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Before I Google it, does anyone know where I can find R Type free on the net?
SuLinUX
02-21-04, 12:40 PM
MAME32 (http://www.mameworld.net/) and emule(for the roms) will get you R Type. :D
There are also some well done versions of it on the original Playstation...you could snag those for next to nothing most places.
Originally posted by MaxPower
There are also some well done versions of it on the original Playstation...you could snag those for next to nothing most places.
heh, regarding that, I gots one thing to say: ePSXe (foshiz)
Way cool! Thanks kids. :)
now thats a game i remember from the amiga days.. :P
theultimo
02-22-04, 12:52 PM
Originally posted by shim
now thats a game i remember from the amiga days.. :P
PROJECT X
Much better IMO :thumbsup:http://www.back2roots.org/View/Project%20-%20X%2004%2C1/
Originally posted by theultimo
PROJECT X
Much better IMO :thumbsup:http://www.back2roots.org/View/Project%20-%20X%2004%2C1/ Cool link! I had an Amiga 2000HD back in high school and my art teacher had a 3000. My 2000HD is in storage now, I feel like getting it out now with this talk. :)
Originally posted by ragejg
heh, regarding that, I gots one thing to say: ePSXe (foshiz)
If going for ePSXe, you may aswell go for Einhander too :) Much better horizontal scroller than R Type or Project X, and not just because it uses polygon 3D graphics. Einhander is the only playstation game I still own.
Huh, I was just thinking of Einhander the other day. Interesting game, though it's fairly rare now. G-darius is also another good one, though I'd imagine since it's so bizare that it's best played when you're high :p
Oh, for top-down shooters Ikaruga and Zero Gunner 2 are some great ones for Dreamcast. Both games are "small" as well, if you know what I mean ;)
Originally posted by Edge
Oh, for top-down shooters Ikaruga and Zero Gunner 2 are some great ones for Dreamcast. Both games are "small" as well, if you know what I mean ;)
Got both of those. I bought the last Dreamcast from my local Gamestop for 17 dollars only 1 month ago and played Ikaruga for the first time. Damn its good! I've been playing it regularly but aren't really good at it yet. I got to the end of level 3, my max chain is 28 I think.
Yeah, Ikaruga is pretty damn challenging. I still haven't beat it. But THE way to play that game is on a tilted monitor with a VGA box, it's SOOO much better. Oh, and if you think getting a 28 combo is good, you should see the videos I have that show someone comboing the ENTIRE first two levels!
theultimo
02-27-04, 01:17 PM
hmm..got Ikargua on GC imported...same as DC version?
Originally posted by Edge
Huh, I was just thinking of Einhander the other day. Interesting game, though it's fairly rare now. I've got a copy of Einhander. It is a cool game...can get really frustrating in that there's no real save feature...course that's par for the course on side scrolling shooters. :)
Originally posted by theultimo
hmm..got Ikargua on GC imported...same as DC version?
Pretty much, though the GC version had a few extra things like some ranking mode or something and there's no more slowdown when the bosses explode (though I thought that was a cool feature in the DC version!). Though getting it to work on a tilted monitor is quite a bit more of a hassle, since there's no cheap and readilly availible VGA box for the GC (I got my DC VGA box for under $20 like 3 years ago).
fivefeet8
02-27-04, 03:19 PM
If you guys like Ikaruga, try out it's predecessor, Radiant Silvergun. ;)
Oh yeah, Radiant Silvergun is the one I forgot to mention in my last post (I thought I left one out). Unfortunatly, it's hard to find, both legally and illegally, and the emulated version of the requires a good computer and has a few glitches (especially with sound, which is MUCH worse quality than the original Saturn version). Still, very good game, and probably one of the more complex top-down shooters out there. Oh, and Armada on the Dreamcast was another fun one. Great 4 player game, and it had a sort of Diablo-like addictivness once you get into it (which is appropriate, since they're both action-RPGs).
BTW, anyone else notice I seem to be making every other post in this topic? Man, when I have a big download going and need to pass the time I just become a post ***** :D
StealthHawk
02-28-04, 03:39 AM
Originally posted by Edge
Pretty much, though the GC version had a few extra things like some ranking mode or something and there's no more slowdown when the bosses explode (though I thought that was a cool feature in the DC version!).
When I played Ikaruga on my friend's GC it lagged a lot when I killed the bosses.
Originally posted by StealthHawk
When I played Ikaruga on my friend's GC it lagged a lot when I killed the bosses.
Thats because the bosses die with huge explosions consisting of extreme numbers of sprites KABLOOOOOSHHHHHhhhhh!!!!! I think all my DC shooters do that, I don't mind it.
Anyway... Psyvaria 2 just got released. Dust of your Dreamcasts coz it ROCKS!!!!
My Dreamcast must be the best 17 dollars I ever spent!
Psyv....what? I'm interested in this, though I've heard nothing about it. What kind of game is it? And is it "readilly" availible, or just availible ;)
And yes, DC has to be one of the best deals in gaming. Hell, I've probably gotten my money's worth out of it just from watching anime on it. I haven't even gotten much into the emulator stuff yet.
Originally posted by Edge
Psyv....what? I'm interested in this, though I've heard nothing about it. What kind of game is it? And is it "readilly" availible, or just availible ;)
And yes, DC has to be one of the best deals in gaming. Hell, I've probably gotten my money's worth out of it just from watching anime on it. I haven't even gotten much into the emulator stuff yet.
Psyvariar 2 is by Success. It was an arcade game released in Nov 2003 on Sega Naomi hardware, which I guess is why the DC port came out so first. A game cube port is to be released later. Its a vertical scrolling shooter that has the option of being played full screen if you rotate your TV 90 degrees. Psyvariar has a buzz system, where you earn points and level up by steering your mech as close to the enemy bullets as possible. Basically a bullet only kills you if you hit it dead on, but you can "scrape" whole streams of bullets and chain up a massive buzz score.
Here is the home page:
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ac/psyvariar2/index.html
There are some screenshots, which don't really do it justice.
The DC version was released thursday and a couple of importers already had it by saturday. You can order it online like I did, but until it arrives you can find it on BitTorrent, but don't ask me ware... sorry, "where" :)
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