Shmup Ticker: What are you playing RIGHT NOW?

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:00 am

themachinist wrote:ESPgaluda PS2.
1CC or death.

Got to 5-2 and seem to have hit a wall obstructing any progress whatsoever... so 1CCing that is on hold... moving on to Homura which I've had in my posession for a little over a year now but never really got into.

Drascin · Post by **Drascin** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 3:50 pm

Right now, Hellsinker. But I have to admit it's less "playing" and more "try to beat everything the game throws at me while I attempt to no avail to guess how the hell this game works".

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:43 am

Still on Raiden III Double Play, but when that game breaks my mind (every time I play it), I'm using Star Soldier (PS2) for a bit of single-ship relaxation...

electricgrave · Post by **electricgrave** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:56 pm

Gradius V

themachinist wrote:... moving on to Homura which I've had in my posession for a little over a year now but never really got into.

I'm in that boat as well, I haven't paid much attention to it.

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:33 am

Zero Gunner 2. First time playing, and already hooked.

Is it wrong that I like this more than Under Defeat? I think it's my inherent preference for Shmups with lots of things to pick up, the E icons in this case. Probably why I also recently took to Mars Matrix so well.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:00 am

Vincent Draconis wrote:Is it wrong that I like this more than Under Defeat?

Absolutely not wrong. For one thing, actually does rotating instead of pretending to.

np FANTASY ZONE while playing Shenmue II. So I go to You Arcade and then switch over to the PS2.

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:10 am

electricgrave wrote:Gradius V

themachinist wrote:... moving on to Homura which I've had in my posession for a little over a year now but never really got into.
I'm in that boat as well, I haven't paid much attention to it.

You should give it a go. When I played it initially I didn't really give it much of a chance but now I'm enjoying the scoring system: mad dash for multiplyer and bullet swatting.
Everything has a subdued air, with the calm-ish music and floaty enemies and bullets but once you get to stage 3 and beyond it starts getting hectic (in my humble opinion

).

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:39 am

XOP Black.

[Was on my 2nd loop on normal, died, didn't continue.]

-Bridget- · Post by **-Bridget-** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:51 am

After having been sucked into LittleBigPlanet for quite awhile....... thus my abscence from here..... I am now playing the DS Ketsui, which is of course totally awesome.

It should be noted that Doom is aptly named.

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:09 pm

I've been playing Psyvariar 2 on my dreamcast lately. I wonder why the first one wasn't ported to the dreamcast.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:30 pm

Still playing Neverwinter Nights, and just found a way to get infinite exp...

There's an area in the game where hostile dwarves will spawn indefinitely. Just camp the spawn point, equip greater swordsman's belt (slashing resistance 20/-) and ring of regeneration (+2HP per round) and done...they can't kill you and you keep killing them indefinitely. I'm getting like 2000 exp PER HOUR!

This is hilarious.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:47 pm

lilmanjs wrote:I've been playing Psyvariar 2 on my dreamcast lately

Same here. Gave it a go this morning.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:46 am

lilmanjs wrote:I've been playing Psyvariar 2 on my dreamcast lately. I wonder why the first one wasn't ported to the dreamcast.

Becuase it wasn't on NAOMI.

I've been playing XBLA THE, Raiden Fighters Jet on RFA (95 million... only 5 million short) and Otomedius.

power UP · Post by **power UP** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:59 pm

ESPgaluda for PS2.
Didn't beat stage 4 boss yet, but working on it. I only play for 1cc right now.

Sometimes I throw in DDP DOJ but this usually leads me to turning off the TV with mixed feelings of disgust and frustration

Augemitbutter · Post by **Augemitbutter** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:24 pm

a bit of donpachi and battle garegga.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:42 pm

1941 & RayForce.

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:24 pm

Still playing Dimahoo, and it's slapping me around like a cheap crack whore...doesn't help that I keep coming back like nothing happened.

Aquas · Post by **Aquas** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:26 pm

Parodius Portables and Mushihimesama... gonna run up Mushi here shortly... been training St. 3 a lot to little avail. Parodius cheers me up... ^_^

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:10 pm

Shmups: Otomedius, Xevious 3D/G

Others: Tetris TGM 2, NDS-TGM, Cybernator, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point (360)

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:57 pm

dodonpachi ._.
and Starcraft
and some Crysis

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:41 am

Zanac Neo, then some Under Defeat.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:59 am

Cho Ren Sha.

Every single time, I get to stage 3, do really well up until the boss... and then I die HORRIBLY. Often time, I get nailed with 4 bombs at that point... I've gone through 5 runs, all of them the same.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:29 am

I've been playing Gradius III (arcade) on PS2 for a few months now; I can now steadily reach level 7 but It turns to hell very quickly; I also play otomedius on X360.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:40 am

just spent the afternoon saying goodbye to mushi.....

im sure gonna miss it....but i plan to rebuy it eventually......

oh well.....back to focusing on ketsui

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:56 am

A freshly picked up copy of Raiden III for my PS2.

thamasha69 · Post by **thamasha69** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:13 am

I usually play Ikaruga on DC, but I got it on 360 and have been playing that along with Trigger Heart Exelica (through tated vga monitor). Just waiting for some RGB cables from Chaotic Jelly, and then I'll be playing ESPRade and Bakraid through the XRGB2+.

CSBrokaw · Post by **CSBrokaw** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:09 am

Gradius II PCE Version (via Wii VC)

durias · Post by **durias** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:22 am

Gradius III.

thamasha69 · Post by **thamasha69** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:55 am

Just got Gradius III and IV for PS2...and I still suck at Gradius games.

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:07 pm

Gradius Collection on PSP. Mostly working my way through Gradius 4.

Edit: Hmmm, what's with all the Gradiusesss?