New Dreamcast shooter from Redspot Games

neoalphazero · Post by **neoalphazero** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:29 pm

The guys behind Last Hope apparently announced two new DC titles, a puzzle game and:

Dalforce (Sega Dreamcast)
Genre: Shoot´em Up for 4 players with 11 levels
Release: Q1/08

*-neo

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:22 pm

Okay...

*checks pants*

Okay. They better make up for Last Hope. If so=win.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:26 pm

Goat Store Publishing is working with Red Spot?

uh...whut?

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:47 pm

Well, i'm looking forward to a new shooter on the dreamcast- especially if its done by the guys behind LAST HOPE- yip, i know they couldv'e done things a bit better and it needed a bit more playtesting, but it was a very good attempt at a new Rtype like shmup.

I liked it

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:57 pm

4 player shoot 'em up? Interesting.

Also, LOL. Those DC die-hards don't know when to quit, do they?

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:13 pm

Not ANOTHER indie DC game

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ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:17 pm

I love DC indie games.

I liked Last Hope...hopefully this one will be good too.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:37 am

THE LEGEND WILL NEVER DIE.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:47 am

it's a simple yet powerful console for the indie kids to dev for. Such a thing may never come again!

*hides his gp2x*

I for one am excited to see what it's like.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:10 am

Wasn't redspot games only the publisher on DC, while NG Dev team were the developers?

I'll have more confidence if it's NOT NG Dev team who is making the game.

11 levels? That's getting into Euroshmup territory. And good luck trying to find 3 other people to play shooters with.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:12 am

4 players with 11 levels

Shocky · Post by **Shocky** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:54 am

4 players = Yet another Geometry Wars cash-in

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:24 am

2x the crapness!

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 7:35 am

it took them like 5 years to make last hope.

so how long will it take them to make this.

yeesh

NeoZeed_RP · Post by **NeoZeed_RP** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:04 pm

How will it be released?? I understand that the GD ROM has stopped being produced?

I know games can be used in CD ROM format but it affects the laser over time.

Although, I would welcome a new DC shooter. I think the system is great.

Radiant · Post by **Radiant** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:11 pm

NeoZeed_RP wrote:How will it be released?? I understand that the GD ROM has stopped being produced?

LH was also released on CD......

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:14 pm

I hope that actual good companies see this release and realize there's still a demand for games on the dreamcast.

NeoZeed_RP · Post by **NeoZeed_RP** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:34 pm

Radiant wrote:
NeoZeed_RP wrote:How will it be released?? I understand that the GD ROM has stopped being produced?
LH was also released on CD......

Ah...Maybe the "CD = Laser Death" rumour is a load of bollocks then. Probably started by SEGA because of how easy it is to back up DC games onto CD.

My DC is still going strong

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:18 pm

OT: The dc laser will wear out faster using cdroms than gdroms simply because a cdrom with lots of data will require more movement from the laser. Also, the laser has to strain to read the first bits of data on the inner ring of a cdrom because for whatever reason, it wasn't built to slide down that far to read it properly.

However, most games using Kos don't force the laser to do a lot of work. Usually it just needs one load into the ram and it's done for the day. Either way, as long as you aren't playing pirated games that were poorly put together on a poorly burned cdr; then your dc should live a long life.

Anyway, it's odd how this game was announced as a Goat Store game but now is coming from red spot games as one of their 3 announced titles.

Dalforce (Sega Dreamcast)
Genre: Shoot´em Up for 4 players with 11 levels
Release: Q1/08

Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles (Sega Dreamcast)
Genre: Puzzle with over 100 stages
Release: Q1/08

Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles (GamePark Holdings GP2X)
Genre: Puzzle
Release: Q4/07

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:03 pm

Check out footage for the (tentatively called) shmup XOP on Retro Core - Dreamcast Shooting Special 2 on this website

Quite good looking stuff even if it´s a wip!

*edit*: I stand corrected, but XOP still looks good and you should still check it out:P

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:34 pm

Hopefully they'll be making a vert shmup this time around. Let's just hope they actually create an original game (from scratch) instead of imitating a shmup from the past.

That's all I care about. Oh, and another great soundtrack to go with it.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:45 pm

J-Manic wrote:Hopefully they'll be making a vert shmup this time around. Let's just hope they actually create an original game (from scratch) instead of imitating a shmup from the past.

Please note that Red spot games are only the PUBLISHERS and [u[NOT[/u]
the developers. And if you´ll check out on the info I gave you, you should be able to find out that it´s at least vertically orientated....

maxi · Post by **maxi** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:38 am

RIIIIISE FROM YOUR GRAVE! on the DC.
I hope this new game comes better than Last Hope.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:09 am

Super Laydock wrote:Check out footage for the (tentatively called) shmup XOP on Retro Core - Dreamcast Shooting Special 2 on this website to see what this game is about...

Quite good looking stuff even if it´s a wip!

Ummm....XOP is the name of a (now) freeware shmup made by one of the forum members... Not the same game, apparently...

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:31 pm

Hum Dalforce?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalforce

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:46 pm

pixelcorps wrote:2x the crapness!

x4

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:11 pm

Super Laydock wrote:Please note that Red spot games are only the PUBLISHERS and [u[NOT[/u]
the developers.

Yes. Iam aware of this. I didn't even mention "Red Spot" anywhere in my post.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:07 pm

I'll not fall for one of those homebrew shmups again. This time:

No external beta testing / no demo = No buy.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:01 pm

Enjoy:

http://www.redspotgames.com/

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:14 pm

Damocles wrote:
Super Laydock wrote:Check out footage for the (tentatively called) shmup XOP on Retro Core - Dreamcast Shooting Special 2 on this website to see what this game is about...

Quite good looking stuff even if it´s a wip!
Ummm....XOP is the name of a (now) freeware shmup made by one of the forum members... Not the same game, apparently...

Max, big shot at both DCS and Redspotgames (sorry Max, couldn´t figure out a better way of clearing this up) wrote: Dalforce is something on its own by the way because a lot was re-written and it has dozens of new graphics.

So check it out again and then expect something a little different (well that´s how I read this anyway).

XOP apparently has been playtested and found to be quite good by some well respected members of the gaming community... so that is sounding promising for a "variation" on it,Right?
Right!

(Sorry if the makers of this game, who are NO doubt reading this, don´t like this kind off publicity. I just though the XoP Wip looked extremely promising and hope my assumptions are right...).

Redspot games should clarify that this game is not being made by the same people as Last Hope though. Despite the fact that it´s a wonderful game, this still has a bad buzz surrounding it....