Here's my Shmup Collection

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:31 pm

http://www.gamestm.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1533

Been a fan of shmups since they first came out. Used to bug my mum for 10p's to play 'Scramble' and 'Defender' in the arcades that have long since vanished.
Always on the look out for new Shmups- feel free to suggest any you think i'll like.
Massive fan for horizontal Shmups- like Rtype- Xmultiply etc etc

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:05 pm

This community is a bit vert-centric, but you can't go wrong with Gradius V.

malcolm · Post by **malcolm** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:24 pm

Where do you live? Because I'm going to come over and steal everything.
Noy really of course but awesome collection.

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:34 pm

malcolm wrote:Where do you live? Because I'm going to come over and steal everything.
Noy really of course but awesome collection.

You'll never get past the lazer defences and Bydo engineered guard dogs.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:53 pm

another member of the gamestm forum! nice collection

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:43 pm

Border Down, Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh N64, and 'Shadow of the Colossus'? What the heck!
You're a fraud!

Otherwise, very nice set.

If there is one thing I'll give you props for it's this: Attack of the Mutant Camels. What a name.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:46 pm

cool, didnt know gamestm had a forum, quite like the mag (picked up a few issues, tho i rareley buy magazines these days)...

maybe i should send in my arcade collection

CD32 \m/

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:04 am

in all fairness sven, you should! but not the forum, get 'em in the retro collector's bit of the mag. seen some the pics of your stuff on n-g.com................ :shock:x a lot

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:46 am

You get bonus points for those five Jaguar games. Seems most collectors completely overlook Atari's later systems.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:44 am

Nice to see someone else who favors horizontal shmups more than vertical ones. I was starting to feel a bit like a lone outcast

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:32 am

The Coop wrote:Nice to see someone else who favors horizontal shmups more than vertical ones. I was starting to feel a bit like a lone outcast

I've always favoured the horizontal ones- quite like multidirectional ones like 'Strikeforce' from Midway 0running through MAME. Also 'Cyberun' on the Sinclair Spectrum. -There were some nice wee shooters like Zynaps and Uridium on the Spectrum.- Very good for their time and still very playable too.

tviks · Post by **tviks** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:50 am

Horiz for me too (or Gradius more specifically). There seems to be very little variation and originality in vertical shmups.

NAVVARR · Post by **NAVVARR** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:57 am

tviks wrote:Horiz for me too (or Gradius more specifically). There seems to be very little variation and originality in vertical shmups.

Yes- i've always found horizontal to be more graphically diverse- with each level taking on a different scene.
I'm not averse to the verticals totally- some of the Saturn Shooters are excellent- but mostly they seem to be about flooding the screen with bullets and trying to dodge and weave to survive.
That sounds a bit negative- its not meant to be.

Think it probably comes from the early days when a lot of the games i played were horizontals- i always wanted to know- what happened next...

I dont feel the same about verticals.

maxlords · Post by **maxlords** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:24 pm

The Coop wrote:Nice to see someone else who favors horizontal shmups more than vertical ones. I was starting to feel a bit like a lone outcast

Nah, there's a few of us out there

One of my favorites is Gleylancer for the MD! I generally find horiz shmups more of a challenge and more interesting than verts (excluding stuff like Image Fight 2) because of the level designs. How many verts have you played that you have to dodge scenery in the same way you do in horiz shmups? It's much less common in verts.