When i start the new version, a tab appears in the task-bar for a few seconds and then vanishes again. Same in Steam->library: I click on the green "Play" button, choose "Play Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo" and the button changes to "Stop" as if the game was running. But after a few seconds it changes back to the green "Play" The old version and its key config tool still work. There is a (null)game.log in the game files. It says: [FATAL] SDL_main : Failed to init SDL: Couldn't create the sensor mana...

With the new 2.0 update, scoring has become very fun (especially the changes to the sweet bonus system) so I thought it would be enjoyable to have a public place for people to post their high scores since there is no built in online leader board. Some useful optional info you could include is the ship you used and the starting rank....

Just bought this game today, but starting it up always results in a crash after the hanaji splash screen. Any work around for this?

So the way most shmups handle turbo fire is that the normal fire button will override the turbo button when you hold both down at the same time, resulting in focused fire. This game unfortunately does not have a turbo button. I have been fiddling around with steam input trying to find a configuration that emulates the behavior I described above but I just can't get it to work, the turbo button always seems to keep firing... So, does anyone have a working setup? An input mapper outside of steam would be ...

There is one part of the all clear bonus that I don't understand. This is the formula given upon beating the game: [LEFT^2 * TOTAL RANK / {TIME - EX STAGE}^2] * 50000 I can see that you want your total time to be as low as possible since it is used to divide, and you want the "EX STAGE" to be as high as possible since it takes away from time. The problem is, I don't know what "EX STAGE" is. Whatever it is it would have to be a fairly large number to make a dent in the time value. My only guess is that it...