So I bought a Dreamcast today...

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:00 am

I got it for $35 plus 12 games that I'm going to sell, because I will never play them.

Now, what shmups should I get for it?

ForceDevice · Post by **ForceDevice** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:17 am

Radirgy, Psyvariar 2, Giga Wing 2, Ikaruga and Border Down are the ones that should be priority IMO.

But there's a whole lot of cool shmups on the DC except for these, just grab all you can find and enjoy

you can't go wrong with a DC and shmups.

(And what are the 12 games you'll be selling? Just curious

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Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:35 am

Ikaruga, Triggerheart Exelica, Mars Matrix, Gunbird 2, Zero Gunner 2, Radirgy, and Under Defeat are the best in my opinion.

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:56 am

Wow. Congrats. I love that system. I keep it hooked up next to my PS3. Anyway, check the manufacture date, too. If it's made before November 2000, you can boot from CD-Rs. There's a whole boat load of SNES and NES emus for it. I enjoy DreamSNES. I can fit the emulator and about 40 games onto one CD. It's cool to not have to lug around my SNES collection when i go on trips.

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:27 am

Zero Gunner 2... and umm... Zero Gunner 2.

Just get all of them.

EDIT: And while not a shooter, you should try and get a hold of Cosmic Smash. One of my favs.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:46 am

Under Defeat

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:47 am

Border Down

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:01 am

subcons wrote:Just get all of them.

List contains Psyvariar 1. Not available for DC AFAIK.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:17 am

ForceDevice wrote:Radirgy, Psyvariar 2, Giga Wing 2, Ikaruga and Border Down are the ones that should be priority IMO.

But there's a whole lot of cool shmups on the DC except for these, just grab all you can find and enjoy you can't go wrong with a DC and shmups.

(And what are the 12 games you'll be selling? Just curious )

I don't even remember, and I'm too lazy to go look. Just take my word for it that they suck. XD

Also, perhaps I should have been more specific-- I know I'll most likely pick up Ikaruga and Triggerheart Exelica, but other than that I'm more into danmaku shmups than basic ones, and since I haven't even heard of half of those, which would be the better ones to get? I heard Shikigami no Shiro II is for Dreamcast as well, and I may pick that one up as well.

@Phil12: Since almost all of the games look as worn as the system does, and every one I've tried so far are dated circa 1998, it's safe to say that this one dates from before the turn of the century. ;D

riffbear · Post by **riffbear** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:24 am

Remember to invest in a Arcade stick

Phil12 · Post by **Phil12** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:26 am

Momijitsuki wrote:
ForceDevice wrote:Radirgy, Psyvariar 2, Giga Wing 2, Ikaruga and Border Down are the ones that should be priority IMO.

But there's a whole lot of cool shmups on the DC except for these, just grab all you can find and enjoy you can't go wrong with a DC and shmups.

(And what are the 12 games you'll be selling? Just curious )
I don't even remember, and I'm too lazy to go look. Just take my word for it that they suck. XD

Also, perhaps I should have been more specific-- I know I'll most likely pick up Ikaruga and Triggerheart Exelica, but other than that I'm more into danmaku shmups than basic ones, and since I haven't even heard of half of those, which would be the better ones to get? I heard Shikigami no Shiro II is for Dreamcast as well, and I may pick that one up as well.

@Phil12: Since almost all of the games look as worn as the system does, and every one I've tried so far are dated circa 1998, it's safe to say that this one dates from before the turn of the century. ;D

Hey, thats good then! SNES shmups, here you come.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:13 am

Momijitsuki wrote:Now, what shmups should I get for it?

Each and every one that was made for the console. Seriously. They're all worth having.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:46 am

Don't forget Incoming. Maybe Expendable too. Last Hope if you're open minded.

Ixmucane · Post by **Ixmucane** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:51 am

Bangai-O
Maybe Rez, but it's straddling the borderline...

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:59 am

Zero Gunner 2

wut games for sale?

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:28 am

I won't suggest you anything because this board is literally packed with DC shmup lists, but let me get it straight: you managed to snatch a jap DC with 12 jap games for $35 (aka NOTHING) or is it an US DC with loader disk and 12 crappy NTSC/UC sports/driving games, as with the usual collection of the typical joe dimwit across the road?

(ps. I'd keep them all btw. DC games are always a joy to look at)

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:17 am

Get the dreamcast exclusive stuff. These are the best exclusive ones(in no specific order):

-Border Down
-Under Defeat
-Shikigami no Shiro 2
-Gigawing 2
-Trigger Heart Exelica
-Zero Gunner 2
-Psyvariar 2
-Ikaruga (not really exclusive but)

Milestone shmups are OK. But not as great as the rest of the exlusives.

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:19 am

nimitz wrote:Get the dreamcast exclusive stuff. These are the best exclusive ones:

-Shikigami no Shiro 2
-Trigger Heart Exelica
-Psyvariar 2
-Ikaruga (not really exclusive but)

For the record, these aren't exclusive.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:21 am

well, Trigger Heart is not exlusive in tha same way playing on an emulator makes the rest "not exclusive"

(but the naomi games are best played on dreamcast anyways)

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:23 am

Lots of great suggestions here. The best being 'get all of them'. I like the Bangai-o suggestion, since people forget it and the DC port has its own thing going on.

I've got a pricey copy of Border Down for sale if anyone is getting desperate.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=20476

ForceDevice · Post by **ForceDevice** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:31 am

Ghegs wrote:
nimitz wrote:Get the dreamcast exclusive stuff. These are the best exclusive ones:

-Shikigami no Shiro 2
-Trigger Heart Exelica
-Psyvariar 2
-Ikaruga (not really exclusive but)
For the record, these aren't exclusive.

THE isn't exclusive? You sure? o_o

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:33 am

Its on XBLA.

Motorherp · Post by **Motorherp** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:35 am

FIL wrote:Its on XBLA.

Not for much longer.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:47 am

THE will also be out on Wii soon, along with Karous and Radilgy.

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:20 pm

Fenrir wrote:I won't suggest you anything because this board is literally packed with DC shmup lists, but let me get it straight: you managed to snatch a jap DC with 12 jap games for $35 (aka NOTHING) or is it an US DC with loader disk and 12 crappy NTSC/UC sports/driving games, as with the usual collection of the typical joe dimwit across the road?

(ps. I'd keep them all btw. DC games are always a joy to look at)

Ha, I wish it was a Japanese one, but no. It's just a regular US DC.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:36 pm

I couldn't find anything about THE coming to the Wii, you might have something mixed up there?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:03 pm

szycag wrote:I couldn't find anything about THE coming to the Wii, you might have something mixed up there?

Certainly, since Karous Wii has already launched 2 month ago.
And it contains Radilgy and Chaos Field as bonus.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:42 pm

Momijitsuki wrote:
Fenrir wrote:I won't suggest you anything because this board is literally packed with DC shmup lists, but let me get it straight: you managed to snatch a jap DC with 12 jap games for $35 (aka NOTHING) or is it an US DC with loader disk and 12 crappy NTSC/UC sports/driving games, as with the usual collection of the typical joe dimwit across the road?

(ps. I'd keep them all btw. DC games are always a joy to look at)
Ha, I wish it was a Japanese one, but no. It's just a regular US DC.

I'll take a wild guess and say the games you got are a whole bunch of sports games, Shenmue and Crazy Taxi. Maybe Sonic Adventure and Space Channel 5 if you're lucky.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:28 pm

Jockel wrote:since Karous Wii has already launched 2 month ago.
And it contains Radilgy and Chaos Field as bonus.

And it's one of the worst shmup compilations ever seen.

It doesn't really matter if they're exclusive titles or not. I'm pretty sure most shooters on the DC are arcade perfect.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:05 pm

Jockel wrote:
szycag wrote:I couldn't find anything about THE coming to the Wii, you might have something mixed up there?
Certainly, since Karous Wii has already launched 2 month ago.
And it contains Radilgy and Chaos Field as bonus.

And what exactly does a Warashi game have to do with anything by MileStone? I've seen nothing on Trigger Heart Exelica getting a Wii port.

Or are some of you confusing Illvelo with THE (I'm not really sure how you could)?

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