SOTM: March 2016-Macross Plus Arcade

[wataru330]

flyer/marquee pics:

Some flyer close ups, so you can read the tips and hints on your phone:

Dips:

Also, if say...you are a gerwalk, and you grab a 'G' power pod-you get a point bonus. This same mechanic works whenever you take a power pod (F ighter/ G erwalk/ B ioroid) of the type *that you are when you grab the pod*

True ending w/ 2nd loop...



Let's make it to the 2nd loop!


Platform: Arcade PCB/MAME

Rules: Normal difficulty, default lives, 1 credit, no cheats.

 

[wataru330]

Score Stage Char. PCB/MAME
1) Jeneki - 408,350 - Stage 3 - Isamu/YF19 - Mame
2) wataru330 - 286,550 - Stage 2 - Isamu/YF•19- PCB
3) lions3 - 198,800 - Stage 2 - yf19 - Pi
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[Electric Grave]

What? No voting, no choices, you just took it upon yourself to tell us what's up?! lol.

Edit: Awesome game though!

 

[lions3]

ooooh I like this. Well actually anything Macross. So other than MAME is this available on any system/console I could purchase and DL?

And if you have this PCB ....I hate you. lucky bastards.

 

[lions3]

What? No voting, no choices, you just took it upon yourself to tell us what's up?! lol.

pretty sure there's a separate thread with a list of who gets to pick the game for each month. Better get on the ball EG and signup and pick a month

 

[Electric Grave]

I see...well then, I should look into it, thanks for the heads up!

As for the game, yeah only Rom and PCB so far, I did get lucky with the PCB thanks to The Chief! Miss ya bud!

I love the locking mechanism in this game...

 

[wataru330]

What? No voting, no choices, you just took it upon yourself to tell us what's up?! lol.

Edit: Awesome game though!

Lol, sorry brochacho! I made an executive decision, because I *really* wanted to get this one in rotation...and it lost the vote in the past.

ooooh I like this. Well actually anything Macross. So other than MAME is this available on any system/console I could purchase and DL?

And if you have this PCB ....I hate you. lucky bastards.

Sorry to say this is Arcade (& MAME) only. Saturn could've easily done this.

 

[Electric Grave]

Oh yeah, Saturn could have done it. Although the pre-rendered stuff it's pretty high end. The bastard child of Layer Section and the previous Macross...

 

[wataru330]

1st post updated w/ some pics and tidbits. Still looking for a way to pull stereo from the cn4 header.

All of my attempts so far (w/ many different cn4 leads) have proven futile. There is a jumper or dip setting I'm missing somewhere...

 

[wataru330]

 

[ebinsugewa]

OG Macross is one of my favorites, hopefully this one is fun.

 

[wataru330]

On the creep. Sticking w/ YF-19 Isamu until I get this lock-on mechanic figured out. It's not like the Ray games...you don't get incremental score increase w/ each subsequent 'lock'...I have noticed tho...that just 'wild' micro missiles (hold down fire to charge missles WITHOUT LOCKING ON) that hit, will rack up increasing values per kill.

 

[Jeneki]

The way screen wobble works in this game is so weird. Move in one direction then move back the other way, but the screen keeps moving the same direction for a bit before changing.

The YF-21 has a laserbeam attack that goes for a few seconds on one button press. I can hold shot to charge up missiles during the blast, giving a good mix of laser and missiles with every hold/release sequence. Not sure how useful that is but it may be worth investigaing further.

I'll get a score up tonight once I can get a pic.

 

[lions3]

hehe. I might play this a little tonight on my RPI with it's 7" screen. Should be interesting to see how long I can live on that small screen. ... i'm sure i'll rage at some point and setup something on one of my other full size machines.

 

[Jeneki]

Jeneki - 408,350 - Stage 3 - Isamu/YF19 - Mame

 

[lions3]

Yep. Going to need a bigger screen. Lol

 

[wataru330]

The way screen wobble works in this game is so weird. Move in one direction then move back the other way, but the screen keeps moving the same direction for a bit before changing.

The YF-21 has a laserbeam attack that goes for a few seconds on one button press. I can hold shot to charge up missiles during the blast, giving a good mix of laser and missiles with every hold/release sequence. Not sure how useful that is but it may be worth investigaing further.

I'll get a score up tonight once I can get a pic.

I'll have to try that shooting pattern w/ the 21, and just run through once regular to compare.

The wobble is a trip, and I've noticed I can get a barrel roll ala 1943 when I lrl or rlr on the l & r screen borders. I'm going to try rolling my way thru bullets tonight. Not sure if it grants invincibility yet.

So far, G erwalk is my favorite form. Nice balance of maneuverability and power. B (V) ioroid is pretty boss on bosses tho...if you can avoid getting shot, lol.

Jeneki, that's a nice number you put up. Getting lots of micro missle incremental chain kills? How high of a bonus in one pass can you get? I've just got a couple of '400s' so far.

 

[Jeneki]

I'm mostly getting 400s. There's a couple sections with lots of enemies, such as right before stage 2 boss a lot of blue ships will pile up.

You're on track to match me. Stage 2 boss is 50k alone, along with a nice bonus if you keep Gerwalk the whole way though for more medals. Stage 3 seems to have a lot of points in the first half (I'd need to pause and study to figure out where though), I haven't made it to the boss yet.

 

[wataru330]

I got my 1st 1000s tonight! Then had to walk away at the 2nd stage canyon run, to tend to my daughter.

But yo! I figured out the wild micro missle technique. The lock on is *not* for points...just accuracy if you need out of a jam. I use my bomb (beam) to get out of jams instead, as it eats bullets.

Anywho...try charging up to eight micro missles w/out locking and w/ out firing your main shot, as popcorn (and their missles-if you are brave) swarm.

Let loose the micros at the right time, and your chain goes up! I'm not sure of the upper limit, as it only works above the 400s for me rarely-the popcorn bail too quickly, and often what is there...isn't enough to build big chain.

I got a couple of 1000s tonight tho, so I'm pretty pumped to use this technique up to Stage 3...and see where I get.

My area 1 clear was 120k, so the wild micro missle exploit + chevrons + medals = big paydays!

 

[wataru330]

I'm working on a no miss area 1, atm. It's tough-because the popcorn leave so fast, and I'm not just point blanking everyone for want of micro missle bonus points.

Speaking of: I just got all 8 to hit in succession, WITHOUT FIRING MAIN SHOT OR BOMB UNTIL ALL MICROS HIT.

*jackpot!*

100 200 400 1000 2000 4000 8000 8000!

I bumped my area 1 clear to 147,850!

This game is really starting to get tasty.

 

[lions3]

Last night. 198,800 yf19 stage2 on my raspberry pi

Now to get retroarch working on win10.

 

[wataru330]

I was rollin'...then, I tried the canyon run strategy on the posse that shows up before area 2 boss/fortress.

Rutrow, Shaggy.

I died a bunch-quickly.

If I get this dialed in tho...and average 140k per stage...this could get GOOD.

 

[lions3]

Bumped my score a little 225,000 yf19 stage2 mame

 

[Electric Grave]

Wataru, you're the best host I've seen yet for a SOTM thread, I've learned a lot from this thread and I hope I can contribute soon...