Battle Bakraid - Revision history

SquidDude: Information on starting rank changed based on observations by me and Miquel

2026-08-25T16:29:59Z

Information on starting rank changed based on observations by me and Miquel

JSAV2006STG(ABC): /* Ship Hitboxes */

2024-10-05T05:32:24Z

Ship Hitboxes

SquidDude: Added a hitbox chart

2024-10-03T14:09:37Z

Added a hitbox chart

ADR at 00:26, 10 March 2024

2024-03-10T00:26:35Z

Trap15: Video index link

2023-11-20T08:29:28Z

Video index link

Frostyryker at 17:41, 23 July 2023

2023-07-23T17:41:07Z

Frostyryker: To Be Continued...

2023-04-09T15:44:13Z

To Be Continued...

Frostyryker: Ship Tables Finished (Shot descriptions not final)

2023-04-09T15:02:15Z

Ship Tables Finished (Shot descriptions not final)

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Frostyryker: Blade Owl

2023-04-09T13:47:15Z

Blade Owl

Frostyryker: Placeholder info

2023-04-09T00:15:15Z

Placeholder info

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 * '''Hold C + Tap UP:''' Displays chain timer and score calculations. A "?" will appear to the left of the level name. To exit, repeat command.
 * '''Hold C + Tap A/B:''' Changes autofire bullet speed. Tap A to increase or tap B to decrease. The number left of the level displays bullet speeds of 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20 (default), 30.
-* '''Left, Up, Left, Up + A:''' Enables chaining sounds. A "!" will appear to the left of the level name. To exit, repeat command.
+* '''Left, Up, Up-Left + A:''' Enables chaining sounds. A "!" will appear to the left of the level name. To exit, repeat command.
 ==== Bullet Color Commands ====
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 === Rank ===
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-There are two separate values determining the rank in Battle Bakraid. One value determines only the starting rank and has no further effect on the gameplay (START RANK in the dip switch settings). This value is the same for Training and Normal mode. After the player has started a run, the rank is then gradually increasing determined by another value, which is the per frame rank increase (TIMER RANK in the dip switch settings).
+There are two separate values determining the base rank in Battle Bakraid. One value determines only the starting rank and has no further effect on the gameplay (START RANK in the dip switch settings). This value is the same for both the Training and Normal courses. After the player has started a run, the rank is also gradually increased each frame by a second value (TIMER RANK in the dip switch settings).
-The starting rank of the first credit after boot-up is always 14,221,312 (D90,000 in hex) on default settings regardless of the Course you choose (the game checks for the starting rank value of Normal Course). The starting rank of all succeeding runs actually depends solely on the Course selection of the previous run. If your previous run was on Normal Course, the starting rank of your next run is the value of Normal Course regardless whether you have selected Training Course, Advanced Course, or Only Boss Course. However, if your previous run was on Advanced Course instead, the starting rank of your next run is the value of Advanced Course regardless whether you have selected Training Course, Normal Course, or Only Boss Course.
+The starting rank of each run is determined by the last course shown on the attract sequence/leaderboard. Or, if a credit is started immediately after boot-up, the game will use the starting rank value of Training/Normal Course.
-The minimum rank cap behaves in exactly the same way. The first run after boot-up will always start with a minimum rank cap of 16,252,928 (F80,000 in hex) on default settings regardless of the Course you choose.
+Therefore, you get a lower starting rank and a lower minimum rank floor for Advanced Course and Only Boss Course when you reset the PCB after each credit (or wait for Training or Normal Course to appear in the attract sequence before inserting a credit).
 If you choose to continuously play Training or Normal Course, shutting down the PCB has no advantage.
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 * Having more than 0 credits inserted while playing (+X per-frame rank, where X are credits inserted)
-Both the overall rank counter and the per frame rank are influenced by certain actions of the player, e.g. firing your Shot or picking up an item. The actions that have an effect on rank are listed in the tables below (incomplete listing as of now). Even though, an increase in difficulty is actually measured by a decreasing rank counter, the numbers below are listed as if the rank counter would count up. This is simply to make things easier to follow.
+Both the overall rank counter and the per frame rank are influenced by certain actions of the player, e.g. firing your Shot or picking up an item. The actions that have an effect on rank are listed in the tables below (incomplete listing as of now). Even though an increase in difficulty is actually measured by a decreasing rank value, the numbers below are listed as if the rank value would count up. This is simply to make things easier to follow.
 Rank can only be lowered by one of the following actions.

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 === Ship Hitboxes ===
-Red = Player Hitbox
+Red = Player hitbox (mostly located on the cockpit window of each ship)
-Green = Graze Hitbox
+Green = Graze hitbox
 [[File:BakraidHitboxes.png|400px]]

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	Partial piercing attacks stop when they hit something, but their impact can damage objects slightly above the impact point, which can be all you need on some bosses like Grell.		Partial piercing attacks stop when they hit something, but their impact can damage objects slightly above the impact point, which can be all you need on some bosses like Grell.
		+
		+	=== Ship Hitboxes ===
		+
		+	Red = Player Hitbox
		+
		+	Green = Graze Hitbox
		+
		+	[[File:BakraidHitboxes.png\|400px]]

	=== Items ===		=== Items ===

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		+	[[Category:Bomb_mechanic]]
		+	[[Category:Medal_mechanic]]
		+	[[Category:Option_mechanic]]
	[[Category:Vertical orientation]]		[[Category:Vertical orientation]]

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		+	{{VideoIndex}}
	__TOC__		__TOC__

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	# Rank info from shmups forum member "croikle" (forum post dated August 6th 2010; cf. https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=599952#p599952) and "trap15" (http://daifukkat.su/strats/bakraid/system)		# Rank info from shmups forum member "croikle" (forum post dated August 6th 2010; cf. https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=599952#p599952) and "trap15" (http://daifukkat.su/strats/bakraid/system)
	</small>		</small>
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		+	[[Category:Vertical orientation]]

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 === Scoring ===
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 == Strategy ==

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		+
		+	<h3> <span style="display:none;">Blade Owl</span></h3>
		+	{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:120%; border:1px solid #222222; background-color:f5f5dc; width: 45%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan=2 style="background-color:#daa520; color:#ffffff;" \| <big>Blade Owl</big>
		+	! style="background-color:#daa520; color:#ffffff;" \| A
		+	! style="background-color:#daa520; color:#ffffff;" \| B
		+	! style="background-color:#daa520; color:#ffffff;" \| C
		+	! style="background-color:#daa520; color:#ffffff;" \| Start
		+	\|-
		+	{{!}} colspan="2" rowspan="2" \| [[File:Jiki09.gif\|thumb\|Shot type: 20mm Autocannon<br>Side type: Rivolt Wave]]
		+	\| style="text-align:center;" \|
		+	[[File:BladeOwlA.png\|64px]] </h3>
		+
		+	\| style="text-align:center;" \|
		+	[[File:BladeOwlB.png\|64px]] </h3>
		+
		+	\| style="text-align:center;" \|
		+	[[File:BladeOwlC.png\|64px]] </h3>
		+
		+	\| style="text-align:center;" \|
		+	[[File:BladeOwlStart.png\|64px]] </h3>
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="13" style="font-size:85%;" \|
		+	'''Main Shot:''' Forward shot.
		+
		+	'''Side Shot:''' Diagonal 4-way bullets.
		+
		+	'''Charge Shot:''' Side Shot with no gaps.
		+	<hr/>
		+
		+
		+
		+
		+	\|}