anosou Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 What the title says! I'm on the lookout for shmups and bullet hells (curtain fire, manic shooter, whatever you wanna call it) for Mac OS X. I need something to play during boring classes and such. So far I've found a couple of Kenta Cho ports at http://shinh.skr.jp/osxbin/ but I'm looking for more touhou-style or something like Cave's Guwange. Now, if you reply something stupid like "use Wine", "MAME SUCKAH!" "BOOTCAAAAMP!!!" or "get a PC" I will cry :'( I'm specifically asking for ports or games created for Mac OS X, not workarounds. so.. let's share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 What's wrong with using a 3rd party app to play games that are Touhou..? For goodness sake, why not get a windows based laptop for menial/general work & gaming..? Touhou does not take a whole lot of power to run and play... Macs have their merits, but generally, not seriously taken when it comes to computer gaming... I can... provide you the Touhou games but, take the plunge into using bootcamp... Are you willing to pass THIS up because of your laziness..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 because he wants a mac and will not be convinced otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 because he wants a mac and will not be convinced otherwise Nothing really wrong with that as he can get the mac for whatever his needs are, and reserve the windows laptop for menial/general work/gaming as I mentioned before... Again, soundscape, you really want to pass up on and simply because you don't even want to touch a 3rd party app..? Well good luck on your search finding alternatives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenPi Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 3rd party app?... isn't bootcamp made by apple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 3rd party app?... isn't bootcamp made by apple? even if it is (I have no idea if it is), that's not the point he wants shmups developed for the mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenobio Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 What's wrong with using a 3rd party app to play games that are Touhou..?For goodness sake, why not get a windows based laptop for menial/general work & gaming..? Touhou does not take a whole lot of power to run and play... Macs have their merits, but generally, not seriously taken when it comes to computer gaming... I can... provide you the Touhou games but, take the plunge into using bootcamp... stop making anso cry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Uhm, I have 'Deimos Rising' on my Mac, altough it's not exactly like the other games mentioned up here. It has more physical enemies, rather than bullets. It's decent fun, but not sure if its what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 3rd party app?... isn't bootcamp made by apple? You can tell how out of touch I am with macs right..? But considering the reasons behind needing bootcamp just to run window apps..? I'm kinda surprised there were no lawsuits about it when it came out. Then again I recall in a vid that a console called the Colecovision (or intellivision I forget) had an add-on module that allowed Atari 2600 (its competitor at the time) games to play on its system... That;s kinda like Sony saying it will have an add on that would allow xbox360/Wii games be playable on the PS3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Those Touhou games have some great music...makes me want to get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Those Touhou games have some great music...makes me want to get them. If you want I can guide you to them, the music used in the vids aren't actually in game but are covers/remixes of the original tracks. PM me for more info Edit: I'd also like to apologize to Another Soundscape for semi-hijacking his thread and possibly making him tear up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Virtualization is not to be ignored either. VMware fusion and Parallels can both handle 3d acceleration on mac now. Something to think about as an alternative to boot camp and wine. There really aren't (m)any bullet-hell shmups for mac. Even Chromium B.S.U. which is a much different kind of shmup, only advertises linux and windows versions. Of course, flash games will work, but I have a feeling you're looking for something more serious than a flash game. Most standalone games I could find, however, are Windows-only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wingless Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 **THREAD HIJACK** Hey guys, I'm working on a shmup even as we speak! **END THREAD HIJACK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 One more thing, Ran will fuck you up But seriously give VMware a try if you're not keen on using bootcamp/wine... Also cool wingless, I'd like to try it when it's complete This is however assuming it's not gonna be stuck in developement hell. Nonetheless goodluck on making it awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 http://www.phelios.com/mac/kaijin.html http://homepage.mac.com/qtq/index_e.html http://www.vector.co.jp/vpack/filearea/mac/game/shoot/index.html or http://shinh.skr.jp/osxbin/ And for the sake of posting it... http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/09/mac-games.html That's the best I came up with for Mac shmups. You'll likely have to do some playing to find out which ones are bullet curtain shmups on those big Japanese lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Coop saves the day!; even though sadly I thinking more of the Megas XLR Coop instead of Alice Cooper... But also... Upon my search to try finding a way to make Touhou games cooperate with macs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 ... even though sadly I thinking more of the Megas XLR Coop instead of Alice Cooper... You have no idea how much shit I had to wade through on AIM back in the day because of that show... "OMG U R LYKING THAT MEGAS RXL SHO 2?! I LYKD TEH HOT ALIAN CHIK!" "No, I didn't like that show." "WUT>!" "It just didn't strike me as all that entertaining when I tried to watch it." "THEN Y DID U UZ HIZ NAEM?" "I didn't. Ever heard of Alice Cooper?" "WHO?" "The singer. You know, School's Out, Welcome To My Nightmare, stuff like that." "WHOZ SHE?" "... nevermind." "SO DID U LIEK THA ALIEN CHIX?" "What alien chick?" "WTFLOL" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 ok touhou we get it fyi i like those games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 You have no idea how much shit I had to wade through on AIM back in the day because of that show... I think I do... my story's TL;DR-ish so I'll spare the, once again, hijacked thread. Another Soundscape, do at least considering getting a cheap ole laptop or desktop reserved for light gaming and leave the Mac to do what it does best, music/web construction/art designing... Nothing inherently wrong with getting a Mac but... it's futile especially when apple is secretly just as bad, if not worse these days, than microsoft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHz Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 Drack is right in that there really aren't that many Mac bullet hell shmups compared to "normal" ones, AnSo. That list of Kenta Cho ports you linked doesn't have rRootage or Noiz2sa, which I would recommend. You can grab those from here (Coop linked this already). That's all I can come up with off the top of my head right now; I don't play bullet hell very often on account of my sucking righteously hard at them. something like Cave's Guwange. There is no other game like Guwange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenPi Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 You can tell how out of touch I am with macs right..? But considering the reasons behind needing bootcamp just to run window apps..? I'm kinda surprised there were no lawsuits about it when it came out. Then again I recall in a vid that a console called the Colecovision (or intellivision I forget) had an add-on module that allowed Atari 2600 (its competitor at the time) games to play on its system... That;s kinda like Sony saying it will have an add on that would allow xbox360/Wii games be playable on the PS3... Well.. I believe microsoft owned part of apple at one point. And I'm sure microsoft doesnt care about people BUYING windows and putting it on a mac. catch the drift Anyways... im way off topic. Being a mac guy myself.. I havent found many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'm sure microsoft doesnt care about people BUYING windows and putting it on a mac. catch the drift Yeah the gaming console merging thing is a bit different. It just seems pointless, to me at least, to bother with a mac unless the mac had some amazing, exclusive app that I would NEVER find on a windows and would depend on very heavily... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 There is no other game like Guwange. I know A man can dream, right? ...or remix, a man can remix, right? anyway, thanks Coop, the only one who had a decent answer It's a hassle getting a PC only to play shmups. I'm pretty much satisfied with every other aspect of my computer and that's why I asked specifically for games avaliable on mac. It's as easy as that Schwaltzvald. Now, back to class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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