Seems an appropriate time to brag about myself. Ahem... I believe I barely made the last tier 1 tournament, I'm talking the last spot. And I ended up barely sneaking onto the podium (3rd). 
 

The bosses that I always thought were annoying were Jupiter and the Sun.

If you can,try to not use your special shots on anything but bosses. It would be ideal if you could just save them all up and use them on the Sun but sometimes you can get in a pinch or make a wrong move and using them will bail you out. 
 

I for sure save them for bosses and I don't think I will be making it to the sun boss! I'll be happy to crack 500k😝

I died at the Jupiter boss. I used all my special shots on the shell and didn't have any left for the next form and I got killed.

That's the boss I hate. Stupid fucking crazy arm things.... Smh 
 

Whoa, the strangest thing just happened...

 

Died with 7,000 less than my high 4 levels earlier because I'm a moron

Oh, those things home in at you? Yeah I'll just not dodge that 5 times this level

Now that is amazing !😂
 

795,800 (Stage 39)

What a pisser. I would have topped 800k easily had I not missed the very last ship on the last chance stage and given me that notorious 39 total. There was even a blue pod that I could've used to kill it but I didn't get there in time. Whatever. This was a sloppy run for me. I should definitely be able to hit 800k+ next update.

Game Complete - 842,150


 

You guys are good. I played for like two hours and only got a bit over 200K. Photobucket's not working right now so can't post just yet but I have room to improve anyways.

1. bert sampson - 950,000
2. arnpoly - 900,000
3. gutsman - 870,000
4. skinnygrinny - 845,000
5. Brock Landers - 842,150
6. The Tall Guy - 666,000
7. Mr. Head - 610,000
8. laddersandcakes - 600,000


skinny ain't gonna wanna give those points back up, so he's gonna grind this bitch until he beats me.  That's fine, I get to take Thursday-Sunday off and keep that burn-out far far away, and the wife happy > : )

Is that a low blow?  All's fair in love and NES I guess
 

Smh. poooor sandafloor... No such thing as low blow   

idk, I can't get past the swinging arms boss. Should I use the a button? 
 

The swinging arm boss killed me almost instantly once I got the shell blasted off. That stupid boss is standing in the way of a higher score. It's this game's version of the plane boss from 1943.
 

Score updated! Beat it this time.  

Yeah, the shell/swinging arm guy is a bastard. I always die at least once fighting him once the arms are out. 

Haha, nah, I'm done.  I know I could get 900,000+ but I just can't invest the time into it

Agreed on the second loop.  I have it paused right now on level 13, and the first boss definitely caught me by suprise with the changed attacks

 

You either got more perfects on the chance stages or completed more combos on the regular stages.

Only encountered it once so far and yeah..... Couldn't even get a hit in😁
 

My Gyruss fever can't be contained by a single port. Working on my high score in the Atari 8-bit version. Wish me luck, homies. 

Two special shots does him in. Wait until his arms wrap around one way and then start to go the other and catch him when its' core is exposed. Done.

Of course you have to be constantly moving or you are a sitting duck 

Are the bosses easier after that?

 

Good tip! Now I just gotta not waste any special shots on  the first form😂
 

I did get two perfects instead of one this time.  I also noticed if you are maxed out on phasers then you get 3000 points for each one you grab afterwards.  That probably makes up the difference.  It just didn't feel like I played that much better than the first time, but I suppose I did if the score says so!
 

Just for fun, here's the playing into loop 2 score:  1,187,000

Made it to level 21, but just kept dying to random stuff