Best Shmups on Each Platform

[nosorrow]

Sega CD: Sol Feace (what else is on SCD?)

Robo Aleste and Lords of Thunder - screw the haters, I love that version - are both great (and thus much better than Sol Feace).

N64: Waverace

[genetik]

CPS2: Progear no Arashi
Neo Geo: Twinkle Star Sprites
NES: Summer Carnival '92 RECCA
SNES: Raiden Trad
Game Boy Advance: Steel Empire
Nintendo 64: Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh
GameCube: Ikaruga
Nintendo DS: Ketsui: Death Label
Wii: Castle of Shikigami III
PC (Steam): Ikaruga
PC Engine: Spriggan
Genesis: MUSHA
Sega CD: Robo Aleste
Saturn: Batsugun
ST-V: Radiant Silvergun
Dreamcast: Trizeal (yeah, yeah, but I love that game)
Playstation: DoDonPachi
Playstation 2: Espgaluda
Playstation 3: Under Defeat HD
PSP: Darius Burst
Xbox: Shikigami no Shiro II
Xbox 360: CAVE Shooting Collection (I know, it's cheating to go with this one)

[GrantWindsor]

Disclaimer: I own both Ikaruga and Skigami No Shiro II on DC and GC, but my playtime favors Shiki II on DC and Ikaruga on GC. Theoretically, one or the other should be my favorite on both platforms, but it just doesn't work out that way. I also prefer Psyvariar 2 to Ikaruga on DC.

Dreamcast:  Shikigami No Shiro II
DS:  Space Invaders Extreme 
GameCube:  Ikaruga
GBA:  Koutetsu Teikoku
Mega CD:  Bari-Arm
Mega Drive:  Musha Aleste
Neo-Geo CD:  Pulstar
PC Engine:  Magical Chase
PC Engine CD:  Seirei Senshi Spriggan
PC Engine SCD:  Winds of Thunder
PC Engine ACD:  Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
PSP:  Darius Burst
PS1:  Gradius Gaiden
PS2:  Raiden III
PS3:  Ketsui
PS3 Digital:  Raiden IV Overkill
Saturn:  Battle Garegga
Super Famicom:  Axelay
SuperGrafx:  1941
Wii:  Shikigami No Shiro III
WiiWare:  Phalanx
Xbox 360:  Death Smiles
Xbox 360 LA:  Radiant Silvergun
Xbox 360 IG:  Chronoblast

[ciox]

Really interesting that there are a few Spectrum submissions, I actually remember both R-Type and Cronos as being pretty awesome, hard to decide on a winner.
Then there's also games like Zynaps and Xecutor and that admittedly weird and repetitive Darius port, and maybe more that are lost in obscurity, Spectrum shmups thread when?

[ACSeraph]

Spectrum Darius? Tell me more

[GrantWindsor]

Spectrum Darius? Tell me more

Yuck.

https://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_ur ... GFwdFLxCIY

[ciox]

Hey, I told you it was weird and repetitive, IIRC you can chain invincibility shield powerups almost continously too, though that goes away during bosses.

[ACSeraph]

https://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_ur ... GFwdFLxCIY

What the fuck is that!? hahahaha

I can see why despite my love for the series I'd never heard of that one

[KAI]

GC:Ikaruga
DC:Ikaruga
X360:Ikaruga
PC:Ikaruga

[ACSeraph]

GC:Ikaruga
DC:Ikaruga
X360:Ikaruga
PC:Ikaruga

Oh yeah bro I remember that game! It's this crazy gamecube game where you control a spaceship like Galaga or some shit. Except there like mad bullets all over the screen, like crazy Japanese Galaga or something. And you can like change colors and it's got this rad soundtrack. This one dorky guy I knew in college had it. I heard some crazy Japanese dudes without girlfriends can actually beat that shit without even shooting bro! Only bad thing about it is you beat it in like 15 minutes since you can just continue when you die. Not really worth the money man, but it was fun and shit.

[Kiken]

Sega CD: Sol Feace (what else is on SCD?)

Sol Feace
Dennin Aleste/Robo Aleste
Bari-Arm/Android Assault
Silpheed
Lords of Thunder
Keio Yuugekitai/Keio Flying Squadron

[davyK]

Atari 2600: Megamania (only 2600 game I know of that has proper loops!)
NES : Dropzone
SNES : Super Aleste
Megadrive : Thunderforce IV
PS1 : Gradius Gaiden
N64 : Robotron64 (haven't got Bangai-O for this yet - will one day as I like the DC version and I hear this one is different)
Saturn : Layer Section (I have RSG, Souky etc. but I play this more - just love its old-school-ness)
Dreamcast : Gunbird 2
Gamecube : Castle Shikigami II
PS2 : R-Type Final
Wii : Geometry Wars Galaxies
XBOX360 : Mushihimesama Futari

[1983parrothead]

The Sharp X68000 has some good shmups:

Sol-Feace
Phalanx
Detana! Twinbee
Gradius
Gradius II
Xevious

And several more.

[mehguy]

PS3: Raiden 4 Overkill?
Saturn: dodonpachi
DC: ikaruga
GC: ikaruga

But the ultimate question is, what is the best shmup on the arcade platform?

[trap15]

Thunder Dragon 2.

[Pretas]

The Sharp X68000 has some good shmups:

Sol-Feace
Phalanx
Detana! Twinbee
Gradius
Gradius II
Xevious

And several more.

None of those are exclusives, though. You're ignoring Scorpius, Nemesis '90 Kai, and others.

[LordHypnos]

The Sharp X68000 has some good shmups:

Sol-Feace
Phalanx
Detana! Twinbee
Gradius
Gradius II
Xevious

And several more.

Best Doujin on the X68000: Probably Cho Ren Sha 68k
Best Caravan Shmup on the X68000: Zero Rei

But the ultimate question is, what is the best shmup on the arcade platform?

Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
The only better shmup is Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting (DC)
B/C no counterstop and no wussy safespot on the second-to-last form of the final boss