your favourite shmup screengrabs wanted....

malc · Post by **malc** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:41 pm

hello people!

been a while, sorry! hello old friends and new members!

just been mired in real life for ages...

cos shmups.com is 10 soon I'm doing a wee update, i've got a ridiculous backlog of really nice reviews to put up, and wanted to do a new front page, with lots of links to the various forum sections, since that's really the most active part of the site. Not thinking of a sitewide redesign, I like the old fashioned 1997 standard html the way it is, the main layout has been like that pretty much forever and why shouldn't it stay the same. Familarity and all that. the only CSS that I like are from brazil (except the bloke, he's a bit hairy) went to see them last night so I did, bloody good live gig in sunny Glasgow.

Anyway I digress. I was happily snapping pics from my fave shmups for a randomiser for the front page and got tired and needed a lie down. So if anybody wants to send me a single good snapshot of their favourite shmup for inclusion - please do.

1 one screen only - as interesting as you can make it. No pics with nothing on it except trees please.

2 png/jpg/gif - whatever you fancy

3 resolution - big as you can get - but about 1000 pix wide is about the max

4 change the filename so I know what it is please:

game_company_year_system.ext

eg: dangar_nichibutsu_1986_arcade.gif or something like that.

5 send to [email protected]

If you can be bothered of course! I was for about 10 minutes.

And I will be answering my shmups.com email folder emails sometime soon but there are a few things that are terribly common:

Q where is malc is he dead why doesnt he care
A I am here I am not dead I have been hugely involved with nonshmuppy things and I care loads

Q why doesnt he give the site to somebody else
A cos its my site (with lots of lovely helpers, Hi Bloodf, Akira, and mods and review contributors etc etc). And its a hobby of mine, not an institution or anything. And I love updating it when I can. Sfun.

Q why is everything so out of date
A because it is out of date. Sorry. will make amends.

Q why arent the latest shmups on it.
A cos they arent on it yet.

Q what is a shchump?
A I dont really know, to be honest.

byebye - malc

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:51 pm

It's great to hear we will get some updates. Good to meet/see you,

tiktak · Post by **tiktak** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:54 pm

Hi malc
It's great you're still out there and doing fine. shmup.com changed lives of many and personally I hope it will stay that way. Can't wait for update:) Cheers

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:06 pm

Who's malc? Sum n00b?

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:24 pm

yeah, only 45 posts

malc · Post by **malc** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:28 pm

jeez, is that all its been? Mind you every one of them was carefully considered and mulled over by committee before posting so noise ratio noise was good. Except this one of course. I'm going to start a new forum section and post hunners n hunners of posts in it just to up my score, whilst I've been dead.

mirkvid · Post by **mirkvid** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:51 pm

'bout time! now put up some metal slug and contra info!!!!!!

/smartass

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:51 pm

It's always the same. Some newbie hops in and start asking for things and telling people about stuff they feel's important. They barely post, but whenever they do, they talk like they've been gone for years, were supposed to have been missed by everyone or something.

Take this malc guy for instance. Look at all that stuff in his first post. I mean, the way he talks, you'd think he was running the place.

...

malc- Is there a particular section of shmups to avoid for the screengrabs? I'd imagine you're not interested in screenshots of The Earth Defend, but are you more interested in getting the newer shmups, older shmups, or a mixture of eras?

malc · Post by **malc** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:03 pm

hahah sfunny

to be brutally honest I dont see how I can really claim to be an owner of shmups.com when its really bloodflowers and the mods who actually have been running it. Waves to Akira too... And dya know what I'm not even aware who all the mods are yet. How bad is that? Shameful innit. must catch up.

actually, if its an interesting picture of a shmup that'll do nicely. And yes I've come to my senses and agree that run n gun games arent shmups. I was young, come on. (like 28 ).

Nice shmup grabs, nice shmup art, nice boxes of rare shmups, shmup pics of arcades, if its shmuppy and looks unusual, interesting, exciting then I'd be hugely happy. Got some nice ones already, as well as a pic of somebody's knob. Maybe it's an Last Resort Midboss, dunno.

nice pics of shmups is all, just to ease me into updating again. Been a while you see. Like shagging after a hiatus, you don't want to jump in guns ablazing after a couple of years and finding out you're too old for it and can't keep it up. Maybe I should be asking for nice pics of scantily clad nubiles instead. Playing shmups.

bye - away to get a KFC and don't start on me, I know it's made of chickens.

malc

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:09 pm

malc wrote:Maybe I should be asking for nice pics of scantily clad nubiles instead. Playing shmups.

Why not do both? I believe there are a number of shmups that combine the two

mirkvid · Post by **mirkvid** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:14 pm

hey malc, what shmup is that avatar from?

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:52 am

Malc's resurrection? I'm here for it? This'll be one for the ages.

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:11 am

malc wrote:hello people!

been a while, sorry! hello old friends and new members!

just been mired in real life for ages...

cos shmups.com is 10 soon I'm doing a wee update, i've got a ridiculous backlog of really nice reviews to put up, and wanted to do a new front page, with lots of links to the various forum sections, since that's really the most active part of the site. Not thinking of a sitewide redesign, I like the old fashioned 1997 standard html the way it is, the main layout has been like that pretty much forever and why shouldn't it stay the same. Familarity and all that. the only CSS that I like are from brazil (except the bloke, he's a bit hairy) went to see them last night so I did, bloody good live gig in sunny Glasgow.

Anyway I digress. I was happily snapping pics from my fave shmups for a randomiser for the front page and got tired and needed a lie down. So if anybody wants to send me a single good snapshot of their favourite shmup for inclusion - please do.

1 one screen only - as interesting as you can make it. No pics with nothing on it except trees please.

2 png/jpg/gif - whatever you fancy

3 resolution - big as you can get - but about 1000 pix wide is about the max

4 change the filename so I know what it is please:

game_company_year_system.ext

eg: dangar_nichibutsu_1986_arcade.gif or something like that.

5 send to [email protected]

If you can be bothered of course! I was for about 10 minutes.

And I will be answering my shmups.com email folder emails sometime soon but there are a few things that are terribly common:

Q where is malc is he dead why doesnt he care
A I am here I am not dead I have been hugely involved with nonshmuppy things and I care loads

Q why doesnt he give the site to somebody else
A cos its my site (with lots of lovely helpers, Hi Bloodf, Akira, and mods and review contributors etc etc). And its a hobby of mine, not an institution or anything. And I love updating it when I can. Sfun.

Q why is everything so out of date
A because it is out of date. Sorry. will make amends.

Q why arent the latest shmups on it.
A cos they arent on it yet.

Q what is a shchump?
A I dont really know, to be honest.

byebye - malc

A really easy shmup maybe?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:10 pm

WARNING: A HUGE UNNECESSARY QUOTE IS APPROACHING FAST!

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:48 pm

malc wrote:
Q what is a shchump?

a. Oh snap it's catching on.

b. Sorry, but it's a secret.

c. the correct spelling is "schmup"

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:08 pm

malc wrote:No pics with nothing on it except trees please.

Strike Gunner STG screenshot deleted.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:41 pm

Wow, Malc' strikeback! Awesome, I'll see what I can contribute.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:39 pm

Good to see you live n kickin' Malc!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:54 pm

FRO wrote:Good to see you live n kickin' Malc!

Absolutely! What have you been playing lately, Malc?

popawell · Post by **popawell** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:00 pm

Welcome back Malc!

Ill see if I can update my two reviews over the summer if that is possible.

Bigger can of laser anyone?

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:20 am

He's resurrected, but for how long before he goes limp again?

Good to see the man behind the scenes around and kicking again, quick tie him up so he doesn't get away again.

Also it's nice to see some new reviews up, love reading the Xenocide files and all, think I ran out of stuff to read.

junkeR · Post by **junkeR** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:33 am

malc wrote:bye - away to get a KFC and don't start on me, I know it's made of chickens.

Care to share exactly what you're getting? Crispy? Original Recipe? How about some yummy mashed potatoes..?

Please, describe more in detail... about this.. meal.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:42 am

Somebody should get round to making those screenshots....

louisg · Post by **louisg** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:12 am

I just popped into the thread to say hi to Malc.

Hey, Malc!

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:55 am

Bloodreign wrote:how long before he goes limp again?

Eww...

Anyway, here's a cool screen...

(sorry it's so dark, I had to pause it in mame to get the dragon...)

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:53 am

ozymandiaz1260, tip: if you configure your mame ini to diplay the pause screen with a gamma of 1.000 then when you pause a game it will stay at normal brightness.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:06 pm

Nice to see you're alive malc

rtw

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:53 am

eretsua wrote:ozymandiaz1260, tip: if you configure your mame ini to diplay the pause screen with a gamma of 1.000 then when you pause a game it will stay at normal brightness.

In other words go to your options and set the pause brightness to 1.00.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Thu May 10, 2007 1:04 am

Ozymandiaz1260 wrote:
Anyway, here's a cool screen...

(sorry it's so dark, I had to pause it in mame to get the dragon...)

I've actually never noticed the dragon before

Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Fri May 11, 2007 11:25 am

Screen grabs! Yea!!!

mirkvid wrote:'bout time! now put up some metal slug and contra info!!!!!!

Metal Slug screen grabs! Yea!!!

malc wrote: And yes I've come to my senses and agree that run n gun games arent shmups. I was young, come on. (like 28 ).

Aw man.

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