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burnman
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Post by burnman »

BulletMagnet wrote:
burnman wrote:cool. Also, I read the WIki about Touhou games, but are they arcade games or are they PC games you can buy?
They're "doujin" (non-professional) games, on the PC - you can download demos for several of them (and a bunch of other PC shmups) on Shoot the Core. I recommend them (Perfect Cherry Blossom and Imperishable Night especially) not only because they're very well-made IMO, but are also, while not walks in the park for newcomers, pretty forgiving and a good way to get used to "bullet hell" shooters. You're free to completely ignore the (rather complex) scoring systems and just focus on survival, though as you get better you'll be able to figure out how to change your strategies to take more risks and score better.
Using multiple credits (credit feeding) to get farther in a shooter is like turning on slowdown for a music game. Feel free to do it for practice if you like. But when you get down to business, you just don't.
This is worth repeating, I think - while it's entirely your business whether you want to credit-feed just to see later levels or get some practice, don't submit a high score or claim to have "beaten" a game unless you've done either on one credit.

Welcome to the new one(s), btw. :)
So I went to Shoot the Core, and went to DL Imperishable Night. Going to the next page, I just see some links for some lzh files, and, since I can't read Japanese, I have no idea what to do.

Any ideas?
320x240
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Post by 320x240 »

If I'm not mistaken the demo download is called 'eiya_tr003.lzh'. 'tr' stands for trial of course.

Move your cursor over the top row of the next to last section (just under where it says '19.0MB') and you will see it.

The different downloads are just links to different mirrors. The contents of the file are the same as long as the name is the same.
It is powerup of laser.
burnman
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Post by burnman »

So I just downloaded it and started it. However, It seems that for some reason my fire button is stuck.

If I try it in MAME it's fine, so I'm guessing it's the game.

I am using a custom-made Joystick with a PS1 PCB, sanway stick and Seimetsu buttons.

any ideas?
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