Annual Top 10 of the Less Experienced - Polls Closed

[unsane]

Most of this is ripped off from Zach Keene and nullstar. Differences with the Annual Top 25 Shmups of All Time:
1) Everybody can participate;
2) short voting period (2 weeks);
4) strict list of 10 rather than variable length;
3) simple 1-10 ranking order instead of flexible weighting;
5) simple Vote Format.


Note that this is the voting only thread. Please post everything else in the discussion thread.

Polls close February 29th 11:59:59 PM UTC! (Results expected promptly.)

What's New (in arcades)?
Death Smiles
Muchi Muchi Pork!
Otomedius
Raiden IV
Shooting Love 2007: Exzeal & Shooting Skill Test

RULES:
1) Vote for the 10 shmups you feel are the "top" of all time. (What constitutes top is up to you: best, favorite, most influential, most significant, mix-and-match, etc.)
2) Shmups released in calendar year 2008 are not eligible for consideration.
3) Don't Vote for Games You Haven't Played! Hopefully that was self-evident...
4) Distinguish between games on compilations! (e.g. Zanac X Zanac is not something you can vote for -- that's the name of the compilation, not a game. Raiden Project is another example.)
5) Specify when different games share the same title. (We're not talking about ports here -- but stuff like U.N. Squadron: the SNES game and arcade game are so different we consider them separately; Gradius III SNES and arcade is another good example.) E.g.: if you intend to vote for a game titled "Salamander" or "Life Force", please be as specific as possible as to which format and region you're voting for.
6) No Borderliners! Stuff that's off-limits generally include: "run-and-gun" (think Contra or Metal Slug); on-rails/into-the-screen shooters (Rez, Panzer Dragoon, Space Harrier, etc.). Stuff like Space Invaders and Galaga are OK. Arena shooters (Robotron, Smash TV, etc.) are OK.
7) One voting post per person. Edit it as much as you like until polling closes.
8) Only posts with exactly 10 (not 5, not 11) games, ordered 1-10 will be counted.
9) Use the vote format below! Thanks for making my life easier.


Vote Format:
Votes need to be in the following format:
- one game per line
- first thing on the line: the game's rank
- second thing on the line: a space
- final thing on the line: name of the game

Your list should look like this:
1 Brilliant Bronzerifle
2 Gradius MCMVII
3 Cosmos Field
4 DoReMiPachi
...
9 1914
10 Super Robo Aleste II Turbo


For reference lists see the "Top 25 Shmups of All Time (through 2006)": complete results list, discussion, voting, results.

[moozooh]

1 DoDonPachi
2 Gradius V
3 Perfect Cherry Blossom
4 Ikaruga
5 rRootage
6 Mushihime-sama
7 Radiant Silvergun
8 Shoot the Bullet
9 GigaWing
10 Raiden Fighters Jet

(Will most definitely be changed.)

[Rob]

1 Mars Matrix
2 Strikers 1945 II
3 Gradius V
4 Dragon Blaze
5 Gunbird 2
6 Thunder Force IV
7 Einhänder
8 Zanac
9 Armed Police Batrider
10 Guwange

[professor ganson]

1 shikigami no shiro 2
2 dragon blaze
3 zanac
4 xevious
5 gunbird 2
6 battle garegga
7 raiden dx
8 strikers 1945 ii
9 r-type
10 progear

[Acid King]

1 Espgaluda
2 Armed Police Batrider
3 DDP DOJ
4 Battle Bakraid
5 Mars Matrix
6 ESP Ra.De.
7 Ikaruga
8 Rayforce
9 Batsugun
10 Donpachi

[Dale]

1 La Souer De Barrage
2 Vulgus
3 R-Rootage
4 Espgaluda
5 Gunbird2
6 Shikigami No Shiro2(Castle Shikigami)
7 Wings Of War(Gynoug)
8 Sonic Sisters
9 DS4:Experimental Shooter
10 Biometal

Edit:Sorry
Edit:Sorry

[nZero]

1 Raiden DX
2 Psyvariar 2
3 Triggerheart Exelica
4 Thunderforce AC
5 ESPRa.De.
6 Soldier Blade
7 ESPGaluda
8 Under Defeat
9 Axelay
10 Soukyugurentai

[Zebra Airforce]

BWR+ came out in 2008, no? That means it's exempt, sorry Dale.

[Twiddle]

this is p. easy

1[size=0].[/size] Battle Garegga
2[size=0].[/size] Raiden Fighters Jet
3[size=0].[/size] Raiden DX
4[size=0].[/size] Gradius V
5[size=0].[/size] Armed Police Batrider
6[size=0].[/size] Sispri Gauntlet
7[size=0].[/size] Airrade AIR
8[size=0].[/size] Raiden 2
9[size=0].[/size] Raiden Fighters 2
10[size=0].[/size] Raiden Fighters

actually the last four were pretty hard to sort

[Hardstepah]

1 Radiant Silvergun
2 Ikaruga
3 DoDonPachi Daioujou
4 Gradius V
5 Ketsui
6 Einhander
7 R-type Delta
8 Raiden DX
9 Mushihimesama
10 GDarius

[Octopod]

1 Galaga
2 R Type Leo
3 Gradius 3
4 Gokujou Parodius
5 Prehistoric Isle 2
6 In the Hunt
7 Prehistoric Isle
8 Gradius 2
9 Gunsmoke
10 Einhander

[iatneH]

I guess I can only comment on games I own and have played to a reasonable level of proficiency. In fact I'm stuck at 9, and I'm not even in the top 25% of any highscore table except maybe JSS.

1 Ikaruga
2 Judgement Silversword
3 R-Type
4 Layer Section
5 Ketsui
6 Progear
7 ESP RaDe
8 Ibara
9 OutZone
10 Gradius V

[unsane]

1 Raiden
2 Battle Bakraid
3 Dangun Feveron
4 Dragon Blaze
5 Gunbird 2
6 Batsugun
7 Viper Phase 1
8 Armed Police Batrider
9 Raiden Fighters Jet
10 DoDonPachi

[RGC]

This will definitely be subject to change. Incidentally, no apologies for the Cave dominance. Their home ports successfully pulled me back into videogames after a 9 year hiatus. I was never immersed in the aracde scene either, so the whole using only 1 credit thing is fairly new to me.

1 Mushihimesama
2 Donpachi
3 Dangun Feveron
4 Super Star Soldier
5 Dodonpachi
6 Gekioh Shooting King [PSX]
7 Elemental Master
8 Kyukyoku Tiger [PC Engine]
9 Gynoug
10 Lords of Thunder

EDIT: Games that were mercilessly sacrificed for this list: DDP DOJ, Tatsujin [MD], ESPGaluda, Gigawing II...

[FIL]

I don't mean to brag but this is the best list you will ever see.

1 Dragonblaze
2 Battle Bakraid
3 Strikers 1945 II
4 Dodonpachi
5 Gunbird 2
6 Soldier Blade
7 Darius Gaiden
8 Shikigami no Shiro 2
9 G.Darius
10 Final Soldier

[bsidwell]

1 Giga Wing
2 Gradius II
3 Gradius V
4 Strikers 1945 II
5 Perfect Cherry Blossom
6 Giga Wing 2
7 Raiden Fighters Jet
8 R-Type II
9 Under Defeat
10 Border Down

Took me friggin' forever to come up with this, and I'm still pretty sketchy on everything outside the top 5. I guess it'll do for now, though.

[shoe-sama]

1) Viper Phase old
2) Viper Phase new
3) Viper Phase world
4) Master of Weapon
5) Eight Forces
6) Turbo Force
7) Space Bomber
8) Donpachi hong kong
9) Donpachi japan
10) Donpachi us

I actually don't like any games lol

[unsane]

I actually don't like any games lol

You've only listed 6 games. Try more harder!

[kengou]

1 Dodonpachi
2 ESPGaluda
3 Ikaruga
4 Radiant Silvergun
5 Dodonpachi Dai-ou-jou
6 Mushihime-sama
7 Progear
8 Gradius V
9 Shikigami No Shiro II
10 Strikers 1945 II

[nimitz]

1 Armed Police Batrider
2 Dodonpachi Dai-ou-jou
3 Dodonpachi
4 Battle Garegga
5 Raiden Fighters Jet
6 Battle Bakraid
7 Strikers 1945 II
8 Dangun Feveron
9 Mushihime-sama
10 Darius Gaiden

seems about right.

[BIL]

1 Raiden DX
2 Rayforce
3 Under Defeat
4 Gradius Gaiden
5 Kamui
6 Raystorm
7 Progear
8 DoDonPachi
9 Shikigami no Shiro II
10 Ether Vapor

[kozo]

1. Ikaruga
2. Hellsinker
3. Soldier Blade
4. Gradius V
5. Strikers 1945 II
6. Gradius II
7. Thunderforce V
8. Salamander II
9. Shining Platinumpistol...er....RS
10. Shienryu (Sat)

I wanna fit Dodonpachi in there somewhere.

[szycag]

1 DoDonPachi
2 Armed Police Batrider
3 Strikers 1945 II
4 ESP Galuda
5 Thunderforce III
6 Mars Matrix
7 Dangun Feveron
8 Soldier Blade
9 Lords of Thunder
10 Fire Shark

[Macaw]

Something like this I guess~

1: Armed Police Batrider
2: G Darius
3: Battle Garegga
4: Radiant Silvergun
5: RayStorm
6: Axelay
7: RayForce
8: Tyrian
9: P-47 Aces
10:Gradius 3

[The Coop]

1 Thunder Force IV
2 Thunder Force III
3 Under Defeat
4 Raiden II
5 R-Type
6 Radiant Silvergun
7 Border Down
8 Thunder Force V
9 G-Darius
10 Steel Empire

[Ceph]

@unsane

Interesting, you are using the voting format I proposed after the last Top 25.

[neo]

1 DoDonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou
2 EspGaluda
3 Imperishable Night
4 Armed Police Batrider
5 DoDonpachi
6 Raiden Fighters Jet
7 Dangun Feveron
8 Blue Wish Resurrection
9 Mountain of Faith
10 Guwange

[jp]

1 Radiant Silvergun
2 Batsugun
3 Border Down
4 Mars Matrix
5 Hyper Duel
6 Blast Wind
7 Battle Garegga
8 Soukyuugurentai
9 Thunder Force IV
10 Game Tengoku

[Bloodreign]

1 Gradius Gaiden
2 G Darius
3 Raiden DX
4 Gradius V
5 Salamander arcade
6 Shikigami II
7 Darius Gaiden
8 Dangun Feveron
9 Fire Shark
10 Twin Cobra arcade

Ohh picky, picky, picky.

[unsane]

I like how half of you just used your own personal vote format.

People who fail at the vote format: Bloodreign, Dale, Hardstepah, iatneH, jp, kengou, kozo, Macaw, nimitz, professor ganson, RGC, shoe-sama, Twiddle.

I'll only plead this once: it would be nice if at least everyone on page 1 got it right, to avoid a complete degeneration of formatting from everyone else.

No dot, no colon, nothing fancy, just the number, a space, and the title.

Bad:
1. Bronzerifle
1) Bronzerifle
1: Bronzerifle

Good:
1 Bronzerifle