MetalVinnie

Minor update for 1.5.1 Added a few more obscure NES titles. They are unlicensed/homebrew games. I included Gyruss for Famicom Disk because it recently got a fan translation and is supposedly better than the NES cart version.

LOL, that was the first one that I made. It was annoying me, too.

Clear Logo Booster Pack View File Here is an assortment of game clear logos that were missing in the database and/or I couldn't find anywhere else. I made so many of them, I'm starting to lose track of which ones I did. But here's a whole bunch of them. Check out the screenshots. See anything you need? They're all in one zip file. The zip file contains sub-folders for each platform. Most of these logos were made to help complete the SHMUPS, Beat 'em ups, and Run N Gun playlists that I posted here: Submitter MetalVinnie Submitted 06/01/2017 Category Game Clear Logos

Hmm...I mostly played the game for survival and not scoring. I guess it is one of those games. I'm still pretty impressed with the graphics and the music is pretty good.

Update 1.5 is up. New playlists for Dreamcast, PS2 and PSP. Been playing around with some emulators for these. Demul works best for the Dreamcast games. I haven't been able to fully run any games on the Riecast core in Retroarch, but I am using a Windows PC. I heard Riecast was made to work on smart devices. I'm using PCSX2 1.4.0 for the PS2 games, and it works okay mostly. Having a few graphic glitches on a few games. The PPSSPP core on Retroarch works on most of the games, but it is outdated. I decided to use the latest standalone PPSSPP emulator and I'm having no problems with it. It looks great on fullscreen. Also, the NES Shmup library got a pretty big update. I couldn't believe I missed some of those. One game that really stands out is 'Uchuu Keibitai SDF' made by Hal Laboratory. It looks and feels like a really good Konami shmup. Check it out.

Lots of new games added in the 1.4 update. Got my Saturn (Retroarch) emulator running pretty decent. Still having some lag issues. Too bad there are no save states on it though. (awww, This will force me to actually play the games like they were supposed to, LOL!) So, I added a Shmups playlist for Saturn. Galactic Attack is pretty cool, but I discovered that it also has 3 other names; 'Layer Section' on the Japanese Saturn, and also 'Rayforce' and 'Gunlock' in the arcade. 'Layer Section II' did not get a release outside of Japan. But it is also known as 'Raystorm' on PS1 and in the arcades. So I added 'Ray Force' (note that it is with a 'space' to match the LB database and MAME) in the arcade playlist because it is part of a trilogy: Rayforce, Raystorm and Raycrisis. But I didn't want to remove Gunlock from the arcade playlist because it is easier to get the media for it. I grabbed the proper media for 'Rayforce' from the EmuMovies FTP. Sorry for the *double*, but I thought it might make sense to see that it was part of a trilogy. I've been working on these playlists as I've been adding emulators and roms to my launchbox. It looks like I got most of the popular and easy-to-install emulators. But it's been getting harder as I progress. I tried emulating Saturn months ago, but I passed on it because I didn't figure it out. Now I have it running pretty clean, but it took a long time to figure out which roms to find and how to get them to work. 'Darkwater' and 'ReDump' are always a safe bet for bin/cue files. But .ccd files also work on RetroArch as another resort. N64, Gamecube, and Wii don't have many shmups at all. I may group those together in a miscellaneous list in the future. PS2 emulation isn't too much of a problem for me, I'll be working on a SHMUPS list for that. The only thing slowing me down is the iso file sizes. I haven't attempted Dreamcast yet. But, it doesn't seem like too much of a hassle. Last night, I started with Sharp X68000 and what a friggin' nightmare! Getting the roms to work on Launchbox is a HUGE hassle, and I don't really like the setting choices on the emulator (I like scanlines...no option there, and analog stick only?). BUT, there are a TON of shmups for it (I counted about 90 so far). I'll eventually have a cool playlist for it, but in this case I have to add each game to my Launchbox one...... at...... a...... time. Anyways, have fun with those playlists. At this point I think I've scraped the bottom of the barrel for those systems. Enjoy! -MV

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@Patham I had no clue, either. I installed ePSXe to play the EBOOTS because I figured it was a good alternative if I couldn't find good bin/cue's for Retroarch. I loaded the games on Launchbox and forgot to set up the ePSXe emulator on one of the games ,behold, the game was playing on Retroarch with all my nice settings. I thought it wasn't possible, I was reading through other sites and they mostly mention that it doesn't work. I'm still scratching my head. So yeah, this opens a very big door, doesn't it?

Just added the SHMUPS (PS1) Playlist. It was a daunting task to find all those games, and I finally have a working set for all of them. But, the problem was that I couldn't find them all in one place. I had a little help finding some (Thank You). I also did a bit of research on how to name bin/cue files properly, which you may have to do for some of these. I also discovered that EBOOT.PBP files will work on Retroarch (I wish I knew that earlier, they are so easy to work with). I recommend finding the EBOOT files first, if you can. Good Luck -MV

Ok, it should be all set now. Thanks for letting me know.

Oops!! I'll fix that when I get home. It'll be a few hours from now.

\m/ \m/ Very cool. I could have guessed with a name like 'Riffman', lol. Pleased to meet you.

I still keep an eye out for Japanese games that I may have missed. Sometimes I have a hard time with that because Japanese language with English lettering is inaccurate. Something like 'Yoko' could be 'Youko' or 'Yokou', thus making it hard to search for it. But, I did look for lists of games that are English friendly, or English translated (even better). Right now, I'm watching Game Sack's 'Left in Japan' series to find more games that I might have missed. Lots of great suggestions there. Although, I'm having a hard time finding good ISOs for some of the Sega Saturn and Playstation games they mention. Those take a lot of time to download, so it's been a slow process. Generally, I've been sticking with 'Darkwater' dumps because they seem to work best. Still looking for a decent dump for 'Harmful Park' for the PS1. That game looks cool.

I took a stab at it, Charco. I'm still learning how to do this. Got a few that I made for myself. I might post a pack of random logos, soon.

Cool!

Hey guys, I also had this problem with my own lists. I think that you may have to add the xml files before you run launchbox. If launchbox is running, it won't recognize the xml files and deletes the unrecognized file when you exit. Try it and let me know if I'm right.

That would be cool. Thanks for listening to that. Maybe I'll get my home studio running again so I can make more.

That's definitely in my deck of cards. I've gotten a bit lazy on making music these days. I have a soundclick.com page, but most of that stuff is at least a decade old. Gotta get back on that saddle. But here's a tune I did eons ago: MetalVinnie - Wicked Child.mp3 Maybe you know this tune?

I'm really impressed with the sound quality produced by this artist. I'm also a heavy metal guitarist and make my own music. But my production quality is amateurish. Man, that sounds so crisp and tight.

Are you, by chance, the creator of the music on this? It sounds fantastic.

Run N Gun View File 317 Run N Gun style games (Split playlists for Arcade and consoles) The xml files: Run N Gun (Arcade): 121 Games* Run N Gun (Genesis): 54 Games Run N Gun (NES): 66 Games Run N Gun (SNES) 53 Games Run N Gun (Turbo Grafx) 23 Games *2 Games in the Arcade list, 'Dolphin Blue' and 'Metal Slug 6', require a Sammy Atomiswave emulator. Try Demul. Download the .xml files and place them in your LaunchBox\Data\Playlists directory. Some thoughts about these lists: The Run N Gun category can have a few grey areas and can have a few matters of opinion. Some lists I have seen are strictly 'Guns' only. But I added a few that have other kinds of projectiles. Some of the games on here are more 'Platformer' than they are 'Run N Gun'. I was a bit skeptical about adding 'Mega Man' in these lists, and I'm not sure if they are proper Run N Gun games. But he runs and he shoots, so I think that qualifies. Also, a few games on here are hybrid games that are also on the SHMUPS lists. Check out 'Rendering Ranger R2' for SNES/Super Famicom and 'Crossfire' for Genesis, for example. Have fun, -MV Submitter MetalVinnie Submitted 04/30/2017 Category Playlists  

Updated the SHMUPS Playlists. I will now be adding the Run N Gun playlists in another thread.