The RGF Shmup League - Season #3 Game #2: taking nominations

[AmidstStorm]

I'm in a bit of a predicament here: wolfman hasn't been on the forum since the 10th March. I say we put gunbird and sonic wings 2 to a re-vote or we might just be sat here for the next 3 days to have to do one anyways.

So only 8 of us to re-vote:

Gunbird
Sonic Wings 2

hit me!

[weakboson]

Gunbird for me, of course.

[kollisionBR]

Sonic Wings 2

[AmidstStorm]

Sonic Wings 2 for me.

[Fightersmegamix]

Gunbird is probably the better game, but I'm hoping we can play gunbird 2 at some point. I haven't played sonic wings much either so.. sonic wings 2.

[Sel Feena]

EDIT: Actually, I'll go with Gunbird.

[coffeejoerx]

Sonic Wings 2

[AmidstStorm]

Game #3 SONIC WINGS2/AERO FIGHTERS 2 - MAME/Neo Geo MVS-AES-CD/PS1/Saturn

submit scores on 1 credit no continues - Difficulty 4 (MVS defaults), lives 3 (i think this is default) as follows:

Player - initials (if available on high score input) - score - Stage - character/ship - region & format

eg. AmidstStorm - AMS - 234,580 - stage 2 - dolphin - JAP MVS




officially starting at 0:00am 23rd March which is in about 3 and a half hours UK GMT. Can submit score straight away though if you wish.

I'll update info fully when im home tomorrow morn.

Playin on mame you need a neogeo bios file.. pm me or someone who has it running if you have problems.. don't post links to the file in this thread please. We'll get shot by moderators.

Enjoy.

Let me know if any other info is needed etc. i havent got time to play the game right now as im off to work.

Oh and this game has a 2nd loop!!!!

good luck!

[Sel Feena]

Ha! Don't think I'll be seeing that second loop. Something to aim for I guess.

[AmidstStorm]

From what I remember it's not an easy game

[Vyothric]

Took a while to get it working, then figure out some half-decent keys but got started eventually.



Vyothric - DAZ - 250,500 - ?* - Ninja - MAME

*I wasn't paying attention, sorry

"Fry to the rainforest and save the nature". Sounds like a plan.

[Misery]

Hopefully that damn image link works. Do tell me if you cant see it (it'll always appear on MY end, but Imgur gets a little wierd with hosting images at times).

Misery - MSY - 513000 - stage 6 - F-14 - MAME.


And my initials arent on the screen because my rapid-fire setup would make them just "AAA" and then close the screen, lol. I'll perfect the damn controls later..... I had *alot* of trouble getting them to work AT ALL as it is. I really, REALLY hate Mame. ALOT.

Also this game is WAY easier than I thought. This run is without any real practice, only made about 4 random attempts (REALLY dont have time for more right now.... agh, I'm gonna be late as it is....). Ahhh, and this lacks the damn "grab when flashes" thing. Instead it has "paste your plane to the top of screen" sort of thing going.

Coming offa freaking Strikers Plus, this is pretty fun. Though Plus still remains my favorite of theirs, tied with Strikers 2. I think plus is actually a remake of 2? I forget.

Also, screw stage 6. SCREW IT WITH A FORK. I keep always mentioning that I bloody well hate freaking boats in shmups, right? The damn Ketsui boat, the Giga Wing boat, the freaking boat in Plus, any other damn boat.... stage 6 is JUST FREAKING BOATS AND SUBS so logically this means I just die alot there even if I get there with full lives. I really dont know what it is with me and boats that causes this. I really dont. And when I DO get there with full lives, the rank goes insane.

But I'll practice it more later.

[Misery]

Oh, one more thing before I forget.

Might wanna watch the volume level of your speakers with this one. The game seems to have a bug where the music will occaisionally lock up and it'll just make this horrible "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" sound really loud. My damn setup has no ACTUAL volume controls/buttons, so I have to waaaaaiiiiiit through that until my run ends, or remember where the damn pause button is and change it in actual Windows.

It's the only glitch I've run into, but it's loud and unpleasant.

[Vyothric]

Huzzah, a score from Misery

And my initials arent on the screen because my rapid-fire setup would make them just "AAA" and then close the screen, lol

How do you turn rapid fire on?

[Misery]

Huzzah, a score from Misery

And my initials arent on the screen because my rapid-fire setup would make them just "AAA" and then close the screen, lol

How do you turn rapid fire on?

You scream at it and hit it with a shoe for 20 minutes and hope it does something.

Or maybe that was just me before I figured it out.

No, you do it in the most goddamn convoluted way possible.

Step 1: Set one of the custom buttons. It's in the game's input settings screen, under button 1,2,3, you'll see custom 1, 2, 3 and so on. Set it to, well, whatever.

Step 2: There's a "custom buttons" menu. Go in here, highlight that first one, and then hit the "1" key on your keyboard.... not on the keypad, but on the number row. It should bring up a red "1" icon next to the highlighted entry. This means that particular custom button is now linked to the main button 1, which is usually the one used for basic fire in most shmups (and in this one).

Step 3: Go into "autofire setting". Highlight custom 1, switch to on. Then go down to P1 auto-fire delay, and set it to 5. Which is the most "normal" setting, I've found.

That should do it. Whatever key you assigned to the custom 1, you should be able to now just hold it down, and rapid-fire happens.

Any questions, or if I didnt make a goddamn lick of sense (which is highly probable! Not good at explaining stuff.), just let me know.