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Post by Discoalucard on Nov 5, 2007 22:26:25 GMT -5
I was working on this months and months ago, until I got writers block and put it on hold. All of a sudden I felt inspired tonight and finished it up. This is the second best shooter on the Saturn (behind Radiant Silvergun and ahead of Dodonpachi), and generally rules all around. hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/souky/souky.htmI know there are some other good articles on the 'net for this, but I couldn't refind them on Google...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2007 22:34:41 GMT -5
EXCELLENT! I wouldn't have forseen an article being made for this one, but I should have. I only ever beat Souky once and haven't played it in ages upon ages... need to fix that, as it truly is a solid game. If Radiant Silvergun and RayForce had some sort of spawn, this would be the result. I'll kick ass at it again next time I'm home.
If I recall correctly, there are some translation problems with the Saturn version when the Action Replay cart is used, causing the text to be a garbled mishmash and having unfortunate graphic glitches as a result. Besides that, definitely one of the reasons to import Saturn games.
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Post by brianc on Nov 5, 2007 23:11:35 GMT -5
Nice article. This is a game I plan to get for my Saturn. The shooters I have for Saturn are Gradius Deluxe Pack, Batsugun, the ones in the MSX collection, Strikers 1945, Parodius Deluxe Pack, and Galactic Attack. I'm a huge fan of the Gradius games, old school ones are no exception. Aside from RS, Soukyu, and Dodonpachi, which Saturn games are your top shooters? Are Gokujo Parodius and Batsugun up there? Those two are my favorites for the system so far.
The bit on the PSX version being cheaper is a bit misleading since both Saturn versions are still fairly cheap to get ahold of. It's easier (and probably cheaper) to play imports on Saturn too, which is another thing making the PSX one hard to recommend.
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Post by Haz on Nov 5, 2007 23:19:23 GMT -5
I tried to play this on MAME but too bad for the slowdown when enemies are on screen.
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Post by brianc on Nov 5, 2007 23:27:41 GMT -5
I tried to play this on MAME but too bad for the slowdown when enemies are on screen. It doesn't run well in Mame at all. I'm guessing it's because it's STV hardware. Maybe something like SSF or another Saturn emulator that plays STV games would work better?
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Post by Discoalucard on Nov 6, 2007 0:01:23 GMT -5
I got all of the screenshots from the PSOne version. It does run pretty well on SSF though. The only visual difference is that the PSOne version runs at a SLIGHTLY lower resolutions, so it's missing a few pixels on both sides.
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Post by ReyVGM on Nov 6, 2007 0:31:44 GMT -5
You included the ending sequence from that mame site and not from VGM? Backstabber! No just kidding I would suggest you use the VGM one also (called Terra Diver www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/e/td.htm) because: 1) It has the ending with actual english 2) It has the text for all 3 characters and not just one.
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Post by steven on Nov 7, 2007 5:20:12 GMT -5
Top 3 Saturn shooters... I perhaps prefer Battle Garegga slightly, and may give the nod, overall, to RSG, but after that, Souky has no competition IMO. Hell of a shmup
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Post by vysethebold on Nov 7, 2007 12:35:15 GMT -5
I'm bidding on the Saturn version right now. I hope I win it because I love what I've seen of this game.
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Post by steven on Nov 7, 2007 16:02:30 GMT -5
^ The regular or Otoyoyo (shoot I know I mispelled that, lol) edition? The latter has a 1 level demo of Battle Garegga and works on all Saturn systems IIRC. The regular edition, IIRC, has graphical glitches when using the 4meg ram (again, IIRC, it's been 4, 5 years now)
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Post by Ganelon on Nov 7, 2007 17:54:47 GMT -5
The graphical errors aren't related to a cart being used; they're related to the system region. When the region is detected as non-JP AND you try to skip the opening sequence, the screen will eventually garble up on top with graphical glitches (since all the on-screen text normally displayed appears instead as scrambled colors). If you don't skip the opening, everything is completely playable with only some garbled text intertwined with English text throughout. In Otokuyo, everything is Japanese.
So really, it's no big deal which version you get.
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Post by brianc on Nov 7, 2007 18:21:03 GMT -5
The graphical errors aren't related to a cart being used; they're related to the system region. When the region is detected as non-JP AND you try to skip the opening sequence, the screen will eventually garble up on top with graphical glitches (since all the on-screen text normally displayed appears instead as scrambled colors). If you don't skip the opening, everything is completely playable with only some garbled text intertwined with English text throughout. In Otokuyo, everything is Japanese. So really, it's no big deal which version you get. Quoted for truth. Thank you. This is very helpful information.
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Post by steven on Nov 7, 2007 19:24:44 GMT -5
The graphical errors aren't related to a cart being used; they're related to the system region. When the region is detected as non-JP AND you try to skip the opening sequence, the screen will eventually garble up on top with graphical glitches (since all the on-screen text normally displayed appears instead as scrambled colors). If you don't skip the opening, everything is completely playable with only some garbled text intertwined with English text throughout. In Otokuyo, everything is Japanese. So really, it's no big deal which version you get. I see I see. Cool. Like I said, the oleee Saturn know-how ain't what it used to be. I guess it's true, if you don't use it you lose it
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Post by Allie on Nov 7, 2007 21:38:52 GMT -5
I've got the PSX version sitting around somewhere. I know it's sacrilege to have the PSX version of a game when there's a Saturn version, but I thought it still played pretty well....if not pretty standard for a Raizing game.
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Post by mainpatr on Nov 12, 2007 6:39:52 GMT -5
Good article!
Now this site needs articles for three other Raizing/Eighting games.
Battle Garegga(WW2 Shmup)
Battle Bakraid(Sequel to Garegga, no Manabu Namki, but still a great shmup)
Armed Police Batrider(Think King of Fighters meets Battle Bakraid)
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