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Originally Posted by Kenshiro Rapid-fire as cheating? I don't know. It is easier, and Twin Galaxies is right in listing rapid-fire scores separately from regular scores, but still...having played both, and admittedly done a lot better on the former (because there are more of those around) I'd say the advantage is there, but not game-breaking. You still have to be good at Galaga to get into triple-digit stages. What rapid-fire helps with is letting you be lazy about timing because you'll get to fire more missiles, and you don't have to be as good at dodging, because on early stages there might be a grand total of four or five enemies left to descend and fire.
To be fair, though, I will submit some scores from the regular machine. I think there are one or two left in town.
BTW, awesome time on Deja Vu! I could do that with Shadowgate, but I never even beat Deja Vu before the cartridge died. |
Shadowgate can be done in like 15-20 minutes, my friend did it in 25, he forgot a few elements and had to go back and forth a few times, but it's definitely possible..just the ending before the final boss is a little tricky.
TG probably listed the rapid-rfire thing because it's listed as an arcade release (even though it was originally a hack, but made it into Namco's anniversary machine anyway). I've known of people bragging of getting crazy far in Galaga, but not mentioning they used rapid fire...because without it, they can't do squat. That's why me and a couple people I know also look down on rapid fire accomplishments, because it's just not as hard (granted, it's still hard to get to level 30+, but no where near as hard without rapid fire).
I'm pissed at TG, because I have submitted legit kick @$$ time attack for Time Crisis 1, and they never accepted it, and it KILLED the original time by a minute.
Fcuk them.