/vr/ - Retro Games

>>791653
>I'm guessing it's a Gradius parody.
Yes, it's also made by Konami, who made Gradius.

>>791656
What's the best Gradius game?

>>791653
>I'm guessing it's a Gradius parody.
>Parodius

You're not done yet. There are countless sequels and versions of Parodius.

>>791662
Father 2 was overrated.

What does the bell do?

>>791661
General consensus is Gradius II and Gradius Gaiden.

>>791669
Shooting it changes its color
The color determines the power up or bonus you get when you finally collect it

>>791669
It rings when you shoot it

>>791752
Nope.
Go play Mars Matrix

>a huge battleship Red Crab is approaching fast

Darius has the most badass looking ship
Too bad the vast majority of the games are lame

Oh hey, shmups general.

What are you guys playing? I'm playing Air Gallet, so far it reminds me a lot of Toaplan's Batsugun.

>>791653
>I'm guessing it's a Gradius parody.

Parodius (PARODy graDIUS) is a Gradius parody?

Huh. Learn something new every day.

You're pulled in now. You must play the Gradius and Twinbee games... you'll "get" the humor

There are so many shmups, I don't know what to play.
Can someone give a recommendation for someone new to the genre?

>tfw the shmup in the PS1 JJBA was only two stages
kinda wish it could have had more to it but alas, it was but a minigame

>>791661
Sexy Parodius. Seriously.

Should've started with this OP.

What's your favourite or most challenging shmup /vr/?
/vr/ sure is slow

>>793931
Lords of Thunder!

>>791669
It's from Twinbee, check it out on PC-Engine.

>>793931
Raptor: Call of the Shadows

>>794021
holy shit what is that from?

>>791653
>Parodius
What part of the title you didn't understand?

Also, Gokujou Parodius is the best.

>>794112
it's part of a "modernist" remake of old game boxes that something awful forums did.

>>794156
More like "minimalist"
but
link?

>>791653
This game is extremely fun and crazy. I'm guessing it's a Super Mario Brothers-type title.

>>794164
unfortunately the only link i can find is to an old thread that you now need an "archive account" to look at...

>>794169
0/10

Just giving a shoutout to Zero Gunner 2. A breezy Dreamcast shmup for all abilities with some chilled techno.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPZJ__sOr4M&list=PLstiFTEhTb_amT6_TYWiEoW0vdlXOQIyh

I'm playing the DCRES rip on a cd-r with no problems.

>>791653
>Parodius
>Gradius parody

God dammit, it's Miles Prower all over again. I didn't get the Miles Prower pun til about a year ago, and I just got the "Parodius" thing now.

Now I'm sad.

OP is a dick.

>>791668
>Father 2
>Overrated

Have you ever played the spin-off game called "Mother 2"? It's even worse in that sense.

>>794185

Best damn shmup on the Dreamcast.

Also, anyone here want to see Raiden II (Or better yet, The Raiden Project) get remade in HD? I consider it to be the pinnacle of 2D graphical detail.

>Dat destructible scenery
>Dem sparks from damage and boss explosions
>Dem debris craters
>Dem crashing aircraft
>Dem blast craters
>Dem pulsing crystals
>Dem enemies catching fire
>Dem smoke/flame trails
>TFW this was a 1993 game

I would argue even Metal Slug doesn't match the type, although Metal Slug is missing a lot of effects from the beta due to engine optimization.

>>795708
I want to play it in mame.

Just picked up Gokujou Parodius for the SNES and fucking love it, moreso than Gradius 3 itself.
Should I also pick up the other two?

>>791663

Im still sad i never fucked megan and sent pictures to chris chan

Sexy Parodius is BEST Parodius. Also Mambo4lyfe

Dis game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF-gqOeio2I

Japs have the best SHMUP

>>793512
I was trying to 1cc battle bakraid but I think I might give up and switch games to dodonpachi so that I don't get anywhere with either instead..

silly question but which one should I play?

Raiden 2 (set 1, US Fabtek)
Raiden 2 (set 2, Metrotainment)
Raiden 2 (set 3, Japan)
Raiden 2 (set 4, Japan)
Raiden 2 (set 5)
Raiden 2 (set 6, Easy Version)
Raiden 2 (set 7)
Raiden 2 / DX (newer V33 PCB)
Raiden II (set 8, US Fabtek, Easy Version)

>>795708
> Also, anyone here want to see Raiden II (Or better yet, The Raiden Project) get remade in HD? I consider it to be the pinnacle of 2D graphical detail.

Raiden never was really much to look at. All muddy browns and greens, only in the later games like Raiden 2 (on Raiden Project and DX) would you get some space levels. Even then they were fairly bland

http://www.shmups.com/reviews/raiden/

>>798087
You can't. Raiden II has uncrackable copy protection.

>>798101
Why don't all games just use Raiden II's copy protection?

>>798121
I don't think that's possible. Isn't the copy protection pretty much just a chip of it's own? Kind of works like the NES lockout chip I think.

>>793512

I'm on Lords of Thunder, loving the soundtrack. And mechanics. It is a little easy though.

>>794185

I do not have this. I thought I had every DC Shmup. Dang, I missed one.

>>798096

I was imagining that if they redid the original Raiden they'd change the graphics around so they'd reflect Raiden II's style.

Raiden II's space levels weren't the cool part, it was mostly the Earth-based stages anyway. Recall that this kind of shit was groundbreaking in 1993. The to-be-Nazca devs couldn't hold a candle to it in Fire Barrel and even in 1995 ex-Toaplan employees made a joke of it in Air Gallet.

I imagine that at the time the original Raiden came out it was considered to have good graphics as well, it's just that the 1990s were so long ago it has a "Seinfeld is unfunny" effect to it. Moss' own development team commented in an interview that Raiden was supposed to be an outlet for pushing graphical detail, as opposed to Gun Dogs/Raiden Fighters which was supposed to stress gameplay and replay value in a more hardcore military environment.

>>798101

I think he means "when it becomes available", which according to my sources at least is sometime very, very soon.

I honestly wouldn't know myself. What the shit are all those versions for, anyway?

>>793512

I think the last thing I played was Desert War by NMK. I recently discovered that ex-NMK devs were responsible for the masterpiece that was Change Air Blade, so I decided to try out some of their previous games. I was not disappointed one bit.

>>798515
>What the shit are all those versions for, anyway?
They're there for confusion. Fuck arcade emulation man.

>>798515
>soon

>>798506
>It is a little easy though.

Try the higher difficulty settings, they're awesome.