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New Dreamcast (and Neo Geo) games on the way!


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3 new Dreamcast (and 1 Neo geo) games are coming, and they're all shmups! YAY!

 

1) Last Hope:

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2oas-71-x-49-en-84-j-70-1lza.html

http://www.lasthope.ngdevteam.com/

http://www.lasthope-dc.com/

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-KNr50pMg0]YouTube - Last Hope (NGDEV Team)[/ame]

 

I'm *really* excited about this one. It started as a indi/homebrew project for Neo Geo AES. Support on the NeoGeo.com forums was huge, and it prompted the developers to release it for NeoGeo CDROM and Dreamcast as well.

 

It's back to the old days of R-Type and Pulstar. Good old fashioned horizontal shmupping at it's best. I do hope these kids go on to make some more games.

 

2) Karous:

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2oas-71-x-49-en-84-j-70-1s2a.html

http://www.mile-stone.co.jp/product/krs/krs_top.html

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSnhyKkUelY]YouTube - Karous[/ame]

 

Japanese for "Crow", this is the next game from Milestone whose previous title was Radirgy (Radilgy). Gameplay looks similar, but a little "darker" graphics. Word from shmups.com is that the beta was too easy, but Milestone took it back to toughen it up a little.

 

3) Trigger Heart Exelica:

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2oas-71-x-49-en-84-j-70-1qgc.html

http://www.warashi.co.jp/exelica/

http://insomnia.ac/reviews/naomi/triggerheartexelica/review.php

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DA8b8dDI2M]YouTube - Trigger Heart Exelica[/ame]

 

Don't know much about this one. It reminds me a little of G-Darius where you get to "capture" enemies and chuck them at other enemies.

 

And remember, if you want to play Japanese/US DC games on an Aussie Dreamcast, you'll need one of two things:

 

1) Utopia boot CD - Free off the net (if you can't find it, PM me). Downside is that it won't let you play foreign DC games on a hi-res VGA monitor! It only works on low-res SCART monitors or low-res S-Video/RCA TVs.

 

2) DC-X boot disk - available from Play-Asia and others for a few bucks:

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2oas-71-w-49-en-84-j-70-uj.html

 

This is the only legal boot disk available for Dreamcast, and it will allow play of US/JAP games on an Aussie console in VGA mode.

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The *only* way to play Dreamcast is through an arcade cabinet (preferably high res).

 

My current MAME cabinet with VGA monitor is going to be Dreamcastified. Can't wait to play Last Hope on that puppy!

 

I think I need a second Dreamcast dedicated to vertical shooters as well. That way I don't have to drag the one machine around the gamesroom constantly.

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my mate played some trigger heart when we were in japan seemed quite cool also saw some japanese guys playing it was pretty popular. Gameplay seemed good and graphics seemed beautiful so im expecting good things from it.
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Will DC-X boot disk also let you play games that won't play via VGA?:unsure

 

Got my DC hooked up to my Candy Cab, now I'm finding a shit load of games won't work in VGA mode

 

There are only 3-4 games that won't do VGA. I know for certain that JoJo's Bizzare Venture and Gunbird are 2 of them.

 

DC-X will allow DC originals to play in VGA mode if the original game supported it. You can buy DC-X from Play-Asia for about $20. Very worthwhile if you play a lot of imports.

 

The Utopia Boot CD will not allow games to work in VGA mode. If you are using non-self-boot backups and using Utopia to boot them, VGA is disabled.

 

You need to use proper self-boots, or the DC-X to get VGA. Utopia is no good.

 

Can you list for me some of the games you are having problems with?

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As soon as I'm back home I'll list the games..

Basically I was sorting ones that worked to the ones that don't (for Candy Cab)...

 

I'll have to sort the ones that don't work into *can't play in VGA *need anologue input *Don't boot

 

I tried the Utopia Boot disc, but it doesn't work itself in VGA mode..

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I got a hacked version of utopia boot disk that will allow you to run some games on the vga that arent suppose to.......i havent tested yet, let me burn and go and play with it and ill post my results shortly....
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I have a copy of Utopia for my import games, and up until a few months back was only playing on a TV (my big VGA monitor was busy being used somewhere else).

 

Now that I've cleaned up the games room, I'm back on VGA and can't play my imports.

 

I ordered "Trigger Heart Exileena" from Play-Asia about a fortnight back, and they offered DC-X in the bundle for US$8. For that price, I chucked it in. Now I'll finally be able to play VGA Under Defeat! Woo!

 

So far all of the downloady self-boots I have work in VGA mode. Haven't come across one yet that baulked (again, excluding JoJo, which never supported VGA in the original anyway).

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oops, my bad....it's gunbird 2 that doesnt work :(

 

Yeah neither of the Gunbirds do unfortunately. They suck pretty bad on PS2 as well (both games come on 1 disc). Shame, because they're good games with a lack of console support which only makes me choose the MAME option instead.

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Yeah neither of the Gunbirds do unfortunately. They suck pretty bad on PS2 as well (both games come on 1 disc). Shame, because they're good games with a lack of console support which only makes me choose the MAME option instead.

 

Will the DC-X allow it to work in VGA mode? can only hope!

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Will the DC-X allow it to work in VGA mode? can only hope!

Unfortunately no. VGA capabilities are programmed in at a game level, and the DC-X won't enable it on games that didn't have the feature originally. :(

 

I so want to try to like shmups... they look so cool.

 

Dan, I think you said in another thread somewhere but which ones are the best for beginners :) and for getting you hooked :D

I might start a "Dan's guide to shmupping" thread I think. Start old school and head into the new era.

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Sneek, try shikigami no shiro 2, its a great game and it's not super super hard......really fun when you get into it, and its ported to just about any and every system possible.

 

Cool... ill look it up and check it out :)

Any of the cave stuff you always hear about good ?

 

I might start a "Dan's guide to shmupping" thread I think. Start old school and head into the new era.

LOL awesome :lol

 

I know this is heading a little off topic... but does anyone know or has played Xenon2. I loved that game as a kid but only place i saw it was on PC.

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Cool... ill look it up and check it out :)

Any of the cave stuff you always hear about good ?

 

 

LOL awesome :lol

 

I know this is heading a little off topic... but does anyone know or has played Xenon2. I loved that game as a kid but only place i saw it was on PC.

 

IF you liked it on the PC, should have checked out the Amiga version, absoultly awesome. Sound track was by Bomb The Bass, only flaw was it moved a tad slow, but it was kick ass... Get an amiga emulator and get the rom \ disc image. If you can find the disc image, let me know

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_2_Megablast

 

Sweet they've made an updated version free to download, will check it out

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I know this is heading a little off topic... but does anyone know or has played Xenon2. I loved that game as a kid but only place i saw it was on PC.

 

Off topic? The more general shmup talk the better, I say! :)

 

Xenon and Xenon 2 were awesome. They saw Megadrive and Master System releases, and were one of the few Master System shooters worth owning (that console was sorely lacking in blaster action).

 

Any of the cave stuff you always hear about good ?

Good? Good???

 

Mate, it's worth selling your soul for. :)

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I saw something about cave on excellentcom, are they a company just into shmups ?

 

Nah Cave do heaps of stuff.

 

They've got quite a lot of puzzle games.

Uo Poko is one:

http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=803&page=1#2263

 

As is Mushihime Tama (don't confuse this with Mushihime Sama, which was a shmup):

http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=868&page=1#18551

 

They also do those silly card games (either with actual cards, or video-card stuff) and target them at specific markets. They have games target to the pre-teen girl (all princessy crap), pre-teen boy (all killer insect overloard crap), etc, etc.

 

They also make a shitload of money form mobile phone games. And no, not "snake" and the UTTER SHITE we get here, but mobile conversions of popular arcade games. You'd be blown away if you saw what the japanese get on their phones. I've seen arcade conversions of everything from Metal Slug to Time Crisis (yes, in full 3D) on mobiles. Pity we westerners get such shit.

 

wow... sidetrack... yes, Cave, that's what I was talking about...

 

They even made "Power Instinct" which was a shitty 1-on-1 fighter ala Street Fighter (but it sucked bad).

 

Arcade Shmups are just one arm of their overall company. In japan most game companies do both software and non-software gaming. There's a huge demand for card games as well as other digital and non-digital handheld stuff. The thing is their market is MUCH bigger than here, so the diversity of what people want is enormous. Japan is a very different place to both Australia and America. :)

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