--esp. the Boss Warning. rool:


Damn, now I'm all fired up to play some DIMAHOO.

Hey everybody,

Thanks for the good advice all around. I've been reading the strat guides on shmups and they're helpful, for now I think I just need to get into the rhythm of the game.

Good looking out fellas, it might not be a fast process but I'll stick it out and ask if anything else comes to mind,

-Joe

I always wondered why Capcom didn't port Dimahoo to the Dreamcast. Very fun game.

Idk, 'cause it's too kick ass for the dreamcast??