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[AmyS]

Sears Wishbook scans always get me right in the feels

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Dunno if anyone noticed but Diadra Empty and Gundemoniums are coming to PS4 (+ Vita for the latter).

The only thing I remember about Gundemonium is that nobody wears any pants.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Caught wind of this and figured I'd share. Darius on vinyl. I have no familiarity with Ship to Store PhoneCo so can't speak to quality personally.

https://blipblop.net/darius-arcade-classics-vol-2-preorders-live-via-ship-shore-phonoco-now/

nice cover for the vinyl =)

for favorite shooter ship, i always loved Side Arms
Macross inspired ships that transformed:

 

[AmyS]

for favorite shooter ship, i always loved Side Arms
Macross inspired ships that transformed:

The Side Arms ship is so cool, fantastic pics, davidwhangchoi !

 

[Shin Johnpv]

What size television is that and what wall mount did you get? Thanks in advance and that is awesome!

Thanks! That is a 50 inch tv and this is the wall mount I got from the place I ordered it. http://www.wallmountworld.com/Rotating-TV-bracket-with-31inch-extension-p/wmw-dualstud-31-rotate.htm

It's pricey but it was also the ONLY place I could find wall mounts that could do this any more.

 

[Fularu]

Sidearms ship was used in every 16 bit Capcom game as the menu selection icon

 

[AmyS]

Love this artwork.

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[RoryDropkick]

Caught wind of this and figured I'd share. Darius on vinyl. I have no familiarity with Ship to Store PhoneCo so can't speak to quality personally.

https://blipblop.net/darius-arcade-classics-vol-2-preorders-live-via-ship-shore-phonoco-now/

They are quality. I've ordered Lagrange Point, Zuntata Arcade Classics Vol 1. and Snatcher from them.

 

[hardseppo]

Brilliant thread, thank you fatty!

My first SHMUP experience was R-Type on the SEGA Master System. That secret SEGA-level, oh my god - the soundtrack of this game has burnt into my mind... awesome.

Really miss those type of games...

 

[Beckx]

Love this artwork.

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TFII was such a weird game back in the day. I dreaded the overhead stages.

 

[Raptomex]

Love this artwork.

Same. Reminds me a lot of the movie Independence Day.

 

[SmiteOfHand]

Brilliant thread, thank you fatty!

My first SHMUP experience was R-Type on the SEGA Master System. That secret SEGA-level, oh my god - the soundtrack of this game has burnt into my mind... awesome.

Really miss those type of games...

Welcome. What platforms do you have? If R-type is your jam we can almost certainly recommend some stuff to check out, just depends what you have ready access to.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Brilliant thread, thank you fatty!

My first SHMUP experience was R-Type on the SEGA Master System. That secret SEGA-level, oh my god - the soundtrack of this game has burnt into my mind... awesome.

Really miss those type of games...

Interestingly, Compile (of Aleste fame) actually made the Master System port of R-Type

 

[Tain]

Interestingly, Compile (of Aleste fame) actually made the Master System port of R-Type

oh so compile HAS worked on a good shooter interesting

 

[sixteen-bit]

blocked.

 

[Beckx]

oh so compile HAS worked on a good shooter interesting

banned

 

[SmiteOfHand]

 

[Peltz]

Any thoughts on Graceful Explosion Machine? I'm very much on the fence. Wish there were a demo.

 

[RoryDropkick]

oh so compile HAS worked on a good shooter interesting

Blocked and banned

 

[davidwhangchoi]

oh so compile HAS worked on a good shooter interesting

i've been playing zanac weekly =)

 

[Beckx]

Any thoughts on Graceful Explosion Machine? I'm very much on the fence. Wish there were a demo.

I like it so far, even though I pretty much hate the mechanic of an overheating primary weapon.

 

[blast processed]

oh so compile HAS worked on a good shooter interesting

Damn, but MUSHA is so good.

 

[KaidoRacer7]

Can I ask what everyone's favorite ship is from any SHMUP? Or favorites. The various ship designs are one of my favorite parts of SHMUPs.

LTTP, but my favorite one is this:

 

[PantsuJo]

oh so compile HAS worked on a good shooter interesting

Triple banned.

 

[blast processed]

LTTP, but my favorite one is this:

That ship has a mad case of hemorrhoids.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

crossposting one of my retrogaf pickups today:

i heard this is lovable funny bc of the translation?

 

[sixteen-bit]

It's a fun shooter too, but yeah the dub is atrocious in a funny way

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

It's a fun shooter too, but yeah the dub is atrocious in a funny way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8R1H26mLyw&t=456s

It's epic.

"Damn! I hate activities."

 

[AmyS]

Trigon / Lightning Fighters - 1CC (1 Loop) Konami, 1990. - 60fps video.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe Trigon / Lightning Fighters was ever ported to consoles.

Hardcoregaming101:

Similar to Ajax, this is another largely generic overhead shooter, although graphically it feels like a rip-off of Seibu Kaihatsu's Raiden. It offers a two player mode, with an extra catch - there are special power-ups that can only be obtained when playing with someone else. These weapons are saddled in the middle of your fighters, strung together with lasers, and fires off a variety of super powered weapons. The problem is, both players need to survive in order to keep using it. If one of them dies, the weapon falls off. One other slightly notable aspect is the way the levels flow straight into each other after boss fights, giving the appearance of one big, long, continuous stage - sorta like Gradius, but without any intermission segments. The game also utilizes two cool bomb-type power-ups - one is a huge laser saber, the other is a flame dragon that flies around the screen.

Apparently Konami felt this was cool enough that they took this ship and its powers, modified it a bit, giant-sized it, and included it in the Boss Rush stage of Gradius Gaiden. Other than this bit of trivia, it's an enjoyable if not particularly noteworthy shooter, with some excellent music, of course. There aren't any console ports of it either.

Like some other Konami shooters, there are a few differences between the Japanese game (Trigon) and the World versions (Lightning Fighters). Trigon sends you back to a checkpoint when you die, while Lightning Fighters resurrects you immediately. Trigon also has an extra weapon, similar to the two-player orbs, except it can be found in single player. It was removed from Lightning Fighters, for some reason. The digitized speech names for the special weapons are also different.

I remember reading about this game in VG&CE.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

It's a fun shooter too, but yeah the dub is atrocious in a funny way

damn, glad i picked this up =)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8R1H26mLyw&t=456s

It's epic.

"Damn! I hate activities."

LOOOOOL, i just listened to a few lines hahahaha this is epic. i need to share this later to retroGAF

Trigon / Lightning Fighters - 1CC (1 Loop) Konami, 1990. - 60fps video.
I could be wrong, but I don't believe Trigon / Lightning Fighters was ever ported to consoles.
I remember reading about this game in VG&CE.

i don't remember seeing this game. speaking of konami this reminds me of the infamous AJAX.
i was scammed out of my 50 cents by that game being a 7 year old... still have bad feelings about it.

 

[Tashi]

Any thoughts on Graceful Explosion Machine? I'm very much on the fence. Wish there were a demo.

Digging it so far! I think I was hoping for more a Gradius style shooter where you progress through a different parts of levels and ultimately fight a boss, but it's more like Geometry Wars. I'm a big Geo Wars fan as well though so this is definitely scratching that itch. Most of the weapons are pretty satisfying to use as well. I'll definitely keep playing it.

 

[KDR_11k]

Any thoughts on autobomb mechanics? They feel kinda cheaty to use...

 

[SmiteOfHand]

Any thoughts on autobomb mechanics? They feel kinda cheaty to use...

All it effectively does is turn bombs into lives. Although you probably keep any upgrades so more like a "soft death". Not a big deal, you get those bombs to use anyway. The problem with it is ideally bombing should be proactive, with intent. Autobombing can easily lead to bad habits that will need to be unlearned if you want to really learn the game or go for score.

 

[BOTEC]

I appreciate auto-bombs for emphasizing when and where I get killed. The bullet that kills you is the one you didn't see coming and auto-bomb is good for pointing out "yo, watch out, here is the guy that blasted you last time."

 

[davidwhangchoi]

Any thoughts on autobomb mechanics? They feel kinda cheaty to use...

All it effectively does is turn bombs into lives. Although you probably keep any upgrades so more like a "soft death". Not a big deal, you get those bombs to use anyway. The problem with it is ideally bombing should be proactive, with intent. Autobombing can easily lead to bad habits that will need to be unlearned if you want to really learn the game or go for score.

i do remember a semi auto bomb system in arcade Tiger Heli. very interesting concept at the time.

 

[Yes Boss!]

Digging it so far! I think I was hoping for more a Gradius style shooter where you progress through a different parts of levels and ultimately fight a boss, but it's more like Geometry Wars. I'm a big Geo Wars fan as well though so this is definitely scratching that itch. Most of the weapons are pretty satisfying to use as well. I'll definitely keep playing it.

I'm up to world two. Clicking with me. Definitely starting to pay attention to my combo meter which is making it fun. I little bummed that there was no boss at the end of World one as I was anticipating one.

But a super slick and polished game.

 

[Peltz]

Awesome news. I'll buy it.

I'm glad for the Geo wars comparison. Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 1 is one of my favorite games of all time.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

anyone ever try this shooter? it's sorta like gunsmoke with zelda type graphics.

 

[Type40]

anyone ever try this shooter? it's sorta like gunsmoke with zelda type graphics.

They were supposed to do a iOS version with XV characters.

 

[Agent Unknown]

This does that. I can really easily go from Tate to Landscape mode. It's our main tv in our living room, so it had to support both. It's this one here http://www.wallmountworld.com/Rotating-TV-bracket-with-31inch-extension-p/wmw-dualstud-31-rotate.htm

That is the Saturn port of DDP.

That is awesome, congrats on having a dream set up like that.

 

[drangleic tourism]

Awesome news. I'll buy it.

I'm glad for the Geo wars comparison. Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 1 is one of my favorite games of all time.

It's really fun...perfect portable game, really. And the price is definitely impulse buy territory.

 

[Tain]

Just to be sure about Bullet Soul: is it the same as Infinite Burst on 360? Or is it the vanilla version? I haven't played either, I just want to make sure that "Mode B" on this Steam release is the same as "Burst Mode" that I'm seeing some people talk about.

 

[Remembrance]

Just to be sure about Bullet Soul: is it the same as Infinite Burst on 360? Or is it the vanilla version? I haven't played either, I just want to make sure that "Mode B" on this Steam release is the same as "Burst Mode" that I'm seeing some people talk about.

It is vanilla, not Infinite Burst. Infinite Burst is not out on Steam as of right now.

However, the extra modes in vanilla are not in Infinite Burst, so buying both is not redundant. I think the base game is different between the two as well?

 

[Jamesac68]

Just to be sure about Bullet Soul: is it the same as Infinite Burst on 360? Or is it the vanilla version? I haven't played either, I just want to make sure that "Mode B" on this Steam release is the same as "Burst Mode" that I'm seeing some people talk about.

That rarest of all creatures, a helpful Steam forum thread- http://steamcommunity.com/app/544580/discussions/0/133261907130600518/

 

[Tain]

Gotcha, thanks guys. Hopefully IB makes it.

 

[Lettuce]

Whys is there no Raiden Collection yet (DotEmu awful attempt doesn't exists in my eyes)??

 

[sixteen-bit]

Whys is there no Raiden Collection ( DotEmu awful attempt doesn't exists in my eyes)??

Raiden project count?

 

[davidwhangchoi]

They were supposed to do a iOS version with XV characters.

really? never knew that. it's pretty interesting each each character has different attributes. (more health, more shot power, speed) and each character seems to start out in different areas.

Raiden project count?

i have the NA version for psx. there's a tate mode but idiots didn't give tate control options. i think they took it out for liability but using a gameshark restores tate controls.

 

[Lettuce]

Raiden project count?

Well there is that and also the Raiden Fighter collection on the 360, but i mean a complete collection:

Raiden
Raiden 2
Raiden DX
Raiden 3
Raiden Fighters
Raiden Fighters 2
Raiden Fighters Jet
Raiden 4
Raiden 5

on steam or something

 

[sixteen-bit]

I already forgot about Raiden V.

No tate and X1 exclusivity was a blowup