More Arrange runs....all ending on the level 4 boss.  I somehow got a big score on one run - twice the amount I've scored before.  Not sure how the scoring works in this mode.

It's a very enjoyable mode for those who know the game well. I can imagine elite gamers racking up humungous scores on it.

Should be somewhere in the menu, but does it matter anyway?

Ah, you can't turn it off. It's an unlock for playing more than seven hours.

I mean, neat, as an option, but... nnngg. I was enjoying seeing how far I could get with limited continues. Plus this also renders all the 'get an extra life for every X points' settings pointless.

Blue Swirl wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

Should be somewhere in the menu

You'd think that, wouldn't you. Weirdly enough, that was the first place I tried.

hylian_elf wrote:

but does it matter anyway?

On the cosmic scale? No. In terms of enjoying Radiant Silvergun and the challenge it provides? A little.

Sorry, I was trying to say: you can just not continue once you die, so free play or number of credits don't matter?  Or does the game auto continue for you?  Would be weird if the latter.

I doubt it would be in the unlockable options..

"Just don't continue" doesn't quite work, as I forget how many continues I've had.

Actually, fuck it, story mode. Limited continues but you keep your weapons’ levels between runs.

davyK wrote:

Blue Swirl wrote:

"Just don't continue" doesn't quite work, as I forget how many continues I've had.

You must be credit feeding to the max!!  The game is brutal - you will go through lives with it like billy-o when you get to a new section.

 

Not really, but in the heat of the moment, whether a continue was my third or fourth is hard to keep track of.

It is, but it manages to balance challenge with fairness. I generally feel after a game over that it was my fault, and not the game being cheesy.

davyK wrote:

Blue Swirl wrote:

Actually, fuck it, story mode. Limited continues but you keep your weapons’ levels between runs.

Story mode has different levels and as it saves weapons levels it isn't a true reflection of your skill improvement - but I'm anal.   

A combination of learning the game and slowly upping my weapons'll get me through. Then I can change back to arcade or score attack. My plan was to get through the game on Easy with extra lives every million points (but a set number of continues), then up the difficulty/increase the number of points before extra lives are earned. But now I've got infinite credits, I think I'll stick with the compromise of story mode.

It’s definitely clicking this time. I’ve tried before and bounced off it.

I do wonder how mind-blowing it must have been back at original launch, especially running on a Saturn, not known for being able to manipulate polygons. Treasure really are/were wizards.

Always nice to see a shmup get some mainstream attention (as far as GDQ is mainstream).

Deathsmiles is a great crowd pleaser too.

Nope. I bought a special cart called the ST-Key to play imports.  I rang up Forbidden Planet somewhere in England and asked if they had a copy of RSG and they said yes and it was £50........

Was it not £60?

I picked it up in Ca$h Converters for £20 in great condition, boxed with manual.  The cart was noticeably heavier than any other I'd owned.

Ah - fair enough. Jeez that was expensive for a PS1 game.

The N64 port was pretty swish. Had all the video apparently and it supported the ram pack for slightly sharper image. Load/uncompress times were damn good - probably quicker than the PS1.

But 60 bloody quid.  And there was no in-game file slot delete function. You just had to start a new game over an existing save. Weird little oversight that from Capcom.  I suppose you could just use the memory pack management screen some games had that let you delete saves.

I'm considering selling my 360 versions of the ones I now have on PS4/5 and Switch.  Should fetch a fair price on the Bay.

Think I need to hunt down Espgaluda 2 and Mushi on Switch.