If You have a choice of a rank game on PCB....

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:52 am

I'll most likely buy one of these games for my next purchase in a few weeks. I was thinking of picking up Futrai off someone but I'll get it some other time.

Pick and choose.

Oh yeah, I never played anything Black Label.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:13 am

ibara

fuck it, buy 'em all

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:24 am

Garegga got a very nice console port, so there's less reason to seek out a PCB...

Ibara's port wasn't as good, but it includes Arrange mode, which is kinda-sorta like Black Label...

Offhand Batrider sticks out most immediately, since you can't (legally) play it any other way.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:34 am

BAAAATRIDEEEER!!!

1. It's awesome

2. No ports

3. It's awesome

4. It will last for a veeeery long time, since there's a shitload of ships & secrets & secret bosses & this & that...

5. It's awesome

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:46 am

Second vote for BATWIDER because I dropped a dime on it

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:49 am

Oh yeah, I own an Egret II and no consoles. Keep that in mind.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:53 am

only one of those games I enjoy is Ibara, and even then only the arrange mode of the ps2 version (black label is similar to that, right?).

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:56 am

Ibara is pretty good, but I would go for Batrider too, for the same reasons already mentioned. Is undoubltly the shmup I most played and enjoyed among those. It's a damn fine masterpiece.

THE · Post by **THE** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:12 am

ZOM wrote:BAAAATRIDEEEER!!!

Shelcoof · Post by **Shelcoof** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:12 am

I have Ibara for the PS2 if i had a chance to buy the PCB I would. Even though I totally suck at it, I still love the damn game!!!

Edit: Another reason to pick it up because it isn't emulated yet. From my understanding anyways.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:15 am

Wait for Strikers '99.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:19 am

Batrider all the way.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:25 am

Pink Sweets and Pork are not on the list?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:27 am

MathU wrote:Batrider all the way.

word.

Danbo · Post by **Danbo** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:38 am

Garegga!

clp · Post by **clp** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:45 am

ibara black label which by the way is nothing like arrange mode on the ps2 .

Chi_Ryu · Post by **Chi_Ryu** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:05 am

DEL wrote:Pink Sweets and Pork are not on the list?

Yeah, the lack of Pork disturbs me :{

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:43 am

Going OT here, but you know, the topic line makes me wonder what the smelliest PCBs are. I won't ask PC-Engine Fan X! to weigh in because I think it's somewhat beneath 'is dignity.

JAPJAC?

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Sat May 16, 2009 12:52 pm

THE wrote:
ZOM wrote:BAAAATRIDEEEER!!!

Also, what do you mean with "Batraid" ?

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:04 pm

Futari Original has rank, you know.

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:31 pm

Elixir wrote:Futari Original has rank, you know.

Really, from looking at the videos it makes me want to fall asleep. I love Manic model on the first Mushi game.

Pork and Pink Sweets is a little too fruity for my taste.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat May 16, 2009 1:57 pm

Dragoforce wrote:
THE wrote:
ZOM wrote:BAAAATRIDEEEER!!!
Also, what do you mean with "Batraid" ?

Battle Backyard I assume.

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:15 pm

Bakraid, whatever that game is, I didn't like it.

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:41 pm

Let me check the trading station for price checks.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:06 pm

Domino wrote:
Elixir wrote:Futari Original has rank, you know.
Really, from looking at the videos it makes me want to fall asleep. I love Manic model on the first Mushi game.

Pork and Pink Sweets is a little too fruity for my taste.

1LCing Original is pretty difficult. I don't know what videos you watch but the rank gets up there in stage 3/4, usually resulting in a death or bomb. There's also the scoring where you have to constantly pay attention to your counter and what color it is, which I'm not a huge fan of but it still works pretty well. You can't tell that from the videos.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:22 pm

Domino wrote:Bakraid, whatever that game is, I didn't like it.

I'm curious what you didn't like about Bakraid. It would be #2 on my list to get, with Batrider being #1 of course.

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:25 pm

Dave_K. wrote:
Domino wrote:Bakraid, whatever that game is, I didn't like it.
I'm curious what you didn't like about Bakraid. It would be #2 on my list to get, with Batrider being #1 of course.

It's hard for me to explain. I found the multiplier system to be confusing. I'm not the biggest fan of the game.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:36 pm

Every single one of these games is completely awesome except Ibara Black Label, which is just a crappy version of the original.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:26 pm

The only Futari Original vids I can find are the ones Khoa uploaded to youtube, and they're pretty boring.

Much like Death Smiles, Ketsui, Muchi Muchi Pork and a bunch of other Cave titles, it's difficult to deduct the playability from simply watching videos of them. Same goes for Ibara, most vids you'll see people maxing rank as soon as possible and doing a lot of scoring tactics and finer points which are not obvious. I can understand playing rank games like Garegga for survival, but you won't get value for money that way.

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Sat May 16, 2009 5:28 pm

clp wrote:ibara black label which by the way is nothing like arrange mode on the ps2 .

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