Strikers 1945 Plus

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:08 pm

Turns out the local Neo Geo in my town has Strikers 1945 Plus; huge f'n score, can't wait to play it.

I was just curious as to what you all think of this one, from the demo I saw of it there, it just looked like a purtier version of the original. Any gameplay difs?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:11 pm

All I really remember off the top of my head is that when played in MAME it only gave you 2 lives by default...maybe the arcade near you has changed that? I also think that its charge shots were somehow "limited," a la Strikers 2...

it290 · Post by **it290** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:34 am

It's more of an arranged Strikers 2 than an arranged Strikers 1945. Good game, but I prefer Strikers 2 for its orientation and more colorful graphics.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:49 am

I love plus alot. Its rock hard though. I only ever got to 1-6 on 1 credit once

and I changed it to 3 lives as well.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:03 am

Strikers 1945 PLUS is the ONLY shmup I've played in the arcade since I was a young punk playing Centipede, Galaxian, and the rest when they first came out. I had a GREAT time, though I can't be sure it was so much the quality of the game as the quality of the experience of playing a shmup in the arcades again after so many years.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:31 am

A movie theater around me has a Strikers 1945 Plus machine. At least it did the last time I was there a few years back. It's a pretty crappy theater, and now that everyone can drive, it's not much more difficult to get to much better theaters.

Still, I would like to return to that theater, just to play the game again. But everyone insists that the theater is infested with rats. *sigh* I'd brave rats for a good shmup.

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:14 am

I love Plus,and it's definitely one of my favorite Neo-Geo games of all time. Also,it's got some of the nicest explosion effect,ever!

B-

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:32 am

I lost track of how much money I spend on this game.

Every game I hope I don't get Iron Casket's stage at 1-4.

Try the secret ship, the P-55 Ascender!

Shameless plug for my guide(it's over at Gamefaqs).

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:53 am

IlMrm wrote:I lost track of how much money I spend on this game.

Every game I hope I don't get Iron Casket's stage at 1-4.

Try the secret ship, the P-55 Ascender!

Shameless plug for my guide(it's over at Gamefaqs).

How do I access this P-55 Ascender you're talking about?

B-

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue May 10, 2005 3:08 pm

It's probably in the guide.

I didn't know this secret ship before. That's the only game I still play in an arcade (There's one of this in an arcade nearby). I've managed to reach 1-8 a couple of times, but 1-6 is usually where I get smoked.

Oh yeah, and this arcade used to have the game with just 2 lives too, but it has been a few years since they switched to 3.

Oh, and the arcade has a score where the guy reached 2-6. A few years back there was a guy there who could reach 2-3. He then stopped playing (I even managed to see him playing a few times), and someday the hi-score table was resetted, and I quickly managed to feel the tabel with my name. It stayed like that for months (I even showed my girlfriend "Hey, look how good I am

"), and then ,after a few months I hadn't showed up there, when I get back there's another guy playing, who destroyed all my scores, and has this one in 2-6 stage.

I still haven't seen him playing, though.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:11 pm

BIG wrote:
IlMrm wrote:I lost track of how much money I spend on this game.

Every game I hope I don't get Iron Casket's stage at 1-4.

Try the secret ship, the P-55 Ascender!

Shameless plug for my guide(it's over at Gamefaqs).
How do I access this P-55 Ascender you're talking about?

B-

Gamefaqs is your friend, Big (well, sometimes...)

At the ship select screen: Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Down (I don't think you have to have to "?" highlighted to do it... I've only used the plane once).

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Tue May 10, 2005 5:28 pm

Kiken wrote:
BIG wrote:
IlMrm wrote:I lost track of how much money I spend on this game.

Every game I hope I don't get Iron Casket's stage at 1-4.

Try the secret ship, the P-55 Ascender!

Shameless plug for my guide(it's over at Gamefaqs).
How do I access this P-55 Ascender you're talking about?

B-
Gamefaqs is your friend, Big (well, sometimes...)

At the ship select screen: Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Up, Up, Up, Down (I don't think you have to have to "?" highlighted to do it... I've only used the plane once).

Haha,good deal.

I guess Gamefaqs isn't so bad after all

B-

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Tue May 10, 2005 5:30 pm

I like 1945 Plus. Yes, it's because i love pink bullets, I know...

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:30 pm

1945 Strikers Plus is one of my all time favorite shmups. I love the explosions & those cool pinky bulltes.
The Fiat Plane with those Vertical Energy-Laser Rods id the best craft imo.

The Boss music is also one of the coolest Boss Themes around, even better than the Original Strikers II by Psikyo. It really puts you up on your feet!

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:02 pm

Xexex and I had a theory about the memory usage in Strikers 1945 Plus.

The game is rougly 650 Megs, and we summize that it is broken down thusly:

50 Megs: Actual game program
100 Megs: Nifty (but silent) CG intro
100 Megs: Music (some of the jazziest boss themes ever!)
400 Megs: Boss explosion animations

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:13 pm

I love this game,definitely the BEST MVS shmup in my book.

BTW,the Zero Fighter is my plane of choice for this mission.

B-

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:32 am

^^^Great supershot.

If it was faster, it'd be my second favorite(behind the Spitfire of course).

@Shatterhand: Damn, 2-6?! That guy's impressive since at full rank the second loop is merciless since the blue bullets are fast as hell, and the screen is small cuts down reaction time.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu May 12, 2005 4:07 pm

The 1st loop of this game is hard enough. I have 2 scores in my table at 1-7 and I usually don't make it past 1-6.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:47 pm

The demo is full of crap.. I Swear about 8 smart bombs go off in 30 seconds on the demo loop. Couldnt do that in the real game

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:14 pm

Yes, I wish I could watch this guy playing sometime, but I think he probably go there in different times as I do, as I never cathed him playing.

Mate, the demo shows 2 ships at time, each ship bombs once ,and they uses it's super shot, then the other ship does the same (Maybe not in that order). Then it shows a cut-scene of both ships, then it goes for other 2 ships in another level, they do same, up until you've seen all ships in the game.

The same thing happens in most Psikyo games. I've seen this in Sengoku Blade and Strikers 1945 II.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sat May 21, 2005 3:35 am

Really fun stuff, the explosions rock all kinds of ass. The updated graphics are minimal but still appreciated. I chuckled (wtf, who chuckles anymore) at the pink bullets. Really nice bullet patterns, to boot.

Also played some Sam Sho 2, hot damn that game rocks. Find it odd that so many people call it balanced.