What shmup are you playing now?

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Galaga!!! I love it.
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AshleyG.64 wrote:Galaga!!! I love it.
That's it time to hook up my NES and grab my NES Advantage.
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Besides failing miserably at Ikaruga, I've also been playing a lot of Tempest lately. What a classic.
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I decided to stick Raiden II in the cab. Consistently getting to level 3 now, but one death there is the end of me.

Now that the gf is asleep (as the arcade is too loud), I'm playing Giga Wing on the dc.
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Hey Chaz, you want me to make a Raiden ll thread? I thought about just switching over my 1st one to 2.
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I'm down, I never tire of Raiden II, as cruel as it is.

Auto fire would be nice to xD
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Alright. I'll probably switch it tonight, but won't get a run in until at least tomorrow.

Hey, how do you guys all use sticks? It seems like no matter what type of game I play; I'm infinitely better with a d-pad. IDK, I'm just garbage with an arcade stick. :lol:
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foxhound1022 wrote:Alright. I'll probably switch it tonight, but won't get a run in until at least tomorrow.

Hey, how do you guys all use sticks? It seems like no matter what type of game I play; I'm infinitely better with a d-pad. IDK, I'm just garbage with an arcade stick. :lol:
What sticks have you used?

A square gate is best for shmups (imo) and you def. want a sanwa or seimitsu (models will very by preference) and not a happ (or anything 3rd party, though current gen HORI and MCTZ stuff is decent), or at least nothing w/a bat top and def. nothing that is a mimic stick (a plastic toggle pressing onto a pcb or hidden d-pad).
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mjmjr25 wrote:
foxhound1022 wrote:Alright. I'll probably switch it tonight, but won't get a run in until at least tomorrow.

Hey, how do you guys all use sticks? It seems like no matter what type of game I play; I'm infinitely better with a d-pad. IDK, I'm just garbage with an arcade stick. :lol:
What sticks have you used?

A square gate is best for shmups (imo) and you def. want a sanwa or seimitsu (models will very by preference) and not a happ (or anything 3rd party, though current gen HORI and MCTZ stuff is decent), or at least nothing w/a bat top and def. nothing that is a mimic stick (a plastic toggle pressing onto a pcb or hidden d-pad).
I've never had anything too great, I suppose. I do have some sticks, but mostly just the regular ones. I have the DC, Saturn, the TvC stick for Wii, and some weird Capcom stick for NES that has an interchangeable plug on it. IDK, I think I just haven't given it a chance, 'cause when I try to use one, I suck; get frustrated, and say "Fuck it", and go back to the pad.
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dunpeal2064 wrote:I'm down, I never tire of Raiden II, as cruel as it is.

Auto fire would be nice to xD
Here's a nice, cheap autofire circuit: http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Passive_Autofire
I use that, except hook it up to the 5V on my panel and it works really well.
foxhound1022 wrote:Hey, how do you guys all use sticks? It seems like no matter what type of game I play; I'm infinitely better with a d-pad. IDK, I'm just garbage with an arcade stick. :lol:
It's all what you're used to. Some of the best players on the shmups forum use keyboards. :shock:
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