SOTM August 2025 - Espgaluda + Salamander 3

[herb]

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Arcade/ MAME, OR PS2

USER - SCORE - STAGE - VERSION - CHARACTER

SCOREBOARD

1). marcio1986 - 30,652,630 - PS2 - all - Ageha
2). KP - 29,751,490 - All - PCB - Ageha
3). Ookitarepanda - 28,169,450 - All - Arcade - Ageha
4). daskrabs - 12,223,610 - 5 - PGM - Ageha
5). kristoff - 10,190,190 - Arcade - Stage 5 - Tateha
6). Kuze - 10,158,930 - 5 - PGM - Ageha
7). MmSadda - 8,433,120 - 4 - Arcade - Ageha
8). Yagamikun - 6,103,980 - 3 - Arcade - Ageha
8). Dogg - 5,945,860 - 3 - Arcade - Ageha
10). opt2not - 5,154,960 - 4 - Arcade - Tateha
11). Herb - 5,037,680 - 3 - Arcade - Ageha
12). BeefFieri - 3,799,880 - 3 - PS2 - Ageha

Good luck, gents!

 

[herb]

BONUS GAME!

AVAILABLE ON MODERN CONSOLES AND PC!

NAME - SCORE - SYSTEM - STAGE - SHIP

1). Dogg - 925,120 - Switch - Stage 6 - Lord British MkIII
2). marcio1986 - 312,610 - Steam - Stage 3 - Lord British MkIII
3). Yoshi - 292,090 - Steam - Stage 3 - Lord British MkIII
4). Herb - 286,780 - ps5 - 3 - Vic Viper

 

[daskrabs]

daskrabs - 9,307,560 - 4 - PGM - Ageha

 

[marcio1986]

I dont know wtf is happening all I know is I'm getting kicked in the balls
marcio1986 - 2,525,360 - 2 - PS2 (PCSX2) - Tateha

 

[mmsadda]

Awww shiiit! Not what I voted for, but super excited about busting this one out!

It's the first game thst got me to really appreciate Shmups. Jonny introduced me to it the first time I met him

 

[Kid Panda]

 

[herb]

I await your hitless 1cc

 

[Kid Panda]

I await your hitless 1cc

I've already done it.

 

[herb]

I've already done it.

DO IT AGAIN

 

[theMot]

This is one of the last games that I loved before I decided to retire from gaming. How does anyone finish off that cunt at the end?

 

[Kid Panda]

DO IT AGAIN

I’m gonna try. Did it with Tateha.
This is not a score submission and this was about 5 years ago.

 

[kuze]

Furthest I made it was a sliver of life on the TLB last phase, maddening! That was probably 5 years ago too. Great game, will get some runs in ASAP.

For the TLB you have to “spray” your shield away from the boss to get a brief period of invincibility while you reposition without recharging his life (as much as possible).

 

[daskrabs]

daskrabs - 11,247,100 - 5 - PGM - Ageha

 

[Kid Panda]

No missed the first 4 stages. Then got hit on the midboss. Then made dumb mistakes on the last boss. Not bad though, I’ll take it for a cold credit.

 

[herb]

Herb - 3,285,950 - 3 - Arcade - Ageha

 

[herb]

No missed the first 4 stages. Then got hit on the midboss. Then made dumb mistakes on the last boss. Not bad though, I’ll take it for a cold credit.

Do me a solid and type out your entry pls as I can't make out the stage (I assume it was stage 5?)

 

[Kid Panda]

Do me a solid and type out your entry pls as I can't make out the stage (I assume it was stage 5?)

Oh sorry, looks like you already got it. It was the last boss I was on.

 

[Kid Panda]

Getting there

 

[marcio1986]

A bit better, but learning boss patterns and where to go for points ain't easy

marcio1986 - 5,383,560 - 3 - PS2 - Tateha

 

[yagamikun]

Finally! I'll dive in next week when I'm back from vacation. I got pretty decent a few years back.

 

[mmsadda]

MmSadda - 8,433,120 - Arcade - Stage 4 - Ageha

Gotta shake the rust off

 

[marcio1986]

Today's best

marcio1986 - 8,674,470 - PS2 - Stage 4 - Ageha

 

[Neodogg]

Dogg - 5,945,860 - PGM - Stage 3 - Ageha

 

[herb]

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BONUS GAME!

AVAILABLE ON MODERN CONSOLES AND PC!

NAME - SYSTEM - SHIP - STAGE - SCORE

This shit is brutal

Herb - PS5 - LORD British - 1 - 86750

 

[herb]

Herb - ps5 - vic viper - 3 - 286780