Old Gamers History Vol. 10
OLD GAMERS HISTORY
The shooting-game volumes of a 16-part series (円熟期編 1992-2005); vols 1-2 are simulation, not shmup.
ABOUT
Volume 10 of Old Gamers History, Hiroaki Sudo's retro gaming series from Mediapal, published in July 2016 at 161 pages. Subtitled the Mature Period, it covers 1992 to 2005 and closes the series' three-volume history of the shooting game. Its subject is the genre's great transformation: the diversification brought by 3D rendering, and the shift from the fast-shooting style of the early 1990s to the danmaku (bullet curtain) school that has defined the arcade shooter since.
The book frames these years as the genre's warring-states period, driven by the rise of Toaplan's successors and rivals, Psikyo, Raizing and Cave. Its featured games map that landscape: Wolf Fang, RayForce, Sengoku Ace, Battle Garegga, DoDonPachi and Radiant Silvergun, the titles that fired the competitive spirit of the scoring community. For a shmup player, this is the volume of the three that covers the games modern play culture is actually built on.
CONTENTS
- Shooting games of the mature period, 1992-2005
- The move from fast-shooting to danmaku
- 3D rendering and the diversification of the genre
- Toaplan, Psikyo, Raizing and Cave
- Wolf Fang, RayForce, Sengoku Ace, Battle Garegga, DoDonPachi, Radiant Silvergun
DESCRIPTION
Shooting games diversify as 3D rendering arrives, and the fast-shooting style gives way to danmaku. A detailed account of how the genre changed with the times. With the rise of Toaplan, Psikyo, Raizing and Cave, the shooting game entered its warring-states period. Wolf Fang, RayForce, Sengoku Ace, Battle Garegga, DoDonPachi and Radiant Silvergun: the classics that fired the competitive spirit of every shooter are back.
3D描写によって多様化を遂げるシューティングゲーム 速弾系から弾幕系へ 時代の流れと共に移り変わるSTGの歴史を詳細解説 東亜プラン・彩京・ライジング・ケイブ 新興メーカーの隆盛によってシューティングゲームは戦国時代に突入! 『ウルフファング』『レイフォース』『戦国エース』『バトルガレッガ』『怒首領蜂』『レイディアントシルバーガン』 シューター達の攻略魂をたぎらせたあの名作が帰ってくる!
Translated by this site from the publisher's Japanese blurb.
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WHERE TO GET IT
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