First manic?

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:41 am

Fighter17 wrote:Manic = Fast Bullets with about 100 max on screen.

Bullet-Hell: Slow moving bullets with tons on screen at once.

At certain points of the classic Cave produced Dodonpachi PCB, there are a maximum of 255 bullets shown on-screen (of course, the framerate slows down quite a bit)...this was cutting edge stuff for 1997, mind you... ^_~

And can modern-day arcade shmup titles increase the bullet count and still retain the arcade quality framerate issue at a consistant 60 frames-per-second?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:43 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote: And can modern-day arcade shmup titles increase the bullet count and still retain the arcade quality framerate issue at a consistant 60 frames-per-second?

I certainly hope not.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:50 am

The CPS2 board of Mars Matrix sure shows what can be done when the "bullet hell" factor is taken to the extreme (and "over the edge"), of course with Takumi signature designed bullets to admire at... ^_~

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:58 am

My first manic? Giga Wing 2. It destroyed me and blew my mind at the same time.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:15 am

professor ganson wrote:My first manic? Giga Wing 2. It destroyed me and blew my mind at the same time.

Only if Gigawing Generations Taito Type X's port was as good as the Sega Naomi cartridge version of GW2, why mess with something that's proven to work and muck it all up (as set the standards with the CPS2-based GW1 & Naomi GW2 arcade shmup releases)? Oh well, there's always room for improvement should there be a Gigawing IV arcade PCB release... ^_~

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:54 am

I see GaijinPunch is as informed as ever.

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GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:59 am

cigsthecat wrote:I see GaijinPunch is as informed as ever

Figured it wouldn't be long before you came here and acted... well...like you.
Help

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:20 am

Gaijin Punch beat me to it. I was going to post that very link, and then dinner showed up ^_^

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:28 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
cigsthecat wrote:I see GaijinPunch is as informed as ever
Figured it wouldn't be long before you came here and acted... well...like you.
Help

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

also, twats.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:29 am

Arvandor wrote:Gaijin Punch beat me to it. I was going to post that very link, and then dinner showed up ^_^

And was your dinner yummy & tasty? ^_~

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:29 am

It didn't seem like sarcasm as much as it did seem like trolling. Like I do with Compile games.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:40 am

Yes, my dinner was indeed quite tasty ^_^

I actually did find your pictures quite funny, cigs, I just felt like posting a scarasm link for some reason. Needs less question marks though... Don't be such a wanker.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:48 am

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

You're the one that got your panties in a bunch. Even Rob, our biggest Cave whore didn't act like he was the unwitting participant in a Lemon Party.

EDIT:
I mean Psikyo whore...

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:55 am

Wouldn't Rob be the exact opposite of a Cave whore? Or... at least he doesn't whore Cave, that's for sure. More like advises you to stay away from that cruel mistress. Perhaps he's more like a Cave cold-hearted ex-girlfriend psycho-bitch?

A bit long, but we could make him the Cave CHEGPB for short. Or we could just go play Mars Matrix

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:00 am

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

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:02 am

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

Are we going in circles yet? I tend to get kind of motion-sick.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:04 am

professor ganson wrote:My first manic? Giga Wing 2. It destroyed me and blew my mind at the same time.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who read the thread title this way at first.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:06 am

It's actually not a bad idea either =)

I want to say my first manic was Mars Matrix, but I's overuses the shield, so it doesn't feel so manic. Same with Giga Wing 2, as I played that with 4 people. I once heard someone saying something about a firehose vs a candle? Yeah, quite appropriate.

I guess it would probably have to be ESPgaluda, unless you count Ikaruga? *shrugs* All this "discussion" and I'm only more confused.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:08 am

It's like chess, except there are more Wikipedia articles then there are chess pieces.

splitblkribbon · Post by **splitblkribbon** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:13 am

Pirate1019 wrote:It's like chess, except there are more Wikipedia articles then there are chess pieces.

or more bullets then in a manic shooter

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:16 am

J-Manic wrote:Isn't RECCA [NES] known to be the first manic shmup ever?

I dunno. Juno First can have it's manic moments, and it was made 9 years earlier.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:16 am

You mean in a bullet hell shooter? Haven't you been reading the thread? Manic shooters don't necessarily have a lot of bullets -_^

eight · Post by **eight** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:14 am

GaijinPunch wrote:
cigsthecat wrote:I see GaijinPunch is as informed as ever
Figured it wouldn't be long before you came here and acted... well...like you.
Help

Wow, even I as a non-American citizen got it. ~_?

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:18 am

eight wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:
cigsthecat wrote:I see GaijinPunch is as informed as ever
Figured it wouldn't be long before you came here and acted... well...like you.
Help
Wow, even I as a non-American citizen got it. ~_?

You've got a blood-dripping pirate's hook in your smiley's eye. Might wanna get that looked at before it gets infected.

eight · Post by **eight** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:22 am

It's there for a reason, mind you.

KNTain · Post by **KNTain** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:22 am

I love the gradients in cig's pictures.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:24 am

The Coop wrote:
eight wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: Figured it wouldn't be long before you came here and acted... well...like you.
Help
Wow, even I as a non-American citizen got it. ~_?
You've got a blood-dripping pirate's hook in your smiley's eye. Might get that looked at before it gets infected.

The doctor will see you now... ^_~

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:27 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:
The Coop wrote:
eight wrote: Wow, even I as a non-American citizen got it. ~_?
You've got a blood-dripping pirate's hook in your smiley's eye. Might wanna get that looked at before it gets infected.
The doctor will see you now... ^_~

GAH! And you've got a worm crawling out of the eye of yours!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:40 am

Yes, I mean to say Rob the Psikyo whore.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:52 am

... You mean to tell me it was a mistake and not sarcasm? That's just all kinds of confusing.