Favourite tree in a shmup!!!

TerryPachi · Post by **TerryPachi** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:07 pm

I just gotta get this off my chest. As a lover of all things nature I'm just crazy about trees, and seeing trees in a shmup just makes me go weak at the knees. My favourite trees in a shmup might just be the trees on the 1st level of Ikaruga, they look so lush. Anyone got any favourite foliage in a shmup?

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:12 pm

its got to be the moving pink trees on the volcano level of parodius da

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:18 pm

the trees in Daioh P!

dboeren · Post by **dboeren** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:26 pm

The trees in Sky Shark conceal hidden tanks! I like trees with gameplay effects more than trees with just nice graphics.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:31 pm

Trees that you can destroy

Pave the rainforests!

jiji · Post by **jiji** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:39 pm

Trees that contain fairies.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:43 pm

theevilfunkster wrote:its got to be the moving pink trees on the volcano level of parodius da

Oh man, those things drive me nuts...heaven knows how many lives I've lost to one of them when playing that game.

Trees...the only other ones that pop immediately to my mind are the boss in Twinkle Tale and the mid-boss in Cotton, though I'm sure I'm forgetting others.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:48 pm

never played it but that tree boss in Fantasy Zone is really cool.

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:51 pm

dboeren wrote:The trees in Sky Shark conceal hidden tanks!

So do trees in Air Gallet.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:14 pm

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:15 pm

Yup.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:51 pm

easy: first level of STG strike gunner.. that forest is.. loveley, the reason i kept that otherwise bland game

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:15 pm

Trees that grow dumb threads as fruit

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:16 pm

The hidden tree in DDP that gives you a 1-up.

black mariah · Post by **black mariah** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:30 pm

The Tree of Life in Mars Matrix. Duh.

samu · Post by **samu** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:31 pm

Yeah that one is really cool. I couldn't believe my eyes the first time I saw it.

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:36 pm

i i i i like the trees on level 3 of Metal Slug X, is that a shmup??? i mean you shoot things up but it has gravity but not the same as the gravity on earth because you appear to float more when you jump than you than you would in real life, so i dunno. I need to know because the stress of not knowing is killing me.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:49 pm

jiji wrote:Trees that contain fairies.

Definitely the fairy trees!

And the trees in Namco's Assault are great for shootin', particularly because of the sound effects.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:02 am

Neon wrote:Trees that you can destroy

Pave the rainforests!

RaidenII Style!

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:46 am

The final boss of Twinbee 3 Famicom! That is one crazy looking tree.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:00 am

No offense to anyone, but this has to be the worst topic I've ever seen here.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:33 am

Yes, but this is the best post I've ever seen here:

i i i i like the trees on level 3 of Metal Slug X, is that a shmup??? i mean you shoot things up but it has gravity but not the same as the gravity on earth because you appear to float more when you jump than you than you would in real life, so i dunno. I need to know because the stress of not knowing is killing me.

You guys got owned

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:31 pm

landshark wrote:No offense to anyone, but this has to be the worst topic I've ever seen here.

True...What's next? A thread on what's the best MOUNTAIN in a shmup?

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:52 pm

SFKhoa wrote:
landshark wrote:No offense to anyone, but this has to be the worst topic I've ever seen here.
True...What's next? A thread on what's the best MOUNTAIN in a shmup?

Not necessary. There wouldn't be any real contestant to the aubergine-spitting volcanos in Parodius Da! anyway.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:58 pm

I'd have to say the trees in Twin Eagle. You can blow some of them up

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:10 pm

SFKhoa wrote:True...What's next? A thread on what's the best MOUNTAIN in a shmup?

I keep seeing these awful new threads open up and I think "This one is too stupid, no one will post on it this time."

Apparently that's not going to work. All this shit is going to cause me serious brain damage.

zimeon · Post by **zimeon** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:57 pm

Andi wrote:All this shit is going to cause me serious brain damage.

Serious threads never get the same response as shit-threads. Why? Because it's easier to post in a shit-thread and just fool around.

I can prove it. I'll start a serious thread. I'll post a translation of a shmup-homage I wrote wome month or two ago. See how long that thread lasts.