Homura "the best" for the cheap and the poor (me)

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:15 pm

Homura (Taito Best)
Taito
Compatible with PlayStation2™
For JPN/Asian systems only.

Not yet published or released
In stock on Nov 30, 2006. We do not charge your credit card before pre-orders are being shipped.

Price: US$ 34.90

Play Asia Personal Agent
"a console shmuppers best friend"

(sorry if this has been posted elsewhere)

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:24 pm

YES! I've been hoping that this one would get a "Best" release, so I could get it at a better price...come November I'll have to pick this up.

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:26 pm

And I'd like to add as an alternative, the PAL version can be bought for 24 euros. (play.com)

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:28 pm

Cheap Homura for the masses!

And IIRC SAM predicted it....

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:25 pm

I was pleasantly surprised with Homura. Buy it!

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:29 am

Quick update: YesAsia now has this listed at about ten bucks cheaper than P-A does, and shipping's free...I couldn't resist, and pre-ordered.

Oddysee · Post by **Oddysee** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:37 am

Yep, I got the PAL version of Homura from Play.com a few days ago and I really like it. The bullet patterns look really good too.

Lastblade · Post by **Lastblade** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:33 pm

Why not play some of the best shmups on mame? Can't beat free

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:38 pm

Ignoring all the oft-mentioned "issues" with MAME, we can't play Homura on there even if we want to, as it's too new to be added for quite some time, if ever. And honestly, 25 bucks is hardly a king's ransom.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:50 pm

TalkingOctopus wrote:I was pleasantly surprised with Homura. Buy it!

Quoted for truth. Easily the developer's (Skonec?) best over all effort even if the graphics leave a little to be desired. I paid full price and didn't regret it a bit.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:17 pm

For what's its worth, a budget-minded Twinkle Star Sprites will be released the week before for the PS2. I plan to pick it up with Homura, likely from NCSX.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:29 am

Already been noted in here. YesAsia also has LPP's budget release up for preorder for the same price as Homura's.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:28 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Already been noted in here. YesAsia also has LPP's budget release up for preorder for the same price as Homura's.

Yep! In fact, I just put in my pre-order for both!

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:36 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Ignoring all the oft-mentioned "issues" with MAME, we can't play Homura on there even if we want to, as it's too new to be added for quite some time, if ever. And honestly, 25 bucks is hardly a king's ransom.

If you haven't got the original full price release, don't hold back now. It's a steal for $25.

MAME handling Type X?

That's impossible anyhow, with it having a fairly recent generation x86 for a CPU.

Cranky · Post by **Cranky** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:37 am

Sword wrote:And I'd like to add as an alternative, the PAL version can be bought for 24 euros. (play.com)

Geeze I wished they delivered to Australia

I can't find Homura anywhere over here.

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:29 am

I love Homura and the Psyvariar series. Does anybody know if Skonec is developing any other shmups in the future?

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:02 pm

sideshow wrote:I love Homura and the Psyvariar series. Does anybody know if Skonec is developing any other shmups in the future?

Homura 2

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:30 pm

Hell ya, Homura 2! I'll be anticipating that game.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:21 am

al138 wrote:For what's its worth, a budget-minded Twinkle Star Sprites will be released the week before for the PS2. I plan to pick it up with Homura, likely from NCSX.

Well, on a whim I just used my Play-Asia coupon to pre-order both games for the PS2, even though I have not yet played either game. I saw Homura at the Hey game center Akihabara, but I didn't play it. All I remember of the game were the colors. I don't remember the gameplay at all. I love the original Twinkle Star Sprites on the Dreamcast though. I hope I won't be disappointed with either game.

agony · Post by **agony** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:29 am

al138 wrote:All I remember of the game were the colors.

yeah, Brown and Green

that`s it :/

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:03 pm

Soldato J wrote:Cheap Homura for the masses!

And IIRC SAM predicted it....

Like to know my prediction is right.

Appearately it is a Taito's business strategy, that they would make price cut to their games (by mean of releasing the Best Version) which had been published for a certain time.

I think many game companies would keep printing more of a game once their stocks had sold out. That's where those new copies of DDP DOJ & Espgaluda came from. IIRC, those games had been out of stock for several times.

Apperately G.Rev only printed a limited run of Border Down & Under Defeat; well who would still buying new DC games besides diehards like us.

Other companies would only release best version for game which sell pretty well.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:18 pm

SAM wrote:Appearately it is a Taito's business strategy, that they would make price cut to their games (by mean of releasing the Best Version) which had been published for a certain time.

If you predict this one correctly, then we can hope for an El Cheapo version of Raiden III...fellow cheapskates, keep your fingers crossed!

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:51 pm

I wonder which Raiden 3 will be the first released - JPN Best version or the US version (What's taking so long, anyway? Are they converting it to MLF 3 or something?)?