"Nexzr/Nexzr Special" High Scores

[Ceti Alpha]

Overall Score (Normal Difficulty)

1. Obfuscate: 2,567,070
2. runinruder: 2,524,040
3. Elnino: 2,465,440
4. ceti_alpha: 441,490

Overall Score (Hard Difficulty)

Overall Score ("Extreme" Difficulty) *note: "extreme" difficulty, at least on Nexzr Special, is in Japanese


Carnival Modes:

Score Attack

1. shubibiman: 652,540
2. Obfuscate: 530,230
3. Opethian: 389,230

Time Attack

1. Obfuscate: 3:55:52

[Ceti Alpha]

All right. This is my highest score yet on Nexzr. I made through to the 4th stage on one credit. I actually made it to stage 6 (last stage I believe) with a few continues. I'll soon be graduating to "hard" soon. heh

Oh, I have a question regarding high scores and it's kind of a stupid question, but just to be clear.  Do the high scores only count for the 1st credit? Like say I played to stage 4 but didn't make it any farther on that 1st credit. However, I continue to play on a continue and get an even higher score. Does the "continue score" count or only the score that started from stage 1? I would just assume that continues don't count. Just curious.

Anyways, here's my score:

Final Score

441,490

[nat]

Most games reset your score when you continue anyway. For those that don't, I'd say first credit only. Games that don't reset the score after the first credit are goofy IMO.

[runinruder]

Most games reset your score when you continue anyway.

Yeah, either that or they add a single point to your score for each continue you use (Sinistron/Violent Soldier does this, IIRC) to make it obvious that it wasn't a one-credit achievement.

I agree with Nat: first credit only.

[elnino]

elnino: 2'465'440 Mission Complete

The difficulty was normal. If the score is still on my save bank I can take a picture once I get home.

[Ceti Alpha]

Nice score!  You're only ahead of me by just over 2 million points though. 

[elnino]

Don't worry, clearing the game is not that hard.

[Ceti Alpha]

Do you have Nexzr or Nexzr Special the Summer Carnival '93 version? Just curious what exactly the differences are. 

[elnino]

Just curious what exactly the differences are. 

The main game is actually the same except for the cut scenes. The common Nexzr has some anime cut scenes which lack in the Summer Carnival version. The Special '93 game includes the score/time attack modes instead.

However, I got my score on the Summer Carnival version because it was the first one of these two games which I could get my hands on.

[Ceti Alpha]

However, I got my score on the Summer Carnival version because it was the first one of these two games which I could get my hands on. Smile

Yeah, same here.  I just got my Turbo Duo a couple months ago and while I was waiting for it to arrive in the mail I came across some gameplay footage of Nexzr on youtube. I found a copy of it on eBay immediately and got it. lol. One of my favourite shmups I've ever played.

I've read one review of it somewhere and the reviewer said the game has an "incomplete" feel to it. I think mainly because there are only 7 stages.  http://shmups.classicgaming.gamespy.com/reviews/nexezrspecial/index.html I don't know about That assessment. I kind of like that when you die you don't lose a shit load of weapons become totally helpless like in Gradius/Life Force/Sexy-Star Parodius.

I love the ship. heh. It's probably the coolest looking ship in the PCE/TG fleet.    I never tire of the blinking green thrusters.

[Ceti Alpha]

OK, I actually got to level 7 on one credit, but I couldn't get past that Robotech type battledroid at the beginning of the stage. I have a new high score, but I can't seem to get to the screen where it shows the high scores. Do I have to get another high score to even see that screen again? 

[shubibiman]

Here is my best score attack mode score :

[Ceti Alpha]

Nice. Now that I've cleared Nexzr, I really need to work on a 1cc clear.

[esteban]

Damn, I remember when Runin and company (Emerald Rocker ?!) were having a competition with this game.

I should pull it out now and destroy the sad scores that I see posted here*.





Just kidding. I have no idea how my score would stack up.

[shubibiman]

Here is my new score attack high score :

[Opethian]

Damn Shubi how do you break 600k?!?

[Ceti Alpha]

Nice Opeth. Glad to see you're playin' this super game!

[Opethian]

I gotta obey!!!

[Ceti Alpha]

Thanks for putting Opeth's score in the proper category, nat. I was sorta wondering why Ope was so amazed at how shubi broke 600,000k. heh

[Obfuscate]

I'm late on this one but man what a game. Beat it for the first time without a continue today.

My Current High Scores:

Mission Complete - 2,411,250
Score Attack - 433,940
Time Attack - 4:22:90

[Ceti Alpha]

I'm late on this one but man what a game. Beat it for the first time without a continue today.

My Current High Scores:

Mission Complete - 2,411,250
Score Attack - 433,940
Time Attack - 4:22:90

Love the Nexzr love.  

It's soon time for me to pop this sucker in. It's been FAR too long. Oh, and take photos!!  I take your word for it, of course, but it just makes it more official and less likely for the board to get hijacked by trolls just putting up numbers.

Nicely done, btw!  

I'm assuming you completed the game on the default difficulty?

[Obfuscate]

Default difficulty, not sure why the pics won't show but here's a link to the screen shots I took of the scores. Again great game, best shooter I've played in a while!! I think it is time for you to pop it in again Ceti, I know I'm going to keep playing the next couple weeks!!

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[Ceti Alpha]

Default difficulty, not sure why the pics won't show but here's a link to the screen shots I took of the scores. Again great game, best shooter I've played in a while!! I think it is time for you to pop it in again Ceti, I know I'm going to keep playing the next couple weeks!!

Awesome!

Nexzr is quite possibly my favourite shooter I've played so far, though you wouldn't be able to tell by my pitiful score. lol. I'm going to have to rectify that.

[Obfuscate]

Thanks, I stayed home from work yesterday and I put about 7 hours in on Nexzr. Later in the day I got in a zone and that's when I cleared it without a continue. Tried again this morning without the same luck so I think I have a lot of playing to do to be able to be consistant. I live in Minnesota so winter is my gaming months and I think this may be my best game experiance this winter. The game is just put together so well and I love the carnival modes also.

[NecroPhile]

... not sure why the pics won't show...

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Use the "embed this image - forum" link, and feel free to trim out the unnecessary extra url= stuff and link to imageshack; you can quote this message to see links used above. 

Well done, by the way.  Someday (likely in 2032) I'll get a copy of Nexzr to give you guys a feeble run for your money.

[Obfuscate]

Thanks NecroPhile, get the summer carnival one as I know you have high score in soldier blade caravan so you'd probably really like this one also. I got my copy pretty cheap, $26.

[Ceti Alpha]

Thanks NecroPhile, get the summer carnival one as I know you have high score in soldier blade caravan so you'd probably really like this one also. I got my copy pretty cheap, $26.

Damn. That was a great deal. I wasn't so fortunate. I ended up paying close to $60 on mine, but it was my very first purchase, so... heh. The prices for Nexzr were pretty low for a while there a year or two ago.

[Obfuscate]

I think I lucked out, the auction just said Summer Carnival 93 and no referance to Nexzr so I think many probably missed it. It was last summer on ebay, I sat on it without playing waiting till I needed a good shooter fix and a week ago was the time and I was very pleased.

[Ceti Alpha]

I think I lucked out, the auction just said Summer Carnival 93 and no referance to Nexzr so I think many probably missed it. It was last summer on ebay, I sat on it without playing waiting till I needed a good shooter fix and a week ago was the time and I was very pleased.

Sweet deals. Gotta love it when that happens. Perfect game to get a sweet deal on, too.

[Obfuscate]

Been playing here and there and think I'm going to hold off on playing the regular mode for the time being. Here is my current high score.

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[Ceti Alpha]

Been playing here and there and think I'm going to hold off on playing the regular mode for the time being. Here is my current high score.

Ah, you're just going to focus on the carnival modes for a while?

Anyway, very nice score!  

Edit: After posting the message I went to post the score and realized it was the new top score. 

I'm going to pop this baby in tonight. You guys are having all the fun.

[Obfuscate]

Yeah, I still plan to play the carnival mode when I have 10-15 minutes to kill, I have to figure out how the heck shubibiman got a score like that on the 2 minute. Again, great game, my favorite {new to me} PCE game I played this winter and I played some good ones {Drac X and Sapphire}.

[Ceti Alpha]

Yeah, I still plan to play the carnival mode when I have 10-15 minutes to kill, I have to figure out how the heck shubibiman got a score like that on the 2 minute. Again, great game, my favorite {new to me} PCE game I played this winter and I played some good ones {Drac X and Sapphire}.

Yup. Nexzr is a near perfect shooter, if not the best shooter on the PCE, which might make it the best shooter of all time. heh

[Obfuscate]

Well, I can't quite get to shubibiman score and I think I'm putting this one away till next winter when I tackle the Hard Mode and give shubibiman score run another try to beat. Here is where I'm leaving off.

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