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Title: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: opt2not on March 21, 2011, 02:12:16 am: http://www.jamestowngame.com/ (http://www.jamestowngame.com/)
Jamestown Teaser Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk7UERiO3t4#ws)
Looks very Cave, bullet-hell-esque. Those with 4p panels should keep an eye on this one, if you're into this genre of games.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: Nephasth on March 21, 2011, 04:02:32 am: Looks fun, love the graphics.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: Malenko on March 21, 2011, 07:58:11 am: looks awesome. I'll buy it.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: Nephasth on June 12, 2011, 05:48:53 pm: It's been released. Just bought it for only $8.95, currently downloading.

Edit: Pretty fun so far. Kind of slow game play for a shmup though.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: jimmy2x2x on June 13, 2011, 11:06:52 am: Can you play 2 players on 1 keyboard (ipac for example)?
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: opt2not on June 13, 2011, 12:47:55 pm: Quote from: Nephasth on June 12, 2011, 05:48:53 pm
Edit: Pretty fun so far. Kind of slow game play for a shmup though.
Yeah, I think they tuned it with the multiplayer aspect in mind. Slow it down for 4 players to keep an eye on things. Hoping it picks up faster later in the game.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: Nephasth on June 13, 2011, 03:37:46 pm: Quote from: jimmy2x2x on June 13, 2011, 11:06:52 am
Can you play 2 players on 1 keyboard (ipac for example)?

Not sure. You do program what buttons are used for each player when starting (game asks to press and hold fire, etc...), I haven't tried selecting multiplayer yet to see if it asks what buttons/keys are used for directions though.

Quote from: opt2not on June 13, 2011, 12:47:55 pm
Quote from: Nephasth on June 12, 2011, 05:48:53 pm
Edit: Pretty fun so far. Kind of slow game play for a shmup though.
Yeah, I think they tuned it with the multiplayer aspect in mind. Slow it down for 4 players to keep an eye on things. Hoping it picks up faster later in the game.

Haven't tried harder difficulties yet (at work right now), hoping a harder difficulty is faster.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: spoot on June 13, 2011, 03:55:19 pm: Thanks for pointing this one out. I'll have to snag this.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: Nephasth on June 15, 2012, 08:01:36 pm: Finally got around to installing this on my cab (that doesn't have an internet connection) today. Pretty neat having it the cab, but I don't like having to have Steam installed on it either. I wish you could map the controls once and be done with it, instead of mapping them everytime you start the game... Also, due to my unique control set up for P1 and P2, those positions are useless, I can only play the game with my P3 and P4 positions... Still fun on the cab though!

Anyone else have this in their cab?
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: Player 3 on June 15, 2012, 11:41:29 pm: I remember mooching this off of someone's unused Humble Indie Bundle code. Jamestown's tough enough to just about require four players to even beat it.
Title: Re: Jamestown - 4player SHMUP
Post by: paigeoliver on June 16, 2012, 12:16:16 am: Played it quite a bit on steam. Never thought about trying to put it into a cab. Most PC games are just ornery enough with function keys that they don't tend to play nice in the cab, and also my cab PC is my OLD gaming PC and my current gaming PC will have it's 5th birthday this year, so I don't even know if it would run on the thing.