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Shoot the Core! - Gaf Shoot ‘em Up (aka Shooter/SHMUP) Reference Thread

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sixteen-bit

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I remember Solaris Japan was selling sealed copies of both version of Border Down a few years ago. New, and above original retail, but still cheaper than used on eBay. I should have jumped on it.
 
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Teknoman

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1upsuper said:
Do you guys use a fightstick to play your PC SHMUPs? I feel like a dummy for owning a stick for fighting games and never thinking to use it for these. <__<

Also, any newish and awesome SHMUPs worth picking up on the Steam sale? I've got RefRrain, the Cave stuff, Zenodyne, Zenohell, Crimzon Clover, DARIUSBURST, Ikaruga, Satazius, and Space Moth. Am I missing anything obvious?
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Eschatos and Strania are musts.
 
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Yes Boss!

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sixteen-bit said:
I remember Solaris Japan was selling sealed copies of both version of Border Down a few years ago. New, and above original retail, but still cheaper than used on eBay. I should have jumped on it.
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That was where I grabbed mine. Fairly inexpensive from what I remember. I honestly don't remember which version I got since it was years ago...thinking it wa normal but sub $100.
 
depths20XX

depths20XX

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1upsuper said:
Do you guys use a fightstick to play your PC SHMUPs? I feel like a dummy for owning a stick for fighting games and never thinking to use it for these. <__<
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I've used this stick for years and love it. Seimitsu stick and buttons.

Hori RAP EX-SE
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Narroo

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So, I bought DariusBurst CS from the Steam sale, and you know what: This is BS.

For a game with a base price $50 before all the DLC, you'd think they'd have finished translating the thing. I load the game up, and all the in-game instructions are in Japanese! That is not fun; while Darius Burst is relatively simple, the mechanics and controls are not all completely obvious.

Now, before you get on my case about this, let me tell you something else.

The game has a nice, detailed, manual that tells you everything you need to know. In Japanese. If you switch steam to Japanese, you can find a PDF manual on the game page, and it's a big one!

For $50, they really couldn't even translate the god-forsaken manual either? The In-game instructions may have had a technical reason for the lack of translation, since it appears to be emulating the arcade game, but there is no excuse not translating the manual. Tell, me, how small exactly are the profit margins here that they can't translate a single PDF?

I don't care how much 'content' this game has. As a customer, I'm insulted.
 
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Dinjoralo

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ChryZ said:
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Samsung made a DARIUSBURST CS display, CHG90, 32:9, 3840×1080, 49"
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I like how it looks like rotates in the images I found, implying there is anything needing that much space in TATE mode. I'll hope I can get something like this someday, hopefully not from Samsung.
 
SOME-MIST

SOME-MIST

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tomwhite2004

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Mages confirmed to be publishing Bullet Soul: Infinite Burst on Steam with translation help by Degica.

EDIT: Never know if I should double post in the dedicated PC shmups thread....
 
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finley83

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Quite new to these games (well, since playing Ikari Warriors on my Amstrad back in 1988 or so) and would really appreciate a bit of advice - how exactly do you get started on a session of playing one of these games?

I tried to get started on the genre with Ikaruga but feel that maybe that's a bit much to get going with, so have jumped on Jamestown instead. Finished the game on the third difficulty but sat down today to play the fourth difficulty and just getting completely destroyed from the start. Do people normally have a quick game on an easy difficulty/game first or just jump in and shit the bed for a few runs before getting started?

I have a lot on and often end up going a few days without gaming at all so would really appreciate any advice to stave off frustration!
 
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ExitPlanetDust

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Now that Raiden V's physical PS4 release is getting close, I was considering picking it up. Though impressions are seem pretty mixed.

So... Raiden V or Caladrius Blaze?
 
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DieNgamers

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I bought DB:CS in the Steam sale.

Copy/paste from the Dariusburst thread:

This game is fun as hell! I only played the CS mode so far. It's getting hard really fast. :O Is it recommended to grind for a certain alternative ship or am I just bad?

I read the pdf and I'm slowly understandig the basic scoring mechanics and the counterburst.

Tips are welcome. :)

P.S.: Which DLC is essential? I love Cave shooters but maybe others make more sense? I hear there's a good amount of content in any of them.
 
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Weevilone

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finley83 said:
Quite new to these games (well, since playing Ikari Warriors on my Amstrad back in 1988 or so) and would really appreciate a bit of advice - how exactly do you get started on a session of playing one of these games?

I tried to get started on the genre with Ikaruga but feel that maybe that's a bit much to get going with, so have jumped on Jamestown instead. Finished the game on the third difficulty but sat down today to play the fourth difficulty and just getting completely destroyed from the start. Do people normally have a quick game on an easy difficulty/game first or just jump in and shit the bed for a few runs before getting started?

I have a lot on and often end up going a few days without gaming at all so would really appreciate any advice to stave off frustration!
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Typically I'd say the first couple of stages of a game aren't too bad, and you get to know them from familiarity fairly quickly. Of course it depends on the game.

I'd say if you are prone to frustration, you need to temper your expectations. These games take a lot of time to master, so death is something that happens a lot.
 
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finley83

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Weevilone said:
Typically I'd say the first couple of stages of a game aren't too bad, and you get to know them from familiarity fairly quickly. Of course it depends on the game.

I'd say if you are prone to frustration, you need to temper your expectations. These games take a lot of time to master, so death is something that happens a lot.
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Thanks for the advice. Will try to stick to one game at a time, and prepare to die a lot!
 
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Yes Boss!

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Usually on the 4th of July I just totally game it up. This year was no exception. Spent a ton of time on all types of games and finished of with making a weekend vertical setup.

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JP

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There's a new sale starting on EU PSN Store later today, it's not up officially yet but so far I've seen Caldrius Blaze at £6.49, Darius Burst (PS4) at £9.99 and Darius Burst (Vita) at £6.99. Fantastic prices for anybody who doesn't own them yet.
 
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sixteen-bit

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JP said:
There's a new sale starting on EU PSN Store later today, it's not up officially yet but so far I've seen Caldrius Blaze at £6.49, Darius Burst (PS4) at £9.99 and Darius Burst (Vita) at £6.99. Fantastic prices for anybody who doesn't own them yet.
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DBCS is a steal @ those prices.
 
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Shin Johnpv

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Yes Boss! said:
Usually on the 4th of July I just totally game it up. This year was no exception. Spent a ton of time on all types of games and finished of with making a weekend vertical setup.

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I don't know if I can handle that many inches of tate godlyness at one time. Impressive.
 
j^aws

j^aws

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tomwhite2004 said:
NMK ports incoming, fucking hyped at the prospect of a home port of Hacha Mecha Fighter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/shmups/status/880447446085541888
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Thanks for the update.

They've made some classics - some never had ports to home systems from Arcade.

Here's a list from Mobygames:

http://www.mobygames.com/company/nmk-co-ltd

Games

Jaleco Collection Vol. 1 (2003)
Zed Blade (1994)
Thunder Dragon 2 (1993)
Rolan's Curse 2 (1992)
Super Spacefortress Macross (1992)
Gunnail (1992)
Saboten Bombers (1992)
Bio-Ship Paladin (1991)
Fire Mustang (1991)
Thunder Dragon (1991)
Task Force Harrier EX (1991)
Ninja Crusaders (1990)
Rolan's Curse (1990)
Saint Dragon (1989)
Saiy&#363;ki World (1988)
Legend of Makai (1988)
Wizards & Warriors (1988)
P47 Thunderbolt (1988)
Psycho Pigs UXB (1987)
Argus (1986)
City Connection (1985)
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Gunnail is probably my favourite; it has an interesting suicidal scoring system.
 
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