8th Bay Area shmupmeet (is over)

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:55 pm

IlMrm wrote:
Right here. I gotta warn you though, we take off early in the morning, as I always get to Dave's place promptly at 10.

haha ok - PM me and we can arrange something before I go on vacation - i'm living in SF now..

droid · Post by **droid** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:49 pm

damn it Dave. I wanted to cruise up this time for some robotron/spyhunter action, but my wife is due with our 2nd son sometime between August 15-21. That rules me out

A newborn also scratches me from hosting a socal shindig to coincide with Sven's arrival.

Heh, funny thing is we were up in san jose/monterrey last weekend, but I doubt my wife would have been happy with a family vacation for gaming purposes.

Droid

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:11 pm

Droid congrats on the upcoming arrival! We'll get you up here one of these days, especially after this one if people post pics of my updated gameroom.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:28 am

Dave_K. wrote:Droid congrats on the upcoming arrival! We'll get you up here one of these days, especially after this one if people post pics of my updated gameroom.

You know that's my job.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:19 am

hey dave, im off to the plane tomorrow so send me a PM with your adress and phone no so i can hunt you down once im stateside

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:27 pm

PM Sent. Looking forward to see you out here Sven!

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:39 pm

Updated the first post. We are now one week away. Please register your interest if you want to attend this shmupmeet.

If anyone has an interest in a competition, let me know. Past contests were Ketsui and Dangun level one collect-a-thons, and head-to-head Change Air Blade. Prizes may include money in an entrance pot, or a hard slap on the back.

shariar07 · Post by **shariar07** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 10:34 pm

yeah i will be there with my bro as usual

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:29 pm

just arrived in san jose so ill be there

currently staying down town, how far away is your place dave?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:40 pm

sven666 wrote:just arrived in san jose so ill be there

currently staying down town, how far away is your place dave?

Awesome! Downtown is like 15-20 minutes away, south on highway 101. I'm very close to the highway exit, so directions should be easy. You should check out San Francisco's nightlife Friday or Saturday night, as it was just rated #1 for singles on some yahoo article today (http://promo.realestate.yahoo.com/best_ ... ngles.html). Just be sure to make it to my place early Sunday as it may get too hot in the garage later in the afternoon.

I'll PM everyone directions tonight.

Kiselgof · Post by **Kiselgof** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:52 am

Just wanted to give some props to Dave K. for another superb meet! Great to meet Sven, pixel, shari; see peeps like dirty monk again. Top notch presentation from a top notch guy, thanks again Dave!

And man, that Aerofighters Special limited board kicks major butt. Of course Galuda 2 and Pink Sweets looked awesome as well, but we all know that already...

Sincerely,

Mikhail

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:07 am

Thanks Mikhail, and everyone else, for another fine meet. Special thanks to Sven for making the trek up north from LA to attend.

Sven and Zak showed off their Espgaluda II prowess, Bernard was addicted to DOJ (probably because no DDP at this meet), Ketsui got a less love than expected (with a paltry 65M highscore), and IlMrm looped Gunbird 2 at least once. Lots of C72 dojin shooters, and one wicked dojin fighter (thanks Brian).

From left to right: IlMrm, BER, DirtyMonk, Sven666, Ironish, Segasonicfan, Pixelcorps, and myself (looking like I need to drop a few pounds in the mid-section). Missing from the group shot were: Shariar07, Arman, Mikhail, and Louisg.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:14 am

Almost forgot, suprise game at the meet. Segasonicfan and Lousig ganging up on Planet Harriers.

segasonicfan · Post by **segasonicfan** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:28 am

oh THAT's sven :O MAN I can't believe I went the whole meet without knowing that!

Big thanks again to Dave K for hosting another awesome meet. The Planet Harriers machine was one helluva icing on the cake!

Very good times, I'll post my pics later.

-Segasonicfan

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:42 am

IlMrm wrote:
Dave_K. wrote:Droid congrats on the upcoming arrival! We'll get you up here one of these days, especially after this one if people post pics of my updated gameroom.
You know that's my job.

Once again a huge thanks to Dave for hosting another meet.

It was great too see all the guys again and meeting Sven.

louisg · Post by **louisg** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:40 am

Hey, awesome meet. It was great to check out all those new shmups. Segasonicfan, good game of Outfoxies! And yeah, Planet Harriers.. oh man. Bliss.

DirtyMonk · Post by **DirtyMonk** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:57 am

Thanks Dave for hosting another shmeet. I really enjoyed this one, and felt that it revitalized a lot of fun I've lost from shmups over the past several months. And Ketsui is a cure for cancer.

BER · Post by **BER** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:25 pm

Dave_K. wrote:Bernard was addicted to DOJ (probably because no DDP at this meet)

Hehe, nah, I was more addicted to Espgaluda II. Things actually die in this game! But I wanted to let others experience this game.

Thanks again for hosting this shmupmeet, Dave!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:38 pm

Great meet dave, thanx for inviting me!

what a collection, very impressive to say the least, just about every shmup one could desire and the dedication you have towards your machines is just incredible, and yeah having a go at a proper planet harriers setup was golden, what a hidden gem that game is!

very nice meeting everyone else aswell, always cool to put a face and a personality to the people on the boards.

and finally i cannot believe i got beat at both espgaluda 2 and ketsui.. argh

chalk it up to my hangover

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:07 am

again, cheers dave, thanks for sharing your wonderful playground with us.

segasonicfan · Post by **segasonicfan** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:03 am

OK here's my pics and vids!

Planet Harriers in action + all the playing cabs::
http://files.filefront.com/100+1502MOV/ ... einfo.html

Dave's ridiculously awesome MAME cab:
http://files.filefront.com/100+1517MOV/ ... einfo.html

Pics:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1501.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1500.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1504.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1506.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1516.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1515.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/ ... 0_1500.jpg

Sorry I forgot to resize em

-Segasonicfan

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:32 am

Sweet videos! Whats funny is I only got that Mame setup working right as everyone started showing up! I didn't even have time to load the screenshots, which should have been displaying in the upper left corner as you scroll through the game list.

The frontend I'm using is Mala (http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/) and the Serial Display v1.1 plugin to drive the Betabrite LED sign attached to the cab's marquee holder frame.

shariar07 · Post by **shariar07** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:19 pm

Thanks Dave for a great shmupmeet, man you have shmup arcade overload at your place, also great seeing you, did you 1cc Ketsui.
i only wished i could have stayed longer. But thats for next time i will try to upload some images i think its mostly artwork.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:15 pm

Did anybody play Night Raid?!

great pics all.

Funny how after all these years Dave's arcade doesn't age a bit. Always fresh. :D

Post by **Dave_K.** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:02 am

I think Bernard and myself were the only ones playing Night Raid...which was on a switcher with Radient Silvergun. Nobody played RSG. Both got swapped out after lunch for The Outfoxies and then Soukyuu Gurentai.

My garage has evolved/grown a lot over the years. Looking back at early pictures it just seems so barren with only 2 or 3 candy cabs, and nothing on the walls.

I will be hard pressed to add more cabs now. I may be moving next year anyway, so we'll see what happens then.

Kiselgof · Post by **Kiselgof** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:31 pm

I played RSG

A classic, I hadn't touched it in about five years since selling my Saturn. Night Raid gave me a hallucinogenic trip.

BTW, Ironish does not have an account here because of a hotmail address so he wanted me to pass on his thanks for the meet! I wish I could have stayed for the pics by if I missed my mom's B-day I would have been out of the will...

Sincerely,

Mikhail

Dave_K. wrote:I think Bernard and myself were the only ones playing Night Raid...which was on a switcher with Radient Silvergun. Nobody played RSG.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:20 pm

glad to hear you guys had such an awesome time

That arcade looks amazing- sounds liek alot of fun! I was working pretty much all weekend, but I will hit the next one

kage 8 · Post by **kage 8** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:32 am

That's what I get for not checking this site more often.

bitkid · Post by **bitkid** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:50 am

When will the next Bay Area meetup be? Where does it take place? I'm new to this message board and I live in the East Bay.
thanks

mobichan · Post by **mobichan** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:21 pm

Doh! Another meet missed.

Hey Segasonicfan, I thought you were going to drop me an email when the bay area meets come around. Maybe next time.

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8th Bay Area shmupmeet (is over)

Props to Dave!