Shmup Ticker: What are you playing RIGHT NOW?

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:06 am

I'm at work, and I brought my Xbox 360 along to play during slow periods…

I have connect to the VGA monitor, but no sound

I am going between:

Otomedius Gorgeous
Raiden Fighters Aces (mainly RFJ - trying to get 50,000,000. I'm close)

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:37 pm

PS2--
Thunder Force VI

DS--
Metal Slug 7
Ketsui: Death Label

Saturn--
Radiant Silvergun

Antic · Post by **Antic** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:11 pm

360-

Galaga Legions

PS2-

Castle Shikigami 2

PS-

R-Type Delta

NES-

Life Force

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:22 pm

been playing a lot of under defeat lately. but then again I should be if I'm going to get a world record. other than that I've played some super r-type.

Kollision · Post by **Kollision** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:04 pm

Strikers 1945 and DonPachi on the Saturn.
Action Fighter on the SMS.
Einhander on the PS1.

Zaarock · Post by **Zaarock** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:00 am

Got Guxt to work on my mac by using crossover games, great game

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:27 am

Just sold a bunch of DVDs and picked up a 360. So I’ve been checking out the Live Arcade stuff - Geometry Wars 2, Mutant Storm Empire, and Omega Five.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:24 am

mr driller g

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:03 am

Aquas · Post by **Aquas** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:03 am

Some Salamander Portables on the PSP (gotta love that Gradius 2 MSX with fixed scrolling) working on a clear for Gradius 2 MSX... Mushihimesama is getting frustrating to play maniac mode for score now that I scored 299mil in Maniac mode. Sorry, that was a bit redundant.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:39 pm

Kollision wrote: Action Fighter on the SMS.

I LOVE this game!

joeboto · Post by **joeboto** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:58 pm

guwange on mame.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:12 pm

Batsugun Special on MAME. Trying to get consistent at 1 life-ing the 1st loop. The second loop is the sex.

Ketsui on DS.

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:09 pm

Isolated Warrior on the Nes (through emulation). When you start powering up your weapons and learn the double jump and bombing maneuvre it starts to become more enjoyable. Like most ground-based shmups it's very close to being really good but suffers from loose direction. In airborne shmups you can get away with a looser sense of direction (Compile) but when there are ground based obstacles involved everything has to be tight or else the game will feel less imersive (I'm looking at you Aleste Gaiden).

I have also played a bit of Titan Warriors, the unreleased Capcom game. It's quite fun and intense, especially the parts where you fly over a planet. These parts had of course been even better if your avatar where ground-based...

Kollision · Post by **Kollision** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:39 am

Sonic R wrote:
Kollision wrote: Action Fighter on the SMS.
I LOVE this game!

I was trying to beat it, but I stopped to wait for my rapid fire unit to arrive so that I don't get my fingers/wrist damaged while doing it.

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:00 pm

Imperishable Night
Subterranean Animism

Funny story(to me at least). I was borrowing a laptop from a good friend since he got a new one. Since my PC couldn't run any of the Window's games, I decided to try it out on the laptop. They run, and pretty well, but there's a problem. Apparently, my the laptop's up key doesn't work. I didn't have access to a controller at the time, so I was pretty much boned in that respect. Then, I got curious as to whether I actually could play a manic STG with any proficiency without the up key. So I tried it out.
I was able to get to stage 4 of IN without much of a problem. Not having the up key made a few patterns harder to dodge, though.

I tried out SA next, and got raped by the stage 2 boss, Parsee. Her midboss spellcard was rendered impossible to beat without bombing. One of her other have lingering bullets, further limiting how much I could could and forcing me to bomb through it. Her last spellcard, naturally, proved to be 10x more difficult that it should have been. I finally died on Yugi's (stage 3 boss) later spellcards, but most of my deaths are credited to Parsee.

I was thinking about uploading the replays for a quick laugh, but decided against it. I can pop them up if anyone's interested, though.

thamasha69 · Post by **thamasha69** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:33 am

Decided to give Battle Bakraid another go tonight since I got my RGB cables and adapter from Chaotic Jelly. Also played some Garegga on Saturn via RGB. I never knew the glory of RGB until I got my XRGB2+ and cables - incredible! I'm playing on a NEC Multisync 77F CRT via XRGB2+ and the picture amazes me. It is motivation to revisit all the games I have sitting on the shelf.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:55 am

Getting a Dreamcast on Sunday so hopefully by this time next week i'll be stuck into Border Down and Zero Gunner 2

Nate · Post by **Nate** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:09 am

henry dark:

Getting a Dreamcast on Sunday

Who the hell is open on Sunday?

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:13 am

Super Potato

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:32 am

henry dark wrote:Super Potato

Wut?

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:34 am

Its a retro gaming shop in Osaka

your not in japan HAR HAR NO DREAMCAST 4 U 111

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:49 am

henry dark wrote:Its a retro gaming shop in Osaka

your not in japan HAR HAR NO DREAMCAST 4 U 111

Doh! >_>

Baron · Post by **Baron** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:18 am

Just now..I mean just now...I was playing Geometry Wars on the DS.

Not really a shmup, but...meh. I enjoy it. Honestly though, I had to stop playing because my hands started to kill me after about 15 mins of play. Playing what is supposed to be a two-stick shooter with a d-pad and stylus is murder on the metacarpals.

croikle · Post by **croikle** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:13 am

Bakraid. Hella fun when you're just starting out and on your own you find a couple 1-2 mil chains you can make. Not sure what ship to use, though; does everyone use Flame Viper just because Icarus does?

I've been using it for a bit, after cycling through all of them, and it doesn't seem bad.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:38 pm

^ Yup, Battle Bakraid too here ^_^ I use blade owl. Its charged shot is very powerful.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:24 pm

struff is open on sundays here as well.....lolz...poor americans.....too godly for sunday shopping

1otherS · Post by **1otherS** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:52 pm

I'm playing Batsugun and Sonic Wings Special on Saturn. A lot of fun and some progress as well.

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:07 am

croikle wrote:Bakraid. Hella fun when you're just starting out and on your own you find a couple 1-2 mil chains you can make. Not sure what ship to use, though; does everyone use Flame Viper just because Icarus does? I've been using it for a bit, after cycling through all of them, and it doesn't seem bad.

Icarus uses Saber Tiger, actually.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:40 am

ZOM wrote:^ Yup, Battle Bakraid too here ^_^ I use blade owl. Its charged shot is very powerful.

Blade Owl and Flame Viper are my favourites, too. Bakraid is a perfect relaxing shooter when not played for score.