Cave AOU Report

FinalStryke · Post by **FinalStryke** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:36 am

Hey GP, any suggested arcades in Japan? I only have one day in Tokyo and want to know where to go when I do.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:07 am

ZLK: Sure didn't... it didn't even occur to me.

FinalStryke: If you like shooters, then Hey! in Akihabara is by far the best place to go. You can see it's location in my akihabara map. Other than that... there's some impressive arcades in Shinjuku, and to a lesser extent Shibuya, but those are better for fighting games.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:43 am

I fixed the links to the first two videos (thanks for the heads up, zlk)

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:51 pm

Well, I finally sat down to do my write up. It took me half a day, so I hope someone reads it

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:09 pm

i read it.

it was sad to hear your final conclusions on Excelica though, as you had left your impression sort of open during the loc test.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:16 pm

Well, I only spent 5 minutes watching others play. It might still be a good game. It just looks boring to me...

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:20 pm

edit: yeah, i'm an idiot. skimming wins!

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:28 pm

Well, I tried Exelica at the show, and I didn't like it that much.

I found the graphics pretty bland (backgrounds in Shienryu Explosion look a lot better!), the ship was kind of too slow for my taste and the scoring/capturing enemies bit works a bit like Space Bomber. Good if you like Space Bomber, I guess, but I personally DESPISE that game.

Anyway, don't take my comments for gold though, I only gave the game a whiz once and I'm not the quickest when it comes to figuring out a shooters' game system. Even I think I might like it better given some more play.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:35 pm

heres to hoping they squeeze out a port so the laymen can give it a try.

Lone Deranger · Post by **Lone Deranger** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:52 pm

Thanks for that write up Icycalm. Very entertaining and informative. Much appreciated!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:34 pm

You guys know I posted a video of Exelica, right? You can see the bad graphics for yourself.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:43 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:You guys know I posted a video of Exelica, right? You can see the bad graphics for yourself.

Yes, I saw that. Planned to comment on it earlier but I didn't want to post overly negative things about what is (hopefully) an early build... I still think the game has potential if they put a lot more work into it.

Lone Deranger · Post by **Lone Deranger** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:44 pm

err.. I think I missed that one GP... Is it on your site somewhere?

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:48 pm

Lone Deranger wrote:err.. I think I missed that one GP... Is it on your site somewhere?

The Exelica video link is hidden the bottom of this page

Lone Deranger · Post by **Lone Deranger** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:57 pm

Aah.. splendid.. thanks very much Thunder Force.

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:21 am

undamned wrote:
Seven Force wrote:http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/c ... b06012.jpg
Wow, teh beautiness.
-ud

And I almost made a comment about lusting after women.... then I saw the "not before I wed her comment...

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:56 am

Those videos look great. I need to get a real camcorder.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:43 am

They could probably look better. I just encoded them in DivX default settings.

I stuck them at the end of the video, b/c I didn't want people just going and leeching the vids w/o reading the article.

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:41 am

You know, no matter how hard you try, you can't prevent people from doing that. In the end, you can't actually force people to read your stuff. I blend the videos with the text, but I only do that because I like the effect that creates.

I mean let's face it, not everyone is interested in reading 3,000 words about your trip to Japan or my day at AOU. Sometimes, all we want is a few pictures and a couple of videos. We are dealing with video games here anyway, not existential philosophy.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:24 am

I know... I just didn't want to make it easy for them, that's all.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:37 am

Out of interest how big is Caves stand compared to Namco, Sega, Capcom etc. I just want to understand how important Cave is to the Japanese arcade industry.

chtimi-CLA · Post by **chtimi-CLA** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:26 am

icycalm wrote:Well, I finally sat down to do my write up. It took me half a day, so I hope someone reads it

i did, nice impressions

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:47 pm

ill6 wrote:Out of interest how big is Caves stand compared to Namco, Sega, Capcom etc. .

Tiny for the most part, but even the biggest booths pale in comparison to what you'd see at the TGS. Remember, a lot of this is aimed at arcade operators. Half of Sega's booth was medal game crap.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:07 pm

oxtsu wrote:Sega New Net City. Yes, it is 15/24/31k capable.

Are these JAMMA wired ?. Does anybody know if they are available for sale in the US ?. It looks so dam sweet.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:17 pm

yojo! wrote:
oxtsu wrote:Sega New Net City. Yes, it is 15/24/31k capable.
Are these JAMMA wired ?. Does anybody know if they are available for sale in the US ?. It looks so dam sweet.

They are JVS wired, but can use an I/O adapter to play jamma games. And no, they are not available in the states, or at least are pretty rare to be found in the states 2nd hand.

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:33 am

I knew those were NEW Net Citys! Damn that stuff is hot.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:07 am

Valgar wrote:I knew those were NEW Net Citys! Damn that stuff is hot.

Does anybody know how much they are worth ?. None of the HK dealers I have contacted seem to carry them. I would pay top $ for 2 of them.

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:41 am

I'm sure you have to get them from SEGA directly and are probably $5000.