Poll: Which Donpachi is your favorite?

[Elixir]

holyshit this thread is garbage.

Have I ever seen mesh control posting something else than
"This thread sucks"
"l2p"
"lol"


Imma go check the "I'm drunk" thread right away.
EDIT: Oh I forgot to mention busy avatar-changing

I hate to break it to you Cagar, but mesh here is not saying that because that's the only contribution he knows how to make, it's because the Shmups Chat section of this forum is one of the most retarded and inbred communities on the 'Net. Memefags (that means you GraD), people who can't read the OP, lazy incompetents, and 13-year-olds.

Pardon me but I'll stick to Strategy and HS from now on.

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Congratulations, you've just defined yourself. Just what we need, cookie-cutter posters claiming something is a mess after having created it themselves.

[RNGmaster]

So why do you hang around here, 'Lix? Do you just relish being the smartest kid on the slow bus, or is there something else?

And note I said "from now on". I realize I'm part of the problem, and in the last few months I've actually been working on playing the damn games this community claims to love so much.

[chempop]

Mmmmmmm ....relish.... Wait, I'm not actually sure if I even like relish

The only thing I've learned in this thread is that I need to go back and play more DOJ WL.

[Elixir]

So why do you hang around here, 'Lix? Do you just relish being the smartest kid on the slow bus, or is there something else?

I like shooting games, I play shooting games and I talk about them here. Pretty simple.

It's not like there's many places online to talk about this genre.

[Bananamatic]

I like dolls, I play with dolls and I talk about them here. Pretty simple.

It's not like there's many places online to talk about dolls.

[mesh control]

holyshit this thread is garbage.

Funny how you do nothing but shitpost because you have absolutely nothing remotely interesting or constructive to offer at all, ever. Get back to the "I'm Drunk" thread so we can all hear about how utterly pathetic and depressing your life is.

OT: Dodonpachi.

I think I've discussed more in the HS & ST forums than you ever have.

You talk a lot of shit for seemingly never playing any of these game.
Submit a score or shut the fuck up, faggot.

Cagar, shmups chat is a cesspool. There is barely any news worth mentioning here. Just look at the SDOJ thread. There's a couple pages of paint drawings with huge tits mocking the game's art, of which you contributed to. thx for the shitposting. </3
I've only had 3 avatars in the past year (that I remember). France Gall, Elizabeth Fraser and Brian Eno. I've been digging through music again and changing according to what i'm listening to. it's probably not going to change for awhile.

OH GOD AM I TRYING TO RATIONALIZE IN SHMUPS CHAT!> ?
D:

[Paradigm]

Hey buddy

At one point I thought you might actually have the balls to do us all a favour. Whatever happened to posts like these?

Feel hopeless and desperate. Very little is improtant in my life. Asked a co-worker out to dinner, but was denied. A happy, awkward relationship is just what we need.

Goddamn life sucks.
I'm going to listen to this song, then proceed to kill myself.

this town makes me want to kill myself. not that I live in it, but the fact it exist is enought to make me want to destroy humanity. I found a knife in the drawer next to me and i'll carve all that hate into my ribs.

Yeah, life....I'm probably going to end mine

Being bored out of my mind and alone in this shitty town, but that is just a cheap excuse; my attitude is what has been annoying me. It feels terrible to be up and down. I spent all day Friday in a nyquil coma because I was afraid of hurting myself. I woke up on Saturday to my parents leaving town and I tried to sneak to the restroom to avoid any communication with them which failed. Then spent all day Sunday in bed until 8pm when I woke up sweaty and had the urge to cut myself for the first time in several months. Simply put: I am fucked up.

I wish there was a therapist in town, or at least one that gave a fuck.
</whine>

If it helps at all, the reason you can't get a girlfriend (aside from your looks and personality of course) is because you have such low self-esteem. I'm sure you're a nice enough guy, but unfortunately you are a genuine loser.

Anyway, here's my advice: find yourself a nice sharp pair of scissors and go nuts.

Just remember; down the road, not across the street!

[chum]

Dodonpachi seems to bring out the worst in people.

I prefer Touhou

[Gus]

I like where this thread is going.

[Elixir]

Paradigm and Friendly are the best thing to happen to this forum.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Dodonpachi seems to bring out the worst in people.

[jepjepjep]

Instead of putting non-Donpachi voting options only existing to imbalance results, you could have also included DOJ WL.

A little humor never hurt anyone. Besides, when you boot up DOJBL you can choose Old Ver or New Ver. Old version is original DOJ, so it would be redundant to include it separately.

When you boot up Galuda II Black Label you can choose Galuda II, therefore anyone voting for Galuda II should actually be voting for Black Label.

Oh geez, we are going to argue semantics?

When you plug in your CAVE/AMI Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label PCB into your New Astro City or Egret II arcade cab after properly checking the 3V Varta battery for the absence of corrosion and setting the 5V rail for proper voltage, you will be greeted by a selection screen. At this point, you are given the option of choosing Version A (Old) or Version B (New). It is best to have your top hat already in place and your cigar already lit because if you do not act quickly you may miss this step. Once you have made your selection, you will be greeted by one of the finest arcade shooting games ever crafted. A novice or casual shmup fan may first be taken aback by the beatifully crafted, albeit prerendered, graphics and art design by none other than Joker Jun of such fame as Dogyuun, Batsugun, Air Gallet, and Esprade. Perhaps a novice might also be tempted to focus their attention and appreciation on the musical score done by the master of shmup soundtracks himself, Manabu Namiki. Of course, since you have a top hat, you are no doubt a connoisseur and recognize the real quality of Dai-Ou-Jou is the finely-tuned game mechanics put into place by CAVE co-founder and main programmer Tsuneki Ikeda.

As far as the ill-conceived analogy attempt of the console exclusive Espgaluda II Black Label, let me remind you that it is NOT an arcade game. The console port of Espgaluda II included with the Espgaluda II Black Label Xbox 360 game is well done within the limits of the Xbox 360 hardware, however it is still a port running on entirely different architecture and therefore has subtle differences. You simply cannot wear your top hat while playing because of the different slowdown and modified/upscaled graphics as compared to the original arcade CAVE CV1000 PCB. Whether or not you would consider a console port that includes additional arrange modes to be superior to the original arcade release of Espgaluda II is an entirely different question that is best left for the 10th Annual Top Shmups of All Time voting thread.

However, the Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label PCB is an arcade release that includes the original DOJ version as well as the rebalanced DOJ new version. Let me reiterate that: DOJ Black Label consists of the original DOJ version as well as the rebalanced revision. There is no such thing as DOJ white label, only the original Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou PCB.

[Cagar]

This forum's shitpost-rate isn't so bad. Shitpost here and there, overall it's more good discussion anyway.
More offtopic since everyone is here, hide the answer in your posts; Espgaluda 2 black label, Futari or daifukkatsu 1.5? Which should I get next?

[Bananamatic]

psyvariar and homura

[Elixir]

Oh geez, we are going to argue semantics?

When you plug in your CAVE/AMI Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label PCB into your New Astro City or Egret II arcade cab after properly checking the 3V Varta battery for the absence of corrosion and setting the 5V rail for proper voltage, you will be greeted by a selection screen. At this point, you are given the option of choosing Version A (Old) or Version B (New). It is best to have your top hat already in place and your cigar already lit because if you do not act quickly you may miss this step. Once you have made your selection, you will be greeted by one of the finest arcade shooting games ever crafted. A novice or casual shmup fan may first be taken aback by the beatifully crafted, albeit prerendered, graphics and art design by none other than Joker Jun of such fame as Dogyuun, Batsugun, Air Gallet, and Esprade. Perhaps a novice might also be tempted to focus their attention and appreciation on the musical score done by the master of shmup soundtracks himself, Manabu Namiki. Of course, since you have a top hat, you are no doubt a connoisseur and recognize the real quality of Dai-Ou-Jou is the finely-tuned game mechanics put into place by CAVE co-founder and main programmer Tsuneki Ikeda.

As far as the ill-conceived analogy attempt of the console exclusive Espgaluda II Black Label, let me remind you that it is NOT an arcade game. The console port of Espgaluda II included with the Espgaluda II Black Label Xbox 360 game is well done within the limits of the Xbox 360 hardware, however it is still a port running on entirely different architecture and therefore has subtle differences. You simply cannot wear your top hat while playing because of the different slowdown and modified/upscaled graphics as compared to the original arcade CAVE CV1000 PCB. Whether or not you would consider a console port that includes additional arrange modes to be superior to the original arcade release of Espgaluda II is an entirely different question that is best left for the 10th Annual Top Shmups of All Time voting thread.

However, the Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label PCB is an arcade release that includes the original DOJ version as well as the rebalanced DOJ new version. Let me reiterate that: DOJ Black Label consists of the original DOJ version as well as the rebalanced revision. There is no such thing as DOJ white label, only the original Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou PCB.

"White Label" is simply to differentiate between versions judged by their title screens. Fact of the matter is, DOJ is part of the series, while Black Label stems from it. DOJ being part of DOJ BL doesn't mean people voting for DOJ want to vote for DOJ BL. This forum has a maximum of 10 poll options per thread, you could have included it - bottom line is, you didn't.

[blackoak]

Hey buddy

At one point I thought you might actually have the balls to do us all a favour.

I can't believe how mean spirited this was. What the hell is wrong with you?

[RGC]

DOJ on PS2 is narrowly my favourite in the series.

[emphatic]

What the hell is wrong with you?

^^this.

[Vamos]

Hey buddy

At one point I thought you might actually have the balls to do us all a favour.

I can't believe how mean spirited this was. What the hell is wrong with you?

oh please man up this is just a forum .

[Eaglet]

You're always gonna get the autistic psychos when you're into a niche hobby... but that doesn't make his behaviour any more tolerable.

What the hell is wrong with you?

^^this.

[Gus]

Get a sense of humor, fucking casuals.

[kernow]

Oh geez, we are going to argue semantics?

When you plug in your CAVE/AMI Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label PCB into your New Astro City or Egret II arcade cab after properly checking the 3V Varta battery for the absence of corrosion and setting the 5V rail for proper voltage, you will be greeted by a selection screen. At this point, you are given the option of choosing Version A (Old) or Version B (New). It is best to have your top hat already in place and your cigar already lit because if you do not act quickly you may miss this step. Once you have made your selection, you will be greeted by one of the finest arcade shooting games ever crafted. A novice or casual shmup fan may first be taken aback by the beatifully crafted, albeit prerendered, graphics and art design by none other than Joker Jun of such fame as Dogyuun, Batsugun, Air Gallet, and Esprade. Perhaps a novice might also be tempted to focus their attention and appreciation on the musical score done by the master of shmup soundtracks himself, Manabu Namiki. Of course, since you have a top hat, you are no doubt a connoisseur and recognize the real quality of Dai-Ou-Jou is the finely-tuned game mechanics put into place by CAVE co-founder and main programmer Tsuneki Ikeda.

As far as the ill-conceived analogy attempt of the console exclusive Espgaluda II Black Label, let me remind you that it is NOT an arcade game. The console port of Espgaluda II included with the Espgaluda II Black Label Xbox 360 game is well done within the limits of the Xbox 360 hardware, however it is still a port running on entirely different architecture and therefore has subtle differences. You simply cannot wear your top hat while playing because of the different slowdown and modified/upscaled graphics as compared to the original arcade CAVE CV1000 PCB. Whether or not you would consider a console port that includes additional arrange modes to be superior to the original arcade release of Espgaluda II is an entirely different question that is best left for the 10th Annual Top Shmups of All Time voting thread.

However, the Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label PCB is an arcade release that includes the original DOJ version as well as the rebalanced DOJ new version. Let me reiterate that: DOJ Black Label consists of the original DOJ version as well as the rebalanced revision. There is no such thing as DOJ white label, only the original Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou PCB.

You forgot the ^_~ but the last paragraph redeems you.

[Erppo]

I don't see any need to separate DOJs. They might have different rank mechanic, hyper distribution and score balance (and like 3 slightly altered attacks) but in the end both of them are about doing the exact same chains in the exact same stages. The difference between the games is lot smaller than with any other BL.

[Paradigm]

I don't see any need to separate DOJs. They might have different rank mechanic, hyper distribution and score balance (and like 3 slightly altered attacks) but in the end both of them are about doing the exact same chains in the exact same stages. The difference between the games is lot smaller than with any other BL.

The fact remains though that they are different games and not everyone prefers BL. So since this is a poll about which is your favourite game in the series, it makes sense to include both as separate entries. It's not as though there's no room either - if you can fit in Ketsui and Touhou, you can fit in DOJ WL Vanilla Super Turbo SD Remix Arcade Edition Whateveryouwannacallit.

It was obviously just overlooked when jepjepjep created the thread, not sure why there's now so much attempted justification for excluding it.

[Randorama]

Voted DonPachi thinking that nobody was going to vote it.

Pure, cheesy nostalgia vote, as this and Batsugun are the two vertical titles that I would have liked to play in arcades, if they would have been released in the West. Plus, it is one of the few 2-all I ever landed.

I actually think that all the sequels are much better games, as Ikeda and co. were able to fine-tune all the ideas they put out with Don Pachi. I wish Cave stopped with DOJ, though.

[Skykid]

Paradigm, you overstepped the mark. There's no humour in out and out malice. You can call each other names all day long here and no-one will give a fuck, but there's some kind of sickness in you to take it to such a low blow.

[Paradigm]

Paradigm, you overstepped the mark. There's no humour in out and out malice. You can call each other names all day long here and no-one will give a fuck, but there's some kind of sickness in you to take it to such a low blow.

Funny, because I don't remember you saying the same thing when your buddy Siren2011 directed this at me:

And since the focus of the thread is now on me (because let's face it, I'm pretty damn interesting.), I will add that my grades are all As and Bs, I just received a scholarship, got lead role in a play (I'm hands down the best actor there), and I've got my swag back. I'm nowhere near the idiot that Paradigm would like to lead you to believe I am.

I would rejoice if he got into a car accident, rendering him paralyzed for life.

No hint of irony there whatsoever, I don't remember crying about it either.

Only when it suits, eh?

[NTSC-J]

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older nerds and the kids? ... It's just not right. It's not right. It's not, it's not going to change anything. We'll, we'll get our 1CCs.... Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to beat it. Let's try to work it out.

[Ghegs]

Time for the lock and some consequences.