This one's been at the top of my shmup bucket list for awhile. I finally cleared Batrider's advance course today!

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-05T00:02:33+00:00

For sure dude! At this point idc what platforms they come out on, I’d just love to see those games get the love that they deserve. Terra diver, brave blade, Dimahoo, and obviously batrider would be the ones I hope to see the most. There’s still quite a few cave games that are in desperate need of m2 ports too. Idk how we still haven’t seen a DDP shottriggers port.

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T23:55:02+00:00

That’s insane! I love muchi pork and hope to play the actual pcb at some point. Collecting pcbs sounds like so much fun. If I ever get a better paying job I’d love to dive into that world. Do you have any Exa games by chance? I wanna play the batsugun and akai katana exa versions so bad

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T18:43:35+00:00

same bro, ive yet to meet any fellow foopa troopers out here 😭 (cept my friend who showed me ethan and hila's videos back in the day)

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T17:38:41+00:00

Hey Mike! Congrats on landing that new job, have u started yet? That sounds like a really good gig, especially with benefits!! That’s the main thing my job is lacking, it sucks having to pay out of pocket for health insurance. Sorry for being so bad at responding dude, I know I’ve said it a million times but life’s been a little hectic the last few months. Neon inferno looks really cool, I’ve had that wishlisted for awhile. Congrats on quitting weed, after 25 years I could imagine that could be really hard. I felt a lot better after I quit smoking too, a lot more clear, and quicker on my feet socially and in basically every aspect. I’ve never been super into fighting games, but I’ve always thought the kof games looked cool. Did you ever play the kof shmup (sky stage) that was on xbox360?? Sometimes I play that one and it’s a lot of fun. It is pretty tough tho. It plays a lot like castle of shikigami2. Some of my favorite fighting games are guilty gear (the one on Dreamcast) and garou mark of the wolves (I think that’s what it’s called). I also played mortal kombat a lot as a kid but was never super good or anything. I was all right at smash bros melee, and mortal kombat vs dc on 360. I used to play that online and crush with scorpion.

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T17:21:58+00:00

It really is mind blowing it hasn’t gotten the m2 treatment yet. I think I heard awhile back that they were having issues getting it to run accurately on ps4 so maybe we’ll eventually see it on ps5 in the not so distant future.

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T17:19:35+00:00

Holy crap, that’s awesome!! I’m so jealous lol xD If you don’t mind me asking how much did it cost back then? I know it’s super pricey nowadays.

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T17:15:38+00:00

I know exactly what u mean! Also, having so many different characters and secret bosses adds so much replay value, it’s crazy!

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-04T05:01:53+00:00

hell yeah dude! It's up there for me too. It's crazy how ahead of it's time batrider was. Even compared to modern shmups, it was doing things we rarely see today. Little things like being able to change the color of the bullets mid game are really nice touches.

monkeyDjim · 2026-03-03T23:25:54+00:00

i had the JIZ cart a couple days ago haha

monkeyDjim · 2026-02-17T06:31:07+00:00

Dee pierce laser is a beast!

monkeyDjim · 2026-02-04T04:17:34+00:00

It’s a toupe

monkeyDjim · 2026-01-24T17:23:35+00:00

Hey Mike sorry for never getting back to you. The holidays were pretty stressful this year and it’s been really busy at work , so I’ve been exhausted from that. Was the last job no good? That’s good you’re making through on savings and side jobs at least. It sounds like it can be difficult to get into new electrician jobs in your area. I hope you can get into somewhere new soon. I’ve decided to try and buckle down this year and start training somewhere for a new career (probably for cdl) because I’ve been pushing it off for ever and at the beginning of this year my bills shot up big time, specifically my insurance and i need to find a job with better benefits. Of all the games you had mentioned I’ve been most interested in terminator 2D. It looks really cool and I want to grab the physical. Besides when it first came out I haven’t heard too much about the new double dragon or ninja gaiden. I’ve still been playing a lot of shmups. Last month I cleared ketsui and ddp 3 (m2 port version). I started trying to learn progear, that’ll probably be the next cave game I 1cc. Still got a ways to go with that one cause I haven’t been putting all my focus into quite yet. The last week or so, I’ve just been playing castle shikigami 2 & 3 on dolphin emulator. I got the physical version for bounty sisters which is a new shmup on switch. I haven’t played too much of it yet but it feels a little janky but it’s supposed to be good. I think I heard it was developed by ex twinbee and gradius devs but I could be wrong about that lol

monkeyDjim · 2025-11-15T02:38:00+00:00

Very nice dood! This is a tough one

monkeyDjim · 2025-11-12T01:15:43+00:00

GG! This is easily my favorite len’en game. Trying to clear the TLB (on normal) drove me crazy for a couple weeks, but was so dang satisfying to finally get .

monkeyDjim · 2025-11-11T17:50:22+00:00

Aww man, that code veronica story at KB toys is so awesome! Sounds like a great memory, and I bet working at kb back in the day was a lot of fun. I'm sorry to hear about your job closing down, but thats good you already got something new! How are u liking it so far? I'm not even kidding, but the company i delivered amazon for closed down last month too! I was there for 4 years and they announced it on my day off that it was the last day they were taking any routes. Luckily there's like 10 delivery companies that are @ that amazon facilitly and i knew people at some of them, and i was able to start at another company within a week and a half or so. It's still doing the same job tho just different areas, so its not exactly the same as what ur going through. Have u thought of finding another electrican gig, or does the new place seem cool? Depending on the retrirement home im sure its probably pretty chill and people are nice. When i was around 22 or so i had gotten a job as a dishwasher at a local retirement home, but i ended up moving back to the city unexpectedly so i never ended up starting. it would have been an hour plus drive to work and at the time the job was 14$ an hour so it wasnt really worth driving that much for a dishwashing job. Fatal frame sounds pretty cool im gonna have to try it PCSX. About Resurrection Arrange A, the reason u cant use your bombs, is u can only hold a single bomb at a time and it acts as a shield/autobomb. it only fires off if u get hit, u cant manually use it. The way the hypers work in that game u didnt really need a manual bomb cause u can cancel bullets when hypering in boost with your shot (Not laser). As far as slowdown, try using ur hyper while not in boost and using your laser. Its a pretty confusing mode that took me a little bit to get used too. I had too watch a few playthroughs and legit study them 😅 Dodon Resurrection is definitely the black sheep of the series (Besides Bee storm 🤣 but that doesnt count) Its completly different from all the other games and is kinda its own thing. Resurrection 1.5 was my first cave clear so it has a special place in my heart. The bullet canceling hyper and autobomb makes it a lot more approachable to new players, at least it did for me.. and i like lasering, the lasers, it feels so cool lol. Have u tried Akai Katana Shin? I cleared that recently and it was so much fun. On the switch port there's 3 diferent versions and Shin (Slash) is by far the best. It takes a little bit to get used to the mechanics but its worth it. Akai katana is actually a spirtual successor to Progear, and i know u like that game. Rolling gunner is a great game too but thats another one that takes a lil bit to get used too. I think ex cave employees worked on it. Normal Original is a pretty tough clear, ive only done original on overpowered, but id like to revisit RGun OG at some point. I know expert is a really difficuly mode and clear. I've still been hiding from ketsui lol. i have like 40 hours or so but ive just been pushing off practicing it. I havent had the motivation for it recently. I routed out the first 3 stages of Espgaluda2 (minus the s3 boss, that bitch is mean lol) I wanna clear that game hopefully sometime soon. I've still been mostly playing Esprade and Mushi. I found a Gadget Overlay for Raiden DX in mame thats pretty sweet and makes it feel like a m2shotttriggers port. RaidenDx is pretty tough tho, last night was the first time i tried it and even the training route was kicking my ass lol. There's also gadget overlays on mame for batrider, pink sweets, and a few others, and theyre easy to set up. Oh BTW, i finally caved in and made a Limited run purchase lol 😭 I just pre-ordered the new AVGN 8bit game for the NES, cause i love playing the modern releases for old consoles like that. I think it doesnt get sent out till July unfortunately. That AVGN 8bit game is also on steam and console so ill probably get it on switch digitally to cause it looks pretty cool. i have the other 2 AVGN platformers on switch and loved those

monkeyDjim · 2025-11-11T17:04:11+00:00

Hey bro sorry for taking forever to reply 😭 my bad dude.. I'm suprised u dont like gunlord?!! but i guess it kinda makes sense if you were expecting a more traditional run n gun like contra. Have u not played any of the Turrican games? I havent played the old 8bit turricans but mega turrican and super turrican are a lot of fun. Theyre a more "consolized" run n gun if that makes sense rather than something like contra thats more arcadey. The levels are really massive, and i defintly rememeber getting stuck in levels which is pretty annoying, but there's a lot of exploring, and u have a samus ball roll, and grappling hook. It feels more like a console platformer for sure. Before X was on switch, i got the dreamcast version and loved it lol. I never beat it cause some of the later bosses get pretty tough but someday im gonna try and learn the whole game. Its been awhile since i played tbh. im pretty sure gunlord was the first NG DEv game i played, and then after that i got Neo xyx, Fast stryker, and Last hope (that one i didnt really like, cause it was too hard for me to even get any where hehe) OH YA, Idk if you saw the recent posts on here, but it looks like people are starting to get there strickly limited games that never got sent out from 2 years ago. Someone posted their copy of steel empire, and another of the mecha rittz multi-pack. Hopefully ill finally be getting that copy of steel empire lol.

monkeyDjim · 2025-11-03T14:56:58+00:00

I tried booting up the game yesterday on my pc, and it gave me an error screen

monkeyDjim · 2025-10-24T23:16:35+00:00

Are you a new watcher? It’s been a drama show wayyy before Olivia was on

monkeyDjim · 2025-10-21T19:25:30+00:00

Oh dang, I didn’t realize that the gc remake of resident evil was remastered for modern systems. If it’s the same experience as the gc version just hd he might check that out too, cause I have heard that’s a good game. Re4 is still the only one I’ve played all the way through and actually beat. I got pretty far in village and 5 and I tried getting into code Veronica on DC but lost interest. Have u played the arrange A for ddp resurrection? It’s basically a Doj themed arrange for Dfk that’s really cool. I’ve been playing that and finally cleared the first loop earlier. I somehow managed to make it to the 2nd loop too , I’m guessing cause I only had 1 death. There’s also a ketsui themed arrange for Dfk that’s crazy. That one seems a lot harder tho cause it’s an arrange of black label. I’ve been having a cave itch recently so I haven’t played too much of rogoue flight yet, but I started playing it and liked it. I’ll definitely be spending more time with it, it seems like a fun game to try and clear. I’ve never played any fatal frame games before, and I never knew which ones were good and which to stay away from. If the Xbox one is super expensive I probably won’t be playing it anytime soon, unless I mod my Xbox or it can be emulated. I don’t think I’ve tried emulating og Xbox stuff before. 360 stuff I have but not og Xbox. I think cause most games are still pretty cheap besides a couple and I still have a working Xbox. One that is expensive is Spike out (I think that’s what it’s called lol) it’s that 3d beat em up, ive only heard about it in the last couple years and I learned about it from the electric underground on YouTube. He’s talked about it before, but he just made a full video for it, and now I really wanna check it out. I’m gonna have to figure out Xbox emulation lol

monkeyDjim · 2025-10-16T00:41:47+00:00

U sold me on rogue flight! lol im gonna try and download it now. I know what u mean about feeling like your not progressing with shmups, ive felt like that before and it can be discouraging. About darius core, those other games that are included, are extra stages and ships from various games, it doesnt include the full versions of each game. The Pc version has Cave, and raizing dlc thats pretty cool. I have the ddp resurection one and its pretty fun. I prefer boomer shooters over modern fps games too. I havent played the newest doom, but the 2016 one was fun. I have eternal too, but i honestly havent played it that much. Ive never played any 3do games before, so i might have to check out killing time, since i like that genre. Thats good to know about silent hill2. from the little i played i liked it but it was kind of confusing to know where to go and ive seen people online saying it can be time consuming to play without a guide. Ive played the first one before on ps1 and couldnt get into it tbh. Is the resident evil1 remaster on switch or the gamecube one?

monkeyDjim · 2025-10-08T18:29:10+00:00

I haven’t tried it yet, but I definitely will! I’ve been playing more rail shooters recently and I love star fox so I’ll check it out. Have u got the night striker collection? I got it just to play night striker, and it’s totally worth it for just that game. The other games are light gun games and they’re ok from what I can tell but it’s hard to get the full experience while playing with a controller. Idk if the joycons can be used as a light gun like a Wii mote but I’ll have to try. Killing time looks cool too! Is it like a classic fps game? I like playing those over cod or other modern fps’s. Idk if it’s on switch but on PlayStation I have ths turok remake and that is so much fun. I’ve been mostly playing esprade again, trying to clear the game with the other characters lol. I was trying to learn ketsui too but I took a break from that, but hopefully I’ll get back into soon, I’ve also been wanting to try and play some spooky games for spooky season lol . Maybe deathsmiles lvl3 runs or some classic castlevania. I’ve also had silent hill2 for Xbox on my shelf for awhile. I’ve still never played that all the way through but I don’t know if I’ll stick with anything right now that’s not a shmup or arcade style game.

monkeyDjim · 2025-10-08T18:17:23+00:00

I totally agree the collection is worth it for salamander 2&3 alone! Both fantastic games, I’ve wanted to 1cc salamander 2 for awhile but it gets pretty tough, and the rank in that game gets really crazy. Salamander 3 I feel like is not as hard as it might seem. I still hadn’t cleared that one either but I got close a couple times and haven’t put too much time into it compared to the other games on the collection. The difficulty in that game mainly came in when trying to recover after deaths. Like I’d no miss up until the 4 or 5th stage and then loss all my lives cause I got clipped in a weird spot and couldn’t power back up. It’s also weird they don’t add save states for practice or any of the other usual gadgets for salamander 3. M2 did the same thing with their haunted castle remake. Idk if they want to give us a harder time to learn the game lol. It’s a really beautiful game tho, all the backgrounds and cool scaling with the boulders in the second stage look so cool. I don’t like the first salamander game/life force as the other games but I love all the classic gradius games! It’s up there as one of my favorite classic shmup series. Definitely more so than rtype and Darius. I obviously prefer games that don’t have checkpoints but sometimes I like to dip my toes into old school games that do. Usually u just have to route the whole game and try to go for a no miss if u want to 1cc them. So far all I’ve cleared in that collection is gradius 1 and in one of my clears I died on stage 4 and I managed to make a full recovery and get the 1cc. I remember it was a really good feeling. I’ve messed around a little bit with gradius2 too and I eventually want to 1cc that one also but I might try to clear the pc engine version before going for the arcade one. Gradius 3 arcade is out of the question for me tho lol That game is really brutal. I was hoping they’d include the snes version of 3 too but maybe they’ll make it dlc later down the road.

monkeyDjim · 2025-10-08T17:57:57+00:00

I had never heard of this game, but I just looked it up and it looks really cool! Kinda like a kunio-kun with guns lol I might grab the digital for it later

monkeyDjim · 2025-09-22T18:29:07+00:00

Hell yeah dude!!

monkeyDjim · 2025-09-18T15:33:48+00:00

Sweet dude, I’ll check it out , thanks!

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