Oh, yeah, there was local Shmupmeet last weekend...
From left to right: Zakk playing Cardinal Sin (on the 360 release of Eschatos), Gwyrgyn playing Battle Garegga (on Saturn), CryBringer playing Giga Wing 2 (on DC) and StarCreator playing DDP DOJ BLEX (on 360).
Maxim X playing Gradius Galaxies (GBA being played on the GameCube through Super GB adapter).