After I beat the first level this is what it said:
Points: 27900
Time: 12:44
Cumulative Average: 16

Level 2, rating 52

(Although I was actually on level 3 when I died... Odd scoring method)

Verdict: worst game I've played in the Lemon competition. I mean, which genius designed it so enemies would appear onscreen and immediately shoot right at you?




And we had a thread where people could say "vote for my game" because... and people ignore it.
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48 - Lvl 2 He He

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So how do you guys get the ranking that high? I always try to head towards the tower mainly, and sometimes a tad to the left/right to replenish shields. I still mostly receive 24 ranking points per stage.
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The score you report should be what's on the screen. So it only gives you credit for completed levels.
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Played this game before and I enjoy playing it again!
Impressive scores from Neo-Rio and SLF so far. Here is a first modest score:
80 - Lvl 2

Yes, you only get credit for completed levels.
I'm not exactly sure how the rating is compiled. I assume it's from max points scored per level vs. how long it took you to complete the stage, minus how many lives you lost. Either way, unless you finish the stage your rating won't increase.

This is how I played the game... I tried to shoot as much as possible (especially those damned radars) while travelling as fast as possible to the tower. Along the way you have to strategically slow down over those positive energy fields to refuel yourself as much as possible, but when you are at almost full energy you can just whizz over them and top yourself up.

Note that every bullet you fire sucks energy too, so try to be an accurate shot

Anyway, there's no way anyone will beat my rating unless they can complete the game starting from level 1.
Mind you, I played this game a hell of a lot back in the day... so I've finished it numerous times.

Half the trouble is learning how to deal with missiles really. Try to get them from showing up by knocking out radars before they pass you, or you'll trigger a missile. Failing that, you'll have to bank left or right at top speed to avoid getting hit. With more practice you can fire off a bullet and hit them just as they come down on you too.

At the end of level 1:
Score: 23,800
Clock: 8:41
Rating: 20 (woohoo!)
End of level 2:
Score: 33,400
Time: 5:20
Rating: 70

I guess I'll try again tomorow

139 - Level 3


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Slowing down on the white fields seems crucial. Still got killed in stage 3.

64



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I'll have to give it a go again, the first few attempts I had last week were awful

Meh. Small improvement but that's all she wrote, won't play again...

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Improvement. Level 3 is freaking me out. The closest I got to the tower on that level was 2045.
109 - Lvl 2

Thanks for the advices. It's indeed the missiles that gives me & all others hell. Sometimes I manage to dodge them and sometimes when I dodge they get me, sometimes I manage to shoot the missile and sometimes it's impossible to hit it but the key here is probably as you say to shot it when it comes in high and dodge when it comes in low.

Lv 3 - 123

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I'm back

I just completed the game:

Rank: 446

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/cabi/St2.bmp

All in all, it's a nice game.

I doubt I'll be able to beat Neo-Rio's score, though. In my game, I was killed once on level 3 and twice on level 4 and 5.

I'll give it a shot tomorrow in the early morning.
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Clocked up this score but cannot upload a picture at the moment - so screenshot to come soon...

Cum Rating: 308
Score: 32000

Upto Level 5.
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Well, I suck at this game and can't be bothered to put anymore effort into it, so: Level 2 - 49

Rating: 59

small improvement: 186 - Level 3


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After what must have been the 30th attempt to advance to level 3 I got a fluke round and finally did it.
194 - Lvl 3