For whatever reason, the Steam version of Arcade Love Plus Pengo doesn't have Pengo in the compilation and that makes the game less fun or something. I figure that it's due to licensing issues or something from Sega that Pengo has to be excluded in this compilation. The Xbox 360 version has Pengo although it lacks online Multiplayer support for a complete 8-Player experience in Pengo. There may be online leaderboards in other games Triangle Service had made as well as achievements which are synchronized online since your Steam/Xbox account is hybird-ish or some sort. The bigger problem with the arcade version of Arcade Love Plus Pengo is the lack of Aime support. You just start the game and realize that there isn't any prompt for starting the game with Aime card. The other ALL.NET Plus Multi games have that perhaps for saving player data or some kind but the cabinet-to-cabinet local linkage is one essential for 4-Player Pengo experience.
At the time the compilation game was developed, there was news saying that Sega was planning on remaking Pengo with HD widescreen for the arcades but then, that wouldn't be enough was the game would be too short and mini anyway so additional stuffs would be needed. Then came the familiar sound effects when completing the bonus stage in Single Player mode. It seemed that the game was being developed by Triangle Service as if Pengo is the only popular reason to play this compilation game once it came out in the arcades. Unfortunately, the game isn't that great when compared to other ALL.NET Plus Multi games in the arcades. The beat-em-up segment of Action Skills Test is kind of a mixed bag and so is the graphics throughout the entire compilation game although there are some graphical improvements in Shmups Skills Test. CombatZeal is one major disappointment to anyone's who played Trizeal and Exzeal and expected CombatZeal to be a new sequel and the compilation game is quite fun in Multiplayer as if the game's developed with that fun in mind.
The game is alright in the arcades but it's a little bit worse on consumer systems like it's lacking the online Multiplayer support and the Steam version has made things worse with the absence of Pengo that it's NOT even WORTH playing whatsoever! You're better off playing Arcade Love Plus Pengo in the arcades if that's the case.
Showing posts with label Triangle Service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Triangle Service. Show all posts
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Gyroshooter for Windows 10 and Steam
It's unbelievable that Triangle Service had been going on both common and non-common routes and it might be the same for Treasure in which certain games were released for the less popular gaming platforms at the time like Sega Saturn and Dreamcast although they have sufficient amount of games. It's just the major difference between them and their rivals and certain games released on them were quite popular enough that they would get ported to rival and modern systems as well like Radiant Silvergun on Xbox 360 as the modern release with Ikaruga on rival console, Gamecube and other modern gaming platforms. This is the same case for Triangle Service starting with Trizeal although not all Dreamcast shmup games are sufficient momentum when compared to some of the best Dreamcast shmup games like Ikaruga. Needless to say, Triangle Service was already on the verge of going under unless Trizeal on Dreamcast was sold well.
Then came the Xbox 360 releases of tons of shmup games. Many of them originated from the arcades and certain of them were also released on Dreamcast in addition to Xbox 360. The Playstation 3 still had yet to catch up but the bigger problem was the least amount of popularity of Xbox series of consoles in Japan. The Xbox 360 did better than its predecessor due to sufficient amount of Japanese games released for it there. Like those popular Dreamcast games, certain Japanese games on Xbox 360 were also released on rival systems at the time like Namco's Idolmaster for instance with future Idolmaster games being on Playstation 3 and 4.
Next is the Windows Phone platform which is less popular and somehow, one of Cave's shmup games was released for it before getting an IOS release. At future points, Cave's already managing the modern mobile games on IOS & Android with sufficient success with Gothic is Magical Maidens/Gothic wa Mahou Otome, followed by Steam releases of their games in which even Triangle Service was going on that same route.
Recently, it looked like Triangle Service made a new gaming experiment in game development which was basically a shooter game that uses gyroscope technology. There's a Galaga game on 3DS that does the same thing although it may remind you more of Starblade and Galaxian 3 than Galaga since that game is a rail shooter. Speaking of rail shooter, Gyroshooter uses the gyroscope technology which is way before VR gaming became popular recently. Sure, you can also use the mouse, keyboard and gamepad for this but I still recommend that you use the gyroscope feature. Needless to say, the game is aimed towards Windows tablets and Windows 10 Mobile is still not popular. At this rate, it looks like nobody cares for Windows Phone or Windows 10 Mobile stuff nowadays when you're more interested in new stuffs to use for IOS/Android or both.
Gyroshooter is the rail shooter game consisting of three modes, Arcade, Planet and Minus Zero. The Arcade Mode is more or less an experimental Time Attack Mode and it's kind of short if you ask me although Minus Zero may last longer if you're good enough at it. The Planet Mode is like a VR version of Space Harrier but I highly doubt that it is made without Sega's knowledge. You just tilt your tablet and turn your head and body around as if this whole thing is like an earlier VR gaming experience. How do you shoot at things in this game since you're using the tablet? Well, the only button is the Reset button on the top-right and the game does the instant shooting for you when you aim at the target with the crosshair.
It's a recent shame that Triangle Service made such a game like this with Windows 10 tablets in mind when they could make one for the VR platforms like HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, etc. instead. Plus, the VR gaming may or may not have superseded the gyroscope gaming or some sort when it comes to rail shooters, FPS and even action games that use first-person/third-person or both perspectives. At least the last good opportunity for the arcade platform was Arcade Love Plus Pengo which is still not that great in my opinion. There may be graphical improvements in Shmups Skills Test a little bit but the graphics are still one era behind at the time if you ask me. Some parts of Action Skills Test are like hit or miss in terms of gameplay and the game's quite fun with Multiplayer although it is lacking the online Multiplayer feature which is essential for full 8-Player support.
So, what are the flaws of Gyroshooter? Hmm, I guess the game may seem to be quite short overall after you try out all three modes but I'm not sure about the length of Planet Mode to be honest as I tried out the demo version on Steam which consists of Arcade Mode as the only playable mode. Sure, there's enough momentum for previous Triangle Service games but that surely took time for them to gain sufficiency. Gyroshooter, well, I don't know as it was made with gyroscope in mind. Plus, not all IOS & Android devices support gyroscope and that is one thing to keep in mind of.
To tell you the truth, the graphics have new textures, explosions and particles or whatnot for both Arcade and Planet Mode although the Planet Mode has like low-poly objects and Minus Zero improves a little graphically. Man, talk about asset flipping but then, Triangle Service should learn to get additional resources while ensuring that those resources can be used commercially.
For system requirements, the minimum is probably the Intel Atom-based CPUs and it seems that Windows 10 is required. The same requirements can be found on Steam version as well and indeed, there are also videos of Triangle Service testing their games on devices with such CPUs.
Then came the Xbox 360 releases of tons of shmup games. Many of them originated from the arcades and certain of them were also released on Dreamcast in addition to Xbox 360. The Playstation 3 still had yet to catch up but the bigger problem was the least amount of popularity of Xbox series of consoles in Japan. The Xbox 360 did better than its predecessor due to sufficient amount of Japanese games released for it there. Like those popular Dreamcast games, certain Japanese games on Xbox 360 were also released on rival systems at the time like Namco's Idolmaster for instance with future Idolmaster games being on Playstation 3 and 4.
Next is the Windows Phone platform which is less popular and somehow, one of Cave's shmup games was released for it before getting an IOS release. At future points, Cave's already managing the modern mobile games on IOS & Android with sufficient success with Gothic is Magical Maidens/Gothic wa Mahou Otome, followed by Steam releases of their games in which even Triangle Service was going on that same route.
Recently, it looked like Triangle Service made a new gaming experiment in game development which was basically a shooter game that uses gyroscope technology. There's a Galaga game on 3DS that does the same thing although it may remind you more of Starblade and Galaxian 3 than Galaga since that game is a rail shooter. Speaking of rail shooter, Gyroshooter uses the gyroscope technology which is way before VR gaming became popular recently. Sure, you can also use the mouse, keyboard and gamepad for this but I still recommend that you use the gyroscope feature. Needless to say, the game is aimed towards Windows tablets and Windows 10 Mobile is still not popular. At this rate, it looks like nobody cares for Windows Phone or Windows 10 Mobile stuff nowadays when you're more interested in new stuffs to use for IOS/Android or both.
Gyroshooter is the rail shooter game consisting of three modes, Arcade, Planet and Minus Zero. The Arcade Mode is more or less an experimental Time Attack Mode and it's kind of short if you ask me although Minus Zero may last longer if you're good enough at it. The Planet Mode is like a VR version of Space Harrier but I highly doubt that it is made without Sega's knowledge. You just tilt your tablet and turn your head and body around as if this whole thing is like an earlier VR gaming experience. How do you shoot at things in this game since you're using the tablet? Well, the only button is the Reset button on the top-right and the game does the instant shooting for you when you aim at the target with the crosshair.
It's a recent shame that Triangle Service made such a game like this with Windows 10 tablets in mind when they could make one for the VR platforms like HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, etc. instead. Plus, the VR gaming may or may not have superseded the gyroscope gaming or some sort when it comes to rail shooters, FPS and even action games that use first-person/third-person or both perspectives. At least the last good opportunity for the arcade platform was Arcade Love Plus Pengo which is still not that great in my opinion. There may be graphical improvements in Shmups Skills Test a little bit but the graphics are still one era behind at the time if you ask me. Some parts of Action Skills Test are like hit or miss in terms of gameplay and the game's quite fun with Multiplayer although it is lacking the online Multiplayer feature which is essential for full 8-Player support.
So, what are the flaws of Gyroshooter? Hmm, I guess the game may seem to be quite short overall after you try out all three modes but I'm not sure about the length of Planet Mode to be honest as I tried out the demo version on Steam which consists of Arcade Mode as the only playable mode. Sure, there's enough momentum for previous Triangle Service games but that surely took time for them to gain sufficiency. Gyroshooter, well, I don't know as it was made with gyroscope in mind. Plus, not all IOS & Android devices support gyroscope and that is one thing to keep in mind of.
To tell you the truth, the graphics have new textures, explosions and particles or whatnot for both Arcade and Planet Mode although the Planet Mode has like low-poly objects and Minus Zero improves a little graphically. Man, talk about asset flipping but then, Triangle Service should learn to get additional resources while ensuring that those resources can be used commercially.
For system requirements, the minimum is probably the Intel Atom-based CPUs and it seems that Windows 10 is required. The same requirements can be found on Steam version as well and indeed, there are also videos of Triangle Service testing their games on devices with such CPUs.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Game Center Love Plus Pengo for Xbox 360
The graphical quality is not gonna be that great as the graphics still look like they're based on the NAOMI graphics engine with some required enhancements. Sure, there may be overhauls but not too much and some of the stages from Shmups Skills Test are replaced in Game Center Love Plus Pengo with the new ones. Okay, so the background graphics and objects are updated but it's not the same for the sprites. It may appear that Triangle Service itself is still a small company but it could have been better if they collaborated with other companies to help out like G.Rev already did with Treasure back then.
So, it may seem that the game itself doesn't use the full power of the Ringedge 2 arcade hardware that it can be somewhat ported back to Xbox 360 as the results. The gameplay may still feel old-school and the Action Game Skills Test mode isn't that great either. The first disadvantage of the game is that in Action Game Skills Test mode thing, some of the stages involve moving the joystick in left-right or up-down directions which can be damaging to it in the first place. Secondly, in Combatzeal, there may be some overlapping of the playfield but that is more of a minor issue. Third disadvantage is that the graphics don't seem to be going next-generation at all. Forth disadvantage, Combatzeal is nothing but another mini-game in the compilation.
Overall, the game itself may be okay but I don't know if the Xbox 360 port is going to improve or not. The Xbox 360 version will be out sometime in March and you may be better off playing this on the console than in the arcades. There may be better current-gen shmup games out there in the arcade on Sega Ringedge 2 and Taito Type X2. The most fun games in the compilation will probably be Pengo HD and Shmups Skills Test. If you already have the previous Triangle Service games on the Xbox 360, this compilation should be quite affordable as well.
So, it may seem that the game itself doesn't use the full power of the Ringedge 2 arcade hardware that it can be somewhat ported back to Xbox 360 as the results. The gameplay may still feel old-school and the Action Game Skills Test mode isn't that great either. The first disadvantage of the game is that in Action Game Skills Test mode thing, some of the stages involve moving the joystick in left-right or up-down directions which can be damaging to it in the first place. Secondly, in Combatzeal, there may be some overlapping of the playfield but that is more of a minor issue. Third disadvantage is that the graphics don't seem to be going next-generation at all. Forth disadvantage, Combatzeal is nothing but another mini-game in the compilation.
Overall, the game itself may be okay but I don't know if the Xbox 360 port is going to improve or not. The Xbox 360 version will be out sometime in March and you may be better off playing this on the console than in the arcades. There may be better current-gen shmup games out there in the arcade on Sega Ringedge 2 and Taito Type X2. The most fun games in the compilation will probably be Pengo HD and Shmups Skills Test. If you already have the previous Triangle Service games on the Xbox 360, this compilation should be quite affordable as well.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Gesen Love Plus Pengo Soundtrack
Well, this surely contains Action Love which is basically Action Game Skills Test, Shmup Skills Test, CombatZeal and Pengo. For Shmup Skills Test, it is redone for the 4:3 horizontal orientation and there are newer stages and replaced ones. Perhaps, this re-change is suited for the 4:3 horizontal orientation instead of the original resolution as well as 4 player support. Also, the soundtrack is redone with additional stuffs for Shmup Skills Test such as the 8-Bit stage clear BGM for example as well as the new Game Over BGM. There are more of these from the overall game soundtrack to find out once the soundtrack CD is out at the end of this month. Pengo on the other hand, it is redone by Triangle Service because we can recognize the sound effects as well as the famous phrases of the respective loves for games and game genres.
It’s a shame that the Skills Test games are probably the best due to enough old-school fun of button-mashing as well as to tackle those enemies in old-school form. We surely had fun button-mashing the buttons in some of the stages in Shmup Skills Test and my favorite stages in that game are, the one where you shoot off the meteors without running into them, the one where you shoot off the flippers from Xevious, the one where you shoot off the boss after its core lights up and the 8-Bit stage. For the one where you shoot the boss quickly before it forms, it is the reference to Star Force and Star Soldier where you have to quickly shoot any boss piece before all the pieces form to get the bonus but try not to run into any one of these because it’s a waste of a life. Be extra careful not to shoot the boss before its core lights up in that stage or it’ll be hard to destroy it because the health points may be somewhat multiplied. If the pieces form a whole boss, that’s it, you may have wasted a special bonus for not being quick and you’ll have to destroy the boss to move on. Larios and Lazaros are the famous ones but the way they form by pieces may be different. Perhaps, you’ll need Takahashi Meijin’s skills for Shmup Skills Test to see how suitable you are at this genre. For me, I don’t play action games probably a lot but this old-school style skills test game may be for you if you like those old-school game genres.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Game Center Love Plus Pengo
There may be rumors that this upcoming game by Triangle Service will be released for Sega RingEdge 2 which is the successor to the original RingEdge. Previously, only Pengo was the first part of the compilation and people thought that Sega planning this remake but then this is all Triangle Service’s doing all along because there are three other games in this compilation.
The first one is Action Love which is basically containing the platforming stuff, beat-em-up stuff and other stuffs that don’t seem to be controlled with the arcade controller. The funny part of that game is when you button-mash on three buttons like trying to tap the door-bell as many times as you can within the time limit, you can then know how annoying this is upon doing this AND that no one DARES to do this in real life. There’s also the run similar to 100M Dash from Konami’s Track and Field but you know what’s annoying, the screen rotates in anyway it wants during the run so you have to keep up. Having to move the joystick left and right during the 100M Dash can result in many complaints regarding the control concept for the gameplay that involves breaking so much joysticks. There are other stages like whacking stuffs once they come out of the hole but what’s the point of playing properly like that when the whole hammer is controlled with the normal controller. This is kind of bullshit in terms of control concepts and that’s the first flaw of the compilation.
The second one is Shmups Skills Test and is basically the Four Player 4:3 Horizontal Screen Orientation version of the game itself. It was originally released on Sega NAOMI arcade as part of Shooting Love 2007 where the whole game is vertical screen entirely but here, the gameplay is completely extended horizontally.
The third one is CombatZeal which turns out to be the something like the versus shmup game or perhaps the next Shmups Skills Test. There may be power-ups to disturb the other players but the flaw is that your playing field may end up blocking the other when rotated to horizontal screen.
The last one is Pengo and now the huge money is going to be sacrificed on having four machines connected to the network for 8-Player support which may seem to be complicated and every arcade center is bound to be buying four cabinets of this compilation itself.
Last flaw, the game is still looking like the 128-Bit generation with no generation shift whatsoever as if the music, sounds and the graphics are likely to be the same.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sine Mora Obtained!
Wow, looks like I was able to use the button-mashing method for this game as the firing speed when holding down the fire button is as slow as in Darius series but I don’t know if that surely applies to the entire Darius series as the only Darius game I played was Darius Gaiden on the emulator. For that game, the firing speed is kind of slow but if you tap the button as fast as you can which makes the firing speed faster, you can tackle the enemies with less difficulty. It may be the same in Sine Mora in which I did the two things in button mashing. One is tapping the button and the other is sliding the button. I may have suggested myself into playing this with the arcade stick and button-mashing on the A button like that where else for Shooting Love 200X’s Shmup Skills Test, I should be using the normal Xbox 360 controller as button-sliding like that with the arcade controller is kind of difficult.
The Story Mode was like I can play well but there are certain obstacles that will instantly destroy you in one hit regardless of time and shield and I was instantly destroyed like that. For example, in Stage 3A, you are supposed to hide in the trash and follow its path without getting out of the trash until you reach the end of the path where the trash is sucked in. If you get out of the trash however, there’s some kind of mine that will explode immediately that will destroy you instantly. For Stage 3B, try not to get crushed or collide with the molten metal. For Stage 6B, the train can instantly knock your plane off if collided. Lastly for Stage 5, the thicker laser beams can burn your plane off if you’re not careful. And those are what you have to be careful for while everything else takes off seconds from collision.
With button-mashing, the enemies can be knocked out quicker than usual, not like those videos of this game on YouTube we have ever seen, that is for Story Mode as I’m still getting my ass kicked in Arcade Mode and I still have to find the solution for that. Even worse is that you’re given three credits for Arcade Mode compared to Story Mode which has more credits to start. Another worse thing is that you will get lesser time compared to Story Mode so getting hit can be worse in Arcade Mode that you will run out of time for sure.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Shooting Watch Triangle Service Version
Identical to Hudson Soft version but this one will somewhat require both DirectX 9 and 10 to me. Not playable in my PC as there's something wrong with DirectX 9 even I had installed DirectX 9.0C with latest update. However, I managed to play this in Windows Vista PC in my living room but that PC doesn't belong to me and it is not powerful enough for gaming or advanced business. Nothing's confidential about computer specifications but something important about computer specifications is checking and comparing them.
Shmup Games Released - Shooting Love 200X
Seems that Triangle Service's Shooting Love 200X for Xbox 360 was already out. It contains the Minus Zero as the new game but we don't know what's so remixed in Trizeal Remix.
This compilation contains
This compilation contains
- Trizeal Remix
- Exzeal
- Shmup Skills Test
- Minus Zero
- Nice DVD ???
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