Guelph Meet - July 19, 2025

[pestro87]

Yessssss! March 4th works for me! Looking forward to it! Let me know if you want me to bring my PGM (and Bee Storm, Demon Front and Knights of Valour 2), DS MBL or my PCB capture setup in case you want to stream.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Bee Storm! Was so close to a 1CC on that (can't beat the TLB...). Sure, bring some games, Deathsmiles would be rad. Skip the streaming setup for now cause that is a lot of stuff for you to have to carry!

[SFKhoa]

I'll be going. Also need to grab my coat back.

[colour_thief]

I'll be there too! For reals this time.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

FYI for folks who are coming by on the weekend, anytime after 1 PM or so should be fine.

[SFKhoa]

I'll be bringing my PS4 so everyone can try out Garegga 2016, and maybe Wild Guns Reloaded.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Holy shit wild guns reloaded YES.

edit: i was promised wild guns and wild guns was forgotten and i was sad

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Working monitor!

Thank you everyone for coming out, was great to see new faces! I am so happy the hori cab is now looking super amazing and was able to get a proper test run.

Next meet we'll be having a SUPER VS SHMUP TOURNAMENT! Consisting of either Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream, Phantasmagoria of Flower View, or Change Air Blade (whatever we feel like at the time). Because VS shmups are *amazing*.

Ohmygrash that was fun. And I saw Moh again! He's actually still alive!

[pestro87]

Many thanks for hosting yet another awesome meet! Had a fantastic time as always! I had no idea that VS. shmups could be so much fun and that there existed a good DOS shmup! It was also really awesome to play Garegga 2016 and Mr. Gimmick! Two games that I really want to get now lol (think I might settle for a repro of Mr. Gimmick though considering the price, not sure).

Since the hori is working now, I'm considering bringing a kick-harness and Hyper SF2 next time (or I could bring Dash or 2X instead if you guys want, I think those are better from a competitive standpoint but Hyper is a lot of fun) but not sure if you guys would be up for it. Let me know. If not, then I could bring Deathsmiles MBL instead, that's another good one Lvl 999 is really fun.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Okay, so, my weekend plans fell through and my Saturday tomorrow currently consists of playing video games so if anyone's in the area and wants to hang out, you're more than welcome to pop by in the afternoon.

Wiring's been sorted out too the monitor adjustment now gets to live under the control panel and I don't have to plug in the monitor separately. I just need to get a new fluorescent bulb for the light, and then I'll pop that cover back on, woo!

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Both of those sound cool. I've never had the chance to actually try a 6 button game on the cab, and I've not had any actual shmups in it yet (though rotating it for DOUBLE FUTARI is tempting).

[pestro87]

Would love to come out but I managed to get really sick while I was out running last Sunday and I'm still not feeling well

[BareKnuckleRoo]

March 25th, does that work for people?
EDIT: NO SORRY I SCREWED UP CAN'T DO THE 25TH, AUGH

[pestro87]

Sounds good to me!

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Oh shit, I just realized I already agreed to help someone with a project that day! I'll have to move the date to April 1st if that's okay with folks.

[pestro87]

April 1st works for me

[SFKhoa]

I'm in.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

April will be the month of DOUBLE SHMUPS since I now have a shmup for the hori cab (but I mean hey, switch it out for a puzzle game that's cool too).

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Thanks again to everyone for coming! I coulda played PoFV and Change Air Blade all night, oh my gosh VS shmups are amazing.

[pestro87]

Many thanks for hosting another fantastic meet! Had an awesome time! I had a blast playing Contra: Hard Corps with color_thief, I need to see if I can find a copy of that game at some point.

I felt super rusty with God Mode though, pretty sure that's because I haven't done any full runs in about a month or so, been doing only Larsa in Training Mode. Need to remind myself to mixup Training Mode with full runs every once in a while

[BareKnuckleRoo]

In case anyone cares, I'm not dead or anything - we've just been renovating the main floor and redecorating. I'll try and host something again soon!

[pulsemod]

sounds super cool! hope the renovations go well!

[pestro87]

Hope that it goes well! That stuff can really drain a lot of energy. Looking forward to seeing the results

I'm currently in Sweden but I'll be back soon so I should be good to come out anytime after the next weekend.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Sorry about the long hiatus, folks. July 1st or 2nd - which would people prefer? Let me know which and we'll lock in the date this weekend on the 25th (Sunday) based on whatever works best for people.

[colour_thief]

I'm in Ottawa that weekend, but you guys have fun!

[BareKnuckleRoo]

If you ever need to swing by to pick up Mister Driller G between meets you're more than welcome to! I know I've had it for a few months now.

[pestro87]

As always, I'm down. Either day works for me I was thinking of either bringing Deathsmiles MBL or my PCE Duo-R with Ninja Spirit, Dracula X, Spriggan, Soldier Blade etc. Let me know if you guys have any preferences?

[SFKhoa]

I'm fine with either day.
I'll be bringing my G-NET with some cartridges (Psyvariar Revision, Night Raid, Shiki, XII Stag).

[BareKnuckleRoo]

DS MBL would be great fun. I haven't played any other shmups in it other than Giga Wing so far!

[pulsemod]

I'm definitely coming too! I'd also like to bring something cool, even if it's not arcade, so I'll start thinking
no preference in days either. who's gonna be the one to decide I wonder

[colour_thief]

I can't believe you all are so indifferent about hanging out on Canada Day 150!