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Seirei Senshi Spriggan is a 1991 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Compile and published by Naxat Soft in Japan for the PC Engine CD-ROM. In the game, the player assume control of Jega and Rikart piloting the Spriggan in order to protect their country from the Buraizubara empire.

Hetzen wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:32 am I'd not set up my TG16 core, so it was a journey getting things working. I have a 1TB solid state external USB drive to put larger format games on. So I needed to copy the directory and bios across. I then found out that you had to press 'run' to get the CD image to load, so controller mapping was important.

I've played it a couple of times, but more for making sure it worked properly. I'll put some more time into it over the next few days. But for a schmup, it's been fun.

What has been the main benefit for me is finding recommended games on Youtube for this core. Top 50's and lifting games that sparked some interest.

Hetzen wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:32 am I'd not set up my TG16 core, so it was a journey getting things working. I have a 1TB solid state external USB drive to put larger format games on. So I needed to copy the directory and bios across. I then found out that you had to press 'run' to get the CD image to load, so controller mapping was important.

I've played it a couple of times, but more for making sure it worked properly. I'll put some more time into it over the next few days. But for a schmup, it's been fun.

What has been the main benefit for me is finding recommended games on Youtube for this core. Top 50's and lifting games that sparked some interest.

charmless wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:09 pm
I'm looking forward to when I get to set up a new core because of the gaming club. It's always exciting. I've used the PC Engine core (I'm taking a stance here with the name ) a lot so feel free to ask if you run in to any problems.

There are tons of great games for the system so have fun! Us Europeans never got to play the system back in the day. I've heard of some stores in a few European countries that used to import PC Engines from Japan and there is some weird PAL version of the TG16 floating around but I have no clue what market that was made for.

I'm going to spend some time with Spriggan tonight.

Malor wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:31 pm Well, I gave it a good try, but Spriggan is way too fast for me. I was never good at bullet hell shooters even when I was young, and my reflexes are very poor now in comparison, so I die very quickly. There's just too much going on for me to track accurately.

The graphics and sound are startlingly good, though. I'm much more impressed with the presentation than I expected. If I were still fast enough, I think I would really like this game.

Malor wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:31 pm Well, I gave it a good try, but Spriggan is way too fast for me. I was never good at bullet hell shooters even when I was young, and my reflexes are very poor now in comparison, so I die very quickly. There's just too much going on for me to track accurately.

The graphics and sound are startlingly good, though. I'm much more impressed with the presentation than I expected. If I were still fast enough, I think I would really like this game.

PistolsAtDawn wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:11 pm I beat the game! Annoyingly though it doesn't give you a chance to see your final score after Act 7 the way you can at the end of the rest of the Acts. I did notice that when I killed the final boss' last form, my score suddenly jumped to over one million! I didn't think to grab a picture because I assumed it would present you with the final score after the credits. It does not, so I don't know for sure what my actual final score was. It wasn't too much higher than a million though because I had to use like a thousand continues to finish it.

I had a lot of input lag on my 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ over Bluetooth, which is the first time I've even really noticed it on the MiSTer. I changed to using a USB cord and it wasn't noticeable after that.

Using the powerups as bombs is a good idea when you get into a tight spot or the next pickup is the same as what would be rotated out next. In that case, you gain nothing but a small amount of points for the powerup, so firing the one in your inventory as a bomb is beneficial.

charmless wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:58 am Well done! I don't know why I never used any continues but I managed to get to Stage 4 on one. I guess I just quit out after a good run But you've inspired me to try and beat it tonight

Yeah input latency will kick your ass playing shmups.