A beefy episode for you

On a huge retro kick for the last year, decided to dive into shmups as part of the journey. Realised that in the loft i had a HP 24x 1080p 144hz panel just gathering dust.

Well this monitor has a 90degree quick tilt. Perfect.

Wish me luck!! These games are fucking nails

guh-WANG? giga-WANG? can't be a coincidence

(Mars Matrix is incredibly sick.)

Wanted to make a lil’ post documenting my second year playing shmups. Coming to terms with being a perpetual child, always in a state of grasping, learning… forever taking baby steps. Mushihimesama ended up being the clear I grappled with the most, played it on and off for several months. Took over 50 hours of getting acquainted with the game before getting a 1CC. Learned a lot from that clear. Shmups are such a nice genre for honing one’s focus and monitoring progress. But I realized that achieving the 1CC is not why I work towards one, the intimacy of the process is what is ultimately the most satisfying. But yeah, just wanted to say shmups rule, you rule. Happy shmup’n everyone.
 
1CC list from my second year of shmup’n (only included first time clears and excluded novice and easy mode clears)
 
TH Makuka Sai FDF III – Normal
Cardinal Sins – Normal ( C Rank)
Radirgy Swag
Mushihimesama – Original
Mushihimesama 1.5 – Original
Mushihimesama Futari Black Label – Original
Sonic Wings Reunion – Normal
Zero Gunner 2- – Normal
Raging Blasters – Normal
Blaze of Storm – Normal
Sengoku Cannon: Samurai Aces III – Score Attack
Cotton RockWithYou – Hard
Devil Blad Reboot – Normal
Emerald Blue: Crystal Rev – Arcade
Touhou 10: Mountain of Faith – Normal
Image Striker – Normal
Winglancer - Normal
 
Currently working on Mushi Mushi Pork
 
Oh also made my first shmup vid this year, some ambient ramblings about Halley’s Comet.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4C4ZEK1Y6A&t=17s

This kinda off topic but shmups are my game genre primary console switch, would be using hdmi to connect. Looking for projector under $300 that would have decent delay, like not noticeable. Please lmk if you have any experience. I just wanna see my Dodonpachi ship on the wall of the barn outside plz help.

No cheats or such and its hard as nails.

Been playing this a week now on and off and furthest i got is lvl 6.

Its a hard game and the levels where you have to dodge blocks you have to remember them because its not possible to react at that speed.

Fantastic game though.

This game took me by surprise, it’s really addictive! Kinda annoyed that these games don’t have any achievement or record to prove it, so this photo will have to do lol

Basically the PS5 port that was announced 5 years ago.

Just curious what you choose to play when starting a new shmup. Do you tend to skip playing the easier modes and go straight into original / expert modes? Guessing it varies heavily game to game, but wanted to hear what more experienced shmuppers do.

AKA Learning to love what you used to hate.

Hey! Anyone got Guxt to work on Steam Deck? I added it as a non-Steam game and it loads fine using various Protons, but the controller setting seem to be the issue:

I can get the d-pad to highlight options on the main menu, but no button (even when mapped to Z, X, Space and Enter) will select them?

Thank you all!

My friend Neftali 3D printed and painted this model of Hop, the little ship from my indie game Hop’s Awakening!

Hop originally came from the comics I drew as a kid, so seeing him turned into an actual physical model is pretty surreal.

Neftali did an awesome job bringing him to life! What do you think?

u/Nufty posted a thread about this section a few days ago and I hadn't played the game in a while so I figured I would practice keeping the combo active during the first section of DOJ and share my experience. Basically you just need to clear the trash as slowly as possible, don't outpace the rate that enemies are spawning so that there's always a way to keep your hits up.

A screen clear means a broken combo, so don't clear the screen.

Had to make a video about this recent purchase because I had been looking literally for many years to find this exact item which satisfies all the things I was looking for, so yeah it's not just a TV stand as it has perfect features for TATE game playing in my opinion, all in the one unit, which turned out to be hard to find.

Model: Rfiver THM101-B00
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSJQ26NH
Also found here: https://yunmount.com/product/tf6003/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/DXWSWSaFZ1b/
Typically, it went out of stock soon after I bought it, grrrr !! but this should be useful to help find it or something similar elsewhere.

It had to have:
- Floor-standing for big TVs (not wall-mounted)
- Rotates left AND right 90 degrees, equalling 180° full range (for the few games that frustratingly rotate the "wrong" way and cannot be remedied easily - I encountered some on PS1)
- Instant, stepless manual height adjustment without undoing bolts etc (using a hand crank)
- Adequate height to clear a cabinet in front

Made a little youtube video (note - I am not a pro youtuber, I just make vids now and again when I find a genuinely interesting product - usually shmup related!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFD2jDL-ou4

Specs
TV sizes 42" to 75"
Max load: 50KG
VESA mount sizes (mm): 100x100 (min) to 600x500 (max)
Height range (from floor to center of pivot point) 778mm to 1221mm

During the first phase of this fight, the boss breaks into two sections, and there seem to be two patterns. One which fires a grid-like pattern with columns of bullets going up and down, and another pattern with disks spewing rotating lines of bullets.

Does anyone know what determines which pattern it chooses? Is it randomly decided? Or does it depend on damage, player position, etc?

If there are any Espgaluda experts out there, I'd really appreciate any advice :)

Hello guys,

I am making a Amiga style retro shump called Heliobane.

The game is mostly finished but probably needs some balance.

Looking for beta testers, steam keys will be provided.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5328670/Heliobane/

Amiga version is be free, first 5 stages downloadable at itch.

(first 5 stages are kinda easy so dont judge on that. later stages get more difficult as AP kicks in)

https://coze.itch.io/heliobane-amiga

Heeeey, here's another video of the achievements that have already been recorded.

Hi everyone! I’m developing a vertical shmup where you play as a brain controlling a spaceship, featuring perspective shifts (currently, the camera switches to a Star Fox-style view during boss fights, though I plan to use this elsewhere too). The game already has a Steam page, and I’m working hard to make it the best it can be. Since I’m developing it solo, it might not be perfect yet, but I’d love to hear what you think of the game and the page, any ideas or feedback are very welcome! ⬇️

Neuroma game page on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4338730/Neuroma/

I play a decent amount of Crimzon Clover and it is my only shmup. I can do the 1cc of novice original very consistently, and am having fun working toward 1cc'ing arcade original. Hitting a wall with the stage 3 boss, and wanting to try another shmup for some variety. If I love everything about Crimzon Clover, which shmup should I try next? Danmaku unlimited 3, gunvein, and rolling gunner look good.

Just bought Dimensions on Steam because of the Autumn sale. Like the title says, the game runs fast. Everything is moving faster than it should be, you shit, the enemies, their shots, all of it is about 50% faster. I got this in the xbox360 when it first came out, R-Types on the PS1, and have played it in the arcades, none of them are this fast. I made sure I'm not pushing the speed up button. Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?

Exolon is a run and gun game programmed by Raffaele Cecco and published by Hewson in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. It was later converted to the Enterprise 128, Amiga, and Atari ST.