Insert Credit: The Shmup Thread

[lapzod]

After being recommended by someone as the go to guy for Shmups, and talking to them about what to buy, I decided it wouldn't hurt to have this thread.

As posted in the Microsoft thread, Guwange, by Cave, will be recieving a worldwide release on XBLA. Unfortunately date and price for it hasn't been anounced yet.


Set in the Muromachi Period of Japan, you take control of one of three characters, and through six levels fight various demons.

This is quite interesting as Cave released Mushime-sama Futari 1.5 region-free to see if the demand was there, then mentioned that after Espgaluda II Black Label they wouldn't be doing region-free for a while...



At the moment I'm playing a new port of rRootage on my iPhone, which I'm finding insanely addictive. Control the ship with your finger, when you touch the screen it fires. Simple yet effective.

This is the version I'm playing. (It's been ported before apparently, but this one runs better)

[InvivnI]

I used to be really into free shmups for the PC. My favourite two were Cho 68k and Tumiki Fighters.

Cho 68k is your classic Japanese Shmup, hardcore and very hard:

I don't want to provide a download link in case it's a bad one (since it's abandonware I think), but a quick Google should turn it up.

Tumiki Fighters is a unique little shooter that allows you to build up your ship with the destroyed parts of your enemies.

Download link for Tumiki Fighters: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tf_e.html
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[lapzod]

Tumiki Fighters is by the same guy who did rRootage, so I'm wanting to try out some of his other games.

[Quin]

THE DANMAKU PATTERNS, I SEE THEM IN MY SLEEP
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[Crank]

Playing Galaga is about all I can handle... really wasn't worth mentioning, was it?

[Jahanzeb]

Thanks for making the thread Lapzod

I am probably one of the worst shmup players out there, recently I decided to get back into the swing of things with Ketsui, so far its a blast although I think I somehow turned on infinite continues, need to turn that off! no fun playing a shmup with infinite lives

An expensive import it was, like any current 360 shmup. Though I must say i will thoroughly enjoy it, just like I enjoyed Gradius V on PS2 many years ago.

Hoping to see other PALGners post, in the meantime, I enjoy some Ketsui, which I actually find more appealing than Ikaruga (still a classic no doubt )
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[Jarrod]

Treasure are gods of shoot 'em ups. As per my review, if you're a fan of the genre and dont mind importing (and have a Wii), Sin & Punishment 2 is phenominal.

The online leaderboards really encourage getting high scores.
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[Quin]

There's a reason Touhou 8 (Imperishable Night) is one of my treasured possessions, not only is it rather hard to get hold of, it gives us such insanity as this:

(Note: I can play the above, but I die a whole lot more)
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[Frozencry]

<3 Ikaruga. One of my favourite games and somewhat of an obsession of mine.

Also I used to play a lot of Blue Wish Resurrection Plus, free PC shmup. Crazy bullet hell but really fun.
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[mrcool37]

Shmups would have to be one of my most loved genres ever, yet it is the one that I know the least about, and dedicate the least amount of time to. I guess it's because it's always a love/hate relationship with one of the only types of games that is purposely designed to kick your arse.

I grew up in the arcades with games like Twin Cobra, Sky Soldiers, Raiden, with xevious and Twin Bee on the NES. Then the SNES and PS came along and I kind of forgot about them, other than the odd R-type game here and there.

I have only discovered these "bullet hell" japanese shooters in the last year or so thanks to Slapshakle and Bloody Tears, I didn't even know they existed. Visually, games like Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5 and Espgaluda II just don't appeal to me, otherwise I'd probably dedicate more time to them, they're just fun enough to boot up every now and then. None have really hooked me the way Ikaruga did when it was released on Xbox Live, I was a slave to that game for a while, and finally 1cc'ing the bastard was the best gaming moment ever. I would love to look into Ketsui if it is similar to Ikaruga.

There really needs to be a western developer to have a go at making some sort of bullet-hell shmup that's more appealing, it's virtually an untapped market, I'm sure it'd probably sell poorly though.

[Jahanzeb]

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[FeralOni]

ahh, SHMUPS; you've inspired me to dig out my ps2 controller and play some G Darius and Strikers 1945, as well as trying to locate the copies of XII stag and Gunbird that i have a vague recollection of buying cheap not too long ago
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[Jahanzeb]

[mrcool37]

Wait, so what system is Ketsui on? Did I read "Ketsui in 2010 for x360" correctly, Jahanzeb? Is it out already via Japan/US account only, or is it actually coming to Australia via the marketplace in the near future?

[Jahanzeb]

yea it came out in April 2010 for the Xbox 360, in Disc form. Unfortunately it only runs on a Japanese consoles, which is a shame... also read that it was due for a Western release on XBLA in 2010 but M$ turned it down
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[mrcool37]

Just had a go at Imperishable Night, and it was pretty good. Played a game on normal mode with some chick character and scored 78 million at the 4th stage boss before game over. Quite hard at times as your bullets don't spread very wide, so you have to move with the bosses and some enemies in order to take them down. Hopefully it's compatible with the 360 joystick so I could give it a decent run. The music is much better over Mushihime and Espgaluda II as well. Wouldn't have a clue what everything means on the info bar and the percentage bar at the bottom left of the screen.


Sucks about Ketsui Jahanzeb, I was looking into creating a japanese account and getting it through their marketplace, until I read that it was in disc form. Surely a japanese console wouldn't be too expensive these days with the 360 slim being released, might try looking at getting one.

[Quin]

All the windows Touhou games at present have an English translation patch, might be worth seeking out just so you can read everything.

Imperishable Night is my favourite in the series, as it has a mode by which you can practise against any of the 222 spell cards (Named bullet patterns). Undefined Fantastic Object (Touhou 12) is my next favourite, mostly for Stages 5 & 6, fantastic music and bosses.

As far as music goes, it's one of the two things (Aside from the pretty patterns) that got me into the series, check my posts in this thread to find some of my favourite music pieces from the series as a whole.

EDIT: The stage 6 boss fights on Lunatic from Touhou 11 & 12

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[jemist]

I just posted the #5 score for rRootage Online PSY1A. Woo!
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[Jahanzeb]

Yea mr.cool, I think importing an arcade Japanese/Asian Xbox 360 will be worthwhile for you, there's a bucketload of shmups available for it.

Now regarding Touhou....question is..how do I get hold of these games? Play-Asia has none!

Yea listening Quin's selection in the Music thread, fantastic. Makes me wanna Sound Test this series
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[jemist]

Oooh. Also just did #6 for PSY1B. Now... Ah, should get out bed and do some work. iPhone Bullet Hell; much too convenient.

Edit: ......and #7 on PSY1C.

Edit Again: now #3 and #6 on PSY1A.
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[Jahanzeb]

[Cyph]

lapzod, awesome thread. Damn, I've been neglecting this genre since my old school days (when I had insane twitch reflexes). Time to get back into the genre I think. Are there any Shumps for the PS3 (that you can recommend) ?