PS2 - Strikers 1945 + Gunbird Collection

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 12:54 pm

Hope this hasn't been covered already, but a heads up just in case!

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-r-4 ... -1fjo.html

Middlemoor · Post by **Middlemoor** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:28 pm

If there's no "plus", I wouldn't "minus" from my dough. I don't have a PS2 though...

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:54 pm

Strikers 1945 I & II and Gunbird 1 & 2 for just $36?!?!

OMG. I bought each for $50+....

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:55 pm

I wonder if they put high score saves into the strikers set. I would get it if that's the case.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:09 pm

I've hated the sound effects that was in the PS2 versions of Strikers 1945 I and II, and they're not going to change it anytime soon.

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:13 pm

Does the Gunbird disc have both Gunbird titles on it? Unlike the Strikers 1945 disc (which clearly states I & II are on it), The Gunbird disc merely says Gunbird. Wow, at $35, looks like I can skip the Taitio release of the Strikers shmups and the still pricy Atlus release of the Gunbird shmups.

EDIT: I guess this answers the question of that other recent thread on weather or not X-Nauts still existed. For them, this is a step in the right direction. Now just give us a Strikers 1945 III, Zero Gunner, Zero Gunner 2, and Space Bomber please!

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:13 pm

Damn, what great price. I've been thinking of buying both those games and now I can buy them cheap. But is there going to be a japanese version b/c this one says it's korean?

benj · Post by **benj** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:22 pm

rolins wrote:But is there going to be a japanese version b/c this one says it's korean?

Does it matter? It's still playable on a japanese PS2.

I don't really care much for Psikyo, but the price sure is tempting.

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:22 pm

benj wrote:
rolins wrote:But is there going to be a japanese version b/c this one says it's korean?
Does it matter? It's still playable on a japanese PS2.

I don't really care much for Psikyo, but the price sure is tempting.

Me too, I find the games to be to similar and not very polished (With the exception of Dragon Blaze + GB2)

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:16 pm

Awesome. Snagging one.

Edit: scratch that. Waiting until my Raiden Insanity DVD shows up so I can use the coupon inside towards the collection.

loopyeddie · Post by **loopyeddie** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:05 pm

Xexyz wrote:Does the Gunbird disc have both Gunbird titles on it? Unlike the Strikers 1945 disc (which clearly states I & II are on it), The Gunbird disc merely says Gunbird. Wow, at $35, looks like I can skip the Taitio release of the Strikers shmups and the still pricy Atlus release of the Gunbird shmups.

EDIT: I guess this answers the question of that other recent thread on weather or not X-Nauts still existed. For them, this is a step in the right direction. Now just give us a Strikers 1945 III, Zero Gunner, Zero Gunner 2, and Space Bomber please!

I would assume it has both Gunbird 1 and 2 since it has the logo of the Gunbird Premium Package with has both.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:12 pm

cool im gonna get this

fl0w · Post by **fl0w** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:08 am

Ordered!

CecilMcW00t · Post by **CecilMcW00t** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:40 am

When you guys get, let us know if they added high score saving. =D

roker · Post by **roker** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:08 am

is there something messed up with the PS2 Strikers II port?

I don't know why, but I'd rather play my PS1 version

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:17 pm

loopyeddie wrote:
Xexyz wrote:Does the Gunbird disc have both Gunbird titles on it? Unlike the Strikers 1945 disc (which clearly states I & II are on it), The Gunbird disc merely says Gunbird.
I would assume it has both Gunbird 1 and 2 since it has the logo of the Gunbird Premium Package with has both.

I wasn't aware Gunbird 2 had ever been released on any console other than Dreamcast.

Has anyone gotten this game yet to report on the titles included, or if highscore saves are implemented. ..also wondering about the display options?

And does anyone else find it strange that the delivery status at PlayAsia went straight from "preorder" to ships in "1-2 weeks"?

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:37 pm

Since it's been a while, I was wondering if anyone received this yet, and your opinions as compared to the japanese version. I recently discovered strikers on mame, and I'm hopelessly addicted, though the game is fricking hard - it's quite difficult getting used to really fast bullet swarms when I've been playing shiki 2 with its more relaxed pace as of late, and can't get past 1-4 yet. I'll hold off, though, since I've gotten a taste, until I get the PS2 copy.

PepsimanVsJoe · Post by **PepsimanVsJoe** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:07 pm

Alright I got a hold of it.

All four games have the standard viewing options(Forced horizontal, horizontal with scrolling(ugh), Vertical/TATE)

Gunbird 1 port is great although Gunbird 2 suffers from a Loading message that pops up between stages and when the music changes from stage to boss fight(yuck).

Strikers 1 is again a great port although Strikers 2 has some rather obnoxious bullet sounds(loud, screeching, and very annoying) Eventually I got used to the high pitched "BWEEDOBWEEDOBWEEDO" that my ship was firing but still..that was poorly done. Some of the explosions didn't look as good as the ones in Gunbird 1..don't know if that's a port issue or in the game originally.
I did enjoy the fact that the multiple difficulty settings were included for each game. I one-lifed Strikers 2 on the monkey setting

. Although unless I goofed I didn't see a difference in difficulty for Gunbird 2(all of the settings were "Impossible")

Also unfortunate is that Strikers 1 & 2 do not save high scores. In fact you can't even save the game with them so eh.

It sounds to me that this compilation is basically the same games only in a different package. Also note that this is the Korean version and for some reason putting sets of games together in compilations is popular in that region. All the same it is a great deal however as aside from the few niggles the ports are as solid as they ever were.

Nitpickings: aside from practice modes there are zero extras so no huge art galleries like the Saturn/PSX version of Gunbird 1..etc.

Final Words: If you already have both collections then obviously you've seen all this has to offer BUT if not then hey it's worth it. However it looks like Psikyo/Xnauts will never get around to porting Strikers III and Space Bomber....what a shame.