Best flash shmup ever conceived?

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Best flash shmup ever conceived?

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Presenting...

Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar!
http://www.arcadebomb.com/play/robot_di ... _roar.html

Is this truly the greatest shmup ever conceived?
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Pretty awesome, but the roar sound effect needs to be better.
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dmauro wrote:Pretty awesome, but the roar sound effect needs to be better.
I like it, it's like hearing an actual recording from a real dinosaur.
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Re: Best flash shmup ever conceived?

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kengou wrote:Presenting...

Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar!
http://www.arcadebomb.com/play/robot_di ... _roar.html

Is this truly the greatest shmup ever conceived?
I think I'd buy this game instantly. It's fantastic. The roar is awesome. 5 thumbs up.
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holy hell that was fun.
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Post by SuperGrafx »

Pretty good..I like it a lot. :arrow:
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hahaha, rooooooaaaar. Fun.
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Lol, pretty fun. Need moar grimlock.
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Post by 0ccamsRazor »

I was disappointed at the fact that there was only 1 level. Quite fun nonetheless.
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The roar encore after the credits was fucking hilarious.
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Played it again. Can't stop being addicted to the roar. If only it were a bit more difficult, and a bit more... danmaku, especially during the boss :D
Well the hitbox is anyway gigantic, so there.
I need a sequel.
We need a sequel.
I'll vote it as the 25th on my 25 best shmups ever this year :D
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Post by Super Laydock »

Great effort!

But someone needs to tell them:.............

mouse controlled shmups are just bad mkay. :roll:
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Super Laydock wrote:Great effort!

But someone needs to tell them:.............

mouse controlled shmups are just bad mkay. :roll:
La soeur de barrage begs to differ.
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I just played it. Fantastic game. No no its DINOTASTIC! :lol:
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Post by nimitz »

oh wow, yet another lifebar based flash euroshmup.

But wait! this one has another great feature, discharging underpowered main (and only) weapon.



not my cup of tea I guess. :roll:
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Post by Fenrir »

Have fun with failure! :D

No, srsly. It doesn't even have the horrible horrible ingame shop you americanadians laugh upon every time.
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The lifebar did suck [and, if the hitbox was slightly smaller, it'd be useless], but the roar discharge seemed like it didn't hamper you too much, and it gave you a reason to have a fire button.
And, like I said in the [more descriptive titled, but locked thread], this would be totally awesome if it had more levels.
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Post by kengou »

I would argue that my title was more descriptive, actually :)

Also, anyone complaining about the gameplay in "Robot Dinosaurs that Shoot Beams when they Roar!" does not understand what makes it awesome.
"I think Ikaruga is pretty tough. It is like a modern version of Galaga that some Japanese company made."
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Post by nimitz »

then call the thread best flash game ever conceived and put it in offtopic section. ;P

(because the "shmup" part of that game is far from the best)
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Post by Twiddle »

dino run only good flash game

and it's only good to score in after grinding all the way to 5 stats full
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nimitz wrote:then call the thread best flash game ever conceived and put it in offtopic section. ;P

(because the "shmup" part of that game is far from the best)
Surely if it's the best Flash game ever, it's also the best Flash shmup ever, by default?
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Sudoku > shmups
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I liked it - had fun :D
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Post by No_not_like_Quake »

dmauro wrote:Pretty awesome, but the roar sound effect needs to be better.
The roar is the best part of the game.
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