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Title: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: SamIAm on March 25, 2014, 06:18:33 PM
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March 26 - April 1: Air Zonk
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(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u305/sirsinnes/Tg16airzonk-title_zps8b1ae13e.png)
(Chosen by _joshuaTurbo)

In the US, and from the perspective of the present day, it could be that Air Zonk is the single most iconic HuCARD game. That how I imagine it, at least. Personally, if I were ever to show this system to someone who had never seen it before, I just might start with this game.

I'm pretty sure a lot of you who played the Turbo in its heyday hold Air Zonk in high nostalgic regard. Given the occasion, why not tell us some of your memories of this game?

In addition to playing it, of course. And giving us your high score!

0. (name) - (score) - (stage reached) - (difficulty)
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GOTW Schedule:

January 15-21: Battle Royale (TheClash603)
January 22-28: Drop Off/Drop Rock (esteban)
January 29-February 4: Bonk's Adventure (roflmao)
February 5-11: Silent Debuggers (vestcoat)
February 12-18: Somer Assault (BigusSchmuck)
February 19-25: Splatterhouse (FiftyQuid)
February 26-March 4: Bloody Wolf (Jibbajaba)
March 5-11: The Lost Sunheart (Gogan)
March 12-18: Sapphire (BlueBMW)
March 19-25: Energy (PunkicCyborg)
March 26-April 1: Air Zonk (_joshuaTurbo)
April 2-8: Veigues Tactical Gladiator (Punch)
April 9-15: 1943 Kai (lukester)
April 16-22: Lords of Thunder (munchiaz)
April 23-29: OPEN!

Rules:
-All members are allowed one submission. When there are no further submissions, we will have a reset and everyone will be able to submit another game.
-Each game may only be submitted once.
-If you wish to retract your submission, please do so at least two weeks before your game is due. Your next submission will go to the back of the cue.
-Please don't submit games that have a high language barrier or will take too long to complete (particularly RPGs).
-Please don't submit games that are too expensive. Below $50 is best. Above $100 won't work.

(If you have any questions or comments about the GOTW system, please either PM me or post in the old thread)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: HailingTheThings on March 25, 2014, 07:22:48 PM
Oh man, this game is the bee's knees! (do people still say that? hmm..)

I can make it to the end, but can't quite seal the deal. Shall have to give it some goes this week, mm-hmm, what-what, yes indeed.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: YANDMAN on March 25, 2014, 08:44:58 PM
I waited for years to find one of these at a good price eventually getting an import version.............Which sadly no longer works so if anyone has a nice cheap one let me know :)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Ray on March 25, 2014, 11:23:21 PM
The first 4 stages are relatively easy, but the 5th level throws a curveball especially with a pretty tough final boss. Definitely one of my favourite shooties!

Oh, and the highest score I managed to get is 9782,8970 on Spicy mode, 1CC. This was on the Japanese version and if I remember correctly the final boss gives 90.000.000 score in that version and 10.000.000 score in the US version.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: pulstar on March 25, 2014, 11:50:46 PM
Cool. I'll be putting this on when I get back from work...score will probably be pathetic though. This really is an iconic PCE/TG-16 game and marked the reboot of the TG-16 in the US. Bonk was old hat to the marketers when Zonk turned up.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Paddyfitz18 on March 26, 2014, 01:41:16 AM
Awwwwwww yeaaaaah.  One of the best. 
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Nec.Game.head on March 26, 2014, 10:59:08 AM
I absolutely love this game !! Haven't beaten it yet but I will be getting on it asap to see how good my Air Zonk skills are. I'll post up on here my top score. This is the most expensive game I've purchased complete in it's original box to date. Bought it back in 2001 at GameDude of North Hollywood CA for a whole 40 dollars !!!
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: munchiaz on March 26, 2014, 11:03:24 AM
I'll be playing this one later today after work and school. I love this game. It was one of the reasons i wanted to get into turbo in the first place.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: munchiaz on March 26, 2014, 05:50:53 PM
Played for a bit tonight. Could not beat it tonight. got all the way to level 5. Its so intense. Heres my current top score.
(Munchiaz) - (1184740) - (stage 5) - (spicy)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: pc_kwajalein on March 26, 2014, 10:27:57 PM
Oh man, this game is the bee's knees! (do people still say that? hmm..)

I can make it to the end, but can't quite seal the deal.

This. Air Zonk is a great shooter; the visuals are cartoonishly vibrant and the gameplay is addictive. BUT... I never could beat the final boss.
   
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: roflmao on March 28, 2014, 02:42:08 PM
I love this game!  I'll definitely give it a go this weekend. :)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: schweaty on March 28, 2014, 11:00:32 PM
made it to the second to last boss on Stage 5 on Spicy today (PCE).  i probably could've made it to king drool, but the last stage is loooong.  starting all the way from the beginning after continue is a PITA.  i think best score was 90,XXXX.  Could be wrong, wasnt paying too much attention.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: lukester on March 29, 2014, 08:09:51 AM
I remember starsoldier1 being the high score world record holder for this game. Will he post here?
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 29, 2014, 12:48:31 PM
spicy level 5
(http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/airzonkscore1.jpg)
gonna try and get it higher
man level five can be brutal, yelling at the screen helps a little..

Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 29, 2014, 01:23:32 PM
All the bosses in level 5 really jumps the points up.
edit-I think that is it at least, I will write down my scores after each level next time.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Ray on March 29, 2014, 01:42:05 PM
Good god, phase. What's the secret? I've not noticed any way to boost the score like in sapphire with the combo attacks. Did you just not miss a single bad guy or what?

IIRC, you can get a maximum of about 1,000,000 points doing level 1-4 and 9,000,000 doing level 5, with a further 10,000,000(US)/90,000,000(JP) given by the final boss.

Here is the picture I took about a year back when I first 1CC'd this game:
(http://i60.tinypic.com/2ni5qwz.jpg)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: roflmao on March 29, 2014, 03:14:21 PM
I played this some on the Express this evening, though my score wasn't anything to write home about.  I'll try to give it a real go again tomorrow. :)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 29, 2014, 03:53:22 PM
nice job
damn, I almost beat it, did'nt get the final shot cuz I was too pissed lol
snapped one prelast boss
(http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/airzonkscore2.jpg)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 29, 2014, 04:35:32 PM
lolz, yeah tell me about it the prefight with drool I was down to 0 lives then got the nine for the final boss

I just beat it with a continue, cool ending - will try a no continue shot later.

last boss isn't too bad once you get him down, was too aggressive the first time... ](*,)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 29, 2014, 10:01:00 PM
Well I beat it a second time without using any continues, but didn't beat your score nullity (18,478,830)

So I tried again.. trying to figure out how to get more points
It took me many hours but I found a few ways to rack up points :D then I past it a third time with no continues..
(http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/airzonkscore3.jpg)

I remember starsoldier1 being the high score world record holder for this game. Will he post here?

Whats his score with some patients I can beat it.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: geise on March 30, 2014, 02:59:27 AM
Are all you guys playing on Spicey mode? 
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: lukester on March 30, 2014, 09:15:17 AM
This is a quote from Ryan Genno's (starsoldier1) website. idk what difficulty, only lives change, correct?

Air Zonk also holds a special place for me and here on this website because I have the World Record of a massive 30, 332, 430 points found in the magazine EGM#45 and website Twin Galaxies. As of today the game has yet to be broken.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: munchiaz on March 30, 2014, 09:17:23 AM
who do you guys think are the best buds to take into a stage
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 30, 2014, 01:20:42 PM
Are all you guys playing on Spicey mode? 
yeah spicy

This is a quote from Ryan Genno's (starsoldier1) website. idk what difficulty, only lives change, correct?

Air Zonk also holds a special place for me and here on this website because I have the World Record of a massive 30, 332, 430 points found in the magazine EGM#45 and website Twin Galaxies. As of today the game has yet to be broken.

bitter/hard starts you with 0 lives and has more enemy fire and I'm going to guess more hits to kill bosses? will check later
spicy/normal start with 2 lives
sweet/easy starts with 4 lives less hits for bosses and I think a few things have less firepower? 4th boss doesn't shoot red fireballs for instance- Id have to doublecheck

Hmm just looked at a few of his vids and im guessing he is using spicy or sweet for his high score.
I will try and beat his score in a few days. currently my thumbs hurt from pressing down too hard and when i close my eyes i see the game.. so I gotta break for a day or two.

who do you guys think are the best buds to take into a stage


Well I don't want to spoil anything, some of the fun of the game is finding out who you like best, maybe you don't want to read the white text unless you have beaten it.
I noticed mumbles will own the first boss. The second stage I like moo moo for destroying everything and third I like spike ree because the dropping crab kills the second part of the football boss pretty nicely.

Agree with nullity on good weapons and the alone mode I just figured out yesterday (maybe I knew and forgot?) is like its own cool mode with the mini helpers, gonna beat it in that mode next.

just looked on game facts Expert Mode- on the difficulty  screen, hold right & press select.
briefly looked just now, from what I can tell slightly harder than spicy? faster enemy fire stage 2..

Edit: anyone know will sweet mode give you the same ending?
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 30, 2014, 01:36:12 PM
Cool, will be trying it once i recover  :)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 30, 2014, 03:50:27 PM
yeah or mod a controller to have select as a shoulder button would work nice.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: PunkicCyborg on March 31, 2014, 09:38:37 AM
Is it cheating if I use an ave 3 pad, map select to button III, turn turbo all the way up and wrap a rubber band around the button so I can spam the thruster???
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: csgx1 on March 31, 2014, 11:33:06 AM
Finally had some time to play Air Zonk.  I forgotten how much fun this game is.  Here's my score.

18,572,200 - 1cc - Spicy

(http://i.imgur.com/SOnEji8.jpg)

Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 31, 2014, 04:19:53 PM
I beat the high score

(http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/airzonkscore4.jpg)

uploading a vid shortly
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on March 31, 2014, 05:25:01 PM
..what, and spoil all the fun  :D

well my video turned out horribly, man what a piece of crap camcorder. It must have some secret technology in it where it can hear the shower through the wall but cant pick up the damn game 6 ft from it. Not an exciting video just me vs the last three bosses, once I start taping my skills take a dive and I loose quite a few lives. Video won't stay in focus through out. Also if your using headphones and decide to watch this there are some loud clangs enhanced by the videos low sound and the need to turn up the volume to hear the game.. you've been warned.

http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/Phase_AirZonk_HighScore.avi

Spoilers- last three bosses and about 10 seconds of ending.

(the butt head lackey shoots red fireballs proving this is spicy mode)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: lukester on March 31, 2014, 10:48:57 PM
I beat the high score

(http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/airzonkscore4.jpg)

uploading a vid shortly


Very nice! You better tell Twin Galaxies right now, so they can come and adjucate your record.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: PunkicCyborg on April 01, 2014, 03:17:29 AM
I beat the high score

(http://www.ektophase.com/TG16/airzonkscore4.jpg)

uploading a vid shortly

Post it in the Air Zonk high score thread
Hopefully we can get some competition from StarSoldier1.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: lukester on April 01, 2014, 05:12:52 AM
Ah the high score threads.

These records need to be official!
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: geise on April 01, 2014, 07:29:09 AM
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.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: csgx1 on April 01, 2014, 08:03:31 AM
I beat the high score

 :shock: Wow...How long did it take to rack up points like that?  I've been playing for hours and haven't come close yet.   
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: geise on April 01, 2014, 10:45:42 AM
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...
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: PunkicCyborg on April 01, 2014, 11:36:08 AM
I pm'd the "air zonk world champion" desmondthethird/starsoldier1 this thread, hopefully he'll chime in :P
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: csgx1 on April 01, 2014, 07:37:10 PM
My results after countless hours...

(http://i.imgur.com/vVs78eA.jpg)
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: lukester on April 01, 2014, 10:42:53 PM
I pm'd the "air zonk world champion" desmondthethird/starsoldier1 this thread, hopefully he'll chime in :P

me too. :)

Really, I do hope people message Twin Galaxies about this. This is pretty serious.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: geise on April 02, 2014, 01:27:08 AM
:lol: twin galaxies.


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

DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: lukester on April 02, 2014, 08:19:07 AM
:lol: 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.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: csgx1 on April 02, 2014, 08:32:52 AM
:lol: 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. 

Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: PunkicCyborg on April 02, 2014, 10:11:05 AM
I think all your high scores have been beat :P
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=34687
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: Phase on April 02, 2014, 12:04:40 PM
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.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: nodtveidt on April 02, 2014, 12:35:23 PM
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.
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: PunkicCyborg on April 09, 2014, 09:42:32 AM
Beat it finally, used one credit though :(
Title: Re: (3/26/2014 - 4/1/2014) Game of the Week: Air Zonk
Post by: geise on April 09, 2014, 11:30:18 AM
I think all your high scores have been beat :P
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=34687


Nope... the JP version of Zonk gives you an 80 million bonus for defeating the final boss.  US only gives 10.

You would think a forum specifically for shooters would know the differences in scoring for US and JP regions, especially before making a thread for it.