Movies that could be made into shmups

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:42 pm

Some of my favorite movies features planes or ships dogfighting, and sometimes I go in my head, "Man that movie would make an awesome shmup!" Anyway, here's my picks:

Star Wars:
Pretty obvious one here, as there's tons of space battles going on and there's enough ships for player and enemy ship varity. Imagine that final scene in A New Hope where Luke shoots those torpedoes into the vent, as a final boss attack! You have to guide Luke's ship (or whoever you choose) through the spam the vent throws at you. The player would defintely have access to a nice set of ships. I'd imagine the X-Wing being well balanced, the A-Wing being quick but lacking firepower, the Y-Wing having the best bomb, and the Millenum Falcon having the best firepower but it's slow and big. TIE Fighters make perfect popcorn enemies, and those Imperial Shuttles would make good powerup carriers.

Sky Captain and the World of Tommorrow:
Okay, so we have something like this already, it's called Strikers 1945. It'd still be fun to blast those big robots with a suped up Mustang, right?

Back to the Future:
The Deloran can already fly, so why not give it guns and have Marty and Doc travel through time and chase after their nemises Biff. I like time travel shmups because of the tour of time you get to experience.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:48 pm

Debbie Does Dallas (use your imagination)

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:51 pm

E.T. - Fly your bicycle through the air and shoot beams from ET's finger.

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:53 pm

The English Patient.

On second thought, no. It'd get drawn out and depressing right after you lost your first ship.

Post by **nZero** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:23 am

As much as I'd love to see some sort of Star Wars shmup (based on the original trilogy, of course) I think it was probably already better represented by X-Wing and TIE Fighter. Which need modern remakes that reliably work under Windows XP, use my joystick, and include some of the less retarded features from the newer games like X-Wing Alliance while hopefully retaining some of the classic missions.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:27 am

nZero wrote:As much as I'd love to see some sort of Star Wars shmup (based on the original trilogy, of course) I think it was probably already better represented by X-Wing and TIE Fighter. Which need modern remakes that reliably work under Windows XP, use my joystick, and include some of the less retarded features from the newer games like X-Wing Alliance while hopefully retaining some of the classic missions.

True that. And Rouge Squadron for N64 wasn't too bad, except the mission objectives got on my nerves sometimes.

A shmup would still be nice.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:28 am

C'mon, folks... THE LAST STARFIGHTER! Cave need to turn said film into a shmup.

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:55 am

C'mon, folks... THE LAST STARFIGHTER! Cave need to turn said film into a shmup.

That's pretty good. Even better than Children of a Lesser God.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:23 am

brokeback mountain

roker · Post by **roker** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:25 am

Ice Pirates
Space Balls
Top Gun
Time Bandits
Blade Runner

how many of you have seen the first movie mentioned?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:48 am

I saw Ice Pirates. Good 80's scifi flick.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:22 am

Every movie ever. Please refute.

Also, Snakes on a Plane.

Also, Donnie Darko. You drop an engine on him.

Bambi.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:48 am

Rob wrote:Bambi.

It'd probably need a restrictive rating for making all the kids cry.

stellarola · Post by **stellarola** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:02 am

Snakes on a plane?

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:12 am

Kiken wrote:C'mon, folks... THE LAST STARFIGHTER!

That one was sort of already done, though not very well. The NES Last Starfighter was just a port of Uridium with a different name.

Not shmups, but Star Raiders II for the Atari XL/XE computers and Solaris for the 2600 were both planned to be Last Starfighter games at some point. They had fairly complete prototypes in their Last Starfighter form. The XL/XE game bared more of a resembalance to Last Starfighter, though.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:05 am

You want shmups that should/could be made?

--Anime:
Gundam Wing
Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny
Last Exile
Aim for the Top: Gunbuster
Aim for the Top 2: Diebuster
Trigun
Hellsing
Mazinkaiser
RahXephon
Trinity Blood
Devilman/Devillady
The Guyver
Vampire Hunter D

--Other Games:
Chaos Legion
Devil May Cry
Gungrave
Megaman/Megaman X/Megaman Zero
Virtual On
Zone of the Enders
Cyberbots
Strider
Samurai Spirits
Valkyrie Profile
Mech Warrior

--Movies:
Top Gun
Independence Day
Aliens vs. Predator
Stealth
The Punisher
Rambo
Scarface

--Game Sequels:
Radiant Silvergun 2 (true sequel)
Ikaruga 2
Arrowflash 2
Gigawing 3
Psyvariar 3
Salamander 3
Guardic Gaiden 2 (Guardian Legend 2)
Smash TV 3
Vasara 3
Change Air Blade 2

That's all I got for now.

Nau · Post by **Nau** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:04 am

I've alwaysed had a dream of a Cowboy Bebop shoot em up since I love cowboy bebop

I Think Last Exile would be cool too.

Long time no post, btw.

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:26 am

Sin City. The world needs a noir shmup.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:23 pm

Keranu · Post by **Keranu** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:23 pm

I think the Japanese movie Gunhed would make a fantastic shooter

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Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:50 pm

Taxi Driver

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:24 am

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Independence Day
Top Gun

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:08 am

BrianC wrote:
Kiken wrote:C'mon, folks... THE LAST STARFIGHTER!
That one was sort of already done, though not very well. The NES Last Starfighter was just a port of Uridium with a different name.

Not shmups, but Star Raiders II for the Atari XL/XE computers and Solaris for the 2600 were both planned to be Last Starfighter games at some point. They had fairly complete prototypes in their Last Starfighter form. The XL/XE game bared more of a resembalance to Last Starfighter, though.

A Cave shmup would probably do it more justice than that NES one. They need the classic "It'll be a slaughter! That's the spirit! No...my slaughter!" dialogue in there. Some really amazing special effects would have to be done for the bomber attack, which would be the "Death Blossom".

The first loop could end similarly to the movie, with a 2nd loop possible if you meet certain conditions. Xur could return later as the true final boss- after you fight the Ko-Dan flagship once more, it would transform into something more badass or shoot out Xur's escape pod resulting in a Battle Garegga style fight. One of the later stages could be the Zandozan assassins' homeworld, with Zandozan infantry and jetpack troops keeping guard. The assassin who tried to kill Alex in the movie could return as a boss.

edit: I just realized this was my 573rd post. KO-NA-MI.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:38 am

I wince at all the serious replies that weren't "the last starfighter" in this thread

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:34 pm

The Star Wars discussion reminds me of the little X-Wing knockoff Psikyo had as a selectable ship in Sengoku Ace.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:09 pm

Damnit,
seeing this thread just made me remember that Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was on tv tonight...

I wanted to tape that one.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:13 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:Debbie Does Dallas (use your imagination)

One just can see Debbie firing her huge "milky" guns and the enemies sighing in ecstasy as they die & wither away (made even more dramatic with the pacing presented in slow motion)...what kind of milk is in them "big guns" anyways? Could it be scientifically and genetically enhanced milk with secret properties added to kill her enemies? And does Debbie have other hidden WMDs ("weapons of mass destruction") that we should know about? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:22 pm

Lord Kril: Damage report!
Kodan Officer: Guidance system out. Auxiliary steering out.
Lord Kril: Divert! Divert!
Kodan Officer: She won't answer the helm! We're locked into the moon's gravitational pull. What do we do?
[sound of Lord Kril's eyepiece swinging over left eye]
Lord Kril: We die.

Also:

Keranu wrote:I think the Japanese movie Gunhed would make a fantastic shooter .

http://pcenginebible.roarvgm.com/HTML_Games/Gunhed.htm

I don't know if it uses the license or just happens to have the same title. Shooters have gone through pretty much every permutation of adding prefixes and suffixes to the word "gun"

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:39 pm

J-Manic wrote:Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

If I'm not mistaking this movie was actually made after a game called Crimson Skies High Road To Revenge.
Not really a 2D shmup though.

Super Laydock wrote:seeing this thread just made me remember that Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was on tv tonight...

I did watch it and it made me think of the game quite a bit.
I thought it was a bit cheesy at times but overall not a bad movie.
Liking the game does help liking the movie I think.

PooshhMao · Post by **PooshhMao** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:42 pm

What a stupid thread.

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Debbie does Dallas -- a fine idea for a shmup game... ^_~