Help With PC Shmups

D_Davis · Post by **D_Davis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:02 pm

Hello, I am a long time shmupper, and a new reader/poster on this board.

Anyhow, I have been wanting to get into PC based Shmups for some time now, but because I do not read Japanese, I can never find the proper links to purchase games such as PERFECT CHERRY BLOSSOM and other Toho Project games. I would love to be able to buy these games. Does anyone know if they offer a download/purchase option anywhere, and will these games run on a US PC?

I have looked at shootthecore.com, and although they have a ton of great info, often times I end up chasing links through Japanese sites, or I can only find the demo.

I am not asking for a place to "pirate" these games, I would like to purchase them.

Any info would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you all for your time.

If this post is in the wrong section, or has been answered already, I apologize in advance!

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:13 pm

Yes, they will run on a US PC. If you have troubles, you can always change your regional settings. As for where to find them, I suppose Palet Web...or whatever it's called.

diOdesu · Post by **diOdesu** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:17 pm

i have not yet placed an order here but plan to soon (unless anyone has a reason why i shouldnt):
himeyashop.com - go to "dojin" then "shooting." there are a few titles i want to check out. unfortunately perfect cherry blossom is out of stock.

this store is based near me, does anyone know if they have an actual shop or are they online sales only?[/url]

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:57 pm

As mentioned, www.paletweb.com and www.himeyashop.com are the places where most people here go to purchase doujin stuff...both, to the best of my knowledge, are reliable, though the latter tends to be more expensive.

D_Davis · Post by **D_Davis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:18 pm

Thank you - are these sites for purchasing a physical product that is shipped, or are they pay to download?

Does anyone know of or have a "best of" list? Scouring the games on shootthecore reveals a crap load of game, and as we all know, many shmups may look the same, but the devil's in the details!

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:29 pm

D_Davis wrote:Thank you - are these sites for purchasing a physical product that is shipped, or are they pay to download?

You buy the actual CD which they ship to you.

Does anyone know of or have a "best of" list?

Well, ShootTheCore has a "must have" medal displayed next to some of postman's favorites, so that might be a place to start, but really, everyone's tastes are different, so you might as well get started trying those demos out.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:36 pm

Yes, they will run on a US PC. If you have troubles, you can always change your regional settings.

in the case of Embodiment of Scarlet Devils, this isn´t enough. The game uses jp. filenames which, although displayed properly within Windows Explorer, aren´t recognized by western Windows versions. There is a hack availlable for this, using a hex-editing program you can patch the .exe file, renaming all the jp. dat-files in it, and renaming them accordingly within Windows Explorer. After doing that, the game will work.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:52 pm

raiden wrote:
Yes, they will run on a US PC. If you have troubles, you can always change your regional settings.
in the case of Embodiment of Scarlet Devils, this isn´t enough.

That's odd, changing the region stuff was enough to make my copy of EoSD work...actually, PCB and IN (which I got at the same time) worked even without changing the settings (though a few minor things were off...no wav music option for example), EoSD was the only one which really "needed" it...

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:57 pm

That's odd, changing the region stuff was enough to make my copy of EoSD work...actually, PCB and IN (which I got at the same time) worked even without changing the settings (though a few minor things were off...no wav music option for example), EoSD was the only one which really "needed" it...

well, I´m not the only one who had the described problems, but you´re not the only one who didn´t have them, so I guess there´s maybe two versions of this game around. I have a rather old product, something like 4 years old.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:58 pm

I'm not sure how old mine is, I'd hafta check...at any rate, anyone who experiences any level of problems can come to this thread to find out how to fix 'em.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:00 am

For your money, I would suggest Hitogata Happa. It is, by far, the best buy concerning PC doujin shooters. Platine Dispositif is quickly becoming one of my favorite companies.

D_Davis · Post by **D_Davis** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:02 pm

Damocles wrote:For your money, I would suggest Hitogata Happa. It is, by far, the best buy concerning PC doujin shooters. Platine Dispositif is quickly becoming one of my favorite companies.

Thanks my man! I will check it out.

Knoskoloz · Post by **Knoskoloz** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:34 pm

D_Davis wrote: I would love to be able to buy these games. Does anyone know if they offer a download/purchase option anywhere, and will these games run on a US PC?

Sometimes it's kinda random if EoSD works or not but Microsoft Applocale should help (at least for winXP).
And if that doesn't work the forums at http://www.shrinemaiden.com/ might help. Like
here for the EoSD problem or here for the PCB patching issue.

If you like Hori shmups you could also look at Tobi Tsukihime it's a neat hori doujin shmup.

Middlemoor · Post by **Middlemoor** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:40 pm

eBay?

arromdee · Post by **arromdee** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:18 pm

I think that whether you have Win 98 or XP is going to make a big difference. I'm still running Win 98 (for compatibility with older games--I use Linux most of the time) and I can never be sure if anything Japanese will run. Though I was able to run the translated Perfect Cherry Blossom demo.

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:38 pm

D_Davis wrote:Anyhow, I have been wanting to get into PC based Shmups for some time now, but because I do not read Japanese, I can never find the proper links to purchase games such as PERFECT CHERRY BLOSSOM and other Toho Project games.

Try before you buy. Some freeware, some demos, lots of good stuff.

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