(re) born again shmuper

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:29 pm

hi guys,

its been a long time since ive been a regular player of shmups but i dl'd triggerheart exelica for my 360 and im hooked again!

reminds me of the heady days of armalyte and SWIV on my c64

now im looking for more!!! i love the style and game play of TE so more of the same would be good

current hardware i have is:

X360
PS2
Mega Drive
Commodore 64
GBA

what would people recommend?

ben

oh and on another note about a year ago i went to a video games exhibition at the science museum in London. i remember playing a shooter there which just consisted of a series of boss runs against an evolving boss. each level he just kept getting bigger and meaner with more weapons and stuff, i also remember most of it been green against a dark background.

any ideas what game this is and what format??

i just cant remember

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:32 pm

You mentioned SWIV and Armalyte, you'll probably be cannibalized here. Anyway, welcome!

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:44 pm

Welcome!

Right away I'd recommend the following:

PS2
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Gradius V
Raiden III (old-school, but plenty of fun)
Shikigami no Shiro 1-2 (released in the US as Mobile Light Force 2 and Castle Shikigami, respectively - unsure of what Europe got...)
R-Type Final (doesn't get as much love here as R-Type Delta, but it's still great)

If you're looking to expand into PS1 gaming, there are loads of great choices:

G-Darius
Einhander
Raystorm
RayCrisis
R-Type Delta
R-Types
Gradius Gaiden (Japanese only release, I think)
Gekioh: Shooting King (aka Shienryu)
Raiden Project
Raiden DX

There's more, but I'm sure someone else here will recommend the ones they think are most appropriate.

MegaDrive
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Thunderforce IV (brilliant, arguably the best shmup on the platform)
Gaiares (most shmup fans have a love/hate relationship w/ it)
Fire Shark (solid port of a great game)
Truxton/Tatsujin (decent port of a good Toaplan game)
V-V/Grindstormer (see Truxton)
Bio-Hazard Battle/Crying (fun bio-shmup)

There are lots of other quality shmups on the MD/Genesis as well!

GBA
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Gradius Galaxies/Generations
Iridion 2 (Iridion 3D is crap, don't bother)

You could foray into older GB games as well, like Nemesis/Gradius, Gradius: Interstellar Assault (a personal fav), Project S-11 (an okay GB Color shmups), Sagaia (Darius game), etc.

Rupert H · Post by **Rupert H** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:04 pm

mr_m0nks wrote:
any ideas what game this is and what format??

i just cant remember

Warning Forever is the name and it's a freeware game for Windows. Which is fortunate really, because if you're going to get into buying shoot 'em ups, you'll be needing that cash...

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:30 am

Turrican wrote:You mentioned SWIV and Armalyte, you'll probably be cannibalized here. Anyway, welcome!

well i always preferred Retograde anyway! got through a few joysticks playing that!!

thanks for the advice everyone, gonna look a few of them up.

and thanks for the heads up on Warning Forever! what a fantastic idea for a game!

i'm surprised a more commercial venture hasn't picked up on the idea

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:43 am

might have been rRootage as well....which is free downloadable game...its even been ported to the PSP

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:49 am

I highly recommend picking up a Dreamcast and boot disc (there are free ones available you can download and burn), a Saturn and Pro-Action-Replay 4in1, and a swap magic and slide card (if your ps2 is fat), or magic keys (if slim), and get into the Japanese stuff.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:00 am

And once you get into Japanese stuff, you can try the four cave ports for PS2:

Mushihimesama
Dodonpachi DaiOuJou
ESPGaluda
Ibara

Watch some videos on youtube, to see if you like them.

seiatsu · Post by **seiatsu** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:32 am

Rupert H wrote:
mr_m0nks wrote:
any ideas what game this is and what format??

i just cant remember
Warning Forever is the name and it's a freeware game for Windows. Which is fortuante really, because if you're going to get into buying shoot 'em ups, you'll be needing that cash...

I have to agree..certainly sounds like warning forever to me.

In regards to PSX, I didn't see Soukygurentai listed above. Although it's not as good as it's saturn release...since you don't have a saturn, this is the next best thing. Great game.

Also have to agree on the Japanese cave releases mentioned.

Additionally, assuming you have a pc, don't rule that out as a hardware option either. There are tons of Emulators that run perfect/near perfect in regards to their counterparts. CPS/CPS2, Mame, Saturn...to name a few. There are also few gems that have been made for pc only (and a few of them freeware).

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:43 pm

If you want a quick fix AND for free check the freeware doujin scene. Lots of great stuff there.

Like (these are pretty much the best):

Blue Wish Resurrection
Parsec47 (and the stuff from kenta cho/ABA games)
CHO-REN-SHA
G-TYPE
Radio Zonde

all can be found at shoot the core (great site)

http://shootthecore.moonpod.com/database.php

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:25 pm

thanks again guys, I've had Google in overdrive looking up all these games, I'm sure I'll find plenty I'll like.

turns out the game i was looking for was warning forever, i recognised the graphics straight away.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:19 pm

if you like warning forever definitely check out rRootage then.....its made by kenta cho/ABA games....you will prolly like the other tgames hes made as well....just google ABA games and you should get a hit for his website...

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:29 pm

mr_m0nks wrote:hi guys,

its been a long time since ive been a regular player of shmups but i dl'd triggerheart exelica for my 360 and im hooked again!

reminds me of the heady days of armalyte and SWIV on my c64

now im looking for more!!! i love the style and game play of TE so more of the same would be good

current hardware i have is:

X360
PS2
Mega Drive
Commodore 64
GBA

what would people recommend?

ben

oh and on another note about a year ago i went to a video games exhibition at the science museum in London. i remember playing a shooter there which just consisted of a series of boss runs against an evolving boss. each level he just kept getting bigger and meaner with more weapons and stuff, i also remember most of it been green against a dark background.

any ideas what game this is and what format??

i just cant remember

Yep, deffo warning forever. I stood there for ages, wiping other peoples scores from it. Had a little crowd round me. It was awesome.vGood to meet someone else who went to the Game On show! It re-affirmed my love to videogames. Did you check out the Gradius V stand? I think you would like this if you like Hori's like Amalyte. Prepare to be blown away

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:09 am

mr_m0nks wrote:hi guys,

its been a long time since ive been a regular player of shmups but i dl'd triggerheart exelica for my 360 and im hooked again!

reminds me of the heady days of armalyte and SWIV on my c64

now im looking for more!!! i love the style and game play of TE so more of the same would be good

current hardware i have is:

X360
PS2
Mega Drive
Commodore 64
GBA

what would people recommend?

ben

oh and on another note about a year ago i went to a video games exhibition at the science museum in London. i remember playing a shooter there which just consisted of a series of boss runs against an evolving boss. each level he just kept getting bigger and meaner with more weapons and stuff, i also remember most of it been green against a dark background.

any ideas what game this is and what format??

i just cant remember

If you enjoyed that game, you will be in for a major treat whenever they finally put Ikaruga on XBLA. It's coming soon(not sure when), but it should really knock your socks off. Don't miss it.

Here's some reviews: http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/ ... ?q=Ikaruga

And here's some clips of the upgraded Xbox 360 version: http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1834/Ikaruga/p1/

s/m

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