Deathsmiles on GBA... is that possible!? We shall see.

Adigun A. Polack · Post by **Adigun A. Polack** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:39 pm

Today, I just saw a video on YouTube which strongly suggests about somebody using a Nintendo DS to play perhaps a special arrangement of Cave’s 2007 arcade game Deathsmiles on GBA (you can tell by the advanced “Game Boy” opening screen there near the beginning of the vid). Here is the link for you right now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUzTahqVH4

Wow... amazing what a little classic technology can do these days, eh!?

Your thoughts, please.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:44 pm

(april fool's day is still two days away)

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:44 pm

I'm getting mixed smiles about this...

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:48 pm

Looks to be a pretty funky doujin game to me. If it's freeware, i'll be flashing it asap.

nietzschedancing · Post by **nietzschedancing** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:19 pm

MX7 wrote:Looks to be a pretty funky doujin game to me.

Likewise. It's called 'Miku Smiles' from what my meagre brain can deduce. A Death Smiles pastiche with Hatsune Miku as the protagonist looks fairly cool anyway.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:25 am

GBA has no decent shmups from what I can tell, so this would be nice to have.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:37 am

wrong....bulletgba and vulkanon

http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/gba/bulletgba/

check it out......bulletGBA will own your ass..vulkanon is decent....

and to be honest you are better off playing these on a PSP with GPSP(gba emu)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:51 am

laaaame

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:43 am

Pretty awsome music for GBA.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:13 am

Characters take up like 1/6 the screen - that can't be good.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:16 am

jonny5 wrote:wrong....bulletgba and vulkanon

http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/gba/bulletgba/

check it out......bulletGBA will own your ass..vulkanon is decent....

and to be honest you are better off playing these on a PSP with GPSP(gba emu)

I was thinking more of official GBA releases, but these are cool. I don't really consider bullet simulators to be shmups, cause let's face it .. you aren't actually shooting at anything

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:32 am

Rob wrote:laaaame

how so?

this is about as close as you will get to bullethell-on-the-go....

well....if you are looking for some bullet hell dodging these are gold.....

and vulkanon does have shooting....and bulletGBA has shooting levels but you dont control the shooting....

still awesome games IMO....

and the fact that bulletGBA has patterns from pretty much every bullethell type game to play its definitely worth a look

bulletGBA is almost as good as rRootage for PSP...especially when played on a PSP....its very akward on a DS and even worse on a GBA

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:49 am

jonny5 wrote: this is about as close as you will get to bullethell-on-the-go....

Progear on the PSP. Not that these games should be played on the go...

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:54 am

yes...i guess i didnt include emulation in that statement.....but to be honest i dont really like playing arcade emus on PSP cuz with the controls i really suck at games i usually do well at.....its frustrating

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:04 am

/me wants!

i dont know if its freeware or not, but im definitively gettin it whenever its made public. it's been awhile since last time i used my GBA, but it seems like its gonna get on the road again.

anyone knows a URL with more info about this one?

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:46 am

The characters' detail is decent, but they could afford to be just a tad smaller. Aside from that- I liked it. The BGM is amazing.

If this goes public as a download, I'll be looking for a flashcart. Nintendo needs to understand that flashcarts are TRULY intended for homebrew stuff, not just "backups".

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:17 am

If this goes public as a download, I'll be looking for a flashcart. Nintendo needs to understand that flashcarts are TRULY intended for homebrew stuff, not just "backups".

Sounds like the "Guns don't kill people" argument.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:16 am

Haha, nice.)))

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:26 am

I was going to start a new thread for this, but since the conversation has meandered to GBA shooters in general, perhaps this would be the best place for it. In the the french "history of the shooting game" documentary, we see someone making a homemade, hori danmaku game. Unfortunately, no information at all is given on it, including a name. Are there any savvy people on the forum that have managed to dredge up any info on this? Because it looks absolutely amazing, and I'm guessing if it has been released, it must surely be freeware given the format.

Also, 666 posts, lolololol.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:32 am

jonny5 wrote:
this is about as close as you will get to bullethell-on-the-go....

How on earth do 'bullet hell' and 'on-the-go' make sense together?

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:37 am

I've never actually seen someone use the middle of their thumb to control the dpad.. it looks so weird.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:44 am

Etrian wrote:I've never actually seen someone use the middle of their thumb to control the dpad.. it looks so weird.

IMO it's the best way to use one. You can switch directions much faster than using the tip of your thumb.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:45 am

henry dark wrote:How on earth do 'bullet hell' and 'on-the-go' make sense together?

If you asked "where" instead of "how", I'd answer "Moscow subway at 7 in the morning". Small hitbox definitely helps there.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:13 pm

when you play games on portable devices in transit this is bullethell on the go....

obviously its not the optimal way to play these games but when you spend a couple hours on transit a day ya need something to do....

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:01 pm

moozooh wrote:
henry dark wrote:How on earth do 'bullet hell' and 'on-the-go' make sense together?
If you asked "where" instead of "how", I'd answer "Moscow subway at 7 in the morning". Small hitbox definitely helps there.

stop it

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:54 pm

Udderdude wrote:
jonny5 wrote:wrong....bulletgba and vulkanon

http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/gba/bulletgba/

check it out......bulletGBA will own your ass..vulkanon is decent....

and to be honest you are better off playing these on a PSP with GPSP(gba emu)
I was thinking more of official GBA releases, but these are cool. I don't really consider bullet simulators to be shmups, cause let's face it .. you aren't actually shooting at anything

Steel Empire/Empire of Steel - I liked that on the GBA. Dated maybe, but great when it came out...

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:08 pm

phalanx wasnt bad either

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:54 pm

sfried wrote:Pretty awsome music for GBA.

you should try golden sun

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:12 pm

I think that's Hatsune Miku there, and the game is called Mikusmiles lol

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:33 pm

jonny5 wrote:phalanx wasnt bad either

grah, looks like crap!

Also, high five for moozoh's awesometastic post