Which Shmup Did You Enjoy Most in 2007?

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Which Shmup Did You Enjoy Most in 2007?

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For me it was good old Recca and Nexzr. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. In general I also enjoyed Toaplan games quite a bit, like Tastujin Ou.











Also: Which 2D Game Did You Enjoy Most in 2007?
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Dodonpachi, but it's the year when I finaly discovered Espgaluda and Futari and DOJ and Ikaruga and Gradius V... about all the Cave & Treasure stuff that's not playable on MAME. Have only been able to play a few credits of each though, but I would have enjoyed them a lot if I had been able to play them seriously ^_^

2D Game ? Puyo puyo !
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I spent a hell of a lot of time in 2007 playing Under Defeat, as well as Karous, Keio Yuugekitai, Bari-Arm and Pink Sweets.
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enjoying a shmup?
not possible sorry
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Re: Which Shmup Did You Enjoy Most in 2007?

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Ceph wrote:For me it was good old Recca and Nexzr. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. [/url]
They do, its called Pink Sweets! :wink: My fav for the year.
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I guess it's Perfect Cherry Blossom, DDP and… hmm…rRootage?
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well id have to say DDP, ts hardly new but this was the year i truly "discovered" it and put some serious time into it :)

new game of the year was definetly futari 1.5
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PROMETHEUS wrote:Dodonpachi, but it's the year when I finaly discovered Espgaluda and Futari and DOJ and Ikaruga and Gradius V... about all the Cave & Treasure stuff that's not playable on MAME. Have only been able to play a few credits of each though, but I would have enjoyed them a lot if I had been able to play them seriously ^_^

2D Game ? Puyo puyo !
You've had a damn good year of discovery!

It's been Mushihimesama and Psyvariar 2 mainly for me this year...
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i discovered mushi futari 1.5 & ESP Galuda 2 this year ...i've sold mushi futari, i'm still stocked by ESP Galuda 2, probably the greatest shmup i've ever played.
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Darius Gaiden
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Gradius Gaiden by far. I enjoyed getting my butt kicked on Last Hope, too.

2d game? I guess Arcana Hearts.
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Dangun Feveron and Raiden Fighters Jet
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Star Prinze and Cosmic Gate....
Also.....Double Wings among many others!
2007 was a fun year for Shmups.
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batrider. finally 1cc'd it this year. also played a lot of mushi and ibara on the ps2.
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Ketsui, which I foolishly sold earlier in the year :roll:

If I manage to scrape together the cash for a board (or if it gets emulated), I daresay the answer will be the same for 2008.
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After playing plenty of of Esprade and Dodonpachi on MAME a few years ago I 'rediscovered' Cave shooters after picking up Espgaluda on PS2. After getting that I went on to buy Ibara, Mushihimesama and DDP:DOJ.

I spent most of my time playing Mushihimesama Arrange.

I picked up my first Supergun and Espgaluda 2 a couple of months ago and I've barely touched the PS2 ports since.

I'm on the lookout for a Mushihimesame Futari 1.5 at the moment....

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I was a bit too busy in '07 to sink real time into any one shmup. My best discovery was likely

PROGEAR

Such superb gameplay.

But this was the year I got going with MAME and PCBs, so I discovered loads of games that were previously inaccessible to me. My top 25 list will never be the same.
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I only got back into shmups in October, and tried about 30 or so classics for the first time (mostly on mame). Of those i played about 10 for any appreciable length of time. Of those favorites, the winner is:

Battle Bakraid

Edit 10/01/08: BTW the honorable mentions were: Dragon Blaze, Viper Phase 1, Batsugun, Raiden, DoDonPachi, Raiden Fighters Jet, DonPachi.
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BATSUGUN - easily my fav this year. i loved it so much I bought an original copy for my saturn.
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Kiken wrote:I spent a hell of a lot of time in 2007 playing Under Defeat
Same here. I played the game to death this year. And every single playing was enjoyable.

Under Defeat - 2007 Shmup of the Year.

I also spent alot of time on Taito shmups, like Darius Gaiden, G Darius and RayStorm. Batsugun got much play as well.
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Definitely Chaos Field for me, though replacing my destroyed copy of R-Type III with my Wii's Virtual Console has been pretty awesome too.
Of course, that's just an opinion.
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PROMETHEUS wrote:2D Game ? Puyo puyo !
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Sorry, Mushi 2. Totally rad.

And Fin-... well, nevermind :D
Alas, Ikaruga is going...

Undesired, unwanted them...
What makes them go?
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DoDonpachi
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Re: Which Shmup Did You Enjoy Most in 2007?

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Dave_K. wrote:
Ceph wrote:For me it was good old Recca and Nexzr. They just don't make 'em like that anymore. [/url]
They do, its called Pink Sweets! :wink: My fav for the year.
Really!!! Is Pink Sweets play like these classics :shock:

I found much enjoyment in:
Recca (got the real game)
Nexzr (thanks GaijinPunch!)
Battle Garegga
Zanac Neo
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first half of the year I got my gritty little hands on Under Defeat for Dreamcast

since late summer Ive been playing Raiden Fighter Jet a lot
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Mars Matrix, Strikers II, Zanac, Progear, Varth
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Oh yeah - and I've been playing Progear down the arcade a shit load too...
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Toilet Kids.
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Best new game - Death Smiles! Just a shame I didn't have more time to play it.

Most played/enjoyed - Played a lot of games from the early 90s this year. Raiden DX, Konami stuff, some early Psikyo, and I got 4 Toaplan PCBs this year (Outzone, Dogyuun, Tatsujin-Oh & Vimana) all of which I love!
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