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Finally got my long-awaited copy of this collection.
I've played the rom before, but since my PC isn't all that fast, I got lots of frame skipping, up to a point where the game became unplayable when there were lots of bullets on screen (and there constantly are in the later levels).
Now that I'm able to play it in all its glory, I must say that I'm even more impressed as I was when I first saw it , but damn, it's one of the hardest shmups I've played in month, if not years. The bullet patterns are very quick and deadly... some spots I'm not able to beat without using bombs.
In short, I suck like hell at this game atm., seems like I have lots of homework to do.
Any tips for how to effectively use the dragon?
I've also played Sol Divide for a while, but so far I prefer Sengoku Blade over it, the pre-rendered graphics look a bit weird IMO.
One thing I don't get is the distributor/release info. The official title for the compilation is "Saikyo Shooting Collection Vol.3: Sol Divide and Dragon Blaze", and it has a Taito logo on it.
IIRC, Saikyo means "strong" or "determined" or something like that, and it takes a bit of strength and determination to beat DB I guess, but why Taito when the games are from Psikyo? Anyone fill me in please.
Oh, and of course Dragon Blaze has a tate mode.
I've played the rom before, but since my PC isn't all that fast, I got lots of frame skipping, up to a point where the game became unplayable when there were lots of bullets on screen (and there constantly are in the later levels).
Now that I'm able to play it in all its glory, I must say that I'm even more impressed as I was when I first saw it , but damn, it's one of the hardest shmups I've played in month, if not years. The bullet patterns are very quick and deadly... some spots I'm not able to beat without using bombs.
In short, I suck like hell at this game atm., seems like I have lots of homework to do.
Any tips for how to effectively use the dragon?
I've also played Sol Divide for a while, but so far I prefer Sengoku Blade over it, the pre-rendered graphics look a bit weird IMO.
One thing I don't get is the distributor/release info. The official title for the compilation is "Saikyo Shooting Collection Vol.3: Sol Divide and Dragon Blaze", and it has a Taito logo on it.
IIRC, Saikyo means "strong" or "determined" or something like that, and it takes a bit of strength and determination to beat DB I guess, but why Taito when the games are from Psikyo? Anyone fill me in please.
Oh, and of course Dragon Blaze has a tate mode.