Can anyone help ID this shmup?

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komatik
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Can anyone help ID this shmup?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYP8BGTijqc

I'm trying to ID the machine in the back left (up behind Ashley and Mush). I'm pretty sure it's Strikers 1945 II, but it's so far back and the color's so off that I'm only about 90% certain. The major shapes and timing seem to line up with the end of the attract mode and that looks a lot like the Psikyo logo, but I'm wondering if anyone might know it as something else with a similar intro.

Also, the blue cabinet next to it (turned off) has some kind of jet art on the side up top. Not sure if that's enough for someone to recognize it.
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Re: Can anyone help ID this shmup?

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Yeah that's Strikers 1945 II, compare the beginning of the video to the attract sequence here. Don't recognize the one next to it, though I do see a Taito logo above the picture of the jet, so it's at least published by them. The screen appears to be oriented horizontally too.
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Re: Can anyone help ID this shmup?

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Blue cab is Operation Thunderbolt:

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Re: Can anyone help ID this shmup?

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OK thanks, it certainly looked like Strikers 1945 II. Good call on Operation Thunderbolt, I figured someone somewhere would recognize that art.
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