Caplet
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That's actually the ship I ended up settling on. I'm getting to stage 4 consistently now, and I'm nowhere near discouraged. Just gonna keep plugging away at it and hope for the best.
Daily Check: What shooters are you guys playing ATM?
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Cheng's Errand Boy
That's actually the ship I ended up settling on. I'm getting to stage 4 consistently now, and I'm nowhere near discouraged. Just gonna keep plugging away at it and hope for the best.
starslight
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I've been on a handheld shmup journey for a little while now:
Millipede / Centipede was the most recent addition, been hooked on it ever since, kind of stopped playing everything else in the meantime.
1942 was another recent one that came in a lot and turned out to be a pretty high quality bootleg. Game is really boring though, gotdamn. Every stage looks the same and just plods along.
One that I have to mention is Sagaia. Was a great surprise as I've never been a huge Darius fan outside of Darius Gaiden but this game is pretty great. Has really good pace and boss fights and some sweet tunes!
Millipede / Centipede was the most recent addition, been hooked on it ever since, kind of stopped playing everything else in the meantime.
1942 was another recent one that came in a lot and turned out to be a pretty high quality bootleg. Game is really boring though, gotdamn. Every stage looks the same and just plods along.
One that I have to mention is Sagaia. Was a great surprise as I've never been a huge Darius fan outside of Darius Gaiden but this game is pretty great. Has really good pace and boss fights and some sweet tunes!
Wachenroder
Galford's Poppy Trainer
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Raiden IV is on sale on PSN this week so I finally got the chance to grab it.
Hope its good.
Hope its good.
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I just got it last night, so good!
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How is the Overkill mode??? All I've heard is that the ship moves faster than when played in Normal Mode.
powerflower
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Revolver 360 RE:ACTOR PC/Steam. Hor. shmup.
Very unique game design (you actually can revolve the whole screen), killer music, cool graphics, 60fps, straight from 2 or 3 Japanese guys but a little bit too short.
Gradius V and Dodonpachi Saidaiohjou as well.
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Climax is sooo fucking awesome and really WILD. Never played the mashine but as soon as I got it on 360 I was so stunned that I watched the attraction mode for half an hour. Pure bliss
Now imagine a Galaxy Force2 remake or even just a Planet Harriers port...
One of the greatest bitches in gaming history but addictive. Once I saw a 1cc played by some guy. I think he really did it with one life.
Very unique game design (you actually can revolve the whole screen), killer music, cool graphics, 60fps, straight from 2 or 3 Japanese guys but a little bit too short.
Gradius V and Dodonpachi Saidaiohjou as well.
@ wataru330
Climax is sooo fucking awesome and really WILD. Never played the mashine but as soon as I got it on 360 I was so stunned that I watched the attraction mode for half an hour. Pure bliss
Now imagine a Galaxy Force2 remake or even just a Planet Harriers port...
One of the greatest bitches in gaming history but addictive. Once I saw a 1cc played by some guy. I think he really did it with one life.
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powerflower
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Chek out Pink "Cheat". You have to collect accordingly +Ups to get special weapon 
sir arthur
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UNDER DEFEAT and AKUU GALLET
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Darius Gaiden, Ray Storm, Space Invaders '95, and Metal Black on the PS2 Taito Legends 2 compilation disc (there are several other shooters on there too, but those four are the ones I've been focusing on at the moment). I played Darius Gaiden to death on my Sega Saturn back in the day, but, it's much more convenient to have it, and a bunch of other titles, on one DVD.
Crush Roller
Rugal's Thug
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Scramble (C64 Homebrew)
Scramble,Astro Fighter,Nostradamus (Arcade)
Cosmic Firebirds ,Cloud Burst (Vic20)
Scramble,Astro Fighter,Nostradamus (Arcade)
Cosmic Firebirds ,Cloud Burst (Vic20)
Chempop
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Deathsmiles 2 is a strange one, most of the game is spent getting chased by homing sperm bullets. I prefer the pixel art and pre-rendered enemy graphics in the first Deathsmiles, parts of the the second are quite fugly. There is a nice score system though and it’s still fun enough if you are a CAVE fan and know what you are doing. Like I often say, if you are just casually dicking around, you probably won’t really get what it happening and flying aimlessly around isn’t going to work out very well. It kept my interest long enough for me to be happy with my LE purchase back when it was released, but still it is probably one of the weaker CAVE games out there.
I am making baby steps today!
I am making baby steps today!
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I got lucky Saturday afternoon and found the 1989 Sega Genesis version of Capcom's Forgotten Worlds for a mere fifty cents at one of the local thrift stores (they also had N64 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, for the same price, which I already own, and NES Fester's Quest for a dollar, but I never cared for that game). The front of the label has a tear in it (the result of removing a previous price tag perhaps?), but, other than that, it's in pretty nice shape (sturdy too--I'm a klutz and dropped the cartridge on the hard tiled floor of the shop twice before I made it to the checkout counter). I already have the emulated arcade version of Forgotten Worlds on the Playstation 2 Capcom Classics Collection Vol. I disc, but, for the price, I couldn't pass up the chance to add another title to my Genesis library (and, man, was my poor Genny dusty when I dug it out--that thing hasn't been fired up in quite some time).
I haven't played the arcade orginal recently, so I can't say for sure offhand, but the Genesis version seems like a pretty faithful adaptation to me. I like the strategy involved in collecting Zenny and buying weapons/upgrades in the shop, as that adds a layer of depth many shooters lack, but the Genesis' directional pad and three buttons aren't the best set-up for a game like this [you can move and fire simultaneously in different directions, which is generally better suited to a dual-stick controller--on the Genesis, B shoots (which, mercifully, can be set to auto in the options menu), and A/C rotates your character's gun clockwise/counter-clockwise]. So far, I've been able to make it as far as the seventh level (a vertically scrolling one), but victory still lies beyond my grasp.
I haven't played the arcade orginal recently, so I can't say for sure offhand, but the Genesis version seems like a pretty faithful adaptation to me. I like the strategy involved in collecting Zenny and buying weapons/upgrades in the shop, as that adds a layer of depth many shooters lack, but the Genesis' directional pad and three buttons aren't the best set-up for a game like this [you can move and fire simultaneously in different directions, which is generally better suited to a dual-stick controller--on the Genesis, B shoots (which, mercifully, can be set to auto in the options menu), and A/C rotates your character's gun clockwise/counter-clockwise]. So far, I've been able to make it as far as the seventh level (a vertically scrolling one), but victory still lies beyond my grasp.
Westcb
Give an Azn, A Break Here!,
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That was a mail in free game back when I bought my Genesis. I progressively got much better but the only way I could beat it was in two player mode since you will have unlimited continues that way. I also have a pcb of it and can almost 1cc it as long as I'm in two player mode as the other guy is usually a bullet sponge :-)
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Playing Strikers 1945 and Strikers 1999 made me go back and play my copy of Strikers for the PS1, which in turn led me to play 1945+.
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I tell you bud, if you enjoy twin stick shooters, the Capcom collection (PS2/XBOX) had a nice twin stick port of Forgotten worlds, it can also be played like the Genesis port but damn the twin stick set up works amazing, no lie!
...and it has a medal system that's much cooler, not as cool as Fighters Jet but cool enough to make it more fun than the original. Well worth the money, got it for like 10 bucks or less? Excellent update!
Wish you would come some time and play some stuff!
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cr8zykuban0
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been playing super rtype, area 88 and daruis twin on the super fami!
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@WestCB: I was looking at GameFAQs yesterday, to see what there was in the way of cheats/strategy for Forgotten Worlds, and I saw that 2P continue exploit you mentioned. I'd prefer to beat it legitimately if I can, but, if I can't, I might give that a try.
@Electric Grave: Yeah, I know. As I mentioned in my post, I have the PS2 version of the Capcom Collection with Forgotten Worlds on it. I can't remember if it was on the Genesis or SNES, but I think there was a port of Smash TV, Total Carnage, or something similar, where there was an option for one player to use both controllers, utilizing one d-pad for movement and the other for shooting--I think that would have been a cool way to handle Forgotten Worlds' controls (assuming the autofire option remained), although you wouldn't be able to play 2P with that setup without a 4-player adapter, but then, I don't think there even were 4-player Genesis adapters at the time of Forgotten Worlds' release (1989) anyway, so that's kind of a moot point.
@cr8zykuba0: SNES Super R-type and Area 88 (UN Squadron) are both great (although I'm still miffed that the awesome Dobkeratops-esque boss on the US box artwork isn't actually in the game). While I don't own Darius Twin, I've played it, and felt it was pretty solid, but I prefer Super Nova (another Darius game, despite the strange name choice) on the SNES.
@Electric Grave: Yeah, I know. As I mentioned in my post, I have the PS2 version of the Capcom Collection with Forgotten Worlds on it. I can't remember if it was on the Genesis or SNES, but I think there was a port of Smash TV, Total Carnage, or something similar, where there was an option for one player to use both controllers, utilizing one d-pad for movement and the other for shooting--I think that would have been a cool way to handle Forgotten Worlds' controls (assuming the autofire option remained), although you wouldn't be able to play 2P with that setup without a 4-player adapter, but then, I don't think there even were 4-player Genesis adapters at the time of Forgotten Worlds' release (1989) anyway, so that's kind of a moot point.
@cr8zykuba0: SNES Super R-type and Area 88 (UN Squadron) are both great (although I'm still miffed that the awesome Dobkeratops-esque boss on the US box artwork isn't actually in the game). While I don't own Darius Twin, I've played it, and felt it was pretty solid, but I prefer Super Nova (another Darius game, despite the strange name choice) on the SNES.
oliverclaude
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Great score pop, keep it up
... By the way, what was the WR on the B version/advaced course? 29.263,970? How do they do this... check it out. ...and yeah, is your vid up yet somewhere around ng.com?
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Thanks, I’m pretty happy with the score, but screwed up at the end which cost me nearly a million points. You have to maximize nearly every single situation, unlock all the bosses, and milk the hell out of them. If you maximize stage 1 you get about 1.5 million, if you scrub through it you get a quarter of that.