Note that the screens are from the PC version. I would have liked to use arcade screens, but there are precious few to be found online, and they are not generally good. I wanted good screens to illustrate the game's beauty, so I went with some of the highest rated ones on Steam. Some day, once the MAME version is working well, I'll sit down to take arcade shots, and then process them with scanlines and replace the Steam ones, but that will be an entire project of its own, so don't hold your breath for it.
And a related convo via Discord DM with gus:
CULT|icycalm
What's your email address?
I want to send you the Mushi review
Oh there you go
gus
sweet thanks
Been waiting a long time for this review.
CULT|icycalm
Gimme another half a decade, and maybe I'll have Futari ready lol
gus
lol
Great review
You really have a talent for capturing the great experience of playing these games in the arcade
Also thanks for shout-out at the end
CULT|icycalm
No worries
I miss Japan a lot
gus
Yeah I could really see from the review that you loved being there
I love it too but I never got to go there when Cave was in their prime like you did
CULT|icycalm
Yeah, it would be weird for me to go back now. All three years I was there they were pumping out a couple games a year
If I went back, I would start a club
Start my own scene, with weekly meetings, and maybe our own space
When there is no scene, you make your own
gus
Yeah it's great having friends to go to the arcade with
A few weeks ago I was actually in Japan and met a lot of the top players and had a great time
I can only imagine what it must have been like when the genre was at its best
CULT|icycalm
It was hard choosing a game to play
But hey, now it's harder than it was in 2004
gus
Lol yeah
Like you said in the review, there's so many amazing games just in Cave's back catalog it's hard to justify spending time on any of the new doujin games
CULT|icycalm
And there is Psikyo and G.rev and Raizing and Skonec and Ika fucking ruga... and they want me to play Crimzon fuckin Clover?
I'd sooner play Sine Mora than Crimzon Clover
