Shmup Ticker: What are you playing RIGHT NOW?

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:43 pm

@ johnny5 - good luck, my friend. I tried to get into that when I owned the pcb and it just handed me my ass time after time and I just gave up. Beautiful bullet patterns fo sho.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:03 pm

same...but i started applying myself to it and being patient.....once you are familiar with the patterns its totally doable.....

i am by no means a stellar player.....and i can now no miss, no bomb up to the first boss....not much, but its a start.....2nd pattern on the 1st boss is still giving me some trouble.....

funny thing is i find the start of the 2nd stage much easier than most of the 1st stage

i doubt i will ever 1cc it(no shit) but i would like to see how far i can get.....and i am having a lot of fun progressing through it......i love dense patterns that force minute tap dodging.....its so exhilirating to get past a wall of bullets without bombing.....

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:09 pm

R-Type 1, which is annoying the shit out of me, R-Type 2, which I'm playing decently, but I tend to die on level 1's boss a bit too much, and R-Type Leo, which is so bloody cool, but the lack of the Force in front of you, and the lack of charge shot make this not feel very R-Typey. Same goes for the general level feel, where it felt so not like R-Type.

Erik · Post by **Erik** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:11 pm

Gate of Thunder on Wii VC (TG-16), almost getting to the end on normal. Simple in a positive way, excellent blaster.

R-Type Final on PS2 which I have to complete still on Baby Level. Ehrmm... Yes, I always work from easiest to harder upon completion of a game! I got to the final boss but it seemed I could not damage him, there were also some strange pixel deformations on my beam bar - an error maybe? I now have to work up to that stage again and give it a go.

I am still awaiting arrival of Life Force, Salamander and Salamander 2 from the Deluxe Pack for PS1...

And I want to check out R-Type III on Wii VC (SNES) as well. Soon.
Then I collected almost the complete "R"-series, boosting part I, II, III, Delta and Final.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:55 pm

R-Type III is awesome.

Also, I'm playing Leo [and I got bored during the first level], and then went to play Mars Matrix [which I sucked at SO BADLY, haven't played in ages].

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And now I'm playing R-Type 1. Just got to level 3, and then died. R-Type 1's bosses are really easy, but the levels are fucking bitches.

Spanky · Post by **Spanky** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:17 pm

Got a Naomi GD setup not long ago and just bought Border Down, that game is the SEX!!

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:01 pm

Suguri, and sucking balls at it.

And some R-Type I, the second boss is annoying as fuck [it's faster than you!], and the third level is so bloody hard!

Erik · Post by **Erik** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:57 am

And some R-Type I, the second boss is annoying as fuck [it's faster than you!], and the third level is so bloody hard!

Wait till you get to level 6, wow, that's annoying.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat May 30, 2009 10:11 am

Alternating between Truxton, Truxton II and Daioh.

durias · Post by **durias** » Sat May 30, 2009 3:29 pm

Gradius (NES).

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Sat May 30, 2009 4:58 pm

R-Type II
Radirgy

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:46 am

Late to the party, as usual.

Gradius Rebirth is a ton of fun.

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:22 am

Mars Matrix during the commute to work

Dodonpachi mainly at home
been on a SNES kick recently, unoriginally, R-type 3rd Lightning

Rozyrg · Post by **Rozyrg** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:11 pm

Blast Works... shocking. >_>

Just finished my first (possibly sad) attempt at a bullet-hell style shooter today. Turns out BW isn't as well equipped to build something like this as I thought... I know much better is possible, though.

Level - http://gamercreated.com/games/blastworks/9678
Ship - http://gamercreated.com/games/blastworks/9679

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:02 am

Mars Matrix, and sucking at it so badly... constantly forgetting that it has only one button, hitting patterns I should be able to dodge, etc...

I blame Suguri and its 4 buttons and its dash.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:36 am

WARTECH!! Senko no Ronde -- are the controls supposed to feel this bad? Yikes.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:49 am

Think of it as Virtual On with an overhead camera and not looking as cool.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:58 am

I've never seen a game move so quickly from a padded envelope to the sell pile.

Daika110 · Post by **Daika110** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:15 am

Raiden Fighters Aces 360
Raiden 3 - PS2

durias · Post by **durias** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:00 am

Gradius Rebirth

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:30 am

Dragon Blaze
Bangai-O DC

Battletoad · Post by **Battletoad** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:26 pm

Started playing Axelay again after a looong time. Additionally I´ll keep on trying to 1CC Giga Wing 2 and practice the hard and maniac mode in Thunder Force IV.

robivy64 · Post by **robivy64** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:44 pm

DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu 1.5

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:06 pm

robivy64 wrote:DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu 1.5

You're spoiled.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:22 pm

I've had just about enough of Gunbird 2. It's getting maddeningly frustrating dealing with the 1-4 boss with Valpairo, who is fat and slow.

robivy64 · Post by **robivy64** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:06 am

captpain wrote: You're spoiled.

I downloaded the ROM.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:08 am

Rob wrote:I've never seen a game move so quickly from a padded envelope to the sell pile.

If I had known you were going to buy it, I would have recommended you not to and you could have saved a whopping $10. For a barrel of laughs, next try Virtual On OT, Gunvalkyrie, and then Steel Battalion.

durias · Post by **durias** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:24 pm

Gradius Rebirth

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:26 pm

Omg, I finally beat Soldner-X without blowing through all my continues...I feel like a scrub brush.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:56 pm

R-Type 1.
Damnit, I wish this ship was slightly faster!

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And now some Ikaruga. I got to level 4 on 5 credits, but died within 10 seconds of reaching it.
PS: Chaining is fun! It's so much better here than in RSG now that I'm not firing like a maniac all the time!