[Ronnoc]

Grabbed Raiden IV on the 360. I miss the sprites :(

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Raiden III didn't have sprites either?

[diplo]

[Ronnoc]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

You can safely skip Raiden III, it does nothing that the sequel doesn't improve on. The ship is also painfully slow.

KOF Sky Stage (and its PSP upgrade Neo Geo Ultimate Shooting) is an okayish Shikigami-like by the same developers. I'd recommend it if the upgrade ever goes on sale.

[The King]

I love Air Gallet

the second stage when the tanks weave in and out of sight (behind buildings, under overpasses) is just brilliant. :3
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

Yeah, an STG podcast has been long overdue. I might even be willing to join in.

I just think Raiden III feels a lot slower than the other games. Some of this might be the 3D and slightly skewed perspective, but IV is definitely swifter.

Air Gallet is amazing, but damn that difficulty curve's sharp. Can only barely clear stage 2 on one credit. Did Gazelle's staff (besides Joker Jun) end up assimilating into Cave? They both started as remnants of Toaplan.

[boojiboy7]

I would do an STG podcast as the dude who can't 1CC shit, aside from Raden Fighters Aces with the easy ships.

[Schwere Viper]

Just picked up a copy of Deathsmile Deluxe, thanks to Rising Star Games. It has taught me that I shouldn't judge games by their covers!

Still don't like little girl aesthetics, though. I'll take starfighters any day.
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[boojiboy7]

Schwere, I am with you, and I love that game in spite of it.

[Loki Laufeyson]

there's a documentary about shooting games in the axe now.

raiden fighters aces pal update: the release date has disappeared again. is tradewest even a real company? how do they stay in business?
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[kiken]

[kiken]

As if the regular LE of Akai Katana Shin wasn't enough.. Cave have chosen to offer a version that comes in a custom PCB box and includes a special POP with the 360 control layout:

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[firenze]

Deathsmiles IIX is getting a North American 360 release. courtesy of Cave themselves?!?!? Pretty big news. Remains to be seen whether it's a disc release, Games on Demand, or what.

Also, I was lucky enough to snag a pre-order for the ridiculous Akai Kataka Cave Shop version (they went FAST). About the only company I'll put up with that kind of "deluxe edition" nonsense with, but I'm hooked. PCB box is too cool.

[Schwere Viper]

Awesome, that means I can expect Rising Star to pick it up about two years later! That is unless it's a digital release.

[Sniper Honeyviper]

If Cave is gonna break from Aksys and start doing their own thing here (iOS aside), a US release of Akai Katana seems quite likely.

[Ronnoc]

[Rud31]

Not having a 360 is saving me so much money.
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

DSIIX's graphics are some real upscaled Dreamcast shit. Considering this, it seems they made fairly good use of them, but I wasn't surprised when they returned to their old hardware for Akai Katana..

[kiken]

Guys, I've been playing a lot of Otomedius Excellent since it arrived on Friday... it's really fucking easy. I've been destroying Normal and Expert Story Mode (No Miss Clear pretty much every time) in order to unlock weapon cards, extra playable characters and cheevos. If you've played any Gradius games in the past, I think you'll find this game a cakewalk.. that being said, I think the overall design of the game is much better than the first game. I definitely want to try out the 3-player co-op mode.
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[LandRoverAttack]

Finally got around to playing some Muchi Muchi Pork (had it a while but was awash in other things to play and do) and it's so much fun I love it. Still having that problem with every shmup where I try to score even though I'm so bad that even a 1cc is far, far off. But the scoring in MMP is pretty fun with the meter management and giant beams.

Though I don't remember the scoreboards for Mushi Futari and Esp II being so barren... I got in around 350 just partly through the 2nd stage. Was the MMP/PS pack unpopular, or am I just misremembering the scoreboard presence on the other region-free Cave shooters?
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Hey guys, SB Podcast signup for this weekend.

[Drem]

Be still my beating heart! My head is up in the clouds right now, and I need you guys to let me know if it's okay to be this happy. My friend was surfing the Japanese marketplace on the 360 and apparently Senko no Ronde DUO is up for download for 30,000 yen. Can I download this to my US 360 and play it?

[Sniper Honeyviper]

sadly, Games on Demand are still region locked. you can buy and download the game, but it won't start.

[Drem]

I'm now somehow getting the feeling that I may have asked this exact question before but repressed the memories. Thanks for bringing me back to Earth. :(

[kiken]

[armed police catrider]

[Talbain]

Senko no Ronde DUO was released almost a year ago catrider, and it's available. Not cheap, but it is an awesome game. It's what got me to buy a J360. I've written a couple of reviews for it and it's a hell of a lot of fun. Online players are way too good for me, sadly.

My hope is that someone with the arcade HDD will dump the TypeX2 version so everyone can just play it on the PC.
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[Deets]

Just as a heads up we are doing the podcast on shooting games in like 10 minutes; do show up late if you have any interest in discussing this topic, because this is your only chance motherfuckers!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikey]

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/02/strania_patch/

[allensmithee]

I need to get back into playing my dick awesome 360 games that nobody ever wants to play, VF5 and Senko no Ronde. It sucks too because they both have updates I can't get, hahaha.
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[Loki Laufeyson]

bangai-o hd comes out tomorrow!

[allensmithee]

Maybe people would be interested in playing Virtua Fighter if they actually sold it.

Just a thought.
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[Loki Laufeyson]

no time for that shit, we've gotta put all available resources into porting vectorman and comix zone to iphone asap
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[Deets]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Setting a personal goal that I won't buy the new Bangai-O until I can best the original game's accursed final stage.

[guest253]

a shmup podcast?
i really need to get an internet connection at home, would have been up for that actually.

[Loki Laufeyson]

not a guy, but totally a bro

also, played a few stages of bangai-o hd missile fury. i approve of it!
there aren't any edit stages up to download yet, though.
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