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WARNING! SHMUP PORN!
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That super close up shot is Blazing Star
Correct - far too easy though, knew I shouldn't have picked the most obvious ship either !Nice one with the cab, I'm inspired!
I'm wondering if it's better to splash out on the best condition cab I can find, pay a premium and save myself the work doing it up as I'm utterly clumsy at anything involving wiring, soldering or generally anything that involves me having to do anything remotely outside of my DIY/Electronics comfort zone.
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Get a cab - its the way forward
As for your listing of machines - if you do go to Tokyo, you'll pick up 90% of that for reasonable money in Super Potato in Akihabara.0 -
Get a cab - its the way forward
It's definitely on my list, I'm getting married in 5 weeks though so it will have to wait!As for your listing of machines - if you do go to Tokyo, you'll pick up 90% of that for reasonable money in Super Potato in Akihabara.
I'd need to check in about 5 extra suitcases just to fill them with 'stuff'! What about mailing back to Eire? Import tax? Cheaper anyway than buying on eBay etc?
Japan is on the cards for the honeymoon later this year so I'll be hounding all of you with the .jp knowledge of where to go as quickly as possible so my by then wife won't kick my head in for using our honeymoon as an excuse to go game shopping! 0 -
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2 good reasons to watch the following youtube vid (I've link straight to the point in the vid)
1)Info on a sweet arcade in Akihabara
2)Drool at the row of shmups being played (1min 16s)
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A very nice French docu with 'Frenglish' subs on the history of SHMUPS.
Split in 3 parts, video above is for part 1. Though I've linked the playlist below for all 3 parts. Check out the related videos too for a fun docu on the history of arcade games though I see no 'Frenglish' subs for that one.
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So, i'm in Dublin airport on my iPad (since when did DUB have free wifi?) awaiting my flight. Be forewarned that in a few days from now I shall be importing with me a suitcase FILLED with SHMUP PORN.*
Consider yourselves forewarned!
*yes o1s1n that does include my Namco stick. 0 -
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When is your flight back? Don't be suprised if you see me at customs confiscating that from you
Too late! I've arrived home and it's currently snuggled in on my shelf in between my Hori and my Green Goblin. Splendid!
Pics of the entire haul will be coming up this week. Maybe a YT video actually as I've quite a bit of stuff to go through (and a few more bits still in the mail from .jp!).
Stay tuned...
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(and a few more bits still in the mail from .jp!)
...one of which landed on my desk this morning. Surprisingly speedy delivery from Japan too. Very pleased!
I think a YT video would be fun to go through everything, I'll try and record one this week (preferably when the good woman has gone out for the night so I don't feel weird and stupid taking snaps of my stuff and speaking Geekrish at my camcorder).
When I get my 'surgically enhanced' PAL PS2 and 'surgically enhanced' NTSC PS1 back from forum favourite (and all-round 'good chap') docentore tonight I can play test and record some footage.
Rather excited to be cataloging the first proper steps in to my SHMUP investment collection. You'll probably think what I've bought is all very standard fare but it's a start!
Looking forward to sharing the haul with you lot later this week. Stay tuned... 0 -
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IPhone stuff looks interesting - some new ideas in there (Treasure!). Impressed at some of the tech Iphones can handle these days.
I really want to upgrade to a device capable of handling Cave shooters. Obviously with a joystick in hand is still the idea way to play, but some sort of bullet hell would make bus journeys that bit more enjoyable 0 -
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As promised here's the videos. Prepare to be bored to tears and feel free to extract the urine.
NB: I did record this at 1080p but had to reduce the resolution thanks to the 1gb+ file size which for a video of this nature is just a tad excessive!
If you videos like this, I'll do more as new stuff arrives. Looking to do some gameplay videos and/or reviews too if anyone's keen. Nothing startlingly brilliant but might be interesting to someone nonetheless.
Slainte.
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Thanks for that. Terribly boring video I know but there was a lot to go through.
Still to cover other stuff I didn't include but have to wait until the good woman is out for the night so I don't look weird taking photos of games and recording myself playing video games and talking about them to myself. 0 -
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seeing as I'm loosing the run of myself with youtube today - I shall carry on with some gameplay footage of level 1 of Blazing Star. Sorry about the loud button bashing !
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These items landed on my desk today. A Saturn, ready for SHMUP ACTION and a copy of Samurai Aces, new, sealed and CIB.
Also got Halo 2 steelbook and Capcom vs SNK Millenium to fill the packet.
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Get yourself Soukyugurentai. Not too expensive but still one of the saturns best. Not sure of the price of these but Salamander Collection, Batsugun, Silhouette Mirage, Thunderforce V, Battle Garegga, Layer Section/Galactic Attack, Darius Gaiden, Metal Black, anything Parodius, Game Tengoku.
If you really want to go bananas there's always the awesome version of Hyperduel on the saturn and Radiant Silvergun.
If you want to go all out and get the absolute daddy of saturn games and the one that no collection is complete without then you really must get Cho Aniki.
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Exactly! The game is so amazing that it brings a smile to the face of anyone that plays it. Radiant Silvergun is widely regarded as the best shmup on the saturn by people that don't know games while the shmup experts will tell you that cho aniki is by far and away the bst thing on the system.
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