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What are fullchan's favourite shmups?
What are the mechanics that make you shit blood?
Are you a scrub that's never 1cc'd a single fucking thing?
I've been playing Psikyo's catalogue relentlessly lately. Not much progress with anything but Sengoku Aces, but tonnes of fun has been had.
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No.1291
>>1273because retro shmups are infinitely better than the loli danmaku games that get pumped out today..
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No.1576
>>995No, Shoot (the) Target Game. Much cleaner sounding than shmup, as the other guy mentioned.
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No.1579
>>971this guy gets it.
My favs are probably project s-11, power strike 2 and axelay.
I've 1 cc'd raiden 2 and raiden fighters 1 & 2. Also ikaruga and r-type 3
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No.2369
>>992
No, that would be Ikeda/Cave. There was nothing wrong with Battle Garegga.
Traditional Shmup > Manic Shmup (Battle Garegga, Gunbird) >>>>> Danmaku (DDP, 2hu)
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No.2372
>>1576
>Shoot (the) Target Game
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No.2377
>>2372
I've known the genre as Shmup since the 90's
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No.2412
I'm not good or knowledgeable when it comes to shumps, but the last game I played was Gunbird and it's a whole lot of fun.
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No.2413
God tier: Konamishmups - Doujins
High Tier: Touhou / Psikyo
Medium Tier: Toaplan / Cave (pre-PGM) / Raizing
Low Tier: Taito / Treasure / Takumi / Irem / NMK / G-Rev
SHIT TIER: EUROSHMUPS / Cave (post-PGM) / Seibu / Technosoft
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No.2415
>>2412
While I think the majority of the regular cannon fodder is pretty boring, the bosses were pretty rad. And not-Doronjo and her crew were just delightful in general.
What's your fave character, anon?
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No.2417
>>2415
Marion, with Yuan being second place.
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No.2432
>What are fullchan's favourite shmups?
Pic related.
>What are the mechanics that make you shit blood?
Silvergun/Ikaruga scoring.
>Are you a scrub that's never 1cc'd a single fucking thing?
I've one coin cleared around a dozen shmups.
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No.2443
Don't mind me, just the best Famicom shmup you've never heard of coming through.
Any shmups where you can play as people instead of ships that you would reccomend? ESP.Ra.De is cool.
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No.2445
>>2443
Fixeight, Out Zone, Smash TV
there was another really cool vertical one that was basically Running Man the shmup but I can't remember the name
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No.2446
>>2445
What do you think of Ninja Commando?
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No.2453
>>2432
>I've one coin cleared around a dozen shmups
Rather than ask you to list them, as that would probably be pretty dull for everyone involved: what was the most difficult for you to clear? Was it also the most satisfying to bust?
Have you cleared them all via emulator, or some in the arcade?
>Batrider
Fave character?
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No.2468
>>901
You posted my waifu. Take this.
Also I've almost got the world record in this game after 6 months of autism
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No.2477
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No.2480
>>2468
>mfw I won't be that good in 12 months, let alone six
Is she legit your pilot of choice, or are you just waifufagging?
And autumn aside, are you good at other shmups, or have you been working on Sanic Wings exclusively in that time?
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No.2481
>>2480
I've always loved shmups but to get good at them you need to memorize tons of shit over a long period of time. And somehow, she is actually secretly the best scorer in sonic wangs and I think I'm the first even before the japanese to realize it. She's the fastest and her bomb stops time allowing you to collect medals at max value.
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No.2542
>what was the most difficult for you to clear?
I'd have to say Radiant Silvergun. That's one hell of an STG.
>Was it also the most satisfying to bust?
Yes, although the scoring routes don't feel as fun anymore.
>Have you cleared them all via emulator, or some in the arcade?
Emus and consoles. My arcades never had shmups in them…
>Fave character?
Miyamoto.
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No.2561
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>>2542
>RSG
Emulated, or did you buy a legit copy?
>Yes, although the scoring routes don't feel as fun anymore.
How many of you who are actually half decent at shmups feel that, at some point, "getting good" becomes too much of a chore and diminishes your love for the game? Or is the feeling of achievement in perfecting a run ultimately what makes the genre fun for you?
>My arcades never had shmups in them…
I never really cared for the genre a whole lot back when they were more plentiful. So I feel like while I definitely saved loadsa emone, I lost out on experiences that guys like you never even had a chance at…
Counteracting feels_bad_man.jpg with thread theme.
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No.2562
>>2561
>How many of you who are actually half decent at shmups feel that, at some point, "getting good" becomes too much of a chore and diminishes your love for the game? Or is the feeling of achievement in perfecting a run ultimately what makes the genre fun for you?
In the time I've been playing I could've learned electrical engineering or something. It's seriously a huge waste of time to go for anything beyond a 1cc or friendly competition.
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No.2600
>>2468
>only just noticed the "Save State Successfully Loaded" at the beginning
You cheeky little bugger.
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No.2601
>>2600
Well I didn't want to play to stage 19 just to record that
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No.2605
Gonna try and do a blind 1CC of this masterpiece, what should I expect?
>>2600
Nice 2600 GET.
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No.2608
>>2605
one of the more ebin toaplan games and a really annoying laser sound effect
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No.2609
>>2605
>Nice 2600 GET
Had I been paying attention to such /sp/ frippery, I assure you it would've read, "Ray Kassar did nothing wrong".
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No.2692
I'm a little new to the genre, but so far I'm liking Dragon Blaze.
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No.2713
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Out of the dozens (probably 100+) of shmups I've played, the only ones that could hold my attention for more than 10 minutes were Super R-Type, Touhou (mostly PCB and IN), PowerManga and Chromium BSU. And the latter 2 only due to needing some diversion during long nights of writing Linux programs.
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No.3901
>>992
>>2369
>hurr durr these popular developers, who were the only ones keeping the genre alive, are the worst thing to happen to the genre
>>2432
>>What are the mechanics that make you shit blood?
>Silvergun/Ikaruga scoring.
this.
>>2443
>recca is an obscure shmup
>developed by shinobu yagawa
>you've probably never heard of him
pls.
>people instead of ships
guwange.
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No.4128
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No.4224
I'm kind of new to retro stuff, but I've run into a problem with a certain game and this is the best place to ask.
I got Lightening Force (Thunder Force IV) recently and I would like to play it, but every time I start a level (and when I start level select), it's as though the dpad was glued down right. Other games work fine and I tested the game in the store I bought it from, so I know it works good.
The only thing I can think it might be is my controller, but I only have one at the moment so I can't quite test that out very well. I have tried starting levels and unplugging the controller just before they begin, but the result was the same in that my ship would just fly straight to the edge of the screen.
Any ideas?
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No.4230
>>4224
Sounds like it's your controller, bub. I haven't played LF IV in ages - are there any options screens where it can bug out? It'd be mighty strange if it was only doing it during levels.
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No.4234
>>4230
It's on all the menus. The thing is I can hit left and it registers it.
I'll get another controller but I wonder why this is the only controller where I've encountered this problem
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No.4235
>>4234
>Only controller
Only game
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No.4240
Is there an image compilation of Shoot'em Ups/shmups/shooting games/etc? I have been using them to cross off games I already own, like a kind of checklist.
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No.4253
>>4234
>>4224
Got a new controller, the issue still persists.
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No.4522
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No.5517
Been playing Fire Shark in reg'lar MAME now that it has sound, I suggest everyone else should give it a go too.
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No.5529
Keio Flying Squadron is a favourite of mine tbh.
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No.7599
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No.7731
Going to play some arcade Zero Wing today after clearing Hellfire yesterday. What am I in for?
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No.7789
Some recent stuff that's worth checking out…
Lua script for better autofire in MAME:
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/pull/5050
An online radio playing random shmup music:
https://files.catbox.moe/y1hpgg.m3u
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No.7790
This. This thread is gold.
Also, off-topic, do You guys know GalShell and its prototypes?
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No.7792
ready for a new strikers, lads?
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No.8071
<current year
>not being dadpilled
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No.8079
>>8071
So what was the deal with all that shmup shitposting? Was it really a discord group from the shmup general in /vg/?
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No.8101
>>8079
literally schizos i think. i can't even follow the other shmup general because it's literally just people talking about other literally whos out of context.
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No.8130
>>8079
Nah, it was falseflagging jarpigs who wish to stifle any form of shmup discussion on 4cuck /vr/ because actual skill-based videogames are verboten there.
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No.8137
>>8130
You never belonged to the /vg/ crowd anyway, australia. Reminder that the /vg/ crowd are just a bunch of zoomer LARPers who savestate scum their way through touhous.
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