The Shmup Battle Of the Century: STAGE SICKS

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:35 am

Winners: Pharmer bob (rly guys?)/Phalanx, R-type delta, Herrsinkura, ESP Ra De, Airo Blusters.

nasty_wolverine · Post by **nasty_wolverine** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:40 am

Huh...!!! So are we supposed to comment or post more battles or what?
PS: instructions would help

edit: sorry, saw the poll after my post.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:41 am

there is a poll.
figure it out.

BareKnuckleRoo · Post by **BareKnuckleRoo** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:02 pm

I'm not sure if an old guy with a banjo is better or worse than a giant green dildo spaceship.

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:10 pm

Wikipedia wrote:Phalanx is infamous for the incongruous box art in its American release: it displays a bearded, elderly man dressed in overalls, wearing a fedora and playing a banjo while a futuristic spaceship flies in the background. The popular media site IGN named it their fifth "Most Awesome Cover" in a top 25 countdown on their website.

The box art designers later admitted that they had deliberately chosen this theme in order to attract the customer with something original, considering there were many space shooters in the market that looked alike.

Lulz

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:36 pm

BareknuckleRoo wrote:I'm not sure if an old guy with a banjo is better or worse than a giant green dildo spaceship.

Now that is one serious dildoship.

edit: Still not as * A W E S O M E L Y * phallic as the Versis from Assault Suits Valken, though, which kicks off the game by ramming itself engines-deep into the enemy colony before discharging its load of armoured soldiers and withdrawing. What did I just witness.

You just know these are the same rascals who gave the world Gynoug Dickman and MENS BEAM!

EmperorIng · Post by **EmperorIng** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:54 pm

Nostradamus might have been rightly-praised as one of the best title screens ever, but it can't compete against Gummy Joe telling youngsters around the campfire of his youthful space adventures in the HMS Dildo Verde.

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:40 pm

I like that they had to tag on " ... IN SPACE", just in case hyper-speed shoot-outs might be occurring elsewhere.

What a letdown that game was. Why didn't SNES have any good shooters?

At least there's a difficulty mode called "FUNNY". I'm not sure if this is really easy, or really hard?

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:44 pm

Nostradamus didn't predict the ass kicking whirlwind that is Pharmer Bob.

Therefore, it's Pharmer Bob or bust. Old guy... you clowns.

EmperorIng · Post by **EmperorIng** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:30 pm

shmuppyLove wrote: What a letdown that game was. Why didn't SNES have any good shooters?

If you don't think Pocky and Rocky or R-Type III as good, I will have to direct a similar question towards your taste!
(to be fair, PnR might be decried by purists as not a 'real' shooter - to that, I point to its inclusion in the high-score forum!)

shmuppyLove · Post by **shmuppyLove** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:43 pm

EmperorIng wrote:
shmuppyLove wrote: What a letdown that game was. Why didn't SNES have any good shooters?
If you don't think Pocky and Rocky or R-Type III as good, I will have to direct a similar question towards your taste!
(to be fair, PnR might be decried by purists as not a 'real' shooter - to that, I point to its inclusion in the high-score forum!)

Ah ok, I'll give you R-Type III, that was indeed quite good.

Was it the sprite-handling capabilities? Slowdown in UN Squadron was atrocious ...

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:33 pm

Axelay.

Space Megaforce/Something aleste

Darius Force/Supernova (I hate Darius twin)

Macross: something valkyrie

Bio metal (nice game, horrible music).

This acquired not browser used.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:41 pm

GradiusuiraD wrote:Bio metal (nice game, horrible music).

Only in the US/EU version, with its shitty licensed 2FLAVOR4U soundtrack. JP version has some nice Zuntata-esque weirdpop, eccentric and moody yet compulsive. Actually I wonder if its composer was the same mysterious fellow behind Megablast's OST, the tone and arrangement is strikingly similar.

cj iwakura · Post by **cj iwakura** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:34 pm

I know when the time comes to man the fighters, I'm calling a banjo player I can trust.

MOSQUITO FIGHTER · Post by **MOSQUITO FIGHTER** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:03 pm

I'm going with Pharmer Bob. Nostradamus is just too vague. He couldn't even get Hitler's name right.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:18 pm

Look at Nostradamus, taking a sly look at the painter's package. The guy's a sex machine and you know it.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:23 pm

BIL wrote:
BareknuckleRoo wrote:I'm not sure if an old guy with a banjo is better or worse than a giant green dildo spaceship.
Now that is one serious dildoship.

Still not as * A W E S O M E L Y * phallic as the Versis from Assault Suits Valken, though, which kicks off the game by ramming itself engines-deep into the enemy colony before discharging its load of armoured soldiers and withdrawing. What did I just witness. You just know these are the same rascals who gave the world Gynoug Dickman and MENS BEAM!

I didn't expect that to be as sexual as it was. Wow.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:54 pm

Much as I like Nostradamus, Pharmer Bob (a term I like to think I coined) is simply too iconic, and has even less to do with his game than ol' Michel does.

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:13 am

I'm voting for the better game.

BIL wrote:Only in the US/EU version, with its shitty licensed 2FLAVOR4U soundtrack. JP version has some nice Zuntata-esque weirdpop, eccentric and moody yet compulsive. Actually I wonder if its composer was the same mysterious fellow behind Megablast's OST, the tone and arrangement is strikingly similar.

Don't think so, Yoshio Nagashima was with UPL for awhile.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:14 am

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:24 am

Poll is invalid for want of Gigandes. Beans > Ancient Aliens guy. Farmer > Beans. GIANT BEANS THAT SHOOT BEAMS > Farmer.

BareknuckleRoo wrote:I'm not sure if an old guy with a banjo is better or worse than a giant green dildo spaceship.

The X68000 cover blows both away.

Sinful · Post by **Sinful** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:46 pm

GradiusuiraD wrote:there is a poll.
figure it out.

Yeah, this poll ain't gonna be accurate at all if people don't know what their voting for. Some will vote for their fave game, some their fave old man, some for the phalic ship, etc.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:48 pm

which is the point.

Nostradamus did not foresee his defeat.
MOVE TO NEXT STAGE.

(check first post)

AntiFritz · Post by **AntiFritz** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:56 pm

Sinful wrote:
GradiusuiraD wrote:there is a poll.
figure it out.
Yeah, this poll ain't gonna be accurate at all if people don't know what their voting for. Some will vote for their fave game, some their fave old man, some for the phalic ship, etc.

Personally I voted for which one had the better logo. True story.

SuperSoaker360 · Post by **SuperSoaker360** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 5:17 pm

R-type Delta because I don't like eating fish.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:46 pm

for one, these two seem almost evenly matched, a mere 2 vote difference.

*insert encouragement here*

EmperorIng · Post by **EmperorIng** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:17 am

G-Darius. Love R-Type Delta but G-Darius has the creation of new lives, which is more than Delta can ever hope for.

stryc9 · Post by **stryc9** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:29 am

AAAHHGH this is tough as they are both great horis, but overall I think R-Type Delta is the 'better' game, for what it's worth.

ProcoTaito · Post by **ProcoTaito** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:44 am

My vote went for G-Darius. Duh....

ProcoTaito · Post by **ProcoTaito** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:56 am

EmperorIng wrote:G-Darius. Love R-Type Delta but G-Darius has the creation of new lives, which is more than Delta can ever hope for.

Yeah, creation of new lives and Genesis Silverhawks!

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