Public Mushihime-sama Futari v1.5 in SoCal!

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:31 am

Today has been an amazing day for me. I visited Arcade Infinity over in Rowland Heights earlier on a tip that I'd received that they'd gotten in Raiden IV. Normally I don't drive down to Arcade Infinity because it's primarily full of fighting games, and the last time I was there the only shmup they had was Shikigami no Shiro III.

So I get there and take a look around; Raiden IV is nowhere to be found, but freaking Mushihime-sama Futari v1.5 is! I couldn't even believe my eyes. This was seriously #1 on my desired games to play.

I am ecstatic, and I had to share it with you all. I played for hours, and only left because I had plans to keep tonight. You can bet that I've cancelled all of my plans tomorrow, though, and I'll be there all day. Good times.

Anyway, if you're in Southern California, you now have the option to play Futari v1.5 without blowing your savings on a PCB, or flying to Japan. Definitely worth a heads-up!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:13 pm

Ask the owner or manager of Arcade Infinity if he or she will be adding more arcade shmup titles. More demand for them can work wonders... ^_~

Can't say that's true for elsewhere in Northern/Central California when it comes to locating Cave PCBs in the wild...

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:40 pm

I remember playing IIDX RED at AI back in 03 and hating everyone who lives within a thousand miles of the place.

That feeling never fades. It only intesnsifies.

That said, it's probably good that I'm nowhere near the place because I wouldn't have money for food.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:43 pm

CStarFlare wrote:I remember playing IIDX RED at AI back in 03 and hating everyone who lives within a thousand miles of the place.

That feeling never fades. It only intesnsifies.

That said, it's probably good that I'm nowhere near the place because I wouldn't have money for food.

Gotta feed that stomach of yours -- takes priority over playing arcade games any ol' day. Sure, there are some folks who live inside a arcade hangout day in & day out -- how they do it, I don't know... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:56 pm

In theory yes, but my stomach could stand to feed on itself for a few days. :3

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:59 pm

For CStarFlare,

I gotta admit, you've got one tough stomach if it can do that... ^_~

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:59 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Ask the owner or manager of Arcade Infinity if he or she will be adding more arcade shmup titles. More demand for them can work wonders... ^_~

I did actually wait for the owner to come in, and I personally pulled him aside and thanked him for his awesome selection. I plan on dumping a lot of money into that machine in the coming weeks, so I can only hope that it will convince him to make similar selections in the future.

orange · Post by **orange** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:02 pm

words can't quantify my jealousy :3

Momijitsuki · Post by **Momijitsuki** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:36 pm

Damn it Jeremy, you get Mushihime-sama AND Mushihime-sama Futari?! I'm going to be lucky enough just FINDING the damn PS2 import. ;-;

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:41 pm

I'd be jealous, but I'm importing the PCB very shortly. Already picked up a Raijin over at SomethingAwful.. it's been a good few months. I've always been a fan of home entertainment so integrating both of them is exciting.

For a very brief period in 2006 we had a Mushihimesama cabinet down here. It's really odd to see these kind of things which are usually considered unobtainable outside of buying a port or going through somewhere like Fujita. Of course it didn't stick around for long, no cabinets that turn profit usually do.

And that's the tale of almost all arcade cabinets.

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:28 pm

You lucky you~!

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:11 pm

did the owner mention why or how mushi wound up in their arcade?

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:16 pm

I'll have to make sure not to drive over there.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:31 pm

Strider77 wrote:did the owner mention why or how mushi wound up in their arcade?

Well, it apparently involved trading Raiden IV, but it does seem pretty unbelievable, regardless. I've always known Arcade Infinity to be the Japanese fighting/rhythm game mecca of SoCal, which is understandable since there is still a lot of Americans who play these kinds of games, and they are the kind of games that are better/only possible on an arcade machine. Danmaku shmups are a genre that is misunderstood and not generally cared for in America, so making the investment of such a recent, intimidating, and expensive game in this genre, whether it was a trade or purchase is pretty bizarre. Made my day, though. The guy is a hero to me right now.

orange · Post by **orange** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:09 pm

hopefully it sparks some interest and creates some new players

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:14 pm

I wish it wasn't 110 miles away

ForceDevice · Post by **ForceDevice** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:22 pm

I'd give an arm and a leg just to find the first Mushi in an arcade around here... and you get BOTH Mushi and Futari? You lucky bastard!

You better post some hi scores for Futari soon!

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:25 pm

Twiddle wrote:I wish it wasn't 110 miles away

Let me know when you want to make the drive. It will be fun. ;]

ForceDevice wrote:You better post some hi scores for Futari soon!

I'm working on that.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:13 pm

Twiddle wrote:I wish it wasn't 110 miles away

I wish it wasn't 400 miles away

Bill

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:15 pm

!!!!!!!!!!
*actively working on hatching a scheme to get a business trip to SoCal*

Hardstepah · Post by **Hardstepah** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:08 am

i will be there this weekend to play for sure. i've been dying to just get a crack at mushi. shmups meet or what? its only about 15-20 minutes away from me, and my brother actually lives out in ontario

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:19 am

I was at Arcade Infinity playing all day, today.

I'll be there again tomorrow from around 5:30 to close. Going to be out of California for a week after tomorrow, though, so I won't be going again after that until the end of next week.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:59 am

337.95 miles. Not too bad.

Triple Lei · Post by **Triple Lei** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:04 am

Man, I haven't been there since they had Shikigami no Shiro II...

Arcade Infinity is still pretty far from where I live and I was only able to go there because a friend of mine was willing to drive a bunch of us. But since he's now married (jerk), I'm probably never going to see him again, which means I'm probably never going there again.