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High Scores - Competition Style / Re: Deathsmiles II Arcade Mode...
Last post by calle - January 03, 2024, 02:19:55 PM
Hi guys,
My new PB: 431,489,080 - ALL [L=3/5, Bx0] - Casper - PCB

#82
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Other Games / Re: Taito LD Game Collection (...
Last post by EOJ - January 02, 2024, 05:33:06 PM
I bought this and just received it this morning. It was about 7900 yen on Amazon JP. Still pricey, but for what you get I feel it's worth it. Here are some pics of the game, the title screen, the training mode, and the config screen for Time Gal.






Although all three games are on one cart, the games show as separate icons on the Switch home screen. Each one required a large software update from the internet when I installed them. They have different options in the config screen. Scores seem to save after power down. I have played through a few minutes of Time Gal and Ninja Hayate. Really beautiful transfer of the original Laserdiscs here. I had only played the Sega CD version prior and this is so much nicer. You don't have to deal with load times either.

Pretty amazing that Time Gal came out in 1985. I'm going to try to beat that first before I tackle the other games, and explore the scoring in some more depth.
#83
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Off Topic / Re: Site updates
Last post by EOJ - December 28, 2023, 07:11:33 PM
I added google ads to help pay for the site hosting and maintenance fees, which I've been paying myself for the past 5+ years. Note: Logged-in members will not see the ads, they are only viewable for guests.
#84
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Other Games / Re: The "what NON-Cave game(s)...
Last post by EOJ - December 27, 2023, 07:25:10 PM
I've played through the first three episodes of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and it's really enjoyable. I'm interspersing some other games in between episodes. I cleared Castlevania Legends, which I had never played before. Pretty good Game Boy game. I then cleared Super C (NES) and Operation C (Game Boy). I hadn't played Super C in about 33 years, but it's just as awesome as I remembered. I played Operation C for the first time and was really impressed by it, though it did feel quite similar to Super C in many regards.
#85
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Other Games / Re: The "what NON-Cave game(s)...
Last post by EOJ - December 23, 2023, 11:11:29 PM
I finished Soul Hackers 2 about a week ago. Took me around 19 hours. OK game, nothing special in the end. I liked the characters, overall story, graphics, and turn-based battle system (my fave), but the gameplay loop wasn't that great and the sidequests were so boring I soon stopped doing them. Also the demon fusion got pretty old after awhile. Tokyo Mirage Sessions on the Switch is much better in comparison, but I enjoyed Soul Hackers 2 enough to finish it.

Now I'm switching gears and playing through The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on the Switch and Castlevania Legends on the Game Boy (NSO version).
#86
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High Scores - Competition Style / Re: World Record Scores - Arca...
Last post by EOJ - December 17, 2023, 04:35:47 PM
New Espgaluda WR by Niboshi, playing on the 2P side:

73,615,500

https://twitter.com/JHA_information/status/1736364833619227062
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High Scores - Competition Style / Re: World Record Scores - Home...
Last post by EOJ - December 16, 2023, 02:55:54 PM
New Pink Sweets Ver 1.00 Meidi & Midi WR, by Gray:

17,296,210 - 1CC

https://twitter.com/rgrayGM?post_id=1735927026505462013

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o0yuStiVAU

This is higher than the WR with infinitive lives on the PCB!
#88
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CAVE Games / Re: Dodonpachi Daioujou Rinne ...
Last post by EOJ - December 07, 2023, 02:24:21 AM
Just played another credit of Arrange L, Type B. Got 367mil (1CC). I finished with 4 lives, and you get 50mil per life at your end bonus. This is the highest score on the Arrange L (Type B) leaderboard now, but I'm sure that won't last long as I don't know how to chain in this game at all.



EDIT: I just did a run of Arrange EX (Type B) and I got a 1CC there too (166mil). So all of these arrange modes are pretty easy to clear.

I'd also like to add I think the new arrange soundtrack in this is pretty nice.
#89
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CAVE Games / Re: Dodonpachi Daioujou Rinne ...
Last post by EOJ - December 06, 2023, 11:53:00 PM
I cleared Arrange L (Type B) on my second try, with 188mil. Pretty easy thanks to the DFK-style autobomb. I was down to my last life on Hibachi, though, so I just barely got the 1CC. It seems you get 10mil for each spare bomb, probably a lot more for each spare life (50 or 100mil, perhaps?).

You also get the bullet cancels in Arrange L with a max "Tensei" gauge, though unlike Arrange EX, you still have to pick up the hyper bee items. Also, in Arrange L the hypers are pretty short in duration. I tried a level 1 and a level 4 and they were both pretty short.
#90
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CAVE Games / Re: Dodonpachi Daioujou Rinne ...
Last post by EOJ - December 06, 2023, 07:55:40 PM
Here is a good post detailing the different Arrange modes and other features of this port:

https://cohost.org/gosokkyu/post/3624943-oh-and-this-is-how