My shmup crossword.

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:22 pm

New, revised (for the 3rd time) crossword with a total of 60 words.
Old, rather broken-hinted shmup crossword with 37 words.

Apologies if I left some stuff out, but it's already big, is it not? Anyways...enjoy.

Also, if some facts are wrong...point them out for me if you don't mind. I was in a rush to do this. (I'm at school.

)

Edit: WOW. Shoot the Core posted up my crossword. Seems the Postman, being the amble shmup fan that he is, had some trouble with some of the words and its hints as well.

Maybe I SHOULD fix it to make it more shmup-accessible...and less difficult.

Link to the post here.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:03 pm

yeah, some info is wrong. I haven't solved the whole puzzle so far anyway

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:48 pm

One way they piss shmuppers off is making bullet color = background color.

Your crossword sucks and is as wrong as it could be. Fix.

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:50 pm

Plasmo wrote:
One way they piss shmuppers off is making bullet color = background color.
Your crossword sucks and is as wrong as it could be. Fix.

Any tips? (I went with pop info and such, so I'll probably go about with more research if that's what I need to do)

Until I fix it, maybe I should take down the thing.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:52 pm

why all the negativity?

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:54 pm

jpj wrote:why all the negativity?

Crosswords can be tricky if they're not specific. The only thing that clicked my mind when I was reading the post was "Fix." So the shmup crossword is down for now.

You can PM me if you want the version I have now...or you can wait a couple of hours for a new revision.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:59 pm

I really didn't think it was bad, the wrong info I noticed wasn't so off...

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:56 pm

i got 8 right

do i get a cookie???

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:04 pm

Takumi made a lot more than 2 shmups

Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Giga Wing, Mars Matrix, Night Raid, Giga Wing 2, Giga Wing Generations

Also does "get point" mean checkpoints?

I think "BYDO" is enough of an clue without mentioning the pod

At the Twinbee spot. You can also input Twinkle wich makes it a bit
confusing

"Popular shmup series that spanned a fan Flash game and a spinoff series. Home of the Miclus." = I think "MICLUS" alone is enough of a clue

"Some games have infinite amounts, some games have 2, and some have none." You always have at least one life or else you cannot play.

PS : this is pretty fun

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:25 pm

nimitz wrote:Takumi made a lot more than 2 shmups

Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Giga Wing, Mars Matrix, Night Raid, Giga Wing 2, Giga Wing Generations

Also does "get point" mean checkpoints?

I think "BYDO" is enough of an clue without mentioning the pod

At the Twinbee spot. You can also input Twinkle wich makes it a bit
confusing

"Popular shmup series that spanned a fan Flash game and a spinoff series. Home of the Miclus." = I think "MICLUS" alone is enough of a clue

"Some games have infinite amounts, some games have 2, and some have none." You always have at least one life or else you cannot play.

PS : this is pretty fun

Thanks for the appreciation! Yeah, this is whatcha get when you try and think of hints off the top of your head...without a computer...IN MATH CLASS.

To respond to your ideas:

1) Kyukyoku Tiger was made by Toaplan and published by Taito. However, I completely passed off Night Raid. (I blame my only source being Wikipedia).

2) "Get Point" is the name of the chaining system used in the DonPachi series.

3) BYDO.

4) Not sure how that would work, but I sort of understand what you're trying to imply here.

5) MICLUS.

6) I think Gradius loops infinitely. An example of a two-loop game would be any DoDonPachi (original DonPachi included) and Fabtek Raiden Fighters 2. An example of a game with no loop at all would be...pretty much most shmups out there.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:42 pm

Only 2 left...and they don't make much sense

"YOKO shmup with a horror theme that takes place in London."

"If you cannot chain in this shmup, veterans will frown at you." (that could be anything really)

also

"One way they piss shmuppers off is making bullet color = background color." = Dooyong?

Most of the bullets in Dooyong games are orange.

1) Kyukyoku Tiger was made by Toaplan and published by Taito. However, I completely passed off Night Raid. (I blame my only source being Wikipedia).

and Kyukyoku Tiger 2was made by Takumi

2) "Get Point" is the name of the chaining system used in the DonPachi series.

Where did you get this from?

6) I think Gradius loops infinitely. An example of a two-loop game would be any DoDonPachi (original DonPachi included) and Fabtek Raiden Fighters 2. An example of a game with no loop at all would be...pretty much most shmups out there.

I thought the answer was "Life".

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:44 pm

The question asks what original games they made

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:46 pm

Only made two unique games: one that has HUGE score count and one that contains only one button.

Thats the question I got.

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:48 pm

nimitz wrote:Only 2 left...and they don't make much sense

"YOKO shmup with a horror theme that takes place in London."

"If you cannot chain in this shmup, veterans will frown at you." (that could be anything really)

also

"One way they piss shmuppers off is making bullet color = background color." = Dooyong?

Most of the bullets in Dooyong games are orange.

1) Kyukyoku Tiger was made by Toaplan and published by Taito. However, I completely passed off Night Raid. (I blame my only source being Wikipedia).
and Kyukyoku Tiger 2was made by Takumi

I'll just give these to you as freebies.

YOKO horror shmup = DeathSmiles. Got the info somewhere that contained translated interviews, but I guess that didn't really come out well.

"If you cannot chain in this shmup, veterans will frown at you" mostly applied to DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou only because I saw some opinions about someone who wasn't really good at chaining and was paranoid about what people would think about him. Any tips on what better a hint there could have been is accepted.

About the whole bullet color = background color scenario...I was hoping people would guess Raizing. A better hint probably would have been "Company that applies frustrating rank and scoring mechanics to their shmups." Maybe plasmo WAS right.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:08 am

I think Gothic is a better term than Horror for Deathsmiles

Also you have 11 Cave related answers, you could almost call it a Cave crossword.

And about Raizing games having the same Color for Background and bullets. Well maybe Garegga but thats all.

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:34 am

nimitz wrote:I think Gothic is a better term than Horror for Deathsmiles

Also you have 11 Cave related answers, you could almost call it a Cave crossword.

And about Raizing games having the same Color for Background and bullets. Well maybe Garegga but thats all.

Maybe I should make a full-fledged Cave crossword in the future...of course, maybe that won't really be a bright idea seeing that most Cave-related words can be found here, save for a few games missing.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:41 am

everything is ambiguous even more ambiguous than my posts

also yeah everything's wrong still

•••O••••
Across, 8 letters.
If you cannot chain in this shmup, veterans will frown at you.

wot giga wing has no O

•E•O••••
Across, 8 letters.
YOKO shmup that spawned an internet phenomenon

o sorry i already used ikaruga

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Fri May 09, 2008 2:11 am

All your base are belong to...

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Fri May 09, 2008 2:31 am

shoe-sama wrote:everything is ambiguous even more ambiguous than my posts

also yeah everything's wrong still

封桧封封
Across, 8 letters.
If you cannot chain in this shmup, veterans will frown at you.

wot giga wing has no O

髭桧封封
Across, 8 letters.
YOKO shmup that spawned an internet phenomenon

o sorry i already used ikaruga

Just one tip. Giga Wing is not a word in this crossword.

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:26 am

Pardon the double-post. I have a new link for the new crossword. Most of the content is the same, save for some new words and revised hints.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:13 am

•O•••I
Down, 6 letters.
Company that is popular by many factors. Creator of an innovative powerup system.

WOT

•••••••
Across, 7 letters.
In-house music group that made popular tunes such as "FAKE", "Adam", and "Visionnerz".

WUT

TREASURE
Across, 8 letters.
A branch off Konami. Makes impressive games, but never makes true sequels.

LOL
WOT

GREVOLUTION
Across, 11 letters.
A branch off Taito/Zuntata. Made a generic puzzle game to gain capital to produce their first shmup.

too many letters

•L••••
Down, 6 letters.
Only made two unique games: one that has HUGE score count and one that contains only one button.

wot
2 games only?
liar

overkill55 · Post by **overkill55** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:57 am

I like this idea, please make more

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:04 am

i solved it

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:57 am

On the new one: The "THIS IS GREAT" one makes no sense to me, and that's AFTER watching the intro four or five times. There's no other word after that.

Shoe wins, and screw this garbage

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Fri May 09, 2008 1:33 pm

Goongrave wrote:Yoko shmup that spawned an internet phenomenon _ E _ O _ I N _
No idea...

A prequel to konami popular shmup series S _ _ A _ _ L E
No idea...

With these 2 I finish the first crossword...

I'm still working the next crossword

EDIT: damn the internet phenomenon...now I understand...I thought you mean a super famos horiz shmup rather than the creator of that infamous phrase...

EDIT: some1 explain me how can you remember that 1981 game... LOL

Last thing I miss to complete both: Japanese video game whose commercial was produced with English dubbing.

Never heard about LOL

Hint: Lurk around Nintenga's YouTube collection of Japanese TV commercials. Find one game that is a commercial for a Japanese game, but contains English voicing instead of Japanese.

ANOTHER HINT: It's for the PC Engine.

shoe-sama wrote:i solved it

I'm assuming you won't have anymore motivation to do the fixed one. Though I do admit, I LOL'd at some parts...whilst double-checking your answers.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:51 pm

you totally should've used ketsui's full name btw

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:23 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:On the new one: The "THIS IS GREAT" one makes no sense to me, and that's AFTER watching the intro four or five times. There's no other word after that.

Shoe wins, and screw this garbage

English title.

Anyway, I liked the puzzle.

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:09 am

I don't get this part of the crossword.

Down, 8 Letters

"Watch out! WATCH OUT!"

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:39 am

lol everyone has heard that voice clip a zillion times

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:34 pm

mainpatr1 wrote:I don't get this part of the crossword.

Down, 8 Letters

"Watch out! WATCH OUT!"

Yep. Someone needs to lurk around YouTube's shmup videos more.