Double Shienryu

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:40 pm

hi just got this the other day. explosion is alright, although i don't like how the bullets can be hard to see, i don't have problems tracking in Battle Garegga, and this gives me a hard time.

and Shienryu, i've only played it as a domestic Gekioh. it seems like the balancing is WAY different. i could almost 1cc the thing before and now i can't clear stage 3 without credit feeding.

also, where the fuck is the option screen? i need tate for shienryu. i spent about 15 minutes trying buttons, but no dice. the manual being japanese, and also a simple release with no obvious progression. please help, i bought it for this.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:47 pm

Shienryu Explosion... that game was easier to 1CC than Dragon Spirit for the NES. i almost 1-life'd Shien Expl, if not for getting hit once on each of the last 2 levels.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:49 pm

I actually just got this the other day myself, haven't played it too much, though I do have to say I like that the original Shienryu has a low-res option, it looks quite nice on my RGB monitor.

I only played it briefly, but I do believe that there is an option screen for Shienryu: I think that after you insert a coin if you press a certain direction on the control pad it'll say "Press Start to Options," sort of like you needed to press Select on the Psyvariar games in order to make it say that. Don't quote me on it though.

As for the difference between this and Geki-oh, I don't think the balancing is any different, but I do know that this game has less slowdown than the PS1 version did, that might be a part of it.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:54 pm

there's a lot more effects going on too. like how on stage 2 the boss descends down toward the water before you fight, or maybe i am remembering incorrectly...

thanks a bunch BM, i didn't try using the d-pad.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:57 pm

captain ahar wrote:there's a lot more effects going on too. like how on stage 2 the boss descends down toward the water before you fight, or maybe i am remembering incorrectly...

Actually I think you might be right about that, I remember seeing him and saying "was that in the PS1 version? I don't remember it if it was." Wonder if there's anything else like that...guess we'll hafta find out, heh.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:28 pm

I think BulletMagnet's right about the options. I think you need to press down with the d-pad on the title screen. Something like that. The tate version that comes with this looks better to me than when I use my Saturn.

I've also thought that there were a few differences between the three version of Shienryu I have (Saturn, Gekioh, and Double Shienryu), but I don't know the game well enough to pinpoint the differences. I didn't notice any difference in difficulty.

Shienryu Explosion really is the easiest 1cc out there, at least that I know of. But it has a nice scoring system.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:21 pm

isn't the Saturn version, the only one with high score saving?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:29 pm

I think the PS2 version has it too.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:39 pm

mine doesn't save... i don't think it does anyway.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:45 am

Yeah, I think I was unable to save my scores as well. I wrote it down and posted it in the high-score thread to have a record of it. I want to go back to this one soon and improve my score.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:39 am

options are accessed by Down.

and damn i suck now. i got just past 1.1 mil on stage 2 boss and blew it.

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:11 pm

Damn, I hate it when a shmup does not record the high score...

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:37 pm

Tried it again last night to be sure, and you're right, there doesn't seem to be a HS save when it comes to Shienryu. Kind of a silly omission if you ask me...heck, they go to the trouble of including a low-res view mode, but no score saving? On top of that I think Explosion saves scores (it saves SOMETHING, for sure), though I'd hafta double check that as well...argh.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:39 pm

also, it seems that after seeing this game in lo-res i have a point of reference for "shimmering" with my other ps2 shmups.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:22 pm

captain ahar wrote:also, it seems that after seeing this game in lo-res i have a point of reference for "shimmering" with my other ps2 shmups.

Yep. Isn't it sad that they have this in a budget Simple 2000 release, but Taito (or whoever did the ports) couldn't be bothered to feature this in Mushihime-sama or the Psikyo collections? Ah well...