Incredibly bloody happy. Ketsui is one of those games i wish i had purchased so many times. I played it on mame here and there on a friends laptop, but getting the ps3 version the second amiami puts it up for order.
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Incredibly bloody happy. Ketsui is one of those games i wish i had purchased so many times. I played it on mame here and there on a friends laptop, but getting the ps3 version the second amiami puts it up for order.
ExitPlanetDust
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Yeah - REALLY bummed about that, but I wouldn't count out a US release just yet. Since we are near the "end" of the X360 lifecycle, we may get some unexpected games to fill in the new releases gap that is inevitable.
Make it happen Rising Star!
In other news:
Ketsui is coming to PS3 in Japan.
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/03/18/cave-shooter-ketsui-is-shooting-its-way-to-playstation-3/
This actually has me considering buying my PS3 back from my friend.
sixteen-bit
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If you can hold out to PS4 launch, I imagine they'll plummet in price.
ExitPlanetDust
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Good idea.
Yeah, that´s what I´m hoping for. Didn´t bother to replace a long dead partial BC 80 GB PS3, waiting for $150 or less.
InfectedZero
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New PS2/Saturn shmup stick get
xposted from Arcade Stick thread.
Nice stick. Like I said before, I love the simple elegance of Virtua Fighter's controls. Guard, punch, kick. It's all you need.
On the flipside of simplicity, we get Caladrius. There was an event a few days ago where they showed the game off to enthusiast press folks. Not really new info, but some more pretty pictures, like the one for the story mode. Nice to see that more than just character portraits were created for this game.
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/615/615287/
sixteen-bit
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Genesis Knight
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Me, too. How else would you play it?!
What is not to like about 5pb?. They did an excellent job on the 360 port...even better than quite a few of Cave's own releases. PS3 should be no different.
Genesis Knight
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All right, you guys were right about Sengoku Blade. Just beat it with all the characters. Marion rocks. Sweet game.
sixteen-bit
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Glad you came around!
gunstarhero
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Great game - my brother has the PCB for his Astro City. One of my favorite horizontal shooters he has.
shaowebb
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Just a heads up that n0rtygames is releasing an updated build of Chronoblast on XBLA very soon with powered up ships, different scoring, different meter and a bunch of other changes. He opened the art up to the community and a bunch of us sent him some stuff and he will be picking some of it to use on his site and in the game too.
Its only $1 and its a pretty darn good game right now already with its Dodonpachi stuff. New build he describes as closer to Mushihimesama with specials.
Check out the developer blog for the rundown on all the changes coming in the new build patch. I can't wait to play the new build. The meter stuff and ships being buffed sounds awesome to me.
Here's what he listed but he has notes scattered throughout the developer thread since launch. He mentioned at one point when people talked about Akane's (the red one) ability to shoot the laser and shot at the same time that he said he was thinking he'd buff the other 3 ships to be as good as her.
Its only $1 and its a pretty darn good game right now already with its Dodonpachi stuff. New build he describes as closer to Mushihimesama with specials.
Check out the developer blog for the rundown on all the changes coming in the new build patch. I can't wait to play the new build. The meter stuff and ships being buffed sounds awesome to me.
Here's what he listed but he has notes scattered throughout the developer thread since launch. He mentioned at one point when people talked about Akane's (the red one) ability to shoot the laser and shot at the same time that he said he was thinking he'd buff the other 3 ships to be as good as her.
n0rtygames said:
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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GAF,
What are the absolute best shmups on the saturn?
What are the absolute best shmups on the saturn?
My favorites are Donpachi and Battle Garegga. One is inexpensive, the other moderately expensive.
Battle Garegga
Strikers 1945 II
Genesis Knight
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What the fuck, GAF, four posts in before Soukyugurentai? Fucking hell, I'm going to bed.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I get Batsugun and Donpachi confused. Doesn't one of them have a better PS1 version?
Genesis Knight
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DoDonPachi is what you're thinking of. Batsugun is a Saturn exclusive other than Arcade.
As it should be.
I kid, I kid.
It's also fantastic. My mind was blown the first time my ship leveled up. I was playing the ROM and hit up eBay immediately as soon as that happened. A fucking classic, and the beginning of a new sub-genre, the manic shooter. Hand made by Mr. Cave, Tsuneki Ikeda himself.
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Agree with all of these, will also add: Hyper Duel and for me personally Radiant Silvergun.
sixteen-bit
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I wish I heard about Pink Bullets sooner. Probably would have ordered one. is it any good?
Caladrius pre-order bonuses (now this shit is NOT SAFE FOR WORK):
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/621/621292/
Who ordered from Ami-ami?
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/621/621292/
Who ordered from Ami-ami?
StarCreator
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I ordered but didn't get the version with AmiAmi bookstore card (which is more expensive). Actually not sure if the bookstore card listing was even up when I ordered.
gunstarhero
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Still waiting for mine - grrrrrrr
sixteen-bit
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So is Caladrius like one of those PC-88 Porn/STG games?
I did too. LE from AmiAmi.
I dunno, I'm totally amped for the game. Sadly never even touched Ginga Force (despite good intentions but I got wrapped up in Bit Trip 2 and Lego City). But I'm well-stoked for Caladrius followed by that Triangle game. SDOJ I'm a bit cold on since I'm not a big fan of the Dodonpachis.
Keep an eye on Tokyo Shmups. Rancor ordered a bunch extra to sell there.
Keeping tradition alive.
Genesis Knight
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Playing Gunbird now. Does Yuan-nang randomly lose her maximum weapon power?
sixteen-bit
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I know Psikyo games knock your weapon power down when you collide with enemies. Are you sure it's not that?
Genesis Knight
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Yeah, definitely not that. I've been beating it with all the players and this is the first time I've run into this. One time it happened in a boss transition when nothing was on screen.
Edit: Opinions on Silhouette Mirage?
sixteen-bit
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I didn't like it but my opinion is really clouded by Working Designs' awful hack job for the North American release.
Genesis Knight
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Derp, meant to post that in the Saturn thread anyway. Haha.
gunstarhero
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Got myself a Tatsujin Oh (Truxton 2) PCB a couple of weeks ago.
Been playing it on and off and am ashamed to admit I now set the dips to EASY. That game is about 20 times more brutal than the original Truxton and I just wasn't having any fun.
Easy is still no walk in the park, but at least I can make it past the 1st level without losing all my men. >_<
Level designs are really colorful and LONG - like 20 minutes long for the first level! Still, you don't mind because the level look amazing, and really show off some of Toaplans best design work. Maybe second to Dogyuun IMO.
Music is fucking amazing.
They changed up the weapon systems a bit - blue is still lighting, red is now a 360 spread shot of short range missiles, and green starts out wide and focuses more in the center the stronger it gets.
Is it better than the original Truxton? Graphics for sure, but comparing both on Normal difficulty gives the original the edge. On easy though, T2 is ahead by a long shot, and just as difficult as Truxton on normal IMO.
Been playing it on and off and am ashamed to admit I now set the dips to EASY. That game is about 20 times more brutal than the original Truxton and I just wasn't having any fun.
Easy is still no walk in the park, but at least I can make it past the 1st level without losing all my men. >_<
Level designs are really colorful and LONG - like 20 minutes long for the first level! Still, you don't mind because the level look amazing, and really show off some of Toaplans best design work. Maybe second to Dogyuun IMO.
Music is fucking amazing.
They changed up the weapon systems a bit - blue is still lighting, red is now a 360 spread shot of short range missiles, and green starts out wide and focuses more in the center the stronger it gets.
Is it better than the original Truxton? Graphics for sure, but comparing both on Normal difficulty gives the original the edge. On easy though, T2 is ahead by a long shot, and just as difficult as Truxton on normal IMO.
ExitPlanetDust
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Oooo, jelly.
Mine came in today too. It was in a fancy, shiny, pink foil envelope and all the guys at work gave my weird looks as I was opening it.
Edit: Finished it. Pretty cool though short read. The Akihabara trip was the least interesting, while being the largest piece of content, but it did at least name drop 7-bit Channel, which I've never heard off before, so it taught me something new. I share the sentiments of the author, and the various old men quoted in the zine, I too prefer having physical things to read, rather than a blog post. I'm down for any future issues.
Edit: Finished it. Pretty cool though short read. The Akihabara trip was the least interesting, while being the largest piece of content, but it did at least name drop 7-bit Channel, which I've never heard off before, so it taught me something new. I share the sentiments of the author, and the various old men quoted in the zine, I too prefer having physical things to read, rather than a blog post. I'm down for any future issues.
Genesis Knight
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Read through it. Nice little mag but the Hyper Duel piece was pretty content-less and that's what I was looking forward too. I thought I was going to get some sort of analysis of Arcade vs. Saturn mode, not some guy saying "the PCB is really rare and brings back memories, so it's better".
Ok, question for you guys. I'm working on creating a shmup but we are having a hard time deciding on a theme.
How do you guys feel about non traditional (space ships and aliens) themes?
We were thinking of going one of two ways. Either an abstract theme where all the objects in the game aren't really anything in particular, blobs basic shapes etc. or a school based theme where each level is based on a certain class the player in enrolled in. Math, Bio, etc. They would fight against objects that in some way resemble items related to the subject.
How do you guys feel about non traditional (space ships and aliens) themes?
We were thinking of going one of two ways. Either an abstract theme where all the objects in the game aren't really anything in particular, blobs basic shapes etc. or a school based theme where each level is based on a certain class the player in enrolled in. Math, Bio, etc. They would fight against objects that in some way resemble items related to the subject.
sixteen-bit
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2nd one sounds interesting. Geometry Wars did something similar (polygons fighting on graph paper), but hey that's only one subject.
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