For me it's mainly Mushihime-sama [PCB] with some Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label runs thrown in from time to time. I'm enjoying the original Mushi quite a lot now. I feel the urge to top my old scores, and start learning Ultra mode.
DDP DOJ (PS2) and within the next week my espgaluda should arrive!!
Ibara : i want to see the fifth stage on my first credit
Progear : i want to clear the first loop
not playing but just watched the MMP DVD (best part of the DVD is the DS Trailer) :whyioughtta:
maybe i'll give ketsui a try later....i own it since over 1year and played it less than 2 hours :|
Edit: mission done.....1 year break again :?
Since 2 months+ now:
Pink Sweets
QuoteSince 2 months+ now:
Pink Sweets
No clear?
this games impossibly hard so no clear for now.
Started playing Ibara again, i Might start looking into the boss milking to improve my score as i seem to be able to 1 credit this game on every go :righton: The only thing is i find milking so boring in games that i start making stupid errors as i try not to go to sleep :|
Quotethis games impossibly hard so no clear for now.
I'm sure you could get a 1CC if you just didn't medal in a run (play it like GER). Otherwise, maybe you should try and do the infinite lives trick to clear the game.
To be serious, I'm actually completely desperated. I haven't experienced such difficulty before (maybe apart from doj second loop...) Not medalling isn't satisfying in any way, I wouldn't even make it to the highscore table lolz. I really need to consider trying other stuff like the infinite lives "bug". It's just not possible the regular way...
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QuoteI really need to consider trying other stuff like the infinite lives "bug".
Consider it a "trick" rather than a "bug" and everything becomes clearer. Getting the trick to work is about as hard as 1CCing a normal Cave game anyway. After that the game becomes Score Attack PLUS mode! :righton:
If you want to compete with the scores of the top PS players in Japan (like Galford), you have to do this trick.
Pink Sweets is a very curious game that isn't meant to be played like any game that has come before it.
QuoteIt's just not possible the regular way...
After just having credit fed to the end of the game I must agree with this statement. Stage 6 especially is absurdly difficult and probably requires that you memorize it from beginning to end to stand a chance.
@Gakidou
Even if you memorize everything perfectly (which isnt too hard after spending hours on Score Attack mode) the Rank is what really kills you. Stage 6 in Arcade Mode is about 10 times as hard as the Score Attack Stage 6. The snake/laser section is *impossible* even if you play super safe only using your shield ITS JUST NOT POSSIBLE!! OMG!
This is getting extremely Off-Topic. Maybe you want to delete it EOJ. :oops:
Nah, go ahead with your discussion. Or just take it over to the Pink Sweets Strategy thread.
since yesterday:
Pink Sweets.
I like it.
Quotesince yesterday:
Pink Sweets.
I like it.
Welcome to Hell.
QuoteQuotesince yesterday:
Pink Sweets.
I like it.
Welcome to Hell.
thanks, I'm sure I'll enjoy my stay. :D
DeathSmiles has gotten most of my money lately, as it's the closest Cave game I've come to getting a 1CC on, so I won't rest until that happens. The place I'm staying right now has a little arcade whose shooter pickings are slim but quality: DeathSmiles, Ketsui, and Mushi Futari Black Label, all at 50 yen a go. I gave Mushi Futari a few goes on both Original and Maniac, but haven't touched Ketsui--it seems like one of those that would require a lot of consistent practice.
Back where I normally stay, ESP Galuda II, Dodonpachi, Ketsui, and Muchi Muchi Pork all get a little play when I'm waiting for someone else to get off the DeathSmiles machine.
For the past two weeks, Ketsui non-stop. I had a party to play Rockband last Friday and had the candy cab and Robotron cocktail on on for those not playing RB and Ketsui turned so many people off that I put in Mushihimesama. The next day I played a few rounds of Mushi and immediately swapped Ketsui back in. I'm really into it right now. The stage 3 boss is kicking my ass.
It's been Pink Sweets for me the past couple days. Trying to get that infinite lives trick to work! I'm oh so close.
Still Mushi BL for me...when i have time....lot of work this days! :evil:
Playing a combination of DOJ (trying for 100mil+) and Dangun (1CC).
Its depressing the amount of time I've put into DOJ for the crap score I have, hopefully I'll get a run which pulls all the practice together soon...
I'm back to playing Muchi Muchi Pork! and loving it. :righton:
uo poko
:oops: :oops: :oops:
Dangun PCB (Aiming for better consistency, and ST5)
Donpachi PSX (Still trying to beat the first loop)
Mushi has gone on the back burner 'til I have a breakthrough with these. Need to invest more hours.
Mushihimesama PS2
I'm desperately trying to get back to my old rhythm in this game, at the moment I can't even crack my old high score list :oops:
Quote from: jpjuo poko
:oops: :oops: :oops:
Nothing wrong with that - I've been playing mine as well. Pretty good, but I'm interested to see how good Mushihimetama is and if it moves the game on some.
Bee storm...warming up for Daifukkatsu :laugh:
i like the energy mode....filling up the powerbar via scratching bullets is cool
Ketsui! And a bit of Mushi Futari BL God mode on the side.
Galuda 2!
Almost broke 100M tonight. I don't feel I'm adequately taking advantage of the end of stage 2's scoring potential either.
I've been playing Espgaluda II a lot lately. I'm not even going to mention my top score right now it's that pathetic :laugh: I wish there was a way to go in and practice a stage or boss. I just break down on stage 3 boss and stage 4 I just play for survival until I game over on the stage 4 boss.
Quote from: drboomQuote from: jpjuo poko
:oops: :oops: :oops:
Nothing wrong with that - I've been playing mine as well. Pretty good, but I'm interested to see how good Mushihimetama is and if it moves the game on some.
me too, but it auctions cheaply so i'm gonna be patient for that one (seen mint kits go for ?120). feel free to post an uo poko score too! :D my high score table is lonely :|
Mushi tama is a lot of fun, but pretty difficult. Totally worth it for $200-$300, but I wouldn't pay much more for it than that (I wouldn't pay more for ANY puzzle game than that!).
really? i love puzzle games. i bought a japanese psp at launch to play lumines :oops:
got a pretty good resale value on a 1.0 firmware too ;) :righton:
i like the idea of mushi tama having boss fights - are they lame though?
I love puzzle games too, I just wouldn't pay more than $200-$300 for a single one.;)
The boss fights in Mushi Tama are fun - fast and reflex-based.
After having it sit on my shelf for what seems like an age, the impending release of Daifukkatsu has inspired me to have a proper crack at DOJ.
It is not going well so far.
I think a rank-managing 1st loop clear might be do-able but I don't have the time, energy or patience for 'another Ikaruga'.
It is a quality game though.
Death smiles :D
It is really fun as it is not as hard as other cave shmups....i could reach the last boss after the first 3 or 4 credits :oogle: and played only 1 stage @ level 1...but i need more practise for a good score now :P graphics and sound are awesome..graphics are possibly the best i've seen so far :D
Mushi Futari 1.5 ULTRA MODE with RECO. I watched SWY's replay a few times today, studying some patterns, and I got a new high of 110mil with Reco, up to the stage 2 boss.:)
I'm also still playing Mushi Futari BL God mode, but for some reason I'm finding Ultra mode more alluring for the time being...
I'm back to Mushi Futari BL Maniac mode, going for the 700+mil clear. I came pretty damn close just a minute ago, lost an easy 40-50mil on Stage 2, another 30mil on stage 3, but still got to the last boss with 660mil. Too bad I had no lives left. :laugh: If I could keep everything together from start to finish, I'd have over 700mil by the last boss, then possibly close to 800mil with a clear.
other than showing my friends uo poko i don't think i've touched a cave game for over a month :oops: maybe more
ESPGaluda (jpj tatty comp), not the easiest game to settle back into after a wee haitus :mad:
A whole hour to get 2mil on the first stage - I forgot how much planning this game needs, I remember it as being easy...
It's all about Futari 1.5 in maniac mode for me now.
This is my first PCB purchase experience and I absolutely love it, definately one I'll be playing for quite a while.
Mushi Black Label!
I'm determined to make this my first 1CC. Sadly I can only play a couple of credits a week so it might take a while...
Trying out all the PS2 Ports, love Mushi, Love ESP. Love to Hate DOJ :P
Ibara is the best of the lot tho :lol:
Harlequin
after a long break Futari BL again...Now i can get ~47M stage 1 and ~190M stage 2 (pretty good for me :laugh: ) , but i HATE the 2nd half of Level 3 :whyioughtta:
Original or maniac?
I'm still on it too after playing MMP.....working on maniac.
Pink Sweets. I'm ridiculously addicted to this at the moment. Still determined to get the infinite lives to kick in on a normal run. Been so close a few times. If I can 1CC Futari BL's God mode, I think I should be able to do this!:laugh:
You flip-flop on Pink Sweets more than most politicians.
ESPGaluda2 !
Pretty much the only game (Cave, or other) I've fired up in the last month. I'm so close to the next big jump score-wise - it's just that mega frustrating period, y'know?
Back to Mushihimesama for the 1cc on original, then maniac. I got to the second half of stage 5 (a ways past the midboss) with 2 early (and stupid) deaths, so I feel pretty good about 1cc'ing it soon.
I really like Maniac, but it just didn't seem right to 1cc Maniac before Original.
Ibara.
Either this game is very hard or I am just very bad.
I'm back to Death Smiles.Need to get the 200M like my french comrade did :D
Back to MFBL God mode for me, but this time with Palm. I'm trying to get better with him, following the ST2 vid recently posted. Would like to get an ALL with each character!
playing guwange my favourite cave title so far not very good at it trying to get past stage 3 on 1 credit:)
Onto Futari original mode now since I might actually have a hope in hell of 1ccing it one day :oops:
but I've gotta stop this problem I keep having with the 2nd half of stage 3, I always manage to screw up there just enough to screw me over for the rest of my game, strangely I have very little trouble with stage 4......
A f**kload of Futari. Love this game. Got to the 4th stage end boss yesterday and I'm going to push for the 1CC in Original.
Currently playing DDP DOJ (the PS2 port). This game is absolutely amazing. I guess I'll have to start saving money for a cabinet and a DDP DOJ kit. :)
Quote from: DeityCurrently playing DDP DOJ (the PS2 port). This game is absolutely amazing. I guess I'll have to start saving money for a cabinet and a DDP DOJ kit. :)
great game!
and welcome to the forum :)
Espgaluda II.
slowly beginning to understand it.
Quote from: jpjgreat game!
and welcome to the forum :)
Thanks!
i just received my MMP kit yesterday, so i'm begining with this game, i need to play it more for sure but at the moment i find it awesome, great scoring system, great graphics and the boss are really cool :righton:
finally got me a Ketsui pcb, this is going stay in the cabinet for a long, long time.. :P
(http://www.lowemark.com/photos/ketsui_scaled.jpg)
Yeah me too!Currently playing Ketsui!
Second time i own the PCB,i'll keep it now!:cool:
I'm taking a break from Pink Sweets (because it's starting to drive me crazy). So, I've decided to go back to Futari 1.5's Maniac mode after a long break from it, and I'm loving it. I want a 600+mil ALL.
Back to ESPGaluda II after an 8 week hiatus. 156m on my first credit wasn't bad either. I still need to get more aggressive with stage 2!
After one year dry now on cave games,- but today espgaluda II delivered.:)
I realy like it so far. Realy crisp visuals.- Must play on a third party play station one controler and didn`t can enjoy it 100%.
- Looking foward to next week when i get a neogeo stick.
Best run: a sweet 9 MIO :D
Edit: after a view weeks now 60 mio.:)
Anyway I sold the plate yesterday. Maybe able to play some other new caves...
Mushi 1 Maniac at the moment.That level 3 sure likes slowdown.
Quote from: jpj on February 01, 2008, 07:49:28 PM
uo poko
:oops: :oops: :oops:
I have this it was my second cave game i bought after progear I really enjoyed Mushi tamma when i played that in JP so I will look in to getting that at some point in the future
Death Smiles: All Rank 3 + Canyon and I fucking hate it.
Quote from: GaijinPunch on July 21, 2008, 10:31:19 AM
Death Smiles: All Rank 3 + Canyon and I fucking hate it.
Same for me, i'm always searching for that f*****g familiar on the screen :-\
Bits and pieces of DP and DDP. Still need to grab those bees without crashing into things!
Quote from: GaijinPunch on July 21, 2008, 10:31:19 AM
Death Smiles: All Rank 3 + Canyon and I fucking hate it.
Yeah, I hate the canyon, so I just don't play that route. I'm having a lot of fun with the normal Castle route.
I thought you sold your kit?
Decided to keep it at the last minute. The buyer didn't mind, so it worked out.
Interesting. :)
You know, I did my best run of 1-1 thru 3-2 today. 137 million. Didn't even make it to the castle.
I did a similar run with Casper yesterday (ended 3-2 with about 135 mil), but messed up the castle badly.
Man, I love Casper. The game is so ridiculously fun with her.
Ibara, as soon was i get the pcb back at the WE
I decided to give Donpachi a go today since I've never given it much time...I'm still unsure how I feel about it (of course that could be due to having the crap Saturn port).
Dodonpachi @_@
I'm nearly 100% bored with this game, playing exclusively for the achievement. Doing too many runs and repeating the easy stages too many times is incredibly tedious, practicing with save states was much more fun.
Don't give up even if you completely hate the game by now. The feeling of achieving something you've worked hard over many years on is the ultimate goal in life. :righton:
what achievement/target are you aiming for PRO? not 749m i hope ;)
mushi arrange
starting to get much better now...starting to exploit milking and really work the mulitpliers.....
i can consistently make it to the 4th stage with around 70mil....which is good for me.....i can no miss the first 2 stages,no bomb....sometimes the third.....usually not tho
and then i start dying all stupidly at the beginning of the 4th stage and almost always tap out on the midboss....
ive only made it to the 5th stage a handful of times....and promptly died....lolz
oh well......new mushi PCB in a couple weeks and then its on to maniac mode......bring it on!!!
Quote from: Plasmo on July 25, 2008, 05:22:30 PM
Don't give up even if you completely hate the game by now. The feeling of achieving something you've worked hard over many years on is the ultimate goal in life. :righton:
yeah, I'd feel a little bad if I gave up now. It will feel really good when I'll finally be freed from this game though ^_^
with a win !
Quote from: jpj on July 25, 2008, 05:44:39 PM
what achievement/target are you aiming for PRO? not 749m i hope ;)
Well, I assure you I ain't going to break no world record ^_^
I'm alternating between Mushi Futari 1.5 Ultra, MFBL God, and Mushi Ultra (PCB) these days. I'll throw in a few credits of Pink Sweets every now and again as well.
iv'e gone back to mushi im selling it so im playing it lots at the moment i will be sad to see it go :( but i need funds for my next buy =D
apart from a few credits on ibara's harder mode, zilch (again). i should probably be banned =D
Quote from: EOJ on August 10, 2008, 04:03:15 PM
I'm alternating between Mushi Futari 1.5 Ultra, MFBL God, and Mushi Ultra (PCB) these days. I'll throw in a few credits of Pink Sweets every now and again as well.
How much harder do you think 1.5 ultra is compared to God mode ?
They are worlds apart in terms of difficulty. Mushi Futari 1.5 Ultra>Mushi Ultra>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MFBL God
mushi get
mushi play
mushi like
nice one jonny :righton:
you should play too...
i beat your maniac high score.....lolz >:D
kinda funny highscore was like 6 mill or something......just did a run and smoked it and came away with 51 mill by 2/3 through stage 3.....made stupid mistakes halfway through stage 3 and blew lives away
very stoked
Quote from: jonny5 on August 12, 2008, 04:09:34 PMi beat your maniac high score.....lolz >:D
bastard!
when you beat my original mode score, the fangs will come out :-X
no worries there....ive put in next to no time on original..... :rolleyes:....im not used to the patterns.....im way better at maniac =D
Mushi Futari (Maniac) & the odd credit on MMP - I seem to have hit a brick wall at stage 4 on both games?!?
I really need to keep off the internet & actually PLAY these buggers! :laugh:
i hear ya... :(
(on both counts!)
Still Esp Rade.
I?m playing it exclusively until I 1cc it. No distractions this time! I only manage 2-3 credits a night though, but I am ball achingly close.
DoDonPachi. I think I'm close to that final stage.
And I guess some Guwange here and there.
Postman was kind enough to bring me my Progear No Arashi this afternoon........Let the swearing commence :) Just had a couple of credits, it's tough as old boots!!! Love it though :P
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my muchi muchi pork board came yesterday so im playing that at the moment,to be honest im not sure what i think of it :-\ i need to give it time i think, it's good but i really prefer ikeda games i wish i brought mushi futari now :( i don't think its no where near as good as deathsmiles im just happy i brought just the board with copy artwork rather than the full kit :righton:
MMP is a lot of fun initially, but once I maxed out my score and cleared it with all the characters, I soon got tired of it. Honestly, as far as Yagawa games are concerned, I think Pink Sweets is the better game, I've been playing that for over a year and I still really enjoy it. If you like Ikeda games better, try Futari or Futari BL (really cheap at Legend right now!).
espgaluda arrange mode.....
so why did nobody tell me how awesome this is??
its amazing.....i havent played mushi in like 3 days cuz i cant stop playing it.....lolz
Hi @ all,
I have been playing ESPgaluda 2 for 2 days now, although I like it a lot I am still not good at it... (50 mio) :laugh:
nice choice of game, and welcome to the forum =D
Quote from: EOJ on August 27, 2008, 05:40:44 PM
MMP is a lot of fun initially, but once I maxed out my score and cleared it with all the characters, I soon got tired of it. Honestly, as far as Yagawa games are concerned, I think Pink Sweets is the better game, I've been playing that for over a year and I still really enjoy it. If you like Ikeda games better, try Futari or Futari BL (really cheap at Legend right now!).
iv'e played a few credits on it and i do like the game a lot =D i have two yagawa this and ibara,what im going to say people will hate me,i think he makes great games but they are not great cave games when you compare these games to guwange,mushi,deathsmiles,and even espgaluda they are not in the same league,i don't think i will buy anymore yagawa games i will stick to ikedas he's the man :righton:
i will take it back iv'e said been playing it solid for the last few days and i love it,it has a great scoring system,i don't find it that easy to be honest i think both mushi original mode and deathsmiles are both a lot easier,not sure about the whole cute thing though your right eoj the boses are tops,my favourite cave boss ever is the weird baby thing in guwange freaky :o
im thinking of buying the box and artset now so i have a complete kit need to check my funds :-\
Just got Deathsmiles yesterday & i gotta say - it doesn't disappoint :righton:
I'm really liking the whole look of it, the gothic/medieval art design is like sugar for the eyes.Foot-tapping music & from what i can gather at this early stage, a really complex scoring system.
The complete polished package, can't see me playing anything else for a while :)
Well I?ve been on a horrific spending spree over the last 2 months.
Pink Sweets
Futari 1.5 (trade)
Death Smiles
MMP
I?ve yet to play Death Smiles, but for my money Futari is the best Ikeda game since 2000 & MMP is the best yagawa.
I?m going to be runnig:
Astro: Futari / MMP
Astro: Death Smiles
Egret 2: DDP / ESP rade
Pink Sweets just hurts me, it?s so ball bustingly hard. I?ve been toying with selling it on, but I always regret selling games, jesus I?m even missing Mushi Sama!
Quote from: markedkiller78 on September 05, 2008, 04:05:43 AM
Pink Sweets just hurts me, it?s so ball bustingly hard. I?ve been toying with selling it on, but I always regret selling games, jesus I?m even missing Mushi Sama!
I sold Pink Sweets twice before I decided to keep it. I'm on my 3rd PCB and I'll probably keep it awhile, even though I've 1CC'd the game a few times.
It is one of the harder CAVE games ever released. Unless you put a lot of time in it and can trigger the infinite lives, you most likely won't see past stage 4 or 5.
Among the SH3 games, I've sold off MMP, Ibara, Espgaluda II, and Ibara Kuro. The rest I've kept. I thought I might miss them, but I really haven't. I guess I played them enough.
Well I've just been playing the Cave PS2 ports I just got. Although I must say I agree with most everyone that the Ibara port is so bad. It looks like purple sludge even with the patch. I've probably been putting the most time into Espgaluda. The scoring system is so addicting. Its cool to finally play newer Cave titles even though I'm still not that great at the ones available in emulation. I'm probably the best at Esp Ra.De. even though I'm not that great at it. DDP games on the other hand slaughter me.
Quote from: markedkiller78 on September 05, 2008, 04:05:43 AM
Pink Sweets just hurts me, it?s so ball bustingly hard. I?ve been toying with selling it on, but I always regret selling games, jesus I?m even missing Mushi Sama!
yeah, i agree with what you're saying (on both counts). i hate selling stuff, especially these types of games because even if you've rinsed them, the playability is still there (unlike caning an rpg, or whatever). i always used to say pink sweets is like the new batrider. great game, but nobody outside a single-digit amount of people in japan know how to get these crazy high scores. i'll keep plugging away though, and perhaps one day a video will surface......
and if you haven't tried it yet, score attack mode is really good in pink sweets (hold A+B when you press start, after entering a credit)
Quote from: jpj on September 07, 2008, 05:53:21 AM
Quote from: markedkiller78 on September 05, 2008, 04:05:43 AM
Pink Sweets just hurts me, it?s so ball bustingly hard. I?ve been toying with selling it on, but I always regret selling games, jesus I?m even missing Mushi Sama!
yeah, i agree with what you're saying (on both counts). i hate selling stuff, especially these types of games because even if you've rinsed them, the playability is still there (unlike caning an rpg, or whatever). i always used to say pink sweets is like the new batrider. great game, but nobody outside a single-digit amount of people in japan know how to get these crazy high scores. i'll keep plugging away though, and perhaps one day a video will surface......
and if you haven't tried it yet, score attack mode is really good in pink sweets (hold A+B when you press start, after entering a credit)
Well I don't "need" to sell any of them just now and I can wait for a real price drop on DFK before I I reconsider.
I have tried the score attack on PS. It & the normal mode are the only ones I can even look at. PS is great fun to begin with just gets too hard by Level 3/4. My scores are so poop it laughable & I struggle to trigger the 1up's on level 3. I think a long bout of unemployment is the only thing that couls help me get better at this game as it requires / deserves a lot of time.
I still see MMP as Batriders sibling. MMP & Futari are the keepers for me :)
Popped in a couple of credits on Ra.de. I think I'll try to get somewhere farther now.
And I'm getting sick of that threemillion on DonPachi. Five or bust.
Mushi Futari 1.0 and Ketsui. =D
and is it true what they say about the third time being a charm?
currently: progear - scoring in this game is fucked up
Currently just DOJ trying to chain the first level to any extent, not trying to get further as such, just pushing my measly 12.4 million score up a tiny bit. yeah I suck ! :) its fun though.. I think
Quote from: kernow on September 17, 2008, 08:55:32 PM
Currently just DOJ trying to chain the first level to any extent, not trying to get further as such, just pushing my measly 12.4 million score up a tiny bit. yeah I suck ! :) its fun though.. I think
That's a bit harsh .It's a massive achievement to get to level 5 in DOJ. I'm current'ly trying to buy DOJ. It aint easy finding the right one :(
I'm currently playing Death Smiles a hell of a lot. I really do love this game.
Muchi Muchi Pork! just arrived about an hour ago so I'm playing that. So far I am enjoying it. :righton: I may play a little ESPRade later.
I just started playing Espgaluda II again, and I'm really starting to like it.
Oh man do I suck at Futari :(
Now that I?ve started to score I can?t get past level 3, still loving it though
Deathsmiles & Ibara = Pleasure & Pain......Guess i'm a masochist =D
my new DDP board....
me thinks this will be moving on soon....
never been a big fan of this game but figured id give it a shot and see if i could learn to love it...
but ya....not so much.....stupid chaining....
currently playing the living shit out of futari 1.5
man this game is phenomenal!!! :righton:
Espgaluda 2,
btw, VERY close to get the first and SECOND extend on stage 1 (stage 1 record 32 mill).
Target, 200 mill+ score (quit low, but I never seem to get past the Boss on stage 4)
ESPGaluda here, trying to beat my hi score and ... failing
I love this game though, I do really want to try the sequel however, despite it being harder.
Decided to stop rabidly buying PCB's and concentrate on quality over quantity, and actually get somewhere respectful on the ones I have already.
quite refreshing really. ;)
not playing any cave at the moment, as usual. what a bum... :-[
actually been spending a lot of time playing wii sports these days... :-X
ew :laugh:
wii bowling is more techincal than super turbo...!
(okay ... shoot me)
nah, i've been trying to get into progear, but while it is a good game, i actually think it's the worst hori i own (gradius v, border down, blazing star, and pulstar).
I played pulstar and blazing star on MVS again recently and , they didn't hold my attention for that long, nice games, but meh I dunno I'm more into my vertical shmups nowadays.
I finally got a chance to play Espgaluda 2 today at the Rack 'n Cue on the San Francisco State University campus. It looks like nobody had been playing it because I overwrote a bunch of the default high scores. The level design is really creative in this one. I love the stage on the water (stage 2) with all the little flotillas of ships going around. Graphics are amazing too...quite a treat to see a game on the SH-3 hardware finally.
Quote from: kernow on October 01, 2008, 04:51:46 AM
I played pulstar and blazing star on MVS again recently and , they didn't hold my attention for that long, nice games, but meh I dunno I'm more into my vertical shmups nowadays.
Those were the very games that drew me into STGs :p I don't play them anymore but I liked their atmosphere at the time. Anyway, I really only enjoy danmaku now.
I hate constantly tapping fire in the Neo Games :(
I'm playing MMP now, so many extends in this game. Scoring is fun & results in tons of lives = WIN
Progear. I made it to the stage 3 boss without screwing up royally for a change. Score sucks though.
skykid's Guwange review inspired some playing..had a good run (for me) unbroken chain to lvl 2 boss, died early in stage 4. Easily my favorite of the emulated cave games. I really should give it the time it deserves for a clear.
Right now just Galuda 2 which I received two days ago from Sycada. I'm really enjoying it although clearly no good yet. Makes me kind of wish I still had a Galuda I to play.
played some more Guwange, showing steady improvement with chaining, not so much with surviving :P
I've been dorking around with: Ibara (PCB), Ibara arrange (made a trade to reacquire the port so I could play this), Mushi (all the modes on the port), DDP (recently got the PCB), and Espgaluda (port).
Playing Mushi Ultra (Ps2), just for fun. Using new HRAP + newly tate:ed TV! :)
Mushihimesama Futari Black Label Original mode when I can. What a great, great game.
Quote from: jpj on September 30, 2008, 06:56:27 PM
not playing any cave at the moment, as usual. what a bum... :-[
actually been spending a lot of time playing wii sports these days... :-X
Did you go for the lobotomy then?
How?s that working out for you?
Ketsui (PCB)
the scoring system is so natural and intuitive...it's a dream to play!
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8702/img1018sf9.th.jpg) (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1018sf9.jpg)
(http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7943/img1019fs4.th.jpg) (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1019fs4.jpg)
=D :righton:!
Nice jonny! my Ketsui had to go back in the box (my tate setup is horrible) while I look for a cab...
I've gone back to Mushi Futari Black Label's Maniac mode (the only mode I really like on that PCB).
I'm also still playing DDP DFK 1.5, mainly with C-Bomb and C-Power.
Quote from: EOJ on November 15, 2008, 01:54:37 PM
I've gone back to Mushi Futari Black Label's Maniac mode (the only mode I really like on that PCB).
I'm also still playing DDP DFK 1.5, mainly with C-Bomb and C-Power.
For how long?You're constantly change your mind about MushiS,you're to passionated :lol:
I've thought Maniac was the best mode on BL from the beginning. I do enjoy it, but still think 1.5 and 1.0 have slightly better Maniac modes.
Playing Dangun Feveron in between sessions of Battle Garegga =D after recently acquiring the pcb. Pretty fun, but man, there's a brutal difficulty spike at stage 4.
Been playing Dodonpachi DaiOuJou since getting the PCB on average for 1/2 hr a day for about three weeks.
I love it to bits. I love the pain. I love the way it's so hard that when something becomes clear or you fluke it through some mad patterns, it's like the best game ever.
I reached the stg 4 boss on a credit for the first time last night, mainly owing to getting the 2nd extend middle of the level.
I'm still not very good at scoring at all, but getting better at the beginning of stg 1 for some extra points.
I love the way it rapes me. =D
I?m at that point again where I have a new game & I?m not immediately taken with it.
IKBL is the current one that I?m struggling to like. I think I?ve played too much Ibara (and loved it) to change over.
I?m also playing Progear on my new cab and not liking the scanlines on the 31k monitor.
Sometimes I know that I?m being a twat, but I just can?t help it.
Is that the NNC? For some reason scanlines on tri-syncs are far less noticeable in tate.
Quote from: SuperPang on November 18, 2008, 08:15:59 AM
Is that the NNC? For some reason scanlines on tri-syncs are far less noticeable in tate.
It is mate. I've pumped the contrast up to 95 & brightness to near 0 & that softerns them, but it's a little too garish. The pic in 31k is unbelieveble though & the screen seems bigger for some reason (I know it's not) must be the lack of curvature
futari ultra.
fuck knows why
Nice choice.
i might bug you for tips soon, if that's alright
Shin Megami Tensei Online: Imagine, co-developed by Cave - says so right on the title screen. I got a code for the closed beta and figured I'd try it out.
Unfortunately, it crashed on me just going to look on the status screen after I leveled up and since I am not a fan of MMO's, I think I'm just giving up. Kind of neat to see Cave working on something like this. It looks like it'd be fun for MMO players and SMT fans, but since I'm waaaaay more of the later, I'll just play Persona 4 instead.
Mushihimesama Maniac. First time around I hated this game, but second time I?m in love with it. L3 is so good, if a little easy. L4 on the other hand?? Those worm things are a total bitch.
I can?t believe I dismissed this game so quickly last time.
Mushi Futari 1.0 Original mode! Easily the best Mushi Original mode ever made. I'm trying to clear it with Reco, but it's
hard as hell. Maybe I should switch to Abnormal.
Also some Pink Sweets normal mode w/ Shasta on the side. Trying to get my infinite lives groove back.
I'm currently hooked on Muchi Muchi Pork again, and having fun trying to increase my Futari Black Label Maniac mode score. Also a few rounds of Ketsui tossed in every now and then.
Progear is back in the spotlight. Got my first US 1CC in a London arcade last week, and then broke the 13 mil barrier on the JP board at home.
Can taste the JP 1CC I'm so close. :oogle:
gl kid, you can do it! :)
See this month's competition for my current choice of pain (Galuda Arrange).
Note to self: Never watch another MMM replay. I hate those situations where you watch a kick-ass vid and think to yourself "Ahhh OK, I get it, I get it.." then fire up the game, only to get killed/drop points in exactly the same fucking places as before.
Quote from: RGC on January 07, 2009, 10:50:12 PM
gl kid, you can do it! :)
Thanks RGC - any day now! :righton:
DDP & I?m sucking ass hard.
L5 seems harder then L6 for some reason, or at least I drop all my lives on L5 / use tons of bombs
Futari Black Label - God mode w/ Palm. I've only just started playing seriously with Palm
but already I'm having a ridiculous amount of fun. It's harder to get to grips with Palm, but in God mode, he's definitely the best.
I'm beating the crap out of Stage 2 with him - I ended the stage with 1.4bil once today.
I ain't play any of my caves games over 2 months!Since i'm in day off today,i put MBL after my combo coffee cigarette,original mode 500M stage 5 boss
Need to relearn the game but i was a fun run. :righton:
I haven't played anything (or posted here for that matter) for ages, just not enough time and its summer here, but have recently been getting a few goes in on daifukkatsu before work in the mornings on power mode with the chopper mostly. Gotten to the 2nd loop now but still have a terrible score and no idea how to chain well.
Still, I LOVE the game and can't see myself getting bored with it for a long, long time.
These days I am playing Progear (MAME), Espgaluda (PS2), DoDonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou (PS2) and sometimes Ibara (PS2, mostly Normal and sometimes Arrange).
I wish I could afford PCBs and an Egret2, for I love Muchi Muchi Pork, Pink Sweets and got hooked on Daifukkatsu recently.
Pink Sweets (thanks EOJ ;))
geez this game kick my ass. I must like it though because I keep coming back for more. =D
errr... i think i might start playing pink sweets again :oogle:
You have to trigger the infinite lives at least once. With it, it becomes one of the funnest games around. Without it, the game is about as fun as jumping into a brick wall over and over.
i'm trying to re-read through all the old pink sweets threads :o
galford's email address has been deleted, nothing new on nico, and i'm kinda losing hope on ever learning the real secrets of this game
what's sparked me back up is i was trawling through gamebox's site, and a guy there had a 8.8mill score attack record with kasumi (who i love for that mode). oh, and trawling through dozens of japanese blogs trying to find something/anything to no avail :(
it's a shame you never had a video recording setup dude. i guess you don't have the game anymore either? :-\
Yeah I sold my last board to astrodan. I'm pretty happy with my 10mil ALL w/ lace, and 16mil 2-ALL in Extended mode w/ Shasta. I don't see myself ever beating those scores. I did want to clear Score Attack, but gave up on it.
maybe re-reading through all that stuff will get me thinking of new things to try - although most of it is just you and i arguing, haha
had a couple of credits on pink sweets a second ago. man, even with auto-B i can't figure out what the hell they must be milking on score attack. probably way off, but the only thing i really noticed was lots more destructable bullets. i wonder if it's possible to generate a variable extend, and in SA mode, it gives you +1mill instead...?? none of the midbosses are really worth anything if you milk them. and neither are the laser turrets (at best, you are maybe talking 20k). and whatever it is they're milking, it needs to be *really* beneficial ... and FAST. there's no point in spending an extra 1 minute to milk 50-100k. each minute milking needs to be giving you a whole million for it to be worthwhile, otherwise you'll run out of time... :-\ the stage itself is about 9 minutes, and about 2-3 to kill the boss. if galford reached the boss with 6 mill and 2 mins left on the clock, then he took 11 minutes on the stage, ie only an extra two minutes of milking. i didn't notice any real effect from auto-B on the last boss either, although i was dying a lot and credit feeding. man, i wish i could figure this out. and i can't get used to lace, at all..!
I was thinking about milking the second midboss with Lace's shot. It's quite beneficial, but not quite enough. :-\ Maybe with a high rank you could get enough points from there? I never played with autofire so I don't know, but I have a feeling that this midboss is important. This is probabaly the wrong topic, let's continue discussing in the strategy section if you want. ;)
Muchi Muchi Pork w/ Ikuo. Just had a run where I ended ST4 with 108mil. Rammed into a bullet at the start of stage 5 to end my credit. :whyioughtta:
Just got to 2-2 in DOJBL, and scored 167 mil, so I'm gonna put that game aside for a little bit.
Will be working on Mushi Futari BL Maniac and Ketsui from here on out.
I just got an email that the battery has been changed in my Progear and should be back to me this week. Finally going to get to make a run for the 1CC. I played it hard for about a week after I got it, but had to give it up to get the battery changed before it bit the dust. I've never gotten to really put serious time into this game, even though it's one of my all time favorites. It's always a credit here and a credit there at someone's house or arcade. Can't wait to really dig into it.
I'm thinking about giving either DoDonPachi or Guwange another go. Definitely with Type B on both.
Took some shots at Kyukyoku Tiger II recently. Almost had the 1CC, though I panic-bombed the whole way. I think I'll put some time into this, at least to get 8-9M.
Hooray for choppas.
deathsmiles. which is a surprise even to myself
Quote from: lgb on March 04, 2009, 12:23:44 PM
I'm thinking about giving either DoDonPachi or Guwange another go. Definitely with Type B on both.
Took some shots at Kyukyoku Tiger II recently. Almost had the 1CC, though I panic-bombed the whole way. I think I'll put some time into this, at least to get 8-9M.
Hooray for choppas.
lol what is type B in guwange ? kosame?
Yeah. I've always done that with DonPachi, even though I never saw the type "letters" anywhere in game (more like "type that-red-ship-with-the-straight-shooting-orange/red/blue-bullets" imho :righton:). I use to call the DonPachi ships Type R(/O), Type G(/P), and Type B(/B) because of their colors.
Playing the ol' Espgaluda pcb lately. I'm about to put my head through the monitor because I still cannot beat this on one credit. Other than that, Guwange.
Playing Ibara Black Label.A friend lend me the PCB today,very sweet :righton:
started to play doj again.
after a few credits i can do st. 1&2 like i never did a break.
my best at st. 5 in practise was a chain broken right befor the 2nd midboss.
so with a little practise i think it don't will take to long untill i get +200mill scores again.
this was the first cave game i played and i still think it's the best. :righton:
go for it CRI !! =D
we miss you in the score thread :righton:
Playing DOJ and Ketsui at the moment - the full dose of 2002/2003, CAVE's best days if you ask me. Slight improvement at Ketsui, but I'm getting better everyday. Can finish Stage 2 with 41m maximum now (incl. bonus), my max score is atm 109m. Will try to beat CRI's 180m before I have to give the game back to his actual owner >:D
DOJ is something I have decided to really start when I don't have Ketsui no more. For now all I can do is a 240m score, but this was due to a really lazy broken chain in stage 5. There was a 1500 combo and another 1000 combo, but the break was at a stupid point in the stage (middle of the combs, usually if I break my chain it's at the beginning, never inbetween). If I had got a 2500 combo or so I could easily have beaten PLASMO's 440m :(
The PS2 analog stick is also ripping my nerves into tears. I will probably wait untill I can afford a MGCD ps2->jamma thingy untill I continue playing this one seriously.
I'm taking a break from MMP, since I don't think anyone is going to beat my Ikuo score anytime soon.
So I'm alternating between MFBL God mode w/ Reco (I want to get a 3.5+bil ALL) and DDPDFK1.5 w/ CP & BS (I'm also fooling around with the A ship but I'm not sure what will come of that).
Probably going to continue playing Futari BL Maniac. I got the 1CC yesterday and was pretty stoked, but I don't think I'll be satisfied until I get at least over 400 mil. Once you figure the stage 3 boss out in this mode, it really is not all that hard. Futari has so many explosive enemies everywhere they get you out of the bullet swarms.
Been toying with Ketsui but...for whatever reason it just doesn't grab me as much as Futari does. Neither does Deathsmiles MBL since I generally suck at death mode, but that ice palace level is really fun with Sakyura...
dangun feveron... :o
eoj: how about playing 2 loops of mmp?
Eh, I don't think 1-lifeing the first loop of MMP would be any fun or even achievable for me, at least with Ikuo. And if you play like that you can't do any of the fun suicide boss-milking in the first loop. I'd rather focus on improving my 1-ALL score.
looking at the WRs on cowboy forum, the ikuo score looks beatable
my mmp is coming back from vacation tomorrow, so i'm gonna try and get back into it =D
The Ikuo 2-ALL? Yeah, I'm sure it's beatable. By someone like YOS.K or ISO, but not me!
I wouldn't be surprised if someone has beaten it but they didn't get the clear, so it won't turn up in Arcadia.
mmp is a lot of fun, but i find the first boss frustrating when trying to milk it. not brave enough on the stage 3 boss yet :-[ but i'm reaching stage 4 regularly, just don't know what i'm doing =D
The first boss gets easy with practice. I get to the boss with 8.5-9.5mil (my best is 10.5 mil), milk it with all of my lives and all of my bombs, then end with 21-23mil.
i can do it, but i hate it when you get the attack where drones come out really late in the fight. screws me up in terms of bombs/suicide planning :-\
stage 4 and 5 seem epicly long. how much score do you make from just 4 and 5?
Quote from: jpj on April 09, 2009, 06:54:49 PM
stage 4 and 5 seem epicly long. how much score do you make from just 4 and 5?
in my 178mil run I ended the stages with:
st1: 22mil
st2: 42mil
st3: 72mil
st4: 122mil
st5: 178mil
So it looks like 50mil on stage4, and 55mil on stage 5. I can end stage 3 with about 80mil now (I've done it a couple times), and I've gotten over 60mil on stage 5 before, so 190mil is hypothetically within my reach. I'm too busy playing Daifukkatsu though! =D
I've never felt stage 4 was too long, but stage 5 is pretty long. I quite like it though, I'm always disappointed when I get to the end, because I want to keep scoring!
haha, good stuff =D that's cool, my 60 mill was really lousy (had medals reset down into the hundreds at least twice, if not three times)
i sometimes wish there was a IKD style thing where holding your shot slowed your ship down, and that split second gap between shot and lard has fucked me up a couple of times :-X
Quote from: jpj on April 09, 2009, 09:07:41 PM
i sometimes wish there was a IKD style thing where holding your shot slowed your ship down,
Just hold the lard attack. Even if your gauge is empty. This has saved my ass in more than a few spots.
You end up using your lard attack just about every 2 seconds once you get good at all of the stages, so it's not much of an issue for me. I start many of the boss fights off with a full lard attack, it causes a lot of much needed slowdown on the second phase of the stage 4 boss, for example.
Quote from: jpj on April 08, 2009, 05:53:06 PM
go for it CRI !! =D
we miss you in the score thread :righton:
yeah i miss that score thread too. :righton:
even if it's only a +10 mill increase i just wanna see some progress.
i think i did my best st. 3 yesterday with a +600 combo and x2 bee. (did +600 befor but not with that high score)
if there wasnt that damn broken chain at st. 2 at that run i would have entered st. 4 with ~140 mill.
i think this is the absolute max. i can get for the first 3 stages without connecting the combo into the st. 3 midboss.
since the ps2 dvd player has 150 at this part i'm happy as a start with that. (ok he has 150 mill and 5 hyper :laugh:)
jpj what do you think is harder.
connecting the combo into the st. 3 midboss or chaining the 1up cannon?
Quote from: ave on April 08, 2009, 06:31:41 PM
Will try to beat CRI's 180m before I have to give the game back to his actual owner >:D
go for it! :righton:
with a good st. 5 or some score tricks at the 2nd loop this shouldn't be that hard to beat.
good luck.
tough question. i have only connected into the midboss once (but i have only tried a dozen times), and in two dozen times, i have never chained the 1up cannon.
i think 1up cannon is more difficult on getting the correct timing. stage 3 midboss more for survival because you need to leave enemies shooting bullets right in front of you.
best advise: try to connect a full stage 5 chain. my score jumped up 200 million with this :righton:
Quote from: CRI on April 10, 2009, 09:29:36 AM
i think i did my best st. 3 yesterday with a +600 combo and x2 bee. (did +600 befor but not with that high score)
if there wasnt that damn broken chain at st. 2 at that run i would have entered st. 4 with ~140 mill.
i think this is the absolute max. i can get for the first 3 stages without connecting the combo into the st. 3 midboss.
since the ps2 dvd player has 150 at this part i'm happy as a start with that. (ok he has 150 mill and 5 hyper :laugh:)
I normally have, if everything worked out in the former stages, ~130m at the beginning of Stage 4 (and one or two hypers). That includes a full stg1+2 chain (no hyper in 1) and a 450+600chain in stg3.
I don't think more is necessary. As jpj said, if you just chained stg5 properly this would boost your score ten times as much as some more difficult tricks in the former stages and is in fact much easier to perform.
Quotejpj what do you think is harder.
connecting the combo into the st. 3 midboss or chaining the 1up cannon?
Actually I don't think it is possible to connect the combo into the st.3 midboss. Just in the second loop (combometer goes down slowlier) and in Black Label (by using a hyper). If you are talking about these strathegies in general I'd have to say that the 1up cannon is a bit easier as you can use the hyper to avoid most of the dangerous stuff. I once tried this and almost succeeded (in practice mode), but the wall came a part of a second too late to my combo broke at the end.
it is possible. i was practicing white label ps2 version and did it. killed the midboss with a 400+ hit chain =D
I gave up on playing PS. There is no way I am going to clear the game without having autofire on the B button. I have no autofire setup, so I will put PS on hold until I get one.
I just got DSMBL. The game is fun. The suicide bullets are destroying me on the last level, but eventually I hope to figure it out.
I am also playing MFBL, trying to clear maniac and godmode. If I do that, then maybe I will clear MF1.5's maniac as well.
Eventually I need to finish Ibara and Esprade. I have gotten to the last attack of the last boss in both games only to die. :mad:
Futari 1.5 Maniac w/ Reco and Deathsmiles (X360 port) Arcade and X360 modes w/ Follett. I'm working towards 700mil in Futari, and 300mil in DS.
Nearly sold Futari and a few other kits recently, but I reconsidered (actually my girlfriend talked me out of it!).
Decided to stop playing DSMBL and switch back to regular DS and try for a canyon clear. It seems the options move a bit differently in the two versions.
I also swapped out MFBL for the regular 1.5 version. I can get to stage 5 (maniac) in both versions, but was not having too much fun. I decided to play some ESPG2 today. Got to stage 6 yet again and credit fed to the end boss. The final boss's last attack seems to be painful. I then decided to just play some SNS for a change of pace.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/3580968682_f1647ef1a3.jpg)
and
MFBL God mode :laugh:
Quite the Cave fanboy, eh? ;)
Quote from: croikle on May 31, 2009, 03:40:59 AM
Quite the Cave fanboy, eh? ;)
I definitely think I've crossed a line here. :-\
Something tells me you didn't buy that because it's made by Cave.
Quote from: adverse on May 31, 2009, 02:22:26 AM
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/3580968682_f1647ef1a3.jpg)
What game is that? :o
EDIT - Found it. Looks rubbish though, why are you playing that?
Currently playing: Espgaluda 2. It's like a game from heaven. :righton:
dodonpachi daifukkatsu 1.5 has been alot of fun
and playing some Ibara Kuro too
good times.
Been playing EspRa.De and DDP.
Lots of DS and Ibara.
Finally I took my balls and started to play DOJ (PS2).
Damn, that game is hard!
I started playing Ketsui: DL (DS) to get my fingers moving at pace in preparation for Mushi Futari 1.5 which arrived today :)
(This is my first post..) I'm new to Cave games in general and am finding them to be very fun and rewarding (I bought Donpachi for PSX the other day too - and found that to be excellent) though I really am terrible at them so far!
Futari Ltd edition with phone card really hurt my wallet at ?100. Ouch.
Quote from: skykid on June 28, 2009, 09:03:56 AM
Currently playing: Espgaluda 2. It's like a game from heaven. :righton:
It certainly looks it, from the vids. I'm expecting an epic.
Anyway, i'm playing
Do DonPachi DOJ- Got to the last big cannon before the stage 4 boss. I was mighty impressed with myself.
Futari- but isn't everyone?
ESPGaluda- when DOJ pisses me off too much, I play this.
DonPachi on Sega Saturn
DoDonPachi on Sega Saturn
DDP DOJ Black Label on XBOX 360
Mushihimesama Futari on XBOX 360
DDP DFK Ver 1.5 on Arcade Cabinet
it's mostly been the occasional credit of DDP for me, recently
Lots of Dangun Feveron and Progear lately for me on MAME and Mushi 1.5 pretty much daily on Xbox.
Espgaluda
I'm pretty new to STGs. Trying to get my first 1cc. Currently can get to the stage 4 boss.
New shmup fan here - just starting with Dodonpachi but also play a few games of Mushihimesama on PS2.
Hopefully I can get a J360 soon. :)
currently Mushihimesama futari on the 360
I am in love with the arrange mode
and as soon as I got an old TV back I will play ibara and galuda again on ps2
Mushi Futari on the 360, and waiting with bated breath for Galuda 2 .... I LOVE the first one, and am looking to get my but kicked by the second.
Futari BL Maniac 360.
And im finally progressing in the world of CAVE shooters.
I just discovered the tap-shooting, love that in stage 2.
Also now manages to get to stage 5 without dying...and only use one bomb, stage 3 Boss second pattern... :P
Ibara PCB in my Astro.
I guess I'll spend some time with Deathsmiles until Espgaluda 2 Black Label comes. I just did my first run of the year, missed most of the recharges but still ended up with 186 million. :righton:
Espgaluda Arrange to get ready for Black Label. Hit 140mil last night; all the time spent with Futari seems to have improved my skills since the last time I played I was barely breaking 100mil.
This player found some nice hiding areas for the DDP DFK BL TLB: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9842956
Think you meant to post that in the video thread?
Been playing a lot of DoDonPachi lately. I introduced two guys I work with to a few shooters (they've never played any) and they took a really strong liking to DDP. They're even having a score competition between the two of them and one guy can already chain stage 1 up to the mid-boss after only maybe 3hrs of off and on play!
If anything goes according to plan I will be playing espgaluda II BL (360) later this day
I am so hyped!
DOJBLEX
Although I can't stand the Now loading screens.
I'll give Espgaluda 2 another try one of these days
MFBL Maniac and Galuda 2 Arrange. :righton:
Ketsui X mode. :o ...its really good.
Deathsmiles and MBL
I'm loving it so much!
Dangun Feveron
I've tried to get into this game on four separate occasions and I think I finally kind of get it
Switched to Type-B in Ketsui (Arcade) and loving it.
Quote from: cstarflare on May 04, 2010, 06:22:29 PM
Dangun Feveron
I've tried to get into this game on four separate occasions and I think I finally kind of get it
I want to try this, but I don't know anyone with the PCB and I can't get it to work in MAME.
I am also playing dangun feveron. I am trying to get a clear on the game with no TLB. So far I can get into stage 5 but there are many places I am not sure how to best attack and I rely too much on pure luck. I am using the b-roll-speed 2 ship and am having fun so far.
Back to Futari BL after a while.
DS2 arrives yesterday but I wasn't in the mood for it after a whole playthrough
DS2 ver 4.00 and Espgaluda II Arrange. :righton:
Working up to a clear in Futari 1.5 Original before Deathsmiles hits and I sink all my time into that. I've gotten to stage 4 a few times. :(
Futari BL Original plays a lot easier after staring at 1.5 for a few credits, though.
Espgaluda 2 on iPod Touch (and now iPad). Upgraded iPod Touch to 3rd gen just to play this. :righton:
Any chance esp2 might be ported to Android? And for that matter are there any good shooters. I have a HTC desire.
Quote from: adpag on June 05, 2010, 09:49:40 AM
Espgaluda 2 on iPod Touch (and now iPad).
What does it look like on an iPad? Won't it look a little blurry because of the higher resolution?
I am finally going to put some time into playing dodonpachi. :righton:
Quote from: ave on June 06, 2010, 08:39:28 AM
Quote from: adpag on June 05, 2010, 09:49:40 AM
Espgaluda 2 on iPod Touch (and now iPad).
What does it look like on an iPad? Won't it look a little blurry because of the higher resolution?
It does a little bit I guess but it still looks very good. I really hope that future releases get an iPad resolution mode. The size is really sweet for this type of game.
Of course you can play it in iPhone mode at the normal resolution and size if you wish.
I made the trip to Akiba to play Pink Sweets. I'm diggin' it.
Otherwise, it's been Deathsmiles II X and Ketsui EX.
I?ve been playing Ibara for the last few weeks. It?s making me less angry this time around, but it?s a hard slog.
Due to the rank, you need to keep your medals up & score well on each stage. If you miss an extend, run about with 3 lives in stock or stupidly play with 3 Napalm / homing missiles its game over very quickly :(
I prefer how relaxed MMP & APB are with rank, but I?m going to stick with Ibara until I can get to L5 regularly, then I?ll take a break for a month or so. When you figure out rank control it?s so much easier (but I still fuck it up more often than not)
I don?t know if it?s just my lack of experience with the game, but it seems to be pretty much impossible to come back from a mistake. I think that's the biggest criticism I have
Deathsmiles (360)
Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 (360)
Ketsui: Death Label (NDS)
Donpachi (PCB - We have it at the game store I work at)
Been playing DDP DOJ BL almost exclusively on 360 for 1-2 weeks.
I get completely trashed right after stage 3 midboss. I just haven't figured out the right way to handle the rotating disc barrage on top of the huge columns that take a ridiculous amount of fire before going down.
The one time I get to stage 4 I felt like a badass, but I've never been able to do it again. :laugh:
I was going to upload my MBL 1.1 score to youtube until I watched it and realized that it's got a lot of really embarrassing mistakes. Started playing again; my new goal is to hit 1 mil on the counter before heading into an extra stage. I got 950k tonight, and it wasn't a perfect run by any means.
Once I do that I can focus on not losing three lives on Ozir. :|
Dodonpachi & Progear :righton:
Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 Original is my main focus at the moment.
I will get past stage 4 one of these days, hnnng.
Also been playing Ketsui. It really kicks my arse.
Bought futari 1.5 on saturday, getting a lot of pleasure with it =D
Also bought espgaruda II yesterday but left it in his box, will try it next week :)
Mushihimesama Futari 1.5, Original mode.
Been grinding away for a 330mil+ score with Abnormal Reco, she's fun but the deaths are becoming aggrivating especially in stage 4, looking to no-miss at least untill Larsa but it hasn't happened yet. I did get a 337mil score that I may submit but I know I can do better if I get that good run. I'm looking at 380million which would be great. There's always something sneaky in stage 4 that gets me. I did get to stage 5 no-miss today but got nervous and lost a life somewhat early in the stage, grr! But in that same run I no-missed no-bombed Larsa which was a first for me at least with Abnormal Reco.
Still trying to get the first extend before the midboss turtle in St. 2. I've been getting closer. Lovin' it... I'm surprised fewer people play Abnormal Reco, she really feels like the advanced type for people who are familiar with the stages, it's kind of a rush to get those options locked onto big enemies then making that mad dash to the back of the screen. The way the options jut out when you first focus the shot seems to emphasize the green aura gem collection, they jut out then return to a neutral position (kind of closer to Reco) if they don't lock onto anything. It's a good thing they do jut out like that or else she'd really be a pain to play.
The fun never stops with this game, and I've barely touched Maniac mode :O
I've recently unboxed my 360 again to play Futari. I decided to redeem my 1.01 code instead of selling it, so I'm playing Maniac. It's really cool, but the scoring is way different. Though the less scoring in a Mushi game, the better for me. None of the scoring systems have ever blown my skirt up.
EDIT: This is actually Dangun Feveron. I'm having a hard time with it lately. I went from getting ~4M+ and reaching stage 5 to gameovering constantly at the stage 3 boss or earlier.
Trey Songz/EspRade
finally got some free time after months of works hell - back hitting Dodonpachi PCB
strongly considering adding another Cave PCB to the collection as a "we made it" present to self :)
Working on a 1-ALL in Ketsui right now, still getting trashed in Stage 4 and especially 5 when I can make it there.
Been playing Deathsmiles with my cab since Halloween.
1CC run always gets hammered in Extra stage. Need to pratice more.
I started playing Ibara again. Haven't yet broken my A,9, but I'm getting far more consistent at the first three stages (and learning slightly better techniques for some parts). All I need to do is stop screwing up the stage 3 boss (I am terrible at milking that thing) and get a controller with autofire. Not having autofire is a total drag.
I'm gonna start working on ESPGALUDA II Omake! again. I watched that stage one clip that was available here at one time again today, and a world of awesomeness opened up before my eyes. Gonna try to score at least 80 million on stage one.
DFK Ver 1.5 and Futari Ver 1.5 Maniac.
Cream of the crop. :righton:
Back to Ketsui while I wait for DFK to arrive. The target is 150m. ;) Getting further into the loop wouldn't hurt, either.
Playing DeathSmiles right now. 1cc'd it with Rosa on low rank in 360 mode. Now working on surviving rank 3 and scoring well. plenty to do.
I am trying to get the 1cc with Windia now as well but i hit a wall with the final boss. I want to no bomb jitterbug to get the 2up but i usually fall apart trying for it.
Espgaluda Arrange, again
Hit stage 5 last night, finally. Would like to break 200 mil some day. Sadly, I don't see a clear in my future.
Decided to break away from Espgaluda's arcade mode and started playing arrange seriously for the first time. Always looking for areas to score bigger with the increased heavy bullet rain.
Working on my 1cc on DFK 1.51 Blue ship/STRONG.
Gets to the last boss (Big Bee)....but I have some trouble with the stage 5 laser rings. :(
Guwange XBOX Arrange mode - trying to do it 1cc
Espgaluda II Black Label Novice - trying to do it no-miss, including True Seseri
Mushihimesama Futari Arrange Novice, God Mode - trying to do it no-miss until at least Spiritual Larsa
Uo Poko - not nearly as much as the above, but nice for getting some upside-down Puzzle Bobble action in.
Finally ordered a copy of Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 for the 360 and downloaded the Black Label DLC. I can't believe the level of detail in this game compared to previous Cave titles. I played Mushihimesama on PS2 but wasn't all that impressed with it, however I feel just the opposite about Futari. I can see why EOJ holds this game in such high regard. Now I just need to get a decent controller or stick for 360 since playing on a 360 pad is pretty much ass.
Started playing espgaluda 2. Got it for Christmas. It has been a real system shock going from deathsmiles to this from a difficulty standpoint. I am starting to get the hang of it though...
First, hi there everyone, first time user, long time reader (i saw Zatsuza thanks to you :D )
I am maso, in that i love cave shmups but am no good at them AT ALL (the only game i was remotely good at was Esp Ra De and i lost it all after a year of not playing it).
At the moment, i am playing DDP DFK on the 360 to relax (i have great fun with Blue/Strong) and ... i am ashamed... some more shoddy version of daioujou which i am dissecting to finaly know how CAVE do their great shmups (so now i know their bullets structure, how they check them against the player position, why some collide and others not etc, really instructive) :) To me, that too is playing~
I do have the Daioujou 360 game though, so i feel a little better about doing that.
Hi all.
I was a member here before - Rad, but i re-registered today as my old membership was cleansed (my bad, too much time away) :).
I am not playing anything atm but Fujita sent me one of their "brand new" Deathsmiles this morning w. EMS, so i am documenting on the game while i eagerly wait hehe.
I found the game system very well explained on another forum by EOJ i think, and i also study some videos.
From what i read DS is one of the easier Cave titles? I am curious because my other title is Ibara - horrible difficulty for a returning player of stg's (well Raiden 2 but still); wish i would of chosed galuda1 or Esprade as they had the same price tag and i understand they are more "friendly" to newcomers; i apologize in advance if this is not the thread for questions, but i did not want to overpost on my 1st visit in a long time, as i already posted a question in the HW page.
Just got my 2nd Cave port for the 360...Espgaluda 2. This game is freaking crazy. Now I really know what people mean by the visuals just being nuts. The game is damn pretty. I wasn't a huge fan of the visuals for Espgaluda 1 but this game is just breathtaking.
I've been trying to narrow down what game or two I'll focus on for the near future, but it's pretty hard because they're all so fun. Anyway, the past few days I've been playing:
SDOJ - X360 - Ver 1.5 - A-Shot
Espgaluda 2 - X360 - 360 Mode - Ageha
Futari BL - X360 - 360 God Mode - Reco
Pink Sweets - X360 - Ver 1.01 - Lace
I also played through DS II X-Mode once today.
Been grinding DFK 1.0 for some months now but I just can't seem to get passed the laser rings :mad: Still slowly advancing. Was stuck on the fourth stage for a loooong while.
Taking a pause from cave games trying to 1cc some other games.
...though Im so stuck at watching Pink Sweets runs on youtube. The game looks like so much fun.
I played Futari 1.01 Maniac mode tonight. Got to Stage 5 with 100mil. :righton: I forgot how good that game is. Sometimes I like it even more than 1.5.
Nice. I have to try out 1.01 some day. Got it on the shelf.
I just dropped Guwange into a cab to get that 1cc, got to the last level on second credit....but I got to get some strategy for the squeeze.
And I always missed that big last energy drop from the spider.
Quote from: Monouchi on April 13, 2018, 10:39:57 AM
Taking a pause from cave games trying to 1cc some other games.
...though Im so stuck at watching Pink Sweets runs on youtube. The game looks like so much fun.
Pink Sweets Arrange is excellent, definitely check it out.
Got that 1cc in Guwange.
After some practice in how to get that full life in stage 6 its quite doable, also to save bombs for the last stretch really helps.
Digged a little into the scoring system, great fun to get that gold rain but I didnt stay long as scoring isnt needed for any extends.
Guwange is amazing, especially after you learn the small extra tricks in controlling your spirit.
I def want to return to this game later on to do a better run and also incorporate more scoring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP45TJKDd9c (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP45TJKDd9c)
Quote from: EOJ on April 12, 2018, 08:05:36 PMFutari BL - X360 - 360 God Mode - Reco
Oh nice! How's it going so far? God Mode is such a fantastic game.
I'm currently working on it as well, trying to push my score further. RL's been incredibly busy for me this year but it's finally started to slow down so I've been trying to derust and get back into it. My plan was to focus on God Mode for the rest of the year and then move on to Deathsmiles MBL lvl 999 next year. But we'll see how it goes, it depends a bit on how far I manage to push the score in God Mode this year, still feels like I have a lot of work left.
Quote from: pestro87 on May 04, 2018, 07:53:11 PM
Quote from: EOJ on April 12, 2018, 08:05:36 PMFutari BL - X360 - 360 God Mode - Reco
Oh nice! How's it going so far? God Mode is such a fantastic game.
I'm currently working on it as well, trying to push my score further. RL's been incredibly busy for me this year but it's finally started to slow down so I've been trying to derust and get back into it. My plan was to focus on God Mode for the rest of the year and then move on to Deathsmiles MBL lvl 999 next year. But we'll see how it goes, it depends a bit on how far I manage to push the score in God Mode this year, still feels like I have a lot of work left.
I got 2.25bil up to stage 4 yesterday. :displeased: Not very good, but, baby steps. I have to relearn the whole game, which honestly has been a lot of fun. However, I was never really good at the game and never had good stage 4 or 5 patterns, but I've been practicing Stage 4 a lot over the past week and can get 700mil there fairly consistently.
I'm thinking of buying one of those MFBL "Another Version" kits because it seems God Mode is unchanged there, and it's a lot cheaper than the actual JP PCB. Plus I don't really play the Original or Maniac modes in the game.
Nice! Sounds like you're making good progress! I remember that stage 5 took a bit of practise in the beginning due to all of the lanterns. Larsa obviously took a bunch of practise as well. Buying an Another Ver sounds like a great idea given the current PCB market. I have both actually but if I were to get a Futari BL PCB today I'd probably go with Another Ver as well. There are a few differences between the port and the PCB which may take a bit of time to get used to in the beginning. The differences are more noticeable the more you push your score though. I wrote down a summary of the changes on a youtube comment before (think it was on my 5.82 bil run on youtube).
Best of luck and keep up the good work!
Thanks. I bought the original Japanese kit on release back in December 2007 and played it extensively (I got my 855mil Maniac Reco score on that). I sold it after I bought the port because the port felt close enough to me (there are minor differences, but it's a very accurate port overall). But I'd like to give it a go again.
I lost $1000 selling my MFBL kit (bought it for $2250, sold for $1250 a few years later). It had the sticker on the box and was mint. :facepalm: It also had an MMB- serial, which many of the early kits had.
I got 3.01bil in MFBL God Mode today. Pretty good run until I got to Stage 5 and suddenly realized I hadn't played it (in God Mode) since about 2011. :laugh: Deaths left and right, game over at the midboss. I need to practice that in training mode for awhile.
I'm still playing 1.01 Maniac every day or two, as I really love it. I owned a 1.0 PCB kit soon after it released back in 2006, so it has a lot of nostalgia for me, even though it's not exactly the same on the X360 version. I've never 1CC'd it (PCB or X360 Maniac), though I have gotten close (Stage 5 Boss). It's on the list of games I'd like to 1CC before I die.
Good stuff breaking 3bil! Yeah Stage 5 took a bit of practise in the beginning I remember. Especially because of the suicide bullets from the lanterns. 3 bil by the time you reached the midboss means that it should be possible to get quite a bit more. Very nice!
Nice going EOJ.
I love God mode but have only played it casually and reached 3rd stage.
Going to pick it up again after some more 1ccs in other games.
After a lot of playing around with different Cave games over the past month I've settled on three games to focus on for scoring for the near future. Here are my targets:
Espgaluda 2 with Ageha - X360 (might get a PCB soon). Target: 500+mil ALL (this will take me awhile!)
SDOJ Arcade mode with Type A-Shot - X360. Target: 15+mil ALL
MFBL God Mode with Reco - X360 (should get my PCB tomorrow). Target: 5+bil ALL (this will also take me awhile!)
Anyone else working on any scoring targets?
I ended stage 2 with 1.59bil today in MFBL God, which (I think) is my best ever. Still need to work on consistent stage 3-5 patterns though, so I have a long way to go.
I didn't think I'd ever bother with scoring again, but I've rediscovered how fun it is. Even though I don't have much time to play anymore, I am still making progress with a credit or two every day or two. And training mode sessions on the X360 are a great time-saver for fine-tuning scoring routes. :righton:
Respect for going for score in Espgaluda 2.
I 1ccd it and think it is quite a long struggling game especially if I would include scoring.
I remember standing behind a salaryman at HEY that looked like he lived in Zesshikai.... :o
One pcb is up on YJ:
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q187758107 (https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q187758107)
I decided to practice stage 1 on Espgaluda 2 last night with the X360's training mode and after an hour I got 45mil. In my old 1CC on the X360 (383mil with Ageha) I got 27mil on stage 1, so this is an improvement! Training mode is a godsend for this game.
Now to practice stage 2 (and learn some good scoring patterns). I remember when I had the PCB in 2006/2007 and it was incredibly hard to learn good scoring patterns (this was years before the X360 port came out, and there were few online resources for strategies). My best score back then was 363mil (without a clear).
Awesome goals, EOJ! Sounds like you're doing really great in God Mode so far! Glad to hear! I look forward to following your progress!
Also, I feel like I'm in a similar boat - I don't have much free time at all (I try to play whenever I can, sometimes it's every other day of the week and other weeks I don't get to play at all lol - my past week was the latter unfortunately...) but working on your score is just so much fun. I'm currently trying to push my score further in God Mode as well. With my current routes 6.2 or 6.3bil should be doable if the stars align (current PB is 6bil) but I'm also working on reaching Spiritual Larsa on a scoring run (I've reached her before on runs where I ignore scoring). Biggest obstacle is of course Larsa for that - I have an ok route on her I feel but I need to polish up a few things in order to reduce the amount of mandatory bombs that I need to drop on her. For starters I need to stop doing the macro dodge on phase 3 since it's RNG whether or no she starts by shooting upwards or downwards. It's really scary to properly dodge that pattern so need to work on it in order to build up better consistency. Second thing I need to work on is the last pattern on phase 1. I make too large movements which causes the laser to miss Larsa on certain spots which forces me to drop a bomb on the later part of that pattern. I need to stick more to the center of the screen and make smaller movements.
The second obstacle for reaching Spiritual Larsa is of course overall consistency with my scoring route. This has gotten better and better lately, just need to keep working on a lot details I think.
Other than that I re-watched NAK's Stunfest runs and discovered a lot of small details that I hadn't noticed before. Definitely want to look into that as soon as I get a chance.
Thanks, and good luck to you in your scoring goals as well! I'm taking a break from God mode and mainly focusing on Espgaluda 2 for the time being. Actually the scoring systems in the two games are similar in some fundamental ways, and the skills required to be good in one are applicable to the other. I imagine you could do very well in E2.
I just saw your first stage run in Kuro (That was you playing, right?)
That was mind boggling, now I want to find the pcb even more.
Im still stuck with Pink Sweets. Playing with Shasta (Start)-spread special power up is the most fun thing ive done in a shmup for a long time.
I have to make it my goal to 1cc PS without the infinite lives trick.
No, that wasn't me. I think it was TGA-RET. I never had a chance to record any of my Kuro plays. I could get near 20mil on Stage 1 on a good day, though.
I'll always have a soft spot for the game, but it's actually not among my favorites when it comes to scoring. The scoring system is very frustrating and a lot of luck is involved to get a high scoring run. That is why I ultimately abandoned the game, though I am still proud of my 114mil score as not many people have gotten over 100mil in the game. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the few guys who got over 200mil, as that is beyond my skills (and patience).
I played it in Mame the other day and it's actually quite playable. Not perfect, but a lot of the slowdown is in there -- it's better than some of the ports!
Yes, I am also a bit torn about the scoring mechanic.
I like the XTC counter going up and so on...but scraping bullets gets tedious and slow after a while.
Current goal that has taken precedence over my previous goals:
Muchi Muchi Pork (PCB) - 200+mil with Rafute.
I can (just barely) see how to get there, but putting it all together in one run is proving difficult. Current high score is 163mil (without a clear, and with a chain break and many other big mistakes), so I will try to keep inching toward my goal throughout the year. Realistically, I probably won't reach 200mil, but I'll try to get as close as I can. :righton:
After this I'll try to get new scores with Ikuo and Momo again.
Awesome, good luck! 200m with Rafute is a great goal. She's too hard for me, so I don't think I could ever score that high.
If you want a checkpoint along the way, my high score with her on 1.0 (360) from some years ago is 181 million.
Rafute plays so distinctly from the other two. You have to really approach the game differently, which I'm enjoying exploring. I've learned how to position her bomb a bit better so it does minimal damage to the bosses. For example, I can get off one round of bomb-boss milking on the final phase (blue bullet spam) of the stage 1 boss with her, if I stay in the right or left bottom corner and don't move (but if I move, it tends to kill the boss). I can get nearly 20 mil on Stage 1 now.
181mil is really great, especially in the port that is missing a lot of slowdown (making it harder)! :righton:
200mil Rafute is a very steep goal! Good luck on this one: :righton:
Thanks! But it's a long ways off from the 233mil WR (which is a complete puzzle to me).
Great going EOJ, MMPs scoring system is quite fun I think. Someday I will return to MMP and try some Ikuo.
My fave scoring system is AK and I popped in the pcb the other day to show a friend, got 130mill in that casual run, got excited and tried yesterday again and got 160mill. So now I am also aiming for 200 mill.
AK has a very inviting scoring system. I'm sure you'll hit 200+ mil in no time. :righton:
Quote from: Monouchi on July 06, 2018, 03:15:46 AM
Great going EOJ, MMPs scoring system is quite fun I think. Someday I will return to MMP and try some Ikuo.
My fave scoring system is AK and I popped in the pcb the other day to show a friend, got 130mill in that casual run, got excited and tried yesterday again and got 160mill. So now I am also aiming for 200 mill.
Isn't it very satisfying being able to hit over 100mil on Cave games? The majority of STGs don't score that high, but it's great on Cave games seeing your score shooting up like that.
It is.
Though right now I would be very happy if I reached 10 mill in Ibara. ;)
Very close to a letter score in Ibara, still my personal best atm. :)
Too bad I dropped the medal there on the last level...
Also a better view in how to play Ibara than my last 1cc upload.
I really like the action with high rank play, its fine balanced of amounts of bullets and their speed, its crazy fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyNURd5QFc&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyNURd5QFc&feature=youtu.be)
Quote from: Monouchi on July 22, 2018, 07:41:37 AM
Very close to a letter score in Ibara, still my personal best atm. :)
Too bad I dropped the medal there on the last level...
Also a better view in how to play Ibara than my last 1cc upload.
I really like the action with high rank play, its fine balanced of amounts of bullets and their speed, its crazy fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyNURd5QFc&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyNURd5QFc&feature=youtu.be)
I really enjoyed this video. Very good 1CC run, and so close to a letter score! Looking forward to your first letter score. =D
Quote from: EOJ on July 22, 2018, 11:19:40 PM
I really enjoyed this video. Very good 1CC run, and so close to a letter score! Looking forward to your first letter score. =D
Thanks!
I just felt like trying some Kuro and got a new personal best on first credit.
These two games are so awesome.... :)
I pretty much only play my MMP PCB these days, with some Futari 1.5 Maniac and BL God runs tossed in once in awhile to spice things up. I have been alternating between all three characters, after hitting a wall with Rafute. I have improved my score to over 177 million, but it's really hard to make progress with her! Her bomb is sorta random (as far as I can tell) and so you need some luck for a good run. If I could stop making mistakes, with my current strats I could get over 190 mil, but I always seem to make a mistake (or two, or three...). In a strange turn of events, I have really gravitated toward Momo, though the second half of the game feels a lot harder with her. We'll see what I can muster with Momo!
Quote from: Monouchi on July 22, 2018, 07:41:37 AM
Very close to a letter score in Ibara, still my personal best atm. :)
Too bad I dropped the medal there on the last level...
Also a better view in how to play Ibara than my last 1cc upload.
I really like the action with high rank play, its fine balanced of amounts of bullets and their speed, its crazy fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyNURd5QFc&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyNURd5QFc&feature=youtu.be)
Nice run! I also subscribed to your channel.
Quote from: EOJ on July 25, 2018, 11:56:03 PM
I pretty much only play my MMP PCB these days, with some Futari 1.5 Maniac and BL God runs tossed in once in awhile to spice things up. I have been alternating between all three characters, after hitting a wall with Rafute. I have improved my score to over 177 million, but it's really hard to make progress with her! Her bomb is sorta random (as far as I can tell) and so you need some luck for a good run. If I could stop making mistakes, with my current strats I could get over 190 mil, but I always seem to make a mistake (or two, or three...). In a strange turn of events, I have really gravitated toward Momo, though the second half of the game feels a lot harder with her. We'll see what I can muster with Momo!
Nice! Thats 100 mill over my score...
MMP scoring is fun but I cant really accept that design decision of that random medal showing up from time to time, it drives me crazy. :)
Quote from: wasilewski on July 26, 2018, 12:35:59 PM
Nice run! I also subscribed to your channel.
Thanks!
Quote from: Monouchi on July 27, 2018, 03:47:09 AM
MMP scoring is fun but I cant really accept that design decision of that random medal showing up from time to time, it drives me crazy. :)
You can suck those in easily with the B button. And I like this design decision because it keeps you on your toes! Still, it is a lot easier to maintain a medal chain in MMP than in pretty much any other Yagawa game.
My Ibara PCB arrived yesterday. I got a 1CC today. :righton:
I forgot to turn off the rapid fire on the A button when putting in my initials. :laugh:
(https://i.imgur.com/e2VscaX.jpg?1)
This doesn't beat my old 7.2 million score, but that one wasn't a 1CC.
This is actually one of the easier Cave 1CCs if you ignore score items, keep your lives low, hoard bombs up until the bosses and then take them out with hadou guns. About as hard as Futari 1.5 Original in my estimation. Keep in mind I had not played this game in at least 8 years and I was pretty much just winging it a lot of the way.
Quote from: EOJ on July 31, 2018, 06:33:35 AM
My Ibara PCB arrived yesterday. I got a 1CC today. :righton:
This is actually one of the easier Cave 1CCs if you ignore score items, keep your lives low, hoard bombs up until the bosses and then take them out with hadou guns. About as hard as Futari 1.5 Original in my estimation. Keep in mind I had not played this game in at least 8 years and I was pretty much just winging it a lot of the way.
Nice going! :)
I have a Reco pcb and use button 3 as a rapid fire button 1, in that way i can choose when to get high rate fire but also lock and control my options <3 with button 1.
Yes, i agree, hoard bombs and dont pick up anything else than bomb fragments and its quite an easy 1cc.
On the other hand, yesterday I reached last stage with above 8 mill, 3 lives and 3 full bombs...and I did collect almost everything i saw in the stage before.
I have never seen such an agressive rank, it was like playing Dangun feveron stage 4. =D
Quote from: EOJ on July 31, 2018, 06:33:35 AM
About as hard as Futari 1.5 Original in my estimation.
:oogle:
Quote from: SuperPang on July 31, 2018, 07:26:27 AM
Quote from: EOJ on July 31, 2018, 06:33:35 AM
About as hard as Futari 1.5 Original in my estimation.
:oogle:
Well, i would add that imo Ibara needs a bit more understanding of the game-system and bosses, where to launch the hadou and such things. :)
You can learn where to hadou on the bosses in a day, just by watching some videos. Futari 1.5 Original involves much more actual dodging, so in that respect it is more difficult (especially the last boss). You can 1CC Ibara and only really have to dodge a few patterns on the Stage 1 boss. The other bosses you can just do 3-4 hadous and not deal with a single pattern.
Again, this is if you avoid all medals/extra powerups and just pick up bomb fragments and the power ups you need and don't go over 1 extra life in stock at a time. It is a surprisingly easy clear.
BTW, I turned on my PCB again today, and my 1CC score was gone! All the rest are there, and I put some new scores up today and those aren't erased on power down. Weird! :-\
Quote from: EOJ on August 01, 2018, 02:40:30 AM
You can learn where to hadou on the bosses in a day, just by watching some videos. Futari 1.5 Original involves much more actual dodging, so in that respect it is more difficult (especially the last boss). You can 1CC Ibara and only really have to dodge a few patterns on the Stage 1 boss. The other bosses you can just do 3-4 hadous and not deal with a single pattern.
Again, this is if you avoid all medals/extra powerups and just pick up bomb fragments and the power ups you need and don't go over 1 extra life in stock at a time. It is a surprisingly easy clear.
BTW, I turned on my PCB again today, and my 1CC score was gone! All the rest are there, and I put some new scores up today and those aren't erased on power down. Weird! :-\
In Futari original you can just reaction dodge on your first runs and throw a bomb when it gets tight. Thats at least how it is for me.
Imo Ibara needs a bit more video-watching to get through and rank-control.
Ive also noticed the scores not being saved, after that I always start a new credit after my scoring run before I turn off the cab.
That seems to help...but Im not 100% sure.
Quote from: Monouchi on August 01, 2018, 03:02:32 AM
Ive also noticed the scores not being saved, after that I always start a new credit after my scoring run before I turn off the cab.
That seems to help...but Im not 100% sure.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try that next time.
(https://i.imgur.com/HXAsFIO.jpg?1)
:)
This score did not save after a power down either, even though I played an extra credit right after. Every time I get a 1CC score it is erased, but every non-1CC score is saved. :displeased:
Maybe I'll try initializing the ranking again and see if that sorts it.
Nice score. :righton:
Hm, I also noticed that in the beginning, but now my 1ccs seems to save.
Wonder what the secret trick is? I will test again.
In gameplay I finally found the timing for milking the end phase of stage 2 boss. get it more often now.
Quote from: Monouchi on August 04, 2018, 01:39:34 AM
Nice score. :righton:
Hm, I also noticed that in the beginning, but now my 1ccs seems to save.
Wonder what the secret trick is? I will test again.
In gameplay I finally found the timing for milking the end phase of stage 2 boss. get it more often now.
Thanks! This was the first time I tried the st2 boss milking, I got about 1 million from it and ended st2 with 5.6 million. Lost the medal chain in st5, but all in all not a bad run. Now I need to learn the st 3 and 6 boss milking to improve my score.
Maybe after my next 1cc I will play a credit that saves another score to the scoreboard. Perhaps that will help? :-\
Nice, yeah in stage 3 boss milking Im coming there with lots of bombs but somehow Kasumi dies way to fast for me to milk as much as I want.
Need to watch some more videos.
Just got the hang of saving a hadou to the beginning of stage 2, that was some extra score.
I keep trying to play Espgaluda 2 on and off, but man, that game is kicking my arse. :laugh: I used to be OK at it and cleared it with all three characters with 300+ mil scores, but for the life of me I can't even get to Stage 6 now. I'll keep trying of course, but this is taking more work than I thought it would. I love the music in this game, it has to be Cave's best soundtrack. Magical stuff.
I'm not nearly as good at Futari 1.5 either. I have a score in Maniac around 450 mil now but that's a far cry from my old 600+mil scores.
In contrast, I find the Yagawa games (Ibara, MMP) much easier than they used to be and I'm scoring better than ever on them. Pretty weird.
Yeah, Espa 2 is not an easy game.
Got my first letter score in Ibara,
A502100
...taking the score increase step by step. :)
I got to the last boss with three full bombs and one extra life, then totally blanked out and forgot what I was supposed to do. :facepalm:
I also played some Futari BL original to try to get some better score.
I reached stage four Boss without dying and quite high counter.
...then before the last pattern the boss jumps forward and leaves me with a very small area of the screen and then unleashes the final pattern.
is this normal? (Some rank effect?)
First time seeing it.
A belated congrats on the letter score in Ibara! :righton:
I'm not sure I've seen that final boss pattern in Original, as you describe it. Maybe it was some kind of glitch?
I've seen that happen a few times on MFBL. Similar things have happened with bosses like Madara in ESPGaluda II or a couple of the bosses in Muchi Muchi Pork, where depending on where the boss was when you broke a life bracket, it'll move to a very inconvenient spot on the screen. Super frustrating.
Quote from: EOJ on August 15, 2018, 06:24:21 AM
A belated congrats on the letter score in Ibara! :righton:
Thanks!
Will continue to hunt and Ibara is now stuck in one of my cabs for I guess a pretty long time. ;)
On another note, i have ended my search for DFK BL and had my peace with it.
Got to play the pcb over at Limpans place and I really cant stand the game, its like controlling Titanic.
Strong mode was a bit of fun so I will prolly come back in a couple of years. :bigsmile:
After some Ibara hunting then its finally time for some Pink Sweets.
DFK BL is a pretty eccentric game. Definitely not for everyone. I find Bomb style very frustrating (for score), and Strong style on the PCB is a mess with all the sprite/OSD flicker every two seconds. Very easy to die without knowing what hit you. They "fixed" that in the port and that is why I find the port preferable (it is also $3000+ cheaper. ;)).
My fave is B-Power style, but that just makes the whole game into a milk fest, with your ship in a corner of the screen for long stretches of time.
Pink Sweets is even more eccentric (and difficult). I admire it for its uniqueness, but I don't think it's a game I'll return to, since I've already 1CC'd it with all four characters.
Yep, the DFK BL port it is.
My goal with PS is to 1cc it without the infinite lives trick using Shasta. I dont care if it take 10 years.
I love the game and think Shasta is the most enjoyable shmup ship/weapon Ive ever come across. (Love the design also, seen in Ibara.) Lots of tricks from that Shasta superplay. :righton:
DFKBL Bomb mode is one of my favourites. It's a lot of fun pushing the red meter as high as you dare and diving between flashing bees. Haven't played DFK in ages because of it.
Got my Ibara Kuro PCB this week so I've been playing a few credits a day. Best score so far is 66.7 million (died at last boss). I don't really remember how to score past stage 2. Lots of practice is in order!
(https://i.imgur.com/9j2UrV6.jpg?1)
Still playing Kuro. Got a 1CC today! :)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmpGxCUUYAEsoUD.jpg)
Yeah, get in there with that XTC!
Wow, 93mill.
I need to start to play some more Kuro...
I've started playing Espgaluda 2 again. Trying to practice the stages on the X360 port, then do runs on the PCB. The more complex scoring in this game requires great precision. It is very satisfying when you pull it off, but infuriating when you make a mistake in a run.
I became a bit burned out on ESP2 so I gave MFBL God mode a credit today and beat my old 1CC score by quite a bit! First time I've 1CC'd this in over 10 years. Feels good. :righton:
(https://i.imgur.com/rNcmBaD.jpg?1)
Any goals for 2019? Here are mine:
-200+ mil in MMP with Rafute (PCB). Still trying for this now and then, but I'll have to get more serious! I'm 11 mil away but it's a brutal climb up a steep mountain from here on out.
-Get some sort of non-garbage 1CC score in SDOJ with any ship/shot type.
-400~500mil in Espgaluda 2 1CC (PCB) with Ageha.
-Beat my old Ibara Kuro score (114mil).
I'll be happy to get more than 1 of those. :laugh:
1cc Pink Sweets without the infinite lives bug.
In a good run now I can no miss up to st6 Boss.
I still pick up too much stuff and I want to do some less RCs, more practice ahead...
I'm at Pink Sweets as well.
Gotta 1cc the port + scoring. This one is long overdue.
Good luck with the PS goals, guys. That's not easy. If I ever buy another PS PCB I'd like to try some more scoring runs.
Getting to Stage 7 in PS.
Stage 6 midboss hammered me, so I took a pause from PS for a couple of weeks, now back I hammer him. :)
(http://taitostation.se/Arcade/psst7.jpg)
Nice! :righton:
I've been playing DFK BL with B-Strong these days. Trying to finally learn it properly and get a 1CC.
Today (4/20 Japan time) is the 7th anniversary of the arcade release of SDOJ. So I have to play a few credits today! :righton:
But wait, it's also the 13th anniversary of the arcade release of Pink Sweets (also released on 4/20)! So I have to play that too. :bigsmile:
Nice!
Pink Sweets it is then. :righton:
I'm mainly playing DFK BL with C-Power (taking a break from Strong style) and Ibara with Bond Type C these days. I got an A score in Ibara last night, and 250 billion up to the stage 5 boss in DFK BL.
This week I've been playing DFK 1.5 with C-Power and B-Strong, and Akai Katana with Type C.
The more I play DFK 1.5 the more I am impressed by it. It is hard to choose between Power and Strong styles, both have pros and cons. Power is more fun for score, but it is so difficult to get a 2-ALL in that style, that I gravitate toward Strong just for practical reasons. I also played a bit of B-Bomb the other day and it was surprisingly fun, but I can't keep switching so many shot/play styles or I'll never get anywhere.
Akai Katana (original arcade version; I don't like the other "arrange" versions) is a killer game. I still think DSMBL is CAVE's finest hori (in depth, challenge, play style variety, etc), but I have more fun with AK because I still suck at DSMBL. :P
True, AK Arcade ver is really amazing. Juggling that gold is such a bliss, Arrange modes are gimmicky and Limited looks Meh. (Need to try it though some day.).
Have an arcade meet-up tomorrow where we are going to dig into AK.
Also one of Caves easiest 1cc imo.
Scoring is incredible fun and suiciding gives you a longer meter, Yagawa tricks.
Quote from: Monouchi on May 17, 2019, 02:06:49 AM
Also one of Caves easiest 1cc imo.
True. On the PCB, a better challenge is in clearing the game without dying (which is still not too hard). And after that, clearing the game without dying or bombing (which is actually rather hard). And of course, scoring well too. ;)
On the port, in contrast, clearing the game without dying is almost as hard as clearing the PCB without dying or bombing. From what I can tell only about 20% of the PCB's slowdown is in the port, and on the Stage 5 boss in particular this makes the game at least twice as hard.
Quote from: EOJ on May 17, 2019, 02:48:46 AM
True. On the PCB, a better challenge is in clearing the game without dying (which is still not too hard). And after that, clearing the game without dying or bombing (which is actually rather hard). And of course, scoring well too. ;)
On the port, in contrast, clearing the game without dying is almost as hard as clearing the PCB without dying or bombing. From what I can tell only about 20% of the PCB's slowdown is in the port, and on the Stage 5 boss in particular this makes the game at least twice as hard.
Yes, a no miss is very doable.
I need to hunt some scores in this game as its the only game I like to play for score in after Ibara. Only at 160 mill right now.
I havent played the port in ages and dont remember that so much of the slowdown was missing.
Thats kinda sad imo as the slowdown really adds to the claustrofobic feeling when you have packed bullets all around you in Ninja mode.
(The sound when you go into Ninja mode is really heavy when having a sub in the cab.)
Well, a very fun game it is.
A high scoring route in the port can be completed in about 29 minutes (e.g. on the superplay DVD) whereas on the PCB a similar route takes about 39 minutes. So 10 minutes worth of slowdown is missing. 10 minutes!! :o
I didn't realise it was so bad until I played them back to back several times. The port feels like it has a fast-forward button on at all times. It is actually the worst CAVE X360 port in terms of slowdown accuracy, even worse than DS2.
Due to the low difficulty of the game and the overall slow bullet speed, even without all the slowdown it can still be cleared on the port without much trouble and you can still score well in it (but not as well as on the PCB).
Got the Pink Sweets 1cc.
Lost it a bit on st7 midboss but managed to finish.
No infinite lives trick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=augl7aluHLA&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=augl7aluHLA&feature=youtu.be)
That's quite a feat. Congrats!
Thanks!
The PS music is really good. Even after hours of playing you still dig when hearing the st6 music.
(Bought a PS OST to celebrate.) :righton:
I'm playing a lot of DFK 1.5 with B-Strong these days. I'm making progress slowly. I really love SDOJ for its simplicity, but overall, I've come to the realization that DFK 1.5 is the best Donpachi. Tremendous depth, very fun scoring, two loops, amazing graphics/sound. It checks all the boxes.
In other news, I sold my Ibara Kuro because I gave up on trying to beat my old score. Best I could muster was 99 million. It is a fun game to bust out for a 1CC once in awhile, but the scoring system is incredibly frustrating when you start attempting high-level routines -- you need both a good deal of luck and extremely precise rhythmic tapping (with both buttons and directionals). I would have kept it, but it goes for over $3000....I don't keep things that expensive unless I intend to play them seriously (for score). I could write a lot more in detail about what I love and hate about this game. Maybe someday. As a final note, it took me 10+ years but now I know the original Ibara is the better game, which, along with the fact it is worth about a third or fourth the price of Kuro, is why for the time being I have kept it.
I agree with DFK being the best Pachi.
I need to continue to hunt that 2-All, reaching that black start of the second loop is such a hype.
And Ibara, well I wont comment on that. Im too much of a fanboy. :)
Went to CAX (http://www.caextreme.org/) this weekend and had some time with MFBLAV, Dodonpachi, and Muchi Muchi Pork. There was plenty to play at the convention, but I still played a lot of those 3 even though they're all in my house. Maybe I should put those three specific games in the cabs this week and I'll just have my own extended CAX.
My Pink Sweets PCB has arrived! It feels so different compared to the 360 port, basically a new game.
There are many minor differences I can only spot now after having played both versions extensively. For example, the time between a boss' appearance on screen and the beginning of the first attack is much longer on the port. The same applies to the timeout attack of bosses, which take much longer on the port again.
Let's not even begin the issue of slowdown... The 360 port might be one of the most inaccurate ports of any CAVE game ever in this regard?
I didn't notice the differences in boss timings you did. I'll have to check again! Did you notice the score font is different in the port? Another needless change.
The slowdown accuracy is in the C-D range (on my scale). Among the X360 ports Akai Katana, DSII, SDOJ and Muchi Muchi Pork are worse in this regard.
The input lag is pretty bad in the port, which I'm sure you have also noticed.
Every time I think of selling my Pink Sweets PCB I play one credit of the port and quickly decide to keep it. :laugh:
It's scary to think about other ports being even worse when it comes to slowdown. :o
I will certainly keep my PCB for some time. At least until I feel more or less done with the game. And considering its replay value, that's going to take a while it seems.
I'm playing Dodonpachi now for about half a year. Try a 1CC but i'm still far away of that. :-[