Why I now like Espgaluda

CFO · Post by **CFO** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:34 am

freddiebamboo wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: I find the controls in ESPRade to be by far, the most clunky of any of Cave's efforts past Donpachi.
I really agree with this, but I'm hoping it's just poor emulation in mame. It just seems too twitchy and unpredictable.

Can any PCB owners confirm this?

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:36 am

I've played the arcade quite a bit and I can confirm this.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:53 am

I've got the PCB, and a fantastic MAME setup, but I can't comment either way at the moment. When I get a good 2-3 hours to sit down w/ the two, I will comment.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:50 am

CFO wrote:
freddiebamboo wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: I find the controls in ESPRade to be by far, the most clunky of any of Cave's efforts past Donpachi.
I really agree with this, but I'm hoping it's just poor emulation in mame. It just seems too twitchy and unpredictable.
Can any PCB owners confirm this?

I have the PCB, and have no idea what you guys are talking about. I've also played it in mame on a cab. Maybe you guys are using pads or something? Or maybe its the fact that the hit box is a lot larger in ESPRade than in other cave games?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:27 am

Runs great and feels right on my mame cab - though I've never tried the PCVB.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:47 am

Dave_K. wrote:
CFO wrote:
freddiebamboo wrote: I really agree with this, but I'm hoping it's just poor emulation in mame. It just seems too twitchy and unpredictable.
Can any PCB owners confirm this?
I have the PCB, and have no idea what you guys are talking about. I've also played it in mame on a cab. Maybe you guys are using pads or something? Or maybe its the fact that the hit box is a lot larger in ESPRade than in other cave games?

That's weird, it feels smaller than dodonpachi's to me.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:18 am

Twiddle wrote: That's weird, it feels smaller than dodonpachi's to me.

It's not smaller, just in a different spot proportionally. I know it takes me a while to re-learn it when jumping from weeks of DDP play into a Ra.De session.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:26 pm

I believe it's actually bigger than Guwanges. Then again, there's probably less bullets on screen than Guwange though.

I do not play on a pad. Both of my setups use the same Seimitsu stick. It just feels different than other Cave games (hit box and all -- harder to go through swarms... you have to go around them). I'm sure it's not the emulation.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:30 pm

Espgaluda is good fun, but I find it a bit frustrating at the same time. For some reason I've just always sucked at it. And unlike some other shmups that I suck at, like Gunbird 2, Espgaluda has never become addictive enough for me to put in the time to get better.