SOTM Nov 2024 - Aero Fighters 3 and Star Soldier N64

[lithy]

Dang I suck at this game. Thanks to the tip about the tank train bonus section once I finally got through Stage 2 alive I got a modest score to post.

Stage 1 is no problem at this point I can get 240k-250k and get through it without dying.

Stage 2 consistently getting better still a couple struggles.

Once it falls apart, it falls apart quickly, this run ended with the eyeballs in the desert hills after the tank trains, I think that is still considered Stage 3?

704,300 - Black Widow, multicart on cab, Level 4

 

[sc]

You can also finish stage 1 near 300k if you get the bonus points right, just before the boss appears

I destroy everything but can’t break like 113k on stage 1. What am I doing wrong?

 

[ShootTheCore]

I destroy everything but can’t break like 113k on stage 1. What am I doing wrong?

There's a limit to how many point collectables that the game can display at once. There are two roof tops on the upper-left corner and upper-right corner at the end of the level when the screen stops scrolling. Each rooftop corner can spawn the maximum number of point collectables. If you blast open both rooftops before collecting anything then you only get half of the total collectibles possible that can potentially spawn. So the key is to blast each rooftop corner open one at a time, and collect all the items before blasting open the other corner. Also, have your ship positioned as close to the top of screen as possible when collecting the items so that you get the maximum possible points from each item you collect.

That strategy gets me around 200k on Stage 1 before fighting the boss.

 

[Atro]

I destroy everything but can’t break like 113k on stage 1. What am I doing wrong?

There's a limit to how many point collectables that the game can display at once. There are two roof tops on the upper-left corner and upper-right corner at the end of the level when the screen stops scrolling. Each rooftop corner can spawn the maximum number of point collectables. If you blast open both rooftops before collecting anything then you only get half of the total collectibles possible that can potentially spawn. So the key is to blast each rooftop corner open one at a time, and collect all the items before blasting open the other corner. Also, have your ship positioned as close to the top of screen as possible when collecting the items so that you get the maximum possible points from each item you collect.

That strategy gets me around 200k on Stage 1 before fighting the boss.

That's about this.

Unlike Psikyo bonuses where you get more points while they're shinning, in Sonic Wings you get more points if you're on top of them right before it blows. Like the strat on the desert bonus stage.

I'm not 100% sure about this as it sometimes gives me less points or may have variables. But I consistently manage to go over 270K at the end of stage 1.

 

[prof]

prof - 678,000 - Mao Mao - Neo CD (MVS diff setting)

 

[lithy]

1,119,700 - Stage 7 - Black Widow, cab multicart at MVS level 4

 

[ggallegos1]

1,137,600 - Stage 7 - Black Widow - MVS

 

[Neodogg]

Da fuq is going on here!?!?!

 

[wataru330]

g-man and lith are about to rule the roost!

Be attitude for gains!

Dig it!!

 

[lithy]

I'm starting to get a little perplexed on the Stage 1 bonus scoring, can strategy talk go in here?

 

[Neodogg]

I'm starting to get a little perplexed on the Stage 1 bonus scoring, can strategy talk go in here?

Yes, that is part of the fun. Except Tarma, he doesn’t like to give ideas/hints readily

 

[lithy]

So I got a Stage 1 score of 307,700 what seemed to happen is that as I was shooting up in the corner on the right for the bonus point thingies, more kept spawning as I was shooting. Just curious if anyone knows if these things are random or if there is something to them besides getting them as close to the top of the screen as possible. I was over 900,000 on this run after just the tank bonus stage.

Stage 1 points
Destroy All enemies - 10,800
Destroy Boss 1st stage - 10,000
Destroy Boss 2nd stage - 10,000

You can get a few points (I think it's 100 per) for destroying the one type of enemy shot that you can counter. The Eiffel Tower robot will shoot these if you let it live long enough and the final boss will shoot a couple volleys again depending on how long you let it live. Not worth the effort probably.

So we're talking 35,000 max from beating Stage 1. Add the bonus points, I can bring the total score up to the 200-300k range, but no matter how I approach this it doesn't seem to be close to consistent as to how many bonus points I can get. I get that there will be some difference because the points drop off rapidly from 10,000 each, but trying to do it consistently and still seem to get wildly varying results.

 

[sc]

SC-ULTRA - 1,239,100 - Stage 8 - Kowful and Lord - MVS

Death by Squid

 

[lithy]

Watched BBH's video for AF3/SW3 and he makes a comment just before starting that the Euro bios is supposedly harder than the US bios even when both on Level 4 difficulty but doesn't really elaborate. Does anyone have more info about that? I switched to US and did a couple runs and there definitely seem to be fewer enemy shots at the very least.

 

[ShootTheCore]

Watched BBH's video for AF3/SW3 and he makes a comment just before starting that the Euro bios is supposedly harder than the US bios even when both on Level 4 difficulty but doesn't really elaborate. Does anyone have more info about that? I switched to US and did a couple runs and there definitely seem to be fewer enemy shots at the very least.

I hope that's not the case, but I don't know for sure. I'll try changing the region on MVS UniBIOS setup later and will see if I notice any differences.

Leaderboards updated.

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Aero Fighters 3 is extremely buggy for some reason and that's not surprising in the slightest. TCRF says the same thing.

 

[lithy]

Yeah pretty convinced at this point that USA is definitely easier so I'll note that my earlier 1.1M was done in Euro bios (well Unibios set to Europe).

This score was done on USA bios.

1,341,500 - Stage 7 - Black Widow, cab multicart at MVS level 4

Just barely topped 300k in Stage 1, had just over 900k after the desert tank bonus stage, the rest was just barely hanging on. Died to the squid boss.

 

[ggallegos1]

I need to figure out a way to reliably get 300k on stage 1, I tend to end around the 230k range

 

[sc]

I need to figure out a way to reliably get 300k on stage 1, I tend to end around the 230k range

Same, max 250k. if I try to leave enemys hanging around for points, they end up killing me. skill issue I guess.

 

[wataru330]

Little bit better; tried milking the boss, but didn’t finish him before time ran out.

 

[lithy]

I need to figure out a way to reliably get 300k on stage 1, I tend to end around the 230k range

Unfortunately I've tried a few things and still doesn't seem consistent.

But what I do is as the last four planes are coming move to the upper left and start shooting while sweeping back and forth. You should be able to get all of these as 10k points.i sometimes miss one that goes down to like 4k. Then stop shooting cross over to the other side and start shooting from the top of the screen and keep shooting moving back and forth. Sometimes more points seem to keep coming from the shots.

Then you can shoot the building center.

Like I said though, not consistent or I'm not sure why it does or doesn't happen, but that's what I do every time and occasionally get 300k+ and a bonus life before the end of Stage 1.

Hope that helps.

 

[sc]

Was able to do @lithy’s shimmy method on stage one and it worked! tried it again, it doesn’t work! ha. gd slot machine of a game

SC-ULTRA - 1,270,800 - Stage 7 - Black Widow

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Got a MVS copy. Scores soon.



Mao Mao bless

 

[lithy]

Has anyone attempted the Mao Mao scoring glitch thing? Might have to try it this weekend.

This opens up another can of worms for scoring, especially if you consider Mao Mao and her time-freezing bomb in the bonus level of the two large planes (3rd stage if you take the right route after first boss). Considering that her ship is a weak piece of junk, this scoring advantage does require players to have a lot more skill if they decide to use her and exploit that particular milking technique. And no matter how much I don't like to admit, indeed she is the best choice for score-chasers.

Taken from here

Sonic Wings 3 (Neo Geo)

Vertical Checkpoints OFF 4 Difficulty levels 8 Stages (loopable) Ship speed fixed, selectable at start - - - - - - - Developed by Video Sy...

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[prof]

prof - 971,600 - Mao Mao - Neo CD (mvs difficulty)