R-type reference in Radiant Silvergun.

[SFKhoa]

I've tried it for the first time, and aside from the "GO GO IREM" Dog secret they had in the game, one of the bosses had a serious R-Type influence to it as well, not only that, its name is "Gallop".

Arrowhead's red weapon reference.


Arrowhead's blue weapon reference.


Arrowhead's yellow weapon reference.


One of the wave cannon reference.


Cerberus's weapon reference, but I can't remember which.


Another wave cannon reference.


There's also the boss shooting out its force bit as well.
I know many of you have seen this and think it's old, but it's a new and surprising thing for me.

[professor ganson]

Nicely done. I'm not sure I follow the argument at each step, but I'll take your word for it.

[SFKhoa]

Should I screenshot the original R-9 weaponry for comparison? Even so, perhaps the most hardcore "R-Typer" will get this.

[Icarus]

Cerberus's weapon reference, but I can't remember which.


Another wave cannon reference.

Both of these are references to R-Type 2 - the semi-homing laser and the first instance of the Dispersion Wave Cannon. You also missed the Shotgun Bullets - those mines that fly out and explode on impact with something - which is another reference to R-Type 2.

The "Force Device" even fires in the split-four-way style of the classic Round Force. The "Force Device" does look R-13ish though, now that you mention it.

[moonblood]

SFKhoa, those are the crispest screens of RSG I've ever seen..! how did you get them, is it an emu? has it really come that far?

[Neon]

SFKhoa, those are the crispest screens of RSG I've ever seen..! how did you get them, is it an emu? has it really come that far?

SSF is pretty much perfect at this point

Although mame apparently does the game now too

[Dylan1CC]

I always got a nice subconscious memory of the R-9 whenever Gallop fired the blue ring lazer and the wave burst. Nice job pointing out the other homages.

[CMoon]

I hate that boss...

[Turrican]

Cerberus's weapon reference, but I can't remember which.


Another wave cannon reference.

Both of these are references to R-Type 2 - the semi-homing laser and the first instance of the Dispersion Wave Cannon. You also missed the Shotgun Bullets - those mines that fly out and explode on impact with something - which is another reference to R-Type 2.

The "Force Device" even fires in the split-four-way style of the classic Round Force. The "Force Device" does look R-13ish though, now that you mention it.

Huh, guys? I thought Radiant Silvergun came out before R-Type Delta? Like, a year before.

[WarpZone]

There are several Image Fight references as well, from the obvious (large carriers in the later half of stage 3) to more subtle arrangements of things in the level design.

[SFKhoa]

SFKhoa, those are the crispest screens of RSG I've ever seen..! how did you get them, is it an emu? has it really come that far?

SSF is pretty much perfect at this point

Although mame apparently does the game now too

These screens were from MAME, it runs at full 60FPS in some cases. SSF is only slightly slower.

[Never_Scurred]

SFKhoa, those are the crispest screens of RSG I've ever seen..! how did you get them, is it an emu? has it really come that far?

SSF is pretty much perfect at this point

Although mame apparently does the game now too

These screens were from MAME, it runs at full 60FPS in some cases. SSF is only slightly slower.

what type of PC ae you running? which MAME build are you using?
I thought R- Silvergun on MAME was dead in the water...

[Raidenfighter Kirkov]

Its a reference to Space Invaders too...you press a button and your ship shoots.



But you are right, the similarity to R-Type is obvious.
Nice screenshots btw.

Greetings
RFK

[Turrican]

I find it rather amazing that RSG is one of the most analyzed shmup and among dozens of articles I've read about it, noone mentioned this before.

[SFKhoa]

what type of PC ae you running? which MAME build are you using?
I thought R- Silvergun on MAME was dead in the water...

I'm using MAME32 0.109u5.

[Blade]

How well is it running on MAME anyway...I'm just using the Saturn version myself.

[UnscathedFlyingObject]

I find it rather amazing that RSG is one of the most analyzed shmup and among dozens of articles I've read about it, noone mentioned this before.

It's been mentioned several times in previous iterations of the shmups board. I created a thread about this when I got my RSG and everyone was like "welcome to five years ago."

[CMoon]

I find it rather amazing that RSG is one of the most analyzed shmup and among dozens of articles I've read about it, noone mentioned this before.

I think the faq on gamefaq (its been around forever) mentions this.

[Plasmo]

kinda old news if you know ben shinobis huge RS guide at www.shmup.com

[Kaiser]

SFKhoa how good you have comp?
man this game runs 40 FPS on my comp and 20 FPS on first boss

I have Athlon 2000+ 1.6ghz, 80+80GB hard drive ,ATI Radeon 9600 XT, 768MB DDRRAM

[Turrican]

Heh, my head has been among clouds all this time, then

[SFKhoa]

SFKhoa how good you have comp?
man this game runs 40 FPS on my comp and 20 FPS on first boss

I have Athlon 2000+ 1.6ghz, 80+80GB hard drive ,ATI Radeon 9600 XT, 768MB DDRRAM

Athlon 3000+ 2.0GHz, 70+30+30GB HDD, Geforce FX 5200, 1GB Dual Channel DDR RAM. And it still has SOME problems for me running it.

To Turrican: same here. =/

[zinger]

SFKhoa how good you have comp?
man this game runs 40 FPS on my comp and 20 FPS on first boss

I have Athlon 2000+ 1.6ghz, 80+80GB hard drive ,ATI Radeon 9600 XT, 768MB DDRRAM

Athlon 3000+ 2.0GHz, 70+30+30GB HDD, Geforce FX 5200, 1GB Dual Channel DDR RAM. And it still has SOME problems for me running it./

Athlon 4000+ 2GB RAM, really choppy

I guess we'll have to wait a year or so...

[SFKhoa]

Athlon 4000+ 2GB RAM, really choppy

I guess we'll have to wait a year or so...

Well, it should run 60FPS FOR the most part. Maybe you're using an earlier build of MAME?

[Frederik]

So, what about the sound? In MAME 0.106 the music was extremely rudimentary. I hope you`re not discussing about running RSG with -nosound.

[SFKhoa]

it's almost pretty good. You can try testing it with .109u5.

[Never_Scurred]

Funny how RSG gets a lil' more and more playable with each MAME build.
I remember when you couldn't get past the Treasure logo.....

[Kaiser]

If i had better graphics card then it would run better!

anyway in the newest mame32plus i'm playing i noticed that shadows in stage 3 has messed up colors

[RotateMe]

Couldn't get the game running with any MAME version. Maybe I have a corrupted ROM? Does this game use something special or why are there speed issues, I never came accross any speed issues in any game I tried on MAME (and there was no game that was meant to work but didn't work either). After seeing those screenshots I really want to play this game, is it worth to grab the Saturn version?

[Blade]

Speaking of references to shmups...

I could've sworn Shmup.com (the French site) had an article explaining all those Beattitude for Gains and the Boss references in RS.

Also...if you kindly look at my signature...I discovered the ORIGIN of the Beattitudes...lol