(3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk

[lukester]

I beat the high score



uploading a vid shortly

Very nice! You better tell Twin Galaxies right now, so they can come and adjucate your record.

[PunkicCyborg]

I beat the high score



uploading a vid shortly

Post it in the Air Zonk high score thread
Hopefully we can get some competition from StarSoldier1.

[lukester]

Ah the high score threads.

These records need to be official!

[geise]

Yes!  Please post these scores in the official high score thread.  Also, please specify which mode you were playing.  Post it over there and I will update it.

[csgx1]

I beat the high score

  Wow...How long did it take to rack up points like that?  I've been playing for hours and haven't come close yet.   

[geise]

Yes!  Please post these scores in the official high score thread.  Also, please specify which mode you were playing.  Post it over there and I will update it.

Unless your score is higher than mine... in which case, don't post them in the official high score thread (dammit)

Motivation man!  Motivation...

[PunkicCyborg]

I pm'd the "air zonk world champion" desmondthethird/starsoldier1 this thread, hopefully he'll chime in

[csgx1]

My results after countless hours...

[lukester]

I pm'd the "air zonk world champion" desmondthethird/starsoldier1 this thread, hopefully he'll chime in

me too.

Really, I do hope people message Twin Galaxies about this. This is pretty serious.

[geise]

twin galaxies.


Come on guys copy and paste your scores in our official high score thread!

DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lukester]

twin galaxies.


Come on guys copy and paste your scores in our official high score thread!

DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may laugh, lol, but your name could be in the Guinness Book of Video Game Records.

If that sounds stupid, idk what isn't.

[csgx1]

twin galaxies.


Come on guys copy and paste your scores in our official high score thread!

DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just posted there, thanks. 

Honestly, racking up a high score for Air Zonk is more about endurance and investing a lot of time rather than skill.   However, it probably would take more skill on the harder settings to rack up points and to complete the game without continuing. 

Grinding out a high score did take a lot of the fun out of the game.  I think 1cc on the harder settings would be a better challenge, more fun and a better way to compare skills. 

[PunkicCyborg]

I think all your high scores have been beat
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=34687

[Phase]

Nice, must have been burning the midnight oil to beat my score. Yeah have to agree, anyone can get a high score in this game once you find a good location to grind. I mainly made my proof video to prove I wasn't photoshopping a pic and to prove I did it on spicy mode. I’m sure we could max the game out if we wanted to spend the time. So I'm not sure this is a game for high scores or twin galaxy records. If the game were timed this may solve the problem or more specifically if the boss battles were timed.

I was also going to say something similar about beating it on a higher setting. Anyone down to see who can beat expert mode or right+select mode first, I made it to the second plant boss yesterday (land of drool 4th to the last boss)
The game calls this super hard mode in the bitter ending but bitter is the hardest maybe we should call this R+S mode..guess r could mean run..Risel mode lol.

I don’t know about bitter has anyone beat the first level even?

I was actually going to post something similar to this post yesterday but figured I’d let it play out a bit.

[nodtveidt]

You can rack up sick scores by using point-boosting weapons for long periods of time against enemies with limited hitboxes. Level 2's sub-boss is a good place to do it... using the rocket glove weapon especially. Also, the lighting weapon against the rocks in level 4 after the sub-boss gives you sick amounts of extra points. For some reason, they are classified as enemies by the game engine. Plus, any boss that spams minions can be farmed for lots of extra points, such as level 3's sub-boss and level 5's form 2 boss.