New Jamma game - SKYCURSER

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The game looks interesting but I can't help feeling that the whole custom hardware thing is simply an ego-trip. I think the fact there's a development blog with perfectly crisp captured screenshots, (underpowered) hardware specs known and it's being advertised as an hobbiest indy on a "standard" engine is severely dampening any enthusiam I could muster for it.

A little mystery would go a long way - poorly photographed screenshots, a blog that doesn't stretch back years and detail changes, a development team with experience...

That said, it is cheap for an arcade release.
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What custom hardware?
When someone says he made a JAMMA PCB, I want an FPGA based system with custom GPU and SPU. CPU doesn't matter it has not much impact to the soul of a game nowadays. Everything on one nice PCB and no glued on JAMMA adapter with a shelf mini PC.

Underpowered for 15khz? It's a 1.6Gigahertz PC thingy? It's "100x" more powerful than SH3 or so...
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$110 for shipping. Uhh, no thanks.
pulstarx wrote:Trap15 has access to it in a private arcade and "reviewed" the game on shmups discord server.
So what did he say? I would guess the hardcore Shmups crowd won't be super impressed by it.
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I've not seen the final innards but "custom" is a bit of a stretch on what seems to be the case aye.

The shipping put me off entirely. The chassis likely triples the weight.
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nem wrote: So what did he say? I would guess the hardcore Shmups crowd won't be super impressed by it.
He ripped it a new one...

I don't consider this game a shmup at all. It's an action game with 90% of the time you will use 2 melee weapons (shotgun+katana).
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pulstarx wrote:
nem wrote: So what did he say? I would guess the hardcore Shmups crowd won't be super impressed by it.
He ripped it a new one...

I don't consider this game a shmup at all. It's an action game with 90% of the time you will use 2 melee weapons (shotgun+katana).
Do you have a link to the review, or the text you can paste somewhere? I'd be interested in having a read.
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I don't really want to post this here. I haven't played the game and don't want to **** on those guys parade.
It's not a proper review either, just some ranting.
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Some people hate Neo XYX and I love it so I'll judge this when I've played it. I'll post a review here. Whether you fancy the game or not, surely new JAMMA hardware is a good thing.
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virtvic wrote:The other 2 missions will be available in the future via a free download - as will be the 2 player addition.
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:lol: it's not a review, it's just a trauma !
I wish him a speedy recovery
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Here is a pic of the used PC. Seems to be just a JPAC clone adapter with a PC.

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I was really anticipated for the launch of SKYCURSER. But with it's current price tag and those first impressions of trap15... I'll hold off for the time being.
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pulstarx wrote:Here is a pic of the used PC. Seems to be just a JPAC clone adapter with a PC.

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Let's how that's a prototype, otherwise that's just ****.
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What else do you expect to find inside?

The game's built on GameMaker. There's bound to be some cheap PC inside. Add a JPAC clone and voila, "all new professional hardware platform Airframe" :lol:

(For the record, a lot of good games are made on GameMaker.)
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I don't see a big issue with those innards, it's a small team and why develop a PC like system when you can just use a PC.
But they should be more open about it. I was under the impression it was supposed to be custom hardware which would have justified the price more.
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If it's encased in a metal box it's usually a PC. Example: Lindbergh, Type-X, Deathsmiles 2, Ringedge/Ringwide. :lol:
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yosai wrote:
pulstarx wrote:Here is a pic of the used PC. Seems to be just a JPAC clone adapter with a PC.

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Let's how that's a prototype, otherwise that's just ****.

Its a prototype.
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spmbx wrote:no way a team like them has the resources to develop any significant custom hardware.
true words.
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