Vimana

Please ignore that MusicalMinerDude clown who, for some bizarre reason, decided to purchase every Toaplan arcade port on Steam just so he could whine that they aren't good, followed by a bunch of woefully inaccurate and ridiculous complaints. These ports are great, and this game is great. Super fun classic shmup, smooth controls and fun as hell. There are literally articles holding up the Toaplan Shoot 'Em Up ports as the perfect example of how to do PC ports the right way, and this guy is claiming that all of them are terrible...lol.

Fun old school arcade shoot 'em up. Works great on Steam Deck!

東亜プランSTGにおいてはPC版がCS機を差し置いて初移植となる(同時発売されたフィグゼイトも初移植)。 プレイした限りでは遅延とかもなくその辺に悪い点はないんだけど、プレイ中気づいた点が・・・ ・ステージの切替わりでBGMが切り替わらない(出る確率としては半々) ・ステージ途中でBGMが消える(最初からリセットしてやり直せば一応は治る) ・メニュー設定の「GAME」にあるLOCATIONの設定をJAPANにしてもエンディングの文章が 　海外版のものになってしまう(AC版は日本版だとエンディングの文章も日本語のものが流れる) これまでの東亜プランSTGの移植もアップデートを経て大抵の不具合を直してくれた事を考えたら 今回もきっちり修正してくれることを願いたい。

It's a pay to win arcade coin muncher vertical scroll shooter. The main gun can be upgraded a couple of times. The bomb wipes projectiles from the screen and launches seeking balls. And you can use the charge button to shoot in a cone in the upper part of the screen. But the enemies are very spongy, so one hit won't do anything. The ship is super slow and unresponsive. And the game turns into a bullet hell really fast. Your hitbox is small, but the bullets are very big. The game really, really wants you dead. But don't worry, just put in another coin and continue. More pay more win. This one is a great release. There are no baked-in envelopes so you can play it on your 4//3 screen without ~boxing. It offers virtual coins, rewinds, saves and not very quick saves. So you can play it any way you want. There's even an unnecessary super easy mode with hit points and smaller hitbox.

Volume 3's launch has largely proven an unmitigated disaster. An even bigger disaster than Volume 1's. This is probably the most stable release of this batch, but that's not saying much when the music suddenly cuts out, the shot stats aren't correctly calculated, and it feels like even the rare inclusion of healthbars...still only for enemies, by the way, despite complaints...isn't counting down HP right. It's still sloppily emulated and "enhanced". I'm starting to just give up on these bundles.

Vimana has always been my favorite Toaplan shmup. This is what an arcade sounded like when you walked in. I'm talking to you Truxton fanboys. Also, Vimana has the best colors. Lots of neon green, pink, purple, and reds against a black background. The actual game has a beautiful background wallpaper, not shown in the featured video for single player, and the best sound effects of any shmup not shown in the feature video. Also, Vimana is on the easier side, but in truth not too easy if there weren't infinite continues, but a lot easier than Truxton. FLAWLESS PORT! 9/10 for Virmana. https://steamcommunity.com/groups/indieretrogamers

懐かしさに負けて購入。。 初の移植ではなかろうか？？ プレイしてみたが、何かステージクリア後にBGMが切り替わらない…。

某ミカド店長がライブ配信中で「簡単なSTGは？」という質問に「VIMANA」と答えていたことから、興味を持ったゲーム。 今まで家庭用移植等はなかった模様で、ゲーセンに置いていなければグレーゾーンの方法でしかプレイできませんでした。 簡単というには、何も知らないでプレイしていたら1面すら抜けるのも難しく、「これで簡単って、昔の人は凄かったのかな？」と諦めかけていましたが・・・ 設定項目に「Assist」があり、オート連射速度を変更できる項目があったので30連にしてみたら一気に世界が変わりました。 確かにこれなら簡単なゲームになりますw。 設定では連射速度以外にも、自機・敵機の当たり判定表示、敵機・弾の移動方向が矢印で表示（ここまでは称号獲得に影響なし）などがあります。 プラクティス（トレーニングモード）も用意されていますが、被弾で即終了、スタートがチェックポイント形式なのでどこがチェックポイントなのか知らないとどこからスタートなのかわかりにくい、などやや特殊な設定になっています。 1面・3面クリア後音が消えるバグや、4ボス撃破が特定のタイミングだとレーザー発射時の音がずっと残ったり、といったバグが残っているので、諸手を挙げておすすめ、というわけにはいかないです。修正をお願いします。 ただ、こんなマイナーなゲームを家庭で遊べるようにしてくださった製作陣には、感謝の言葉しかありません。

Exactly as I remember it from the ’90s. This was one of the most memorable vertical shmups for me, and this version brings those memories back like it was yesterday. Everything works perfectly, and the sound is spot-on. A must-have if you enjoy this type of game.

This is generally considered one of Toaplan's weaker games, but frankly, I enjoy it more than Truxton. For starters, you have overlapping waves of enemies, and many of the single wave patterns are super fast, so you're always moving and prioritizing targets. It has maybe the best bomb in any shmup ever. And unlike Truxton and its many clones, you don't have to pick up 80 powerups to raise your shot level. It's probably too easy with 30hz autofire and the spread shot is almost entirely useless, but it's still a fun game and triggers my happy shmup neurons most of the time. I'd probably put it in the A-tier, it's not S-tier perfection like the Shark games or Twin Cobra or Out Zone or Slap Fight or V-V or Batsugun, but it's better than much of Toaplan's catalog and the massive glut of arcade shmups from the era in general. I have more fun with it than the Truxton games, Fixeight, Dogyuun, etc. Port-wise, it's pretty barebones like all of these Bitwave Toaplan ports, and I'm not sure if the audio emulation is the best, but I appreciate that it feels like there's essentially no input lag and it offers easy access to the different versions and dipswitch settings, plus easy to use training tools like rewind/fast forward/save states/etc. It's totally worth the pittance that they're asking for it on Steam.