Super League 2023: Round 1 - Xenon 2

[lifeschool]

Xenon 2 [lemon] [hol]

Round Ends: 23:59 (UK Time) on Saturday 28th January 2023

Rules:
Get the best score you can, during this round.
Post screenshots of your score in this thread, and write the score nearby.
Scores to be achieved without save-states, trainers, passwords, and cheats.
No continues or infinite score leeching.
Finish the game and post a screenshot of the end for the completion star.
Full rules and info are HERE.

Special Scoring:
Autofire is allowed.
Play one loop of the game only. (take your snapshots after beating the final boss, or the start of level 1).
Don't stop to milk the bats on level 4.2

Note: The winner of this round will choose the letter for the Alphabet round. I will contact (PM) the top players before the end of the round, to let you know the available letters.

Get the Game:
Disk 1 Disk 2
WHDLoad (direct link)



Extras:
Lemon's Round 1 thread is HERE.
Xenon 2 2011 Round 12 thread is HERE.
Super League Live Ladder.
Check out the C64 Games Competition at our sister site Lemon64.

Live League Table:


All new players are welcome at any time. Join us!

[el_pasi]

113,090

Reached second level, that spider-thing destroyed my remaining ship.
Played with Zipstick, since it has autofire. I have been using Immortal joystick, but it lacks just that essential autofire.

[lifeschool]

Scores now updated.

[Harry]

As Help, I present my Shopping Guide:




Xenon 2 Shopping Guide
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NOTES:
Buy Health as necessary, but if you cant afford the other items, do it only if you are very low on health.
Collect all offered weapons except when stated otherwise.
If you buy an upgradable weapon, only half of the price for the first grade is lost, the higher grades will be paid back fully at selling.
If you collect any upgrades while Nashwan Power is active, the upgrade is lost! (So dont buy it, it is almost useless anyway).
Buy a Dive when you have the money and like it, then you can hide in the scenery with the space bar.

TRADING:
Level 1, Shop 1: Trade nothing
Level 1, Shop 2: Sell Rear Shot, Buy Double Shot, 0 (1) Power up and 3 (1) Side Shot
Level 2, Shop 1: (Buy 1 Side Shot if you have only two)
Level 2, Shop 2: Sell Side Shot, buy 2 Laser, (Power Up), 1 Rear Shot
-- Take the 2 rear shots at next level
Level 3, Shop 1: Sell Rear, Buy 2 Power Up, Buy 2 (3) Side.
Level 3, Shop 2: Buy Drone, (Cannon, Power Up)
Level 4, Shop 1: Buy Power Up
-- do not take the Rear Shot in the Level
-- get as much cash as needed
Level 4, Shop 2: Buy Cannon, Power Ups, 3 Lives
-- do NOT take the missile offered in the next Level, it will replace your sideshot if you die!
Level 5, Shop 1: Buy Lives

The items in parentheses are alternatives, if you have the money.

[el_pasi]

Thanks, Harry, guide looks good.

Reached third level:

165,850

[Harry]

152.140

Not having played this for some years, I dont know the enemies patterns anymore, and my reflexes also seem to have decreased.

The enemies come almost always in the same patterns, and I like to touch harmlessly the borders.

[el_pasi]

Improved, still couldn't complete third level:

219,680

[lifeschool]

Rules updated. Lets just play one loop of the game, should anyone make it that far.

Play one loop of the game only. (take your snapshots after beating the final boss, or the start of level 1).

[lifeschool]

Just added a new rule for the masters of this game. It seems the Lemoners found a leeching spot in 4.2.

[capehorn]

Originally Posted by lifeschool

Just added a new rule for the masters of this game. It seems the Lemoners found a leeching spot in 4.2.

Those meddling Lemoners...





387,130

I didn't leech 4.2.

[capehorn]

Some chat on Lemon about milking lives. I did notice that 5-2 is a good milking level if you have lives left. I had five, and managed to get just over half a million points.

500,210

[lifeschool]

This Round is Over!

Well done to our winners:

1st - capehorn
2nd - Pasquale
3rd - john4p

And also a special congrats to all who beat this game, and thanks to Pasquale for some interesting playguides!

On to Civ.