Shmup of the Month Club 2016 (Completed)

[TSTR]

TSTR - 384,030 - Phalcyon - Stage 3



Thanks for the tip, hashiriya! Still not very good at this game though. Gotta like pump the button to really get firepower going.

[touchofkiel]

Damn you guys are good. I'm a shmup noob... couldn't get past the second level final boss. Is it totally normal for the genre to have visibility issues? Because I totally did, especially when using a charged attack. I tried all 4 ships, but only liked the blue (first) one. The game looks nice, but its aethetics didnt do much for me. The interesting thing about it was getting into the rhythm of firing normal and charging the strong attack. And before you point out how the difficult is nothing compared to Game X... remember I'm seriously a noob when it comes to this genre.

I would have kept at it if it had a respawn system, or at least the ability to continue after the mid-boss... but I got way too much going on IRL to keep at it right now, and the game was a little too manic to even make good use of save states. I'll try to get a short review for my blog up tonight.

[ExedExes]

ExedExes - 531,150 - Stage 4 - Shamseel (Red)



The purple ship has the best charge shot, but I did far better with Shamseel!

Nice to see you here touchofkiel. This isn't an easy game but I never even heard of it until now. It's got a neat Japanese theme to it, reminds me a little bit of MUSHA. I'd like to see your review on it, maybe link it here when it's up?

Last day for Ryujin tomorrow. Stick around for March. This next game is AWESOME!

[ExedExes]

Final scores for Ryujin will be updated in the morning for our west coasters. In the meantime, check out this neat shmup that has fighting game elements!

*INFORMATION*
MAME romset: cairblad.zip
Description: Change Air Blade (Japan)

Other formats accepted: This is arcade only.

Autofire: Hold down to fire.

Format: Name - Score - Stage - Ship

[hashiriya1]

hashiriya1 - 1,318,020 - ALL - Phalcyon


http://imgur.com/a/dvzO8

[touchofkiel]

ExedExes - 531,150 - Stage 4 - Shamseel (Red)


Nice to see you here touchofkiel. This isn't an easy game but I never even heard of it until now. It's got a neat Japanese theme to it, reminds me a little bit of MUSHA. I'd like to see your review on it, maybe link it here when it's up?

Last day for Ryujin tomorrow. Stick around for March. This next game is AWESOME!

Review here. I know, it's not much, but I'm still learning the basics of the genre, I think...

I did a little test run on my emulator with Change Air Blade. I know it's too soon to say, and it's a newer release, but it already looks like a good bit of fun.

[TSTR]

hashiriya1 - 1,318,020 - ALL - Phalcyon


http://imgur.com/a/dvzO8

nice ALL

[ExedExes]

Final Ryujin Scores:

hashiriya1 - 1,318,020 - ALL - Phalcyon (Purple)
DocHauser - 994,080 - Stage 6 - Phalcyon (Purple)
ExedExes - 531,150 - Stage 4 - Shamseel (Red)
ChrisH2049 - 445,280 - Stage 3 - Shamseel (Red)
TSTR - 384,030 - Stage 3 - Phalcyon (Purple)
Kidpanda - 346,790 - Stage 3 - Valuge (Green)

[EllertMichael]

hashiriya1 - 1,318,020 - ALL - Phalcyon


http://imgur.com/a/dvzO8

[TSTR]

TSTR - 2,793,430 - Stage 5 - Blaster



This is wild. I have no clue what's going on; need to do some reading.