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  • #1172
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,597 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Very interesting game. Story is surprisingly complex and very grim stuff (one lengthy section recounts an incident of sexual abuse), if largely rendered through text and some odd foreign language.

    Only played the first few story modes: difficulty is all over the gaff (some laser patterns seem nigh on unblockable) but it's a very curious take on the mechanics. Graphics are nice, and there's seemingly loads of winks and nods to games past (Starfox seems a big influence). Overall, actually seems like an affectionate but no-holds-barred deconstruction of shmup design philosophies.

    Need more time to make up my mind, but it leaves a first impression for sure. It tries something very different, although can't tell how long the novelty will hold up. Scoring system does seem interesting. Dare I suggest it actually feels a bit almost Treasure like at times?


  • #1173
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Dare I suggest it actually feels a bit almost Treasure like at times?

    What, you mean is overrated and only deserves a 6 out of 10 score in Edge, which some certain person will whine about ad nauseam?

    ;)


  • #1174
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    They need to do a patch to map the button layout, only 3 layouts available!


  • #1175
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    Still got 1500 points on my american XBLA account, any indie games worth grabbing?? just grabbed Score rush!


  • #1176
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    safetyboy wrote: »
    Still got 1500 points on my american XBLA account, any indie games worth grabbing?? just grabbed Score rush!

    Anything by Mommy's Best Games is worth your points. Grab Shoot 1 Up for sure.

    I've still not got round to buying Sine Mora. Having a lot of fun with my Gekirindan F3 cassette and Mazinger Z PCB. Stretching the Astro's legs a little from the recent run of MVS cassettes it's been dealt. :)


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  • #1177
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    Score Rush \o/ best 80 cent ive spent yet!

    beautiful game


  • #1178
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    still no sturmwind


  • #1179
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    safetyboy wrote: »
    still no sturmwind

    Its coming at last. Production has now started apparently. I reckon we will see it in April.

    Did you order the LE too? :)


  • #1180
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    I did indeed!


  • #1181
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I need an affordable arcade stick for the PlayStation and PS2, any ideas folks? I was going to further mod a Dreamcast Arcade stick but going to revert it back to full DC functionality.


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  • #1182
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Namco PS1 stick. Not entirely at the affordable end of the scale, but why settle for less than the best? Save buying another stick further down the line. :)


  • #1183
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    I'd agree with colourblind, they're a great stick and you can get them for not too mad a price. I ended up getting boxed ones from ebay and AO at different times, wasn't looking for boxed specifically, they were "cheap" at the time. Each of them were around €60 shipped and in great condition. Actually o1s1n passed on one of the AO ones at the time. :(

    There's two on ebay atm with reasonable starting bids, one from Italy looks a little rough though. Not sure if the boxed one from the UK posts here.


  • #1184
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Actually o1s1n passed on one of the AO ones at the time. :(.

    That'll forever be on my 'the one that got away' list :(

    That cheapo Battle Garegga I posted a while back which sold before Pyong could get it is another recent one. Really should have bought that too.

    Ah well, can't buy em all!

    Oh and by the way, 'colourblind'? We have a new name :D


  • #1185
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    I'd agree with colourblind, they're a great stick and you can get them for not too mad a price. I ended up getting boxed ones from ebay and AO at different times, wasn't looking for boxed specifically, they were "cheap" at the time. Each of them were around €60 shipped and in great condition. Actually o1s1n passed on one of the AO ones at the time. :(

    There's two on ebay atm with reasonable starting bids, one from Italy looks a little rough though. Not sure if the boxed one from the UK posts here.

    Can you give me links to those, please? Thanks


  • #1186
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    o1s1n wrote: »
    That'll forever be on my 'the one that got away' list :(

    That cheapo Battle Garegga I posted a while back which sold before Pyong could get it is another recent one. Really should have bought that too.

    Ah well, can't buy em all!

    Oh and by the way, 'colourblind'? We have a new name :D

    I should've bought the two at the time but couldn't justify having 3 boxed ones! I defo wanted a second one though as I was mighty impressed with the build quality. Nice stick and buttons and most importantly it's got a bit of weight to it, always a good sign. :pac:
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Can you give me links to those, please? Thanks

    PM'd. :)


  • #1187
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Anyone know if one of these is worth getting as a Shump stick for the PS?
    hori_vf4.jpg

    It only has three main buttons but I'm thinking it's all you need for all the Shmups I own for the system.
    I don't want to jump the gun and buy something that'll turn out to be a poor choice.
    My budget is around €50, including shipping, not a massive amount of money unfortunately and I have lost out on a few Namco sticks so far :(


  • #1188
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,971 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Anyone know if one of these is worth getting as a Shump stick for the PS?
    hori_vf4.jpg

    It only has three main buttons but I'm thinking it's all you need for all the Shmups I own for the system.
    I don't want to jump the gun and buy something that'll turn out to be a poor choice.
    My budget is around €50, including shipping, not a massive amount of money unfortunately and I have lost out on a few Namco sticks so far :(
    Wouldn't be the very best, since the stick is 99%-certainly a Hori OEM (same as in a Namco) which is more Sanwa JLF than Seimitsu.
    Hori buttons can be hit-and-miss with life expectancy but probably easy enough to replace (bet they're 28mm tho!).

    But! It's PS2 so easy for converters; that style of Hori base is solid & well-weighted; and it's a VIRTUA FIGHTER stick so you can use it for VF5: Final Showdown when it drops this summer ;)

    Buy it.


  • #1189
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    No need!
    Got a Namco Stick for €25, not including p&p, happy days!
    My worry about the VF stick is the three button layout, great for VF but lousy for Tekken and everything else that calls the triangle button into action.


  • #1190
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Remember this simple charter next time you are in the market for a stick, buttons etc:

    Sanwa = Glen Mediros. for some people, nothing will change their love for Sanwa. For others, they are like Man Utd. Sh*t, but popular because everyone thinks they are the best.

    They are also useless in Champions League finals against infinitely superior teams. :D

    Seimitsu = Dr. Hook, when you're in love with a beautiful button/stick (delete as appropriate), you make my pants want to get up and dance.

    Like a Frank Zappa video, nobody will have a clue why you like them, but once they give it a go, that Zappa video suddenly becomes a symphony, a concerto, a magnum of glorious Technicolor wonder. An Easter basket packed with goodies of untold glorious magnitude.


    Hori etc = HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I laughed til I stopped.

    Please note, 'etc' does not include Micomsoft XE sticks. They reside in a utopia somewhere near junction 7 of the M3. Past the post office, across the road from Pat O' Cake's bakery and Patricia O' Violence's pub. Turn left at the traffic lights and its the fifth road on your right.


  • #1191
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I saw my first ever non stick Micomsoft product on ebay Japan recently. It was some sort of scart adapter for the AES. Not cheap, was over €100.

    Interesting seeing it though, has the same type of labeling as our sticks (XE -etc) Their whole line must follow the same numbering.

    Oooh, here's another one of their products. Also comes in at the 'pockets lined with gold' end of the cost spectrum

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XRGB-3-Micomsoft-Upscan-Converter-Unit-Japan-Import-Brand-NEW-English-Firmware-/290646735741?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43abe53b7d


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  • #1192
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Someone give me 8 reasons not to buy ESP Ra De please.


  • #1193
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,597 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Someone give me 8 reasons not to buy ESP Ra De please.

    MAME....


  • #1194
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Someone give me 8 reasons not to buy ESP Ra De please.

    MAME....

    That's only one reason! :)

    Although I have been playing it via MAME recently. It's not the same as on a cab...


  • #1195
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    That's only one reason! :)

    Although I have been playing it via MAME recently. It's not the same as on a cab...

    You don't have a pc hooked up to your cab???
    It's the best way to test out a game before buying. You should look into it mate.

    .


  • #1196
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Someone give me 8 reasons not to buy ESP Ra De please.

    1. B
    2. A
    3. T
    4. R
    5. I
    6. D
    7. E
    8. R

    :D

    If you have the funds then pick it up, I think it's worth the asking price, usually a good bit cheaper than other shmups. Fabulous soundtrack too imo.


  • #1197
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Steve SI wrote: »
    You don't have a pc hooked up to your cab???
    It's the best way to test out a game before buying. You should look into it mate.

    .

    Nope. Just MAME, Laptop and an arcade stick. Bung the LCD in tate and away you go. :)

    @Andrew76: Aye, Batrider is the one! Prices in Japan for the B ver have gone weird though and it's creeping out of the zone of what I'm willing to pay for it.

    ESP Ra De on the other hand is looking more cheeky. I like it. :D


  • #1198
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Best shmups on xbox live arcade - what should I be playing?

    Thanks guys.


  • #1199
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,597 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    Best shmups on xbox live arcade - what should I be playing?

    Thanks guys.

    Guwange, Radiant Silvergun, Ikargua, Death Smiles (think that's on XBL now?)...

    Speaking of XBLA, finally sat down for a full play through of Sine Mora. Pretty damn tricky at times - bullets do things I've never seen bullets do! Quite rewarding though, with fascinating mechanics, a weirdly engaging story, strong graphics and plenty of variety over its running times. The difficulty curve is crazy - that frickin' wrecking ball - but it's well worth it and running in glorious 2.35:1 :)


  • #1200
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    Best shmups on xbox live arcade - what should I be playing?

    Thanks guys.

    Score Rush for 80msp


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  • #1201
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,286 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Remember this simple charter next time you are in the market for a stick, buttons etc:

    Sanwa = Glen Mediros. for some people, nothing will change their love for Sanwa. For others, they are like Man Utd. Sh*t, but popular because everyone thinks they are the best.

    They are also useless in Champions League finals against infinitely superior teams. :D

    Seimitsu = Dr. Hook, when you're in love with a beautiful button/stick (delete as appropriate), you make my pants want to get up and dance.

    Like a Frank Zappa video, nobody will have a clue why you like them, but once they give it a go, that Zappa video suddenly becomes a symphony, a concerto, a magnum of glorious Technicolor wonder. An Easter basket packed with goodies of untold glorious magnitude.

    It's more that Seimetsu's are better for shmups because they are much tighter, the looser Sanwa's are better for fighters. I actually much prefer Sanwa buttons, far more sensitive than the Seimetsu's.


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