Shmup Ticker: What are you playing RIGHT NOW?

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:35 pm

That's not cool. No miss all the way up to stage 5 in Battle Bakraid] and then lose everything. Chain, stock, everything.

bee-mangadrive · Post by **bee-mangadrive** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:22 pm

Esprande, Raiden Fighters Jet and Rapid Hero.

Just got back into shmups and havent played anything new since back in the raystorm/raycrisis/einhander days (meaning they were new then), so kinda keeping it sane for now although these games are quite intense compared to that stuff I grew up playing on NES and even the first playstation.

I'll get into the harder stuff after I actually remember what dodging stuff feels like. These few games seem challenging but not impossible like that Perfect Cherry Blossom game that seemed to laugh at me when from the moment I hit start :/

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:09 am

I'm not shmupping much right now, I just discovered Transport Tycoon. However with the release of Triggerheart, I might play me some of that on the Dreamcast just incase any of my 360 owning chums get into the flying robot loli groove (which thus far they have not).

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:25 pm

Giga Wing 2.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:26 pm

LGB wrote:That's not cool. No miss all the way up to stage 5 in Battle Bakraid] and then lose everything. Chain, stock, everything.

Then you had to sell off your remaining points and bought a farm in the desert.

Ridley · Post by **Ridley** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:38 am

Weekend was filled with shmups-playing

- Radiant Silvergun
- Gradius V
- Soldier Blade (Wii VC)
- R-Type (Wii VC)

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:24 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:
LGB wrote:That's not cool. No miss all the way up to stage 5 in Battle Bakraid] and then lose everything. Chain, stock, everything.

Then you had to sell off your remaining points and bought a farm in the desert.

Something like that.
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Remember when I said I avoided Battle Garegga like the plague? No more.

EDIT: Now Playing:

Raizing's "B" series
Strikers 1945 and 1945+
Thunder Dragon 2

-Bridget- · Post by **-Bridget-** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:16 pm

Radiant Silvergun for the first time last night.

Hoboy, this one's gonna take some practice. Doesnt help that Im not at all used to shmups with, well, walls.

I am, so far, really really good at finding hilariously stupid ways to crash and blow up in this

Too many buttons, havent been this confused since the first time I played Defender at the arcade (80 bazillionty years ago.... well, ok, Im only 26, so more like...... uh.... 12 years.... but that's still alot!)

And then I yelled at Mushihime some more. Didnt have ANY luck with that.......

daf911 · Post by **daf911** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:42 pm

Having fun with Lords of thunder (VC)

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:49 pm

I've decided not to wait for my 360 owning friends to get Exelica and have been playing it on the DC, and having a lot more than 6/10's worth of fun.

Whats the current asking price for this game anyway? I'd like a legit copy.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:06 pm

Decided to temporarily (read: possibly forever) take a break from Garegga. Stage 4 gets on my nerves. I wasn't really playing anything else, though I got to the final stage in Batrider!

Instead I have went back to Mahou Daisakusen, and if I hadn't died to those stupid lightning wizard bombers in stage 5 I would have easily made that 1CC!

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I still have TD2 going. Too addictive for some reason.

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:31 pm

Progear on PSP
Excelica on LIVE
Under Defeat on DC

DarkMoon · Post by **DarkMoon** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:35 pm

Progear, Thunder Dragon 2, Air Gallet, Strikers 1945

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Post by **Zuhzuhzombie!!** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:01 am

Super Fantasy Zone

And it's pissin me off. Seriously.

pieslice · Post by **pieslice** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:02 pm

These have consumed most of my shmup playtime in the last year (in rough playtime order).

Dodonpachi
Batrider
Ikaruga
Bakraid
R-type Leo

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:56 pm

XOP Black.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:11 am

Vasara and Sengoku Ace. Ace is pretty easy for a Psikyo game; maybe I should attempt something real here.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:23 am

I'm going through my Saturn collection looking for games I still haven't beat. Just finished Darius II, I think I'll go for Blast Wind next, or maybe I'll try to improve in Darius Gaiden.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:11 am

Decided to give Thunderforce IV a try, and holy hell this game is awesome.

Going for the 1cc now.

EDIT: Screw 1cc. Going for the 1LC now!

EDIT: Done

Leandro · Post by **Leandro** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:36 am

Revisiting Undeadline, this time on Crazy... Lots of fun and frustration

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:10 am

Raiden Project & Raiden DX. While I'm on the PS1, though, I don't think I'll be able to resist another go at R-Type Delta.

grovsnus · Post by **grovsnus** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:42 am

I'm trying to get into my newest additions to my shmup collection, that is Shippu Mahou D and Shienryu. My initial impression is that they are both rather interesting.

In between I play Flashback SFC and Last blade NG, because they are awesome games.

Ligersknight · Post by **Ligersknight** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:44 pm

nothing because im in class

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:02 pm

I've gone back to Batrider. This game is such a ball buster. I swapped my character and stage orders to more easily trigger extra bosses, my last run I was two hundred thousand away from my normal high score with all of Highway left, triggered Bashinet, Gob Robo, Blackheart and Bashinet at the Coliseum and I was feeling fucking good. Never dropped my medal chain and one lifed BashiMK2 for the first time... then Highway started and I realized I had done enough to trigger Tsunami and got fucking housed. This game keeps creeping up my top 10.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:34 pm

Gradius Galaxies. Best/only portable shooter I've ever played.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:04 pm

Yesterday I was playing Mahou Daisakusen for Macaw's tournamente, then some Shikigami No Shiro II. Shiki II went from a "Completely not impressed by playing the PC demo" from "This is FUCKING AWESOME" in a couple of weeks. Shame Shiki 3 didn't get a PS2 release.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:05 pm

Add Gunbird 2. I want to see if I can piss off unsane some more.

jp · Post by jp » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:10 am

Right now:
DoDonPachi, because:
A. I really really want to understand why this board considers this the best shmup of all time and
B. I really really want to get excited about Ketsui and DDP DOJ BL so I don't second guess my upcoming purchase of a Japanese 360.

Though sadly, I'm not getting anywhere with either. I mean, I like DDP, but even with me chaining stages 1 and 2 and getting to stage 5 I just do not see why its considered the best (or even in the top 5) shmup.

Also, Batsugun. Because Batsugun is f'ing awesome anytime you're playing it.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:20 am

jp wrote:Though sadly, I'm not getting anywhere with either. I mean, I like DDP, but even with me chaining stages 1 and 2 and getting to stage 5 I just do not see why its considered the best (or even in the top 5) shmup.

I'm guessing for difficulty reasons. Once you get to loop 2 or whatever.
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Sengoku Ace (still) and Rayforce.

ForceDevice · Post by **ForceDevice** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:20 pm

Trizeal... it's one of the most awesomely uninspired shmups I've seen in a long while. Gonna move on to something better as soon as I beat it, which means on the next 30 minutes.