Favourite cloud formation in a shmup!

TerryPachi · Post by **TerryPachi** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:31 pm

Hi there, I was wondering the other day what my favourite cloud formation/usage is in a shmup. Mine would have to be Silpheed The Lost Planet - 2nd level on PS2 and that new shmup Homura, on the 1st level. What's your favourites?

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:08 pm

Strikers 1945 II has an excellent way to use alpha blending for the clouds, so the ground below becomes slowly visible as the clouds fade away.
Battle Garegga´s 5th stage with the lightning bursts between two cloud layers is another fine example.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:52 pm

Twinbee Yahho

Actually, I really like those clouds in the beginning of the second stage of Gaiares as you're descending. The ship's moving so fast it gives the appearance of the clouds moving upwards in a diagonal direction, giving the player an incredibl sense of speed.

As mentioned by raiden, the clouds in Battle Garegga with the lightning is awesome.

I'm trying to think of more; I liked that part in Ikaruga when you're descending you go through the clouds...

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:29 pm

Pop'n Twinbee, best clouds evah.

what a cool topic, asking about clouds. very romantic.

Darkcomet72 · Post by **Darkcomet72** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:32 pm

I liked the Clouds in Stage 3 of Soukyugurentai, as you desend onto the ground.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:37 pm

Detana Twinbee, that shooter has some beautiful skies and vistas. I especially like the stage where you're flying over the ocean and you can see little islands far below.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:17 am

I like the could formations in Super Xevious Famicom. You can actually enter some of the clouds to travel to other areas of the game.

TerryPachi · Post by **TerryPachi** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:38 am

Some nice examples there. A good example that Soukyugurentai one, when you emerge from the clouds on the 3rd level and can see the tanks on the ground. Whoever thought of that was an outright genius.

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:01 am

I always liked in the Parodius games, and in L-Dis on the PC-Engine that the clouds almost looked like faces/ people locked in sexual positions.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:06 am

How could I forget the cool lightning clouds from Garegga and the cloud descent in Souky which Raiden and terry mentioned.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:27 am

I think it's safe to say we've run out of topics at this point.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:34 am

Super Mario Land has a cool shmup stage where you shoot at clouds that throw birds at you. I know the game is not a shmup, but the stage definatly is. Is it ok to talk about shmup stages within non shmups?

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:56 am

BrianC wrote:Super Mario Land has a cool shmup stage where you shoot at clouds that throw birds at you. I know the game is not a shmup, but the stage definatly is. Is it ok to talk about shmup stages within non shmups?

Definitely OK. And don't forget the submarine stage, that's a shmup too. I posted a thread on TNL last month about how unique Super Mario Land is. It's like Mario, a bit of Alex Kidd and a little shmup action thrown in. The thread is here if ya wanna check it out:

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/show ... hp?t=34617

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:15 am

Dylan1CC wrote:
BrianC wrote:Super Mario Land has a cool shmup stage where you shoot at clouds that throw birds at you. I know the game is not a shmup, but the stage definatly is. Is it ok to talk about shmup stages within non shmups?
Definitely OK. And don't forget the submarine stage, that's a shmup too. I posted a thread on TNL last month about how unique Super Mario Land is. It's like Mario, a bit of Alex Kidd and a little shmup action thrown in. The thread is here if ya wanna check it out:

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/show ... hp?t=34617

cool. Yeah, I didn't mention that level becuase there are no clouds in it, but it does rock. I'll check that thread out. It sounds interesting.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:44 pm

cigsthecat wrote:I think it's safe to say we've run out of topics at this point.

One of my favorite things is looking at cloud formations year round so i don't think it's too bad.

Strychnine · Post by **Strychnine** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 12:04 am

cigsthecat wrote:I think it's safe to say we've run out of topics at this point.

We ran out of topics a loooong time ago. Now we're just scraping the highly inedible bits of goop off the bottom.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 1:21 am

My vote...albeit an uninformed one....is for Cloudphobia....but you can ignore me.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:31 pm

cigsthecat wrote:I think it's safe to say we've run out of topics at this point.

Haha, I thought the same.

I do like my clouds, though! Galactic Attack, stage 3!

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:11 pm

Dodonpachi - ST3