New game from Milestone on Naomi!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:09 pm

Milestone has announced a new vertical scrolling shmup for the Arcades. As with Chaos Field they're using the Naomi hardware for it.
Most noteworthy right now mijght be the looks: cell shaded!!!

Anyway check it out here:

http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/radi_ac.html

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:11 pm

Graphically I was turned off at first, but it kind of grew on me. Of course, my opinion will probably change once bigger screens are released. I can't see the game doing well since it looks like a homebrew, though.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:12 pm

With any luck, we'll see another DC port, and perhaps a GC or PS2 port there-after.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:28 pm

Kiken wrote:With any luck, we'll see another DC port, ...

Well I didn't want to jinx anything here , but since you mention it I'd say a DC port is very welcome.

BTW. apparently Senko no Ronde is to be released on DC and getting a release 4 months (or more depending on possible extras) after the arcade game. Got it from a reliable source who got the news from Kron (he predicted Chaos Field for DC right). Kron can you confirm or deny this?

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:57 pm

I like the cel shaded look too but I'm going to wait until we get some more information and better/bigger pics before I get too excited.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:06 am

Hell, I'll buy it, even though I was somewhat disappointed with Chaos Field.

Better not let Recap know about all this. He'll just remind us that the DC is "dead"

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:13 am

Games coming out now for the DC remind me of games being released for the 2600 after it was considered dead. It's good news for those who stuck with their DC's, or those that need new ones because theirs broke...like mine. This game looks decent, and these days I get excited whenever a shmup gets announced. Not like they're making hundreds of them at a time like in the past.

jp · Post by jp » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:40 am

Looks awesome, here's the hoping for a DC port!!!

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:41 am

Too true. I have actually come to terms with the passing away of my beloved DC. I do accept it as fact.

That, however, doesn't mean that I can't engage in a little "necrophilia" with it now and then.

hmmmm...perhaps a bit of Mars Matrix would do the trick right about now.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:55 am

take a closer look at the screenshots,

A: the resolution is incredibly low. in fact its the same aspect as your average
celphone..

B: the graphics are bit poop

C: there's a frickin' battery indicator, and signal meter

IT'S A MOBILE PHONE GAME.

they obviously got the platform wrong in the info...

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:01 am

Have you though aobut the possibility of it being intentional?

The battery meter isn't displayed over other graphics and look like intentionally put there in the graphic display as nothing more (or less) than a graqphic. This is defenitely NOT a cell phone game displayed!!!!.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:03 am

wanna bet .. say $50 USD?

it's DEFINITELY a celphone game...

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:08 am

I see the words "Naomi GD Rom" in the page. Perhaps the shots are from a cellphone version, with a future Naomi release coming soon.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:11 am

they ARE from a celphone!!! the resolution is too damn low!!

for god sake! it has a battery and signal indicator!! aagghh!!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:12 am

pixelcorps wrote:wanna bet .. say $50 USD?

it's DEFINITELY a celphone game...

No, no bets! give an argument besides the so call cellphone battery meter convince me. You may be right, but just prove me worng...

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:16 am

well, being a game developer for 15 years , and now working in the field of celphone games, I can say that :

A : the pixel density is too low to be naomi, let alone an arcade game

B : the screen aspect is exactly that of a celphone

C: the BATTERY AND SIGNAL INDICATOR is just so utterly and BLATANTLY obvious it HURTS!!

D: I'm willing to bet good money on it, you're not...

Zhon · Post by **Zhon** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:20 am

The GD-Rom is probably a mistake.

Even the most hardcore of shmuppers won't be shelling out for something that looks like that, if it was for arcade or console.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:22 am

agreed.. art looks poor, even for a celphone shooter

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:24 am

but wouldn´t the battery meter be displayed over the normal game graphics instead of in a nice apart box onscreen like it is now?
The resolution argument sounds valid though!

Still I am NOT convinced of it being a cellphone shmup.
They list it as a NAOMI game. They only made a NAOMI game before, with no other hardware credits! I believe this to be an NAOMI shmup all the way untill proven wrong......

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:27 am

Super Laydock wrote:but wouldn´t the battery meter be displayed over the normal game graphics instead of in a nice apart box onscreen like it is now?
The resolution argument sounds valid though!
.

well, i'lll say it's either a mockup, or its on one of those nice japanese phones that we'll never see....

I can't be bothered arging anymore.. you'll see when the site gets updated...

anyone else wanna wager some money???

NoMaD · Post by **NoMaD** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:28 am

What if the theme is indeed, "cell-phones". I always thought that the battery meter was your life stock or something and that the In-range metre was some special attack meter. It might be intentional, like Super Laydock mentioned.

My opinion on the matter, of course.

Also, can Java games (if they are indeed using that language) display 3D cell-shading?

EDIT: Also, why would they put an _ac at the end of the html filename? I don't think it's part of the actual title.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:31 am

oh god.. it's JUST DRAWN!! it's not cel shaded!! it doesnt even say it's 3d!!

*bangs head on wall*

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:32 am

pixelcorps wrote:
Super Laydock wrote:but wouldn´t the battery meter be displayed over the normal game graphics instead of in a nice apart box onscreen like it is now?
The resolution argument sounds valid though!
.
well, i'lll say it's either a mockup, or its on one of those nice japanese phones that we'll never see....

I can't be bothered arging anymore.. you'll see when the site gets updated...

anyone else wanna wager some money???

Or you could be wrong...

Anyway, nice to be able to disagree/discuss on the new forum as well!

Time will tell who was right I suppose.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:37 am

What was the rule I recall about something being fake if it doesn't have any health bars on it?

Zhon · Post by **Zhon** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:37 am

The positioning of the "reception" and "battery" is kind of funny though.

Who knows - I'm not going to stress over this. It's not like I'll be able to play it in the next 4 years, so any discussion for me at least is purely as a spectator.

Oh, and 1 player only - any non-cell phone shmups lately that have only been 1 person?

NoMaD · Post by **NoMaD** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:41 am

pixelcorps wrote:oh god.. it's JUST DRAWN!! it's not cel shaded!! it doesnt even say it's 3d!!

*bangs head on wall*

Hey, no stressing.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:43 am

Zhon wrote:Oh, and 1 player only - any non-cell phone shmups lately that have only been 1 person?

Chaos Field (by Milestone)!

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:48 am

NoMaD wrote:
EDIT: Also, why would they put an _ac at the end of the html filename? I don't think it's part of the actual title.

if theyre screenshots of an AC game, it's the ugliest naomi game EVER..

it looks like toilet kids on the pc engine or something...

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:53 am

I know that I'll probably be barked at, but I'm pretty sure the cell phone thing is just part of the game's art style. There's even a whacked out cell phone on the title screen for crying out loud. It has been confirmed that this is an arcade game on GD Rom hardware and the screens could be for a vertical orientation on arcade hardware. How do you know that the low resloution isn't part of the game's art style or just due to the screenshots being small?

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:56 am

at least i managed to throw some doubt in amongst some of you...

time will tell....