Greatest and crappiest shmup ship designs

Minzoku · Post by **Minzoku** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:16 pm

I've had a soft spot for the Arwing, but for strict shmups, the R-9WF "Sweet Memories"

Worst: um... Valpiro

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:49 pm

LSU wrote: The Flying Pancake from Strikers 1945 II.
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Ya know, maybe this is obvious to everyone, but I only found out about it recently. This ship is actually based in a REAL airplane!

Middlemoor · Post by **Middlemoor** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:26 pm

Most of the Strikers ones are.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:14 pm

Worst:
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Hellfire - Genesis
Psychosis - TG16
BioHazard Battle - Genesis

Best:
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Layer Section - Saturn
Viewpoint - Neo-Geo
Thunderforce Series - Genesis/Technosoft

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:59 pm

Stormwatch wrote:I actually like Border Down's ships... not the best, but far from that bad.

Same here. Border Down's ship designs aren't that bad at all.

For me...

best hori design = Darius series
worst hori design = Gradius series - too plain!

best vert design = Layer Section/Ray series
worst vert design = Raiden - again, too plain!

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:11 pm

My favorite overall design is the PC-Engine ship in Star Parodia-I mean it's a friggin' PC-Engine, and the power-ups are little HuCards! Absolutely priceless.

The worst ship design has got to be the ship in Philosoma. People who complain about the large hit-box in Ghost Pilots haven't seen anything! I beat the game, but only with the 99 lives code.