Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons - Revision history

RZM at 06:19, 9 May 2026

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RZM at 06:18, 9 May 2026

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RZM: /* Choose your boss */

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Choose your boss

RZM: /* 'Suicide-plan' example */

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'Suicide-plan' example

RZM: /* Build the chain */

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Build the chain

RZM: /* Speed */

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Speed

RZM: /* Loops */

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Loops

RZM: /* Rank and bosses */

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Rank and bosses

RZM: /* Manual rank */

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Manual rank

RZM: /* Special weapon "banish" */

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Special weapon "banish"

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 * '''B:''' Bomb.
-* '''C:''' Not found in service mode. It looks like a debug button that was left behind. A tap triggers a very brief shot, as opposed to the long trailed A button shot. Holding down C button triggers the autofire of this brief shot. Unlike CAVE games, you have to release C to activate "banish" holding A. Setting an external autofire on this button allows the Banish gauge to fill up about 15-20% faster. Whether at close range or from a distance, a frequency of 20 Hz is the most effective.
+* '''C:''' Hidden button, not found in service mode. A tap triggers a very brief shot, as opposed to the long trailed A button shot. Holding down C button triggers the autofire of this brief shot. Unlike CAVE games, you have to release C to activate "banish" holding A. Setting an external autofire on this button allows the Banish gauge to fill up about 15-20% faster. Whether at close range or from a distance, a frequency of 20 Hz is the most effective.
 == Characters ==

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 * '''B:''' Bomb.
-* '''C:''' Not found in service mode and impossible to emulate, C button is nevertheless active on PCB. A tap triggers a very brief shot, as opposed to the long trailed A button shot. Holding down C button triggers the autofire of this brief shot. Unlike CAVE games, you have to release C to activate "banish" holding A.
+* '''C:''' Not found in service mode. It looks like a debug button that was left behind. A tap triggers a very brief shot, as opposed to the long trailed A button shot. Holding down C button triggers the autofire of this brief shot. Unlike CAVE games, you have to release C to activate "banish" holding A. Setting an external autofire on this button allows the Banish gauge to fill up about 15-20% faster. Whether at close range or from a distance, a frequency of 20 Hz is the most effective.
 == Characters ==

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 ==== stage 1 ====
-You will get more points from the '''green''' boss, by cancelling destructible bullets. To trigger it, you must fulfill two conditions (both loops) :
+You will get more points from the '''Green''' boss, by cancelling destructible bullets. To trigger it, two conditions must be met (both loops) :
-# Destroy with any weapons all the '''train''' cars coming out of the tunnel at the beginning of the level. In the 2nd loop, if rank is at its maximum, '''Red''' will appear no matter what happened with the train.
+# Destroy with any weapons all the '''train''' cars coming out of the tunnel. The train must therefore be completely out of the tunnel. If any wagons remain stuck inside, or if the train is not destroyed, '''Brown'''  boss will appear. In the 2nd loop, if rank is at its maximum, '''Red''' will appear no matter what happened with the train.
-# Rank : in 1st loop, increase the rank by picking all big powerups and bomb during the stage (destroy the orange ships quickly to get the big powerups). In the 2nd loop, rank is already high enough, even at its lowest possible level,  so it's impossible to trigger low-rank '''Brown''' boss if you destroyed the train correctly and you will get '''Green''' boss if you suicide at the end of the stage to lower the rank. Anyway, the perfect setup for scoring is to have a maximum of 3 extends at the end of the stage and to lose a life just before the boss. Basically, the game forces you to come back to 2 extends, i.e. the initial resources of the game. If you have 3 or 4 extends, you will get '''Green''' but it will reach the max rank during the fight, triggering extremely dense patterns.
+# Set up the rank : in 1st loop, increase the rank by picking all big powerups and bomb in the stage (destroy the orange ships quickly to get the big powerups). In the 2nd loop, rank is already high enough, even at its lowest possible level, so it's impossible to trigger low-rank '''Brown''' boss if you destroyed the train correctly. Lose a life at the end of the stage to ensure that you don't reach the maximum rank and do not trigger the '''Red''' boss. The perfect setup for scoring is to have a maximum of 3 extends then lose this life. Basically, the game forces you to come back to 2 extends to face the right boss, i.e. the initial resources of the game. If you have 3 or 4 extends, you will get '''Green''' but it will reach the max rank during the fight, triggering extremely dense patterns.
 ==== stage 2 ====
-If you no-miss the first 2 stages on first loop, you may reach the maximum rank then meet the red boss 2. And that's no good news. Just suicide to get points on boss 1 and ease your life.
+If you no-miss the first two stages on first loop, you may reach the maximum rank then meet the red boss 2. And that's no good news. Just suicide to get points on boss 1 and ease your life.
-In second loop, you can avoid red boss 2 if you have '''at most 4 extends''' : suicide just before the fight to trigger the easy grey boss. Beware : pick no or very few powerup before the boss appears if you suicide with 4 extends, to keep the rank low enough.
+In second loop, you can avoid red boss 2 if you have '''at most 4 extends''' : suicide just before the fight to trigger the easier grey boss. Beware : pick no or very few powerup before the boss appears if you suicide with 4 extends, to keep the rank low enough. There is more margin with three extends or less.
 === Don't neglect scoring, even when you're just starting out ===

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 ==== 'Suicide-plan' example ====
-For a 13 million loop, 12 extends are available for suicide if you want to end the loop ideally with 3 extends as explained [[#stage 1, loop 2|'''below''']]. Actually, you can even use 13 extends if you score more than 13.5 million because you'll get the 3rd extend during stage 2-1. Here is a plan using these 12-13 extends for suicides :
+For a 13 million loop, 12 extends are available for suicide if you want to end the loop ideally with 3 extends as explained [[#stage 1|'''below''']]. Actually, you can even use 13 extends if you score more than 13.5 million because you'll get the 3rd extend during stage 2-1. Here is a plan using these 12-13 extends for suicides :
 * st 1 (1) : die on the boss to lose firepower and make leeching easier.
 * st 2 (1) : die on the boss to lower the rank and prevent you from having too many extends on st 3 (harder to survive and grab medals).

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 If at least '''one medal''' goes off screen, even when you're dying/respawning, chain is broken and you restart from the very bottom (50 points medal). There is no way to recover more quickly. Beware: playing area is larger than the screen so a medal can be hidden on one side. It can also be hidden behind a new wave of enemies.
-Even if you rebuild perfectly the chain 5 by 5, it's a 216 750 points loss at the very least.
+Even if you rebuild perfectly the chain 5 by 5, it's a '''216 750 points''' loss at the very least.
 ==== Hitbox ====

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 All dragons have the same speed, they cross the screen horizontally in '''119 frames''' (2.5 pixels/frame), vertically in '''105 frames''' (2.5 px/f) and diagonal in '''148 frames''' (1.77 px/f).
-However, while banishing, speed changes. Schwarz is the fastest character and Ferious the slowest :
+However, speed changes when using the "banish" weapon,. Schwarz is the fastest character and Ferious the slowest :
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 == Loops ==
-Game has a second loop you enter by just finishing the first one, even with continues. No requirement needed and no TLB (for the Original version). Second loop is quite identical to the first one but with a very high rank: '''more''' and '''faster''' bullets, more '''resistant''' enemies. No '''revenge bullets''' though.
+Game has a second loop you enter by just finishing the first one, even with continues. No requirement needed and no TLB. Second loop is quite identical to the first one but with a very high rank: '''more''' and '''faster''' bullets, and enemies have '''much more HP'''.
 == Scoring ==

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 === Rank and bosses ===
-Depending on the rank level, you'll fight different versions of bosses on stage 1 and 2. In general, every bosses are harder when rank level is high. See strategy section for details.
+Depending on the rank level, you'll fight different versions of bosses on stage 1 and 2. In general, every bosses are harder when rank level is high. See [[#Choose your boss|'''Choose your boss''']] section for details.
 ==== boss 1 ====
 '''Boss 1''' can be brown, green or red. '''Brown''' is easy but won't give a lot of points. '''Green''' is moderately difficult but is the one that gives the most points. '''Red''' is the hardest, it gives more points than the brown but less than the green. You can't meet Red on Loop 1.
 ==== boss 2 ====
-'''Boss 2''' can be grey or red. Red is harder but won't give you more points than the grey, unless you trigger extra "claws" attacks at very high rank (2 claws : 60,000 pts each).
+'''Boss 2''' can be grey or red. Red is harder but won't give you more points than the grey, unless you trigger extra "claws" attacks at very high rank in 2nd loop (2 claws : 60,000 pts each).
 You'll fight it again as a mid-boss in stage 5, in grey color but with "red" attacks & much less HP. Same score expected (ca. 1,300,000).

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 * Drop a bomb: -6 (or -2 if it's your last one)
 * Pick a power up : +3 so +12 for big ones
 * Lose a life : whatever items you accumulate, you always return to a rather fixed rank for each extend, which increases throughout the game, indexed to the increase of general rank. Therefore, going for ex. from 2 to 1 extend, will always give roughly the same result at a specific moment in the game. That means :
 # It's impossible to get back to the rank you had at the start of the game. For ex., in stage 5, minimum rank is around 110-120.
 # It's useless to drop bombs or avoid picking powerups before a suicide.
 # The higher the rank and the fewer the extends, the greater is the drop. Ex: in stage 5, if you die with 4 extends at max rank (255), it will drop to ~140 but if you die with 8 extends, il will only drop to ~230 (then ~200, ~180 and so on, down to the lowest threshold of the stage i.e. 112).
 === Automatic rank ===

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 * '''Point-blanking''' does no additional damage.
-* The special weapon is very different from a dragon to another and modifies therefore the gameplay and difficulty. '''Point-blank''' does no additional damage.
+* The special weapon is very different from a dragon to another and modifies therefore the gameplay and difficulty.
 # '''Altair / Veqa''' = '''flames'''. Banish DPS feels quite low. It follows your movements and fires almost horizontally if you move sharply to one side.