Raiden 3 port announced for PS2

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:47 pm

circuitface wrote:This makes me touch myself!

Ok, i'm sorry about that last comment but this is really awesome! I hope they make an U.S. version!

Wouldn't it be awesome if they hid a port fo Viper-Phase 1 inside?

That and maybe the whole Raiden Fighters series.

RealBoutJake · Post by **RealBoutJake** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:30 am

Stormowl wrote:thought you all might like to know...

according the the PS2 version official website, TATE mode will be included. shazam!

http://www.mossjp.co.jp/raiden/ps2/ps2_info.html

That's what I wanted to know.

Thank you!

Let's hope they re-do the GW generations port and add Tate (like that will ever happen.)

Post by **system11** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:16 am

cigsthecat wrote:bloodflowers, I'm dying to know- what's your favorite game?

Actually at the moment, Midnight Club 3. Online, I'm one of the scary sharks that people will avoid playing because odds are high that they'll lose every single race of 20 or more. Even most of the other high rankers avoid me like the plague now, totally unstoppable when on form, and dangerous when not. There's about 5 people out of the 35,000 registered players who I have a problem with, even then the wins get dispersed. People who haven't played this with fast cars online will find it hard to believe, but this is almost twitch gaming.

However, the above is blatantly off topic bragging. Favourite shmup? Such a hard decision... Right now it's Mushihimesama - the different play modes bring so much extra to the table, it looks nice and sounds great. Other ones off the top of my head that I feel are special, would be Espgaluda, Battle Bakraid, Gradius V, Imperishable Night and Gigawing. You'll notice while all these need memorisation to conquer, you can still play them and just react to the game without totally failing. People might point at Gradius V as a memorisation game, but it really isn't - at any point there's usually only one or two ways you /can/ go, either physically or because the alternatives are clearly wrong from a point in time judgement - ditto R-Type games which get the same accusation. When I do remember things, I prefer to remember specific sections, I'm unable to memorise an entire level, and I don't even like to try. Strangely this is actually how I play MC3 too - I don't remember the tracks or the entire city, but I remember individual places and corners, and as I see them I know which ways I can go. There's the key thing again - seeing and reacting. In some Psikyo games, unless you're pre-positioned for some enemies that aren't even there yet, you're going to get screwed by them. I still play a lot of old stuff too though, including the mid 80s crowd such as Dragon Breed.

Oh, good music is essential too - I can't zone into a game unless the soundtrack is good - muting the music sees me deader than a dead thing in most games, pretty quickly (this is actually true).

What's yours?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:46 am

^ seems like a good, and yet off-topic, time to say that those speedrun videos (in MC3) you had posted for awhile were incredible... again.

Post by **system11** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:05 am

captain ahar wrote:^ seems like a good, and yet off-topic, time to say that those speedrun videos (in MC3) you had posted for awhile were incredible... again.

I need to remove that speed run video. Someone beat my time, so I went back to work and took another 10 seconds off it. The stunt video was much more fun

Maybe I'll make some more when my current addiction to Mushi has subsided.

Defcon 5 · Post by **Defcon 5** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:17 pm

Offical Ps2 Raiden 3 Website online.

http://www.taito.co.jp/d3/cp/raiden3/

Have fun!!

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:22 am

sweet! can't wait for the .ISO to pull a Mushi and leak a week early! XD

Post by **system11** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:06 am

Zweihander wrote:sweet! can't wait for the .ISO to pull a Mushi and leak a week early! XD

I really hope it doesn't get traded at all, but at least waiting until a week after release would be more friendly.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 11:25 am

I saw this in the arcade a few times in Japan but never really played it (I was too busy with Mushi, Ibara, and Black label). However, I'm definitely going to pick up this port. We don't have enough shooters as it is, and this game does look beautiful. Since Taito's porting it and it's on a Taito typeX mobo I would imagine they would do a half decect job (Unlike mushi). Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:16 pm

ResOGlas wrote:Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...

WORST. PORT. EVER.

at least for a Cave game. fucking christ, it even lacked the traditional Arrange music... BLASPHEMY!

then again, there have been worse ports, but i'd rather not go dilly-dallying off topic in this thread. that would just be downright obnoxious, wouldn't it? well, guess i'd better be going, it's 8:15 AM here. goodnight, internet.

icepick · Post by **icepick** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:32 pm

Zweihander wrote:WORST. PORT. EVER.

I spent time trying to figure the not-so-hidden message out for that?

I could've been making pancakes! Well, curiosity...

[url=http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=31871#31871]In the official thread[/url], Dylan1CC wrote:D'oh. lol Thanks, icepick. Long night at work. BTW, what/who is your avatar?

No problem.

I've been meaning to reply to this for a while (but those huge quoted screen shots kept throwing me off)... It's none other than Nekohime-sama! Hee hee. I didn't draw it, but hopefully, I'll draw the next one.

About Raiden III PS2- This isn't the first PS2 shooting game offering single-controller double-play, is it? I mean; using the analog sticks for these games seems like it'd be annoying, but it's an appreciated addition in any case (though most everyone would have to disconnect their arcade sticks/alternative controllers to try it, yes?).

Thanks Defcon!

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:44 pm

ResOGlas wrote:Since Taito's porting it and it's on a Taito typeX mobo I would imagine they would do a half decect job (Unlike mushi). Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...

^^^:mad:

If you think the Mushi port was bad,you obviously haven't had your hands on the Taito Type-X port of Gigawing Generations.....

B-

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:45 pm

ResOGlas wrote:Since Taito's porting it and it's on a Taito typeX mobo I would imagine they would do a half decect job (Unlike mushi). Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...

If you think the Mushi port was bad,think again.

Gigawing Generations,anyone?

B-

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:04 pm

ResOGlas wrote:Since Taito's porting it and it's on a Taito typeX mobo I would imagine they would do a half decect job (Unlike mushi). Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...

DEL mentioned in the strat. thread that the PS2 port had less slowdown than the arcade one. The game plays fine IMO

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:18 pm

September 22, eh? It's more than likely not coming to america, but who knows.

ResOGlas · Post by **ResOGlas** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:11 am

yojo! wrote:
ResOGlas wrote:Since Taito's porting it and it's on a Taito typeX mobo I would imagine they would do a half decect job (Unlike mushi). Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...
DEL mentioned in the strat. thread that the PS2 port had less slowdown than the arcade one. The game plays fine IMO

The game has a MUCH less crisp video output than the Arika ports, not to mention the screen is a little shaky (If you're using component cables, you know what I'm talking about). Not to mention that the Arcade PCB has WORLDS less slowdown than the PS2 port. To break down the math, for every 1 time the PCB has slowdown, the PS2 version has 15. Taito's a good company, but this was just the result of a rush job.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:29 am

i want to preorder this but i dont know if i can wait for impressions!!!

Post by **system11** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:38 am

ResOGlas wrote:
yojo! wrote:
ResOGlas wrote:Since Taito's porting it and it's on a Taito typeX mobo I would imagine they would do a half decect job (Unlike mushi). Man did they do a bad job on Mushi, but that's an entire different story...
DEL mentioned in the strat. thread that the PS2 port had less slowdown than the arcade one. The game plays fine IMO
Not to mention that the Arcade PCB has WORLDS less slowdown than the PS2 port. To break down the math, for every 1 time the PCB has slowdown, the PS2 version has 15.

Have you actually played the arcade version? The PS2 one has less slowdown.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:09 am

Well he was playing on very hard. You can't judge.

Defcon 5 · Post by **Defcon 5** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:03 pm

Famitsu:

Raiden III (PS2, Taito): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)

however, who cares ?

Stormowl · Post by **Stormowl** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:08 pm

uh-oh.

30 fps in raiden 3, according to the developers? i'm not sure what is being said here, but check the answer to the first question here:

http://www.mossjp.co.jp/raiden/ps2/ps2inte_01.html

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:46 pm

A quick run through Excite's translator seems to say that they've managed to make a very high-quality conversion without 30fps or anything like that, and that everybody should be satisfied with the quality of the port. "The strategies for the game that everybody has researched can be used without mistake." I don't think we have much to worry about.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:13 pm

relying on a auto-translation, assuming what he is saying is true. this doesn't sound like bad news...

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:25 pm

What Babelfish said:

In any case you adhered to the part just which you bring close to the real thing. As for height of degree of transplantation, you think that it has reached to the level which it can have being satisfied with everyone. 30FPS how having, other things, it does not do either the processing falling altogether. On that, it could reproduce visual it is close only the original without. Everyone repeating research, the capture pattern which was built up the っ dust it passes. It was possible to be born the PS2 edition thunder and lightning III which almost carries out complete transplantation due to the many staffs and the advice of the prayer, excluding picture resolution beautiful here.

We may have a drop in picture resolution. Still, Raiden III on PS2 looks nice so far.