The Vic Viper is the best pew pew spaceship in all of videogames

The Vic Viper is the best pew pew spaceship in all of videogames.
This is a statement of fact.

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>Absorbs bullets in your path

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what if you fire something that isn't either black o white?

As much as I like Big Dicc Vic, no.
There's plenty of cooler spaceships.

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pardon my heresy but what's this

That's the Spartacus from Star Ixiom, the PS1 sequel to Star Luster, the kingdom hearts of Namco's AEUGF universe.

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>starts with Ace Combat 3
>as the timeline advances fucking galaga happens

nigga what

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Welcome to the mindfuck that is Namco's shooter universe, where the entire Ace Combat series is canonically a prequel in the same universe as Galaxian or Starblade.

The R-Series is cuter.

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youtu.be/uflTrczotgU?t=2033

This whole CD is fire. That Remix of Try to star is so fucking on point

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>Gradius VI never

V is my favorite shmup. Fuck you Konami

Nice stretched thumbnail genius

The old Konami Perfect Selection CDs were balls to the walls insane music, it pains me that it's yet another thing it died with old Konami.

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thought that was a Destiny screenshot for a second

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if you use non-descriptors like "pew pew", nothing you say is even remotely considerable as fact.

fuck yeah they are all crazy good. I was lucky to DL them all from ffshrine before it went away.

can put a mega up?

its other mirrors up for it.

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The R-Type games became freaky as hell with the later games.

Now that you mention it, the Platinum Starling does bear a passing resemblance to the Vic...

That's not Krait Phantom.

Not on my watch

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Nope!

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Based Axelay user, although for me it’s the R-Type Leo

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anyone got a download for rolling gunner? dumb japs only sell it on a DVD and I dont even have a disc tray

pic unrelated

>can just casually open a time portal so he can use his past self to help destroy a giant warship
yep, i'm thinking it's the best vidya ship

>Disliking peak UGSF design

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My first Gradius game. Never got beyond stage 5.

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The soundtrack in this fucking game is amazing. Especially the final stage theme.

Strange way of spelling Axelay

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>mfw that speed level theme

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What about Inside Mission (the actual final stage theme not the speed stage)? Everything about the fucking final stage was great. Wish the final boss was actually hard like in Salamander 2. That caught me by complete surprise.

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All of them are pretty good. I just love super fast stages more than the others. Really gets the blood pumping knowing that enemies are less of a threat then you slamming into a wall at high speed.

>I have a 13 hour playlist of music from all Gradius and related games
>I'm listening to it right now
Holy shit, it's like this thread was made just for me

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anyone got high res vic viper pics? I want to frame a vic viper pic in my room

i dont like this game but i fucking love the design of the ship.

I like how they remade the first stage from Gradius 1, then a fucking blackhole appeared behind you, sucking everything to it, and you need to destroy all those debris coming at you.
Definitely a nightmare if you died there.

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A good stage indeed. I personally loved two stages in particular: the crystal stage where your lasers would refract in a bunch of different ways, and the boss junkyard. Good memories.

I'm having a hard time figuring out which Gradius game has the best soundtrack in the series. Though Gaiden might be it.

Here

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when you're right, you're right.

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>Cube Rush
The bane of all no death run attempts in Gradius 3. Some tried to get through it by building a wall, somewhat the easier option compared to aggressively dodging all of them.
The worst part of that stage is that its not over yet once you've pass through it, theres still a boss you need to defeat, and dying there means going back to the cube rush.

Someone explain to me how the fuck has anyone been able to beat the arcade version of Gradius 3?

Look at this guy who doesn't know about the Excalibur.

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Salamander 2 is also pretty good.

youtube.com/watch?v=80QvgYH7jG4

What were they thinking?

The second stage in Salamander 2 has my favorite stage theme in the game.

That ship in your pic looks like an early alpha version of the Apollo from FreeSpace.

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I was born out of the greediness of mankind.

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I prefer Salamander 1. Planet Ratis and Thunderbolt is the best track on it.

>pew pew
Sorry, but I need the BOOM
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It's a redesign of the original Gaia ship from Star Luster, it's a pretty iconic design.

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Alright guys, who is your favorite boss to fight in a shmup?

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Raiwat Libra. A free for all battle between you, a big ass battleship and 2 Kamui fighters.

WARNING
A HUGE BATTLESHIP
FOLDING FAN
IS APPROACHING FAST
youtu.be/4OR0x0skjOo

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The final bosses in Darius Gaiden is really good. Especially Great Thing and Storm Causer.

I prefer the upgraded Vic Viper.

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I'm more a fan of Odious Trident
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To this day I havent 1cc'd RefleX because Libra's last phase fucks me up everytime

>Ace Combat, Galaga and DIG DUG are on the same universe

This can't be real

Actually Odius Trident is also a fun final boss. Don't know why I forgot about him. Now in terms of the final stage/boss theme: Saturn > Arcade.

The one where it start firing bullets from a drone? You can actually defeat Libra before it can reach its final phase. You can transform reflected bullets into beams, and it pierces through its shield.
You can do it by releasing the shield button after you reflected the bullets.

I was referring to the part where it goes autistic with the purple lasers but that works too

Damn bae u got a thicc rear

I can't wait until Pac-Man becomes canon to this timeline as well

R-Type ships>your always inferior pew pew

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If I remember it right, you can destroy those via bullets right? I just destroyed Libra before that point so I don't know.

youtu.be/ocsaLVKWsBM
Although not as crazy as this one, I did destroy all of them during my old run.

You can destroy the purple bullets, but not the purple homing lasers
I'd definitely will have to try this tho

One of my favorite battles.

Alright, I see what you mean. Most doesn't reach that point.
Simply put, don't use your shield, and avoid the lasers by going left and right. I doubt you will be overwhelmed by the purple bullets, considering how fast you shoot. Just keep yourself aligned to Libra vertically as much as you can so you don't get overwhelmed by the purple bullets.

R9a arrowhead is a milf. A MILF

I like Thunder Force. Its ships has a rather sleek design. Also its soundtrack, and its possible fan remixes.

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Titanic Lance or Xiga

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loved how you heard the powers used

Titanic Lance was fucking huge. The entire stage being a boss fight tends to be a really badass fight. As for Xiga, never been a fan of Radiant Silvergun but that fight is pretty awesome.