The Three Most Common Seen Shmups in Acrade Around Your Area

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:07 am

What is the three most common seen s in acrade around your area?

On the island I live...

Raiden III
Shikigami no Shiro 2
Striker 1945 II

Cave's titles are rarely seen.

jindo · Post by **jindo** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:16 am

Raiden III, Galaga.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:21 am

N/A

There are no arcades in my area.

The last shmup I saw in a arcade was Flying shark

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:22 am

Well, there are two dinky arcades around my area, but the 3 common shmups they have are:

<b>NOTHING!</b>

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:49 am

Galaga
Raiden Fighters
Raiden DX (gone now

)

The raiden fighters is almost always broken for some reason. I always had the high score in DX, but it seemed to reset fairly often.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:53 am

Galaga
Raiden DX
Raiden II

SAM wrote:Cave's titles are rarely seen.

Not once in my entire life have I seen a Cave game in an Australian arcade in the flesh. For Aussies, it's import games or MAME as your one and only chance to play Cave stuff.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:19 am

Let's see

-Galaga (or the Galaga/Ms. Pacman combo cab)
-Saw Aero Fighters 2 a while ago
-Pool hall has a Space Invaders cocktail cab
-I think this burger joint nearby has a Raiden 2, but I'm not sure if it's still there.

Yeah, that's it, not much to be had. There are a few arcades in town but I haven't been to them in a long time and I'm 99% sure that they're filled with lightgun games and racers. Heck, the last good arcade I went to (Ground Kontrol in Portland) didn't have much in the way of shmuppy goodness except for a Raiden 2 and some emu cab that had Battle Garegga on it. Oh, and Assault. That game rules.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:53 am

If I was feeling snarky, I'd say Tetris.

But since I'm tired, I'll say Galaga and Robotron.

Does Asteroids count?

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:07 am

Raiden Fighters Jet and Strikers III.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:21 am

Around here it's probably

Strikers 1945 III
Raiden Fighters
and maybe Galaga.

These are the only ones that I've seen in more than one arcade around my area.

Post by **system11** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:29 am

Last time I had a local arcade, the only shmup they had was Silkworm.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:02 am

While nowadays it's hard to find shmups in arcades here, the one which always seemed to be everywhere was Aero Fighters 1.

Alpolio · Post by **Alpolio** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:12 am

For a while, they had...

Strikers 1945 II
Raiden II
Galaga

But the last time I was there, they got rid of all of their shooters. I guess they're not getting anymore quarters from me.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:40 am

It's been a while since I really went out looking for shmups around here, but the common ones seem to be:

Raiden Fighters 1 or 2 (haven't seen Jet anywhere in a while)
Strikers 1945
Aero Fighters

Of course, since most of those (RF1 and 2, as well as S1945) are right here in my office whenever I want to play them (read: feel ambitious enough to pull the cabinet out and change boards) I don't really need to go anywhere for a shmup fix. Up until about a year ago, we had what might have been be the best shmup arcade this side of the Pacific here in town, but they got turned into a smoothie bar long ago. There's a few scattered ones to be found here and there though.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:50 am

jindo wrote:Raiden III

Raiden III in the Bay Area, where at?

Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 Plus

Kamakazie · Post by **Kamakazie** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:32 am

Galaga
Raiden II
Robotron

Eight One · Post by **Eight One** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:13 am

ESPGaluda (I'm serious)

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:15 am

There are no arcades here, but a movie theater does currently have Border Down.

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:44 pm

1. Nothing

2. Nothing

3. A fucked up Raiden DX cab that I still whore out on my lunch breaks when stress relief is a must

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:44 pm

The arcades immediately in my neighbourhood have:

- Dodonpachi Daioujou
- Mushihimesama
- Shikigami no Shiro II
- Gradius

If I go downtown to Nagoya there are two arcades with all current releases.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:00 pm

the only game in town to my knowledge:

Strikers 1945 at a bowling alley
1942 at a skating rink (this cab was severely fucked though. vertical movement impossible, and horizontal movement inconsistent.)

last time i saw these though was mid-last year. for all i know they are gone now.

Soldato J · Post by **Soldato J** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:20 pm

Seven Force wrote:The arcades immediately in my neighbourhood have:

- Dodonpachi Daioujou
- Mushihimesama
- Shikigami no Shiro II
- Gradius

If I go downtown to Nagoya there are two arcades with all current releases.

Must you rub it in (lol) ?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:29 pm

besides my own arcade the only place to play shmups was a neogeo machine (in a shoe repair store) that had blazing star and strikers 1945+.. tho they replaced that machine with a crazy taxi about 1 year ago...

the amusement park where i live has a 3 story building with arcade machines but not a single shmup, actuall they dont have a single worthwile game there

sad really.. all the machines are in pisspoor or worse condition too..

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:39 pm

Where the heck do you guys live that you have Raiden III anyway....I had to import it.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:35 pm

I saw a Raiden Fighters Jet cab a few years back at a golf driving range.

Aside from that, I haven't seen a shmup in an arcade in over 12 years.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:38 pm

I wouldn't say there are any 3 'common titles' in my local arcades. I can only list what we have had over the past few months;

Ketsui
Mush
Cyvern
A.P. Batrider
Progear
Sengeki Striker
Strikers 1999
Strikers 1945 Plus
Strikers 1945
Raiden Fighters I
Raiden Fighters Jet
Raiden III
Raiden II
KK Tiger Two Plus
DDP II Beestorm

GWG and Border Down got taken out just over a year ago.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:43 pm

man i wish i had access to the Casino...

HayakawaKen · Post by **HayakawaKen** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:51 pm

Oh let's see.. gotta be.. Strikers 1 and 2.. Galaga in the 20th cabs, Raiden Fighters 1 and 2. Back in the day tho, there used to be stuff like Viper, Hotdog Storm, Mars Matrix, Giga Wing etc. but no.. now that arcades are slowly bleeding to death here, that's all we are left with

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:45 pm

DEL, which arcade is that? i'd really like to play Ketsui

Post by **undamned** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:57 pm

Galaga
Strikers games
Raiden Fighters games
-ud

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