Ontario...

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:16 am

Yeah, just wondering if anyone's interested in finding a place in Toronto with some decent shmups...that's right, I'm talking to you, velocity7 and Bishamon!

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:26 am

I might be back in London for a couple weeks this summer, if the timing lines up I'm in.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:38 am

come to ottawa, we have no shmups, but I'll be waiting!

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:03 am

For all those living in Toronto, Orbit/Playscape @ Pacific Mall will be getting Progear and Brave Blade pretty soon.

kccttzj · Post by **kccttzj** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:06 pm

People always told me that Orbit/Playscape was awesome, so I've always wanted to go there. Maybe I'll try to make a trip up there sometime. Thanks for letting us know. ^_^

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:24 am

kccttzj wrote:People always told me that Orbit/Playscape was awesome, so I've always wanted to go there. Maybe I'll try to make a trip up there sometime. Thanks for letting us know. ^_^

One more reason for you to go: IIDX DistorteD.

kccttzj · Post by **kccttzj** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:39 am

^^That is another reason for me to go. I knew they had IIDX, but I didn't know which one. I'm working on getting our machine updated or possibly getting a new one, but that won't be for a while yet.[/i]

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:39 am

I thought you were talking about Ontario, CA for a moment and I got excited.

I'll go back to being unexcited now.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:00 am

Hay, Any lurker/guests from Toronto/Markham/Scarborough, Ontario. Any of you wanna shed some light on who this "FLK" person is? It seems he's owning every one of my scores in Brave Blade. Just today, I saw an awesome 27M score, and I had to beat it w/ a 30M score. :/

Looks like Toronto has some really good people just hidden under the radar.

dark penguin · Post by **dark penguin** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:43 am

Last time I was at the Pacific Mall, they had Raiden DX in that little arcade upstairs. Needless to say, I dropped some money on it.

I'll be going back there next time I'm in Toronto(December for the holidays) to see what they have for shooters.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:07 pm

dark penguin wrote:Last time I was at the Pacific Mall, they had Raiden DX in that little arcade upstairs. Needless to say, I dropped some money on it.

I'll be going back there next time I'm in Toronto(December for the holidays) to see what they have for shooters.

Progear and Brave Blade took its place, like I've said a couple posts above. If you're up for a 15-minute walk (or a 5 minute drive), I could show you a nearby bowling alley that has Blazing Star, Raiden Fighters JET, Cannon Spike, and Zero Gunner 2 (given that it should be working again).

kccttzj: Orbit/Playscape (It's called Playscape, but many of the regulars there still refer to it as Orbit.) only has DDR SuperNOVA, Extreme, Guitarfreaks V2 and Drummania 10th Mix (version difference, can't session). There's another arcade I could probably show you that's like a 15min drive that has DMGF V4, Battle Gear 4, IDv4, Melty Blood, etc. Your call.

kccttzj · Post by **kccttzj** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:57 pm

What??? No more IIDX? That's very disappointing. It's seems that there are still a lot of reasons to make the trip though, so when I manage to have some extra money and some free time, I'll try to make it up there. What is the name of that other arcade?

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:00 am

Uh.... I was referring to games OTHER than IIDX. It's still there, I just didn't word it right.

Also, other arcade's called Lovegety Station.

kccttzj · Post by **kccttzj** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:12 pm

Ah, ok. I see. I thought about that after I posted. =P

Drakon · Post by **Drakon** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:58 am

yay thread bump! I'm up for a raiden III/IV party. That's about it for schmups that interest me....actually dodon pati and various cave games were fun too.....and yes....I royally suck at these type of games

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:43 am

Drakon wrote:yay thread bump! I'm up for a raiden III/IV party. That's about it for schmups that interest me....actually dodon pati and various cave games were fun too.....and yes....I royally suck at these type of games

Oh my gawd. Welcome to shmups, Drakon. :3
You're just in time for the announcement of the very latest DoDonPachi game.

Pulstar · Post by **Pulstar** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:21 pm

SFKhoa wrote:Looks like Toronto has some really good people just hidden under the radar.

We've long had a lot of good players in the city, there's just never been any kind of community amongst gamers up here. In fact the only time I can remember one forming was after the popularity explosion of Soul Calibre II.

Thanks for the tip about the sars mall arcade!, I haven't bothered going there in ages now.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:02 am

lolz.....i live in toronto too.....i had no idea pacific mall even had an arcade let alone some decent shmups...will be going soon

i mostly just play at home with consoles and mame and occasionally go to the yonge/dundas arcades for some raiden 2/ strikers plus action.....

i play a lot of doujin shmups as well

i prefer crazy danmaku/bullet hell style games....huge cave fan!!!

it would be nice to meet up with some fellow enthusiasts...

im down for a meet anytime....

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:10 pm

Okay, let's round up all the 'shmup locations' one more time.

Pacific Mall [Steeles Ave.E & Kennedy Rd.] has:
Progear
Brave Blade

Club 300 Bowling Alley [Steeles Ave.E & Old. Kennedy Rd.] has:
Raiden Fighters JET
Cannon Spike
Zero Gunner 2 (Don't know if this one is still functioning)
Blazing Star

Lovegety Station [Hwy.7 & Leslie St.] has:
Strikers 1945 II
Strikers 1945 III
MAME cabinet.

Funland 'ARCADE' [Yonge / Dundas, close to the Eaton Centre] has:
Raiden
Strikers 1945 [?]
Strikers 1945 PLUS

BTW, welcome to the forum, jonny5. ^^

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:14 pm

SFKhoa wrote: Funland 'ARCADE' [Yonge / Dundas, close to the Eaton Centre] has:
Raiden
Strikers 1945 [?]
Strikers 1945 PLUS

Still in the very back, and 1945's screen is totally fucked. The right side is distorted and the entire screen is discolored.

Machinehead · Post by **Machinehead** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:25 pm

Wow everyone seems so far away, I'm stuck down here by the Falls and can't find an arcade with anything better than DDR

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:07 pm

so what are peoples thoughts on a meet sometime in the near future??

depending on peoples setups maybe we could do it at somebodys house....my house would be available for 6 or less people....dont think there is that many of us anyways....

i have a modded ps2 with anything worth having shmups/fighting wise....saturn, DC....TONS of backups....lolz....im bad...

and i have a supergun and esp ra de on the way this week....

what do ya think guys...i wanna play some games with people who appreciate them and can actually play em....lolz

PM me or post here if anybody is interested

oh ya....i live in the st .clair/keele area.....

i can also bring pretty much anything peeps want if we do it somewhere else....not all at once but im willing to bring the SG and ps2 or something....whatever works, depending on what people wanna play

lemme know

skinny goon · Post by **skinny goon** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:27 am

Do you mean a Toronto meet? Or elsewhere in Ontario?

jonny5 wrote:so what are peoples thoughts on a meet sometime in the near future??

depending on peoples setups maybe we could do it at somebodys house....my house would be available for 6 or less people....dont think there is that many of us anyways....

i have a modded ps2 with anything worth having shmups/fighting wise....saturn, DC....TONS of backups....lolz....im bad...

and i have a supergun and esp ra de on the way this week....

what do ya think guys...i wanna play some games with people who appreciate them and can actually play em....lolz

PM me or post here if anybody is interested

oh ya....i live in the st .clair/keele area.....

i can also bring pretty much anything peeps want if we do it somewhere else....not all at once but im willing to bring the SG and ps2 or something....whatever works, depending on what people wanna play

lemme know

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:32 am

guess that depends where in ontario??

its a big province....it seems most of us are in toronto so that seemed the most logical location...

im open to suggestions....but im not really down for more than a couple hours on a bus.....unless you have some crazy set up....

Rob79 · Post by **Rob79** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:11 pm

I have all kinds of shmups for some systems..
here's some pics..

Some shooter games I have are:

PS2 Raiden Project
PS1 Strikers 1945
PS1 NTSC - J Raiden DX
PS2 Raiden 3

NES:
- 1943 w/BOX
- Twin Eagle COMPLETE
- Twin Cobra COMPLETE
- 1942 w/Manual Booklet
- Tiger Heli w/BOX -Black Version
- Thunderbirds w/BOX
- Sky Shark w/Manual Booklet

NEO GEO AES:

Strikers 1945 Plus (conversion)
Aero Fighters 2
Ghost Pilots
Blazing Star (conversion)

Just started my shmup collection in 2006.
If you guys have any games for sale, lemme know.. thanks

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:58 pm

seriously dude....you live like 15 mins from me...we gotta hang out some time....doors always open at my place....drop me a PM if ya wanna get together....

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:25 pm

I would be up for a meet-up, but all I really have is the usual stuff it seems.

X-Arcade stick, PS2 w/ Espgaluda, DOJ, Ibara, Mushi, Gradius V.

PC with more MAME and emulators than you can shake a stick at, etc.

TATE-able monitor. Not that great but it works.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:26 pm

where abouts are you??

toronto or outside the city??

like i said...i dont mind traveling a little bit but im not down for more than a couple hours on a bus

and i am totally down to host a meet at my place if anybody is interested....i have a nice setup...which will soon be even nicer with the supergun and esp ra.de pcb....

i know its weird meeting people from online in r/l but hey....there arent that many of us so we might as well meet and share our love of these games....

im just dying to play with other people...

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:41 am

jonny5 wrote:where abouts are you??

toronto or outside the city??

I'm living right near downtown Toronto. PM me.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:07 am

I'm actually all the way up north. Where Finch Ave. is.