STG of the Month - May/June 2012 - DonPachi!

[Giest118]

Gonna go ahead and say Crimzon Clover. Because fuck yes Break mode.

May I recommend Giest's game, Trigonometry Wars 4?

Huh. I knew you did a few playthroughs of it, but I didn't think you'd find it THAT good. XD

[LtC]

I participated at the shooter of the week at motk for a while and it was pretty fun so I approve of this idea.

Eden's Aegis (PC)
Raiden DX (ARC/PS1)
Air Gallet (ARC)

While picking the game at random is fine to me, wouldn't it be better if you just opened up a poll with a few games that got the most votes?

[Despatche]

It'd be better voting than STGT, that's for sure.

[Blackbird]

Huh. I knew you did a few playthroughs of it, but I didn't think you'd find it THAT good. XD

If it weren't fun, I would have said "the hell with this shit" and not bothered with the review =P.

Crimzon Clover is great, but I didn't recommend it because not everyone has it and it might be difficult to obtain.

[Ghegs]

Man, I've been trying to find a Cybattler PCB for like half a year now. Would be a very cool choice.

As for my picks...

R-Type II
Pulstar
Last Resort

Because those types of games don't get much representation nowadays here. And that's a darn shame in my opinion.

[Nifty]

RayStorm (high score table has barely ever been touched)
Macross Plus
V-Five

[BPzeBanshee]

Raiden Fighters
Xeno Fighters R
Solid State Survivor

Are you fussy about emulation accuracy issues other than speed when mentioning MAME games? The only known issue left with video in the Seibu SPI driver to my knowledge is some cases of alpha transparency which has no effect on the gameplay, and the sound's missing a few channels.

The other two mentioned are PC games and are more than accessible.

[Aguraki]

nostradamus arc
fire barrel arc
elemental master megadrive

[KMM]

Imperishable Night (PC)
R-TYPE Leo (ARC)
Darius Gaiden Extra 2P course (ARC)

[Subterranean Sun]

Touhou 10
Soukyugurentai
Radiozonde

[hwl]

DonPachi
V-Five
X-Multiply

[Kollision]

RayStorm (high score table has barely ever been touched)

I guess it's because MAME crashes on it and the PS1 versions are severely messed up on their difficulties.

[Illyrian]

This is an awesome idea and I'd be well up for it!

Having a whole month to learn and compete in a game would be awesome.

My ideas:
1. Great Mahou Daisakusen/Dimahoo
2. Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism
3. R-Type Leo (for the old school charm)

[Matsunaga]

Battle Bakraid
Batsugun Special
Eight Forces

[Iori Branford]

Thunder Dragon 2, Twin Cobra 2, Akai Katana.

For most of us here, the last one is new, so now is the easiest time to find it and the playing field might be a little more level.

[shmuppyLove]

Mystic Riders!

[jepjepjep]

Dimahoo
Batsugun Special
Akai Katana (to push all those waiting for a price drop to make the plunge)

[CptRansom]

Going to start getting everything together in about an hour or so. Get any last minute choices in now!

[Sik-07]

Imperishable Nights (PC)
Clannada (PC)
Moetan STG (PC)

[CptRansom]

k, Voting is done.

I took each entry and gave it a spot on a spreadsheet in order (minus Akai Katana because I said no 360 games since not everyone has access to them). Any duplicate votes were given duplicate spots on the spreadsheet (i.e. Dimahoo was #8, 23, 32, 35... you get the idea). I went over to random.org, gave it a range of 1 to 101 (total number of "entries"), and hit the button 25 times for shits and giggles.

The STG of the Month for May/June 2012 will be DonPachi. Threads will be posted in High Scores and Strategy subforums momentarily. Feel free to bitch about this random selection in this thread. =)

Let's have a great month (and some change) and push each other to do our best!

[chum]

Lol, I hate DonPachi. CAVE games should be banned from this kinda thing imo, but whatever.

[BarfHappy]

Then Donpachi it is Thanks for taking the time !

(I hope there will be some love from the random function for older shmups in the coming months... i feel like i am the only guy on earth playing games like scramble ahaha ^^ )

[TrevHead (TVR)]

Cool I'll get my desktop PC cleaned up and sorted over next week. Looking forward to taking part!

THX for setting this up!

[Zaarock]

Donpachi


sry

[mesh control]

LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT!

[KMM]

I guess I'll play DonPachi, then! As they say:

THIS IS NOT SIMILATION. GET READY TO DESTOROY THE ENEMY. TARGET FOR THE WEAK POINTS OF F██KIN' MACHINE. DO YOUR BEST YOU HAVE EVER DONE.

[trap15]

WHY DON'T

YOU TRY HARD?

[Smraedis]

How to clear: copy me

[RNGmaster]

Whoa, that stage 1-4 boss is a tough cookie.

I'll enjoy this though!

[Erppo]

As far as older Cave games go, Donpachi is probably the least played and understood so I think it's a really good choice.

Also everyone should note that the versions have notable differences so make sure you use the Japanese one.