What are you currently shmupping?

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:51 pm

currently playing the hell out of Mushihime-sama. ^_________^ also shmupping Phalanx (GBA port), Battle Unit Zeoth (GB), and Bangaioh.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:34 am

Kiken wrote:I've recently put everything else aside so I can focus on Pulstar. I'm aiming for the SLC, since if you die, the game is over... well, I can do the final boss with the handful of power-ups they give you, but the rest of the game has to be flawless.

I made it right up to the final leg of stage 8 on my first life a few days ago (I figure that there were about 3 screen-lengths until the exit to the final boss). Still gotta practice stages 7 and 8 heavily though.

What are you playing it on Kiken? AES or MVS? Either way, I forget what default is for the home console. I'm thinking its 4? 1-8
Its been a while...

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:31 am

Decided to give my Dreamcast, and Saturn a rest temporarily.

Currently playing MUSHA Aleste on Genesis / MegaDrive. On a side note: WHY the hell did the MegaDrive have to be renamed in America? "Genesis" sounds retarded, and reminds me of Phil Collins. *shiver*

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:15 am

TWITCHDOCTOR wrote:
Kiken wrote:I've recently put everything else aside so I can focus on Pulstar. I'm aiming for the SLC, since if you die, the game is over... well, I can do the final boss with the handful of power-ups they give you, but the rest of the game has to be flawless.

I made it right up to the final leg of stage 8 on my first life a few days ago (I figure that there were about 3 screen-lengths until the exit to the final boss). Still gotta practice stages 7 and 8 heavily though.
What are you playing it on Kiken? AES or MVS? Either way, I forget what default is for the home console. I'm thinking its 4? 1-8
Its been a while...

It doens't matter which version you play: AES, MVS or CD. The game defaults to difficulty 4 (which is always MVS-difficulty.. 3 is Normal). I was originally working with the Neo-CD rev... now I have an MVS cart that I'm running on my AES via the Phantom1.

dessgeega · Post by **dessgeega** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:23 am

i'm playing galaga 88 on my coregraphx. huzzah!

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:45 am

Lots and lots and lots of Mushihime-sama on Maniac mode.

Oh, and a bit of Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princess, Sengoku Blade (Sat), Border Down, Nexzr, and Musha Aleste for variety.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:51 am

Shiki 2, Ikaruga occasionally.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:52 am

superhitachi4 wrote:On a side note: WHY the hell did the MegaDrive have to be renamed in America? "Genesis" sounds retarded, and reminds me of Phil Collins. *shiver*

It SHOULD remind you of Peter Gabriel, dang it, back when they were GOOD!

Accutron · Post by **Accutron** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:06 am

I was playing a lot of R-Type Final up until about a week ago...cleared F-C on Human, finished unlocking all the ships. I've been snacking on a few different games since then...Psyvariar 2, R-Type 1 and 2. I dug out Phalanx earlier today...the hillbilly cover art thread reminded me of it, and my kid's never seen it before. Played a bit of Axelay with him too.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:57 am

Nothing at the moment. I've been eschewing video games in favor of DJing several hours a night lately. Once I get my PS2 modded to play Mushi, that will probably change, though.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:27 am

I haven't played anything for about a week.

Saving my energy for the shmupmeet next Sunday.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:31 am

Dan! Da! Dan! and Battle Garegga.

Though lately I've been frequenting non-shmup games like Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero and Final Fantasy X-2.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:41 am

superhitachi4 wrote:On a side note: WHY the hell did the MegaDrive have to be renamed in America? "Genesis" sounds retarded, and reminds me of Phil Collins. *shiver*

If you think about it, is MegaDrive any great name either? It sounds really fucking weird to me. Come to think of it, every single console has a sucky name.

Leeram · Post by **Leeram** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:47 am

I'm currently trying to practice Daoujou. I can get to mid way through level 1-4 with a 1cc. Trouble is that whenever I practice it doesn't seem to be as ranked up as when I get there in the game, I'm getting used to it though. I'm hoping to be through level four and on to level five within a couple of weeks.

I am also dipping my toes into the water of Mushihimesama. I've tried all the modes and all the ships and played for an hour or so. I think I'll be attempting a 1cc at maniac level. I would love to try ultra but it's just simply beyond me

Oh, and,

dessgeega wrote:i'm playing galaga 88 on my coregraphx. huzzah!

Don't do it mate, it's too addictive, put the game down and walk away from the console then ask your wife/girlfriend/family members to hide the game away from you. Cold Turkey is the only way to shake it off mate.

And my advice to anyone else attempting to play Galaga 88 on PC Engine; just don't do it, it'll ruin your life.

Cheers

Leeram

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:43 am

Been playing a lot of Border Down but it's kicking my ass. Still cant get past stage 4.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:46 am

Got back into the Raiden Project, Raiden 1 in particular. Not very good, but it's just so enjoyable to play I don't really mind.

And trying to spend some quality time with Shiki 2. Didn't really impress me when I first purchased it, but the more I play, the more I like. Just so much freedom play-wise compared to similar games that I find I very rarely get frustrated to the same extent as some other shooters (DonPachi and DoDonPachi in particular).

llabnip · Post by **llabnip** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:15 pm

alpha5099 wrote:If you think about it, is MegaDrive any great name either? It sounds really fucking weird to me. Come to think of it, every single console has a sucky name.

Pretty much true. Dreamcast was fairly cool. Many of the others were sort of generic. It's almost like they had to add those little tag-lines to make up for the console name.

Atari 2600 - Have You Played Atari Today
Intellivision - Intelligent Telivision
Colecovision - Our Vision Is Your Vision... Colecovision
NES - Now you're playing with Power
Sega Saturn - It's Out There

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:50 pm

I have been playing Espgaluda practically everyday for a year now. How can it be I still suck at what is supposed to be Cave's easiest?

I also just got Air Gallet from CLR2HO here on the boards and I have been playing that, as well. I love it.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:54 pm

Brian wrote:I have been playing Espgaluda practically everyday for a year now. How can it be I still suck at what is supposed to be Cave's easiest?

With Cave, "easy" is very much a relative thing, heh. Heck, the same goes for most shmup developers.

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:58 pm

I'm playing a few at the mo' but not really concentrating on any though! SNS II, Gunbird 2, Psyvariar 2 mainly with a wee bit of Donpachi and some others on MAME.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:10 pm

alpha5099 wrote:
superhitachi4 wrote:On a side note: WHY the hell did the MegaDrive have to be renamed in America? "Genesis" sounds retarded, and reminds me of Phil Collins. *shiver*
If you think about it, is MegaDrive any great name either? It sounds really fucking weird to me. Come to think of it, every single console has a sucky name.

Atomiswave sounds pretty cool even though its not a console!!!

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:33 pm

Sengoku Cannon - Ick

Star Soldier PSP - surprisingly fun

Mushi - Brilliant, duh.

FraGMarE · Post by **FraGMarE** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:54 pm

Can't stay away from the classics... i'm currently tinkering with DoDonPachi, trying to 1cc it. I'm also playing Raiden II (PC version) for score. I posted a new score in the Raiden II thread on the hi score board.

toiletduk · Post by **toiletduk** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:26 am

Current rotation is:

ESP Galuda (first loop, last boss is doing a number on me)
Mushihime-sama Ultra Mode (4th level is ripping off my limbs and beating me with them)
Chaos Field (got survival pretty much down, working on comboing with Ifumi)

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:45 pm

Saturn Dodonpachi, fuck is it hard!

Can only reach the 5th stage with 14mil, and i have to bomb in stage 3 just to stay alive...

Should have espgaluda soon

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:35 pm

toiletduk wrote:Current rotation is:

ESP Galuda (first loop, last boss is doing a number on me)

Just so you know there aren't any loops in ESPGaluda. You just play through 6 stages and then it's game over.

Leandro · Post by **Leandro** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:42 am

Battle Garegga... Visited the strategy topic by Icarus and it is helping me a lot.. Though I still suck at the game(my fault), 3rd boss is a pain and I barely survive level 4.

Been playing Guwange recently, I'm a horrible guwange player btw.

and Mars Matrix last year, I could get to level 4 in 1 credit, and that's it.

Well, I must be the worst shmup player on this forum, lol

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:00 am

superhitachi4 wrote:On a side note: WHY the hell did the MegaDrive have to be renamed in America? "Genesis" sounds retarded, and reminds me of Phil Collins. *shiver*

Because Sega said it was their new begining, which is what Genesis means in Latin, and it turned out to be so-especially after the Master System had done so poorly over here.

At any rate, I am currently working on Skull Fang, and while I really dig this shmup, I also need some help as to how you rotate your aircraft:

http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic ... 7716#77716

Any advice would be appreciated, as the demo is only in Japanese, and demonstrates movement with a joystick, not a Saturn D-Pad. And the manual is in Japanese as well.

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:20 am

Before: ESP Ra.De (All Clear)

Now: DoDonPachi (Trying to 1CC the first loop, and enter second loop.)

Future: I don't know. Maybe acquire DoDonPachi DAI-OU-JOU, ESPGaluda, and Mushihimesama?

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 2:22 am

Playing Raiden, which I never tried much before, in preparation for Raiden III this month. Great game, which I'm sure everyone but me knows already. It's getting me excited about III.