WARNING! SHMUP PORN!

safetyboy

Git it working, it was the old bend the pins trick on the PSU, but my TV doesnt have an audio in from my DC to VGA. Oh well.

safetyboy

not a hope of getting this in my gaff. savillware extreme!

CiDeRmAn

Am I wrong in assuming much of the pen, ink and colouring on art such as that is done one handed?

safetyboy

Raging I didnt bother getting the Cave shooting collection now.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Cave-Shooting-Collection-XBOX-360-JAPAN-JAPANESE-NTSC-J-w-Preorder-Soundtrack-/111071814384?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19dc6562f0#ht_500wt_1414

o1s1n

safetyboy wrote: »

Raging I didnt bother getting the Cave shooting collection now.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Cave-Shooting-Collection-XBOX-360-JAPAN-JAPANESE-NTSC-J-w-Preorder-Soundtrack-/111071814384?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19dc6562f0#ht_500wt_1414

Looks like theyre only actually selling at €345

I got a text saying 'your game Wind Stalker came in the post'.

'WTF is Wind Stalker?! did that guy selling me Chaos Heat send the wrong game???? :mad::mad::mad: Argh!!!!!!'

-oh, 'Sturm Wind' :pac:

safetyboy

Casey120

How the hell do you already have this :eek:
It's not out yet is it ?



Envious rage engaged :mad:

blag

I didn't realise Saidaioujou was a region free release until browsing the shmups forum today.

I'm tempted but I thought Dai-fukkatsu was weak in comparison to previous DDP games. The art work on the LE really is appalling. Why can't Cave just stay away from that style.

safetyboy

Casey120 wrote: »

How the hell do you already have this :eek:
It's not out yet is it ?



Envious rage engaged :mad:

posted on twitter today @cave_matsuri




@blag Dai-fukkatsu BL is awesome..

blag

I did enjoy BL a lot more that the original alright. Had a look at a few videos of Saidioujou on youtube and it does look like a lot of fun.

safetyboy

Might order it from Amiami not used them yet,

blag

The regular edition is £60 from videogameimports. A little pricey but reliable and usually arrive promptly.

Casey120

That SL version is huge !

safetyboy

Savilleware being shipped from Nin nin today

https://www.facebook.com/ninningame?hc_location=stream

just ordered with courier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF_oS62Xb9A

Pyongyang

A nice personalized signed business card and personalized signed poster by Mr. Triangle Service himself!

A nice bonus to go with the LE of 10周年 - トライアングル・サービス IIZEAL＆ΔZEAL



Full video is here courtesy of SoftOtaku:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwybFSjA03I

safetyboy

Got savileware in the cab SDOJ

Casey120

Damn , mine is on the slow boat called SAL :rolleyes:

Pyongyang

Nice! Mine hasn't even shipped from VGI yet. SG10th LE is on the SAL boat too. Ah well!

safetyboy

well mine aint arrived but i thought i'd get a "preview" version!

the tate gets rid of all the clutter and you can remove the voices ::)

I'm liking a lot more than DDP Resurrection

safetyboy

SDOJ is a classic, an amazing game. 360 mode is great!

5/31/2013 15:55 Arrival at inward office of exchange PORTLAOISE IRELAND

Pyongyang

Still waiting for my LE. I cancelled the SLE, price just doesn't justify the extras I think. Got SL10LE on the way too!

SDOJ is a superb game, lots of fun PCB memories, you chaps and chappesses should enjoy it!

TechnoFreek

Hooked up hyperspin to the cab for the first time in a while yesterday. Played a few shmups.
All beginning with "D"

Daioh - Christ I found this game tough. Having to restart sections when you die just adds to the difficultly.

Darius Gaiden- wanted to like this side scroller but ccouldn't get into it at all. I think playing too many bullet hell games for a good while makes it hard to transition back to the shooters that have less bullets and require more pattern memory.

Dimahoo - my favourite of the three although I'm still not sure what the game mechanics are! Been on my list a while now to try. First few levels were easy enough but they ramp up after that.

CiDeRmAn

Had a blast of Mushihime-sama via Hyperspin on the AWSD this morning, a real blast.
Then I played Raiden Fighters Jet, and realised that Mushihime really doesn't hold a candle to it, imho...

o1s1n

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Darius Gaiden- wanted to like this side scroller but ccouldn't get into it at all. I think playing too many bullet hell games for a good while makes it hard to transition back to the shooters that have less bullets and require more pattern memory..

It's a funny one isn't it? I've been going through the opposite since putting Ibara in the cab yesterday. Previously had been playing tonnes of Raiden 2 for the last few weeks. Even playing it for that length of time, I still get caught by the odd tank bullet on level 1...it never really gets 'easy'.

It's really strange going from that to Ibara's slow bullets. Which is a lot easier
in comparison believe it or not.

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Had a blast of Mushihime-sama via Hyperspin on the AWSD this morning, a real blast.
Then I played Raiden Fighters Jet, and realised that Mushihime really doesn't hold a candle to it, imho...

So you got hyperspin up and running? Fantastic! I remember seeing that running before on Andrew76s AWSD - it really suits the cabinet.

+1 on Raiden Fighters Jet. Brilliant game. Maybe stick to earlier Cave titles if you rather that type of gameplay, like the original DoDonPachi and maybe Progear?

Or else skip on over to Raizing for some Battle Garegga and Armed Police
Batrider

Anyway, enjoy dude - still waiting to see pics of that cab in your house! :pac:

TechnoFreek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Had a blast of Mushihime-sama via Hyperspin on the AWSD this morning, a real blast.
Then I played Raiden Fighters Jet, and realised that Mushihime really doesn't hold a candle to it, imho...

Interesting. Raiden Fighters Jet isn't showing in Hyperspin for me. I must be missing the wheel or theme art. That's the worst of Hyperspin.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Interesting. Raiden Fighters Jet isn't showing in Hyperspin for me. I must be missing the wheel or theme art. That's the worst of Hyperspin.

Doesn't it just use a default wheel/art in that case?

TechnoFreek

EnterNow wrote: »

Doesn't it just use a default wheel/art in that case?

I have mine set to only show if wheel and theme art for the game is present. That way it keeps hyperspin neater and more complete looking however if overlooks many games then

CiDeRmAn

Oh, the fun I had getting file names and .bin/.zip sizes right, so they'd show up, a real pain in the backside.

TechnoFreek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Oh, the fun I had getting file names and .bin/.zip sizes right, so they'd show up, a real pain in the backside.

Cidey. I wouldnt mind seeing a screenshot from your hyper hq set up. Navigation/themes under mame wheel settings.

CiDeRmAn

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Cidey. I wouldnt mind seeing a screenshot from your hyper hq set up. Navigation/themes under mame wheel settings.

I
Don't
Know
What
You
Mean!

I just poked it with with a stick and saw what changed, kept it up over a week until it seemed to work.
Then stopped poking it!

Since then, any further poking has led to things not working.
So, no more poking.
It can stay as it is..

CiDeRmAn

Actually, I used am xml builder a lot, to get my other formats working, didn't worry about the screen shots, more important that I could access the infernal games!
I did have fun getting the Cave games and art integrated, just a matter of putting the right art with the right filename into the right folder.
I may have had this knowledge surgically removed afterwards, so I can't try to "improve" things and bollock it all up.

safetyboy

Gonna have to go out there and say Ketsuipachi is one of the best I've played! the scoring system is unreal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VcQ5wwGyzw

I think its only on the jap DDP version.

TechnoFreek

Anyone heard of a side scroller in the style of rtype called Rezon?

Checking out some vids, looks great.

Casey120

Nasty and tough R-Type clone, I had a hard time with it as you have to memorize most of the later levels to get anywhere .
Endless repeating loops of music got on my nerves, never played it again :mad:


Don't think there ever was a console port released .

STG.Otaku

Only took 5 years to discover this.

http://world-of-arcades.net/stgc09/

STG.Otaku

Just registered at pcenginecjfshjuverhblop0fdbko!

Spent most of the train journey trying to remember what games I actually have.

46 out of 110 STG's isn't a bad start! Anyone else registered there? It is an eye opener when you try to go through stuff!

http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/33/575/show-user.htm

Should be 111 STG's though as I don't think Dino Force is listed. Though there is only one known copy in existence afaik so I guess it's not worth adding?

Myrddin

What on earth is an STG?

STG.Otaku

...talking of Dino Force, here is a video of the prototype. Not sure if this guy is the original owner of it. It was for sale earlier this year for €10,000 so it may be as I remember the original clip was about 30 secs long...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TurQ0p88oVA

STG.Otaku

Myrddin wrote: »

What on earth is an STG?

The original acronym for shooting games (ShooTing Game aka shi-yu-ti-n-gu gaemu) which originated in Japan. We call them SHMUPs but STG was coined before that term.

Myrddin

STG.Otaku wrote: »

The original acronym for shooting games (ShooTing Game aka shi-yu-ti-n-gu gaemu) which originated in Japan. We call them SHMUPs but STG was coined before that term.

Aaaahh, I be seein' Cheers for that man

CiDeRmAn

I had a friend with one once, they got a rash and a funny smelling discharge from their....
oh wait, no, that was a slightly different three letter abbreviated thing they had.... never mind... move along, nothing to see here....

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I had a friend with one once, they got a rash and a funny smelling discharge from their....
oh wait, no, that was a slightly different three letter abbreviated thing they had.... never mind... move along, nothing to see here....

A 'friend', riiight.

CiDeRmAn

Myrddin wrote: »

A 'friend', riiight.

They say it was so discoloured it looked like a pepperami....
poor b@stard

STG.Otaku

Christmas prezzie decision. Gleylancer, Nexzr & Rayxanber III, Sylphia or R Type III and Battle Mania?

#FirstWorldProblem.

o1s1n

STG.Otaku wrote: »

Christmas prezzie decision. Gleylancer, Nexzr & Rayxanber III, Sylphia or R Type III and Battle Mania?

#FirstWorldProblem.

Gleylancer always wins!

TechnoFreek

Interesting article on the donpachi series over on eurogamer

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-06-dodonpachi-retrospective

Andrew76

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Interesting article on the donpachi series over on eurogamer

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-06-dodonpachi-retrospective

Nice read. Is Ikaruga really considered the poster child for the bullet hell genre though? Surprised if that's the case. DoDonPachi or another of the Cave games sure, or Garegga etc.

Casey120

I like to think Batsugun was the first to be considered Danmaku .

TechnoFreek

Yeah. Dont get the Ikaruga reference either bit im not too familiar with that game or its history.

The article does refer to Batsugun alright

Shapey Fiend

I definitely still love CRTs but I'm hearing great things about the Micomsoft Framemeister. At 500 bucks there's no way I'm going for one but I'm sure something aproximate will be available in software for emulation. Easier than modding a NES or PC Engine for RGB at any rate. When you're sitting 8 feet back from the TV it doesn't need to be perfect. It's hard to capture these things in youtube videos you really need to see it in person.

Batsugun is the one I always heard name checked as the birth of bullet hell. It's a bit of an arbitrary subset of shmup genre anyway. It's like trying to pinpoint the first game that's a shmup and not a shooter.