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Title: Ikaruga....very big
Post by: shmokes on September 18, 2003, 09:46:41 pm
I got Ikaruga for my gamecube from the wife for my birthday.  As many of you know the game is spectacular, but as I was going through the menus I noticed that there is an option for playing on a vertical monitor.  My 40" widescreen TV won't easily rotate onto it's side but it got me thinking...

I went to work and grabbed a Dell 3200mp projector and brought that home, hooked it up to my Gamecube, propped the thing up on its side and voila...!

Ikaruga on a 70" or so vertical screen.  It was amazing.  We played it all weekend before I had to take the projector back.  Good stuff.
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: SNAAAKE on September 18, 2003, 10:09:02 pm
all that without a single pic ?  ::)
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: Apollo on September 18, 2003, 10:54:02 pm
Tease!  ;)
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: SirPoonga on September 18, 2003, 11:17:16 pm
Oh sure, we "believe" you  ;) ::)
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: hyiu on September 19, 2003, 02:12:03 pm
a co-worker of mine has this game in DC....
I borrowed this and played a bit... a nice game....

simple concept... yet very different game play....
NICE GAME !!!!....  recommended..... ;) ;D

on a HUGE screen ?!?!?.... hmmm......
will that make the game easier since you get more "space" to go ??... haaa haa....
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: shmokes on September 22, 2003, 05:03:51 pm
Yeah...now that you mention it I'm kind of ashamed of myself.  I'll have to try and get the projector again and snap a pic for you'all.  It was rad.
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: vitaflo on September 24, 2003, 03:49:46 pm
If you like that try Mars Matrix in MAME.  Another good shooter.
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: CthulhuLuke on September 25, 2003, 10:59:19 pm
Ok, you MUST download Raine, and get Guwange and DoDonpachi, you will crap your pants.  Mars Matrix and Giga Wing are also great games.
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: Magnet_Eye on September 26, 2003, 08:49:43 pm
DonPachi (1995) is in MAME.  Not DoDonPachi, but it's prequel I guess.

Weird thing is, in MAME32 is is listed as a clone under Donkey Kong Junior. WTH?!  ???

Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: CthulhuLuke on September 26, 2003, 10:47:01 pm
DoDonpachi (International) is in Raine though and its the sequel to Donpachi, they're both amazing games but I like DoDonpachi better, actually the PS2 version, the newest DoDonpachi game is the best so far, its f***ing amazing, great graphics, awesome gameplay, very cool bullet patterns, everything good like that, AND it comes with a DVD that has people beating every level of DoDonpachi without dying, plus a guy flips the combo meter with some weird trick.  If you could ever get ahold of a chipped Saturn you could download Radiant Silver Gun, the semi-prequel to Ikaruga, but its not really cause Treasure never makes sequels.  It's supposed to be damn amazing, but to buy the real thing would cost you a fortune, and I had so many chances too when it was $50 when I was a teenager... damn damn damn....  anyways...
      -Chu
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: jakejake28 on September 26, 2003, 11:13:23 pm
If you could ever get ahold of a chipped Saturn you could download Radiant Silver Gun, the semi-prequel to Ikaruga, but its not really cause Treasure never makes sequels.  It's supposed to be damn amazing, but to buy the real thing would cost you a fortune, and I had so many chances too when it was $50 when I was a teenager... damn damn damn....  anyways...

i am actually fortunate to have that one.. musta played it more than i played any other game for any system. possibly the best shooter game ever made, imho.sadly i don't have the original case and manual for it, or i could earn a fortune :-[.  i dunno why treasure doesnt make more games, w/ this, ikaruga and gunstar heroes being the only i can think of.
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: SNAAAKE on September 27, 2003, 01:02:50 am
zero gunner 2 for Dreamcast is a great shooter too !  ;D

(feel like playing mars matrix RIGHT NOW)  :D err...
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: BombProofPlane on September 29, 2003, 01:05:46 am
ya know i think its sufficient enough to just play dc ikagaruga sideways with the remapped controls it works fine for me
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: CthulhuLuke on September 29, 2003, 02:56:16 pm
Another good Treasure game for the dreamcast is Bangai-O, its pretty hard to find now a days, but I'm sure you could get it on ebay for cheap.  Its hellllllla fun, your this little spaceship that can fire 8-ways, which you control kinda like robotron, left stick moves, right buttons shoot different directions.  It's very repetitive, but VERY addictive and fun.
         -Chu
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: shmokes on October 04, 2003, 11:45:06 am
all that without a single pic ?  ::)

Okay...it's time to redeem myself.  The pictures don't do it justice.  The image on my wall is actually really crisp.  My digital camera just doesn't have a shutter speed fast enough to freeze all the action.  At any rate, prepare to drool.
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: shmokes on October 04, 2003, 11:45:45 am
Here's another
Title: Re:Ikaruga....very big
Post by: shmokes on October 04, 2003, 11:46:28 am
And one final shot...