Some assembly required…

Yay! I finally did it today! I 1CC’ed Under Defeat! Ok, it might only be 1LC depending on how you look at it

I started with some practice on stage 5 and the stage 5 boss to get warmed up. Then I had one go and that was it! This is one truly amazing game – perfectly balanced. When I die I always blame myself and never the game – just the way it should be but seldom is. It is probably also one of the reasons the game time currently is at 183 hours! They are not all mine though.

The dynamic difficulty works really well and the way you getter higher scores by killing bosses and major targets with your “option” adds a bit of strategy too.

Now I think it is time to move on (back to) Ikaruga. I have a score to settle with a friend of mine…

Yay! This monday I finally got my first arcade cabinet! I have been looking for one for some time now but I really wanted a Taito Egret II since it has a mechanism for easily rotating the screen.

So when the guys at Killercabs arranged a group order I didn’t hesitate. It is in pretty good shape only a few scratches here and there. The worst thing was some rust in the control panel but I think I can get rid of most of it.

The screen is a trisync so it will accept 15/24 and 31KHz resolutions – so I can connect basically anything. It will be a Dreamcast for starters. I bought 2 extra Dreamcast controllers I need to gut so I can hook them up to the control panel.

Next up is putting in a 220->110V transformer. Later on I probaly want to replace the buttons and balltops. Green, orange and purple don’t really go well together..

Oh and I need some cool stools!