Gigantic Saturn Shmups video

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:43 pm

A lot of people here probably already saw this on Insert Credit, but those who haven't, especially those interested in Saturn collecting, may want to take a look at this absolutely massive AVI:

http://www.archive.org/movies/details-d ... ng-special

The file is something like 650 mb. It took over an hour to download, and the movie itself clocks in at about an hour and ten minutes.

Someone, probably the owner of Segagaga Domain, sat down and played all of their Saturn shmups, and sprinkled in a bit of commentary. It's a pretty impressive selection of games, although the guy's definition of "shmups" is broader than most on this forum, including clips of the Panzer Dragoon games (even Saga), AfterBurner, Space Harrier, and a few other similar rail-shooter/flight sim games.

The most noteworthy omission is no videos of the Gradius Deluxe Pack. He also comments at the end that he couldn't get Metal Slug and In The Hunt to work. I was really disappointed to see that he didn't have clips from Guardian Force and Kyuukyoku Tiger II Plus, two of my favorite, most criminally under-appreciated Saturn games. The exposure would've been nice.

All in all, an impressively thorough look at Saturn shmups both big and small. It may be one of the few places online you'll be able to see videos of Blast Wind, Steam Hearts (none of the naughty bits though), Planet Joker, Terra Cresta 3D, Skull Fang, and the games packaged with Dezaemon 2.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:18 am

Thanks a bunch man! I'm downloading the avi file now; can't wait!!

It's too bad someone hasn't done this with all their PS1 shmups-there are a lot of rare ones like Gaia Seed and Kyuiin that I'd love to see video of.

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:32 am

i watched this earlier today, you beat me to the topic alpha.

this should be required viewing for all curious about Saturn shooters, or at least posted in a sticky somewhere.

think of it...

"is blast wind any good?" --- watch the video.

"what are the good shooters for the saturn?" --- watch the video.

"OMG Planet JOker is TEH SU><OrZ!!11!!" --- we already saw the video.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:40 am

Great video. Now I have to get my hands on Metal Black seeing how its a spritual predecessor to Border Down.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:04 am

"is blast wind any good?" --- watch the video.

"what are the good shooters for the saturn?" --- watch the video.

"OMG Planet JOker is TEH SU><OrZ!!11!!" --- we already saw the video.

you must be joking...

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:08 am

I was kind of disappointed in the quality of the video

Skipped through it this morning before work and was bummed that he didn't do a direct capture. Come on, quality SVideo capture cards are like $40-$50 these days

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:41 am

I just watched the whole thing, and I loved it!! I was dissapointed that he didn't show Macross: Do You Remember Love-or is that pretty similar to Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, which he did show?

I would've also liked to see Wolf Fang, but oh well. Great video overall!

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:27 am

Yakumo, the authhor of the video, lives in Japan, and not anywhere near Tokyo. Finding a cheap card that's half decent is actually a challange.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:02 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Yakumo, the authhor of the video, lives in Japan, and not anywhere near Tokyo. Finding a cheap card that's half decent is actually a challange.

Shit, computer hardware in general is a damned rip off in Japan (not quite as bad as computer software though; seriously, who the hell wants to pay USD$90 for a new PC game?). I'm sure if he was willing to put it to good use, a few of us here could chip in on a Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 Deluxe for the guy.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:49 am

He's a regular at Assembler, and a nice guy. I'm sure he's open to constructive crticism. In his defense, I do think the program is nice, but yeah -- capturing is always much better. I've got a capture card... wish I had more use for it.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:36 am

Hey, maybe I could make my own "live" video. I could show off some games...maybe even 1CC a few favorites all while slurpin' some Budeiser.

Tentative title could be "Hanging Out with the Twitch-Man...then again, who the hell would watch that shit!?

If so, maybe I'll have some time in a couple weeks..after I get some Vodkatron studio sessions outa the way.

whoisKeel · Post by **whoisKeel** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:39 pm

TWITCHDOCTOR wrote:Hey, maybe I could make my own "live" video. I could show off some games...maybe even 1CC a few favorites all while slurpin' some Budeiser.

Tentative title could be "Hanging Out with the Twitch-Man...then again, who the hell would watch that shit!?

If so, maybe I'll have some time in a couple weeks..after I get some Vodkatron studio sessions outa the way.

I would watch it...so long as you keep that title

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:06 pm

So what about Macross: Do You Remember Love; is it pretty similar to Superdimensional Fortress Macross that he showed video of?

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:06 pm

I love watching other people play video games (when they are good at em).

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:18 pm

landshark wrote:I love watching other people play video games (when they are good at em).

The guy on the video isn't.

From the games I know something about he playede only the first level and used bombs like they were going out of style. Could be he was just showing them off for viewers, though.

That's okay, I actually like watching not-so-professional runs on shmups I've never played before. Not sure why, maybe it makes me feel I can certainly do better than that guy.

Watching "professional" runs isn't a good way to get introduced to a game anyway, I'd just end up confused. "Why isn't he using a different weapon here? Why did he leave that one enemy alive? How'd he do that?" and so on...

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:37 pm

Ghegs wrote:
landshark wrote:I love watching other people play video games (when they are good at em).
The guy on the video isn't. From the games I know something about he playede only the first level and used bombs like they were going out of style. Could be he was just showing them off for viewers, though.

That's okay, I actually like watching not-so-professional runs on shmups I've never played before. Not sure why, maybe it makes me feel I can certainly do better than that guy. Watching "professional" runs isn't a good way to get introduced to a game anyway, I'd just end up confused. "Why isn't he using a different weapon here? Why did he leave that one enemy alive? How'd he do that?" and so on...

The way he played definitely gave me the impression that he was a casual shmup fan, in so much as someone who owns nearly every Saturn shmup could be deemed casual At the very least, he was keeping things simple, probably for the sake of the less hardcore viewers.

I appreciated it. Imagine if Rando had made the video; it would've taken a week.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:32 am

dave4shmups wrote:So what about Macross: Do You Remember Love; is it pretty similar to Superdimensional Fortress Macross that he showed video of?

AFAIK, they're the same game...I think listing "SDF Macross" and "DYRL?" as two separate games is an error in the Xenocide Files, as I've only seen one Macross shooter for the Saturn available anywhere.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:28 am

Thanks BulletMagnet! I actually just found that out myself when searching for Macross and Saturn on Ebay. Looks like a great shmup from the video! Didn't notice a score anywhere in it though, and I am kind of a score monger.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:27 am

dave4shmups wrote:Didn't notice a score anywhere in it though, and I am kind of a score monger.

Wha.

Sundance · Post by **Sundance** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:41 am

Def worth watchn'. Took me 30 mins to download it at 320 k/s though.

dementia · Post by **dementia** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:50 am

I love how throughout the video the speaker progressively pronounces Psikyo more and more correct.

Darkcomet72 · Post by **Darkcomet72** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:03 pm

...

He forgot Gun frontier.

That game's not too expensive.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:46 pm

dave4shmups wrote:It's too bad someone hasn't done this with all their PS1 shmups-there are a lot of rare ones like Gaia Seed and Kyuiin that I'd love to see video of.

Gaia Seed wasn't that great, I play it before. It's not one of the best shoot 'em up games ever made, but this game is very rare.

Post by **Ghegs** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:11 pm

Fighter17 wrote: Gaia Seed wasn't that great, I play it before. It's not one of the best shoot 'em up games ever made, but this game is very rare.

Heh, just yesterday I received the copy of Gaia Seed I had won from eBay. Like you said, not the best shmup ever, but it would make a nice contender in the SNES/PCE Duo category. Not worth the price it's going for, really. Ridiculously easy too, the very first time I played the game I 1CCed it.

The graphical style reminds me very much of Phalanx occasionaly, especially during bosses. I need to check the credits, maybe some of the staff worked on both.

roushimsx · Post by **roushimsx** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:21 pm

On a tangent, if any of ya'll with Gaia Seed wanted to make a video, it's possible to use P.E.Op.S. GPU plugin in ePSXe (or whatever your PSEmuPro-spec playstation emulator of choice is) to record AVI files. Won't get any audio, but it's a workable solution for people without capture cards.

zubiac · Post by **zubiac** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:53 pm

it's a great video.....capture-card or not.
hell,I hadn't a clue how much shmups the Saturn has.

I love it when he says "Oops" when he crashes.
but best part is at 01:08:23!
Listen what he says! He swears in german("Absolut scheiße")
LOL@that

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:38 pm

He says "shite", actually. Which is still funny. I chuckled when he said that.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:36 am

That might be a good excuse for me to get off my ass and use my capture card. Lemme see if I can dig up long enough cables to capture it.

I actually got mine super cheap.... 1800 yen about a year and a half ago.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:45 am

I checked out the rest of the Retrocore series, and it's a very well put-together program. Very informative, and at other times unusually entertaining, esp. in Vol. 5, which devotes a lot of time to pointing out how shitty some 32X games were.

And about this special...some of the 3D-Rail shooters looked very appealing. I'd like to try G-Vector at least, and Sky Target to a lesser extent. A Saturn game going for 5 bucks sealed is most likely a hint at something.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:53 pm

Just saw the video and i thought it was highly enjoyable especialy the last game. Planet Joker