Espgaluda in Mame

[Lance Boyle]

FUCK YEAH MAME'S RELEASING EVERYTHING FREE FOR US SUPER COOL KIDDIES

yeah you kinda don't want to say stuff like this out loud. or in your head.

[roker]

That's so cool, everybody now can play it FOR FREE !

no mamerz is going to give you the arrange mode *period*

[sepuker]

As with Esp.Ra.De, DoDonPachi, Guwange and ProGear, Cave will likely (behind closed doors) grudgingly recognise the value of *now* inactive titles being emulated- they don't stand to loose money, and their fanbase stands to expand further.
As an example, the uptake of the recent Cave imode ports is bound to have been bolstered in the Western world by increased awareness of Cave games via emulation over the last decade.

Every pro-emulation Cave fan on the planet is giddy with excitement right now, as we have another platform to play Ketsui and DDPDOJ on thanks to a committed and talented community of likeminded devs.

The only potential cloud on the horizon is people posting "YAY!!! FREE GAMEZ!!!!" comments on forums like this...

If that's the attitude that developers such as Cave percieve the emulation community as having, the future release of roms and emulators (for, oh, lets pick an example completely at random- EspGaluda...) to completist fans could quite easily be pounced on. Hard.

So STFU, and GROW TFU.

[krokodil_final]

Took pretty long until Moral Squad arrived. What where you doing? Playing ketsui in mame?

[sepuker]

Hell yes I have!!!

Moral Squad?! No chance! I'm not picketing outside the Cave office or anything! (I'm too busy right now )

That said, there's a reason games aren't emulated mere months after they're first released- the reason we've all waited 7 years for Ketsui- because the hammer would come down on our community faster than you could say "Approach your target and attack!" if things moved any quicker, or if the emulation community was an aggressive threat (or an abrasive presence...).

So maybe we should be showing a bit of restraint for the next, oh, week or so...

[david peterson]

Mame has never been about shafting companies or getting free games to us at the time of release , companies like cave are kinda fortunate that the mame team actually take everything into consideration before releasing anything .

[djvinc]

Yeah I don't get every comment here, but as a player in need, I'm glad Mame shares with us this new game (dispite it's old). Cave doesn't lose money with me since I wasn't going to give any !!
Come on guys, let's be proud about ourselves.

[david peterson]

Well i already own espgaluda anyway but like i said before when all you have is an lcd and no upscaler Mame offers me a far better looking alternative ( minus superior arrange mode).

[Vyxx]

No PS2, no damn overpriced PCB, thanks to the über-leet Mame team ! .

[WildSeraph]

Finally! I've been wanting to play this game for SO long! I've always been sooo close to being able to play it, then having it just out of my reach...

First, there was the PS2 version. I never had a PS2, but I did get a PS3! Unfortunately... the PS3 I got was one of the first Slim ones, which, for some bizarre reason, has no PS2 support whatsoever. Argh!

Then I was going to be able to play the Xbox 360 one. I don't have a 360, but my friend had just bought one used. I got over to his house immediately after I heard he got it, we were ready to buy the game, aaaand... The console was banned. We couldn't access XBLA. DAMNIT!

Finally, the iOS version. I was so excited to finally be playing this game! I went to the App Store... It requires a 3g or higher iPod Touch. I have a 2g. RAGE.

But now, after all this, there's MAME. All I need is that ROM, and I can at last play Espgaluda! Hooray!

[third_strike]

...I hope Cave don't see it (they can't read english anyway, and are too busy with their new releases ...
... I'm glad Mame shares with us this new game (dispite it's old). Cave doesn't lose money with me since I wasn't going to give any !...

Man,you are a poet!!!!!

lol lol l l
lol lol l lol l
l l

[sorhp]

I believe, all of us in our own way, could pay cave some respect and purchase something from them in some way because of what mame has allowed us to do, they are a verry talented team (granted, they could release more things stateside) I don't have the cash to throw down on a pcb, or import a very expensive title, but I can go online and buy guange, and occasionally grab an older import from a local game shop, and over time have a respectful library, but over time I will eventually purchase espgaluda (I have ESP II on my iPhone) and my conscience will not be seared, and mighty cave will live on!

[david peterson]

I believe, all of us in our own way, could pay cave some respect and purchase something from them in some way because of what mame has allowed us to do, they are a verry talented team (granted, they could release more things stateside) I don't have the cash to throw down on a pcb, or import a very expensive title, but I can go online and buy guange, and occasionally grab an older import from a local game shop, and over time have a respectful library, but over time I will eventually purchase espgaluda (I have ESP II on my iPhone) and my conscience will not be seared, and mighty cave will live on!

What? in case you havent noticed this forum is packed to the brim of people who have piled ALOT of money into cave go check for example the ketsui or ibara hi score threads and see how many pcb owners you see , many of us own all there ports .

[djvinc]

Don't get me wrong : Cave doesn't have my money, but it has plenty of my respect. And that is what every developper dreams of : the player's respect.

And btw I'm tired of people lecturing me and trying to take my freedom away. (are you my mother ?)

[Lance Boyle]

I remember being twelve once.

And that is what every developper's dreams of : the player's respect.

haha, lol, etc.

[cools]

Then I was going to be able to play the Xbox 360 one. I don't have a 360, but my friend had just bought one used. I got over to his house immediately after I heard he got it, we were ready to buy the game, aaaand... The console was banned. We couldn't access XBLA. DAMNIT!

Galuda II is on XBLA?

[BPzeBanshee]

Then I was going to be able to play the Xbox 360 one. I don't have a 360, but my friend had just bought one used. I got over to his house immediately after I heard he got it, we were ready to buy the game, aaaand... The console was banned. We couldn't access XBLA. DAMNIT!

Galuda II is on XBLA?

No.

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

Don't get me wrong : Cave doesn't have my money, but it has plenty of my respect. And that is what every developper dreams of : the player's respect.

And btw I'm tired of people lecturing me and trying to take my freedom away. (are you my mother ?)

Come on man, stop trolling. Someone will respond, shit will start flying, and instead of discussing shmups, the board will be busy fighting each other again. Nobody really wants that.

[stryc9]

If you got the dosh, buy the damn games. If you ain't got the dosh, get a better job and just buy the damn games. Ketsui has been released on 360, it is worth owning for X Mode alone. That shit is not on MAME. Now I'm not saying emulation is evil or anything, but have some common sense - these titles are obviosely still making cash so stop playing for free and just BUY THE DAMN GAMES.

[Lance Boyle]

these titles are obviosely still making cash so stop playing for free and just BUY THE DAMN GAMES

Not for CAVE, no.

[Observer]

http://www.cave-shop.jp/

I don't know how many times I'll have to post this until people calm down a bit. You think buying the games (even if brand new) won't give them money? Well, buy something from there. It will surely and directly give them money without any 5pb or someone else in the middle. Jeez. We have "agents" (heh) in this very forum who can get the merch for us.

[emphatic]

Then I was going to be able to play the Xbox 360 one. I don't have a 360, but my friend had just bought one used. I got over to his house immediately after I heard he got it, we were ready to buy the game, aaaand... The console was banned. We couldn't access XBLA. DAMNIT!

Importing is hard. This is why region free, released only in JAPAN is bad.

[djvinc]

http://www.cave-shop.jp/

I don't know how many times I'll have to post this until people calm down a bit. You think buying the games (even if brand new) won't give them money? Well, buy something from there. It will surely and directly give them money without any 5pb or someone else in the middle. Jeez. We have "agents" (heh) in this very forum who can get the merch for us.

This is an emulation thread. Emulation is sacred, you soil it with your monetary considerations. Everyone struggles so much with his conscience here.
And while Cave may die someday, emulation won't, and therefore is higher on the food chain.

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

This is an emulation thread. Emulation is sacred, you soil it with your monetary considerations. Everyone struggles so much with his conscience here.
And while Cave may die someday, emulation won't, and therefore is higher on the food chain.

Come on man, stop trolling. Someone will respond, shit will start flying, and instead of discussing shmups, the board will be busy fighting each other again. Nobody really wants that.

[StoofooEsq]

http://www.cave-shop.jp/

Not relevant to the thread at all, but I would totally buy that Ketsui Rubik's Cube.

[DragonInstall]

Just curious, but will we be able to save state for Espgaluda? Wouldnt mind training in some parts.

[croikle]

Of course. Save states work already in Ketsui and DOJ.

[BPzeBanshee]

I fired up ESPGaluda under PCSX2 for the first time in a while and I got up to Stage 4 on my first run. I couldnt even beat Stage 2 last time. When this comes out I'm SO going to 1CC it (or at least try).

Any tips as to how I defeat the last boss? I tried him out in Practice mode and it was an absolute pain, I couldn't figure out anything.

[Jockel]

And btw I'm tired of people lecturing me and trying to take my freedom away. (are you my mother ?)

Herp derp mah freedom!!111
Just liek Obama stole my freedom to pay thousands of dollars for operations that my family can't afford.
DAMN THEM COMMUNISTS!11
Excuse me, ima taek the liberty now to rape a 3 year old, and don't you dare to take that freedom away from me!

*Protip: committing crimes and breaking copyright laws has nothing to do with "freedom".

[emphatic]

Any tips as to how I defeat the last boss? I tried him out in Practice mode and it was an absolute pain, I couldn't figure out anything.

Well, use Kakusei when you start to freak out, keep to the left of the screen (less bullets there for some reason) and when you run out of Kakusei, use the barrier (just hit the button real quick) and when the barrier laser is released, move to the edge of the screen (left) so the laser doesn't hit the cube, as barrier laser will just refill it's life bar. The quick hit and release is important for two reasons, it will give you more "barrier cop-out instances" to save your ass, and if you DO hit the boss with the laser, it will not give him much life back.