Shmup of the Month Club 2012

[fvgazi]

PSN people - are you peeps using a Japanese account?
Thinking about emulating or playing a backup on my psx.

[dsheinem]

PSN people - are you peeps using a Japanese account?
Thinking about emulating or playing a backup on my psx.

No, I am playing the actual disc on a region-modded PSOne

[noiseredux]

It's Compile. I always felt a passion and a spiritual connection to all their games. Raised in the tenets of Guardian Legend.

I loved Guardina Legend when I was younger. So funny, when I first started Zanac X I was like "ok, this has to be by the people that made Guardian Legend."

PSN people - are you peeps using a Japanese account?
Thinking about emulating or playing a backup on my psx.

Yeah I got it through the Japanese PSN.

...

OK, so who can talk a bit about scoring, etc? For one thing it seems to me that getting power-ups does nothing to your score. Is that true?

So far I like the game, and I can see myself sticking with it. But dammit it feels so cheap sometimes.

[ExedExes]

OK, so who can talk a bit about scoring, etc? For one thing it seems to me that getting power-ups does nothing to your score. Is that true?

Getting power ups won't increase your score, although it will make you live a lot longer.

The only things I know so far about score:

Boss bonuses are a base value plus an additional score for clear time remaining (example, most end bosses are 100K + time left)

Extra lives are granted at 20K, 80K and every 80K thereafter. Extra lives can also be obtained by obtaining Landers, which appear if and when you meet the scoring requirements to get one (they will appear if a certain score digit matches the number of shots fired in-game, and you hit the power up carriers at that exact point). Blue Landers give you an extra life, but if you shoot it enough it will turn RED, and Red Landers will give you a extra life as well as decrease the fire delay of your weapons for the rest of the game regardless of lives or performance (up to 3 levels for the 3 basic ships, if you're using FC Custom it has unlimited level of improvement)

That's what I know so far, more as I play this.

[mjmjr25]

PSN people - are you peeps using a Japanese account?
Thinking about emulating or playing a backup on my psx.

No, I am playing the actual disc on a region-modded PSOne

No, I am playing the actual disc on a JP PSOne.

From my brief reading the emulation is not great on this one - but i've not personally played it.

[noiseredux]

795,490 - noiseredux - PSN

at least I'm making some progress...

[dunpeal2064]

For what its worth, I thought the emulation was pretty solid. Granted, I've never played the disc myself, but I'd say its worth participating if MAME is your only option.

[mjmjr25]

Uggh - put a run in tonight. This feels like a pretty easy 1cc once I figure out the red and green cans and how to better use my ball-release shot thingy (I really don't like reading about it, more prefer to figure it out as I play).

I think Raizing/Psikyo/CAVE have ruined things like COMPILE for me - I used to really enjoy the Aleste games and Gun-Nac - now they just seem kinda easy and while there is a ton of stuff going on - it manages to seem shallow and not terribly intricate.

/whiny rant

Anwhoozle:
1,378,300 - mjmjr25 - PSX-J

[ExedExes]

Uggh - put a run in tonight. This feels like a pretty easy 1cc once I figure out the red and green cans and how to better use my ball-release shot thingy (I really don't like reading about it, more prefer to figure it out as I play).

I think Raizing/Psikyo/CAVE have ruined things like COMPILE for me - I used to really enjoy the Aleste games and Gun-Nac - now they just seem kinda easy and while there is a ton of stuff going on - it manages to seem shallow and not terribly intricate.

/whiny rant

Anwhoozle:
1,378,300 - mjmjr25 - PSX-J

Well I'm just gonna shut my mouth about the charge shots (and how cool COMPILE still is) and notice that you like to play WIDE OPENNNNNNNAH on that sweet GXTV (yes, I remember the ads all over MTV for that back when the M meant something )

[sevin0seven]

I love that GXTV with the Hori PS1 stick. that is sick....oh, and good score Mike.