Post Your Bios!

[Andi]

This thread was fun (except for that TOTALLY AWESOME text adventure tangent)

Yeah. I know. It was pretty cool.

[PaCrappa]

Now he's writing his own text adventures...

This thing is way outta hand.

Pa

[Eps]

Okay then. I'm going to use Minzoku's template, as it's long enough to be worthwhile without being too long like one of those lame '100 Questions' chainmails. Going to reverse the order of the components though:

Name: Eps. (Actually a real-life nickname, not based on my real name tho)
Real Name: On a public forum? No thanks.
High score initials: EPS, of course.
Born: 1979
Nationality: British; specifically, English.
Ethnicity: Ethnic Briton. As far as my genealogy-obsessed grandfather can make out, we're aboriginal Britons. This means that I'm rather more likely to be descended from some hunter called 'Ug' than from a king or aristocrat I have stereotypically appropriate physical characteristics.
Hair: Black.
Eyes: Quite strikingly green.
Height: 5'9".
Build: Wiry. (See what I mean about stereotypical characteristics?)
Occupation: Physicist. Took me a while to find my true niche, though: I was formerly an engineer, sound engineer and journalist. Also did a few years in the British Army as a reservist combat soldier. Glad I did it, but also glad to be out.
Non-shooting game hobbies: The Beautiful Game of football (or 'soccer' to you American types) - playing, watching (live and on the TV). Also a keen follower of international affairs. I've travelled to every inhabited continent except South America, which I hope to rectify soon.

Favourite
- Colour: Purple.
- Food: How long have you got? As a journo, I did some work as a food critic. In a very national-stereotype way, though, I'm a huge fan of English traditional food.
- Drink: Water; I drink several litres a day. Other than this, Cherry Coke is a bit of a vice.
- Book: Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a fantastic critique of poor use of the English language in society.
- Television Show: Live football! Other than that, I don't watch the TV.
- Movie: I barely watch movies.
- Music Genre: Everything, thanks to my time as a sound-man and the huge exposure to different types of music I got.
Vices: Like Minzoku, just getting laid; I quit drinking some years ago. I anticipate indulging my singular vice rather a lot when I move to the US, if the success I've had (apparently merely due to possessing an English accent) when I've visited have been anything to go by

FIRST GAME PLAYED: Defender, when it had just come out.
LAST GAME PLAYED: Ikaruga.
FIRST GAME EVER BEATEN: Manic Miner on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
MOST RECENT GAME BEATEN: New Super Mario Bros.
FAVOURITE GENRE: Shooting games, of course.
LEAST FAVOURITE GENRE: Not really a fan of sports games; I'd rather just go out and play the sport in question for myself.
FAVOURITE UNDER-RATED GAME: Super Mario Sunshine.
MOST LOATHED OVER-RATED GAME: World of Warcraft. Just a tedious, tedious life emulator full of complete and total idiots.
FAVOURITE MALE CHARACTER: Luigi. He fucking rules.
FAVOURITE FEMALE CHARACTER: Samus Aran.
FAVOURITE NON-HUMAN CHARACTER: The Ikaruga.
FAVOURITE VILLAIN: Wario!
FAVOURITE SOUNDTRACK: Turrican 2.
FAVOURITE SPECIAL ATTACK: The Boss Attack from Twinkle Star Sprites. Just so satisfying to unleash!
FAVOURITE WEAPON: Type-A Laser from DDP.
FAVOURITE SCENE: Again have to agree with Minzoku: the bit at the start of Stage 1 (Ideal), where the Ikaruga comes up, prepares its engines and then, in sync with the music, ignites its engines and swoops down to meet the oncoming enemy formations. Best beginning to a shooting game ever.
FAVOURITE ENDING: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, by a considerable margin.
FAVOURITE INTRO: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, with Navi swooping down to Link's hut.
FAVOURITE MULTIPLAYER GAME: Football/'soccer', played with controllers known as 'feet' and an innovative spherical entertainment system. Up to 22 simultaneous players.
BEST PLOT: Energy per atom versus nanotube diameter, on a logarithmic scale. Oh, wait...
GAME YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPLAY: Sonic 2.

[junkeR]

Name: Tyler

Age: 20

Location: Bismarck, North Dakota

Occupation: Lawn Business Owner, Technology Assistant at local college, car washer at Enterprise

Status: making it... just recently ended a 3 year relationship..

First Shmup: Space Invaders (Arcade)

Fave Shmups: DoDonPachi, Ikaruga, Anything Compile
Fave Others: Lunar, Snatcher, Metal Gear, etc.

Movies: Terminator 1/2, Aliens, Gladiator, Braveheart, Rocky series

Music: U2, Metallica, Megadeth, Tonic, Flaw, Five Bolt Main, Fear Factory, Ill Nino, Lacuna Coil, Nickelback, etc.

Systems: Xbox, PS2, MSX2, PS1, 3do, Saturn, Dreamcast, PC/Mac, MegaCD/Megadrive, SNES, gameboys, gamecube, famicom, SMS

Food & Drink: Cereal and Water.

Faith: I lost faith in everyone a few years ago.

[JBC]

Name - Jordan
Location - USA
Age - 26
Hobbies - emulation, html, guitar, photography, airbrush, pencilling, bowling, excersize, paintball
Initials For Score Entry - CIR

First Shmup Played - Defender, Atari 2600
Favorite Shmups - Raystorm, Battle Garegga, ESP Ra. De., Gradius Gaiden, Raiden III, Thunderforce IV...
First Shmup owned - Defender, Atari 2600
Favorite Shmup Character - Moais!
Favorite Shmup Bomb - Black Hole bomb, Darius Gaiden
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Ikaruga on a decent screen in tate (mission accomplished - now i need Border Down )
Favorite Food - Pizza, typically
Favorite Drink - Coca Cola with a bit of lime
Favorite TV Shows - CSI, Married with Children
Favorite Movies - Aliens, Terminator, Godzilla Final Wars
Favorite Music - melodic death metal, industrial
Favorite Singer - Tom Petty
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Famke Jannsen, Milla Jovovitch

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - respawning ship with 'satisfying' projectiles (i.e. - Judge Spear from VP1) and swift handling.

[Middlemoor]

Name - Byron Jones.
Location - Discovery Bay, Hong Kong
Age - 22.
Hobbies - Running, games, dragon boating.
Initials For Score Entry - BJX.

First Shmup Played - MUSHA Aleste: Full Metal Fighter Ellinor.
Favorite Shmups - Strikers 1945 Plus, Tyrian 2000.
First Shmup owned - MUSHA Aleste: Full Metal Fighter Ellinor.
Favorite Shmup Character - Terri.
Favorite Shmup Bomb - Fiat G-56, Strikers 1945 Plus.
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Strikers 1945 Plus, real arcade version.

Favorite Food - Mee goreng.
Favorite Drink - Coca Cola.
Favorite TV Shows - Smallville, Star Trek, The Simpsons.
Favorite Movies - Johnny Mnemonic, Marvel movies.
Favorite Music - Oh, everything.
Favorite Singer - Kirk Franklin
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Hilary Duff!

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Small ship with good primary, useful special and a self-saving bomb.

[pugeta]

Name - Jero Oriza
Loc -Manila Philippines
Age-18
Hobbies -Playing Video Games,Eating,Watching ANIME
Arcade Initials-ZRK and PGT ZRK means zorakis

1st Shmup Played- Samurai Aces
Favorite Shmups- Progear,Mushihimesama,Espgaluda,Shikigami No Shiro 2
1st Shmup Owned- Samurai Aces
Favorite Shmup Player- Sayo Yuki,Reko,Ageha,Bolt
Favorite Shmup Bomb- GUARD BARRIER Espgaluda
Most Shmup Want 2 Play- shikigami no shiro 3

Favorite Food-TAPSILOG Fried Rice Wid Egg
Favorite Drink- Mineral Water,7up
Favorite TV Shows-Anime's Naruto,SuperGALZ Kotobuki RAN
Favorite Singer- Utada Hikaru

Preferred Shmup Character Attribute- a giant beetle wid firing power and super bomb like mushihimesama

ive also playing RPG games and online gaming like FLYFF and O2 JAM

[Ozymandiaz1260]

I know this thread is kind of old...

Name - Billy
Location - Evansville, Indiana
Age - 22
Hobbies - Shmups, Rhythm games, Writing music
Initials For Score Entry - OZY

First Shmup Played - Kilo Blaster
Favorite Shmups - DoDonPachi, DDP DOJ, Mushihimesama, the Touhou games, Samidare, Ibara
First Shmup owned - If shareware counts then Kiloblaster, otherwise it's R-Type Final
Favorite Shmup Character - I don't fucking know
Favorite Shmup Bomb - I only use bombs in games like Garrega
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Ketsui

Favorite Food - Meat and cheese
Favorite Drink - Coke and vodka
Favorite TV Shows - I don't really watch a lot of television
Favorite Movies - Titus, Fight Club, Waking Life
Favorite Music - IDM, Eurobeat, Metal, Classical, Pop, Rap, Bluegrass, I don't know, I like pretty much everything...
Favorite Singer - Daniel Weyandt, Rowan London
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Like, for fucking?

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - I like ships where your speed is controlled by your shot type, like in DDP

[Krooze L-Roy]

I know this thread is kind of old...

Just slightly. Might as well also take advantage of it myself, I suppose.

Name - Elroy Cruise (heheh)
Location - Carson City, NV (formerly from the East Bay, CA. Just moved out here)
Age - 23
Hobbies - Video games, music, shooting. I plan to take up new hobbies, namely snowboarding and dirt-biking, now that I live out here where my former hobby (getting stoned all day and night) is heavily frowned upon.
Initials For Score Entry - KLR

First Shmup Played - Probably Masters of the Universe for Intellivision
Favorite Shmups - Radiant Silvergun, Galactic Attack, Ikaruga, Gradius 5, Einhander, Axelay
First Shmup bought - Aero Blasters for TG-16
Favorite Shmup Character - Shmups have characters?!?! I really like the design of the ship from Xexex.
Favorite Shmup Bomb - I tend to prefer shmups without bombs, but I'll go with... Darius Gaiden (though I'm not a fan of the game itself)
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Zero Gunner 2 or Under Defeat

Favorite Food - Bacon and lots of it
Favorite Drink - Vodka w 7up
Favorite TV Shows - Discovery/History Channel, that type of semi educational stuff
Favorite Movies - 28 Days Later, LotR trilogy, kung fu flicks from all eras,
Favorite Music -IDM, other sorts of electronic music, rap, classic rock, and a little bit of everything else
Favorite Singer - Can't say as that I have one.
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Lohan's still alive?!?!?!

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Moderate speed (think RSG), all weapons accessable at a single button press (again, think RSG or Thunder Force 5)

[futurebiblehero]

Name - Wes
Location - Knoxville, Tennessee (moving to Orlando shortly)
Age - 26
Hobbies - old movies, art, retro gaming, shmups, graphic design, music
Initials For Score Entry - AOI
First Shmup Played - Not counting Galaga, Life Force.
Favorite Shmups - Mushihimesama, Espgaluda, Shikigami No Shiro II and Psyvariar 2.
First Shmup owned - Gradius III.
Favorite Shmup Character - Koitsu (Parodius).
Favorite Shmup Bomb - Not sure, but it's likely from Harmful Park or another cute-em-up.
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Mushihimesama Futari.
Favorite Food - (vegetarian) Curry and rice. Be it Indian curry, Japanese curry, Thai curry... Any damned kind of curry.
Favorite Drink - iced coffee, black.
Favorite Comic - Fables.
Favorite TV Shows - Arrested Development, Mythbusters, Lost, Da Ali G Show, This American Life
Favorite Movies - Ikiru, the Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, Pandora's Box, Children of Men, 2046, In The Mood For Love, Red Beard, Adaptation, Shaun of the Dead, Metropolis, Cabiria, Die Nibelungen, the Blue Angel, Mulholland Drive. Mononoke Hime. Too many to list without feeling like I'm excluding something.
Favorite Music - A Silver Mount Zion, GY!BE, Do Make Say Think, Low, Rachel's, Max Richter, Esmerine, Kronos Quartet, Bell Orchestre, Final Fantasy, The Magnetic Fields, the 6ths, Gothic Archies, Future Bible Heroes, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Cocteau Twins, Gregor Samsa, Mum, Vashti Bunyan, Bjork, Beach House, the Divine Comedy, Kiss Me Deadly, Scott Walker, M83, Eluvium.
Favorite Singer - Stephin Merritt.
Favorite Composer - John Cage.
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Louise Brooks.
Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Speed and a narrow-but-powerful, straightforward attack.
Religion: raised Baptist and have been an Atheist for the past 10-12 years.
Occupation: Graphic artist.

[Limbrooke]

what the hell
here goes..

Name - Charles
Location - Ontario, Canada
Age - 22
Hobbies - Gaming, Cycling, Reading, Baseball
Initials For Score Entry - RFP
First Shmup Played - 1943(NES)
Favourite Shmups - Radiant Silvergun, Armed Police Batrider, Battle Garegga, DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou, Gradius (any)
First Shmup owned - Raiden DX(PS1)
Favourite Shmup Character - Iceman or Gain
Favourite Shmup Bomb - Under Defeat, Dragon Blaze (Quaid)
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Ketsui
Favourite Food - Eggplant Parmesian, Schnitzel, Eierschwamel mit knodel, Pizza
Favourite Drink - Vernor's, any rootbeer except Mug, Apple Cider, Chocolate Milk
Favourite Comic - Flaming Carrot
Favourite TV Shows - Monty Python's Flying Circus, Jeopardy (maybe)
Favourite Movies - The Last Emperor, Chariots of Fire, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Patton
Favourite Music - Gomez, The Beatles, Iron Maiden, Kraftwerk, Radiohead, The Police
Favourite Singer - See Favourite Music
Favourite Composer - Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Bach
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Scarlett Johansson
Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Screen. Clearing. Bomb. (although small hitboxes are nice too)
Religion: Judaism, although now considered Agnostic
Occupation: Computer Programmer

[JoshF]

Stealing your format...

Name - Josh
Initial of Surname - F
Location - PA
Age - 19
Hobbies - Gaming, drawing (anatomy), watching tokusatsu
Initials For Score Entry - JCF
First Shmup Played - Galaga (NES)
Favourite Shmups - Darius Gaiden, DoDonpachi, Thunder Force series
Favourite Shmup Character - Bornam or Bul-Gin (Mahou Daisakusen series)
Favourite Shmup Bomb - Darius Gaiden (although I never use it)
Favourite Food - Mushroom Pizza, and various vegetarian sandwiches
Favourite Comics - Popbot, Hellboy
Favourite TV Shows - Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job, and I'm With Busey was the shunt
Favourite Movies - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hellboy, Freddy Got Fingered ( )
Favourite Music - Boredoms, Fantomas, Hella, Lightning Bolt, Mr. Bungle, Melvins, Om
Favourite Composer - John Zorn
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Michael Berryman
Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Balanced?

[No_not_like_Quake]

Name - Stu
Year Born - 1977
Where do you live? Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Drink? Yeah
Music - PiL, other stuff
Videogames? - (pause) ...yes
The End

[MovingTarget]

Location - Scotland
Age - 23
Hobbies - Motorcycle Trials(offroad big cliffs etc!), shmups, Dnb,
Initials For Score Entry - MT
First Shmup Played - Dunno, Souky maybe
Favorite Shmups - Souky, Battle Garegga
Favorite Shmup Character - Scallop-Souky
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Batrider
Favorite Food - Spicy
Favorite Drink - Orange Lucozade(helps me through a long hard day), Some quality strong beer helps me through the night(none a that american crap!)
Favorite TV Shows - TV?
Favorite Music - Dnb/Jungle
Favorite Singer - Is that where people like... talk over the music? erm, the guy from One Minute Silence.
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Who?

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Fastish, destructive!
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[Dann]

Name - Dann
Initial of Surname - Z
Location - PA
Age - 19
Hobbies - Music, reading, shmups
Initials For Score Entry - DGG
First Shmup Played - Raiden DX
Favourite Shmups - DDP, Ketsui, Radirgy, Psyvariar 2
Favourite Shmup Bomb - triggerheat exelica
Favourite Food - sushi, yakitori
Favourite Drink - water, sake
Favourite Comics - Bleach, Hellsing, Homunculus
Favourite TV Shows - House
Favourite Movies - Silence of the Lambs, Army of Darkness, Little Miss Sunshine
Favourite Music - David Bowie, Klaus Schulze, Radiohead, Vernon Reid
Favourite Composer - Beethoven

Claim to fame: I graduated from highschool in the same class as Ozawa Maria

[Sonic R]

Hey guys! Here some info about me.

Name: James
Nickname: 'Jazzy' or 'Jazz' for short
Forum name: Sonic R or SonicGT (TurboGenesis on DP)
Hi Score initials: JAZ or ACE
Location: Detroit region, Michigan USA
Age: 31
Ethnicity: Vietnamese 50%/Cape Verdean 50%
Height: 5 foot 11 inches
Weight: currently 178 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Education: HS + some college
Siblings: 1 - sister
Religion: Catholic
Occupation: Automotive Manufacturing (Materials/Shipping)
Status: Married w/Children
Cars: 1990 Mustang GT convertible, 2003 Mustang GT, 2003 Focus


Favorites:
Color: Blue
Season: Summer
Drink: Tea (hot tea and iced tea)
Hi perormance drink: Red Bull
Alcohol drink: Varies
Food: anything with cheese!
Favorite Shootie developer: Compile and Techno Soft
Favorite Shootie: Recca Summer Carnival '92
Favorite Game: The Guardian Legend
Favorite game genre: Shoot them ups, and RPG
Favorite game console: (tie) Turbo Duo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System
Favorite controller: Sega Genesis 6 button.
Favorite arcade stick: Vitrua Stick High Grade
Favorite Transformer: Soundwave
Favorite car that I can own: BMW M5
Favorite drag strip. Gateway International Raceway

Other tidbits:
First shoot them up: ? Defender, Space Invaders, Zaxxon
Last shoot them up: Karous
First 1cc: Gradius (NES)
First game completed: Super Mario Bros.
Last game completed and 1cc: Space Megaforce
First game bought: Balloon Fight
Last game bought: Crisis Force
Fastest quarter mile: 13.983 @ 99.766mph (1994 T-bird SC)
Most cars owned at one time: 6
Other interest: Detroit Pistons/NBA, Cars, Transformers

[professor ganson]

Age: 37
Height: 5 foot 10 inches
Weight: 165 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blond
Education: PhD
Siblings: yes
Religion: atheism
Occupation: professor
Status: married w/children

Favorites:
Color: the blue-green part of the spectrum
Season: fall
Drink: black coffee
Alcohol drink: martini, red wine, scotch
Food: cheese
Shmup developer: Psikyo
Shmup: Dragon Blaze
Game genres: shmups, puzzle, pinball, racing
Game console: PS1
Controller: saturn pad
NFL team: Browns
Bands: unwound, drive like jehu, arab on radar, polvo, death
Things to think about: the senses, free will and responsibility
Things to look at: yeah, I'm a pretty normal guy, so you can guess

[DMC]

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[TKGB_Mental_Gear]

I copied and pasted from first post.

Name - Juan Ortiz but I prefered to be called TK
Location - Los Angeles, Ca, USA
Age - 22 in sept.
Hobbies - Playing games, making games
Initials For Score Entry - T.K

First Shmup Played - Err...don't remember but if I had to guess...Thunder Force IV for the MegaDrive back when I was in grade school.
Favorite Shmups - Battle Garegga, Gerinkinda, DonDoPachi, Twinkle Tales, Parodius games, and I'm sure there are other but these are my top ones.
First Shmup owned - Tokio but to be fair its from the Taito Legends Vol. 1.
Shmup Characters - The cast from Gekirindan, Spanky the Dolphin, and any little girl in shmups.
Shmup Bombs - I dunno, anything that looks like an ugly skull is cool.
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Others for new age systems such as Einhander.

Food - Burgers, fries, and a coke
Drinks -Alot of soda
TV Shows - Immortal Yi Soon-Shin, Age of Warriors, Dae Jo Young, Yoshitsune, Komyo Ga Tsuji, Furin Kazan, Bodyguard, Dragon Zakura, Gokusen, Bride in her Bad Year, Hero, and alot of Anime. As you can tell, they are all asian TV.
Movies - BAH!!!
Music - BAH!!!
Singers - BAH!!!
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Hilary. If your face hasn't been splashed all around the news lately, your doing alright.

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Young girls below the age of 10 with magical powers. If you are talking about ships, ones with lots of bullet hell on them and bombs that shoot out a laser beam.

[it290]

http://it290.com/oc1029.ROM

That's what I'm using in my ECS K7S5A at the moment anyway...

(badoom-boom-ching)

[Twiddle]

http://it290.com/oc1029.ROM

That's what I'm using in my ECS K7S5A at the moment anyway...

(badoom-boom-ching)

only post worth reading in the thread

[MJR]

Fun

Stole the template from the first post

Name - Miha
Location - Finland
Age - 33
Hobbies - Shmups, Hapkido, Movies, Reading (Murakami and Iain M. Banks), Comics, Writing.
Initials For Score Entry - MJR; CAI if I get no record

First Shmup Played - Scramble on VIC-20
Favorite Shmups - Raiden DX, R-type, Gradius series, Blazing Star, Mushihimesama, Viper phase 1, Section Z, Parodius series, Darius gaiden
First Shmup owned - Hades Nebula on C-64
Shmup Characters - Little astronaut in Section Z, Michael and Pentarou in parodius
Shmup Bombs - Black hole bomb in Darius Gaiden, Scatterbomb in Raiden DX
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Mushihime-sama 2

Food - Finnish, home made
Drinks - Cabernet Sauvignon, Chartreuse, Beer
TV Shows - Deadwood, Twin peaks, Sapphire and Steel, Prisoner, Carnivale, Young Ones, Galactica(new), MythBusters, Dr.Snuggles, Once upon a Time in space.
Movies - Robocop, Total Recall, Seven Samurai, Ran, Ghost in the shell, Tetsuo, The good, the bad and the ugly, Conan the barbarian, Angel heart.
Music - Iron Maiden, Faith no more, Coil, Roky Erickson, Jarre
Singers - Kate Bush, Bruce Disckinson, Mike Patton
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Who are they..?

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - R-9 has all that you need, ever

[zinger]

Name - Isak
Location - Stockholm, Sweden
Age - 20
Hobbies - Shooters, FM synthesis, obscure videogames and the usual (music, reading, film, art etc)

Initials For Score Entry - ZNG

First Shmup Played - Xatax
What I like in a shooter - I like extremely fast paced shooters with long bossfights and multiple routes.
Favorite Shmups - Armed Police Batrider, Darius Gaiden and Battle Garegga
Favourite boss - Boredom from Batrider, Folding Fan from Darius Gaiden
First Shmup owned - Elemental Master
Shmup Characters - Gain
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Darius II (2 screen version)

Food - Hamburgers, lasagna, fried chicken with rice and any good sauce that sinks into the rice, giving it extra flavour!
Drinks - Water, C.C. Lemon, Champis
TV Shows - Seinfeld
Movies - Anything odd!
Music - Keith Jarrett, Toshiya Yamanaka
Singers - Flora Purim
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Hilary Duff

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Fast ships!

[Shatterhand]

Name - Rafael Lima de Souza
Location - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Age - 24

Hobbies - Games, Programming (Not so much lately, as now this is also my job), Movies, Writing. Used to play football, but have been ages since I last played.

Initials For Score Entry - RAF

Why shmup? - Because I really dig fast-action games, stuff that test my skills, where I feel challenged and am really rewarded when I "win". But mostly because I like fast-action games really,

Genres other than Shooters - Puzzles. I actually enjoy every genre, but am not a big fan of RPGs.
First Shmup Played - Space Invaders. Probably. Atari 2600 version.

What I like in a shooter - Situations that forces me to make crazy dodging (instead of memorizing stuff)

Favorite Shmups - Aleste 2, Zanac Neo.

Favourite boss - Aleste 2 bosses, Stage 2 and Stage 4.


Worst boss - Stage 7 boss from Space Manbow .

Shmup Most Wished to Play - Kyokugen

Food - Italian food.
Drinks - Guava Juice
Watch: Movies. I rarely watch TV
Music - 80s music

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - In oldschool games I prefer Spread or homing shots. In the more modern games I tend to go with the straight-stronger shot.

Current Gaming Hardware: PS2, Saturn, PS1, PC, MSXs, SMSs, a broken Amiga.
First console/computer owned: Atari 2600.


Height: 177 cm - 5.77 ft
Weight: 79kgs - 174 lbs
Hair: Long, light brown. Some people say Blond
Eyes: Brown
Skin color: Pale. Very sensible to sunburn, but not much european like.
Pets: 4 female dogs
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[tada]

Name - Alex Tada
Location - Seattle, WA, USA
Age - 20
Occupation - Student @ University of Washington
Major - Computer Science, as of about two weeks ago. Whew.

Height - 5'6" (168cm)
Weight - 115 lbs (52 kg) [I'm a twig.]
Ethnicity - 75% Japanese, and traces of American and Irish
Hair - Slightly long, dark-as-sin black hair.
Eyes - Brown
Skin color -Light

Hobbies - Shmups (duh), a little programming, logic/IQ puzzles, and karaoke.
Other genres I play - RPGs (especially SRPGs), music games, puzzle games

Initials - ATT

First shmup - I can't remember, but I think it was Thunder Spirits. I didn't really get into the genre until Raiden Fighters though.
What I like in a shooter - Ones that regularly flood the screen with items for you to collect.
Favorite shmups - Raiden Fighters 2/JET, Giga Wing series, Espgaluda/II, Mushihime-sama/Futari
Favorite boss - The train at the end of Mission 1 in RF2.
Favorite characters - Reimu
Favorite bombs - Cluster bomb in most of the Raiden series.
Favorite character attributes - Fast, with a straight shot
Want to play - Radiant Silvergun

Food - Pizza, and several kinds of Japanese noodles
Drinks - Pepsi, Red Bull
TV Shows - MythBusters, The Simpsons, Family Guy
Movies - J-horror.
Music - dj Sharpnel, IOSYS
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Don't care.

[bitkid]

Name - Paul Hindt
Location - Emeryville, CA USA
Age - 25
Hobbies - Shmups, Fighting games (ST and 3S)
Initials For Score Entry - BIT

First Shmup Played - Super Cobra on my Atari 800, followed shortly by Parsec on TI-99
Favorite Shmups - Dangun Feveron, DoDonPachi, Mars Matrix, GigaWing, BatRider, Progear
First Shmup owned - Darius Twin (SNES)
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Ketsui

Food - Chinese, instand Ramen and Miso, authentic Mexican from hole in the wall places in Sunnyvale.
Drinks - Orange Gatorade, Rockstar
TV Shows - House MD, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop...don't really watch that many shows.
Movies - right now...The Fountain, Sunshine, Children of Men, 28 Weeks Later, High Strung
Music - weird electronic, game music, some rock stuff

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - I like fast ships that have auto-sucking ability to grab the gems! Wideshots FTW.

[Ed Oscuro]

http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/soc ... BD1226.zip

[Ozymandiaz1260]

^^ You're late.

[Ed Oscuro]

well excuuuUUuuse me, princess

I had the idea independently, so I'll accept a co-inventor prize

[MX7]

Lol, awesome.

Name - Michael Collins
Location - Nottingham, UK
Ethnicity - Anglo-Czech
Age - 21
Hobbies - shooters, films, guitar, making gameboy music, making noise music
Initials For Score Entry - MX7/MXZ

First Shmup Played - Prob Space Invaders in the arcade, prob Truxton at home
Favorite Shmups - Cave games
First Shmup owned - Gradius V?
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Deathsmiles

Food - Thai
Drinks - Belgian lager, UK ales
TV Shows - 6 Feet Under, Mighty Boosh, peep Show
Movies - Japanese Porn, French Vampire, Italian Horror, Wong Kar Wai, Luis Bunuel, French New Wave
Music - Noise, Chiptune, Doom, Crust punk, Shoegaze, Post Rock, No Wave etc
Singers - Kylie Minogue, Faye Wong

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Medium speed, wide shot