io organic industrialism on 15/12/2008 at 17:54
Quote Posted by Koki
Both Raptor and Tyrian ships handled like wet rags.
Agreed, Tyrian was cool back in the day, but only because we didn't know any better
i.e..
Inline Image:
http://www.ripten.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/0132.jpgShame that this stuff is so obscure in the west.
If you saw that screenshot and it interests you at all, I highly recommend you go play it in MAME (preferably with your monitor on its side). It should be required playing for everyone in America
june gloom on 15/12/2008 at 18:23
Quote Posted by Koki
Both Raptor and Tyrian ships handled like wet rags.
Your
mom handles like a wet rag.
Anyone remember a shmup called Tubular Worlds? That one was pretty sweet.
Queue on 15/12/2008 at 18:38
Quote Posted by Brad Schoonmaker
See, this is the kind of place I live to find. Can't find them around here anymore. The last (
http://www.cdaccess.com) one (probably) left several years ago. Where about is this bookstore?
I place called JellyBeans near Grand Blanc, MI (Fenton Rd. and Hill Rd.). They are a "trade-in" place for books, music, movies, games, and memorabilia of all kinds.
But, it's like finding a typewriter store, places like this are becoming a dying-breed.
N'Al on 15/12/2008 at 18:39
Wow, mum jokes.
june gloom on 15/12/2008 at 18:52
If it was a joke then it's on me.
Koki on 15/12/2008 at 18:57
Quote Posted by io organic industrialism
i.e.. [pic]
Shame that this stuff is so obscure in the west.
I hate to agree, but I agree. Once you go bullet hell shmup it's very hard to go back.
Toxicfluff on 15/12/2008 at 19:03
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Your
mom handles like a wet rag.
Anyone remember a shmup called Tubular Worlds? That one was pretty sweet.
Yeah, that was great fun. Haven't played it in years, had it on some disk with a demo of Radix: Beyond the Void, a game that attempted to stagger through some mulchy middle ground between Descent and Doom. It was heinously bloated with suckage.
Monster Bash was awesome at the time, loved the Keens from 4 up, and liked Halloween Harry although I could never get into the original Dukes for some reason.
I love those top-down face-up arcade shooters. I liked the "base are belong" one quite a bit, although I can't remember what its name was. Anyone here ever played the freebie (
http://www.freelunchdesign.com/games.php?id=1) Operation Spacehog? Modern game in the retro style, too short, and it's left-right which also loses points instantly, but great game while it lasts with especially frantic 2-player.
june gloom on 15/12/2008 at 19:21
The famous Engrish one is Zero Wing.
ZylonBane on 15/12/2008 at 19:45
Quote Posted by io organic industrialism
Shame that this stuff is so obscure in the west.
No. No it isn't. "Bullet hell" shooters willfully dug
themselves into obscurity.
EvaUnit02 on 16/12/2008 at 01:35
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
No. No it isn't. "Bullet hell" shooters willfully dug
themselves into obscurity.
Presumably you're talking about the insane difficulty that is common of shoot'em-ups? I'd agree, Ikaruga needs to die.
