Shmup Related Questions That Don't Deserve a Thread

[nlen83-2]

This is driving me crazy. Does anyone with Raiden IV Overkill know how to activate player 2? I'm trying to setup my ipac2 and no matter what i do in the options screen it says "player 2 no entry" at the top and I can't make any changes. I need player 1 and player 2 on keyboard with different keys. Thanks a ton in advance!!

[SMC]

In which version(s) of arcade Gradius III does Dellinger Core have the ramming attack?

[Immryr]

Why do I get no music or sfx when playing judgement Silversword and cardinal sins on the Xbox 360 version? Do I need to unlock sound or something stupid? And before anyone asks, yes my speakers are on and yes I have music volume at 100 on the in game options.

[BulletMagnet]

Music and SFX should work from the beginning...not sure what your issue might be.

[Immryr]

aarrgghh. why do these kinds of problems always effect me? the sound is fine on eschatos but it's completely silent for JSS/CS, which is a total pisser as I want to put some time into both of those games.

[BulletMagnet]

There was some kind of update a little ways after Eschatos was first released...is your 360 not connected to XBL? Just tossing out what comes to mind, heh.

[Immryr]

it's connected to xbl, but tossing out ideas is definitely good. I'm stumped.

[STG4WD]

Espgaluda II, Stage 2 when the boss dragon bursts out of the ship...

Is it just me or do the dent marks that appear in the ship resemble something slightly suspect?

The material under the decking seems to be a light, fleshy colour...

[Kollision]

In which version(s) of arcade Gradius III does Dellinger Core have the ramming attack?

I don't think I get the question.
Doesn't he do it in all of them, assuming there are multiple arcade iterations?

[SMC]

No, there are plenty of replays that show him without it, and only one or two I've seen with it.

[pegboy]

I'm pretty sure the ramming attack is based on the position of your ship during certain parts of the fight. Rank might also be a factor.

[Kollision]

When I was learning how to beat him, at first I tried to dodge all his lasers, and he never - not even once - rammed into me.

Then I watched saucykobold's video and it all became clear.
You need to be at certain spots when he closes or he won't ram at all.
And yeah, he's a bitch.

[SMC]

Oh wow, I always tried to stay just under/above one of the wings' line of fire and follow him, I guess that's why I never saw it.

Those laser hitboxes are hilarious

[Immryr]

Why do I get no music or sfx when playing judgement Silversword and cardinal sins on the Xbox 360 version? Do I need to unlock sound or something stupid? And before anyone asks, yes my speakers are on and yes I have music volume at 100 on the in game options.

I installed the game to the hard drive and it works now. God knows why.

[Shepardus]

When I play Cho Ren Sha 68k I often have to restart the game several times because sometimes the game runs a little slower than what I think it should be running at. I thought the slower speed was actually the game trying to run at 55fps (like the original 68K version) rather than 60fps but Fraps still says 60fps on its overlay. Does anyone have a way to fix this? Unlike the sound issues Windows compatibility mode doesn't seem to have an effect on this.

[The Armchair General]

Can anyone who knows Japanese help me? :3

I found this Raiden superplay vid and at around the twelve minute mark he gets a 1-up. There is a text box to the right in Japanese that I think explains how to trigger the 1-up. I've heard that it is just a random drop but considering that I never get it, I doubt that's the case. If anyone can translate what is in that box it would be highly appreciated .

[ProjectAKo]

中型輸送艇を戦闘空母に接触してから破壊するといずれかのアイテムが出現「映像では１UPアイテムを出現させている」

It seems to just say you get an item for destroying the mid sized boat that's touching the aircraft carrier.

[The Armchair General]

Well thanks for the translation!

I've copied this guy's route exactly with even a higher score and I can't get this 1-up . I give up.

[NTSC-J]

It sounds like any item could appear, including a 1UP, so it isn't guaranteed every time.

[The Armchair General]

Yea, that's what I've heard too but I've destroyed that ship a countless number of times while it's touching the aircraft carrier and it has never given me a 1-up. If the 1-up appearing is random then the chance of it appearing must be very low.

[ProjectAKo]

I haven't been able to get a 1up there even with savestates, so I dunno.

[cave hermit]

I just got a copy of taito legends 2 on the ps2 in the mail today, and I noticed that Darius Gaiden seems to have some very noticeable slowdown that didn't seem to be in MAME; is that normal for the port? Is it more accurate than MAME for that matter?

The disc showed up with a number of scratches, and I'm not sure if they're affecting the games or not (it was advertised as "very good" from an apparently reputable Amazon seller, so I'm hoping they're just cosmetic scratches).

[Blinge]

Damnit does Raiden IV Overkill ps3 have a Boss Rush mode? If so, how does I unlock?
And what's this ??? option on the main menu?
Mysteries abound.

Edit: google tells me the bosses are available for practice after you beat them, but I've got to stage 4 on one credit on both arcade and overkill modes and nothing has unlocked.

[CStarFlare]

Is anyone really familiar with Moon Cresta?

The Wikipedia page mentions several revisions of the arcade game - one by Nichibutsu, one by Sega, and one by Taito. The Wikipedia page also lists a Super Moon Cresta release separately from these, but Hardcore Gaming 101 seems to imply that this is just the name of the Sega version.

It was also ported to a the PS2 and Virtual Console/PSN - does anyone know which version made it to those formats?

old arcade games are a clusterfuck

[vector7]

Damnit does Raiden IV Overkill ps3 have a Boss Rush mode? If so, how does I unlock?
And what's this ??? option on the main menu?
Mysteries abound.

Edit: google tells me the bosses are available for practice after you beat them, but I've got to stage 4 on one credit on both arcade and overkill modes and nothing has unlocked.

If steam version works the same as ps3 and if i'm not mistaken then you just need to credit feed both loops of overkill mode (maybe other modes work too, i don't know). After that ??? option will become boss rush mode.

[Blinge]

credit feed both loops of overkill mode

URGHGH. Won't be doing that, I havent seen past ST4, its my little compromise with my practice mode/ save state shenanigans when learning a shmup, I like to blind play the furthest stage I can get to on one credit, in that first instance.

Thanks for the response mate!

[mastermx]

It unlocked for me after credit feeding 1loop. Imo it's worth it, boss rush mode let's you practice really difficult boss patterns instead of having to go through the whole level every time.

[copy-paster]

Sometimes we need a credit feed, indeed.

[Blinge]

^^ haha alright, you two have a point there.

[DoomsDave]

Is G-Darius on PSN?