Shmups with the best *Enemy* patterns

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:29 pm

The psyvariars have a lot of deliberate + cool enemy patterns because of the grazing and exploding setups.

I think the strikers patterns are all very good- have to be when the levels are 2 feet long.

Shienryu's got some good popcorn especially later on.

Dodonpachi II-- not good placement by any means, but very interesting-- full parking lots of tanks coming down the screen, or just evenly spaced random enemies filling the screen, all shooting at once.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:38 pm

Does anybody know any pre-Ikaruga era titles where enemies approach from the background to the foreground? Blazing Star comes to mind, but I know there are alot more.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:03 pm

As an answer to the question above and to the topic, Rayforce.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:32 pm

Salamander's the earliest game that comes to mind. The vertically-scrolling stage 4 had hatches on the ground that would vomit up enemies.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:26 am

Any games with ships flying in from ABOVE?
I think soukyugurentai does.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:40 am

Zebra Airforce wrote:As an answer to the question above and to the topic, Rayforce.

Beat me to it. And on that subject, Kamui too.

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Shmups with the best Enemy patterns