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The orginal or the souped up version of viewpoint?

NEO-GEO version.
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PLAYSTATION version.
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WHO VOTED FOR THE PSX VERSION? LET'S FIND AND BURN HIM TO DEATH!
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Ooh, a 2-year-old thread returns.

I own the Neo Geo CD version, but it's certainly not among my favorite shmups. There is a good port of View Point for FM Towns Marty, btw.
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I voted Neo Geo.

How many isometric shmups are there 4?

Zaxxon series (x2)
Viewpoint
Blazer
The Reap
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H.A.T.E.

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The Reap is the bestest isometric shmup in existence.
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I'm gonna go with the PS1 version. I love the high-res graphics, and I don't think it's anymore "unfair" then any other port of this game. Plus, there are level passwords:

http://www.gamewinners.com/playstation/Viewpoint.htm

so you can work on a level as many times as you want; none of the other ports have this.
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Nuke wrote:The Reap is the bestest isometric shmup in existence.
And the most xenocidic.
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Why hasn't Rob posted here yet? :twisted:
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Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I voted Neo Geo.

How many isometric shmups are there 4?

Zaxxon series (x2)
Viewpoint
Blazer
The Reap
There's also Desert Falcon, for the Atari 2600 and 7800.

Incidentally I've never played the PS1 viewpoint. But considering the fact that the big draw for the game is the soundtrack, I can't imagine that one being superior to the cart.
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Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I voted Neo Geo.

How many isometric shmups are there 4?

Zaxxon series (x2)
Viewpoint
Blazer
The Reap
Future Spy (also from Sega) is another one, now found in the PS2 Sega Genesis Collection. Bally Midway billed the game in the flyer as having a "Time Travel" theme. After defeating the enemy battleship, you go through a thunder cloud and enter a "time slip" to another dimension.
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