So I got my VS. BF roms last week and absolutely love the game. It definitely tops the NES/PC-10 version, no questions asked... and it's super addicting. I haven't had a ton of time to play it due to the fact that my kids>arcades but I figured I'd start a discussion about ideas of how to up the score. Right now my highest is 206,750 at Phase 11. I know it's nothing incredible and I could have done better but the only time I really play is in the middle of the night when my brain has already stopped. Anyways, I was playing around a bit tonight to see what sort of point pressing could be done and here's what I learned...
Say you're on Phase 1. There are 3 enemies, all of which start as the Red/White guys (i.e. the easiest enemies). Normally, when I pop one of their balloons I would try to jump on their parachute right away for those points then wait for the bubble to float up to get those points. But, if after you pop the Red/White guy's balloon you let him drop to the ground, without killing him, he will re-inflate his balloon. But the doesn't come back as the Red/White guy... instead he comes back as a medium difficulty enemy, Blue/Yellow. If you pop the Blue/Yellow guy's balloon and let him land and re-inflate, he will come back as a hard difficulty enemy, Red/Yellow (or as I imagine them, the kamikaze pilots). From here on out you can continue to pop the Red/Yellow guy's balloons and let them re-inflate and they will continue to come back as the Red/Yellow guy.
On the upside, each time you pop an enemy's balloon and he comes back as the next guy the points increase for his next balloon you pop. Well, I don't know (forgot to watch) if the points continue to increase once you have reached the 2nd re-inflation of the Red/Yellow guy but regardless, you are racking up points. I've found, if at all possible, it's best to hover right above the guy as he is re-inflating so that as soon as he lifts off you can pop his balloon and send him back to the ground to re-inflate again. Now, the downside... the longer you take to finish the level the angrier the clouds get so they start shooting out lightning bolts at you. Additionally, if you are working this cycle with multiple enemies at once (i.e. all 3 guys from Phase 1) and you miss one of them, then you have an angry Kamikaze guy chasing you in addition to lightning bolts all the while you are trying to stay near the other enemies to pop their next balloon before they escape. As I learned, once you miss one enemy you will probably miss another one and all you can really do is run (flap you're sad little arms) for your life.
Anyways, just wanted to throw this out there. On Phase 1 you can easily hit 10,000+ points before the lightning bolts become a little too uncomfortable to continue.
Anyone else have any tips?
Say you're on Phase 1. There are 3 enemies, all of which start as the Red/White guys (i.e. the easiest enemies). Normally, when I pop one of their balloons I would try to jump on their parachute right away for those points then wait for the bubble to float up to get those points. But, if after you pop the Red/White guy's balloon you let him drop to the ground, without killing him, he will re-inflate his balloon. But the doesn't come back as the Red/White guy... instead he comes back as a medium difficulty enemy, Blue/Yellow. If you pop the Blue/Yellow guy's balloon and let him land and re-inflate, he will come back as a hard difficulty enemy, Red/Yellow (or as I imagine them, the kamikaze pilots). From here on out you can continue to pop the Red/Yellow guy's balloons and let them re-inflate and they will continue to come back as the Red/Yellow guy.
On the upside, each time you pop an enemy's balloon and he comes back as the next guy the points increase for his next balloon you pop. Well, I don't know (forgot to watch) if the points continue to increase once you have reached the 2nd re-inflation of the Red/Yellow guy but regardless, you are racking up points. I've found, if at all possible, it's best to hover right above the guy as he is re-inflating so that as soon as he lifts off you can pop his balloon and send him back to the ground to re-inflate again. Now, the downside... the longer you take to finish the level the angrier the clouds get so they start shooting out lightning bolts at you. Additionally, if you are working this cycle with multiple enemies at once (i.e. all 3 guys from Phase 1) and you miss one of them, then you have an angry Kamikaze guy chasing you in addition to lightning bolts all the while you are trying to stay near the other enemies to pop their next balloon before they escape. As I learned, once you miss one enemy you will probably miss another one and all you can really do is run (flap you're sad little arms) for your life.
Anyways, just wanted to throw this out there. On Phase 1 you can easily hit 10,000+ points before the lightning bolts become a little too uncomfortable to continue.
Anyone else have any tips?

