Gradius for real !

Cers · Post by **Cers** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:12 pm

I looked by my window and

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:41 pm

Whoa! That's an actual… cloud!

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:43 pm

That's one HUGE mothership behind Vic Viper

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:08 pm

And I thought i'm only one who sees shmup scenes in clouds.

BTW: The thing behind it is that yellow box carrier from J'n'G.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:15 pm

Your MS Paint skills are superior.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:52 pm

nice random thread

(I mean it)

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:09 pm

...I.....don't get it. What the hell am I supposed to look for? D:

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:27 pm

A cloud that looks like Vic Viper, I believe.

ave · Post by **ave** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:01 pm

Naw, its more metaphorical... HE is mother brain and this is the earth in the eyes of mother brain. Obviously it is kind of paranoid and sees enemies like Vic Viper even in clouds.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:59 pm

"Yeah, Vic Viper finally comes to destroy our school. TAKE THAT TEACHER!"

I like it

Augemitbutter · Post by **Augemitbutter** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:57 am

thats awesome

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:12 am

Interesting things people do when they live in the middle of fucking nowhere.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:30 am

It's Vic Vampire! Special ability: turns into a cloud.

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Interesting things people do when they live in the middle of fucking nowhere.

You shouldn't talk; you're inside an apple core.

eretsua · Post by **eretsua** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:27 am

this is pretty cool.

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:44 am

I wonder if Vic Viper did attack earth who's side us lot would all be on...

Or maybe it's defending us?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:10 pm

How come there aren't 8 million houses all 3 feet from each other that all look the same when you look out your window?

/jealous

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:07 pm

omg its a cloud

Machinehead · Post by **Machinehead** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:15 pm

My gf just said it looks like Meta-Knight's ship is in the background

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:03 am

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Interesting things people do when they live in the middle of fucking nowhere.
landshark wrote:How come there aren't 8 million houses all 3 feet from each other that all look the same when you look out your window?

/jealous

I'd throw out that obligatory "touche," but my name isn't UnscathedFlyingObject.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:20 pm

spadgy wrote:I wonder if Vic Viper did attack earth who's side us lot would all be on...

Or maybe it's defending us?

Depending on earth forming an alliance with Latis or not...
If Latis chose our side it would be Laydock vs Vic Viper All the way.

duh...

waiting for a pic of a cloud depicting a Psikyo character... Marion would be fine here...

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:27 pm

The Laydock ship is more able than the Vic Viper. Though you would have to be careful against their lasers anyway.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:35 pm

Shatterhand wrote:The Laydock ship is more able than the Vic Viper. Though you would have to be careful against their lasers anyway.

If we'd have a treaty with Latis lord british wouyld be on our side as well.
Lord British would be more than capable in fending of VV from even getting to laydock's ship...

We ought to make this into a sort of shmup version of "Magic he Gathering" with playing cards with stats for all sorts of shmup icons... could be fun (though nerdy...)

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:40 pm

Like discussing if Laydock could beat Vic Viper wasn't nerdy enough

We should do a shmup about this

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:47 pm

Shatterhand wrote: We should do a shmup about this

Seconded. Would be the best thing ever.

Sort of like a Capcom vs SNK for the shmups universe eh...

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:52 pm

I've talked with Akira once about doing this... I don't know if you were around when Postman made a review of a fake game called "Polygenesis" which was basically a Capcom vs SNK for the shmups universe .. hehe. We had talked about actually doing a game from that, but then we never actually went ahead.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:53 pm

Shatterhand wrote:I've talked with Akira once about doing this... I don't know if you were around when Postman made a review of a fake game called "Polygenesis" which was basically a Capcom vs SNK for the shmups universe .. hehe. We had talked about actually doing a game from that, but then we never actually went ahead.

Most shmup ships do not have dodgeable shots .. they are designed to fry legions of aliens/bugs/battleships, etc. Their shots move across the entire screen almost instantly. Plus they mostly die in one hit. Those would be some short rounds .. :O

It would be more interesting if the ships attacks were modified to be actually dodgeable, so both players would keep dodging until the other one messed up and died.

Even then, most shmup ships only have 1-2 attacks .. wouldn't be too exciting. You'd have to come up with some original attack patterns for each of the ships. And let the players combine them in interesting ways, otherwise there would be no real strategy.

blah blah rambling

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:12 pm

It would be more interesting if the ships attacks were modified to be actually dodgeable, so both players would keep dodging until the other one messed up and died.

That was the idea. And ships actually have more like 4 or more attacks, if you pick the right ones. ANd there would be energy bars probably.

We never discussed that very deeply though

I personally do have some ideas on how to do it.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:14 pm

You guys are pretty much describing Senko no Ronde.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:38 pm

There was also a shitty one-on-one mode in R-Type Final.

A team-up might be better than a grudge match when it comes to shooters.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:04 pm

[quote="Ruldra"]You guys are pretty much describing Senko no Ronde.[/quote

Yeah, when I saw Senko no Ronde for the 1st time, the first thing that crossed my mind was Polygenesis.

Except that Senko no Ronde has no Vic Viper o R-9 as selectable ships