Are you training yourself on a game right now?

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:14 am

The PSP is killing my shmup time. It seems like all my free-time lately is just too precious to do much more than rest and the handheld is a nice little "lay in bed" alternative. Between work, girlfriend and random bullshit I seem to never get in the shmup time I want to.

You know, for games that only take a few minutes to pick up and play, it sure is hard to find time to actually play them.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:56 am

excuses excuses

(is it just me or does that not sound right when you readit... excuses excuses.... try saying it in your head a dozen times and ask yourself, is excuse a real word.....how could excuse be a word..... (this happens to me every week))

Darkcomet72 · Post by **Darkcomet72** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:39 am

I really haven't practiced on any shmups lately, however, one game I really want to play is Eliminate Down.
Or mabye Axelay on Hard.
Or Space Megaforce on Tricky.
Or Wings of Wor on Hard.

One thing I do know, I seem to be losing my Shmup Luster. Mabye I should try to break 3mil in Tumiki Fighters...

Triple Lei · Post by **Triple Lei** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:59 am

Strikers 1945 III. MAME and save states make 2nd round training quite possible. In fact, if I could piece together all my perfect practice plays and come up with a perfect bomb distribution, I'm sure I could clear the game! Then maybe I'll be able to snatch a pebble from BER's hand...

For a while I got really into Gunbird 2 again and figured out some non-bombing tactics, but my cousin's college arcade only has Strikers 1945 III, and I thought if I chose that, I'd be training to show off to others and not just to myself (which has happened, and I've even met the guy who got up to 2-2). That, and Gunbird 2's ridiculous bullet speed in the 2nd round makes me absolutely convinced that it's not really meant to be played... just a bonus or novelty, really...

I'd also like to say that the two replays of Strikers 1945 III I've downloaded haven't really helped me at all! The only thing it did for the 2nd round stages was show that non-bombing paths existed. I still had to figure them out myself. I'm not complaining that they didn't help me; I'm just mentioning this to do away with the notion that "replays = cheating".

Oh, and Tekken 5 on the side.

adam76 · Post by **adam76** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:42 am

The vagrant wrote:strikers II PS2 pal is quite hard (and crappy)

strikers II arcade ship hitbox = .
strikers 2 ps2 pal ship hitbox = I

When you say the 'ps2 pal ship hitbox', are you referring to the ps2 original mode and if so does the ps2 arcade mode have the same size hitbox as the, er...arcade? I only ask cos i read a post last night where someone intimated that the arcade mode of DC gunbird 2 was significantly easier than the original mode and i was wondering if this a trait of all psikyo conversions as i only ever play yhe original modes!

At the moment, (due to my short attention span i practise 2 or 3 games at any given time!) i'm trying to 1cc saturn DDP, Gunbird and Souky and failing miserably on all three counts as it happens!

~Kid Icarus~ · Post by **~Kid Icarus~** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:42 am

Progear - I can reach (what I think is) the final stage on 1 credit and last just about long enough to admire the lovely graphics before being pulvarised by plasma death. Over 8m points though which ain't bad.

I'm totally addicted to this game right now, I'm not even playing the DS anymore.

Btw, hi.

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:14 am

super street fighter turbo (been playing SFII since 91 and still cant get enough)

Garou MOTW , SNK's best fighter IMO

19XX getting stressed with cave games at the mo so im gonna try 1CC this , as usual ill probably make it to the last boss and get kained and get so fed up with ill give up

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:19 pm

I have a really hard time sticking with a single game for a long time. I've been meaning to sit down with a few games and learn them for a long time:

DonPachi
DoDonPachi
Fire Shark
Lightning Force
Wings of Wor
Guardian Force
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius
Sengoku Blade
Game Tengoku
Salamander
Salamander 2

All of those games feel within my ability to 1CC, I just haven't had the initiative to dedicate myself to any. And two of those games (Fire Shark and JOP), I've gotten to the last level, so it shouldn't be too much work before the 1CC is mine.

I also just got a bunch of fighting games. I should probably practice X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Samurai Shodown 4, and Fighters Megamix.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:53 pm

alpha5099 wrote:I have a really hard time sticking with a single game for a long time. I've been meaning to sit down with a few games and learn them for a long time:

Absolutely same problem. Here's my list:

DonPachi
Border Down
Thunder Force 3
Zero Gunner 2

But also serious playing (without the intention of ever 1cc'ing)
Battle Garegga (as always)
Samurai Aces and Blade
ESPgaluda
Raiden DX
eh, a few others, can't recall...

The thing is, I know I should just stick to one, but I tend to get distracted.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:32 am

CMoon wrote:The thing is, I know I should just stick to one, but I tend to get distracted.

Shmups are definitely great for the ADD-crowd. Fire 'em up for 10 minutes, blast the shit out of some mothership, kaboom. No long stories, no longterm commitment. Shmups are the one night stands and booty calls of gaming.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:02 am

I'm in Rocky mode I guess.

MAME
-Gigawing. Time to stop bullshitting around and 1cc this bitch.
-Mars Matrix. See above.

PS2
-ESPGaluda Arrange Mode. It's not THAT impossible is it? o_x
-Super Monkey Ball DX. Trying to clear the Expert courses. And yes, the port does suck in comparison to the XBOX/GC versions. >_<
-beatmaniaIIDX. Improvement is coming slowly, but surely. murmur twins 7KEY can still go to hell.
-pop'n music. At a lesser frequency than IIDX, mostly because my Ransai ASC is too loud for me to play at 1 AM ._.

Arcade
-ESPGaluda. Maybe I just like showing off since like no one else plays this game, much less reach Stage 5-1 on one credit..
-Ultracade (Truxton II, E.D.F., Eco Fighters, OutZone). Trying to better my high scores on various machines.
-Gigawing. Same reason as above. Maybe no one plays that, either. -_-
-DDR. Sorta regained my confidence in this game when I actually ranked in on POP4.
-IIDX again. I make less of an ass of myself on this game than I used to, but I'm still garbage compared to other players in the area.

DC
-Chaos Field, but that's on undetermined hold because at the times when I should be playing CF, I'm playing IIDX :B

Saturn
-Souky. Now that I have more of a grasp on how to control rank, I've been getting farther.

When Trizeal ships, I'm gonna play the living shit out of it.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:04 pm

Shienryu a little bit.
I've beaten the red robot one time.

pixeljunkie · Post by **pixeljunkie** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:11 pm

8 1/2 wrote:The PSP is killing my shmup time. It seems like all my free-time lately is just too precious to do much more than rest and the handheld is a nice little "lay in bed" alternative. Between work, girlfriend and random bullshit I seem to never get in the shmup time I want to.

You know, for games that only take a few minutes to pick up and play, it sure is hard to find time to actually play them.

/\ what he said.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:24 pm

I'm supposed to be working on Dragon Blaze, but there are so many distractions (apart from work and the kids): Mario Kart DS, Tengoku, Truxton, progressive death metal... I should be at level 1-5 by now; instead all my good runs are ending at 1-4 because I keep getting that flying mushroom level last.

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:18 pm

Air Gallet on Mame. Played it purly by accident but turned out to be a very nice shooter with nice graphics and excellent music, challenging bosses too. Im not sure about the title screen speech though "Air gallet will blow your socks off" erm

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:35 pm

Since I don't have my Famicom yet, Recca and Gradius II through emulation.

Gradius Gaiden: Been working on a 2-player No Miss with my buddy MaximX. We decided to give G5 a break for the moment.

Gradius 2 Gofer No Yabou: Still need to SLC the first loop.

Post by **Icarus** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:36 pm

If it wasn't for this fucking migrane tearing my head in half I'd be playing Raiden Fighters Jet right about now >_<#

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:48 pm

Ketsui Ketsui Ketsui.

Unfortunately my lack of consistency is becoming a real liability to progress.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:16 am

Focusing on too many.

Trying to 1cc Gunbird 2 (haven't killed the last guy yet).

Trying to 1cc Strikers 1945 (level 7 boss keeps killing me)

Trying to get to break 1.5mil on Strikers 1999.

But ... stuck playing GUN for the PS2 right now.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 12:58 am

trying to get 1 loop done on DonPachi and Progear, got to the 1-5 boss on Progear almost 10 times now.

I've also gone to learn a few fighting games too, not doing that well on anything though

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:12 am

Been playing some Contra Shattered Soldier and Contra 3. I'm a hair close to 1CC CSS in normal difficulty. I just need to stop making stupid random mistakes.

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:01 am

I just started back on Gradius Gaiden and I can get to the boss of Stage 4, even though I've gotten much farther a couple months ago before I stopped playing. I've got a shitload of school work to due but once winter break comes I'm gonna try for a 1CC or I'll atleast see how far I can push myself. I also want to start back up on Border Down.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:21 am

I actually haven't played a shooter for over a month, I think.

I've been playing nothing but beatmania IIDX... the crappy mini controller I made is already wearing down so I have to get back to work on my semi-proper homebuilt controller...

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:35 am

Right now my goal is just to get past stage 3-1 in Shikigami 2 on 1 credit. To 1cc the game is likely beyond my abilities, though one day I'll try to complete the game with the credits allotted.

I thought a 1cc was more than possible 'till I hit this stage. I'm using practise to try and get some sort of grip on it, but damn, hard isn't the word. I hate the boss, it's thrown the flow of the game off a bit for me, but I'm not ready to give up just yet.

Also working on DDP, now hitting stage four regularily on one credit so there's hope there for at least a first loop clear.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:53 am

Haven't played much shmups in the past three months or so. I think the only time I played was at the shmupmeet. Still saving up for a JPN PS2. Right now playing True Crime NYC.

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:24 am

most of the time I would be training on dodonpachi, gradius V, raiden DX or blazing star, when I'm not trying to beat DEL on R-type

But for some reason I am right noe really attracted to forgotten worlds (I bought capcom collection just to play this one game only)

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:20 am

I'm playing Einhänder at the moment. It's not just that I want to get really good at it, it's also just so much fun.

Also playing Last Resort and Under Defeat, although the nearest arcade that has it is pretty far, so I can only play that on the weekends, if I get a chance.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:36 am

Working on my Border Down score. God I love this game!

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:41 am

MAME: Viewpoint. I'll get to Stage 4 someday!

PS2: beatmaniaIIDX. I'm pretty much forcing myself to relearn the game.

After a while, I'm planning to jump back into Trizeal and finally clear the sucker. Espgaluda's Arcade Mode doesn't sound too far off, either...granted it won't be a one-life clear but whatever!

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:29 pm

I'm currently working on both Darius Twin (SNES) & Darius Gaiden (Saturn). In both cases, I can get to the final round (top paths in both, upper mid-level path in Gaiden as well), but end up getting wiped out at that point.

In Darius Twin, I seem to have trouble w/ the crustacean-looking thing that spits out 5 rings in all directions. I am having difficulty learning its pattern so as to properly dodge his attacks.

In Darius Gaiden, I just can't seem to get the final boss taken care of on a single life - if I could accomplish that, I could 1LC the game, which would be quite an accomplishment, as far as I'm concerned!