What are the best scrolling shooters available that work with the XPlay controls? I've given R-Type a go and was wondering what others recommend
AirAttack HD Make sure it's the Xperia PLAY version!
There's also a game called Overkill. It's not specifically Xperia PLAY Optimized, but it works perfectly with the D-pad and X to shoot.
scrolling shooters? oh there are dozens but here are my favourites(long time STG fan.-)
for some shooting goodness fire up FPSE Emulator and get the following PS One Games:
-Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus(Salamander 1+Lifeforce AND Salamander 2 included,Salamander 2 is just great!)
-Gradius Deluxe Pack(Gradius 1+2,classic but i personally prefer Salamander)
-Gradius Gaiden(best of all Gradius imho,japan release only,nice graphics,much more accesible than classic Gradius)
-Parodius Deluxe Pack(Parodius 1+2,classic)
-Sexy Parodius(completely whack+hillarious..)
-R-Type Delta(best ps one shooter,period)
-R-Types(R-Type 1+2)
-G-Darius(some twisted shooting action with different paths,long bossbattles and psychedelic style graphics thrown in)
-Einhänder(the only Squaresoft Shooter,still great)
-Thunder Force Verfect System(great!)
on Genesis i highly recommend Contra:Hard Corps(they should have named it Contra:Hard Core,its really a challenge,its contra on speed) and Gunstar Heroes,intense shooting action,also the Thunder Force Series,on SNES Axelay is great also the SNES Contra
Neo Geo:Last Resort(great R-Type like Style,very challenging),Aero Fighters(Sonic Wings),Pulstar,Viewpoint(isometric unique style but frustrating),Shock Troopers(really really great one!),Metal Slug 1-5,Ninja Commando
Tiger Arcade(CPS2):Mars Matrix,Giga Wing,Progear no Arashi,Ecofighters,1944 The Loop Master
and finally if you want to see something very intense and weird or just for the fun:
fire up an NES emulator and get the game RECCA:Summer Carnival 92.its an japanese game especially made back in 1992 for a shooting game competition called summer carnival.thats just insane what they did with the very limited NES hardware,you won`t believe that this is a NES game:there are a mass amount of ultra fast bullets and enemies with no slowdowns,huge bosses and the music is great also the stages backgrounds are really tripping you out,its an adrenaline bomb-)
no actual games will give you the joy and challenge of those oldschool shooters,trust me..and finally,thats what the xperia play is for:emulation .-) when i see such half assed ports like R-Type where there is no option for turning off this touch overlay even with "xperia play optimized" stamp..really better to emulate
There is a port of Tyrian on the market. You have to configure the controls through a non obvious interface, but it is probably one of the best vertically scrolling shooters ever made.
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As above.
Psone:
R-type Delta
Einhander
Snes:
Super R-type
R-type 3
Tigermame:
R-type
R-type 2
R-type Leo
Let me add for SNES:
Axelay
Darious Twin
orangesunshine said:
scrolling shooters? oh there are dozens but here are my favourites(long time STG fan.-)
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Neo Geo:Last Resort(great R-Type like Style,very challenging),Aero Fighters(Sonic Wings),Pulstar,Viewpoint(isometric unique style but frustrating),Shock Troopers(really really great one!),Metal Slug 1-5,Ninja Commando
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... forgetting the BEST Shooter on that System, maybe of all times:
Blazing Star !
Speaking of shooters... want to see something HARD? Look at this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70iFdnI-xfA&feature
genesis/megadrive:
hellfire
wings of wor
crono141 said:
There is a port of Tyrian on the market.
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Now you are my favourite person on the whole internets.
i tried to make it work via dos emulators, but never worked.
just like Raptor: Call of shadows, wich is my fav dos based shooter. Somehow you can make it work on android, with full controls, but i never found the way to do it.
Quantuml3ap said:
... forgetting the BEST Shooter on that System, maybe of all times:
Blazing Star !
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what app/rom setup do you use to get this working? looks like a good one
Blazing star is awesome, as is Pulstar (both NeoGeo). Dont forget theres GigaWing (CPS2) All three of these games, and many more, are playable on the awesome emulator Tiger Arcade Game Emulator, or TigerMame on the android market. Remeber though you must have the original games in order to have the roms. I only remember these games because I dumped enough quarters into the arcade games as a teen... Oh and if you like the Turbo-Grafx 16, Sinistron is pretty good, not as good the above ones but still fun.
So in a nutshell:
NeoGeo:
Blazing Star
Pulstar
CPS2: (Capcom Play System 2)
Gigawing 1 & 2
hmm tiger arcade is giving me graphics issues and control issues. I see the text and coin graphics but nothing else... also cant seem to map the controls to the xpderia pad. ah dear
What version of Tiger Arcade do you have? Mine works flawlessly on my xplay.
My settings for Tiger Arcade. V 2.2.0
Orientation: Landscape
Scaling Mode: Stretched
Key Mappings:
-Up - Dpad up
-Down - Dpad down'
-Left - Dpad left
-Right - Dpad right
-Coin - Select button (next to srat)
-Start - start obviously
Button A - X
Button B - Circle
Button C - Square
Button x - Triangle
its the one currently on their site:
http://apps.tigerplay.net/
the apk download says 3.0.3 but my phone is charging so I cant see if thats the version listed in the app itself
dannejanne said:
Speaking of shooters... want to see something HARD? Look at this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70iFdnI-xfA&feature
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hehe some CAVE goodness..there are many CAVE bullet hell/manic shooters,main problem is:they are mostly vertical/TATE shooter and this is unfortanetly too small on xperia plays screen,you simply can`t concentrate on the ships hitbox(except Progear no Arashi which was made together with Capcom and is a horizontal shooter)
but if you want some really manic shooting i strongly recommend to fire up a pc mame emulator,for instance there is a extra lagless SHMUPMAME version,you can grab it on SHMUPS.COM,turn your monitor to vertical and try
-Donpachi(classic)
-Dodonpachi(my favourite till today,beautiful drawn sprites,great soundtrack,big explosions,supernice bulletpatterns)
-Dodonpachi Daioujou(ruthless one,you will throw your controller/stick onto the wall .-)
-E.S.P.rade(first in the "ESP" series)
-Espgaluda 1("easiest" Cave Shooter)
-Ketsui(Hardcore!)
-Guwange(probably the most stylish one if you are into japanese settings and oh boy the music in stage 3..)
-Dangun Feveron/Fever SOS(THE Disco Shooter,fast and frenzy.-)
all of them are great on their own! there are also numerous ports of the newer CAVE games on xbox 360(Mushihimesama Futari,Espgaluda 2,Dodonpachi Resurrection,DeathSmiles 1+2,Pink Sweets/MuchiMuchiPork are the ones that come to my mind).simply put CAVE are the masters of bullet hell shooting .-) i`ve got an old CRT monitor standing vertical with a arcade stick just for all the vertical shooters .-)
and for Blazing Star:yeah i totally forgot that one,really great shooter!
i`m personally really enjoying Mars Matrix and Giga Wing on the Xperia Play cause they have some sort of full screen vertical,which i didnt like on the big screen but for the Xperia Play its perfect,from the ps one games its Gradius Gaiden and the Salamander Deluxe Pack which i like the most.
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Im having difficulty in finding games for this phone.
The only ones ive got which are worth playing are Poker and 10 pin Bowling from the microsoft website.
I keep finding flash games but they want a keypad.
What games are worth looking for? I know there is an Age of Empires game...
Hey,
heard about scummvm?
It's a lil Virtual Machine for old Games like Day of the Tentacle and Indiana Jones.
Scummvm is designed for point-and-click adventures.
There is a PocketPC Version also.
look here:
http://www.scummvm.org/
I love it, but most games are hard to handle, so you have to try a lil bit
Have fun...
Baxter. said:
Hey,
heard about scummvm?
It's a lil Virtual Machine for old Games like Day of the Tentacle and Indiana Jones.
Scummvm is designed for point-and-click adventures.
There is a PocketPC Version also.
look here:
http://www.scummvm.org/
I love it, but most games are hard to handle, so you have to try a lil bit
Have fun...
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Looks good!
I'll give it a go.
Thanks for the info!
rikpotts said:
Im having difficulty in finding games for this phone.
The only ones ive got which are worth playing are Poker and 10 pin Bowling from the microsoft website.
I keep finding flash games but they want a keypad.
What games are worth looking for? I know there is an Age of Empires game...
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Inspired by your thread i tried to search for age of empires
I found this Site http://www.filaomobile.com/
It is linked from a german site which says AOE Gold 1.25 is free downloadable for PocketPC. But it's not possible for me, to open that site, cause i'm at work and Webpages in Category "Games" are blocked
You could give a try, maybe you'll find aoe on that site.
MS are giving away Texas Hold em for free again.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/totalaccess/software/games/texasholdem.mspx
Ive been addicted for ages. $24k and rising!
Actually,if you search harder, you can find TONS of game that you can play on Polaris.
Emulators:
Pocket GBA
Pocket NES
Pocket SNES
DOS Box (DOS Emulator that can be use to run DOS programs including DOS games).
etc...
Freeware:
Shift
Pipes
Znax
etc...
Paid Games:
(A LOTS )
Arvale & Arvale 2
Anthelion & Anthelion 2
Combo Tower 3D
Pocket Mini Golf
Monopoly
Scrabble
....etc (many,many more...)
Ported PC games:
Ages of Empires (like u said)
Palm Heroes (Heroes of Might & Magic)
Flashback
Myst
Myst 2 : Riven
Worm World Party
Lemonade Tycoon
Pocket UFO (UFO Defense)
etc...
Even with some tricks u can play Warcraft 2 with Stratagus engine without using keyboard (keyboard is used when saving)
Some of the ported game are free & some are not
There are hundreds upon hundreds out there, my favourite is Worms World Party, addictive game and can even be played multi player.
The G1 is still kicking, we all know its a pretty old phone, but i am still using it, since it runs Froyo and pretty fast.
A lot of games i download from the market, doesn't run on my G1, but if it does, it will lag as hell. The G1 does have a decent graphics capability, but certainly not good for a lot of new games and games that need a lot of resource.
Here we go, the top 5 games i play on my G1.
1. Air Control
Air Control. In this simple yet addictive drawing game you take on the role of Air Traffic Controller. It is your job to direct airplanes to runways while avoiding collisions.
2. Doodle Jump
Doodle Jump. WARNING: Insanely Addictive! Jump, jump, jump to the top, top, top with the runaway hit now on Android! Guide the Doodler on a springy journey using springs, jet packs and more. Avoid baddies and blast them with your nose balls!
3. Xconstruction
Build railway tracks with the given material and run the train across the bridge. The game is extremely good.
4. Bonsai Blast
Experience the Zen of gaming nirvana with this addictive puzzle game. Shoot marbles to match 3 or more and create combos to cause a chain reaction.
5. Snesoid Emulator
You can simply forget about all the above games, if you get this emulator, i have this installed on my G1 and i download free roms from sites like RomNation and CoolRoms and play all the classic Super Nintendo games. I currently have 157 nintendo games on my G1, and there are 1000s more to download. The best part is these games has less file size. This app will work great on the G1 since, you can config the keyboard like a controller(joystick) and play without touching the screen.
If you want to try NES games, you can get Nesoid App from the market.
I will keep updating this posts with more games, you can list your favorites below, i will try them and add to the list.
Help
I love my G1 - but games are out of the question. In fact now I can't install ANY apps, even after a factory reset.
I don't know why this is because I used to have over ten....now I'm getting a low memory warning with nothing....no pictures, no music ZERO.
Now I think something is wrong somewhere...I don't think the reset I'm doing is actually wiping what I need to wipe and it's all hanging about somewhere.
What I need to know is - if I install a different ROM will I get my memory back? And how can I do a deaper wipe of the Internal storage? Clearly you have apps on your phone...an I don't want to buy a new phone until ICS has acclimatised.
It's a bird! - It's a plane! - No, it's Glu still trying to re-skin Gun Bros and market it as a different game
I jest, I jest... this game is awesome... even moreso now that it's been lifted from the virtual gamepad ghetto to a place where we have REAL game controls.
I tried using the controls the other day but the attack function wasn't working Do you have success with this?
Edit: Actually it works on this game... Gun Bros attack doesn't do jack from the gamepad... Alas both games are very similar... just swords vs. guns.
CrimsonSentinel13 said:
I tried using the controls the other day but the attack function wasn't working Do you have success with this?
Edit: Actually it works on this game... Gun Bros attack doesn't do jack from the gamepad... Alas both games are very similar... just swords vs. guns.
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Yeah, before the optimization, it actually did work with Xperia PLAY controls, but it wasn't complete... so tapping parts of the right analog controlled attacking instead of the face buttons.
Now it works with the face buttons the way people would think it should (X for Attack, Square for special, etc).
As for Gun Bros... that's been Xperia PLAY Optimized for a long time, so it's weird if you have issues with it. That's a straight up two-stick arcade shooter, controlling just like Age of Zombies.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if I have a d pad and the character is supposed to move, why can't he move with the damned d pad???? And why can't I set up the controls? The pseudo analogs are absolutely useless for moving the character!
my god! this will eat all your RAM!!!
uninstalled!
i'm sorry to put this thread back up again... but did anyone find a solution to the ram problem? I mean, the fact that there is an "offline notification manager" and a pushservice running in the background even after you exit the game.
always had lag in this game on my play
Hey guys,
Just wanted to let you know that Brotherhood of Violence by Realtech VR is optimized for the Xperia Play gamepad. You need to check (tick) the 'Joystick' parameter in the Options menu and then it's game on. The button icons etc even come up in the first level tutorial.
Not played it much yet but it has a retro 'Streets of Rage' flavour and is quite cinematic with some console grade graphics to ice it off . The in-game voice-over will have you cracking up with laughter. I think it is intentionally ridiculous as the subtitles (which appear to be compulsory) make more sense.
Character customization appears to be a huge part of the game, though I haven't delved into that yet. Playing with mainstay character Lamar makes the game feel like your playing a crossover of Black Dynamite meets Warriors! Anyhoo, I've said too much! Let me know what you think
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realtechvr.brotherhood
Wow, I was just about to buy this on my Microsoft Surface Pro! Think I might just be buying both versions
Thanks for the heads up OP!
Korinn said:
Hey guys,
Just wanted to let you know that Brotherhood of Violence by Realtech VR is optimized for the Xperia Play gamepad. You need to check (tick) the 'Joystick' parameter in the Options menu and then it's game on. The button icons etc even come up in the first level tutorial.
Not played it much yet but it has a retro 'Streets of Rage' flavour and is quite cinematic with some console grade graphics to ice it off . The in-game voice-over will have you cracking up with laughter. I think it is intentionally ridiculous as the subtitles (which appear to be compulsory) make more sense.
Character customization appears to be a huge part of the game, though I haven't delved into that yet. Playing with mainstay character Lamar makes the game feel like your playing a crossover of Black Dynamite meets Warriors! Anyhoo, I've said too much! Let me know what you think
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.realtechvr.brotherhood
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Great find man. There are no problems with lags or force closes in this game right? Was looking for a good fighting game on Android.
No lags that I can find yet. But that being said my phone is overclocked and I haven't tested it at factory MHz level.
The voice overs had me giggling too. I really don't think it was intentional either, just sounds like they don't speak english really well. I like Realtech VR, they always include us Xperia Play users.
Major content update for this game along with Google Play Games integration has been added on Google Play.
What's New
2.0.1 :
- Fixed shadow rendering on some devices.
- Fixed Gametel support.
- Other minor fixes.
2.0.0 : Brotherhood of Violence 2 : Blood Impact update
- New challenges map added.
- Compatible with MOGA and MOGA Pro game controllers
- Compatible with Gametel controllers
- Compatible with nVidia SHIELD game controller
- Google Play Games enabled.
- Russian language added.
- New in game voices from professional actors.
- Ability to restore purchases.
- Many more improvements
So, for the ones who played it, is it worth buying this game?
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So, for the ones who played it, is it worth buying this game?
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Yes, it is, for the XPlay. If you think the present price point is too costly, wait until it goes on sale again.
Hi
I want to get know what emulators You are using. I'm asking for this because i had to change a system for ICS. And my favourite emulators (from *oids series) lags as hell on ICS and I'm looking for oportunity. I want to ask You for write a name of emulator - system, and why You are using it. In google play there are lots of diffrent emulators (lots of them are crappy).
OK lets start from me:
Frodo C64 - Commodore C64 - only one good emulator, plays almost all roms. Good speed (sometimes laggy).
Collen - Atari XL/XE - one of my favourite emulators of all time on android. Plays all games, great speed, quick saves, XP pad can be assign.
TigerMame 4.0.0 - arcade - good emulator based on Finalburn code. Neogeo,capcom games works better then on the other emulators. Fast, simple, fun (and there are DIP switches in last update !)
UAE4Droid - Amiga 500/600/1200 - best. From last update (AGA is now support) plays almost all games, hard disks are now avaible, XP pad works GREAT. Love it.
My Boy! - GBA - i look for good oportunity for oid version and I found even better. Works in full 60fps. Fast, lots of option to set, qucik save/load, light sensor. Just awesome. One of my favourite.
SNES 9x EX+ - SNES (Super Famicon) - SNES is my favourite game system. But this emulator is lot worse then snesoid (but snesoid is laggy in ICS). I cannot find anything better... Only one quick save/load slot. Some games works laggy (for example - Pinball Fantasies).
MD.Emu - Megadrive(Genesis) - Just like SNES 9x EX+ - it's not best. But SEGA CD games works. Only one quick save/load option, some games are laggy (for example Virtua Fighter 2). But better then laggy Gensoid.
NES.emu - NES - as above. One quick save/load. But it works in full speed without any lags, and all games works.
GBC.emu - GBC - I'm still looking for good GB/GBC emulator. This is good but not great. I'm still looks for a emulator that will play games from GB like in GBC (colors - not stupid filters).
FPSE - PSX - BEST psx emulator of all time. Fast, almost all games just works as oryginal, qucik save/load works great, lots of options (to make game works in 50 fps). I love it - and I will never change it .
Mupen64+ - N64 - I thought that N64oid will be best. But on ICS N64id "O"button open menu !!! Shame. Mupen64 works good, good games compatybility but it's works slower then N64oid...
I like DroidEmu the most. It's have many emulator inside it, easy setting and cheats, but PS emulator is separated.
Yeah - Droidemu is good. But on XP is unplayable - no button for options and for close emulator (only home button for get back to Home screen).
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Basically everything from Tiger except FPSe
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im using epsxe i play jackie chan,Tekken 3, ninja shadow warrior
hey
you forgot the great emulator
" SCUMMVM " ! i've 48 game for that , such as monkey island series ... sam&max ...
huzi7868 said:
im using epsxe i play jackie chan,Tekken 3, ninja shadow warrior
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ePSXe have a good potencial - but it has less options, and for me - works little bit slower then FPSE.And besides I like options in FPSE (I know all prons and cons for all values).
hey
you forgot the great emulator
" SCUMMVM " ! i've 48 game for that , such as monkey island series ... sam&max ...
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Yeah. I really need to install this emulator. I playd a lot on it on Nokia N-Gage, E90 and Samsung Omnia. I never try it on Android device. Thank You for reminder!
Jrioni arcade and mupen64 are great emus for me!!
I have to completely agree with My Boy!. After using GBAoid for awhile, I had believed it was great until I tried to play one of my favorites, Mega Man Zero series. At first I thought it was just in my head when I noticed the millisecond lags in the game (when rushing in attempt to score A or S). However, when I tried the same file on My Boy!, there was just no competition. :good:
TheVicious, I noticed you had stated "light sensor" for My Boy!, are you saying that it works with Boktai as well? If it does I am set.
I read somewhere that it works. But I cannot manage to turn it on (mayby is that because I have wrong rom file). But sensors works with Wario Twisted (gyro sensor) and rumble pack. I will try make a solar sensor to work (for now works only L trigger+ d-pad). When get something I will write here.
this is my emulators that really really worth to install :
GBA.emu
MD.emu
Sene9x
NEO.emu
Scummvm
FPSE
NES.emu
GEMRB
Mame4droid reloded ( i know that tiger arcade is better , but unfortunately , i can't buy tiger arcade aand unlock save/load option . paypal i blocked on my country )
the emulators that i'm waiting for stable version S:
ppsspp
NDS4droid
Dolphin ( when this will be stable ,i'll change my lovely xperia play )
In the extremely rare instance that I do pick yester-decade's games over more refined newer creations, the .emus by Robert Broglia are the best of the best.
The -oids are more popular for being free and having time under their belt, but the .emus are far superior in every regard.
Guys don't forget Jrioni emulators
and play the best game of all time
"I loved this game. I used to not eat lunch at school, and go straight to the liquor store to play the arcade game after school with my lunch money."
TheVicious said:
I read somewhere that it works. But I cannot manage to turn it on (mayby is that because I have wrong rom file). But sensors works with Wario Twisted (gyro sensor) and rumble pack. I will try make a solar sensor to work (for now works only L trigger+ d-pad). When get something I will write here.
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Wario ware doesnt seem to pick up my sensors, its telling me "my device doesnt have gyrosensors" so i have to use right and left.. no fun :/
ppsspp is pretty much the only emulator I use on my xperia play ahah
iRhyiku said:
Wario ware doesnt seem to pick up my sensors, its telling me "my device doesnt have gyrosensors" so i have to use right and left.. no fun :/
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It works . Just use in options - use sensor as left/right. And yhen it works!
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Love the PCEngine emu, play Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire atm, really great shmup!
For me, after trying a lot of emus i m using :
-Retroarch for gb, pce, megadrive, megacd, fds, arcade/neogeo
-Epsxe for ps1
-Supergnes for snes
-Jnes for nes
-afba for cps3
-N64oid for n64
-Myboy for game boy advance
These are for me the best for gamespeed fidelity and graphics, interface.
mehdi.moha said:
this is my emulators that really really worth to install :
GBA.emu
MD.emu
Sene9x
NEO.emu
Scummvm
FPSE
NES.emu
GEMRB
Mame4droid reloded ( i know that tiger arcade is better , but unfortunately , i can't buy tiger arcade aand unlock save/load option . paypal i blocked on my country )
the emulators that i'm waiting for stable version S:
ppsspp
NDS4droid
Dolphin ( when this will be stable ,i'll change my lovely xperia play )
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Tiger Arcade has free save states since 4.0 dude...
I use JNES, Myboy and PSXperia.