Be Excellent To Each Other

At the end of the last MAME challenge there were a few people who suggested they would like to take part in a challenge specifically around Shoot em ups.

This would allow you to play stuff like Do-don-patchi / anything else by Treasure / or more sedate stuff like R-Type or Scramble :-)
This is just a poll to gauge interest , as some of the other challenges have really struggled with the numbers. - Enough people said yes so now time to nominate

Plan would be to have a 2 nominations each - a vote on the games - and run it for 5 or 6 weeks in total

If your interested vote in the panel above - if you think you have suggestions for great games then you can stick them below and i'll try to compile them - if the season goes ahead i'll put a zip file on here with the games and MAME so you just download and double click to play them.

If we dont end up with at least 4 or 5 people who will actually play each week then we'll wait.

I'll also come clean now and say that i'm not particularly good a shoot'em'ups so you dont need to worry too much about me winning this (unless I'm the only person who takes part :-)

Some examples of games to give you ideas

Cyvern



Ikaruga



Radient Silvergun



ESP Ra.De.



Dangun Feveron



Blazing Star



Space Invaders



Space Bomber



Okay we seem to have enough people interested- time to nominate -

I intend leaving the nominations open till the end of Tuesday - then voting until Sunday / and Start on Monday the 27th
Games would run for 1 week

Nominations so far :

Parodius Da!
Fantasy Zone
Raiden
Space Bomber
Radiant Silvergun
Space Invaders
Dangun Feveron
Blazing Star
Cyvern
DoDonPachi
R-Type -
Gradius
Slap Fight
Star Force
Darius Gaiden
Progear
Armed Police Batrider
Scramble
Esp Ra. De
R-Type Leo
Truxton

In!

You have my Axelay!

Hopeless at shooters too, but I'm in. I promise not to nominate Out Zone again.

Sign me up!

Everybody's rubbish at shmups, really, but avoiding them on that basis is a bit like saying "I won't learn to play guitar - I'm crap at it". They are The Best Games, and they're usually lots of fun even if you're doing badly, so everybody should join in!

I'd like to nominate Dangun Feveron and Blazing Star. Both absolutely top-notch. I haven't spent anywhere near as much time with them as I'd like to...

Hells yeah!

I'm in and would love to nominate Radiant Silvergun (If everyone can get it to run)

And of course, I wouldn't want a shoot em up challenge without the original Space Invaders!

It's probably the only MAME challenge I'd stick at (mostly hate platformers), so aye.

I'm intending to nominate Space Bomber for gibberish purposes & because everyone loves it even if they don't know it yet.

I'm thinking Fantasy Zone and Raiden. For now.

I'd have to buy a joystick

Do you not have one lying around from an old console you could just get a converter for ?

Otherwise a cheap wired Xbox360 pad would be fine (needs to be wired otherwise you need the wireless adaptor which would cost more but allow you to use your normal 360 pads on it).

Normally I'd say just use the keyboard but a lot of shooters need you to hammer the firebutton a lot :-)

I tend to have problems using the D-pad for shootemups, that's all.

I too much prefer using a stick for shooters.. You can get a game pad with a stick off eBay for around £20.

Didn't up to jump have a review of one on there? I seem to remember it reading very well!

You'll mean this : http://uptojump.co.uk/?p=1237

Remember the 360pad does have the twin analog sticks so you can use them - although I agree if you have the choice you'll want a 'real' stick.

Count me as definitely in for this one! More time at home nowadays baby to be playing these things, plus I do rather like shmups, even if I am rubbish at them.

I don't really enjoy shoot em ups, despite trying, so not for me.

I'm in

I'd tentatively say yes.

For a vote, I'd pick Parodius Da!

Hey RuySan!

Where the frig have you been?

Fuck yeah, let's play Parodius Da!

Okay we seem to have enough people interested- time to nominate -

I intend leaving the nominations open till the end of Tuesday - then voting until Sunday / and Start on Monday the 27th
Games would run for 1 week

WTF? Who hasn't nominated DoDonPachi or Espgaluda?

Are we not having a spot of DoDonPachi in this then?

o/

\o

*Hands over the Supreme Commander helmet and hot pants*

*Hands over Febreze*

I'll take those as your nominations then :-)

Zio can nominate one, I'll do the other.

Done - you have 2 nominations so have a think and get the other ones in before the end of Tuesday

Would making my other nomination Mushihime-sama cause massive Cave burnout with everyone else here?

Not really played any Cave shooters so I imagine I'll be as good at it as all the others (not very). Fine with me though. I may nominate something a bit older like Phoenix or Satan's Hollow if I can't think of anything else.

Ibara's shite, granted, but virtually everything else that comes out of Cave is fried gold, you loon!

Different strokes for different folks and all that I suppose.

Um... I wonder if anyone else with a nomination spare might give Truxton some consideration?

I still play that on the Megadrive from time to time.

Hmm.
Which is the best of the 1942 series?

I think you misread

Ooops! Apologies chap!

I'll save everyone else the bother and dedicate this to myself:

I think did a 'ultimate guide to' , I never really saw the attraction.

I remember Flying Shark being an excellent 1942 type shooter, Grim....

Espgaluda and Mushihimesama aren't playable in MAME, guys. I have the PS2 ports, but I don't think we can count on everybody buying those, much less the original boards.

PS - Ibara's brilliant, but it's very much a Raizing game at heart. It's a lot closer to Battle Garegga than DoDonPachi. It's not playable in MAME, though.

Okay - to confirm - these games *must* work in MAME - I will check that they 'work' as in load / and that at least the start of the game is okay but you should make sure they are playable.

Okay then, I nominate Truxton/Tatsujin as one of mine then if I can't have Espgaluda and Mushihimesama. I know that can be played in MAME.

I've only ever played Espgaluda in Mame (and on the iPad recently, I guess). It was in the MAME challenge, I though.

Oh, maybe that was DoDonPachi

Yeah, the clue is in the thread title folks.

Maybe you're thinking of ESP Ra.De., Grim...? It's the first game in that series, and definitely works in MAME.

Yeah, I was just assuming they worked. I've got a modded PS2 at home with DoDonPachi, Ibara and Mushihimesama on that - never tried any of them through MAME before.

I am, and I didn't realise they were different. Carry on!

In a new job. The kind of jobs the block access to lots of websites, and there's lots of desks behind you so there's always someone who can see what you're doing. Bah!

And i've rediscovered my love for bodyboard, so i've surfing at weekends.


BTW, i nominate any every Cave game, and also Saint Dragon because i remember it being awesome on the amiga.

Space Invaders works... but I can't get Radiant Silvergun to work in my MAME.

Unless anyone can tell me different that is?

What version of MAME are you using ?

It does 'work' in mine that it loads and i can play it although i do get warnings that the sound is not 100% and the video is not 100%

I'm using MAME320.104U1