holy fuck.
Guys, I BEAT IKARUGA... on
normal.
Holy fucking shit. That last level was hell. The last boss wasn't too hard -- the one where you have bullets -- but then you DON'T HAVE BULLETS anymore, you aren't "allowed" to shoot. and he just keeps firing shit at you. You'd think this would be easier, since you only have to dodge, but this is the fucking most insane shit ever, where you swim in bullets. Anyway, took me forever. I had quite a bit of continues, but not unlimited ones (afer you play.. uh.. 20?.. hours, you get unlimited continues).
So, yeah, onto the next "Shmup I've never beaten for the Dreamcast". I've beaten Karous (which is very easy), Castle Shikigami 2 (I actually beat it on the horrible PS2 port; the DC version is a MUCH better port though it's still one of the lesser shmups around -- on the other hand, the 3rd game is incredible, if you have a Wii and like $5 to get a used copy), Ikaruga, Fast Striker, DUX (which was damn near impossible -- you wanna talk about a fucking challenge?), Gunbird, Drill, Under Defeat, Trizeal, Psyvarius 2, Trigger Heart Excelica...
The ones I haven't beaten are chaos Field (which seems to be way harder than the Cube version), Border Down (which is HARD), Last Hope (I'm playin the Neo Geo version instead of the Cube "Pink Bullets" version, and it's probably the hardest shmup ever), Under Defeat (this one seems easy but I find the game sorta boring).. uh... yeah.
I also beat BLAZING STAR. This is in my top 5 favorite shmups now (I can make a top 10 shmups list sometime if anyone's interested. I'm actually thinking of making a shmup-only thread sometime -- that way, we can talk about shmups and post soundtracks, downloads, etc.).
I HIGHLY reccomend this game... go to dcisozone.com and type in neo4all. I will bring up "Neo4all + 52 roms". Blazing Star is in this pack. It's the fastest, most colorful, most insane shooter ever for the NeoGeo -- and it came out in 1992! It RULES. The last boss will blow you away. It's a baby! It's a giant baby! Haha. It's a fetus actually, but it turns into a big baby. It's so fun.
Anyway, my best friend just sold me his Japanese modded ps2, so I can FINALLY play PS2 burns on top of the PS1 games I've been burning for a year. So, first game I got to burn was Mushihime Sama! It's BULLET FUCKING HELL:
Also..
Andro Dunos (this game rules. You know how most shooters scrolling you up, or to the right? THis one scrolls you up, down, left, and right... it's nuts. Fun shit).
Ironclad (another great neo geo game)
..........I think I'm going to play Chaos Field until I beat it now. Yeah. I've been able to get to level 3 pretty easily but that's about it.
...yeah. Fuck it, guys. I'm going to open a beer and go for it.