Shmups aren't dead - Argue thread! \o/

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:46 am

LETS REVIVE THE GENRE WITH AN ACTION MOVIE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SHMUPS LOL

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:36 am

evil_ash_xero wrote:They strike me as "dying". You can't get Cave's stuff, and they're about the only dedicated shooter maker. Treasure rule, but only put out one game about every few years(shooters that is). We're genuinley at a point where if something happens to one or two companies, that would be it: The death blow. I mean, there really isn't a whole lot to choose from.

I always thought the mid to late nineties was kind of the pinacle of shooters. High quality games, released once or so a year(Razing, Cave, Treasure, Einhander, R-Type Delta, Gradius Gaiden). Now, it's like...poof. Nothing.

s/m

All true, but even if the commercial devs cease to exist surely the Doujin/homebrew scene still counts as keeping the shmup alive? I'm not really a homebrew expert or player, but they seem pretty healthy right now...

beam · Post by **beam** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:39 am

Danmaku Gata

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:48 am

shmups are like elvis - just let it die people

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:51 am

jpj wrote:shmups are like elvis

dont let the aliens read that