Shoot Em Ups, ESP.Ra.De & a Girl that likes them...

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:54 am

The other day, this girl that I’ve been going out with for over a month, came over my house to see me as I was sick in bed with fever.

She asked me if she could try a game on my PC. Soon after she fired up Mame emulator and started playing ESP.Ra.De and to my surprise she was quite good at it too. It wasn’t long before she completed it and started a 2nd round on it!

Her favorite player was the little girl and what made her enjoy the game so much, as she said were the heavy fire power, the sinister green laser blasts that you unleash by holding down the 3rd power button and the cool background music.

I asked her if she had ever played a shoot em up before, but with the exception of various old-school FPS (Duke3D, Doom, Quake1, 2,) on her brother’s old PC and Sonic, Mario when she was younger, she had never tried this genre before.

Oh, and she’s neither fat nor ugly by the way!

Her name is “Zafiroula” which means “Sapphire” in Greek.
I wonder if she will like the Homonymous PCE DUO shump?

How interesting…

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Wed May 09, 2007 6:26 am

Marry her quick before someone else does and you miss out.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:55 am

Zafiroula, rhymes with Espgaluda!

or not.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:12 am

elvis wrote:Marry her quick before someone else does and you miss out.

+1

Nakano · Post by **Nakano** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:13 am

elvis wrote:Marry her quick before someone else does and you miss out.

Definitely!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:41 am

P_HAT wrote:
elvis wrote:Marry her quick before someone else does and you miss out.
+1

+1

And introduce her to our community - we want a pic!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:48 am

She is a fun and sociable person to be with...
I’m fortunately her English is not one her strong points.

But I’ll see what I can do

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:06 am

ST Dragon wrote: I’m fortunately her English is not one her strong points.

Fuck yeah you are... as long as you don't speak her language too!!!

ktownhero · Post by **ktownhero** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:48 pm

This thread is useless without pics

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:56 pm

ktownhero wrote:This thread is useless without pics

yes, yes! +1

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:59 pm

P_HAT wrote:
ktownhero wrote:This thread is useless without pics
yes, yes! +1

+1

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:43 pm

Good job finding a woman who loves the shooters, make sure you keep her, unless she has a hidden nagging side.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:10 pm

Bloodreign wrote:Good job finding a woman who loves the shooters, make sure you keep her, unless she has a hidden nagging side.

Gotta take the good with the bad, sometimes..... ^_~

For ST Dragon,

I'll bet this gal would love to try out the real ESP.ra.de arcade PCB deal over the Mame port any ol' day, right? ^_~

And do you have access to such an arcade ESP.ra.de PCB setup via Supergun or full-sized Japanese arcade cabinet? If not, now's a good time to take the shmup PCB plunge (if you can afford it). This particular setup will definitely win that gal "head over heels" on such a lucky stud like you..... ^_~

My word of advice: Do not pass her up, you might spend the rest of your life thinking what would've happened if I hadn't decided to "hook up" with that gal -- who knows, she could be your future life partner or wife (or just a good friend). ^_~

There are plently of more arcade shmups to introduce to her besides ESP.ra.de, y'know that right? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:53 pm

[chub] BOING[/chub]

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:05 pm

have her play Mushi.
chicks love that.
lol

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:31 pm

Michaelm wrote:
P_HAT wrote:
ktownhero wrote:This thread is useless without pics
yes, yes! +1
+1

it's just you

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:39 am

CMoon wrote:
Michaelm wrote:
P_HAT wrote: yes, yes! +1
+1
it's just you

The taco ever

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:47 am

Bloodreign wrote:Good job finding a woman who loves the shooters, make sure you keep her, unless she has a hidden nagging side.

Don't all women have?!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:55 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:
Bloodreign wrote:Good job finding a woman who loves the shooters, make sure you keep her, unless she has a hidden nagging side.
Gotta take the good with the bad, sometimes..... ^_~

For ST Dragon,

I'll bet this gal would love to try out the real ESP.ra.de arcade PCB deal over the Mame port any ol' day, right? ^_~

And do you have access to such an arcade ESP.ra.de PCB setup via Supergun or full-sized Japanese arcade cabinet? If not, now's a good time to take the shmup PCB plunge (if you can afford it). This particular setup will definitely win that gal "head over heels" on such a lucky stud like you..... ^_~

Thanks for the advice.

How much would this specific setup cost?
I was thinking about getting a 1945 Strikers II PCB and cabinet.

My word of advice: Do not pass her up, you might spend the rest of your life thinking what would've happened if I hadn't decided to "hook up" with that gal -- who knows, she could be your future life partner or wife (or just a good friend). ^_~

As long as she doesn't start beating my scores & records in the shooters!

There are plently of more arcade shmups to introduce to her besides ESP.ra.de, y'know that right? ^_~

I sure do!
DoDonPachi comes to mind, as she particularly likes shmups with great fire power.
I bet she'll like Mushihimesama too

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:57 am

glitch wrote:have her play Mushi.
chicks love that.
lol

I'll do that!
Have you had any other girl play Mushi and liked it?

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:29 am

ST Dragon wrote: I'll do that!
Have you had any other girl play Mushi and liked it?

besides myself? no. -_-;;
but i totally blame Mushi for making me buy a ps2 + all Cave ports. ^_^
i want to get a friend of mine to try it, but the opportunity has not presented itself yet. she quite liked the Reko figurine though. the Mushi-aesthetic is just a lot more girl-compatible than say, Dodonpachi. all that warfare jazz is pretty alienating to most of us (i mean, Dodonpachi is pretty amazing once you get into it, but for people without a WHOA FIGHTER JETS instinct it's just not as inviting)...

icycalm · Post by **icycalm** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:58 am

So is she Greek, then?

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Thu May 10, 2007 11:52 am

co-op with her for a 1cc and leave her like the leet that she is.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:53 am

icycalm wrote:So is she Greek, then?

Yes she is.

By the way, that's an excellent site you got there!
http://insomnia.ac/

Over all cool design and I loved the After Burner Climax review.
One of the coolest Rail-Shooters I've ever played!

Iaspis · Post by **Iaspis** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:44 pm

opa! tyxere!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:51 am

glitch wrote:
ST Dragon wrote: I'll do that!
Have you had any other girl play Mushi and liked it?
besides myself? no. -_-;;
but i totally blame Mushi for making me buy a ps2 + all Cave ports. ^_^
i want to get a friend of mine to try it, but the opportunity has not presented itself yet. she quite liked the Reko figurine though. the Mushi-aesthetic is just a lot more girl-compatible than say, Dodonpachi. all that warfare jazz is pretty alienating to most of us (i mean, Dodonpachi is pretty amazing once you get into it, but for people without a WHOA FIGHTER JETS instinct it's just not as inviting)...

You must be the only girl in this forum, let alone one of the few that likes shooters!

Welcome aboard!

How long have you been playing shmups for and which one was the 1st that got you into the genre?
After all, it is an unusual genre for women, considering that most prefer Puzzle Bobble, Tetris, Sudoku, etc...

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Fri May 11, 2007 2:20 pm

Minzoku's our other resident gaming girl, but not sure how much she's into shmups.

I wonder where Fev and Alteka went...

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:22 pm

I have a friend at my place of work that I've been introducing to shmups for the past couple of years. He really digs Viper Phase 1 and he just told me yesterday that his (9 or 10 year old) daughter started playing VP1 and she couldn't get enough of it. So I proceeded to point him in the direction of ESPrade and Guwange, to see if she would like the "character" themed shmups.

We'll see how it goes. I think it is a rare find to have the girls get into the shmup genre. I know plenty of women that play Halo. I guess we just have it in our heads that girls won't like shmups, but it may be that they just haven't been introduced to them enough!

Post by **Dave_K.** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:53 pm

I've tried to get my girlfriend to play shmups by showing her Mushi and Esprade, which she really liked because of the characters involved, but could not keep up with the fast paced manic shooting/dodging. Understanding she needed an easier introduction, I turned her onto Cosmo Gang, and she totally got hooked, to the point of being very competitive with me on score. I kinda feel like a drug pusher...she'll get there eventually! mwwahahahaha!

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:04 pm

Specineff wrote:Minzoku's our other resident gaming girl, but not sure how much she's into shmups.

I wonder where Fev and Alteka went...

There is another

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