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Nope. There are still a few scheduled (an ARPG for one), and unofficially, Senkou no Ronde is coming later this year.bloke said:
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Who said the DC was dead. 
bob_arctor
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Shit, I keep meaning to get Border Down and now, Trizeal. There's Chaos Field as well. Been using a LCD monitor on VGA so now I can TATE--Ikaruga looks so goddamn beautiful.
From Lik-Sang:
"We've featured news items on hundreds of different games over the years, but one a month ago on a new Dreamcast shooter, Trizeal, was something quite different. The passion which poured out across the website of the developer, Triangle Service, seemed to cut through the foundations of the corporate gaming industry today and go back to a pure love of developing games, and playing games. Their "SOS" message was quite honestly the most unprofessional thing we've ever seen on an official website, but also the most touching one. Since then the title climbed our pre-order charts, surpassed modern day console releases, reached the number two spot, and now, is in stock and shipping.
Getting back to their "SOS message", which was surprising and somewhat insane (save us from the Spanish bulls??), the developers explained the trouble they were in, and it can be read in both Japanese and English. Releasing their first shooter, XII Stag, they ran out of money and were faced with a tough choice. The founder and several other like-minded "samurais" decided to go into debt to ensure their game was finished and "came into the world". This group however, make no attempts to hide the fact both XII Stag and their latest title, Trizeal have developed poor revenue streams in arcades, and one can only assume pre-orders for the DC release weren't exactly rolling in at that time either. In fact at one point their website was suspended, with a message from the hosting company asking them to contact the billing department.
Now long gone are the days of arcades filled with shoot 'em ups, as are the days when a few guys could get together to create a game they wanted to, have it published, and see it on the store shelves. This was the videogaming industry style of the 80's and early 90's, not the multi billion dollar mass market ways of today. Triangle Service however seem to be the opposite, as the creator is on his hands and knees literally begging for people to buy his game.
Trizeal has now arrived to stock, and while preorders are getting cleared, new purchases from Dreamcast resistants are welcome. Trizeal is a vertical scrolling 2D shmup, following the stepstones of Ikaruga, Chaos Field and other recent shooting efforts for the supposedyly dead Dreamcast."
http://www.triangleservice.co.jp/html/trizeal/sos/en.html
"We've featured news items on hundreds of different games over the years, but one a month ago on a new Dreamcast shooter, Trizeal, was something quite different. The passion which poured out across the website of the developer, Triangle Service, seemed to cut through the foundations of the corporate gaming industry today and go back to a pure love of developing games, and playing games. Their "SOS" message was quite honestly the most unprofessional thing we've ever seen on an official website, but also the most touching one. Since then the title climbed our pre-order charts, surpassed modern day console releases, reached the number two spot, and now, is in stock and shipping.
Getting back to their "SOS message", which was surprising and somewhat insane (save us from the Spanish bulls??), the developers explained the trouble they were in, and it can be read in both Japanese and English. Releasing their first shooter, XII Stag, they ran out of money and were faced with a tough choice. The founder and several other like-minded "samurais" decided to go into debt to ensure their game was finished and "came into the world". This group however, make no attempts to hide the fact both XII Stag and their latest title, Trizeal have developed poor revenue streams in arcades, and one can only assume pre-orders for the DC release weren't exactly rolling in at that time either. In fact at one point their website was suspended, with a message from the hosting company asking them to contact the billing department.
Now long gone are the days of arcades filled with shoot 'em ups, as are the days when a few guys could get together to create a game they wanted to, have it published, and see it on the store shelves. This was the videogaming industry style of the 80's and early 90's, not the multi billion dollar mass market ways of today. Triangle Service however seem to be the opposite, as the creator is on his hands and knees literally begging for people to buy his game.
Trizeal has now arrived to stock, and while preorders are getting cleared, new purchases from Dreamcast resistants are welcome. Trizeal is a vertical scrolling 2D shmup, following the stepstones of Ikaruga, Chaos Field and other recent shooting efforts for the supposedyly dead Dreamcast."
http://www.triangleservice.co.jp/html/trizeal/sos/en.html
bob_arctor
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Tim the Wiz
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Strangely enough I'm waiting for my import order of this game to come in, via Lik-Sang.
Not that I'm big on importing for my Dreamcast. Hell, it's collecting dust packed away in the storage closet right now. But as a big PC Engine/Saturn shooter fan, a friend recommended it to me.
:lol :lol
Not that I'm big on importing for my Dreamcast. Hell, it's collecting dust packed away in the storage closet right now. But as a big PC Engine/Saturn shooter fan, a friend recommended it to me.
Hollywood said:
:lol :lol
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SHOOTING LOVE IS NOT JUST A BLUFF AT ALL! :lolTim the Wiz said:
If you like PCE shooters, then you should really get into Trizeal, as it's pretty much a PCE shooter with 3D graphics. As for me...it's not what I generally look for in a shooter.
As for the ARPG: it's Takuyo's Ring Age, which, now that I've investigated it, has been known of since at least 2001 and is still TBA. It must be either cancelled or in development hell. Damn that Lik-Sang product page for getting my/our hopes up.
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JoshuaJSlone
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Hollywood said:
:lol
SOS from Triangle Service said:
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jiji said:
Good to hear. I was hoping my friend didn't screw me over.
m0dus said:
:lol :lol
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Wasn't the last post on IGN DC the Mark of the Wolves review?
That's what I remember, outside of the occasional news from Japan...
That's what I remember, outside of the occasional news from Japan...
Mario_Hugo
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Still the best console I have ever owned. The last *true* Japanese console, imo.
Don't want to feel in the minority,but I'm glad for the Dreamcast demise. If there was something holding SEGA back, it was a console. Now that the console biz is behind thie, thier arcade games and output is better than ever. To be quite honest, I don't games like Ghost Squad or Quest of D would've existed.
trizeal is quite good. it has some of the worst 3d graphics i've ever seen and slows down constantly anyway, but it's loads of fun. it starts off rather like a raiden game or a toaplan shooter -- though faster-paced and with a small hitbox -- and then gets borderline-modern in the later stages, with some intense and original bullet patterns. it's unmistakably a well-made game -- good pace, fine balance between dodging and blowing stuff up, some neat little details. there's even some unexpected scoring nuance: garegga/raiden fighters style medals, sections where killing all the enemies nets you a big score bonus and causes difficult new enemies to appear, a weird section in the second stage where you can bounce a rock with your ship.
though hey -- "your friend in japan" or "some guy on a message board" said the arcade version sucked, and that's all you need to know. shooter fans, it's occuring to me, are no different from gamers generally.
though hey -- "your friend in japan" or "some guy on a message board" said the arcade version sucked, and that's all you need to know. shooter fans, it's occuring to me, are no different from gamers generally.
it's certainly no border down. it isn't as good as dragon blaze either. but it's far from crap, and neither is it really a pce game. it's much better than i'd expected, and i don't think i've read any negative impressions from anyone who's actually given it some time.