The longest shmup? (1st loop only)

ave · Post by **ave** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:05 am

Pretty simple question. some1 knows about it?? Gradius V (45min!??) or 1944: The Loop Master maybe?

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:11 am

The Raiden games are really long too, esp. Raiden DX Expert mode.

Don't know what the definitive longest 1st loop shmup is tho.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:12 am

Einhänder is very long.

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:23 am

Varth: 60mins+ for an ALL.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:27 am

60+ minutes. Damn. Note to self: do not buy Varth.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:40 am

Isn't Gradius V quite a bit longer than 45 minutes? Maybe I'm mistaken, never actually checked... It's the longest I've ever cleared at any rate.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:43 am

Radiant Silvergun's Saturn mode felt long as hell. I didn't actually time it, but yeah. It sure felt like a long game.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:50 am

Tatsujin

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:52 am

Darius - PS1 is forever

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:56 am

Bill wrote:Isn't Gradius V quite a bit longer than 45 minutes? Maybe I'm mistaken, never actually checked... It's the longest I've ever cleared at any rate.

Yeah, I think it's more like 70-80.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:12 am

That's about the time I was thinking too, I always saw at least over 60 minutes quoted back when I was playing GV frequently.

Regulus · Post by **Regulus** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:18 am

Ha. Varth does drag on forever.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:49 am

eh, Tyrian has 4 full episodes ... i've never even played the 4th episode and it's been a long time since i've played the 1st 3 but it's more like, 5 hours long (maybe more?)

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:38 am

Jets'N'Guns.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:46 am

I'll also vote for Silvergun. Saturn mode is around 2 hours, no joke.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:27 am

Gradius V.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:56 am

Gradius III arcade seems to be quite a long one.

beam · Post by **beam** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:34 am

Many console only shmups are long. Maybe the dev thought they can make longer games than arcade ones because they are no longer required to get new players to get more coins in.

Zanac games
Star Force
many hudson pce shmups : Star Soldier
many compile shmups : Power Strike 1 & 2 (2 is longer)
Silpheed : The Lost Planet
Meta-Ph-List: Gamma X 2097
Warning Forever
Soldier Force

border liners :
Bangaio
Granada

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:17 am

PS2 star soldier takes more than 1 hour to finish

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:15 am

What about procedurally generated games? Technically, they're infinitely long.

If those don't count, Tyrian is also pretty long.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:33 am

Space Giraffe takes somewhere in the region of 3.5 to 4 hours to finish.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:02 am

Darius Gaiden Extra ver. 2 player side, 28 stages.

Ixmucane · Post by **Ixmucane** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:35 pm

I need less than 2 hours, without hurry and including time for stores, rereading text, saving games etc. for Tyrian 2000 (5 episodes).
Jets'n'Guns is longer even with the silly superweapons that slaughter some bosses so fast that they mess up their appearance animation: some levels are long and boring, and others are too difficult to be passed at the first attempt.

HeWhoGoverns · Post by **HeWhoGoverns** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:40 pm

Silvergun automatically comes to mind. That game is loooonnnggg. So...many...bosses....

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:03 pm

Varth wins where I'm concerned; maybe not for it's actual time length but percieved length is through the roof

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:25 pm

R-Type Final feels like an eternity regardless of how long it actually takes.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:29 pm

it seems that hori shmups used to be longer and more torturing than vertical ones.
As most in here mentioned already: r-type and gradius.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:42 am

Daigohji wrote:R-Type Final feels like an eternity regardless of how long it actually takes.

And also Robo Aleste. Stage 3 feels longer than Gradius V.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:48 am

kengou wrote:I'll also vote for Silvergun. Saturn mode is around 2 hours, no joke.

I don't think it takes quite that long...maybe a bit over one hour, but not two.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:18 am

Silvergun could take 2 hours if you don't score and have wussified weapons for the later bosses =D