Reccomendations?

-Slayer- · Post by **-Slayer-** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:15 pm

Hi, this is my first post.

What do you reccomend in terms of Shooters for NES, SNES, GCN and Sat?

Games I've already got:

NES: Gradius, Air Fortress

SNES: Gradius III, Axelay, Super R-Type, R-Type III, Parodius DA!

GCN: Ikaruga, Radirgy

Saturn: Sexy Parodius, Chatting Parodius, Darius Gaiden, Donpachi, Radiant Silvergun, Layer Section, Layer Section II

I intend to expand my collection to other systems, but not untill I've found all the great games for these systems.

Thanks.

HeWhoGoverns · Post by **HeWhoGoverns** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:36 pm

You need to get some Tecnosoft in there. Hyper Duel, Blast Wind, and the three Thunder Force(TFV, TFGP1, TFGP2) games are must haves for the Saturn. If you like Gradius, Salamander and Gradius Deluxe Packs are also awesome. The only other Gamecube shooter I know of is Chaos Field, and there are very mixed opinions on it. I personally didn't enjoy it much, but I have heard that there are people out there who love it, so give it a shot. The NES had quite a few shmups, I recommend Life Force and 1943. Thats all I have for now. I'm sure other members will post a ton of suggestions as well.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:05 pm

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=11882

durias · Post by **durias** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:52 pm

I'm pretty new, too, and here's my plan.

1. Wii - There are eight shmups available on the virtual console that I'm starting off with. Some notable ones are Gradius, Gradius III, R-Type III...

2. Also, if you can get your hands on Ikaruga, that'll play on the Wii. I hear Radio Allergy and Tumiki Fighters are coming out for the GameCube/Wii, too.

3. Playstation 2 - There are a bunch of shmups available here and they're steps above the ones found in the Wii Virtual Console. Raiden III, Gradius V, Castle Shikigami...

4. Playstation 2, Japan - ESPGaluda, Dodonpachi Daioujou, Ibara and on!!!

I'm easing my way into the harder stuff and having a ton of fun doing so!

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:39 pm

A few suggestions for some of the systems:

NES: Life Force is an absolute must

SNES: Gokujyou Parodius, Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius, and the inferior to the arcade port Raiden

GCN: I don't own one

Saturn: Gokujyou Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack, Twinbee Deluxe Pack, Metal Black, Gekiridian (check the main site's Xenocide files for a bit more)

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:49 pm

Garegga is the only Saturn shooter you need

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:53 pm

Hi & welcome!

For the Gamecube it´s definitely worth it to get a Freeloader just for the jp only Star Soldier (remake)!

Also, though I haven´t tried the Gamecube version, I love Chaos Field on the Dreamcast and it has a GC port which apparently is quite nice as well.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:19 pm

Geezer wrote:Garegga is the only Saturn shooter you need

Batsugun

chempop · Post by **chempop** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:42 am

Soukyugurentai Otokuyo

Thunderforce Gold Pack 1+2

Strikers 1945 1+2

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:35 am

Saturn: Image Fight & X-Multiply pack, Shienryu, Sokyugurentai

GCN: Star Soldier & Shikigami no Shiro 2

-Slayer- · Post by **-Slayer-** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:14 am

Thanks for the suggestions! I can play Import games on all those systems except the NES, did Life Force/Salamander ever get a PAL release?

I do play to get the TF games at some point, but they're quite expensive on Ebay. Castle of Shikigami 2 and Chaos Feild are two GCN shmups I've been considering, but it's a little hard to track them down.

I'm hoping Karous and Trigger Heart Exelica get a GCN/Wii port at some point, but I don't like the chances... Tumiki Fighters for the Wii sounds stellar, I hope it's expanded, and not just a straight port though.

j^aws · Post by **j^aws** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:21 am

-Slayer- wrote:Thanks for the suggestions! I can play Import games on all those systems except the NES, did Life Force/Salamander ever get a PAL release?
...

Yeah, but it ran at 50 Hz, IIRC.

Try to get the Saturn version of "Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus". It has both Salamander 1 & 2; but also Life Force Salamander with a 'no wait' option, i.e. no slowdown...

EDIT:

It should be noted that there are differences between NES Life Force and Arcade Life Force:

http://gradius.classicgaming.gamespy.com/gradport.html

-Slayer- · Post by **-Slayer-** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:01 am

I'm used to 50hz, living in Australia. 60hz obviously has advantages, but it's not that much of a big deal.