Riddles: shmups

[guigui]

heres a tough one.

Hard-3

You see it
It is there, it does not move, it does not shoot
It exists only to exist
Where is it from?

I'm thinking about Gradius final boss. Does this thing even have an utility apart from being there ?

[Captain]

Those gradius guesses are worthy candidates, but not the one I was aiming for.
Keep trying.

[mehguy]

I'm not gonna bother with the scoreboard anymore.

Easy.

Out to destory a medallion
With 4 different ships

[chempop]

GiGAA_WWAANNG 2

[LordHypnos]

GiGAA_WWAANNG 2

couldn't it also be regular Giga Wang?

[chempop]

Gigawing1 did only have 4 different ships (GW2 had 4 secret ships = 8, GW1 on DC had 1 secret = 5 total).

I went with Gigawing2 because the DC port could be played with 4 players simultaneously... 6 in 1, half dozen in the other.

[LordHypnos]

Gigawing1 did only have 4 different ships (GW2 had 4 secret ships = 8, GW1 on DC had 1 secret = 5 total).

I went with Gigawing2 because the DC port could be played with 4 players simultaneously... 6 in 1, half dozen in the other.

Ah, clever. I'll go with that.

[mehguy]

It was gigawing 1 but whatever.

Medium.

Came to a small screen
This one is very nano

[chempop]

Nanostray!

[mehguy]

Nanostray!

Medium.

Came straight out of the blue with no ads
But this one is in 3d

[chempop]

Asteroids 2012?

[mehguy]

Asteroids 2012?

Finally, one that you didn't guess on the first try.

Hint 1: The earth has vanished

[chempop]

LOL

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64)

...or...

Star Soldier R (Wii)

[mehguy]

LOL

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (N64)

Hard.

Pushing the limits of the console
Made in very limited quantities
Also ported to the dreamcast

[chempop]

Whichever NG: DEV game on AES had the most MEGS.

[mehguy]

Whichever NG: DEV game on AES had the most MEGS.

Fast striker it is.

Easy.

Took place in world war 2
With some of the worst music in I've ever heard

[LordHypnos]

Strikers 1945

[chempop]

Strikers 1945

I do not recall transforming mechs and giant alien crabs in the war...

LET ALONE ALIENS AND GIANT INTERGALACTIC GHOSTLY TRENCHCOAT WEARING FLASHERS

http://youtu.be/WBgjvHwFS-M?t=4m17s

[mehguy]

Strikers 1945

Nope

Hint 1: Master of the loop

[BPzeBanshee]

1944: The Loop Master? If you thought the music for that was bad you clearly haven't played the first Strikers.

[guigui]

New medium one :

Stages scores loop by three
Top play score is Frenchie
He does chain, not by three
Does no heli, tis no Ketsui

[mehguy]

1944: The Loop Master? If you thought the music for that was bad you clearly haven't played the first Strikers.

It was 1942

[trap15]

1944: The Loop Master? If you thought the music for that was bad you clearly haven't played the first Strikers.

What. I can deal with people saying later Psikyo music is bad, because I see where that's coming from (bad samples). But Strikers 1 has great music, I don't see any way to say it doesn't...

[Nick420]

New medium one :

Stages scores loop by three
Top play score is Frenchie
He does chain, not by three
Does no heli, tis no Ketsui

This has gotta be dodonpachi?

[BPzeBanshee]

1944: The Loop Master? If you thought the music for that was bad you clearly haven't played the first Strikers.

What. I can deal with people saying later Psikyo music is bad, because I see where that's coming from (bad samples). But Strikers 1 has great music, I don't see any way to say it doesn't...

Emphasis on the "if" and the perspective I'm trying to point out here. I personally wouldn't call it terrible, or unfitting, but the later Strikers and what I played/watched of 1944 shat all over it in every department. If you consider the later ones "bad", the first is going to look even worse.

I think we can all agree on 1942 though. BEEP BEEP BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP. *breakbeat for five seconds* BEEP. *breakbeat for five seconds* BEEP. Couriersud's improvements to the discrete circuits in MAME running the music for 1942 sadly failed to put enough glitter on that turd, although considering the age of the game itself it wasn't too bad for its time.

[Captain]

heres a tough one.

Hard-3

You see it
It is there, it does not move, it does not shoot
It exists only to exist
Where is it from?

'
In many future ripoff,it did do stuff.
-

[Nick420]

heres a tough one.

Hard-3

You see it
It is there, it does not move, it does not shoot
It exists only to exist
Where is it from?

'
In many future ripoff,it did do stuff.
-

Space invaders? Because of the shield you hide behind?

[guigui]

New medium one :

Stages scores loop by three
Top play score is Frenchie
He does chain, not by three
Does no heli, tis no Ketsui

This has gotta be dodonpachi?

Correct, congrats.

heres a tough one.

Hard-3

You see it
It is there, it does not move, it does not shoot
It exists only to exist
Where is it from?

'
In many future ripoff,it did do stuff.
-

Now I come to think about a broken old boss in the background of some 'Pachi games. But which one ?

This one is real hard, do we seek an actual game, or just a part of a game ?

[Captain]

A part of a stage,a very small but extremely notable one.

Not from bullet hell games

[guigui]

No bullet hell that had lot of ripoff afterwards. Damned, my STG knowledge is not big enough.
Come on guys, this must not be that hard.