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| harveybirdman:
I'll start. First one on our list that has and an A rating from me is Battle Bakraid This to me takes the best things about the Raiden games and combines them with a nice game play sensibility. Here are the categories I think we can all rate SHMUPS on. Arsenal: This games scores in this category for quick power ups for shot, side, and option. The bomb leaves a bit to be desired, but if you are a purist you probably want to get by without using many anyways. Nice feature of auto fire devastating shot if you don't fire for a few seconds. Battle Bakraid doesn't let you down when you feel like blowing stuff up Difficulty: It's a bit tough, but even my loser skillz can get through a level or two on one ship so it's manageable. It also has a stepped difficulty so the learning curve isn't too bad. Of course maybe some desire more of a challenge and see this as a bad thing. Perhaps we have more discussions about what is a good "difficulty" Graphics: Graphics are very smooth, screen holds up to a ton of bullets better than some with this level of firepower. There is that Raiden realism effect, as apposed to a cartoon feel. Environments look very good, and offer a nice contrast. The screen can get busy but otherwise the graphics are appealing Intangibles (sound etc.): Soundtrack is pretty good, name of the tune appears at the bottom left during levels as if you needed your attention drawn to it to appreciate it. Control is good, and makes to overall experience top notch. |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: Well Fed Games on August 19, 2012, 06:40:32 pm ---Ah, a list will be easy to make. I will start with the obvious #1- Raiden II. ;D --- End quote --- Is anyone running a version of Raiden II on their cab? (other than an original board) I read the pc version sucks. Been debating on messing with it for the sake of having the complete series. --- Quote from: Le Chuck on August 19, 2012, 06:23:55 pm ---Good list, a bit long tho. --- End quote --- Agreed. I'm wondering how many total shmups there are in MAME vs this list. ??? No such thing as a bad shmup if you're a shmup lover? ;D I've given in and added the classics. For my own use, I'll start out with the whole thing and whittle it down to 100. |
| Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on August 19, 2012, 08:44:59 pm --- --- Quote from: Well Fed Games on August 19, 2012, 06:40:32 pm ---Ah, a list will be easy to make. I will start with the obvious #1- Raiden II. ;D --- End quote --- Is anyone running a version of Raiden II on their cab? (other than an original board) I read the pc version sucks. Been debating on messing with it for the sake of having the complete series. --- End quote --- I "acquired" the PC version at one point and tried it out, it seemed to be pretty similar to the port of it on the PS1 in the Raiden Project. I think there are a few graphical differences, such as some of the shading and shadows. I joke about Raiden II because it is he one PCB I decided to own- actually, twice, as I have II and DX now. I need to get that cab done! Someday if someone who wins the lottery gives me a bunch of money I will get the first Raiden, Viper Phase 1, a couple of the Fighters series, a 6-in-1 Jamma switcher, and then adopt that cabinet as my child. |
| sharpfork:
--- Quote from: Well Fed Games on August 19, 2012, 11:54:09 pm --- --- Quote from: BadMouth on August 19, 2012, 08:44:59 pm --- --- Quote from: Well Fed Games on August 19, 2012, 06:40:32 pm ---Ah, a list will be easy to make. I will start with the obvious #1- Raiden II. ;D --- End quote --- Is anyone running a version of Raiden II on their cab? (other than an original board) I read the pc version sucks. Been debating on messing with it for the sake of having the complete series. --- End quote --- ..first Raiden, Viper Phase 1, a couple of the Fighters series, a 6-in-1 Jamma switcher, and then adopt that cabinet as my child. --- End quote --- You might have a custody battle with me on your hands! I'm curious about emulating Raiden II as well. Other than the Raiden Project on PS1, I haven't found a decent way to play it. |
| harveybirdman:
Okay so ones that I didn't think about that I don't think have been mentioned yet.... This is probably second tier for the most part and likely out of the scope of Bad Mouth's intentions... but I fell compelled to list... 1941 Counterattack 19XX War Against Destiny Aero Fighters 2, 3, and Special Air Buster Armed Formation Ashura Blaster Black Heart Blast Off Blue Hawk Captain Tomaday Cobra Command Cosmic Cop Daioh Dangar UFO Robo Dangerous Seed Dyger Explosive Breaker Exzisus Fantasy Zone Fighter and Attacker Fighting Hawk Fire Hawk Flying Tiger Galmedes Gekiriaden Hacha Mecha Fighter Insector X Lethal Thunder Lightning Fighters Mag Max Master of Weapon Mission 660 Rafflesia Repulse Return of the Invaders Satans Hollow SD Gundam Neo Battling Sinistar Skull Fang Sol Divide: The Sword of Darkness Space Bomber Spiders Strike Gunner S.T.G. Super Spacefortress Macross Super-X The Next Space Thunder Cross Thunder Dragon 2 Thundercade (probably an omnishooter instead of a SHUMP but...) Time Pilot Truxton II Turbo Force U.N. Squadron Ultra X Weapons Valtric Vapor Trail Varth Viewpoint Zero Wing Zaxxon Zing Zing Zip |
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