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  • #1982
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Actually, I used am xml builder a lot, to get my other formats working, didn't worry about the screen shots, more important that I could access the infernal games!
    I did have fun getting the Cave games and art integrated, just a matter of putting the right art with the right filename into the right folder.
    I may have had this knowledge surgically removed afterwards, so I can't try to "improve" things and bollock it all up.


  • #1983
    safetyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    Gonna have to go out there and say Ketsuipachi is one of the best I've played! the scoring system is unreal!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VcQ5wwGyzw
    I think its only on the jap DDP version.


  • #1984
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Anyone heard of a side scroller in the style of rtype called Rezon?

    Checking out some vids, looks great.


  • #1985
    Casey120
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭Casey120


    Nasty and tough R-Type clone, I had a hard time with it as you have to memorize most of the later levels to get anywhere .
    Endless repeating loops of music got on my nerves, never played it again :mad:


    Don't think there ever was a console port released .


  • #1986
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    Only took 5 years to discover this. :o

    http://world-of-arcades.net/stgc09/


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  • #1987
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    Just registered at pcenginecjfshjuverhblop0fdbko!

    Spent most of the train journey trying to remember what games I actually have. :o

    46 out of 110 STG's isn't a bad start! Anyone else registered there? It is an eye opener when you try to go through stuff!

    http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/2/33/575/show-user.htm

    Should be 111 STG's though as I don't think Dino Force is listed. Though there is only one known copy in existence afaik so I guess it's not worth adding?


  • #1988
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    What on earth is an STG? :o


  • #1989
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    ...talking of Dino Force, here is a video of the prototype. Not sure if this guy is the original owner of it. It was for sale earlier this year for €10,000 so it may be as I remember the original clip was about 30 secs long...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TurQ0p88oVA


  • #1990
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    Myrddin wrote: »
    What on earth is an STG? :o

    The original acronym for shooting games (ShooTing Game aka shi-yu-ti-n-gu gaemu) which originated in Japan. We call them SHMUPs but STG was coined before that term. :)


  • #1991
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    STG.Otaku wrote: »
    The original acronym for shooting games (ShooTing Game aka shi-yu-ti-n-gu gaemu) which originated in Japan. We call them SHMUPs but STG was coined before that term. :)

    Aaaahh, I be seein' :) Cheers for that man


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  • #1992
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I had a friend with one once, they got a rash and a funny smelling discharge from their....
    oh wait, no, that was a slightly different three letter abbreviated thing they had.... never mind... move along, nothing to see here....


  • #1993
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I had a friend with one once, they got a rash and a funny smelling discharge from their....
    oh wait, no, that was a slightly different three letter abbreviated thing they had.... never mind... move along, nothing to see here....

    A 'friend', riiight.


  • #1994
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Myrddin wrote: »
    A 'friend', riiight.

    They say it was so discoloured it looked like a pepperami....
    poor b@stard


  • #1995
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    Christmas prezzie decision. Gleylancer, Nexzr & Rayxanber III, Sylphia or R Type III and Battle Mania?

    #FirstWorldProblem.


  • #1996
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,706 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    STG.Otaku wrote: »
    Christmas prezzie decision. Gleylancer, Nexzr & Rayxanber III, Sylphia or R Type III and Battle Mania?

    #FirstWorldProblem.

    Gleylancer always wins!


  • #1997
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Interesting article on the donpachi series over on eurogamer

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-06-dodonpachi-retrospective


  • #1998
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 11,556 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    TechnoFreek wrote: »
    Interesting article on the donpachi series over on eurogamer

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-06-dodonpachi-retrospective

    Nice read. Is Ikaruga really considered the poster child for the bullet hell genre though? Surprised if that's the case. DoDonPachi or another of the Cave games sure, or Garegga etc.


  • #1999
    Casey120
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭Casey120


    I like to think Batsugun was the first to be considered Danmaku .


  • #2000
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Yeah. Dont get the Ikaruga reference either bit im not too familiar with that game or its history.

    The article does refer to Batsugun alright


  • #2001
    Shapey Fiend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    I definitely still love CRTs but I'm hearing great things about the Micomsoft Framemeister. At 500 bucks there's no way I'm going for one but I'm sure something aproximate will be available in software for emulation. Easier than modding a NES or PC Engine for RGB at any rate. When you're sitting 8 feet back from the TV it doesn't need to be perfect. It's hard to capture these things in youtube videos you really need to see it in person.

    Batsugun is the one I always heard name checked as the birth of bullet hell. It's a bit of an arbitrary subset of shmup genre anyway. It's like trying to pinpoint the first game that's a shmup and not a shooter.


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  • #2002
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    My Framemeister landed in Dublin this morning...and got sent straight to customs! :(

    Got the JP <> EU SCART adapter and YUV D Terminal adapter and an Iiyama LED monitor to go with it. :D

    Love CRT's but I lack space for them now so this is the preferred solution for me. I now have no more CRT's. Doubt I will get another one now. The end of an era for me personally. :(


  • #2003
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    Oh and Batsugun is excellent. I could never get the PCB back then so picked up the Saturn version which is pretty much perfect. Plus you get the Special version too so no need for extra ROMs etc.

    Awesome game. Probably my 2nd fave Toaplan game after Dogyuun!!. :)


  • #2004
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    STG.Otaku wrote: »
    Love CRT's but I lack space for them now so this is the preferred solution for me. I now have no more CRT's. Doubt I will get another one now. The end of an era for me personally. :(

    I'm getting there myself at this stage. Someone here, I think it's Monkeykube, showed pics of a hardware scanline setup he has running on a flatscreen & the results were amazing. Enough to convince me I think


  • #2005
    STG.Otaku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭STG.Otaku


    Yep. The Framemeister convinced me. Tobias and Shaun did superb reviews of it on their respective sites. Shane McRetro even went gooey over it and he is a CRT stalwart.

    Totally convinced by it. The VP20 I am keeping for the front room to deinterlace 1080i Sky broadcasts, Blu Ray etc. The Framemeister is leaps ahead of it for working with my HDPVR2 for capturing too.

    CRT will always be the original and best, but the Framemeister is so close now that aside from physical aspects it would be difficult to tell the two apart in terms of display output so to speak.


  • #2006
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,706 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Framemeister is indeed gorgeous, but I can't justify the price.

    I'm happy to continue using CRTs at the moment - but like the SLG3000 and it's brethren, it's making me less afraid of our CRTless distant future :)

    To anyone lacking CRT space and without the fundage for something like the Framemeister, do consider one of those Commodore PC monitors. It looks tiny at 14 inches beside my 29 inch monster, but the picture quality is gorgeous and works grand as long as you're sitting close to it. Has a very small footprint.

    (Would really be fantastic if you had an PC/Office desk setup and had a little retro gaming corner :))


  • #2007
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    I've got an old Commodore 1702 monitor(I think that's the model number) and the quality is damn good considering its age.
    I'll be picking up a Framemeister in the near future as it seems the business. And at about €250 euro its dropped quite a bit closer to reasonable.


  • #2008
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    I down to only 5 CRTs now :(

    Agreed with those Commodore 1084 monitors, absolute class in a small form.


  • #2009
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,706 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    The Framemeister is €250 now?

    Expensive in real world terms, but for the space saved and the quality, that's far more reasonable.


  • #2010
    CiDeRmAn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I'm at 4 crts myself.
    She Who Must Be Obeyed asked why there was a wooden block in front of the 'tated tv... she never asked why the tv was on it's side.... I expect a "Fr Ted did kick me up the @rse&quot; moment any day now...


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  • #2011
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,706 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Your games room is looking great, loved the little 'tate Dreamcast station you've got going on.

    Actually I had a great moment there while downstairs playing Metal Slug on your AWSD. Could hear Under Defeat playing upstairs in the background. Almost felt like an arcade :D


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