Shmup Ticker: What are you playing RIGHT NOW?

[ProcoTaito]

Cho Ren Sha 68K
It's a fun one!

[Kiken]

Been playing the US PS3 version of Mamorun-kun lately... and I have no idea why.

[broken harbour]

Played DDP: Resurrection and SDJ today, holy smokes these games EVIL, even on novice....

[Captain]

PEOPLE I NEED!
GIVE FOR SEGA/SNES NOT COMMON GAME WHICH NOT PLAYED
KEEP YOUR DIGNITY

[Bonus!]

Played DDP: Resurrection and SDJ today, holy smokes these games EVIL, even on novice....

SDOJ on Novice is much more challenging than DFK on Novice, though.

[Softdrink 117]

Just got the Ketsui Type-B 1-ALL. It was more a 'see if I can do it' thing than anything else, since I've already 1-ALLed mutliple times as Type-A. Trying to decide whether I should practice for the loop as Type-A, or move to another game. Too much good stuff... what do...

[Drachenherz]

After switching around through different games more frequently than a diarrhetic switches pants, I finally found a game I think I'll stay with for a longer time:

Gigawing 2.

Don't know what exactly it is, but I just love the look and feel of this game. The bullets. The colors and the patterns. The reflect-mechanism. And all those shiny, shiny medals! I <3 volcannons!.

I just wish they'd stayed with the electro-themed music of part one. As cool as the orchestral soundscore is, it just doesn't get my blood as pumping as a good thumping electronic soundtrack.

Now let's see whether I will manage to have the selfdiscipline to go for the 1cc!

[oboewan42]

Ether Vapor Remaster.

With apologies to Rob: what this game takes from Metal Black is basically just mediocrity. It takes its bonus stages too.

[heisenbergman]

I did some passes on a lot of games over the past couple of nights. I need some damn direction in what games I play at a given time. I keep on switching from game to game and have trouble just focusing on one

[2D•TRON]

I did some passes on a lot of games over the past couple of nights. I need some damn direction in what games I play at a given time. I keep on switching from game to game and have trouble just focusing on one

I was in a similar bind a while back.
Couldn't really progress much past the third level on all the games I was playing.
I found having one go to game every time I turned on the cab. Playing from a few save states. Then one run at it would help me progress my ability in one game. Then flit from game to game for the rest of my session. If at the end and usually I do, fancy another run at the go to game I had chose to progress/learn that month.

Kinda getting the best of both worlds.
Advancing slower than a strict one game type of guy, but I would say for me certainly prolonging the enjoyment of it all.

Currently my go to game is:
R-TYPE II

And my pick up and play are
Gigawing-(good for me to get some very action without rotating the monitor.)
Nemesis
Progear
And V.V.

[2D•TRON]

Cho Ren Sha 68K
It's a fun one!

It really is!! Love it's simplicity in layout and gameplay, for its time it's astounding!
I had the pleasure of giving it a whirl on the sharp x68000 at N.E.R.G. A few month back. Had a NEO-GEO stick hooked up (drool!) I want one! ...*Both!


I was rubbish! But loved every nostalgic second I was alive.

[CHI]

I feel a 1cc coming soon...

[Chaos Phoenixma]

played through the first loop of Gradius Gaiden using the PSP Collection's save functions to unlock stage select. I don't think I could 1cc it legitimately yet. Though it does disappoint me that there doesn't seem to be a save to unlock loop 8 somewhere for this version so I could skip to the hardest parts.

I should also go download a Gradius III save so that I can screw around with Extra Edit since you can't unlock it through play time on the PSP version. Though I'm so rusty at III now that I can't even get past the bubble hell.

[jepjepjep]

Soooooo close!

[gs68]

Hellsinker. The leader in proprietary terminology.

[trap15]

So much Omega Fighter SRSM. So very much.

[CIT]

After about a 1 year hiatus from shooting games I really got into Gradius Gaiden now. I've had this game for about 10 years, and now I don't know why I never put more time into it, cuz it's fucking awesome. Anyway, I can make it to stage 9 pretty consistently now, but somehow fuck up at the moving walls a lot. 1CC seems in reach, only hurdle that's left is Big Ducker, who requires very accurate execution to use his semi-safespot.

[manatworks]

Musha Aleste
such an awesome game, simple but difficult enough to need a few try to 1cc it

[Crafty+Mech]

Air Gallett - Never played it until a couple days ago, it is starting to grow on me.

[gs68]

After about a 1 year hiatus from shooting games I really got into Gradius Gaiden now. I've had this game for about 10 years, and now I don't know why I never put more time into it, cuz it's fucking awesome. Anyway, I can make it to stage 9 pretty consistently now, but somehow fuck up at the moving walls a lot. 1CC seems in reach, only hurdle that's left is Big Ducker, who requires very accurate execution to use his semi-safespot.

Gaiden is without a doubt my favorite game in the series. I'm sorta-glad Gradius V is getting rereleased, but Gaiden seems to be quite obscure in comparison, despite already having a domestic release on Gradius Collection.

[spadgy]

Still bloody Caladrius. Scoring well (38th on the world leader boards), but cannot nail the 1CC. My score without a 1CC is above plenty of 1CC scores, so I have to get it to see how far I can push on the leader boards!

Akai Katana Shin and Judgement Silversword are begging for my attention though.

[CIT]

After about a 1 year hiatus from shooting games I really got into Gradius Gaiden now. I've had this game for about 10 years, and now I don't know why I never put more time into it, cuz it's fucking awesome. Anyway, I can make it to stage 9 pretty consistently now, but somehow fuck up at the moving walls a lot. 1CC seems in reach, only hurdle that's left is Big Ducker, who requires very accurate execution to use his semi-safespot.

Gaiden is without a doubt my favorite game in the series. I'm sorta-glad Gradius V is getting rereleased, but Gaiden seems to be quite obscure in comparison, despite already having a domestic release on Gradius Collection.

Yeah, great game! Nailed the 1CC yesterday. Definitely seems a lot more forgiving than others in the series. I also love the abundance of cool ideas such as the intergalactic junkyard with scrapped bosses from the previous games, the laser-bending crystals, and the all-consuming black hole.

[gs68]

Gave Danmaku Unlimited 2 a spin. Would be a more fun game if it weren't locked at 57 FPS with delicious jittering.
(PC version of course, I don't play goddamned phone shmups.)

Not a big fan of the heavy metal soundtrack, but it's negligible compared to the framerate issue.

[heisenbergman]

Danmaku Unlimited 2's djent soundtrack is amazing.

Also, loved it on the iPhone. Haven't played it on the PC yet.

[spadgy]

Yep - I loved Danmaku Unlimited 2 on the iPhone as well. I think it worked great with fantastic accuracy on iOS.

But I would love to play it on a bigger screen with a stick. In fact, I just saw DU2 is on Steam green light, so gave it the thumbs up.

[gs68]

I'm generally biased against playing shooting games on a mobile device, due to the fact that my finger tends to get in the way or runs out of room to move half the time. I end up having to roll my finger just to make some evasions.

[null1024]

Ikaruga [Arcade/MAME].

oh god why am I doing this to myself
4%. That is all. I got to the end of the first stage at least.

And there's like, 6 frames of input lag.

I blame this thread for making me do this. http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47877

[BIL]

I blame this thread for making me do this. http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=47877

OT 4 LYFE

Been playing Crying myself, mostly. As with Gley Lancer, it feels very much like a consolised Irem shooter for the console without any Irem shooters. I don't really go for the supposed creepy theme (to me it just looks kinda garish, and moreover nature is gross by... nature - needs something more deviant to get under my skin). But the chassis is very solid indeed and the soundtrack's pulsating drone does create quite the mood.

[Captain]

Gley lancer and Crying just have something off about them , Gley lancer in a bad way, Crying in a good way.

Both are great games anyway.

Meanwhile i 1cc'd Sideline.

[Pteriforever]

Just finished playing Minerva Project. Now I'll take a break and then go for a Leiria -Stargazer- Hard 1cc with Original type later tonight.