Shooting Game Tournament 2007 (Themes/Game Selection Thread)

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THERES TOO MANY GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM

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I'm torn on my choice... I <3 Konami games too much.
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Just a heads up. Seibu games would have plenty of differences to look out for in-between versions. As Edge is sorting his Excel clusterfuck, now would be the time for everybody with knowledge on the MAMEable Seibu games to tell us what you know regarding what to look for in differences between each game version and/or what version would be suited for STGT and why. Anything that could be relevant will be added to post 1. This is not only for shortlist verification, but so users can also get a heads up in what not to do on their downloading.

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Regarding Raiden Fighters series:
As a general rule among the Raiden Fighters versions, the differences are as follows:

Japan: One loop, with an Expert Course (2-1 Start) unlock for completing the original mode in one credit. Highest rank rate increase. Miclus retrieval timer is 2 seconds.
US: Two loops. Rank rate increase the same as Japan's (though RFJ US seems to top out at slightly below the Japan version.) Miclus retrieval timer is .3 seconds, which affects scoring.
Asia: Two loops. Rank rate increase is lowered significantly compared to the US and Japan versions. Miclus retrieval timer is 2 seconds.


Regarding Viper Phase 1:
I've found no rank differences between the World/etc versions with the Japan version (though oldschool Raiden experts might want to correct me here) but the non-Japan versions loop in a Batsugun-esque manner (loop 2 starts at stage 2, loop 3 starts at stage 3, and so on...)


Notes:
Zakk reports that RFJ US Single Board and RFJ US have different timings for Miclus retrieval (Single Board's is 2 seconds.) I can't test the rank speed differences to see if Single Board has the same speed of the Asian versions, because US Single Board doesn't fucking work in MAME despite being listed as "imperfect" and not "not working"


Problem Versions:
RF2/RFJ 2000 versions: should be ineligible. piss easy, and there's no rank to speak of.

VP1 Old Version: should be ineligible. weapon system is horrible as you get only 10 shots per weapon and you're stuck with the narrow machine gun shot for all of the game. i have yet to find anyone who can find this fun.

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Anyone not willing to wait the 6-10 minutes it takes to get Seibu SPI games to boot, I'll have NVRAM files and JP1 switch settings zipped for MAMEPlus .116. I'll also have some for WolfMAME .103, but you can't play Raiden Fighters 2 there.

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Regarding Raiden 1:
please no
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We should just play Air Raid.
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Seibu Week: Japanese versions only please.
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Our team already decided we are going to vote for Raiden 1.
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Shatterhand wrote:Our team already decided we are going to vote for Raiden 1.
Only Oldschoolers are allowed to do that. You've had your chance, deserter. :wink:
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Something tells me that Edge doesn't know how to use excel. :?
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Herr Schatten wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:Our team already decided we are going to vote for Raiden 1.
Only Oldschoolers are allowed to do that. You've had your chance, deserter. :wink:
Oh ho, trash talking.

My team are voting for Mezase! Senkyuu-Ou.
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watz dat
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Icarus wrote:Seibu Week: Japanese versions only please.
I'll add three bold exclamation marks to that: !!!
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CIT wrote:
Icarus wrote:Seibu Week: Japanese versions only please.
I'll add three bold exclamation marks to that: !!!
I see your !!! and raise you :!: :!: :!:
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Let's just play Raiden 1

Now there's a scoring system I actually can understand.

btw

For all those people thinking...
omfg letz choose raiden 1 cuz it has lotsa ports
Most of the ports don't match the arcade version. :roll:
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shoe-sama wrote:Let's just play Raiden 1

Now there's a scoring system I actually can understand.
I'll hand you a gun. You'll know what to do with it after an hour of playing that.
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Twiddle wrote:
shoe-sama wrote:Let's just play Raiden 1

Now there's a scoring system I actually can understand.
I'll hand you a gun. You'll know what to do with it after an hour of playing that.
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You know, all of your trash talk about Raiden have made my choice for next week easy...
Raiden! :P

Only my team mates can stop me now from voting this.
Ed: But on the other hand, everyone else are going to vote raiden, so... it doesn't really matter, does it?
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VP1 pls.
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Yes, I was only kidding about it, my prefered option was VP1... but now I am starting to think seriously about voting Raiden 1.
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After week 1's debacle my expectations are extremely low.
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If you're going to vote in a game I'm going to be an easy kill at please vote VP1

at least I'm gonna enjoy it while being one
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Icarus wrote:Oh ho, trash talking.

My team are voting for Mezase! Senkyuu-Ou.
Drink N Fly will jump on this bandwagon.
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battle balls is awesome
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Twiddle wrote:battle bells is awesome

BELLS? MORE BELLS? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Take a deep breath, and relax. It's not like someone's going to photoshop the balls in Battle Balls to...shit.
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LETS PLAY MULTIPLAYER
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shoe-sama wrote:LETS PLAY MULTIPLAYER
Raiden 1 with 2 player team scores? ;)
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Raiden 3 dual mode ?
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Raiden 3 double play mode
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