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Title: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 19, 2014, 10:29:00 AM
Please vote for the NES game you want to play in December. One vote per person. Result will be shown when the voting is over in 3 days. Please only vote if you are intending on joining the playthrough in December. Mods, please do not mention which game(s) are in the lead. I would like for the voting to remain untainted and for people to choose the game they really want to play. Thanks.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: MaterialHandlerMike on September 20, 2014, 07:43:09 PM
This is going to be interesting with so many game choices. Hopefully enough people plan on joining the playthrough, to have a definitive game by voting.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Duke.Togo on September 20, 2014, 09:19:21 PM
Voted!


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Boshamp on September 21, 2014, 01:15:29 AM
Is the plan to come up with 4 singular games for 4 different retro systems? Or are we taking the 4 most voted from above and doing an all NES retro shmup lineup? I was hoping for at least one Genesis shmup so I could see what all the talk is about for the shmups on that system.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 21, 2014, 08:14:05 AM
We will vote for the game on each system. SNES, Genesis, and PSX votes to come soon.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: nupoile on September 21, 2014, 09:22:05 AM
I voted!

There is only one of those games that I own though, so it wasn't a hard choice.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Boshamp on September 21, 2014, 11:24:27 AM
I voted!

There is only one of those games that I own though, so it wasn't a hard choice.

Same here. I am pretty sure I only own the one game from the list, and I am not even sure I own it, I will have to dig and look.

Very excited for this playthrough, I stink at shmups, but still excited to play with you guys.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Zagnorch on September 22, 2014, 09:20:52 AM
Hey now,

So long as it doesn't end up being Zanac or Dragon Spirit-- 'cuz I don't own either of those-- I'm in. Then again, I just might encounter them in the wild the meantime, you  never know.

BTW I voted for a title that I own but haven't tried yet. It's likely a long shot to win, though.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 22, 2014, 10:09:48 AM
Voting will close soon, please vote ASAP if you plan on playing in December. It's a tight race.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Zagnorch on September 22, 2014, 11:29:27 AM
Voting will close soon, please vote ASAP if you plan on playing in December. It's a tight race.

Might need to do a runoff if there's a tie for the top spot.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 22, 2014, 11:33:45 AM
Voting will close soon, please vote ASAP if you plan on playing in December. It's a tight race.

Might need to do a runoff if there's a tie for the top spot.

Of course, the plan is to take any games tied at the top and do a revote. If two games are tied again, I'd just do a coin flip. :P

Can you guys see the results yet? Let me know when you can, since I always see the numbers on my end as the mod.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Disposed Hero on September 22, 2014, 11:44:20 AM
I can see the results now.  Looks like a 3 way tie....


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: stillplayingnes on September 22, 2014, 11:55:37 AM
As the new guy around here I'd like to get involved before the voting closes. 
Is there a FAQ on what the rules/regulations are of participating in one of these?


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: GrayGhost81 on September 22, 2014, 12:38:37 PM
As the new guy around here I'd like to get involved before the voting closes. 
Is there a FAQ on what the rules/regulations are of participating in one of these?

Nope, just vote. Thanks for participating and welcome to the site!


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 22, 2014, 12:58:42 PM
I can see the results now.  Looks like a 3 way tie....

In that case, I'll reset the voting for 2 more days and the only options will be the top 3 games. Thanks.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 22, 2014, 01:01:11 PM
Alright everyone. The poll has been reset for 2 more days of voting. Please select the game you would like to play most out of the 3 options. Thanks!


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: GrayGhost81 on September 22, 2014, 01:02:51 PM
[img width=468 height=531]http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/28262-VoteOrDie.jpg[/img]


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Boshamp on September 22, 2014, 01:07:49 PM
I missed the results, how many total votes were submitted for all games? It sounds like a good amount of activity for a poll, I was expecting maybe just 5-6 of us to vote, but if there was a three way tie, I am thinking maybe a lot more voting.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: MaterialHandlerMike on September 22, 2014, 02:02:25 PM
Voted again.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 22, 2014, 02:16:21 PM
I missed the results, how many total votes were submitted for all games? It sounds like a good amount of activity for a poll, I was expecting maybe just 5-6 of us to vote, but if there was a three way tie, I am thinking maybe a lot more voting.

About 14 votes. The three at the top received 3 votes each. Good thing is, all of these games are very cheap and not hard to locate. If you don't have one of them, you have until December to track down a copy.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Boshamp on September 22, 2014, 03:40:55 PM
For sure. I got my second vote in as well.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: stillplayingnes on September 22, 2014, 04:10:01 PM
As the new guy around here I'd like to get involved before the voting closes. 
Is there a FAQ on what the rules/regulations are of participating in one of these?

Nope, just vote. Thanks for participating and welcome to the site!

Ok.  Voted!  I've never done a "community" play through.  Looking forward to it!


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 22, 2014, 04:59:59 PM
Happy to have you along!


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Duke.Togo on September 22, 2014, 06:01:20 PM
For those that didn't vote for The Guardian Legend... you fools.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Zagnorch on September 22, 2014, 09:33:46 PM
For those that didn't vote for The Guardian Legend... you fools.

Probably voted down for not being a pure shooter. It does have those on-foot missions in between the byew-byew-byew, after all.

In any case, I'm ready to fall in if Gradius or Gun.Smoke gets the nod. Don't let me down, gentlemen...


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Boshamp on September 22, 2014, 11:26:19 PM
Keep your politics out of it, Zag. We don't need a lobbyist ruining the vote, sir.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on September 23, 2014, 12:08:03 AM
Ummm...... Where is the Magical Chase button???


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: MaterialHandlerMike on September 23, 2014, 12:41:24 AM
Ummm...... Where is the Magical Chase button???

Right beside the: "Ain't no one got time for that" button


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on September 23, 2014, 02:14:24 AM
I'm sad Section Z isn't an option, but then I realized: This is a Playthrough. Most wouldn't make it through the game in the time span.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 23, 2014, 08:11:45 AM
I'm sad Section Z isn't an option, but then I realized: This is a Playthrough. Most wouldn't make it through the game in the time span.

While this is a playthrough, December is more of a competition for high scores. I doubt many people will finish a lot of these games, since shmups tend to be pretty brutal.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: techwizard on September 23, 2014, 08:12:26 PM
I'm sad Section Z isn't an option, but then I realized: This is a Playthrough. Most wouldn't make it through the game in the time span.

While this is a playthrough, December is more of a competition for high scores. I doubt many people will finish a lot of these games, since shmups tend to be pretty brutal.

no one questioned the atari 2600 line-up ;)


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 24, 2014, 09:49:43 AM
Again, someone in the community please let me know when these results are visible. They should be today.


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: Boshamp on September 24, 2014, 01:16:15 PM
They are visible. Crazy that a single vote for Gradius instead of Dragon Spirit meant the difference between having a game to play, and another 3 way tie. ha ha


Title: Re: Voting: NES Shmup Retro Playthrough
Post by: singlebanana on September 24, 2014, 01:25:52 PM
Looks like we are playing Gradius on the NES. Such a classic title, so I think it's an outstanding pick. A chose Dragon Spirit as it's my favorite game on the system, but I would have been happy with either of these last 3 picks. You guys are really lucky that it wasn't Gun.Smoke. I had it as a kid and am pretty pro at it. :D

Alight, going to unsticky this thread and put a 3 day vote up for the SNES. Please note that I will not be including Gradius III as an option. Since we already have a Gradius title, I want to keep the month of gameplay diverse.