Let us discuss the Shoot Them Up genre.
Post replays/scores, ask questions.
>TQ: What was your latest x-ALL and what are you currently working on?

What's the difference between Shoot 'Em Up and Shoot Them Up?
Also, what is x-all?

>>11903158
Shoot em up is japanese, shoot them up is American
A 1-all is like a 1cc, completing the first loop of a game on 1 credit. But for games with more loops, people will say things like 2-all to denote beating 2 loops, etc

>>11903158
Calling a shoot em up a Shopt Them Up is OPs poor attempt at irreverent humour. Sad!

>>11903185
I think it's cute, and I hope he continues to phrase it that way!

>the guy at the end of the previous thread who was making out like a 3 hour long arcade game is a good thing

>>11903171
>shoot em up is japanese
Baka!!!!!

>>11903158
>x-all
x =the number of loops you beat of a game on a single coin

>>11903171
t
>>11903185
h
>>11903238
x

Where is the plaza bunker? Jhengcord? FFZ? Tired of these fucking normoid discords.

Posting in blessed thread.

>>11903152 (OP)
>/shmupg/
You might want to remove that from OP to not attract the old vg gang or discorders.

Finally made it to the endboss in Ikaruga double play with both ships. Stage 3 is really hard with it.

Give me your best 3 games from each STG developer.

I knew the rank felt a bit too high on my practice stuff, but holy shit how did things get so out of hand? Anyway, have the daily batrider clip
https://streamable.com/zycrwo
That was so fucking close. In an actual run I will probably only have like 50% rank tho, since I plan to fucking kill myself and only play the last stage on full extends.

>>11903152 (OP)
>/shmupg/
>g
Oh well, i'll give it a pass
>>TQ: What was your latest x-ALL and what are you currently working on?
I've cleared the first loop of Hishou Zame and died at 2-2, I might get back to that game, it was fun. Not working on something important at the moment, just savestate practice some CAVE games on and off.
Here's some clips
https://streamable.com/rhqd77
https://streamable.com/r7jc8t

Would be a nice suggestion to attach useful links for shmup rompacks with MAME and freeware shmups?

Section Z has been fun lately

>>11903152 (OP)
>Let us discuss the Shoot Them Up genre.
Why are your kind so obsessed with it?

>>11904370
It's the only genre which isn't cringe. Challenging games with cute girls, cool machines and good music. What more do you want?

Have you played her game yet?

>>11904602
qt, what game?

>>11904621
Twinkle Star Sprites, the original VS shmup.

>>11904015
>Konami
Sexy Parodius
Gradius V
Gradius Gaiden
>Raizing
Battle Garegga
Great Mahou Daisakusen
Battle Bakraid
>CAVE
Dodonpachi DaiOuJou
Ketsui Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Mushihimesama
>Psikyo
Strikers 1945 II
Gunbird 2
Dragon Blaze
>Success
Psyvariar 2
Cotton Boomerang
Cotton Rock n' roll
>Hudson (+ Kaneko)
Soldier Blade
Super Star Soldier
Star Parodier
>Taito
Darius Gaiden
G-Darius
RayStorm

>>11904624
are VS shmups even worth playing alone?

>>11904860
The mechanics are still there.
With TSS usually people change the difficulty setting to level8 because it does make the AI much more resilient after the first stages.

>>11904015
>Cave
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
ESP Ra.De.
Progear
>Capcom
U.N. Squadron
19XX The War Against Destiny
Forgotten Worlds
>Psikyo
Strikers 1945 2
Gunbird 2
Dragon Blaze
>Raizing
Battle Garegga
Armed Police Batrider
1944 The Loop Master
>Seibu Kaihatsu
Raiden Fighters
Raiden Fighters 2
Raiden Fighters Jet
>Taito
Ray force
Ray storm
G-Darius
>Takumi
Giga Wing
Giga Wing 2
Mars Matrix
>Toaplan
Batsugun
Out Zone
Hishouzame

DOJ mentioned

>>11904923
No fucking way, Shotia slug

>>11904957
Poor japs are still traumatized by trying to clear the original DOJ with Shotia.

HEAVEN IS HERE INSIDE MY SOUL

Really wished I had a better control method for Ikaruga double play. It's actually really fun, but doing it on a steam deck with analogue sticks is a pain. Well, at least it has the back buttons, they are definitely helpful.

I even tried mapping the directional input for player 2 on the face buttons. Sin & Punishment 1 has a control method like this, but I couldn't handle it at all.

>>11903871

Amazing soundtrack.

I"ve cleared an Ikaruga double play run. I always wanted to do this. sadly my P1 ship died at the TLB and I didn"t get the cheevo with only P2. I actually need to practice this boss. it also was a real double play, not one of these fake ones where they just put 1 ship to the side and do everything with the other.

>>11905208
Congratulations. An anon that actually plays Ikaruga, Jesuschrist

>>11905214
Thank you! I feel like I'm training a part of my brain with this which usually doesn't get any stimulation.

>memoslop: the genre
lol
also >>>/vg/

>>11904378
>What more do you want?
I actually want less. Less tackle. Everywhere.

>11905736
This anon wouldn't even see Death in TSS

Another daily fuck up at Discharge.
This time I played the rank game well at least, not even half of the bar, I had a really ez stage 7 but a very unfortunate mistake at the first phase of the final boss, forcing me to do the entire second phase on the last life.
Oh well, at this point all that's left is running until I actually kill the big fucker.

>>11906193
Good job. I always died at the boss after the highway stage. Do you have to medal all the way through in this game to clear it?

>>11906456
Not really, you can play the final stage and boss no matter what happens, but if you also want to fight secret bosses you need to pick certain characters and do stage-specific stuff. Medal chaining is entirely optional but I do try when possible since I need to score for extends. Ideally I should be at 6m before the final boss if I want to fight it at low rank and full lives.

It's not exactly a very difficult game, it has one bullshit final boss though and he can take your entire credit if the RNG says so.

>>11905736
>memo
I just credit feed until I get bored and move on to a different game

>>11906463
So the rank is not as punishing as in Garegga?

>>11906490
It's better here but it has this weird thing where you have to go in service mode before doing runs, otherwise the rank bar starts at twice as much min rank(the dark red section in the pic) and you can't go below it. Other than that, the most important trick seems to be to avoid extends unless you are on your last life for most of the game. Getting the extend item at full lives especially will add a shitton of rank despite not giving you the extra life, since you are limited to 3 at all times.

>>11906456
>I always died at the boss after the highway stage
You can choose the boss you get there btw.
imo the easiest is the yellow one "Blunt", use stage edit and select Sky high as the second stage to get him. Depending on how you are doing though, you might have to fight more bosses. It's good idea to reach the end of Highway at full bombs and low rank.

>>11906553
Thanks, I might still give this game a try. I really like the music in it. It's somehow pure nostalgia for me and reminds me of old cartoons and anime or something.

>>11906564
Same. So far my favorite stage BGM is actually highway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k58SJoTVnhU
Also like the final stage and final boss themes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugDW4CYW0xY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_JhcCtytRE
And this, but I never got this boss still because you need to include some characters in your team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olZ8omRKJJA
Might do it on a second run since they are strong ones either way, for now I will just try to claim with Maria and her massive wide shot along with really fucking fast ship

How about if in each thread the OP selects 1 to 3 arcade shmups and we play and send our progress of those games here?
That's in order to make the activity in these threads more dynamic.

If you guys want to give it a shot, I can choose the three shmups
>Dangun Feveron
>Raiden Fighters II
>Salamander/Life Force US
It is not necessary to play all of them, choose the ones you're comfortable with

>>11907108
I could play some Salamander, but I doubt there are enough people here who actually play shmups. Maybe it would be 2 people who play these games then. It's worth a try tho.

>>11907135
The people who are playing them are probably busy 1cc'ing and scoring their own stuff, the idea is cute but it's paradoxically aimed more at who isn't playing.

>>11907108
I'll give Feveron a go, as I have never played it before. I am wagecucking pretty relentlessly until the weekend, so I guess I'll give it a crack on Saturday or Sunday night.

>>11907135
>doubt there are many people here actually playing shmups
I dunno, the last couple of threads were pretty successful and I'd say the majority of the posters seemed to be actively playing games in the genre, even if they were just credit-feeding.

>& arcade
Cool. I want to try and clear Golden Axe but I don't know if I will play the actual arcade release because the Mega Drive version has extra content, but looks and sounds like ass compared to the arcade version. And from what I have read, is also much easier.

>>11905736
even if youre just credit-feeding, a lot of the time the music is sick af
t. doesnt play that many shmups

>>11907160
Just clear them both if the extra content is worth it.

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/07/r-type-delta-hd-boosted-gets-japanese-release-date-and-a-trio-of-physical-releases

>>11907230
>Chris Huelsbeck OST
Damn, now I really have to buy this game for the old Turrican days sake of.

>>11903871
>stage 1 theme is kino
>stage 5 theme repeats it
cinema

>>11907428
DOJ did it too, albeit more subtly

>>11907428
Ikaruga did it too. It's called leitmotif

There are literally no shmup streams anymore. Even Aquas seems to have stopped streaming. Being a shmup bro is a lonely existence.

>>11907676
Don't make me unironically consider streaming random shit just to fill the void

>>11907705
Do it. Now is your chance to become famous by filling in a niche.

>>11907757
Or find out why shmup streams died I guess

>>11907676
STGs are hard to stream since you either pay attention to the game or the chat.

Also finally beat the first set of rounds in Black Tiger and killed the dragon. Now it's forward march. Pretty damn fun game. I like it much more than Magic Sword.

>>11907792
>STGs are hard to stream since you either pay attention to the game or the chat.
I don't even think that's the reason nobody watches. The games are just not popular. Modern gamers just want their RPGs, Call of Duties and Nintendo shit.

Shmups always only have a handful of dedicated players. For most people these games are either just pure autism or credit munchers, which is sad, because these games are actually so good and fun to play. You just need a bit of patience for them and be able to deal with their somewhat repetitive gameplay.

>>11903152 (OP)
Has anyone ever played Stahlfeder?

>>11907836
Looks like kusoge. I've played a similar shmup before but I forgot its name.

>>11903152 (OP)
>/shmupg/ dead af on /vg/ but lives in /vr/
makes sense

>>11908007
It raised out of the ashes like a phoenix only because I started to post here (unironically). I was one of the few main forces which kept shmupg alive back then. Now I'm back.

>>11907426

>>11907825
Obnoxious shit like this is why people move on from this meme genre

Is it true that the Switch is top tier for shmups?

>>11908243
What is even your problem? Was the problem that I said Nintendo shit? I like Nintendo myself, just think they are overrated. Or was I sounding too preachy? I really don't know what you mean.

>>11908245
Apparently it always ads a frame of input lag compared to ps4. Still pretty cool to easily play shmups in tate on a handheld with the joycons tho. It also has (or had?) some nice collectors editions.

I just play on steam deck instead. There I also can emulate games.

>>11908245
It has games but you have to deal with the fact that even the best ports have lag

Oh also, on the topic of Switch, if yours is hacked you should definitely install RetroArch. A lot of shmups can be played that way

>>11908248
Being an obnoxious retard is annoying yes

>>11908576
Anon is right though.
Shmups are indeed not popular and the average gaymer will tell you arcade-style games are just bullshit quarter munchers, and if he's aware of people doing 1ccs he will think it takes an incredible amount of autistic dedication and perfect play.

Salamander 2 was released, but LifeForce 2 was not. Salamander 3 will be released without any explanation. I understand that it is probably for brand consistency.

And, although this is completely unrelated, I will post a “Symphony Life Force Medley” created by someone I follow on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgOjzXy2yVU

Yagawa please learn how to highlight these bullets. It's the 3rd run in a row I suddenly die to the stage 6 boss because I didn't see the small purple balls in time.
Oh well, no batrider progress today.

I mean these by the way.
It's also because my shot is the same color and it keeps hiding them.

>>11904898
aha, il kee that in mind.

>All Darius games on sale for Switch
Worth? This is the only fish pic I have on hand.

>>11909229
Honestly I'd only dip in for the Cosmic Arcade Collection.

>>11909229
How's the fish AI in Darius?

>>11908245
Lot of cool ports, but as others have said they are usually laggy. If you're not going to just emulate the games, and aren't going for insane scores where you absolutely need as little lag as possible, you could do worse than it. If you've got a Switch 1 and are interested in handheld play, get a FlipGrip which allows tate play.

>>11909229
Horis are pretty comfy on Switch. Played through both R-Types recently on it.

Guys, I was doing some calculation to see if the myth of quarter muncher is real.
tell me what you think about it and If I am missing something.

SNES 199,99$
Average game price 60 $
Super Mario World 7.5 h
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 17.5 h
Super Metroid 8.5 h
Donkey Kong Country 5.5 h
Super Castlevania IV 4.5 h
Total cost 500
Total gaming time 43.5 h

Cost 11.49 $/h

N64 199,99$
Average game price 60 $

Super Mario 64 18.5 h
Mario Kart 64 5 h
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 25 h
GoldenEye 007 13.5 h
Super Smash Bros. 13 h
Total cost 500 $
Total gaming time 75 h

Cost 6.67 $/h

PS1 299,99$
Average game price 60 $

Final Fantasy VII 38.5 h
Final Fantasy VIII 40.5 h
Metal Gear Solid 11 h
Gran Turismo 36 h
Resident Evil 2 6.5 h
Total cost 600 $
Total gaming time 132.5 h of gaming
cost 4.53 $/h

Average game time by game is 15 hours. (it would be more accurate a median average around action games only but whatever)

Arcade 1 credit is 1/4$
an average gaming session of an arcade gaming is 5 minutes for 1 credit.
so 12 credits/h
cost 3$/h (most games are 30 to 45mins long)

Even if you credit feeding like 50 credits, it will cost you 12,50$ for at least 4 hours of gaming.
Even if you put 3 credits by stage for final fight (which is hard arcade game with 50/60mins long runs) that's will cost you 4.5 $/h

Now 1CC and compitive games :

Arcade 1CC lowest 10h of training
price to 1CC 37,50$ which is half the average price and gametime of 1 game


Average 1CC is 30h of training
cost 112,50$ which is equal the price and gamingtime of 2 games.

Longest is +80h of training
price to 1CC 300,00$ which is the price and gametime for 5 games.

Of course this hold only for none-RPG games. and doing median averages would be more accurate.

I coin fed all arcade shmups I played.
I use save states on console shumps.
When avaliable, I play all my shmups on easy mode.

Did not read that giant post if I'm honest

>even though shmup devs have literally said they design the games to get more money it doesn't count because le snes o algo

>>11910059
As gamejew anon pointed out, consoles make more money than arcades. Arcades are designed to take your money, which of course they are, but they take money at a lesser rate than consoles per hour. Arcades may be quarter munchers but consoles are dollar guzzlers.

>>11909885
>Guys, I was doing some crazy
Many such crazies

>>11910341
>buy a $60 game once
>have more hours of enjoyment and fun than paying $30 for a 20 minute shmup that's completely shallow

>>11910059
They take your money with amazing replayability tho. That's how you make players put in more coins, by giving the game actual replayability and making it fun to play.

If they would just be pure quarter munchers, everyone would just put in 1 coin and then stop playing. Arcade games need to ride a careful balance between punishing difficulty and addicting gameplay and replayability. They can't just be hard, they also need to be fun. A quarter muncher is not fun, it's just hard.

>>11910424
>pay 60 bucks for a game you play through once and then move on to the next consumer slop
or
>pay 1 coin to play a 30 minute game with infinite replayability and actual game balance

>>11910641
Extreme dishonesty
I bought Bayonetta once in 2013 and have played it nonstop
I bought Stranger of Paradise last year and have hundreds of hours
All fun, engaging and challenging
But you'd need to actually love games to play them, not use I'M A LE HARDCORE ARCADE GAMER as a personality substitute

>>11910634
You don't want to waste your time with this:
>>11910629
>>11909793
>>11909915
>>11910142
>>11910231
>>11909808
>>11908250
>>11908804
>>11908770

>>11910652
lack of replayability in modern games is the reason why speedrunning exists. It's the reason why Souls game players always come up with silly self-imposed challenge runs.

Of course there are also exceptions of modern games which still have replayability, but in general devs don't really pay much attention to this anymore. They just want you to pay for their game once and then they won. Arcade devs couldn't do it like this. They always had to think about replayability.

>>11910424
>>11910652
>makes dishonest claim
>accuses others of dishonesty

You will henceforth be known as shmupschizo. How's it going shmupschizo?

(This post was deleted for extreme schizophrenia)

>>11910694
>>11910720
>t-they don't count!!!1111
As predicted
Your retarded argument doesn't even make sense
>no you see it's actually brilliant they keep making you pay for a game instead of paying for it once and its quality will allow you to keep replaying

>ask in the under defeat thread refutations against the common criticisms of shmups
>shmupfags reply by spamming trap porn
Shmupfags are literally retarded

>>11910767
I am the guy who posted the long ass post, jewing about cost by game hour.

of course the lack of ownership is the first thing you have to give up in arcade.
But if you ask me until the late 90's, arcade as a service where far better cost efficiant entertainement than owning a console.

High end technology, variety of games, for really cheap.
No untitelement by hardware, no console war bullshit. You pay 1/4 a dollar and you play.

RPG was a genre designed for the mass who are not good at arcade/Action game into the video games hobby. No need of reflex or skills.


With the 2nd half of the 5th generation consoles with arcade perfect ports (which cost you extention pack for saturn), a lot of additional contentn (additional characters in Darkstallkers, production IG doing CGI for Tekken 3, FMV endings) and arcade developer using PS1 motherboard as a base hardware (taito gnen, zn1/2) or even Sega with the STV.

additionally with the late 90 and early 2000, with rpg been on multiple cd's and shenmue paving the road for the cinematic genre.

With the Ressesion/ economical crisis/ Japanese Bubble burst and the technical jewing of developers, there was really no reason for the mass to spend more time in arcade.
Arcade developers made even more bad decission puting the money loss on the users, Increasing Credit cost to 1/2$ then 1$ and even 3$ to buy a card for you profil (outrun sp2, wagan, Initial D or even VF5).

Cave paved the way for the mania. they even begin selling to user and not professional.

Arcade was even before cable and now Streaming services, the first exemple of a great service economy collapsing by bad management decison and screwing the consumer.

Losing hurts.
Attachment to clearing causes suffering.
Freedom comes when you stop identifying with success/failure.
The path is playing with wisdom: effort + non-attachment.

>>11911130
That's loser talk. And if there is no personal involvement, you might as well not play any game at all. If a game isn't making you feel anything then it's failing its purpose.

Bomba~
SHINUGAYOI

>>11910694
>lack of replayability in modern games is the reason why speedrunning exists.
Incredibly retarded take. Speedrunning started on computer FPS games from the 90s.

>>11911130
Buddha-sama....

>>11911081
Beyond retarded post

>Habroxia 1 + 2
>Aqua Kitty Udx
>Astebreed
>Telenet Shoot Collection
>Jets'n'guns 2
>Project Starship X
>Cotton 100%+Panorama+Fantasy+Rainbow
>Stellar Interface
>Pawarumi
>OverDriven Evolution
>Ray'z arcade chronology
>X-Out: Resurfaced
>Darius (All of them)
What, if any, are worth getting on Switch 2?

>>11911081
>of course the lack of ownership is the first thing you have to give up in arcade.
Only if you're a retarded poorfag. Many gainfully employed grownups own arcade games.

>>11913409
Price of DOJ PCB is ~$1500.

An enthusiast plays it 20 hours a week.

For 1 year that's over 1000 hours of gameplay.

That's $1.5 per hour, for only the first year.

Arcade is an incredibly cheap hobby.

Someday I would like to buy exactly one pcb/cab, but I can't decide which game it should be. Realistically I will probably not find most of the ones I considered anyway, but if it's not one I plan to play for a long time it will feel like a massive waste

>>11913268
>on Switch 2
Not worth it over the original Switch for shmups currently, since you can install RetroArch on it.

Holy shit M2 port actually works on shadps4. Input lag is better than I expected, maybe like +1 or 2 frames over FBNeo? Still totally playable if you're okay with that.
TLB for esprade is a nice bonus, and I really like ketsui’s deathtiny mode.
No 1CC yet so here's a pic of my daughter instead.

Best way to play Metal Slug?

>>11913629
Always arcade emulation.

I made a savestate only to practice Discharge and I still can't kill it fuck.
Guess my plan will be to bomb the absolute fuck out the final phase and pray, all while doing some hardcore rank management to reduce his health.

>>11913629
FBN. Using a janky stick with a super loose lever to simulate the experience of playing the game at a random milkbar or video shop where their machine was always sticky to the touch and sometimes just flat out wouldn't work despite taking your money.

>download fbneo
>download best set from archive
>scan rom directory
>not found
What do?

what do we think about Earthion?
here are the SMD roms btw
https://archive.org/download/earthion-world-en-aftermarket

Mental game question: when you begin to rage do you usually stop playing or keep going?

>>11913862
I take a break of a few days to a week depending on rage levels
>inb4 who ever dares feel emotions at a game lol :^) le stoicism :^)

>>11913862
Depends. Is it making your focused or is it making you make more mistakes and becoming more frustrated? Obviously with the latter you stop playing the game, you're not at the right mental state. Play another game or do something else.

Earthion Genesis ROM extracted from the steam release. Anyone get out to run on 3ds? All I'm getting is a black screen.

>>11913862
I load up a save state on the stage/boss that made me lose and try to nmnb it at least 3 times before attempting a new run

>>11913862
I don't rage, dying in these games is expected.
That said, I usually try to get at least one decent run attempt in before quitting if my first ones die out too early. Rarely I do more serious attempts on the same day.

Unfortunately I Had to give up on shadps4 as input lag was driving me crazy, especially with how weird the player hitbox feels. Couldn't get keyboard to work right on it either. shame.

>>11913440
Stop stealing my trademark.
Cave games are for the retards while the PCB are for cuck dads collectors.

>>11913629
For training go for emulation, for scoring get the Arcade archives ACA Neo Geo version the scoring board is still active and you can also enjoy the caravan mode.
MVS is not expensive but setting a supergun is pain in the ass.
For a really fun port the saturn version is really nice and better than the PS1.

It's called a shooting-them-up

>>11908021
rad.

>>11905208
any tips of how to learn the chains?
or do I just beat the game and that's it?

>>11903185
I thought it was humorous and charming

I prefer overhead shooters I think. My eyes just work better that way

Been taking a little break from Ketsui (again) and have been getting back into ESP Ra.De. Maybe it's because I dove headfirst into the inferno but now it's feeling a lot more manageable and actually understanding the power shot stuff some more has been pretty damn helpful. Been able to get to Stage 5 a few times as well although I tend to keep dying before the midboss.

>attempt to get into SNK games after hearing how great they were
>play some
>drop them due to the immense slowdown
SNK is a total meme for posers right, like turd strike

>>11907836
QRD?

>>11915153
>be me
>stahl
>get hungry
>eat some food
>i am now the stahlfeeder

>>11915153
Nothing, it's PS1 import kusoge, but they're still fun. I like Two Tenkaku too (it's shitty) but apparently no one on this site has ever heard of it.

>>11913440
Price of a not retro tmup is you being taken seriously

Where's the nu ninja gaiden review mork

>>11915146
For something like TSS, you can try the ports.
Saturn and Dreamcast ones have different settings for the slowdown, including removing it altogether, but I sure hope you are ready to dodge at psikyo speeds in that case.

>>11915206
PS1 kusoge was kino

I thought you people only cared about gameplay and cutscenes are a modern cancer, but when asked how to skip them I get told cutscenes are awesome?
Can you dishonest arcadefags keep your fucking story straight lmao
>>11916129

>11916162
>starfox64
>arcade
Doesn't even deserve a (You).

So not only are cutscenes good but they're also better and more enjoyable than gameplay
/vr/ is a fucking joke

>>11916162
just play on emulator and use a button to make the game go at x8 speed?

>>11916279
He doesn't want solutions, he only wants to complain and "own the arcadefags". For a game that's not even arcade.

Rail shooters are fine to discuss ITT
Obviously StarFox isn't an arcade game but it is certainly shmup-adjacent enough

>>11916186
>>11916162
Who the fuck are you talking to?

>>11916595
It's talking to the voices in its head

>>11916289
He's some guy that just wants to hate older games. He always finds something to complain about and then brings up more modern games. Not only that, but let's an eceleb live rent free in his mind. Guess we're stuck with him. He probably made three of the threads on the catalog at least.

Gradius Origins review + more details on the Gradius 3 prototype and Salamander 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2mBaTEjmVE

>>11913608
Where did you get these roms from, anon?

Alright so what do I 1cc if old shmups like Strikers and Fire Shark are boring but new shmups like DFK are too hard and insane

>>11917978
If being "bad" at the game is too much of an ego hit, then treat every stage as its own separate game

Being bad at the game is actually an advantage because it prolongs content and you get the enjoy the best games for even longer.

If obsessing over a single stage for weeks on end is too focused for you, play a different genre. This is literally 90% of the fun.

with my spaceships of red blue and green
you'll hear the crowd of ladies scream
WE WANT TRUXTOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!

Howdy all, retard here!

How do I get the Garegga gadgets to work in retroarch?

>>11913608
Are you using a specific version of shadps4, or just whatever's latest? Always wanted to try Deathtiny

>>11906193
Is Maria the best general character? I've had the best success with her and Miyamoto, not sure though. They have nice spread shots.
Wondering if the Garegga guys are any good, but they feel a little slow.

>>11918448
Maria looks absolutely busted to me. The shot is wide, the options can hit nearly everywhere except behind her, and the ship's default speed allows you to macro everything. Miyamoto is similar enough, slightly less coverage but nothing that matters much, I considered using him first but Maria looked even better.
Yeah Garegga characters were mostly bad imo

Another one that looked particularly good was definitely Carpet, the shot is narrow but her options are just stupidly strong.

>>11918312
If you are talking about a patched rom, that goes into [retroarch folder]/system/[core folder]/patched. When you open retroarch, you have to load the VANILLA ROM, and it will automatically hotswap it with the one in the patched folder, don't open the patched one directly.

For something like the mame bezels, then you can copypaste mame files into system/mame, should require both plugins and artwork, I could get the batrider one to work even if it looks like ass compared to actual mame.

Ahem, fuck retroarch.

Is Akai Katana supposed to be this easy? Feel like I could achieve a clear after only a few more attempts with the first ship. The waifu cancels bullets like an absolute motherfucker. Is there a difficulty spike in the last stage or something?

>gadgets
You didn't beat the game.

>>11918339
I'm using official v0.10.0 with all sys modules installed.
Keep in mind there's some wonkiness like missing text in parts of the options menu.
Also you'll need to decrypt the ISO on older version if you haven't already.

I'm still trying.
Still walled by Discharge final phase, at least I'm doing more score despite missing the additional boss in stage 5 this time. I could push for 10m if I get lucky with medal chaining, and accept that I really need to bring all my extends at stage 7, even if it costs me more rank. I had two this time.

>>11918603
I dunno, depends on which version you're playing, there are like 6 at this point. Usually people say it's the easiest one but to me it's very hard, and I cleared guwang, dfk and futari so I don't know, I guess my brain cannot into horizontal STGs.
I always die to some stray bullet in the middle of the run and it's difficult to get the 2 extends without going full autismo into scoring. Then you compare it to stuff like Mushi, in which you can just chill back and relax and nearly always get the two extends on stage 3.

Honestly though, Yagawa is a douche.
https://streamable.com/ulr4m7
Wasn't going to win anyway but still, I would be assmad if I spent any money on this game.

Using auto-fire on shmups is acceptable but on other genres it's cheating and you can't change my mind

I 1cc’d Darius last night at my arcade, I feel like a champ

>>11918742
you are.

>>11918718
How do you use gadgets in MAME?

>>11918770
https://mega.nz/folder/PUgHDBLD#ENEP7FE2JL4fUrXDl_9C3Q/folder/qNhWDTIK
Drop the zip from the 0.4 folder in your mame/artwork folder. Do not extract it, but open it in the file explorer to read up instructions.
Despite what it says, it's compatible with all versions of batrider, but you need to rename it if you don't want to use it specifically for batriderj ROM

>>11918774
>Fuck Baf, fuck REZ, fuck YGW :)
>-- Olifante
Same tbqh

>>11918742
Grats. Now enjoy being addicted to that feeling for the rest of your lifetime and always coming back to shmups or arcade style games for more.

>>11918742
atta boy

>>11918737
>using auto fire in shmups isnt cheating
No shit, newfaggot.

These last few weeks of threads have been great. Just for the next OP, ditch the 'g' at the end.

Gunvein is actually quite hard. I went in expecting something breezy as it is a relatively new game, but the default arcade difficulty is actually going to require a bit of practice. Any tips?

>>11918827
I liked the latter 2024 /v/ threads more. Everyone looked so excited for some reason, there were many gameplay clips getting shared around, memes, cute girls and even watching each other trying to clear games or practice.

>>11918742
Nice.

Where do people go when they want to play VS shmups with other people anyway?
Fightcade? D*scord?

Maybe we should get a /vr/(+/v/?) spot somewhere.

>>11919543
Fightcade.

>>11919575
Not too fond of it, but it might be better than the alternative.

Well shit
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/rayforces-phantom-sequel-r-gear-just-got-a-standalone-release-in-japan
It's only one stage since it's a prototype. Don't even know why charge money for a cancelled game.

I hurt my back yesterday at the gym so am resting in bed today. Recommend me a hori to play on my bingbingwahoo while resting in bed.

>>11904015
>nuku nuku soft
Witch Girl

>>11918573
Alright, I think I can figure it out now, thank u kind anon

>>11903152 (OP)
has anyone got the correct deathsmiles ROM for retroachievements? can't find one with the right hash from the archive[.]org RA sets

>>11919904
Sengoku Blade. It's included in a Psikyo collection along with Gunbird

>psykio switch ports mentioned
angrymork.jpg

>>11920665
Eat shit Mork. I 1cc'd both Gunbird and Tengai there, the latter was my first 1cc on Switch even.

>>11919543
You might need both, fightcade to actually play, discord to announce matches.
There's only a maximum of 3 games channel you can be in for fightcade + you can't see messages from before you logged in so it's hard to schedule anything

Load Ran is a big qt

Anybody got any experience with a third party modern light gun?