Shooting watch

[soop]

Man... my friend has deformed the edge of the buttons with his "technique".  He got 173 by pinching his nails together and rubbing them over the two buttons, but I just looked, and it's chipped away at the edge of the buttons.

I don't know whether to feel happy it's being played or angry it's getting f*cked already.

[Tatsujin]

Just play, or teach your friends to play it the right way, and it will last forever.

[soop]

Just play, or teach your friends to play it the right way, and it will last forever.

Yeah, that's the rule now.  Takahashi Meijin's technique or nothing.  It would be nice if I could reset this ridiculously high score too.  It's very disappointing when I get around 100, when it used to feel pretty good.

[rcantor77]

I want some of those sweat bands form the contest a few years ago...




Just looking at a Takahashi video he has got a strange technique...



I always used to use both thumbs and rock the unit between both palms... can;t remember how many I used to get know but I am going to have to get mine out and give it another go.

Is there a High Score thread anywhere yet...?

[Tatsujin]

Just looking at a Takahashi video he has got a strange technique...

No, this is the only right technique. using more than one finger, buttons, utilities etc. is cheated.

[rcantor77]

Yeah I know it is the only technique to use and when you start trying it you realise how fekking good 16/sec actually is.. although people have done 180 since it was with two fingers.

For those who don't have a Shooting Watch to play, here is Hudson's Flash Watch online...



At the moment all I can muster is 85 with one finger and 105 with two... enjoy!

[Tatsujin]

People have done 229 with official technics.

[Samurai Ghost]

I really want one of these but only ones I can find are expensive on ebay like $100+. I haven't had any luck looking on YJA for one. What is a good price?

You can get them on YJA for a reasonable price. They usually go for around $50, but if you keep looking you can find one cheaper than that.　Try searching for シューティングウォッチ

Why do they even go for that high on YJA if you still can get em in shops for below 2000? crazy.

You can get them in shops for 2,000 yen? I've never seen one, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough. Where did you see them?

I believe retro friends still selling em for about 1680.

OK I went to retro Friends in Akihabara yesterday and asked for a Shooting Watch as there weren't any out in the store. The lady pulled one out from behind the counter and had to call to confirm the price, and that ended up being 3,800 yen. Mentioned that's higher then I heard and she said something about selling them on auctions. So they must have figured out the market price for these. At 1680 I was planning to buy her out and hook up some of you guys! Great store though and picked up some good games!

[Tatsujin]

yeah, seems like that way sorry for the miss information, the last one I bought there was around 2010, and back then it was indeed 1680.

damn, ex-hudson could make a little fortune from these alone, if they would make a last run and sell worldwide

[PunkicCyborg]

I tried to bid on a couple on YJA and kept getting outbid when it hit 3000