Megadrive shooters..

RaidenIII · Post by **RaidenIII** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:19 pm

I've just bought Tatsujin (truxton) I'm looking to buy Kyukyoku Tiger/Tiger Heli and fire shark (tora tora tora) i understand thunder force is good on megadrive too, please may i ask what other shumps i should look out for. Thanks ^ _ ^

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:28 pm

Zero Wing! No really. The music is amazing and while it is a bit easy, it's classic Topolan horzi stuff.

Gamengai has a great selection of Mega Drive reviews, you should check it out.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:29 pm

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... e+shooters

Try the search function friend- there are SOOOOO many treasures on this site to read about- you could be kept busy for awhile on posts about megadrive alone : )

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu May 31, 2007 8:15 pm

fire shark (tora tora tora)

Same! Same! Same! actually.

Tora! Tora! Tora! - Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!
Same! Same! Same! - Shark! Shark! Shark!

Both are supposed to puns IIRC but someone else would have to tell you. Maybe Same! Same! Same! is just a reference to the film.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:18 pm

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" was the operation codename for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

"Hishouzame" (= lit. "Flying Shark") was the name of Fire Shark's prequel.

So Fire Shark's Japanese title "Same! Same! Same!" is a pun on these two.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:54 pm

Ah yeah, about Megadrive Shooters.

Must Haves:

Musha Aleste
Thunder Force III
Thunder Force IV
Elemental Master
Eliminate Down
Super Fantasy Zone (best Fantasy Zone game, IMO)
Gaiares
Gleylancer
Steel Empire
Twinkle Tale
Undead Line

Toaplan Shooters:

These are all great, except Kyuukyoku Tiger which is an inferior port.

Daisenpuu
Hellfire
Kyuukyoku Tiger
Same! Same! Same!
Slap Fight
Tatsujin
V-V
Zero Wing

Worth checking out:

Aero Blasters
Atomic Robo-Kid
Battle Mania
Battle Mania Daiginjoh
Crying/Biohazard Battle
Fire Mustang
Granada X
Gynoug
Phelios
Super Airwolf
Task Force Harrier EX
Vapor Trail
Verytex

eight · Post by **eight** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:56 pm

Worth having because of their weird and/or awesome covers:

Curse
Uchu Senkan Gomora

Neo Gold · Post by **Neo Gold** » Thu May 31, 2007 9:57 pm

My first post here!!..
Hello & good day to everyone...

Most memorable shmup's on the MD would have to be anything by Technosoft...every title an excellent masterpeice of its time..well crafted..
A special mention also for M.U.S.H.A Aleste & Eliminate Down.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:03 pm

We all know I'm going to say it...

Undeadline.

Thank you, and good night.

Leandro · Post by **Leandro** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:33 pm

V-Five rules

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:36 am

Sonic R hot Mega Drive/Genesis 16-Bit hits:

Gleylancer
Eliminate Down
MUSHA
Thunder Force III
Fire Shark
Gynoug/Wings of Wor
Phelios
Crying/Bio Hazard Battle
Gaiares
Sagaia
Steal Empire
Grind Stormer/V-V
Truxton

Stay far and away from:
Bio Ship Palidin/Gomora
XDR
these games are suck more than I do

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:04 am

Search broken! FAQ broken! There's just no choice but to POST!!!

(honestly, I'd avoid twin cobras on the megadrive and just go all out for the PSX version. And why play Raiden on the system when you can play arcade perfect ports of it??!!)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:29 am

The Mega Drive is boring because I can't recommend anything controversial like Bio Metal. But I can say...

The best are clearly the three Thunder Force games. A little known fact: Thunder Force 2 is better than 3. TF3 gets by on graphics, music and nostalgia. TF2 is actually challenging and somewhat original. Thunder Force 5 is crap because it's basically TF3 without the nostalgia or music. And the worst scoring system of all-time.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:35 am

Hahahaha! Rob recommending 16 bit shooters! You know, if there is a personal hell, I can only imagine what game systems Rob will be allowed to have

battlegorge · Post by **battlegorge** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:50 am

This is my top 3:
thunder force 3
eliminate down
musha aleste

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:24 am

Why the heck did we even bother to create an FAQ?

That said, Slap Fight is mui cool. Both the original and the exclusive Slap Fight MD (on the same cartridge) are fantasic old-school fun.

-Slayer- · Post by **-Slayer-** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:10 am

ArrowFlash.

Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:58 pm

I can remember when I played Thunder Force III for the first time. It was my first Blockbuster rental in 1992 for my brand new Sega Genesis. And it handed me my ass in roughly... 20 seconds.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:59 pm

I think I am the only person on world who digs Battle Squadron.

Though I admit the Mega-Drive version isn't as hot as the Amiga original.

RaidenIII · Post by **RaidenIII** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:29 pm

Thank you's ^ _ ^

Grant Windsor · Post by **Grant Windsor** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:00 pm

Shatterhand wrote:I think I am the only person on world who digs Battle Squadron.

Well...and me. Definitely not for most folks, though. Nothing spectacular about it and, honestly, I don't know why I do like it...but I probably can say that about a lot of games.

My Top 5 on the Genesis/Mega Drive (games I drag the system out for even this many years later...not in any particular order):

Fire Shark (Same! Same! Same!)
Gaiares
Gley Lancer
MUSHA (Musha Aleste)
Thunder Force III

While I appreciate Eliminate Down on a technical level (and I appreciate the amount of money I had to pay for it), I'm just so-so about the game itself. That's similar to how I feel about Sapphire on PCE.

- Grant

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:32 pm

CMoon wrote:Hahahaha! Rob recommending 16 bit shooters! You know, if there is a personal hell, I can only imagine what game systems Rob will be allowed to have

Pretty much all of them... Only with just Compile carts around

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:37 pm

CMoon wrote:Hahahaha! Rob recommending 16 bit shooters! You know, if there is a personal hell, I can only imagine what game systems Rob will be allowed to have

Don't forget his "quality" list.

Twinkle Tale was good, but perpare to shell out the cash for it since it's rare. If you look hard enough you can score a cheap copy of the game.