80's style post-appocolyptic shmups

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:11 pm

Are there any? Maybe any-time post-apocolyptic shmups? I'm talking about Thundar the Barbarian, Trojan, maybe even a little vampire hunter D.

All I can think of is Forgotten Worlds for an extreme example. Maybe a little Last Resort- actually, that's not so bad with the flooded city level.
Anything else?

I want a list of all smups dealing with post-apocolyptic material.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:13 pm

Well, at the moment I recall Macross - Ai Oboeteimasuka for Saturn. There are a couple of levels that take place on the earth completely destroyed by the aliens - the same happening in the movie - and the first level takes place in the Macross ship in ruins for the previous attack of the alien zentraedi.

I clearly remember another hori shmup whose name fails me (but someone here will recognize it for sure) and its first level had a half-flooded destroyed metropolis on the background.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:23 pm

Metal Black, intro & stage 1.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon May 29, 2006 12:18 am

Darius Gaiden should qualify. Zone A's red sky does look rather postapocalyptic. The intro does set the stage well, with the attack on Vadis and a squadron of Silver Hawks being obliterated. DG's BGM is a lot darker than that in all the other installments.

Right before the boss, Air Buster's first stage has the city being lasered into rubble WHILE you fly over it.

Oh yes, then there's Sidearms. I nearly forgot about that one. Section Z as well?

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Mon May 29, 2006 12:59 am

Nostradamus(sp?) has that kind of setting.

RoninBuddha · Post by **RoninBuddha** » Mon May 29, 2006 1:04 am

Download 1 & 2??

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:28 am

gameoverDude wrote:Darius Gaiden should qualify. Zone A's red sky does look rather postapocalyptic.

It is indeed. But the city is not destroyed and it seems quite bustling with activity. Only the sky is rather threatening. If the "mood" does it as well, I think that the first stage of Last Resort should do it as well. Kinda.

You might want to check Sammy's Bio-ship Paladin as well. The world has been destroyed and the cities lie in ruin under a thuderous sky. And yeah, of course Side Arms as well. It begins with the world being a bombarded to extintion

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Mon May 29, 2006 5:57 pm

Also, Forgotten Worlds might be what you're looking for. Pretty decent too!

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... me_id=7842

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:17 pm

R-Type Delta?

FraGMarE · Post by **FraGMarE** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:34 pm

in level 1 of Air Buster, the boss completely devastates the city right before you fight it. It seems to look pretty post-apocalyptic to me.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:12 pm

Gate of Thunder's Dark City stage, R-TYPE II stage 3 and Aldynes stage 1 are my faves for overall "ruined city aesthetic."

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:58 am

Einhänder is also post apocalyptic, you fly through a Blade Runner like city in the first stage. Though the city is not destroyed, but it is build on top of another ruined city in the secret passage of the first level. And the mood is very dark and the music helps archieving the wasted atmosphere.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed May 31, 2006 7:40 pm

Stage 2 (Sunken City) in In the Hunt is an extremely good example of this. Very detailed, extremely well-made.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:23 am

I'm sure there's a ton of these out there. Master of Weapon (the 9/11 game) seems to be set in a post-war setting, and I'd say Last Resort seems pretty close to a post-apocalyptic world. Other than the choices already mentioned, I can't actually think of much.

Let's not forget various versions of Space Invaders, either.

What games are pre-apocalypse until your ship travels through?

Cranky · Post by **Cranky** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:04 am

Silpheed the lost planet.
That stage (I've forgotten the name) where the planet has been obliterated and you fly over the smoldering landscape past the burnt out buildings.
I like that stage.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:13 am

Axelay shows your home planet destroyed if you lose all your lives. The intro to that game definitely has a feel of getting revenege on those alien bastards.