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Overall Score (Normal Mode)
#1 Shubibiman: 1,770,100
#2 Elnino: 1,760,800
#3 csgx1: 1,745,300
#4 geise: 1,727,800 - 1 Life Clear
#7 Keranu: 1,642,900
#8 jtucci31: 1,602,900
#9 poponon: 1,489,900
#10 Tatsujin: 1,458,500
#11 rag-time4: 526,000
#12 blueraven: 485,100
#13 ceti_alpha: 438,900
Overall Score (Hard Mode)
Overall Score (Devil Mode)
#1 deubeul: 2,984,700 - 1 Life Clear
What's a high score forum without Gate of Thunder?! :dance: I still haven't beat the damn thing but I'm almost there. I usually try on hard. Devil mode is just too devilish for me at this stage in the game. ](*,) I'll give it a shot later on tonight. I'm curious to see some insane scores on this game. 8)
Started adding banners to each post, starting with this one....
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Awesome!!! Looks great!! And I can't wait to see the others. =D>
OK. Here's an old score. Thankfully the CD games save the scores. [-o< I'm thinking this score was on the "hard" difficulty setting because that's what I normally play, but it's been a couple weeks at least and I honestly can't remember. Anyway, doesn't matter as this is just a starter score to get things going. :D I'll be getting back into the cockpit of the 'ol Hunting Dog to raise some havoc very shortly. hehe :mrgreen: Oh, and just for the record: I'll be playing on normal mode until I beat the game on one credit unless everybody else is playing on hard and then I may change my mind. If you're playing devil and can beat the game on one credit, power to ya. :P
Final score:
438,900(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w89/analogue_sympathizer/gothighscorecopy.gif)
You need to modify your first post and start the high score list there, under Aaron's official banner.... Keep modifying it as people post scores.
QuoteYou need to modify your first post and start the high score list there, under Aaron's official banner.... Keep modifying it as people post scores.
Ahhh!! :idea: Thanks for reminding me about that nat. :)
Just updated the banner again....ok this one is done.
QuoteJust updated the banner again....ok this one is done.
hehe. Even better, though the first one you had was still nice. 8)
I think we need to seperate the scores for various difficulties. I found an old score of mine here (http://lazerdorks.org/~xiphas/jimmywoods/2.txt) which is 582,900, but I'm pretty sure that was on the default victory. It wouldn't be fare to compare scores with easier modes thrown in.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do about my Galaga '90 score thread though since the difficulty works differently in that game.
My high score on the default difficulty - 1,642,900. I will edit it into the main post.
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I usually either use my real initials (KJM) or sometimes I like to use ELF because the dorkiest person I ever met use to always use that :mrgreen: .
I had no idea Nine Inch Nails were fans of Gate of THunder.
Quote from: nat on 09/28/2007, 09:48 PMI had no idea Nine Inch Nails were fans of Gate of THunder.
Me neither! That was one of the default names. QRM is my brother.
Nice score Keranu!!! =D> Did you beat the game? Just curious. :)
Thanks. That was an old score saved on my Duo and it was probably from beating it. I can usually beat the game dying once or twice.
QuoteThat was an old score saved on my Duo and it was probably from beating it. I can usually beat the game dying once or twice.
I have some work to do on that game then. :) That's really good. I can get pretty far, but I haven't quite been able to beat yet though. I love the game though. Definitely one of the best shooters evaar. hehe. But I'm just preachin' to the choir on this board.
It's a pretty easy game and I suck at shooters :P . The hardest part is the underground stretch in stage 6, which you have to make sure not to lose your shield on and keep a concentrated mind!
Quote from: Keranu on 09/29/2007, 01:50 AMIt's a pretty easy game and I suck at shooters :P . The hardest part is the underground stretch in stage 6, which you have to make sure not to lose your shield on and keep a concentrated mind!
I always get hung up there. I consider myself a good shooter player (hey, I've beaten Deep Blue!) but I just haven't invested enough time into Gate of Thunder. Stage 5 (Crown) is my favorite stage anyway so after I'm past that I kind of lose interest.
Stage 5 is my favorite too! But really though, Stage 5 -7 are the best stages in the game!
QuoteStage 5 is my favorite too! But really though, Stage 5 -7 are the best stages in the game!
Stage 5 is awesome. 8) I've only made it to stage 6, where the music is awesome. I honestly haven't sat down and gave that game the proper attention it deserves. I've been too busy either playing DE or Nexzr Special. :P
elnino: 1'760'800 All clear
Normal difficulty.
Bah, didn't make it all the way....a bit rusty.
336,000
Here's my score after 2 attempts today: 379,800
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i managed to get 367300!!
I can now get to the final boss. I just have to get there with enough men to survive. I only have about 2 or 3 when I get there now. ](*,)
My score is 582,000 or something right now, but I'll just post my score after beating the boss. I assume the final boss is worth some hefty points. :)
AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!
Not only did I not take a picture of it, but my score sucks! #-o
285,000 is my current max.
It was the best game of GoT that I've played yet.
For those of you that can't beat the game, don't feel too bad. This was the first time I've been past the second level!
QuoteFor those of you that can't beat the game, don't feel too bad. This was the first time I've been past the second level!
Hehe. Don't feel too bad. I haven't beat the game yet either, but I'm getting pretty close.
Here is my score :
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1 770 100
Congratulations on the high score, but you might want to resize that screen shot (2272x1704 is a tad large for us mere mortals).
No shit. Jesus, I can count the fucking pixels.
Dude, can you please make that screen shot bigger? I can't read it from 1 mile away and I need to be able to see it from at least that distance. Also the image is only 1.7 MB and it needs to be at least 20 MB k thanx.
Oups! Sorry guies, I made a mistake while uploading my screenshot :oops:
Edit : is that ok, now?
I've gotten to the final boss and beaten his first incarnation- alas from then on I catch a whupping. I have no high score to offer however so I should probably just shut the fuck up. :-#
Quote from: shubibiman on 12/20/2007, 04:25 PMEdit : is that ok, now?
Much better, but remember to disable the flash next time. Picky sumbitch, ain't I?
Gratz on the highscore. =D>
QuoteMuch better, but remember to disable the flash next time. Picky sumbitch, ain't I?
hehe. :P I also bring it into Photoshop and lower the levels. It removes most of the glare.
Bested my previous high score, but haven't been able to beat it without continuing! I assume that's how the leaders are racking up so many points...
New score: 526,000
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Normal: 1'458'500 All Clear
Quote from: Tatsujin on 05/17/2009, 04:40 AMNormal: 1'458'500 All Clear
Updated. Nice score Tats. :)
Quote from: Sinistron on 12/20/2007, 04:34 PMI've gotten to the final boss and beaten his first incarnation- alas from then on I catch a whupping. I have no high score to offer however so I should probably just shut the fuck up. :-#
I'm a bonehead. ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)
I just realized that I posted in here thinking it was a LORDS OF THUNDER thread.
I actually haven't played much of Gate and I didn't get to the final stage.
I'm in the throws of Ghosts 'n Goblins right now and I'm trying to find some tips on how to beat these two end bosses before the final boss (1st loop). Anyway, I came across this Italian site and they have some vids of WOT and LOT so I thought I'd post the link. There are some serious players over on this site. I see one of the GOT vids is a no-miss run on Devil mode. :shock: This site also has a no-miss run of GnG, but that's another story. :| haha
Anyway, I'm going to have to check out these two vids. I HAVE to see a no-miss Devil run of GOT. lol =P~
http://www.arcade-extreme.com/ast/home.htm
335,200. :|
This is not the last time I will post to this thread.
Normal Difficulty - 425,600
Thanks, nat. :)
If you guys post what difficulty you are playing at, I will update the score list.
ha ha well I realize im not very good at this game right now. my score is 442200 but Im going to play it every night for a week and who knows. Such an awesome game. the sound is amazing.
Updated, thanks. Normal difficulty.
Quote from: blueraven on 06/11/2010, 04:20 AMUpdated, thanks. Normal difficulty.
thnx for the heads up blue............looks like were on the same page as far as score
Normal Difficulty 436,400
Quote from: blueraven on 06/19/2010, 11:11 PMNormal Difficulty 436,400
Updated. I forgot that I started this thread. heh 8-[
1,727,800 on 1 life. Never died. I swear I found all the extra hidden 1ups as well. I'm kinda baffled that I am still almost 60,000 away from the high score. There's some good players on here. Gotta keep trying! :twisted:
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Quote from: geise on 07/07/2010, 09:10 PM1,727,800 on 1 life. Never died. I'm kinda baffled that I am still almost 60,000 away from the high score. There's some good players on here. Gotta keep trying! :twisted:
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Nicely done, geise!!! =D> =D>
What mode were you playing on? I put your name in the #3 slot and also made note of your 1-Life clear. :mrgreen:
Oh yeah! Derf! 8B It was just normal mode...for now. It seems no one has tried hard mode yet. Must do that later this week. Man this was the first time I have ever beaten GoT with just one life. I always died only once at the last level for years! I would always choke. It was nice to finally beat it without dying. I also need to get back into Winds/Lords of Thunder to see how I do. There's some very impressive scores over in that section. I might need to practice first, cause it's been a while.
Great job Geise! ceti, we gotta step it up! 8-[
Quote from: blueraven on 07/08/2010, 01:11 PMGreat job Geise! ceti, we gotta step it up! 8-[
haha. For realz.
457,700
Quote from: blueraven on 11/13/2010, 01:49 PMQuote from: ceti alpha on 11/13/2010, 12:43 PMQuote from: blueraven on 11/13/2010, 03:21 AM457,700
Is this normal mode, bleu?
Yes, sorry I forgot to annotate that. :mrgreen:
No worries. I figured, but just wanted to be sure. :mrgreen:
Normal Mode, 485,100
Updated.
I have to do some work on this game. I'm about to get bumped off teh list. lol
Lol ceti, why so low? You're a master of mastering games.
Quote from: Tatsujin on 01/05/2011, 10:45 PMLol ceti, why so low? You're a master of mastering games.
haha. I appreciate the confidence in my gaming ability. :lol: I just haven't been playing too much of it - only enough to clear it.
I'm a long way from attempting what geise pulled off with his one life clear. That's pretty intense. :shock:
I basically can get to Dark City without dying, 9 or 10 lives, the I usually wipe on that level (6?).
Ceti. Ah, so you cleared it but didn't 1cc'd it?
Quote from: Tatsujin on 01/06/2011, 07:43 PMCeti. Ah, so you cleared it but didn't 1cc'd it?
Yeah, I cleared it with a couple of credits. I can make it to about stage 4 or 5 (I forget, exactly) without dying and then I poop teh bed. lol
I still want to know how I'm still 60k short. Maybe I need to play it on hard to get more points?
BTW guys I used to suck total ass at this game when I first got my Duo. It has always been one of my favs on the Duo so I played it constantly for over a decade. Haha total dedication. I bet you guys are better now than when I was first playing this game after a while. Keep it up!
Quote from: geise on 01/07/2011, 11:50 AMI still want to know how I'm still 60k short. Maybe I need to play it on hard to get more points?
BTW guys I used to suck total ass at this game when I first got my Duo. It has always been one of my favs on the Duo so I played it constantly for over a decade. Haha total dedication. I bet you guys are better now than when I was first playing this game after a while. Keep it up!
It's amazing what practice can do, in anything. I always find it funny how some thing can seem almost impossible, but once you know what to do you look back and wonder why you found it so difficult. heh
Quote from: ceti alpha on 01/06/2011, 12:02 AMQuote from: Tatsujin on 01/05/2011, 10:45 PMLol ceti, why so low? You're a master of mastering games.
haha. I appreciate the confidence in my gaming ability. :lol: I just haven't been playing too much of it - only enough to clear it.
I'm a long way from attempting what geise pulled off with his one life clear. That's pretty intense. :shock:
I've only ever one life cleared this game. Once you die you lose too much of your power and it only gets harder. I can continue all night, but it I couldn't do it with a maxed out ship then how am I going to do it with a little pea shooter?
Well, this is the case with Pulstar, R Type, and other memorization based shooters anyway. Honestly I've been playing GoT for so long that I probably could clear it starting from the last level with a base ship. In general though, its not easy!
BTW, just to clarify, I once said this same thing about Lot (that I only one life clear it) and it was misconstrued as some kind of boast. Just to make the point clear, I'm saying that its
easier to one life clear the game that it is to continue. If I were a "heavy metal shooting God" then I could start from anywhere.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 01/07/2011, 02:20 PMIf I were a "heavy metal shooting God" then I could start from anywhere.
Hahaha, I wonder how many people are still around here that might actually get that joke. Me, Necromancer, and...... ? guyjin?
Quote from: ceti alpha on 09/27/2007, 07:36 PM(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/main/dls/hs/GateOfThunderHS.jpg)
Overall Score (Normal Mode)
#1 Shubibiman: 1,770,100
#2 Elnino: 1,760,800
#3 geise: 1,727,800 - 1 Life Clear
#4 Keranu: 1,642,900
#5 Tatsujin: 1,458,500
#6 rag-time4: 526,000
#7 blueraven: 485,100
#8 ceti_alpha: 438,900
This is hitting the wayback machine here, and no, I don't have a screenshot to post. Yet. But all of these scores are extremely low. In order to max out your score for this game you NEED to play it on Devil mode. If you do this, scores on the order of 2.3 to 2.6 million are commonplace on a 1CC game. From there, if you strategically hold your fire in order to build up enemies onscreen, particularly with ones that fire missiles and such which you can destroy for additional points, then you can amass scores from 2.7 to 2.9 million. I learned this way, way back in the day when playing this game on Normal or even on Hard mode had turned into a cakewalk.
Late in 1994, I was playing this game on a lark at a friend's place, not serious about it or anything, but just playing using the strategy that I laid out above as it was more challenging that way. When I finished, after the multiplier totaled up the score, I had broken 3 million points. I had literally attempted to do that for half a year and was beginning to believe that it might be impossible, all of my best scores were always over 2.9 million. I jumped up and bounced off the walls for a good five minutes. But I had no camera and no Tennokoe Bank, which would have been more ideal than a screenshot for me. It took me a few months to save up and locate a Tennokoe Bank to buy from the good ol' Turbolist, and by the time I had received it from Japan, my friend had pawned his TurboDuo in order to pay his rent.
I guess now I need to buckle down again and put up the proof, yeah?
(https://i.imgur.com/szj0nvN.jpg?1)
1435900
Quote from: guest on 06/06/2014, 09:58 AMQuote from: HyperionAlpha on 05/21/2014, 04:38 PMI guess now I need to buckle down again and put up the proof, yeah?
Yeah! Put up or shut up! Don't give me any of that "oooh, but i have a new baaaaay-beeeee" BS. You owe us a 3 mil score by the end of the day, or you bring dishonor to your family.
Yeah pics or you made that all up :P
I scored 2 984 700 pts on GOT (validated on Necstasy forums), but the pic is gone. ( This one 's still there, but i lost ~10 lives on it)
All that to say that i think you have to destroy absolutely all the enemies and all the projectiles they shoot at you to break the 3M.
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Thank you, someone please update the OP, any real high score for this game is going to be done on Devil mode and you are just not going to get over 2 million without it. I am still practicing and sucking hard just to get close to where I was with this game when I was 22. The 3 million barrier is crazy. And I had it down to a science with allowing the missile-firing enemies to flood the screen with their fire before laying waste, but still only got 2.8/2.9 million scores almost every game, for AGES. Destroying all the enemies is easy, destroying every projectile they can fire at you while still allowing them enough time on-screen to fire them all? That is tough, very tough.
Agree, plus destroying bosses' projectiles gives no point.
Bumping this old thread just to get my high score in!
1,602,900 on Normal
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Hi guys!
While checking my old SD cards, I found back the pic of the scores I made on GOT something like 2 years ago. ( Please tell me it's still valid, don't have the courage to do it again :mrgreen:):
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Devil mode, 1 life, 2984700.
Nice score man! That's impressive and being on Devil mode with 1 life. It's pretty obvious the point score is different on devil. Regardless it's a nice score.
Thanks!
Thought I'd post mine up here
1489900
Normal 1CC
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Normal Mode 1CC - 1,718,000
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Nice score necro! Very close to mine. I have no idea how shubi got that score if it was on normal. I swear I shot almost everything.
Quote from: guest on 06/24/2016, 09:41 AMNormal Mode 1CC - 1,718,000
That's awesome that your initials are NEC! Never put two and two together until just now.
It's the first time I read the ending in english.
Finally I can understand the story :lol:.
Quote from: deubeul on 06/26/2016, 01:14 AMIt's the first time I read the ending in english.
Finally I can understand the story :lol:.
Ha!
Yup.
All hail OBERON!
agein
1,745,300 - Normal mode
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Wow..... deubeul's score on devils mode is just looney, with a single life
The trial and error must be intense, I have a hard enough time beating the first level on devils mode.