What's your fav arcade shmup PCB w/ best eye-catch intro?

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:12 am

For our fellow shmuppers,

What's you favorite arcade shmup PCB with the best eye-catchy opening intro?

I'd have to say the best arcade shmup-based with cool-ass eye-catchy opening intro would have to be MVS version of Blazing Star's opening intro circa 1998...sets the pace for the shmup masterpiece that is the sequel to Pulstar. I like the rendered CGI animation combined with anime character artwork...it has a charm all of it's own. It's sized up at a whopping 346 megabit MVS cartridge. Although, others might say that Pulstar's better.

I remember the very first time I saw the MVS version of Blazing Star at a local arcade back in February of 1998 (that took nickels as form of credits for all it's arcade cabinets & even the pinball games as well -- it was called 'Nickel Play' in Modesto, CA but closed down in May of 1998 due to losing it's lease...was really the only local arcade that had any decent arcade shmup titles to play.) ^_~

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JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:18 am

I'm gonna have to agree with you there. The intro to Blazing Star is freakin' amazing. I remember me and my friend Myles just standing there in a bowling alley staring at it for like 15 minutes one day. Oh, and the teets.

Middlemoor · Post by **Middlemoor** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:28 am

Strikers 1945 Plus!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:28 am

circuitface wrote:I'm gonna have to agree with you there. The intro to Blazing Star is freakin' amazing. I remember me and my friend Myles just standing there in a bowling alley staring at it for like 15 minutes one day. Oh, and the teets.

I like the rack on that anime chick featured on the Blazing Star opening intro...so sexy skin tight suit she's wearing. A little bit of tillitation to spice things up, hmmm? ^_~

Shmups, how BAD have you got it?

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Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:37 am

Blazing Star's intro is pretty cool...though I don't think it can beat the ever-quotable "ARE YOU GREAT?" that Dimahoo has to offer, heh heh.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:39 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Blazing Star's intro is pretty cool...though I don't think it can beat the ever-quotable "ARE YOU GREAT?" that Dimahoo has to offer, heh heh.

For BulletMagnet,

Yeah, you got me there...that quote's a classic. ^_~

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louisg · Post by **louisg** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:12 am

I second the Dimahoo!

And this is off-topic because afaik it's not a PCB, but I've been obsessed with the Blast Wind ULTIMATE DESTROYER intro. Don't you keep expecting the first dude to say "No! Go to star!" ?

Oh yeah, the Space Bomber intro is pretty good. I know there are some games with bad ass intros I've seen that I just can't think of.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:19 am

I like the funky tunes from Bakraid alot.

louisg · Post by **louisg** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:24 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote: it was called 'Nickel Play' in Modesto, CA but closed down in May of 1998 due to losing it's lease...was really the only local arcade that had any decent arcade shmup titles to play.) ^_~

Hey, I have a question about that actually.. I lived in Modesto for a summer and was always curious about a shop/storage facility that was never open.. but if you looked in the window you could see Tempest, a Spy Hunter pinball I think, and some other cabs. Was this the remnants of that arcade?

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:47 am

Gekirindan's intro is one of my favorites. You see the characters zip into view, get a glimpse of one of the ships being readied to take off, and the giant CGI-rendered robot getting ready to grab the Earth with its claws.

Gekirindan's logo is well done- starting out fully gray, then having the red-yellow color gradient beamed onto it.

The music for this intro is awesome signature Zuntata stuff and fits it perfectly.

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:34 pm

I really like Gun Frontier's intro - the storyline involving future gold diggers and bandits, along with the images of poor wild west folk mixes really well with the sound effects in the intro of screaming people and gunshots to really set up the game. Sure, it's got no fancy animation or even good looking digitized graphics, and it's even got some Engrish, but it still works.

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:35 pm

Cyvern

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:46 pm

Great Mahou, 24/7.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:57 pm

Although it's not an intro, the title screen of X-Multiply has always grabbed me, what with the evil eyes, spooky music, and the words growing out of the man's face like horrible tumours. Seeing it always makes me think "ahh I've got time for one more go".

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:58 pm

...heres a vote for outzone

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:36 pm

Intro to Rayforce- she gets a mean look and hits the laser button with her thumb.

Dimahoo's hot.

I like the Shienryu intro

Soukyugurentai isn't so bad, but the ship launch sequence at the beginning is great!

I like Salamander 2 also.

Mars Matrix =A+++

Psyvariar is also great- "and then what happened!?"

Darius Gaiden isn't so bad.
G-Darius is great.

Valgar · Post by **Valgar** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:54 pm

There is no answer other than Dimahoo.

Eps · Post by **Eps** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:26 pm

Ikaruga. A robot voice saying

Code: Select all

PRESS START BUTTON

... and that's your lot.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:31 pm

louisg wrote:
PC Engine Fan X! wrote: it was called 'Nickel Play' in Modesto, CA but closed down in May of 1998 due to losing it's lease...was really the only local arcade that had any decent arcade shmup titles to play.) ^_~
Hey, I have a question about that actually.. I lived in Modesto for a summer and was always curious about a shop/storage facility that was never open.. but if you looked in the window you could see Tempest, a Spy Hunter pinball I think, and some other cabs. Was this the remnants of that arcade?

For louisg,

That shop you're talking about closed down about a year or two ago. It was on the famous McHenry/Orangeburg cross intersection. Actually, there was sign posted on the front window stating "If you're interested in the arcade games, please call this cell phone number" and wait for the guy to show up and show you what he had for sale. It was mostly for spare parts. He did have some full-sized arcade cabinets for sale as well.

I'm sorry that little arcade shop was not the remainants of the former 'Nickel Play' arcade.

Here's the complete list of arcade shmup uprights that were playable at this 'Nickel Play' arcade on McHenry Avenue in Modesto, CA (back in 1995 through 1998):

Donpachi
Strikers 1945
Raiden Fighters
Viper Phase 1 U.S.A.
MVS Blazing Star
R-Shark (crazy-ass Korean produced arcade shmup...played through the 4th loop before deciding to quit)

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:02 pm

neorichieb1971 wrote:I like the funky tunes from Bakraid alot.

Really? I hafta dissent on that one...granted, I love Bakraid (probably my favorite Raizing shmup, and one of my Top 25), but I find the attract sequence, like most of the presentation, painfully generic..."Hey, there's some evil tanks and stuff...hey, there's the good guy planes! And they shoot and stuff! Yay!"

Imhotep · Post by **Imhotep** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:41 pm

Yeah, that Cyvern into is great.

Post by **system11** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:45 pm

Gigawing 2

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:51 pm

1944, Dogyuun, Metal Black

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:41 pm

Aiiiiiir Gallet.... blows your socks off.

Indeed.

Raidenfighter Kirkov · Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:57 am

Hi !

Best intros:

Raiden 3

Raiden Fighters 2

Raiden Fighters Jet (the flames rock)

Blazing Star

1944

Gunfrontier (look at my avatar

)

Guwange (Intros of the player charakters)

Greetings
RFK

PooshhMao · Post by **PooshhMao** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:16 pm

I've grown to like Taito-style intros where the viewer is fed too much pseudo-nonsensical text in too short a time

Darius and Metal Black and Mega Blast etc

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What's your fav arcade shmup PCB w/ best eye-catch intro?

What's your fav arcade shmup PCB w/ best eye-catch intro?

Re: What's your fav arcade shmup PCB w/ best eye-catch intro

Lil' arcade shop-McHenry/Orangeburg intersection in Modesto