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Why /v/? I thought you liked videogames
Also, shmups thread

You have to bait it out op

>fucking memogenre trash
>boomer shit
Etc etc

>>717521129
The only problem is that no genuine discussion can be gained from this.

>play salamander 3
>expdct salamander 3
>get gradius rebirth 2
Cool I guess...

>>717522496
>Gladius origins
>looks inside
>mostly salamander

I already made one yesterday brah. Never played Salamander, so I am excited.

>>717520257 (OP)
Yawn...

bomb

>the only games Konami makes that are even worth considering these days are memberberry compilations
the next industry crash can't come soon enough

>>717520257 (OP)
I want to get into shmups but I feel these collections are a bit too overpriced for what you get. Its a very simplistic genre where most games aren't going to last you very long at all even if many might be difficult. So I feel like if I am not getting at least 10+ unique shmups per collection something is wrong because they at minimum charge you $40 or more. I can't imagine spending $40 and getting maybe 4-5 shmups in one package it feels like I should get at least double that for such a price.

You remember those capsule toys you would put a quarter or two in and turn the nob to get a cheap fun little toy? That is what a shmup to me is. One single shmup shouldn't cost me more than a couple dollars at most.

>>717525140
>You remember those capsule toys you would put a quarter or two in and turn the nob to get a cheap fun little toy?
Yeah, those are now made in mobile format, and are a billion+ dollar industry.

>>717520257 (OP)

>>717520257 (OP)
For that price I'd expect at least extra versions like the PC Engine one but cool I guess

Here's a gift.

There are two files. The first is the main collection folder, that has the music/roms/gallery

I could not for the love me get the roms to work, I know Mame can't run bins which what these use and I'm just too retarded to figure it out myself how to get them to properly work. I couldn't find where the hell the salamander/life force roms were at either. Salamander 3 as you would expect is not an arcade game (despite being an attempt at making what a third game would be like on arcades so it has no rom) the only rom I could get to work is the included Vs nes version of Gradius 1.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0vsfe91ckpvn5hj/Gradius_Collection.rar/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fjoj9k8e8m46u9y/gradius_gallery_jpg_version.rar/file

The second file is just the gallery pics. But compressed down to jpg it's mostly just for posting them in 4chan if you want to. The main file has them in pngs.

>>717528713
Solid packs anon
>I could not for the love me get the roms to work,
Yeah...
You either look for the merged updated roms or play the games from /v/'s rompack
https://archive.org/details/mature-dot-dodging-games-gaiden-v-1.0.7z

>>717525140
> Its a very simplistic genre where most games aren't going to last you very long

You don't get shmups or frankly most arcade games

>>717525140
Actually difficult shmups usually take dozens of hours to get a perfect clear or understand the scoring system
The question is more so “do I want to dedicate all that time to learning a single game?”
Shmup value is comparable to fighting games or rhythm games in that they’re very condensed experiences designed to ask the best of you for what ultimately amounts to an hour long game
Granted fighting games have the multiplayer element and rhythm games usually have big song lists/dlc, but still
I’d say with shmups, you gotta just try a bunch out until you find one that really clicks for you and remains fun regardless of how many times you beat it
For me, that was Ketsui, so the PS4 port was a no-brainer for me ($50 for literally ONE shmup, but so well ported and with lots of extra modes)

>>717525140
You will only understand it when you find the right game that "clicks" with you. My advice is to start with the easiest ones and work your way up to the ones that appeal to you the most.

How's the difficulty of Salamander III? I remember Gradius Rebirth was pretty tame until like loop 3 or 4. Is it the same deal here?

>>717532045
Between Salamander and Gradius II I guess. Further loops make it silly

>>717528713
>Just steal the games
And people wonder why Gradius and Salamander are a dead franchise and this 17 year old picture is valid, just replace casuals with gacha.

>>717533243
The game was cracked on day 0 and doesn't even have DRM. Even the switch version was dumped by chinks

>>717533382
And that's why it's going to bomb in sales.
Which is a disgusting because I wanted IV, V and Gaiden.

>>717533757
despite origins being about arcade versions 4 wasn't even included despite being released on arcade hardware and Gaiden is a console game. The psp collection had them.

Gradius 5 isn't even owned by konami fully they delisted the game because they don't own the license to it fully: https://delistedgames.com/gradius-v-delisted-on-playstation-3-konami-explains-expired-software-licensing-is-to-blame/

>shmup thread
>25 replies in 3 hours
sounds about right

>>717534056
Konami is run by total fuck ups.
They could easily have included the NES and SNES versions too.

*ruins you run*

>>717535347
*your

>>717531353
Cotton posted!
I can't wait for her game to arrive! Unfortunately I've heard High Tension has issues on Switch 2.
>>717534056
They're probably saving 4 and Gaiden for a second collection, alongside the other Salamander games from Salamander Portable that weren't included.

>>717533757
It's going to bomb in sales because it's $40 for a bunch of emulated roms

>>717535560
But mainly because everyone stole it.
Also funny how the LRG version is $40.

I'm really fucking torn on whether Gradius V is better than Gaiden or vice versa.

>>717536067
Gaiden better

>>717535654
Nah not really. The steam forum is pretty dead apart from people complaining about the price. Nobody is talking about it in the arcade shmup forums I frequent either, they're more interested in Earthion. Everyone is pirating Earthion though because it's the only way you can play it on Mega Drive right now.

>>717536067
V better.

>>717535424
Cute witch

It's just an emulator box. I want a new one that's on par with Gradius V.

Or even better: a new Thunderforce. Hell I'll settle with a HD remake of Thunderforce V.

I refunded Gradius Origin and went back to trying shmups that were packaged with v's shmup pack and I FINALLY found something I really liked : Darius Gaiden.
Which means that I now want to get into Darius, which one should I start with ? I could start with Gaiden but I only finished it by creditfeeding and it looks perhaps a bit too hard for a beginner ?

I also played Night Stalker and it's surprisingly easy

>>717520257 (OP)
>Also, shmups thread
no one plays shmups here unc unless you're 30+ boomer

Give me a turn based shmup then we'll talk.

Can not wait for Mork to make a review video on Gradius Origins despite having little interest in Gradius or Salamander.

>>717539278
right here bro

I remember some people were talking about how successful Ikaruga was, and some thought it was deserved, while others didn't. Regardless of what people think, the fact is that Gradius Origins costs 12 times more than Ikaruga in my country's currency, on Steam.
It's a shame that the Japanese have given up on making competitively priced games and decided that shoot 'em ups are niche games that people will pay whatever they ask for...

>>717525140
Just download the link that the anons post from time to time, with about 120 shmups already configured in Mame, and play for free.

I like touhou should i play this
The spaceships don’t have tits

>>717545248
Touhou and Gradius are basically completely different games but it could work I guess, I'd sooner recommend Mushihimesama however because it's vertical and the main girl is cute

>>717545248
how much do you enjoy playing marisaA in MoF

>>717535424
I wish I was that broom.

>>717520257 (OP)
Booting it up when I come back from the gym. Had a rough day at work and I feel like genociding Bacterion scum.

>>717549528
I do too, anon

>>717547692
I exclusively play raymoo

I've taken a liking to "easier" shmups because they can still take time to learn, but even after a 1cc you can still aim for a better score if you want. That's how the hard ones are too, but as of right now the idea of a Ketsui 1cc fucking scares me because of the potentially high time investment. Guess I'll find out if I ever really go for it though.

>>717528713
vs gradius it's included? how do you access it?