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Fucking wicked Jap games

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 12:54 pm
by bitWISE
That game thread reminded me that I probably hadnt shown you guys these sweet ass games I found a while back.

Torus Trooper
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This has to be the most insanely fast game I have ever played. On expert level you are basically holding down fire and hoping that you dont get hit. Reminds me of those bonus levels in Sonic.

rRootage
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This one has spectacular, unique visuals but the game play isn't anything exciting. Like playing Galaga while on acid (I suppose).

TUMIKI Fighters
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This one is the coolest god damn thing ever. I have never seen anything play or look like this. When you kill an enemy (even a boss) they fall apart and if you fly your ship into the part it sticks on and functions as a shield and an addition weapon. The only problem is the bigger you get the more likely all your shit will get blown off. Otherwise its your basic side scrolling shooter.

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 2:30 pm
by TMan
Downloading now, thanks for the info.

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 2:53 pm
by Grandpa Stu
first one kinda looks like tempest. i love that game. gonna give it a go now.

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 3:41 pm
by Psyche911
Grandpa Stu wrote:first one kinda looks like tempest. i love that game. gonna give it a go now.
That's what I thought.

All three look worthwhile, thanks bit.

Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 6:12 pm
by Zimbo
Torus Trooper is great :icon14:

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:26 am
by Transient
That first game was fucking crazy. Oddly enough I managed to do better on Extreme mode.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 4:12 am
by Bacon
Zimbo wrote:Torus Trooper is great :icon14:
Seconded :icon25:

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 4:14 am
by Bacon
Bacon wrote:
Zimbo wrote:Torus Trooper is great :icon14:
Seconded :icon25:

My best score so far on extreme

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Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:47 am
by megami
Excellent find- I'm loving both Torus and Tumiki :icon14:

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 8:26 am
by [xeno]Julios
man the torus game is awesome! I'm on level 15 in hard mode.

can't figure out something though - sometimes the pink bullets don't kill me - do they have to hit u a certain way to kill you? or do the diff shaped pink bullets mean diff things?

trying to break the 8000 kph barrier - almost got it a couple times :)

also sometimes you go faster easier - is it to do with the slope of the tunnel?

(i know that the sides slow you down so it's not that)

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:37 am
by Grandpa Stu
that torus game is off the rails. though it completely fucked up my moms computer when i first tried it, hehe.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:57 am
by Mat Linnett
Area 2045 is a corker too. Bit like asteroids.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 12:50 pm
by Bacon
[xeno]Julios wrote:
trying to break the 8000 kph barrier - almost got it a couple times :)
Extreme goes over 13 000, well that the highest i've got in it, you should try it :P

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 4:31 pm
by Geebs
Anyone here a Mutantstorm fan?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 4:32 pm
by [xeno]Julios
that's insane. btw have any of u figured out the deal with the enemy bullets (why they sometimes kill u and sometimes seem not to)?

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:57 am
by Grandpa Stu
not sure on this but...

it seems that the little pink bullets are just the fragments of ships you've blown up. whereas the bigger more rounder ones are actually bullets that will hurt you.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 9:11 am
by SOAPboy
Wonder if i can set these up for joystick use.. New arcade games FTW! :icon25:

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:04 am
by Mat Linnett
Geebs wrote:Anyone here a Mutantstorm fan?
Fo' sho.
Great game, although it could do with some pulsing music in the background.
'course, Space Tripper from the same guys is great too.


Time to pimp mono again I think...
http://www.binaryzoo.com
As well as the rather fantastic mono, he's got a couple of other real corkers there.
Not Japanese, rather North-of-England, but still, same sort of genre / feel.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:19 am
by 4days
Mat Linnett wrote:Time to pimp mono again I think...
http://www.binaryzoo.com
As well as the rather fantastic mono, he's got a couple of other real corkers there.
Not Japanese, rather North-of-England, but still, same sort of genre / feel.
aye, mono's a top game :)

binaryzoo's down for bandwidth mashing at the moment, should be back up soon.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 10:22 am
by Mat Linnett
Oh yeah, and DO NOT dismiss Gridrunner++ by the fabulous Jeff Minter (now for OSX too).
At first glance, the graphics aren't anything special, but the gameplay is rock-solid and hard as buggery at the later levels.

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:42 pm
by [xeno]Julios
Grandpa Stu wrote:not sure on this but...

it seems that the little pink bullets are just the fragments of ships you've blown up. whereas the bigger more rounder ones are actually bullets that will hurt you.
think i figured it out - u have to be hit dead on by a bullet.

i'm on level 40 in extreme - max speed i've ever reached i think is just under 11 thousand kph

btw this game OWNS!!

http://www.bigfishgames.com/downloads/wik/

(wik and the fable of souls)

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:08 pm
by phantasmagoria
i got a headache because of torus trooper :(