Is there any such game as a versus shmup?

stuffmonger · Post by **stuffmonger** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:22 pm

I was wonderring if there was a game out that was a shmup game where ships and stuff came out and tried to blow the crap out of you, and at the same time, you had to try to shoot and kill a vs player. I know of senko no rondo, but I'm thinking of something more closelly related to a shmup, and not JUST one on one.

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:32 pm

there might be somethign very soon on the dc

hopefully it will be out in 2 weeks.

Eps · Post by **Eps** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:56 pm

Twinkle Star Sprites pretty much matches your description exactly -- despite being pretty cutesy -- and Change Air Blade is also very much along those lines. Both are very fun games.

stuffmonger · Post by **stuffmonger** » Thu May 18, 2006 5:52 pm

Eps wrote:Twinkle Star Sprites pretty much matches your description exactly -- despite being pretty cutesy -- and Change Air Blade is also very much along those lines. Both are very fun games.

Twinkle star sprites isn't direct though. It's more of a set off obsticles game.
I have not seen change air blade... I'll have to look into it.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:23 pm

stuffmonger wrote:.I have not seen change air blade... I'll have to look into it.

In case you're not aware, this one never got a home port, though it is emulated in MAME. There's a review of it on the shmups.com main page if you want to get an impression of it.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:37 am

Senko No Ronde / G Rev

stuffmonger · Post by **stuffmonger** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:25 am

ill6 wrote:Senko No Ronde / G Rev

I already mentioned senko no rondo. Any link to g rev? I cant find it on either system16 or klov.

Post by **nZero** » Fri May 19, 2006 2:47 pm

stuffmonger wrote:I already mentioned senko no rondo. Any link to g rev? I cant find it on either system16 or klov.

G.Rev is the name of the developer of Senko no Ronde.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri May 19, 2006 4:39 pm

Change Air Blade is pretty much like that indeed.

There's also... POLYGENESIS

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Fri May 19, 2006 6:00 pm

http://www.project-firestorm.com/

erm it will look sexy by the end of next week

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Fri May 19, 2006 6:52 pm

qatmix wrote:http://www.project-firestorm.com/

erm it will look sexy by the end of next week

It better be looking great for "999.95 Euro" (actual quote)!

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri May 19, 2006 6:56 pm

Someone needs to make a REAL versus shooter. IE one dude controls the ship while the second player decides which enemy formations to bring in on the fly and controls them, the boss etc.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Fri May 19, 2006 7:17 pm

Super Laydock wrote:
qatmix wrote:http://www.project-firestorm.com/

erm it will look sexy by the end of next week
It better be looking great for "999.95 Euro" (actual quote)!

I noticed that too... put it in my /dev/null list of games to buy

Bill

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Fri May 19, 2006 7:28 pm

LOL!

it will be free dont worry. Some of the other shooters may be commercial but this will be free to all

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:50 pm

http://www.project-firestorm.com/

pic updated now

Benjamin · Post by **Benjamin** » Tue May 30, 2006 5:44 am

You guys need to think older.

Demons To Diamonds (Atari 2600) may not be much to look at now, but it matches the OP's description pretty well, at least as much as I recall.

Shalashaska · Post by **Shalashaska** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:51 am

cigsthecat wrote:Someone needs to make a REAL versus shooter. IE one dude controls the ship while the second player decides which enemy formations to bring in on the fly and controls them, the boss etc.

Agreed. *Imagines playing as Big Core Mk. III or Hibachi*

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:28 pm

There is also a shmup on Game Boy called Volley Fire, which pretty much fits your description.

EddyMRA · Post by **EddyMRA** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:50 pm

cigsthecat wrote:Someone needs to make a REAL versus shooter. IE one dude controls the ship while the second player decides which enemy formations to bring in on the fly and controls them, the boss etc.

Change Air Blade (1999 Sammy) already does all of that. Adding a handicap feature to this game would greatly improve multi-player mode.

Thread is here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=2511

echan00 · Post by **echan00** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:22 pm

I'm working on a player vs. player SHMUP...

It's called Harmotion (http://www.harmotion.com). It's only been 3 months of dev. so far, but we've already got a playable version up if you want to check it out.

You may also find out about dev. at http://blog.doublejumping.com

- Erik