Storm Blade

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:44 pm

I've been playing this nifty little shooter by Visco lately. It's like Sonic Wings, but actually a bit slicker in my opinion, and the characters are cooler. It's a nice precursor to the Vasara series. The first loop is pretty easy, I'm up to the section right before the last boss and will probably nail the 1cc in the next couple of days. I think I would recommend this game to beginners who like the Psikyo or Raiden Fighters style of gameplay, but find those games a bit too difficult. The only thing that sucks about it is the graphics glitch in MAME starting from the 3rd stage. It doesn't make the game unplayable, but it is a bit annoying.

So, uh, questions:

Who else likes Storm Blade? And who's your favorite character/ship?

How does the end-of-stage scroing work? Do you get the "Perfect" when you've killed every enemy? And what do the medal and medal + star icons stand for?

What price are you looking at for the PCB?

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:37 pm

Storm Blade. Good game. It's not necessarily a classic, but fun nonetheless. I used to play as the Mig...dunno why.

Iaspis · Post by **Iaspis** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:14 pm

Yeah, it's a pretty shmup and somewhat easy too. I almost 1cc'd it the other day (the final boss got me). Does it introduce a second loop like DDP or is it endless?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:18 pm

I think it's 2 loops.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:10 pm

Whoopee! I 1cc'd it just now. Made it to the stage 3 boss of the 2nd loop. Actually the difficulty doesn't increase that much in loop 2.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:24 pm

I enjoy Storm Blade quite a lot. As mentioned, not a classic, but certainly holds its own in comparison w/ lesser Raiden-esque games like Mad Shark. I can't remember the name of the ship, but the one w/ the lasers that curve out of the side - that'd be my favorite.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:39 pm

FRO wrote:I can't remember the name of the ship, but the one w/ the lasers that curve out of the side - that'd be my favorite.

Yeah, that's the Mig-29. I guess it's the most popular since the powerful shot will kill bosses quickly. The only drawback is that the shot is pretty narrow.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:59 pm

I somehow missed this thread. Storm Blade is one of my favorite shmups, as a matter of fact, i think i'm going to make it my new banner just to spread a little love. Anyone know if the graphics glitch is fixed yet? I've been aching to play this right for years now! I miss my local arcade

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:35 am

Cool game, but easy.

NTSC-J · Post by **NTSC-J** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:46 am

I went ahead and started a high score thread, so post those scores!

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:49 am

circuitface wrote:Anyone know if the graphics glitch is fixed yet?

You mean this one?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:41 am

ROFL@StromBlade!

That was awesome BulletMagnet.

I downloaded the newest MAME (111) and all the trimmings, still no fix. What's strange about this is that in the attract mode the glitch doesn't show. I always assumed that most attract modes work similarly to the 'record input' function of MAME, where it loads and repeats the same level with the same movements in real time. If that was true though you would think the glitch would show up in the demo.

I wonder what's making that happen and if there is anyway to mess around and fix it just using MAME...? Or better yet, if other emulators are having the same issues with it?

I'll hit up that high score thread as soon as i 1cc it again. It's been a little while, but as was said it's a pretty easy game so it shouldn't take me long. Since it's possible to ramp the difficulty up on the game maybe there should be a seperate section below the full defaults score board for shmuppers who want more of a challenge.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:18 pm

circuitface wrote:ROFL@StromBlade! That was awesome BulletMagnet.

Heh, thanks. That's actually a pretty old image, I made it some time ago to "punish" someone's typo.

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:03 pm

Funny how that first stage boss is just like the second stage boss in Under Defeat

Just noticed that graphic glitch, it happened to me on the second stage(which is the first for the tomcat) with the zero but does it on the third with the tomcat. So from what i can tell its kinda random even though the stage order changes with the plane you use. Great game, alot of fun and plays well in Mame via my Svideo from my laptop to my 36" sony HD, cant wait to get a DVI cable cause my lap has an out put and TV has an input.

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:58 pm

Glitch seems to appear after you finish the stage with the Stealth Bomber, however I could be wrong.

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:00 pm

can the graphic problem be worked out with any options in the emu?

well i just searched, no go from what i tell

are there any other emu's that play Storm Blade

SamIAm · Post by **SamIAm** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:09 am

If you look closely at the glitching graphic, you'll see that it's actually the transparent clouds, quite discolored, from the stealth bomber stage. The glitch appears after you complete that stage, making it seem like the problem is along the lines of improper RAM clearing or allocation emulation.

Anyway, I think this game is actually very cool. I used to mess around with it a lot a couple years ago, and I appreciate its playability. In addition, though, I think it actually has a cool 1960's cold-war comic book style that I haven't seen done the same way anywhere else.