2012 shmups goals thread

[chempop]

1CC all three modes of Akai katana with all ships, currently 4/9ths of the way there.

Either letter score or 1CC Garegga with Gain or Miyamoto.

Be able to 1CC Mushi Maniac and Futari Maniac more consistently.

Score +40 million in Galuda.

Play more of my Genesis carts!

Buy a god damn soldering iron and learn how to mod sticks (been saying this shit for yeeeeaaars)

[BPzeBanshee]

- What I wanted last year
- 1CC Dodonpachi (easy route with C-S)
- 1CC Raiden Fighters JET and have video for it

[NTSC-J]

I didn't post goals for last year, but I reached my biggest which was clearing both loops of Gunbird 2.

This year I'll keep it simple:

- DoDonPachi (2-ALL)
- Gunbird 2 (higher score)
- Muchi Muchi Pork (2-ALL)

Would've gone for Futari Ultra, but I can't get the slowdown right in MAME. Maybe in 2013.

btw, I'd like to point out how kickass it is to see so many of you posting lofty goals that will no doubt be achieved (2-ALLs, etc). There was a time when the Western shooting game community was filled with only a few skilled players (mode7, alamone), but that has exploded in recent years. Now we've got many great players that are starting to creep up on the master players in the East and it's cool to see some of you grow stronger and reach goals that 10 years ago looked impossible for anyone outside of Asia.

[Elixir]

I didn't post goals for last year, but I reached my biggest which was clearing both loops of Gunbird 2.

This year I'll keep it simple:

- DoDonPachi (2-ALL)
- Gunbird 2 (higher score)
- Muchi Muchi Pork (2-ALL)

Would've gone for Futari Ultra, but I can't get the slowdown right in MAME. Maybe in 2013.

I think I have your gamertag added. Why not play the 360 Futari?

[NTSC-J]

I think I have your gamertag added. Why not play the 360 Futari?

Well, my console setup is less than ideal. Shitty 13-inch TV and so-so arcade stick. How I managed to get as far as I did with Muchi Pork with that setup I dunno, but I much prefer a Saturn pad on my laptop with save-states. Props to GUS for doing so well without them.

Plus, I'm moving in with my girlfriend in a couple months and won't have a TV at all, so that would delay things. Maybe after I get settled in with a nice screen I'll go for it.

[ratikal]

I think I have your gamertag added. Why not play the 360 Futari?

Well, my console setup is less than ideal. Shitty 13-inch TV and so-so arcade stick. How I managed to get as far as I did with Muchi Pork with that setup I dunno, but I much prefer a Saturn pad on my laptop with save-states. Props to GUS for doing so well without them.

Plus, I'm moving in with my girlfriend in a couple months and won't have a TV at all, so that would delay things. Maybe after I get settled in with a nice screen I'll go for it.

I dunno, I slowly prefer stage select compared to save states. Yes, you can't experiment a certain part of a certain stage over and over, but you gain consistency in the stage up to that point. You also get a certain sense of urgency to find the solution or else you die.

As for goals, I dunno. Be the first western dude to clear Eschatos Hardest maybe. It's looking for do-able everyday and looks rather simple.

Then again, I thought Doom looked easy.

[Mills]

London arcade scene is already doomed. Nothing to look for to except maybe Chi finishing one the extreme levels on DARIUS BURST.

[spadgy]

Long live the London arcade scene. The Casino crew who meet once a week will do what they can to keep the ember burning!

2012 goals for me (for now):
1CC Outzone
1CC Mushi Maniac (PCB)
1CC Gradius
Buy an EspGaluda PCB and 1CC it
1CC Bug princess Ultra (normal)
1CC a total of eight shmups (including the above)
Go back to all my PCBs I've barely touched (Mad Shark, Meta Fox, Twin Hawk)
Expand the Casino Arcade family!
Contribute to a decent London shmupmeet
Host a 'Skykid Mini Meet' at my house
Finish my arcade stick that I stared two years back

Oh - and buy too many PCBs.

EDIT: And 1CC Bug Princess Original/Hell and Ultra/Normal (I've done all the other 1CCs and the 1LC that I want in that game)

[AttObl]

2012 Goals
1CC RefleX.
1CC ALLTYNEX Second on Hard. (On an related note, 1CC Hard with Suicide Bulets on.)
1CC Crimzon Clover Original.
1CC Kamui on Hard.
1CC Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
1CC Ketsui. (Originally, it's "Get to Ura Loop", but it's very hard.)
1CC Any CAVE game, along with a Psikyo game.
Get Einhander.
Get a (Japanese) Xbox 360.
Actually play some Shmups during 2012!

[Kollision]

1CC Giga Wing 2 (carryover goal from 2011)
1-loop Dodonpachi (another carryover from 2011)
1CC Muchi Muchi Pork!
1CC Judgement Silversword
1-loop Raiden 2
1CC Raystorm
1CC After Burner Climax
1CC all beatable XBLIG games I've purchased so far

[Gus]

btw, I'd like to point out how kickass it is to see so many of you posting lofty goals that will no doubt be achieved (2-ALLs, etc). There was a time when the Western shooting game community was filled with only a few skilled players (mode7, alamone), but that has exploded in recent years. Now we've got many great players that are starting to creep up on the master players in the East and it's cool to see some of you grow stronger and reach goals that 10 years ago looked impossible for anyone outside of Asia.

Yeah, it's pretty awesome how many great players have showed up in the last few years. I always just kind of laugh when I read about how much better these boards were in 2005.

Good luck if you ever attempt Futari Ultra BTW. I have no idea how hard Gunbird 2 is but an Ultra 1cc definitely seems doable for someone with better survival consistency than me.

[Battletoad]

Get more time to play again.
3-ALL Axelay
1CC Parodius Da! (SNES) with full 60 Hz speed at last
1CC Homura with new high score
1CC Mars Matrix Arrange Mode with some decent chains
1CC Giga Wing 2 with 20+ whatever (quadrillion?) points
1CC Shienryu
1CC ESPGaluda
1CC Sengoku Blade with 900,000+ points

Should be enough and halfway realistic.

[emphatic]

btw, I'd like to point out how kickass it is to see so many of you posting lofty goals that will no doubt be achieved (2-ALLs, etc). There was a time when the Western shooting game community was filled with only a few skilled players (mode7, alamone), but that has exploded in recent years. Now we've got many great players that are starting to creep up on the master players in the East and it's cool to see some of you grow stronger and reach goals that 10 years ago looked impossible for anyone outside of Asia.

Yeah, it's pretty awesome how many great players have showed up in the last few years.

^^This. Sure, save states and practice modes make everything much easier for people with lotsa free time and dedication than people playing full runs only, but the talent is here for sure now.

[louisg]

I'd like to finally 1CC Soukyugurentai, Layer Section and Under Defeat. UD I've beaten in 3 lives on easy, Souky I got to the very final last boss (the one who goes down in 1 bomb) and died, and Layer Section's one of my all time favorites so I should be able to 1cc it, right?

I had lots more time for this stuff in my early 20s though.

[chempop]

I'd like to finally 1CC Soukyugurentai, Layer Section and Under Defeat. UD I've beaten in 3 lives on easy, Souky I got to the very final last boss (the one who goes down in 1 bomb) and died, and Layer Section's one of my all time favorites so I should be able to 1cc it, right?

Those are three of my favorites too and I haven't 1CC any of them either. Layer Section especially is brutal! Makes half of Cave's stuff seem sissy.

[louisg]

I'd like to finally 1CC Soukyugurentai, Layer Section and Under Defeat. UD I've beaten in 3 lives on easy, Souky I got to the very final last boss (the one who goes down in 1 bomb) and died, and Layer Section's one of my all time favorites so I should be able to 1cc it, right?

Those are three of my favorites too and I haven't 1CC any of them either. Layer Section especially is brutal! Makes half of Cave's stuff seem sissy.

Yeah, the last boss is pretty ridiculous. I think I'll settle for being able to get to the last boss consistently. I used to more or less be able to do that, but it's been a long time.

[AntiFritz]

1CC something that isn't deathsmiles arcade

I know i'll never 1cc futari original because its " literally impossible"

[louisg]

1CC something that isn't deathsmiles arcade

I know i'll never 1cc futari original because its " literally impossible"

Did you do Darius Gaiden yet? I 1CC'd that last year with autofire. It was very satisfying because I'd had that game lying around since 2000 or so

[AntiFritz]

1CC something that isn't deathsmiles arcade

I know i'll never 1cc futari original because its " literally impossible"

Did you do Darius Gaiden yet? I 1CC'd that last year with autofire. It was very satisfying because I'd had that game lying around since 2000 or so

I've never played darius gaiden before, confused with someone else?

[RLRBS]

Mushi Futari goals:
- Break Novice Ultra WR or at least get a score close to it
- Better scores in 1.5 Original and BL Original
- 1CC God
- Get 1.01 and 1CC Original and Maniac

Other goals:
- Play other Cave games more
- Play Psikyo and Toaplan games

[louisg]

1CC something that isn't deathsmiles arcade

I know i'll never 1cc futari original because its " literally impossible"

Did you do Darius Gaiden yet? I 1CC'd that last year with autofire. It was very satisfying because I'd had that game lying around since 2000 or so

I've never played darius gaiden before, confused with someone else?

Oh, no, I was just thinking that DG is a fun 1cc to go for. It's sort of at a similar difficulty as Deathsmiles.

[Sik-07]

Learn to play Yagawa games

Batsugun 17M
Batsugun Special counterstop
Triggerheart Exelica 300M
Imperishable Nights 3B normal 3.5B hard
Mountain of Faith 1B normal

1CC Shikigami no Shiro II
1CC Imperishable Nights lunatic
1CC Espgaluda
1-ALL Progear no Arashi
1-ALL a Psikyo game

try to improve on some of my other scores too

[AntiFritz]

Oh, no, I was just thinking that DG is a fun 1cc to go for. It's sort of at a similar difficulty as Deathsmiles.

Oh ok. Thanks for the suggestion, i'll be sure to check it out.

[Marc]

Just to settle on 1 game and go for the clear. Since my youngest was born just over two years ago, gaming/me time has been scarce to say the least, but things are easing up a little now. Just getting back into shooters full stop has been nice.

[ratikal]

My goals:

#1 Eschatos Hard (COMPLETE)
Clear Eschatos Hardest (#1 if it turns out I have the potential)
Counterstop Batsugun SP
Loop Muchi Muchi Pork 1.01
Loop Omote Ketsui
Loop Daioujou Black Label
Clear Akai Katana Shin

[SunJammer]

Goals 2012
PS2:
1CC Mushi Original
1CC Espgaluda
1-loop DDP DOJ

360:
1-loop Muchi Muchi Pork
1CC Futari 1.5
play more Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga

PS1:
1-loop Strikers 1945 II
1CC Gradius Gaiden
1CC Harmful Park

[dunpeal2064]

2012 Goals

1cc Mushihimesama Futari (1.5 Original and Black Label Maniac)
Mushihimesama Futari God mode respectable score
Muchi Muchi Pork 1cc and respectable score
Dodonpachi 1-ALL
Learn how to play Battle Garegga

I really want to get some shmup skills down this year, as I spent most of last year trying a ton of them out, but not getting too good at any of them.

[Hagane]

2-ALL Sengoku Blade

Pretty close to it but I still die too much at 2-5 and I need at least 2 lives to beat the final boss.

2-ALL Dragon Blaze

As soon as I finish SB. Will be a tough one.

ALL in Batrider Advanced Course

If I manage to do DB this year.

Another goals would be 1-ALLing Progear, Sengoku Ace and Strikers 1945 II, but with all of the above plus Alien vs. Predator and Super Turbo (and KOF XIII pretty soon) I don't think I'll manage to find time for them.

[savethedinosaurs]

2012's gonna be my year to start taking shooters seriously.

Mushi Futari
- clear 1.5 Original
- get a decent score
- clear Black Label Original

Armed Police Batrider
- clear Normal

Gunbird 2
- clear first loop

Pink Sweets
- learn to actually play this

[DrTrouserPlank]

1CC something that isn't deathsmiles arcade

I know i'll never 1cc futari original because its " literally impossible"

Accepting it will save you a lot of time.