The Dragon Weapons

Halloween Jack · Post by **Halloween Jack** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:23 pm

Hi Guys,

The good lady has just bought a copy of Cyvern as a birthday pressie

- but won't allow me to install the mobo in the Egret until next week

Just wondered whether there were any fellow owners on these boards, and whether Malc's views on the title were shared by the masses??

Cheers

HJ

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:43 pm

Icarus has a nice replay on super-play.co.uk, worth seeing. It reminds me very much of Raizing, and has nice graphics, but I never really got into it - maybe because I tried it after getting a bit sick of boss milking in Batrider. But it certainly deserves some attention! Oh, and grats on the PCB - I guess you gave her some "hints" on that, am I wrong?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:55 pm

Destructor on marp.retrogames.com has a nice ALL-clear too.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:32 pm

Its pretty good I think. Easily the best Super Nova shooter.

Its Raizing inspired in some ways but reminds me also of Raiden Fighers.

There are not so many secrets and not so much shrapnel though.

I like the rendered graphics except for the insects which are shit!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:44 pm

Good game, great level desing, nice score system, good difficulty level...

There's nothing wrong with it, I enjoyed while I played it.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:43 am

I loved the stage 2 music. Between all the modern elements, it has some cool early-90ies feel to it, though I can`t exactly say why. The ship designs, maybe? Or the stage number font? My only gripe would be the quite annoying shot sound - really shrill. Ziup ziup ziup!

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:37 am

Great stuff.

It's a bit like a Raizing game, but you can see the bullets.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:53 pm

Herr Schatten wrote:It's a bit like a Raizing game, but you can see the bullets.

I honestly still found bullet visibility to be an issue...though I tend to be rather sensitive to that sort of thing.

Halloween Jack · Post by **Halloween Jack** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:48 pm

Thanks for your thoughts guys!

I'll update again once I've played the game.....

Cheers

HJ

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:26 am

You could play it on Mame first if you want.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:47 am

I rather like Cyvern - it's difficult early on without being too punishing (though that 3rd stage starts to be killer), & it has a cool medal system.

tehkao · Post by **tehkao** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:25 am

All I can say is I'm pretty damn jealous, you lucky bastard.

It's probably my most wanted PCB....

Halloween Jack · Post by **Halloween Jack** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:08 pm

Stick at it Tehkao, you'll get a copy dude

I've had it on the 'must have' list for some time too, so after endless hints to my girlfriend, finally I get to own the PCB.

Hopefully, I'll be able to post a couple of pics of the finished Egret installation, with CTDW running.

Cheers

HJ