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~Hakurei Shrine~ => Help Me, Eirin! => Topic started by: protoblues on December 08, 2014, 03:38:49 AM

Title: Multiplayer games?
Post by: protoblues on December 08, 2014, 03:38:49 AM
I'm looking for some good games to play with friends.  Aside from the Twilight Frontier fighters and Rift in a Friendship, though, I'm not aware of many strong multiplayer doujin games.  Can anyone help me out?
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: Spotty Len on December 08, 2014, 06:51:26 AM
Touhou Daiundousai is tons of fun (offline only, netcode is horrible), and Urapani is not bad if you like Mario-style platformers.

I think Touhou Sky Arena has multiplayer, but I don't know whether you can play on the same screen. I never tried it.


...Is MUGEN mentionable here? :]
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: Leon゠Helsing on December 08, 2014, 08:20:47 AM
MUGEN's a bit too much of a mixed bag to be honest. If you're not aware of the quality authors then you might end up wasting a lot of your bandwith on shitty characters.
Besides, MUGEN isn't really so much of a game as it is an engine, almost like Danmakufu.
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: Spotty Len on December 08, 2014, 08:34:09 AM
MUGEN's a bit too much of a mixed bag to be honest. If you're not aware of the quality authors then you might end up wasting a lot of your bandwith on shitty characters.
Besides, MUGEN isn't really so much of a game as it is an engine, almost like Danmakufu.

I was joking. I really am terrible at it.

But always bet 2hu nonetheless.
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: Ranko Hoshino on December 08, 2014, 06:13:05 PM
Suwako's Jumping Shooting Game (Suwapyon 2010) has simultaneous multi-player mode, and it's free now. :)

Here's the official download link.

http://www.utgsoftware.net/archives/dlcount.php?fname=suwapyon.zip&dir=suwapyon/
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: Neodymium on December 08, 2014, 08:40:41 PM
I think Touhou Sky Arena has multiplayer, but I don't know whether you can play on the same screen. I never tried it.
Touhou Sky Arena let's you up to 4-player split screen. I'd recommend Sky Arena too or Magical Battle Arena NEXT by the same developers.
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: Thata no Guykoro on December 08, 2014, 10:21:36 PM
Amapani (http://www.desunoya.sakura.ne.jp/product/amapani/) and Urapani (http://www.desunoya.sakura.ne.jp/product/urapani/) by Desunoya both have NSMB-style multiplayer.
Title: Re: Multiplayer games?
Post by: protoblues on December 09, 2014, 02:35:45 AM
Touhou Daiundousai is tons of fun (offline only, netcode is horrible), and Urapani is not bad if you like Mario-style platformers.

I think Touhou Sky Arena has multiplayer, but I don't know whether you can play on the same screen. I never tried it.


...Is MUGEN mentionable here? :]


Amapani (http://www.desunoya.sakura.ne.jp/product/amapani/) and Urapani (http://www.desunoya.sakura.ne.jp/product/urapani/) by Desunoya both have NSMB-style multiplayer.

Touhou Sky Arena let's you up to 4-player split screen. I'd recommend Sky Arena too or Magical Battle Arena NEXT by the same developers.

Thanks for these!  Touhou Daiundousai does look like a lot of fun, and I'll check it out right away.

We do love platformers--we beat most of Super Mario 3D World together--so I'll also give the *pani platformers a shot.  It reminds me of a game I played a loooong time ago, called Super Marisa Land.  I saw a video of the game; it's impressive that they were able to manage the camera so well in a doujin game.

Sky Arena looks awesome.  It looks like the Gundam VS games.  MBA Next looks a bit more polished, so I'll probably give it a go first.

Suwako's Jumping Shooting Game (Suwapyon 2010) has simultaneous multi-player mode, and it's free now. :)

Here's the official download link.

http://www.utgsoftware.net/archives/dlcount.php?fname=suwapyon.zip&dir=suwapyon/

What an interesting game!  I got past Cirno fine on Normal by jumping over everything.  Reisen is a jerk.  I'll probably do better next time, since I found out afterwards xpadder was mapping jump and shot to the same button and I'm supposed to be able to do those separately.