There's an easy way of comparing ship speeds: play it in MAME, set 1P and 2P to have the same controls except make shot and laser separate for 1P and 2P. It's also how you can see that the ships in Ketsui have very slightly different movement speeds when in lockshot (the straight shot ship is a bit faster). Move into the corner of the screen, start lasering with one ship, then move around and you'll see them split apart as they move if they move at different speeds.Squire Grooktook wrote:Does the green ship in Dodonpachi DOJ even slow down when using the laser with Laser or Extra types? I'm not sure if I can feel a difference in move speed.
DOJ is a bit tricky since you can't select both the same shot type (you can select the same ship type but you can't both be EX for instance), but I used B-L and B-EX to compare, and there is a noticeable speed difference when lasering. It's not much slower, but you do move faster when in rapid shot.