Hacha Mecha Fighter - Revision history

Darker Falcon: /* Version Differences */ Another bootleg was founded so i inserted info about it

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Version Differences: Another bootleg was founded so i inserted info about it

Plasmo: /* Version Differences */

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Version Differences

Trap15: Video index link

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Video index link

NMS: /* Bomb pointblanking */

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Bomb pointblanking

NMS: /* Bomb pointblanking */

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Bomb pointblanking

NMS: /* Bomb pointblanking */

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Bomb pointblanking

NMS: /* Strategy */

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Strategy

NMS: /* Preemptive Bombing */

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Preemptive Bombing

NMS: /* Items */

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Items

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 == Version Differences ==
-There are two different versions of Hacha Mecha Fighter. Those can be distinguished by the size of the NMK logo on the title screen. Besides these two, a bootleg and a prototype have also been documented but they seem to be identical or at least similar to the version with the small logo. Due to the internal changes it can be hypothesized that the version with the small logo was produced first. Therefore the labels Old Version and New Version can be applied accordingly.
+There are two different versions of Hacha Mecha Fighter. Those can be distinguished by the size of the NMK logo on the title screen. Besides these two, a bootleg and a prototype have also been documented but they seem to be identical or at least similar to the version with the small logo. Due to the internal changes it can be hypothesized that the version with the small logo was produced first. Therefore the labels Old Version and New Version can be applied accordingly. Recently, another bootleg was found and dumped in MAME. Said bootleg (identical to the old version) replaces the soundtrack and sound effects with the ones from [[Raiden]] (although the soundtrack is sped up). It also have two fatal glitches (that probably will have to be fixed):
 Additionally, a PCB used for the location test of the game has been documented.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rhxL6Gjino YouTube] (uploaded by user "higenekodo" on August 24, 2012)</ref>

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 There are two different versions of Hacha Mecha Fighter. Those can be distinguished by the size of the NMK logo on the title screen. Besides these two, a bootleg and a prototype have also been documented but they seem to be identical or at least similar to the version with the small logo. Due to the internal changes it can be hypothesized that the version with the small logo was produced first. Therefore the labels Old Version and New Version can be applied accordingly.
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 | style="width:30%;" | Rank increases at a slower rate in this version (every 34 seconds) compared to the standard version (every 17 seconds). This is indicated by the fact that no matter how long the destruction of the midboss in stage 1 is delayed, it won't drop more than 4 Flower Items, and may even drop only 2 Flower Items if killed too quickly.
 Other changes include a shorter distance of the left side enemy  kill point from the left edge of the screen (Old Version: -4px; New Version: -20px). This results in objects despawning on the left side of the screen slightly earlier in Old Version.
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 As part of the Arcade Archives series by Hamster Corporation, Hacha Mecha Fighter was ported to PS4 and Switch and thereby received a home console release for the first time ever.
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 Other changes include a shorter distance of the left side enemy  kill point from the left edge of the screen (Old Version: -4px; New Version: -20px). This results in objects despawning on the left side of the screen slightly earlier in Old Version.
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 == References & Contributors ==

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 === Bomb pointblanking ===
-This point goes hand in hand with the previous one, "preemptive bombing". Starting with the stage 5 one, every boss will have extremely large HP pools that would normally take a large amount of time to deplete. While bombs offer protection, they deal very little damage by themselves. However, bombing, then using the very generous invincibility window to go on top of enemies with all 4 options, while firing with high autofire rates, will deal very large amount of damage, much more than when fighting enemies at a safe distance. Using one or two well timed bombs with such an approach would allow the player to beat the bosses in stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the first loop with relative ease.
+This point goes hand in hand with the previous one, "preemptive bombing". Starting with the stage 5 one, all bosses will have extremely large HP pools that would normally take a large amount of time to deplete. While bombs offer protection, they deal very little damage by themselves. However, bombing, then using the very generous invincibility window to go on top of enemies with all 4 options, while firing with high autofire rates, will deal very large amount of damage, much more than when fighting enemies at a safe distance. Using one or two well timed bombs with such an approach would allow the player to beat the bosses in stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the first loop with relative ease.
 <div style='text-align: center;'>[[File:HMF_pointblank.png]]</div>

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 This point goes hand in hand with the previous one, "preemptive bombing". Starting with the stage 5 one, every boss will have extremely large HP pools that would normally take a large amount of time to deplete. While bombs offer protection, they deal very little damage by themselves. However, bombing, then using the very generous invincibility window to go on top of enemies with all 4 options, while firing with high autofire rates, will deal very large amount of damage, much more than when fighting enemies at a safe distance. Using one or two well timed bombs with such an approach would allow the player to beat the bosses in stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the first loop with relative ease.
-<div style='text-align: center;'>[[File:HMF_pointblank.png ]]</div>
+<div style='text-align: center;'>[[File:HMF_pointblank.png]]</div>
 This approach can also be used against mid-sized enemies during stages.

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	As a general approach to the game, it is highly advisable to make active use of all bombs available. As early as in the last part of stage 3 with the ring-tailed lemurs, the game starts to throw almost impossible bullet patterns at the player. Due to the many Flower items, the player gets several bombs back in every stage. Particularly the midpoint section of stage 5 almost guarantees a large refill of the bombstock. This is essential for the second half of stage 5 and both stages 6 and 7, as all of them are very resource-heavy. Progressing far in Hacha Mecha Fighter means to have a solid plan when to use your bombs preemptively.		As a general approach to the game, it is highly advisable to make active use of all bombs available. As early as in the last part of stage 3 with the ring-tailed lemurs, the game starts to throw almost impossible bullet patterns at the player. Due to the many Flower items, the player gets several bombs back in every stage. Particularly the midpoint section of stage 5 almost guarantees a large refill of the bombstock. This is essential for the second half of stage 5 and both stages 6 and 7, as all of them are very resource-heavy. Progressing far in Hacha Mecha Fighter means to have a solid plan when to use your bombs preemptively.
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		+	=== Bomb pointblanking ===
		+	This point goes hand in hand with the previous one, "preemptive bombing". Starting with the stage 5 one, every boss will have extremely large HP pools that would normally take a large amount of time to deplete. While bombs offer protection, they deal very little damage by themselves. However, bombing, then using the very generous invincibility window to go on top of enemies with all 4 options, while firing with high autofire rates, will deal very large amount of damage, much more than when fighting enemies at a safe distance. Using one or two well timed bombs with such an approach would allow the player to beat the bosses in stages 4, 5, 6 and 7 with relative ease.
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		+	<div style='text-align: center;'>[[File:HMF_pointblank.png ]]</div>
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		+	This approach can also be used against mid-sized enemies during stages.

	=== Multi Object Enemies ===		=== Multi Object Enemies ===

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 === Preemptive Bombing ===
-As a general approach to the game, it is highly advisable to make active use of all bombs available. As early as in the last part of stage 3 with the ring-tailed lemurs, the game starts to throw almost impossible bullet patterns at the player. Due to the many Flower items, the player gets several bombs back in every stage. Particularly the midpoint section of stage 5 almost guarantees a large refill of the bombstock. This is essential for the second half of stage 5 and both, stages 6 and 7 as all of them are very resource-heavy. Progressing far in Hacha Mecha Fighter means to have a solid plan when to use your bombs preemptively.
+As a general approach to the game, it is highly advisable to make active use of all bombs available. As early as in the last part of stage 3 with the ring-tailed lemurs, the game starts to throw almost impossible bullet patterns at the player. Due to the many Flower items, the player gets several bombs back in every stage. Particularly the midpoint section of stage 5 almost guarantees a large refill of the bombstock. This is essential for the second half of stage 5 and both stages 6 and 7, as all of them are very resource-heavy. Progressing far in Hacha Mecha Fighter means to have a solid plan when to use your bombs preemptively.
 === Multi Object Enemies ===

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 After a death, either a Power Up or an Option item will spawn on screen. Since this is decided on alternating frames, it is essentially random which one you get.
-Flowers are dropped by specific enemies, and the player also get a certain number of them after beating the midboss of each stage, depending on their rank. At low rank, the player will get 2 or 4 flowers, and at high rank the player will get 8 of them.
+Flowers are dropped by specific enemies, and the player also gets a certain number of them after beating the midboss of each stage, depending on their rank. At low rank, the player will get 2 or 4 flowers, and at high rank the player will get 8 of them.
 === Extra Lives ===

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 | colspan="2" | [[File:HMF Flower.png|center|50px]] || '''Flower'''<br/>Score item. The value starts at 1,000 and then gradually increases up to 10,000. The value resets to 1,000 after a death. Picking up five Flower items (regardless of point value) makes a Bomb item appear
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-| [[File: HMF SuperPowJP.png|center|100px]] || [[File: HMF SuperPowEN.png|center|100px]]|| '''Max Power Up'''<br/>Grants max power and max options (only appears after losing the last life)
+| [[File: HMF SuperPowJP.png|center|75px]] || [[File: HMF SuperPowEN.png|center|75px]]|| '''Max Power Up'''<br/>Grants max power and max options (only appears after losing the last life)
 |}