Gun Duel In Game Center CX 2 (DS)

[mjclark]

Anyone else played this? (Please don't tell me to use search function cos I already did).
Anyways it's a Compile type shooter where you collect up to two different secondary weapons and toggle between them and it is most excellent.
Game Center CX 2 was never localised for the English speaking market so it's a bit obscure but Gun Duel really is rather good

[PooshhMao]

Yeah I played this a bunch, I persevered through that murder mystery game just to play this (lucky the game let's you pass it eventually), and it's great, i'd say it's the best second shmup on the DS (after Ketsui Death Label), better than Shinen's efforts at any rate (though not as pretty, obviously)

Very PC-Engine-y in style and execution (with a dash of Famicom flavour), it's great fun switching the weapons around and see which combination works the best.

[mjclark]

Cool! Glad it's not just me who thinks this is brilliant
What do the "Safe" "Good Luck" "Alert" "Danger" and "Rush!" messages mean at the bottom of the screen?
It seems to have something to do with shooting the spy camera but I can't seem to figure it out.

Edit: A lot of searching found a GCCX2 Wiki which says
"[Condition]
Conditions that appear below the screen represent the state of the playing difficulty.
Four stages according to changing circumstances, number and type of enemies appear together, we will change the number of enemy bullets.
● SAFE · · · enemy aircraft at a minimum.
● GOOD LUCK · · · initial state.
● ALERT · · · be careful!
● DANGER · · · number of enemy invasion!

[Spy camera]
While appearing occasionally emits a warning tone, gray spy camera equipment [].
This guy misses the conditions will change.
Has been reported to the enemy headquarters, fighting so hard, without missing beat.
Down and seize state change, such as reducing the number of enemies!"

Sorted! Guess "Rush!" is a brief period at the highest difficulty level.Also if you fly into the remains of the destroyed spy camera it clears all the enemies off the screen.
Wow- this game is sooo good

[mjclark]

And here's a Gun Duel video: http://youtu.be/8gTYrQIGz8E
in case anyone's wondering what it looks like