BATSUGUN Saturn Tribute Boosted

NB to potential Steam Deck players, especially dock users: after selecting a version and going through the intro text, my screen would go black yet audio was fine and the game responded to controls. This was new behavior and other Saturn Tributes presented no issues. I tried different compatibility layers, disabling cloud saves and reinstalling but what ultimately worked was playing the game handheld, where it appeared fine, making it to Screen Settings, and reverting them to default (if you're navigating blind, Screen Settings is 6 taps down on the root menu when you press Back, then tap up once to highlight Default). Changing all these values again afterwards hasn't broken anything so far. Anyway, as I dealt with that I considered asking for a refund and buying Bitwave's release instead but that's no longer necessary. I just have Bitwave's V-V (60 FPS mode on native Linux) to compare to, another Toaplan shooter from the same year, but City Connection's Batsugun on Steam feels only a hair laggier with V-Sync off and uncapped framerate on the Deck. That a basic human like me can perceive a difference at all may already alarm some. Everyone cites [url=https://twitter.com/kimagreGaming/status/1663741785154404352]Kimagre's test of this version[/url] which records an average of 5.5f latency on Windows 11 with a 1080p60Hz display, surprisingly faring worse than PS4's 4.91f and Switch's 5.28f in his setup. For perspective, that's 5.5*(1/60)=92ms. Example controller latency like an Xbox Series pad wired on Win11 adds a mean 6.25ms according to Gamepadla. For a hypothetical average consumer that's right under 1/10th of a second total. Decide for yourself what that means to you. My main controller runs GP2040 and doesn't even register 1ms of input lag so I'm sure that factors into my opinion. I'm not aware of any empirical lag tests for Bitwave's V-V or their Batsugun. As a final note, Sairyou honed his recent world first SDOJ Inbachi clear on the 360 port (4-5f delay) before accomplishing the feat on the more responsive PCB (2f) in two more weeks. The main merit to Boosted and what I suspect is a cost driver is the new soundtrack. This seems to be a little trend in contemporary rereleases that are fuller priced, such as TAKEx0FF's Deathsmiles I・II having the Gomaotsu Respect Arrange which can even be purchased separately. Why City Connection doesn't offer the same for Boosted is beyond me. Changing BGMs is a small way to keep new credits fresh which I realized playing Raiden III x Mikado. You can't assign any track to any stage like in Raiden III so I can't set Shinji Hosoe's Geo Frontier everywhere, however you can pick which arrangement a stage will play. A nice change I don't see mentioned much is the extended score in Special. Many great players have historically counterstopped the arcade 8 digits, so it's thoughtful to add room to distinguish themselves further. There's already a few scores above 100 billion in the rankings. I'm completely ignorant as to whether Bitwave Batsugun does the same as it's not mentioned in the promotional materials or reviews I found. A definite con is that the practice mode for Special only allows you to start on a loop which is, alongside a single save state, minimally adequate but also arbitrary and lazy. Even bomb count is static. Bitwave's V-V, on the other hand, is more granular to the point you can choose which checkpoint to spawn from to learn recoveries. Luckily, Batsugun is not that punishing. You respawn in place and loops get progressively shorter. For the uninitiated, vanilla Batsugun is a 5 stage 20 minute ALL clear. Building on that, Batsugun Special has 4 loops where loop X begins on stage X for a sum of 14 stages and about an hour in playtime depending on how much boss milking you do. If you read up on the level system and how to activate the secret purple pigs for EXP, you'll have a better time starting out. Either of Batsugun or Batsugun Special may not crack your personal top 10, but it's the last hurrah from a cool company that only dedicated shooter and retro fans seem to recognize despite how altogether influential their works and the people who worked on them came to be. So any way someone chooses to experience them, it's neat there's multiple viable and accessible options at all for anyone like me to get into Toaplan. Especially since the ShotTriggers port may not be out before the end of the decade, release in Japan only and won't be on PC anyway (unless...?).

Absolutely love it! The music is top notch and is a must for those who love shoot em'ups. A rare Sega Saturn gem indeed.

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La mejor versión de BATSUGUN que se ha hecho es esta. No dudes en comprarlo.

Pretty expensive port, but this game alone is worth getting a Saturn and a Retrotink.

The port isn't the best port, but its good enough of a port + epic soundtrack options to boot, I'd prefer an M.2 Port but this port was good enough for the price to suggest a buy. Online leaderboards are bugged but they do work.

[h1]《BATSUGUN Saturn Tribute Boosted》简评[/h1] 《BATSUGUN》这款由日本“TAITO”游戏公司发行于上个世纪90年代的游戏，距今已有30余年，绝对是弹幕射击游戏中元老级的游戏，也是此类中的经典。很其它弹幕游戏相比，本作突出一个火力宣泄所带来的爽感，是视觉和心理上的双重盛宴。如今蒸汽平台的作品，算是其移植之作，很复古、很经典但是同样很好玩。 [h1]战争即是艺术，炮火就是魅力[/h1] 这一款弹幕射击游戏，绝对是追求机制火力输出的那类，完美诠释了我方火力无穷尽时候，敌人别想存活，哪怕是Boss也不是我的对手。正所谓古人有云“一切恐惧皆因火力不足”，那么当我的火力达到极致输出之际，我就是那个恐怖。 游戏译名《火神枪》或者《疯狂枪支》是真的很贴切，玩家的自机只要成长起来，其打出的弹幕只能用一个词语来形容——“宣泄”，真的就是铺天盖地的各种弹幕宣泄出去，子弹、炮弹、导弹、激光弹，只要是有的全部一股脑的射射射、突突突、轰轰轰、爆爆爆。什么是战争艺术？这就是战争艺术！什么是炮火魅力？这就是炮火魅力！满屏的弹幕，还是自机的，爽，暴力，不要怂，战个痛快！ [h1]爽归爽，前提你得成长起来[/h1] 玩家想要自机真的可以做到火力宣泄的程度，首先得让其成长到极致，本作独特的提升方式也是值得说道。其一，自机等级提升，最高LV3，可以不断加强自机的火炮攻击形态。其二，抓P点，可以提升单发主炮的威力。 只不过想要达到满级LV 3加大威力，不仅需要玩家一关关战斗的积累，同时还要尽可能保证自机不死。毕竟每次死亡，等级虽然不会跌落，但是P点带来的提升都会削弱，重新将其拉起来也挺费劲的。而敌人也不会给予玩家这么一个机会，很多关卡的某些节点，可能是一群小兵，也可能是Boss，他们的弹幕攻击是真的不容易躲避，甚至有可能出现必死局（如果不用BOOM的话）。因此，正常关卡战斗，慢慢玩或许通关没问题，但是这个过程如何将自机战力尽快拉起来，那就不好说了。 [h1]对不起，我有挂[/h1] 不知道最初1993年的原版游戏，有没有官方金手指系统，但是这款移植版本是有的。玩家打不过敌人怎么办，官方自带作弊系统，让你玩嗨玩爽。TAB键打开菜单栏，其中“Game Setting”和“Extra Options”这两个功能，就是官方自带金手指。“Game Setting”，调节难度、命数和得分换命数三项；“Extra Options”，则是开启无限制续命接关卡、自机命中判定区域以及选关，尤其是选关这个选项，不仅仅是随意选择关卡，自机的等级（最高LV 3）、威力（最大POWER 5）以及自机角色，都是可以自选的。玩家将火力直接调成LV 3、POWER 5，爽翻天。 [h1]最后[/h1] 经典确实经典，好玩就是好玩，真没的说。 [quote]关注鉴赏组：[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45134494]浮生评测[/url] ←"浮生若梦，一鉴倾心，邀您共赏人间烟火" 加入Steam组：[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/LLFLLFF]浮生评测[/url]←“一起追寻'浮生若梦'般的游戏体验” 开始“浮生若梦”鉴赏组的奇幻之旅！[/quote]

作为以前的的纵版街机游戏的——精神延续吧。 其实小时候一直会给这种几分钟就吞掉我一个币的游戏机情有独钟，但是一直是看反应能力不背板的。 也因此我可能是游戏厅老板最喜欢的那种小顾客。 其实我现在也玩不好，实测4个币也就打到第四关，基本上每条命的保险才是我活下去的基石。 因此射击老登的玩法自然是掀桌子不好好玩了，CT表下很安逸。 游戏轻松两周目，抱歉了，设计者对关卡和数据设置的苦心荡然无存了。 但我很开心，又找到了小时候的快乐。