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    • SgtJimmyRustlesS
      SgtJimmyRustles
      last edited by

      I have one for you guys for PC, if I haven't A. Already responded on this thread awhile ago, and B. It hasn't been already listed.

      I liked Raptor Call of the Shadows for pc.

      It's fun, and looks great, plays well for a PC game, and is easily accessible. It's honestly the best SHMUP for DOS that I can think of.

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      • quicksilverQ
        quicksilver @SgtJimmyRustles
        last edited by

        @SgtJimmyRustles I might have to try that one out. One thing I have found is I much prefer shumps that allow you to hold the trigger in. Games like 1942 kill my thumb.

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        • SgtJimmyRustlesS
          SgtJimmyRustles
          last edited by

          @quicksilver said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

          ut. One thing I have found is I much prefer shumps that allow you to hold the trigger in. Games like 1942 kill my thumb

          Oh yeah, you won't have that problem there. Just hold a key down and move around.
          Though I do have, on my horipad controller, a turbo button so that could help you.

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          • BobHarrisB
            BobHarris @SgtJimmyRustles
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            @SgtJimmyRustles It has been listed already, but it can't hurt to give Raptor some extra attention. :-) To me this game got everything right..especially the music is excellent.

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            • IanDaemonI
              IanDaemon @quicksilver
              last edited by IanDaemon

              @quicksilver Yeah autofire is a huge advantage. In some emulators you can alter the controls and turn on "autofire".

              @SgtJimmyRustles It seems that Raptor allows you to shoot the enemy bullets to destroy them. That seems like a fairly easy way to rush headlong into the fray. This got me thinking... I guess I'd classify shooters into three difficulty categories in this respect.

              1. Easy - You can shoot the enemy bullets to destroy them.

              2. Medium - The enemy bullets are destroyed when the enemy that fired them is destroyed.

              3. Hard - The enemy bullets are never destroyed.

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              • BobHarrisB
                BobHarris @IanDaemon
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                @IanDaemon I guess what you think you're seeing is actually the aircraft taking damage. You cant destoy enemy bullets in Raptor by shooting at them. But you can get hit untill your energy bar is depleted.

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                • BobHarrisB
                  BobHarris
                  last edited by BobHarris

                  One advice for anyone giving Raptor a try: Use the Dos setup option to set your gamepad. Uptill now I let Dos think I was using a keyboard (I've used the mapper to assign keyboard keys to my controller; amongst others the arrow keys to my left thumbstick). But flying diagonally was incredibly hard. After I used the setup option to set control type to Joystick I was flying diagonally with ease. :-)

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                  • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                    SgtJimmyRustles
                    last edited by

                    @BobHarris said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

                    One advice for anyone giving Raptor a try: Use the Dos setup option to set your gamepad. Uptill now I let Dos think I was using a keyboard (I've used the mapper to assign keyboard keys to my controller; amongst others the arrow keys to my left thumbstick). But flying diagonally was incredibly hard. After I used the setup option to set control type to Joystick I was flying diagonally with ease. :-)

                    That's honestly something we need, dosbox controller configs for retropie without having to use dosbox itself.

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                    • quicksilverQ
                      quicksilver @SgtJimmyRustles
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                      @SgtJimmyRustles there is lr-dosbox but it's too slow to be useful on a pi. Even on my overclocked pi3b+ it chugged pretty bad on most games.

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                      • pjftP
                        pjft @quicksilver
                        last edited by pjft

                        @quicksilver I installed Cyvern but it's often at around 50fps on lr-fbalpha, even with the speedhacks. Am I missing something, or what are you using to play it?

                        EDIT: managed to get the missing files to run it on AdvMame and it runs like a charm there. Thanks for the tip!

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                        • quicksilverQ
                          quicksilver @pjft
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                          @pjft Im using mame2003. I am overclocked but didn't really notice any slowdown unless there was a ton of bullets on the screen. And even then the game was very playable for me. I'll check exact fps when next I'm on my pi. The game itself is extremely hard, but it's making me a better shump player now that I have played it through 4-5 times. I've gone back to play a few other shumps and they feel like a cake walk compared to this game 😂

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                          • quicksilverQ
                            quicksilver @pjft
                            last edited by

                            @pjft I have to say I much prefer the blue "Cyvern" because of it's wide spread shots and chain lightning alt attack. Great for crowd control. Green is good for concentrated fire, not a big fan of the red one though.

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @quicksilver
                              last edited by

                              @quicksilver I'll give it a shot, thanks! Only played the red one briefly to see how the game went.

                              AdvMame works well for it so I'm sticking with it. Thanks for the tip and a happy Saturday!

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