Show your shmup desktop wallpapers!

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:40 pm

I have a pic of that Ibara picture, however it's the Ibara marquee, so it has the how to play diagrames on the left hand side.
Direct Link
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I hope that's ok.

JigsawMan · Post by **JigsawMan** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:07 pm

If anyoneis after some hi-res scans my poster/flyer server is still up:
62.254.247.252 port 2121
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Montario · Post by **Montario** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:29 pm

Heres an upload of the file i use for the deskpic,

enjoy!

JigsawMan · Post by **JigsawMan** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:51 pm

Montario wrote:Heres an upload of the file i use for the deskpic,

excellent, thanks!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:00 am

Here is the official site with some Hi-Res 1280×1042 Psyvariar II wallpapers:
And the DVD FMVs...

http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ ... /down.html

JigsawMan · Post by **JigsawMan** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:02 pm

I've upped all the shmup desktop wallpapers I could find along with some misc artwork and some hi-res game wallpapers (non shmups) to my ftp:

EDIT: site down. 60GB of files transfered. not bad for just 300MB worth of wallpapers.
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use passive mode when connecting (www.flashfxp.com is a great FTP client).

Wallpapers are in the wallpapers directory. Kinda obvious I know.

There's a fair few hi-res Cave wallpapers there along with others that I've collected over the last year or so.

If you have any other then please upload as much as you can. Shmup (especially Cave ones) would be great.

Limited to 5 users, and capped at 2Mb/s.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:20 pm

Not quite Shmup related but these Transformers Wallpapers look pretty cool.

http://hk.geocities.com/leo_wallpaperst ... ormers.htm

(Mod edit: no need for large embedded images. -Ghegs)

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:44 am

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:32 am

Here's mine.. Made from a DDP:DOJ stage-clear screen, played around with it a bit... with a bee/wasp/honeycomb theme in mind.

w00t w00t.

Couldn't fit the full-size pic there. If anyone wants it, PM me or something.

Alpolio · Post by **Alpolio** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:09 am

I just found a Mushihimesama wallpaper online!

Sweet, huh? I'm so happy that I just had to share my joy.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:27 am

Thanks!

By the way, your Darius Falcon Shield avatar is very nice!

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:25 pm

Dandy J wrote:A couple I made awhile back.

That Gradius V wallpaper is awesome - I just snagged it!

Alpolio · Post by **Alpolio** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:20 pm

ST Dragon wrote:Thanks!

By the way, your Darius Falcon Shield avatar is very nice!

Thanks Dragon!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:23 pm

The Shmup fighter girls wallpaper:

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/uploads ... 752541.jpg

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:57 pm

ST, that's not quite work-safe it seems to me. make a link with a warning please. personally i don't mind, but my college computer lab staff might.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:46 pm

Here's one I made from a B&W Metal Black fanart (look a little familiar?

). I recolored it using Paint Shop Pro.

Full size version

bwod1e · Post by **bwod1e** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:17 pm

wow, some really awesome wall papers here!
the mario and samus pics still my fav

going to steal lots of these and rotate em roung
great shit

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:05 am

was going to use this as my wallpaper at one point, then I completely forgot about it, and I can't find a good color scheme to go with it:

Note: Picture is quite large.

Edit: Characters are from the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, the 6th game in the Touhou series, more specifically, the bosses from stages 3 to extra. The maid with the knives on the left of the picture becomes a playable character for the next three Touhou games after it.

agony · Post by **agony** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:53 pm

here is mine selfmade WP

I like it :]

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:04 pm

Artistic Credit goes to Rogner-5th of Super-Play.co.uk
Eboshidori.
Release the Restrain Device (Screencap done by me.)

This is awesome on a white background.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:07 am

Those are some fine Ikaruga Wallpapers!

By the way, isn’t that girl standing at the edge of the ship, suicidal in the actual game story?

Stefan_L · Post by **Stefan_L** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:13 pm

I have recently changed my desktop background and it's shoot'em up related this time also

It's a photo of the C-board from "Carrier Air Wing" PCB (cps1) wich i have brighten up and added contrast and then made the clours negative... the result looks fine to me.
Click here to see the Carrier Air Wing desktop pic i use

Furoshiki · Post by **Furoshiki** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:53 pm

This is my wallpaper on my creaky old Sony Ericsson T300 mobile:

And no, that's not a thumbnail...

Minzoku · Post by **Minzoku** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:11 pm

ST Dragon wrote:Those are some fine Ikaruga Wallpapers!

By the way, isn’t that girl standing at the edge of the ship, suicidal in the actual game story?

Kagari is going to commit seppuku to regain lost honour for failing to assassinate Shinra, but he stops her. Not exactly suicidal in the usual connotation

All nice pics, yes

Makes me wish my monitor would tate! Grr!

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:30 pm

Minzoku wrote:All nice pics, yes Makes me wish my monitor would tate! Grr!

Go get one that can, then

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:17 am

That looks like a fine monitor indeed!

However, its unusual native resolution might cause a few problems for gaming.

The Dell 2005FPW has a native resolution of 1680 by 1050 that gives it a slightly unusual 16:10 aspect ratio rather than the more typical 16:9 used for high definition TV. This isn't really a problem at all with the panel but the odd resolution can make support for some things like PC games somewhat difficult. Most PC games do not have support written into them for widescreen displays so it is necessary to use work arounds to make them use the full resolution.

Gaming can be problematic with the 2005FPW. While the screen works exceptionally well with motion, a number of games did not like the resolution and would refuse to run in any mode higher than 1152x864 even though the monitor could handle the 1280x960 or 1280x1024 resolutions just fine. This is something game developers should take note of.

Also, that review does not mention its response time?
Any chance it’s less than 4msecs?

I wonder how well it will perform if you connect a console like a PS-1/2, Saturn, or Dreamcast and play all those nice 2D Tate shooters on it.

It does have Composite Video – Connector standard to all VCR, DVD and game systems to video, after all.

Hmm… very interesting.

What other LCD monitors can rotate like that?
If EIZO had made a similar LCD monitor that could rotate like that and feature an acceptable response time for 2D games & shooters, I would definitely get it!

Kamakazie · Post by **Kamakazie** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:23 pm

ST Dragon wrote:That looks like a fine monitor indeed!

However, its unusual native resolution might cause a few problems for gaming.

The Dell 2005FPW has a native resolution of 1680 by 1050 that gives it a slightly unusual 16:10 aspect ratio rather than the more typical 16:9 used for high definition TV. This isn't really a problem at all with the panel but the odd resolution can make support for some things like PC games somewhat difficult. Most PC games do not have support written into them for widescreen displays so it is necessary to use work arounds to make them use the full resolution.

Gaming can be problematic with the 2005FPW. While the screen works exceptionally well with motion, a number of games did not like the resolution and would refuse to run in any mode higher than 1152x864 even though the monitor could handle the 1280x960 or 1280x1024 resolutions just fine. This is something game developers should take note of.
Also, that review does not mention its response time?
Any chance it’s less than 4msecs?

I wonder how well it will perform if you connect a console like a PS-1/2, Saturn, or Dreamcast and play all those nice 2D Tate shooters on it.

It does have Composite Video – Connector standard to all VCR, DVD and game systems to video, after all.

Hmm… very interesting.

What other LCD monitors can rotate like that?
If EIZO had made a similar LCD monitor that could rotate like that and feature an acceptable response time for 2D games & shooters, I would definitely get it!

Response time is pretty low, though not as low as the non-widescreen version.

16:10 is actually more common than 16:9 for PC monitors, so I wouldn't say its unusual.

Connecting a PS2/DC/Saturn to the thing via composite cables looks ugly as hell due to the fact that this is a digital LCD screen. Anything other than the native resolution looks blurry, this is true of any LCD.

And finally, the thing tates alright, but it tates in the wrong direction for console shmups

If you're running shmups on an emulator you won't have any problem, however. Its also worth noting that the screen doesnt rotate 90 degrees, but rather 89 degrees. While its unnoticable when you're actually playing like this, the fact that its not perfectly rotated might bother you.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:46 pm

And finally, the thing tates alright, but it tates in the wrong direction for console shmups

In other words, a vertical shooter would actually scroll downwards on this LCD?

That would basically kill any chance of obtaining this monitor for home TATE shooter use.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:15 am

Well, made the background by playing the game thru MAME and using printscreen.

Metal Black Stage 2 Beam Fight With The Boss:

Kamakazie · Post by **Kamakazie** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:14 am

ST Dragon wrote:
And finally, the thing tates alright, but it tates in the wrong direction for console shmups
In other words, a vertical shooter would actually scroll downwards on this LCD?

That would basically kill any chance of obtaining this monitor for home TATE shooter use.

Exactly. But I also mentioned hooking up a console to it means it looks like complete garbage.

If you get the wall mount for the thing it can rotate any which way.