SHMUP of the month: CYVERN DRAGON WEAPON

[Chempop]

Flying dragons with fire/lightning/laser breath GOOOOOOOO!!!

submit score in this format if possible:

screen name - score - stage - type

Types:
Red cyvern (1) = Altair
Cyan cyvern (2) = Schwarz
Green cyvern (3) = Ferious

Normal Default - extend every 1,000,000

1. chempop- 6,742,670 - 1-5 - Ferious
2. Jeneki - 4,346,300 - 1-4 - Furious
3. Kidpanda - 3,621,290 1-4 - Schwarz
4. codecrank - 3,403,350 - 1-4 - Ferious
5. mjmjr25 - 2,280,190 - 1-3 - Ferious - PCB
6. mugicha - 0 - 0-0 - -------

 

[chipperkwah]

Would love to play this, looks like it's pretty hard to get ahold of.

 

[Chempop]

yeah, I have no idea why people voted for it... rare, expensive, hard to emulate... I will tell you why I nominated it though:

(a boot)

 

[Jeneki]

Looking forward to getting my ass handed to me by the stage 4 boss again.

 

[Chempop]

AAAhhh I nearly defeated him just now... so close!!!!

 

[Kid Panda]

 

[Kid Panda]

kidpanda - 1,702,570 - Schwarz 1-3

 

[codecrank]

time to pop the TATE mame rig back in

how's it playing on mame , kid ?

 

[Kid Panda]

time to pop the TATE mame rig back in

how's it playing on mame , kid ?

Pretty good actually, it still stutters sometimes but my comp is old as dirt lol.

 

[Chempop]

chempop- 6,742,670 - 1-5 - Ferius

I might be done with this until I get my mobo fixed, a sound cap is about to die on me.
I got the game a week ago

 

[codecrank]

codecrank - 1,417,990 - 1-3 - Schwarz

Man, I can't play with Altair, the bullets just get lost in his fire/attacks. BTW, what causes the ground bonuses reset back to 50pts ?

 

[Chempop]

If you miss a medal they reset to 50points.

 

[Mugicha]

just wanted to say I really like your op chem with the Artwork. I'd like to see more of that type of thing in the monthly threads (hope I'm not the only one who thinks so.)

 

[Jeneki]

If you let a medal scroll off the screen the value resets. I often end up bombing just to catch a medal.

Coincidentally, my Cyvern PCB is shipping tomorrow!

 

[codecrank]

FIY guys, this plays flawlessly on mame, so everyone should be a able to take a stab at it.

#1 thing to know for any newcomer: when killing ground enemies, try use your banish weapon exclusively. when you do so, they leave behind medals who's point value increases as they appear. large enemies can be weakened with your primary weapon then finished off with the banish weapon and you'll still get a medal for it.

 

[Jeneki]

FIY guys, this plays flawlessly on mame, so everyone should be a able to take a stab at it.

Is there a mame version that runs without graphical glitches? For example, the two large tanks on stage 3 are visible before you can shoot them, or the "floating tanks" on stage 4 because the ground isn't drawn.

 

[Mugicha]

 

[masamuneGTO]

Kaneko, the only company to bless us with Shmup dragons and Mortal Kombatified Jackie Chan! Also, someone take Chempop down; I hear he is going to flip his Cyvern board :P

 

[codecrank]

Is there a mame version that runs without graphical glitches? For example, the two large tanks on stage 3 are visible before you can shoot them, or the "floating tanks" on stage 4 because the ground isn't drawn.

Don't know. I only made it to stage 3 once... having a hard time figuring out the hit box

more scoring tips....

- if you make it to the boss and have gathered enough medals during the stage, the boss will be harder, but you get way more points. ie clear the first stage with ~ 750,000 pts
- power-ups refill your banish meter, so if you're already maxed out, keep them floating around until you need to refill your meter.
- those hard to kill enemies hide the goods, learn where they are, and score some 100,000 pts medals !

 

[Jeneki]

Also, someone take Chempop down; I hear he is going to flip his Cyvern board :P

Thanks, now I have an image in my head of Chempop doing the "Angry Japanese Father Table Flipping" maneuver on a candy cab.

 

[Jeneki]

Beat my old high score by a little bit. It's true, real arcade hardware does score better!

First play of the night though, so may get better.

Jeneki - 2,674,820 - 1-4 - Ferious

 

[Chempop]

Nice man!

 

[codecrank]

w00t, my first 2m+ score. Switched to Ferious, much more accurate and powerful banish.

codecrank - 2,538,020 - 1-3 - Ferious

 

[Jeneki]

Screw around with other ships, learn some new ways to score.

Jeneki - 3,796,200 - 1-4 - Schwarz

 

[Chempop]

Nice guys! How's everyone liking the game so far? Mine copy is off to panda island, so 6.8mil is the score to beat, I'm done for the month.
Good luck!