Looks amazing! And pricey. Thanks for pointing it out to me, though.

Hi all,

The only thing missing from my set up right now is a decent arcade stick. I don't want to break the bank just yet, so I'm thinking of the Hori stick:

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/1295-best-fight-stick.html#s3

It must be compatible with PS3/4 and PC.

Any recommendations? I'll use it mostly for vertical shmups, not fighting games.

Cheers,
-FM

Hello all! Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, & a Happy New Year!

With two energetic kids and a manic job, I confess I've wholly neglected this group this year, but it's Christmas break, so I have a little time to check in.

I haven't bought many shmups or TATE compatible games this year, as there seems to be a slowdown in the classics (c'mon, Degica, give us more Cave!) and a deluge of panty-sniffer hentai shmups which, no matter the purported quality, I simply cannot bring myself to buy.

I can enthusiastically recommend Zero Ranger, which made a couple of end-of-the-year lists. It's great, it's not what you think -- the less I say, the better. Everyone on this list owes it to themselves to buy it, and it's on sale right now, too, so nab it before New Year.

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/809020/ZeroRanger/

So, what have I missed? This year a lot could have easliy slipped through my net, so if you have a recommendation, please let us know and I'll add it to the growing list.

Best wishes, and happy rotating!
-Fudo

I've been meaning to check this out forever. Next sale!

Wicked, thanks for posting Groove Coaster. I will pop it on the list!

Originally posted by NanoDrive:

Found a spare 1080p monitor the other day that I could rotate to portrait that I wanted to use with Downwell and Groove Coaster. Found this group a few minutes ago after a quick Google search, searching for 'games that work well with portrait'. This was the top result! Very happy to learn that Monolith is playable in portrait mode, can't wait to try that out! Some of the other games I've seen in the suggestions are absolutely nuts like Fez and Abzu.

Welcome, welcome! It's a great comfort to know we got to the top of the Google results -- because we do absolutely no SEO.

I've been slammed at work for most of this year, but I'm better in the clear now, so I hope to be giving this group more TLC in the months ahead. Cant' wait to see what new games are coming out that work in TATE!

Originally posted by slandy:

I finally got a gas piston monitor arm that can rotate 360 degrees, so I wanted to make sure I have plenty of games to make it worthwhile. It's nice because I can use the same monitor normally and just turn it literally with one hand. Before I was standing it on its side, propped against the wall with a shoebox.

I have some 4:3 CRT's around but they're getting very old and the plastic is rotting. On one of them bits will break off of it just with light pressure. They're getting to be a pain so I've started just using my LCD PC monitor.

Nice, I more or less have the same set up, only my monitor can only turn one way, which is annoying for older games that old turn one way, the opposite way. Welcome to the group!

Say wuuuuuuuuut... 8-O

Originally posted by endvac:

ABZU is beautiful vertical.

https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1363215760

That's a bit discouraging, but hurrah for Google! I haven't updated the games section in a while, so if there's new stuff out there, please keep me aware. Thanks, all!

How do they look? I'm especially curious about Titan Souls. Can you post a screen shot?