good halloween shmup?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:32 pm

I suppose level 2 of Harmful Park comes to mind, but it's a bit cutesy. What should I play at midnight (if I manage to finish my work by then)?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:40 pm

undeadline?

diOdesu · Post by **diOdesu** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:43 pm

slow mode in gekioh - shooting king. creepy soundtrack and every enemy screams when you shoot them down. this mode runs at around half the speed of normal play but there are more bullets which makes it fun for dodging.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:45 pm

IIRC the first Shikigami no Shiro has a bunch of weird/undead/ghostish enemies in it, though the sequel's gameplay is so much better, heh heh.

Back on the cutesy end, there are also the Cotton games I suppose...flying witches versus evil pumpkins and the like.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:32 pm

Imperishable Night. It's got one hell of a witch theme to it.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:41 am

Gynoug?

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:00 am

Bio Hazard Battle

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:42 am

The guillotines and grim reaper level of Gaiares.

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:54 am

X-Multiply

Post by **system11** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:16 am

I can't believe nobody has suggested one of the Cotton series yet.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:11 am

bloodflowers wrote:I can't believe nobody has suggested one of the Cotton series yet.

*A-hem*...one of the few to put one or more of the Cottons on his top 25 list...

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:31 am

Centipede might or might not be a little too classy, but it's got creepy crawlies to say the least.

Life Force and R-Type are always good for Bio Stages and gory stuff.

Triple Lei · Post by **Triple Lei** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:55 am

Gunbird 2... jeez!

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:14 am

Oh yeah! Pirates, a witch, lots of costumed goons. Good call.

Harmful park, Cotton series would make the list.

I'll throw in Spriggan and Night Raid, although Night Raid may be too abstract for some.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:20 am

How about Toilet Kids?
After all, those kids who ate too much candy and sweets will be sittin on the crapper for hours!!

Seriously, I'd have to say Cotton.

Post by **system11** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:21 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
bloodflowers wrote:I can't believe nobody has suggested one of the Cotton series yet.
*A-hem*...one of the few to put one or more of the Cottons on his top 25 list...

And you even mentioned it up there. I'm blind, sue me

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:30 am

I decided to go with Dragon Blaze tonight, but the only thing that was scary was how badly I played. I should have gone with Cotton Boomerang.

Slow mode in Gekioh? I've never heard of this. How do you access it?

benstylus · Post by **benstylus** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:35 am

It's one of the extra modes accessible from the main menu.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:39 am

Psychosis TG16....it be weird and scary.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:42 am

Only shooter I had a chance to play tonight was Robotech: The Macross Saga on GBA. Not the best shooter around, but better than nothing for a few minutes. Carved a hadoken (down arrow, forward crouch, forward arrow, P) in my pumpkin, and kids had no idea what the hell it was.

No love for Street Fighter, I guess.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:18 pm

psychosis is crazy

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:12 pm

superhitachi4 wrote:Carved a hadoken (down arrow, forward crouch, forward arrow, P) in my pumpkin, and kids had no idea what the hell it was. No love for Street Fighter, I guess.

Should have either done PPPK, or one of the stupidly long Tekken 10hit combo sequences ^_-
Or the classic Konami Code. ^_-

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:39 pm

Cho Aniki Protien Densetsu whatever. SCARIEST GAME EVER.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:57 pm

Icarus wrote:Should have either done PPPK, or one of the stupidly long Tekken 10hit combo sequences ^_-
Or the classic Konami Code. ^_-

hehe yeah, a combo would've been cool, but I didn't start carving until about 4pm, so I kinda had to rush.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:40 am

Zweihander wrote:Cho Aniki Protien Densetsu whatever. SCARIEST GAME EVER.

agreed.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:47 am

bloodflowers wrote:And you even mentioned it up there. I'm blind, sue me

Nah, challenging you to another rap duel would probably be more fun.

the cap'n wrote:Slow mode in Gekioh? I've never heard of this. How do you access it?

Yeah, as ben said just scroll through the list of extra modes, "slow mode" is one of 'em. Pretty fun, actually, but all the stupid screams and stuff will drive you nuts before long, just like the laughter in "comic" mode.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:23 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
the cap'n wrote:Slow mode in Gekioh? I've never heard of this. How do you access it?
Yeah, as ben said just scroll through the list of extra modes, "slow mode" is one of 'em. Pretty fun, actually, but all the stupid screams and stuff will drive you nuts before long, just like the laughter in "comic" mode.

Yeah, this cap'n obviously needs a slooow mode. I hope I can access this in the PS2 version of Shienryu-- I'll give it a try tomorrow.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:38 am

*smacks self*

How in heaven's name did I somehow confuse you with cap'n ahar? That's it, no more crack before posting.

In any event, Slow Mode (or any of the other modes) aren't on Double Shienryu, unfortunately...you need the PS1 "Gekioh" to get those (I think both the Japanese and US versions have 'em all, not sure if it ever even got a Europe release). The US version's plenty cheap, so you might consider grabbing that if you can play it...I don't think the import is too much more pricey than it is, but I'm not sure.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:53 am

BulletMagnet wrote:*smacks self*

How in heaven's name did I somehow confuse you with cap'n ahar? That's it, no more crack before posting.

In any event, Slow Mode (or any of the other modes) aren't on Double Shienryu, unfortunately...you need the PS1 "Gekioh" to get those (I think both the Japanese and US versions have 'em all, not sure if it ever even got a Europe release). The US version's plenty cheap, so you might consider grabbing that if you can play it...I don't think the import is too much more pricey than it is, but I'm not sure.

Yeah, I thought you were either mixing me up with the true Captain or making some sort of reference to the cap in my avatar.
I just recently sold my US Gekioh because it lacked tate-- too bad.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:02 am

professor ganson wrote:Yeah, I thought you were either mixing me up with the true Captain...

CAP'N! It's CAP'N!

...or making some sort of reference to the cap in my avatar.
I just recently sold my US Gekioh because it lacked tate-- too bad.

...wow, that's a lot better than any lame excuse I woulda been able to come up with, I'll go with that.