The best arcade-only hori shmups?

DreamerNL · Post by **DreamerNL** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:31 pm

Parodius series, progear...more?

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:34 pm

SideArms, U.N. Squadron and Carrier Air Wing

Neo Gold · Post by **Neo Gold** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:37 pm

On pcb..?
R-type Leo....In the hunt...Carrier airwing...Deathsmiles!?..

Gradius series....Aerofighters..

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:44 pm

Gradius V
Gradius Gaiden

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:44 pm

Deathsmiles!!!

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:48 pm

Gratia

Thundercross 2

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:52 pm

Thunderforce suckas!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:58 pm

FrederikJurk wrote:Gradius V
Gradius Gaiden

This is one of those topics where at some point every horizontal shmup ever made will be mentioned, and it won't make sense anymore.

I'll add Cotton Boomerang here just for the sake of it

viniciusvbf · Post by **viniciusvbf** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:20 pm

Tengai

DreamerNL · Post by **DreamerNL** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:21 pm

yah arcade only

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:50 pm

Shatterhand wrote: This is one of those topics where at some point every horizontal shmup ever made will be mentioned, and it won't make sense anymore.

I know...

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:06 pm

hey, I quoted you just because I think Gradius V and Gradius Gaiden are among the best horizontal shmups ever

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:50 pm

Some of my favs include:

Progear
R-Type Leo
Boogie Wings

Deathsmiles looks incredible too.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:52 pm

P_HAT wrote:Deathsmiles!!!

non forced scrolling... *red lights flashing*

yojo! wrote:...U.N. Squadron...

That got a (very nice) SNES/SFC port...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:06 pm

Gallop

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:30 pm

DreamerNL wrote:Parodius series, progear...more?

Parodius series isn't arcade only. The arcade ones have some nice home ports. There isn't a single arcade Parodius game that doesn't have a port. Jikkyou and the original are console only.

yojo! wrote:SideArms, U.N. Squadron

SideArms was ported to the TG-16/PCE and is also in Capcom Classics v. 2 PS2/Xbox. As mentioned UN Squadron is on SNES.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:44 pm

Raiga

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:21 pm

Dragon Breed was also pretty cool and never got ported.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:21 pm

Hacha Mecha Fighter!!!

splitblkribbon · Post by **splitblkribbon** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:00 pm

I have a real soft spot for thundercross 1 and 2

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:15 pm

Shatterhand wrote:hey, I quoted you just because I think Gradius V and Gradius Gaiden are among the best horizontal shmups ever

No problem, I got that

Gaiden on the PSP collection actually got me into horis, I never liked them that much before.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:34 pm

USAAF mustang is definetly up there, great game.

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:35 pm

sven666 wrote:USAAF mustang is definetly up there, great game.

It was ported to the Sega Genesis as Fire Mustang.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:45 pm

Mystic Riders is one of the best.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:23 am

Do you consider NG shooters as arcade-only? If not, there's plenty of goodies there.

Otherwise, Macross II is a very solid horizontal shooter, disguised by its anime origins. I'm surprised there hasn't been any mention of Xexex yet...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:28 am

Ganelon wrote:I'm surprised there hasn't been any mention of Xexex yet...

Because...

mainpatr1 · Post by **mainpatr1** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:35 am

This is why Xexex has not been mentioned yet.

There's a bonus level in one of the Goemon games for SNES.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:27 am

Heh, whoops. Where have I been the last few months? Obviously not playing a PSP.

boagman · Post by **boagman** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:01 am

Darius. And no, it's never been ported because, even if the software *has*, and I'm unaware of it, the "multi-monitorness" of it just can't be duplicated.

The winner is me.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:15 am

boagman wrote:Darius. And no, it's never been ported because, even if the software *has*, and I'm unaware of it, the "multi-monitorness" of it just can't be duplicated.

The winner is me.

How about you taking a quick look at 'Taito Memories 2 The First' for PS2 ?
You can either zoom the screen or choose to have all 3 all together cramp onto your TV. It does look ok on a big enough TV.

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