Raiden Fighters Compilation heading to the Xbox 360

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:30 pm

Lawfer wrote:Was ist das?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RAIDEN-FIGHTERS-ACE ... dZViewItem

Limited edition pre-order paper file?

Very interesting. That sure wasn't an option at Play-Asia!

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:40 pm

professor ganson wrote:
Lawfer wrote:Was ist das?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RAIDEN-FIGHTERS-ACE ... dZViewItem

Limited edition pre-order paper file?
Very interesting. That sure wasn't an option at Play-Asia!

Play-Asia never offers Japan Only pre-order items, plus this thing looks rare I looked it up on YJA and no one was offering it.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:55 pm

Strider77 wrote:
Also- do we have a definitive "if a JP console breaks in the US- it gets replaced with a JP console"?
that's exactly what they did for my friend shayla.

That's incredible. I bought a 60gb PS3 from Hong kong last year, got it back to the UK, and within a month the drive packed up for good and stopped reading discs. I phoned them and they refused to offer a replacement as my warranty was 'no good' in Europe. I was furious.

So furious I borrowed someone's PS3 receipt for GAME, walked in with it and exchanged it for a brand new UK PS3 instead.

Then I sold the PS3 immediately for a tidy profit and never looked back. Fuck that console, it's wack.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:59 pm

What's the best to use for this game?

This:

This:

Or this:

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:21 pm

Option #2 doesn't look like the best choice for shooters.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:32 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:Option #2 doesn't look like the best choice for shooters.

Haha lol, yeah I know but the thing is that it is easy to use and not heavy. What if you just use this one stick?

doodude · Post by **doodude** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:13 pm

Just an aside:

I just picked up Raiden III for $12 brand new @ GStop.

So far I like it alot but this is my 1st Raiden Shmup.

So Im curious, is this typical of the series?

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:16 pm

doodude wrote:So Im curious, is this typical of the series?

Yes except that the ship is slower in Raiden III for som reasons...

stuntman · Post by **stuntman** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:20 pm

Lawfer wrote:What's the best to use for this game?

For me, this:

hacked pad --> candy cab control panel

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:22 pm

doodude wrote:So Im curious, is this typical of the series?

It's important that you make a distinction between Raiden and Raiden Fighters, they are two totally different beasts.

As for the answer to your question, well, yeah, it's pretty similar to Raiden 1 (and maybe 2?), but DX is the best of the bunch, i'd say, and R3 can't really compare. Much cooler scoring system in DX.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:30 pm

stuntman wrote:
Lawfer wrote:What's the best to use for this game?
For me, this:

hacked pad --> candy cab control panel

Ok, what exactly it is? Beside a modded controller that is.

stuntman · Post by **stuntman** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:20 pm

Lawfer wrote:Ok, what exactly it is? Beside a modded controller that is.

That's all it is, a modded controller. To be slightly more specific, a third-party Madcatz controller. From what I've read online, most examples of the official (Microsoft) controller don't have an obvious common earth point (unlike the Madcatz), making the mod/hack more difficult.

I use an ATX power connector (20 pins) for attaching different hacked controllers to my cab control panel.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:29 pm

stuntman wrote:That's all it is, a modded controller. To be slightly more specific, a third-party Madcatz controller. From what I've read online, most examples of the official (Microsoft) controller don't have an obvious common earth point (unlike the Madcatz), making the mod/hack more difficult.

I use an ATX power connector (20 pins) for attaching different hacked controllers to my cab control panel.

I see.

Post by **undamned** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:46 pm

Lawfer wrote:What's the best to use for this game?

-ud

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:10 pm

and thus the first parallels between mahjong and shooters are drawn.

E. Randy Dupre · Post by **E. Randy Dupre** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:33 am

Is anybody else still waiting for their P-A order to arrive? Just had something turn up that I ordered from them a few days after RFA, but RFA itself is nowhere to be seen. Gutted. Want.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:13 pm

E. Randy Dupre wrote:Is anybody else still waiting for their P-A order to arrive? Just had something turn up that I ordered from them a few days after RFA, but RFA itself is nowhere to be seen. Gutted. Want.

I've had that happen before, and I was wondering if it would happen again. Sometimes the date they tell you it was sent isn't quite the day it goes out. I'm still waiting both for RFA and for the game I bought during the Easter sale.

EDIT: Yep, the 20% off game that was allegedly sent later arrived earlier. Still no RFA.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:30 am

Lawfer wrote:What's the best to use for this game?

This:

the hori ex2 is a great shell. the stock parts aint so hot, but it's fairly easy to mod it with sanwa parts. here's a pic of mine.

great for shmups and fighting games!

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:32 am

brokenhalo, how would you feel about showing your joystick's insides? i heard that this stick was kind of a pain in the ass to mod with real parts.

brokenhalo · Post by **brokenhalo** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:17 am

i'll take some pics for you tomorrow. i had akuma001 from the srk forums do the mod for me; only reason being the desoldering work needed to get the stock buttons off the pcb they are directly soldered to is kind of a pain if you have never desoldered before (i hadn't at that point). but looking at the finished product, you'll see that it really isn't that hard to mod.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:26 am

E. Randy Dupre wrote:Is anybody else still waiting for their P-A order to arrive? Just had something turn up that I ordered from them a few days after RFA, but RFA itself is nowhere to be seen. Gutted. Want.

Mine has already arrived, but it was sent before Easter. I'm still waiting for my Easter stuff.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:31 am

i'm hardware illiterate, so such a job is beyond me.

and thanks, i look forward to seeing its guts.

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:42 am

I know this was one of you.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:53 am

haha.... one of these things is not like the other...

hermosaguy · Post by **hermosaguy** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:12 am

Anyone know how to select the Dark Sword ship in RF2?

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:16 pm

brokenhalo wrote:the hori ex2 is a great shell. the stock parts aint so hot, but it's fairly easy to mod it with sanwa parts. here's a pic of mine.

great for shmups and fighting games!

Lol nice, yeah I am asking around shyroyuken for the parts I need before getting myself a custom made stick for this summer (Ketsui X, Omega Five, Raiden Fighters Aces, Ikaruga etc...)

At first I was just going to get myself a padhack of some out of the box stick, but after reading some posts on various forums I would rather have a custom made one. But now looking at this makes me think if I should not just go for the same option as you did (get a EX2 and just change the joystick, buttons and design. Unless it is not easy to mod with non-sanwa parts?).

There is alot of choice in this:

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=131127

Which one do you think I should go for?

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:53 pm

Lawfer wrote:Lol nice, yeah I am asking around shyroyuken for the parts I need before getting myself a custom made stick for this summer (Ketsui X, Omega Five, Raiden Fighters Aces, Ikaruga etc...)

Omega Five use dual analog stick… cannot be played with arcade stick.

cody · Post by **cody** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:26 pm

Lawfer wrote:What's the best to use for this game?

Or this:

This is the correct answer.

seiatsu · Post by **seiatsu** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:00 pm

cody wrote: This is the correct answer.

Agreed wholehartedly...best comericially available stick there is / ever was.

Now, if someone can tell me how to mod mine to work on the 360 (and still work on PS3 as well), I'll be set.

Lawfer · Post by **Lawfer** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:57 pm

seiatsu wrote:Now, if someone can tell me how to mod mine to work on the 360 (and still work on PS3 as well), I'll be set.

It's called padhacking, more info there if you plan on doing it yourself:

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=113675

But I read somewhere that those have a problem as they tend to not respond correctly, especially the earlier versions, more info on this anyone?