Danmaku (Bullet hell) shooters.

[TheGuardian]

Wondering who plays this style of game around here. I kinda suck at em but I enjoy them immensly. DoDonPachi, Touhou, Trouble Witches, the Suguri series..I also have the touhou fighters as well. Call it sort of getting to know you guys better :3

[elrod21]

I play them occasionally and I do enjoy them, but I am definitely not that good at them either. Still they definitely get the adrenalin pumping. :D

Welcome to RU BTW! I can see you are already enjoying yourself here. ;)

[joz]

The genre you're talking about are Shmups. I love these games. We don't have any of the games, or at least I couldn't find them, on our archive of games other than Dodonpachi. I had to look up the other titles on youtube and I liked what I saw. Thanks for introducing me to those games. We have a game very similar to Trouble Witches, but I can't remember the title at the moment. I'll post it here when I find it.


DoDonPachi (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7876/) » Coin Op (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/coin-op/)


YouTube - Trouble Witches Stage 1 replay



YouTube - Touhou 6 - No Focus EoSD Extra Clear



YouTube - Suguri Gameplay

[Tails]

Castle of Shikigami III

[joz]

Gekirindan (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7928/) » Coin Op (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/coin-op/)

[Seahawk]

Playing them can be fun, but some of them go too far on the difficulty curve for me to really enjoy them.

Battle Garegga (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7819/)
Armed Police Batrider (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7814/)
Radiant Silvergun (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/8109/)
Shippu Mahou Daisakusen (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/6221/)
19XX: The War Against Destiny (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/7784/)

Also, join the shmup group (http://retrouprising.com/groups/destroy-core/) today!
http://retrouprising.com/image.php?groupid=%2073&dateline=1289236918&type=groupthumb.gif

[Dudebro]

I appreciate how good these games are but I can't get anywhere when I play them.

[TheGuardian]

@Elrod21, Thanks, I have been enjoying myself here. It's been a throwback to great past times.

@jozman3000, The general catagory are called SHMUP which means SHoot-eM-UP. These I'm referring to are a particular style of them that are known for having a ridiculous amount of bullets coming at you at once. They're called Danmaku (Lit- Curtain Fire or Bullet Curtain) or just Bullet Hell SHMUPs.

@Everyone else. I know how you feel. I'm the same way. But I try anyway. Can't beat it if you don't try to do better right?


For those of you wondering about it and haven't seen one. YouTube - Subterranean Animism Stage 5 Lunatic no bombs one death

[Dudebro]

That video is just ridiculous. How can people enjoy that?

[TheGuardian]

Part of the draw of it. Because it's so ridiculous :3 Also, jozman3000. This should be what you were referring to when you talked about the Trouble Witches-like game Retro Uprising - Arcade - Twinkle Star Sprites (http://retrouprising.com/game-menu/game/8214/)

[Seahawk]

That video is just ridiculous. How can people enjoy that?

You get a gamer high from shooting games that's unmatched compared to what you get from other genres :}.

YouTube - Darius Gaiden - Full Run (3/3)

YouTube - Twinkle Star Sprites - Full Run on Level 8 (2/2)

[Tails]

I love TSS.

[Dudebro]

You get a gamer high from shooting games that's unmatched compared to what you get from other genres :}.
Yeah I regretted asking how people can enjoy it after I posted but I figured it's too late to go back. I suppose it's the same feeling that I get when I play a game like Shadowrun, blood pumping intensity that makes you want more. I just can't understand how people can actually play those bullet hell games at all, way too much going on.

[Demon-Mask]

I enjoy these games, at the very least the graphics look nice, but they aren't my type of thing. I never had that kind of skill, so I never got far enough to feel like I had done something inside the game, aside from the fact that I see the death screen and game over screen more times than most people do through the entire game, in the first stage.