Anyone else around here plays Radiozonde?

TGK · Post by **TGK** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:14 pm

I notice that there is a distinct lack of mention of this fine doujin/freeware shmup in this board.

I personally enjoy it thoroughly. It is very hard, about the same difficulty as ESPrade at least. But it feels very fair and balanced. There are 6 "ships" to choose from, all of which plays very differently.

It is a character-based shmups so the ships have human forms.

The only flaw seems to be that there is a bug that prevents you to pass from one level to the next, so the only way to play through the game is to choose each stage at a time, keeping track at how much you die.

My best run at this game has been all the way to stage 7 with 1 credit. Stage 7 boss and the final boss of this game is arguably THE two hardest bosses in any shmups.

shiftace · Post by **shiftace** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:25 pm

http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=838

I think everybody's just given up for the time being. I still play it a little bit, might get serious again later on. Got to stage 7 with Gophn once.

See also OnesDouble's Radio Zonde site which appears to have a game guide in progress. Especially if you know Japanese (wish I did...)

TVG · Post by **TVG** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:30 pm

im waiting to have a PC to play it again, currently im PCless.

it is, however, the best doujin i played.
and freeware.

TGK · Post by **TGK** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:21 am

The vagrant wrote:im waiting to have a PC to play it again, currently im PCless.

it is, however, the best doujin i played.
and freeware.

Try looking around town for companies that went bankrupt and liquidating their assets.

I nabbed a few 700mhz computers for about $100 (Canadian) each in one such found last year.

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:37 pm

I wish i had more time to play it. I'm just too into my other games right now

shiftace · Post by **shiftace** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:05 pm

I guess I should also mention that the OnesDouble site, which I re-discovered like a week ago, is the one that had all the superplay recordings last year. If those recordings are un-assisted and un-edited, the guy must be a machine.

Oh, and you can play from stage to stage, if you pick Touring mode, unless maybe you have a really early version. Even v1.41 (latest) isn't quite finished, which explains maybe why single stages are still selectable. I think the game was planned as a 4-stage free demo and a sale version, but for some reason it was abandoned at about 98% completion.

Hellsinker, the second shooter from Inudon Empire, has a 4-stage free demo. I'd consider buying it, if I had a better computer, and if I could figure out where to get it.