Fastest bullets ever.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:05 pm

So I booted up Mame today, and played a round of The Last Day, a relatively obscure shooter by Dooyong. Turns out this game, by the second level even, contains perhaps the fastest shots I've ever seen. I know that Aero Fighters 2 & 3 at max rank, have some pretty damn fast shots. What other games have obscenely fast shots?

Post by **Ghegs** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:23 pm

Mushihime-sama's Original mode has pretty damn fast bullets by stage 4, assuming you get there without dying once.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:29 pm

The Raiden and Raiden Fighters games all have really fast bullets too.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:29 pm

No Mercy Mode of Shienryu on PS1 speeds up the bullets so you can hardly see them. It's pretty much unplayable though.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:30 pm

the fastest bullets in shmup history are in Batsugun special version last loop!!!trust me you can hardly see them and youre already dead.(im thinking of you Jupiter!

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professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:48 pm

Though surely not the fastest bullets in any game, I've never been shocked by the speed of bullets as much as the first time I saw Srikers 1945 II 1-7.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:50 pm

Some of the ones in Psyvariar 2, like the big red rings from the final boss... WTF!! Good thing you're invincible for pretty much the entire pattern.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:57 pm

Gunbird 2 loop max rank. End.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:11 pm

The _____ Shark games from Taito/Toaplan as well as Out Zone have some crazy fast shots.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:24 pm

The second loop of Dragon Blaze for me is just

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:50 am

All of the Psikyo games!

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:24 am

Raiden DX, charlie course, 1-8 & 2nd loop (I think that's the video I saw). Crazy fast bullets.

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:54 am

check out "eight forces"

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:49 am

Ever tried tweaking the bullets to its highest speed in Cho Ren Sha? Goddamn...

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:47 am

Fighter17 wrote:All of the Psikyo games!

! 2nd that. That's evidence enough of my love/hate relationship w/ Psykio games

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:50 am

Strikers 1999 would get my vote! In any case, it's gotta be a Psikyo Shmup, if we're talking just pure bullet speed, IMO.

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:03 am

I'd lump anything from Seibu Kaihatsu and Psikyo in this category. They sure love/d fast bullets.

Carmen · Post by **Carmen** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:22 am

I think the speed relationship is also important... flying a super slow ship having to dodge reasonably fast bullets can be annoying as well. UN Squadron (SNES) puts you in that very situation on the Gamer difficulty level... so much that you can only really hope to win by consistantly moving around and hoping nothing touches you. At least thats how I recall it...

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:22 am

That special mode in Gekioh for the PSX. Sorry the name escapes me right now.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:55 am

1944: The Loop Master on 3rd loop. Blink and you'll miss them.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:15 am

IlMrm wrote:That special mode in Gekioh for the PSX. Sorry the name escapes me right now.

That's the No Mercy Mode of Shienryu I mentioned earlier.

You can't even see the bullets, right?

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:30 am

Seven Force wrote:
IlMrm wrote:That special mode in Gekioh for the PSX. Sorry the name escapes me right now.
That's the No Mercy Mode of Shienryu I mentioned earlier.

You can't even see the bullets, right?

Just got the PAL version, Gekioh: Shooting King, yesterday and No Mercy mode is completely insane. I can only last a few seconds. And no, you really can't see the bullets.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:01 am

that evil evil dragon boss on 1-6 of gunbird... if it wasn't for this bastard i'd have 1cc'd the game an age ago but every time i got here the evil git destryoed me. i simply can't react to that speed.

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:42 am

Raiden DX, charlie course, 1-8 & 2nd loop (I think that's the video I saw). Crazy fast bullets.

well, then, look at 4th loop for a change. You can unlock it in the PSX port by finishing Charlie course on each difficulty, starting from Arcade 1st loop, even with creditfeeding. Doing the same thing with 4th loop, you can increase ship speed, then change the music and you get an almost entirely different game. MUCH faster than Mushihime Normal Mode.

AntiPasta · Post by **AntiPasta** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:15 pm

theevilfunkster wrote:
Seven Force wrote:
IlMrm wrote:That special mode in Gekioh for the PSX. Sorry the name escapes me right now.
That's the No Mercy Mode of Shienryu I mentioned earlier.

You can't even see the bullets, right?
Just got the PAL version, Gekioh: Shooting King, yesterday and No Mercy mode is completely insane. I can only last a few seconds. And no, you really can't see the bullets.

What? There's a PAL version? Wow, I managed to totally miss that (and I do A LOT of PAL PSX hunting)

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:27 pm

theevilfunkster wrote: Just got the PAL version, Gekioh: Shooting King, yesterday and No Mercy mode is completely insane. I can only last a few seconds. And no, you really can't see the bullets.

my best is just past midway on level 1.

edit: :P

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:28 pm

my nomination is....................

kyukyoku tiger MD on max difficulty

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:47 pm

I'm at work right now so I can't check, but is this "No Mercy" mode (or a difficulty with comparable bullet speed) available in the ST-V version of Shienryu?

bpe · Post by **bpe** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:45 pm

This reminds me of the time when I wasted a whole weekend playing DDP in Mame with the speed unlocked (I think it's F11 key or something, the one that just plays the ROM as fast as the CPU can). Try it, it's fun

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:19 pm

Raiden Fighters Jet's Level 15 boss has some truly fast bullets.

The Flying Ray is not really a slow ship, but certain boss attacks have bullets that apparently travel 2 light-years per minute.

In Psyvariar 2's Area 3, it's almost possible to just crash your way through the whole stage's enemies thanks to all the bullets you can buzz with. Good times.