I was wondering wich games are your favorite X68k shmups (exclusive or not). Your top 10 or so.
I have been playing (trying) many X68000 shmups recently including doujin games.
I have played literally hundreds of them and "rated" most of them, mostly to know wich ones are worth spending time playing. I'm not done rating so I can't really put a list up yet(I have played about a hundred of them).
some of the better ones I have played(just a few).
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Nemesis 90' kai
Star Trader
Code Zero
Sol-Feace
Last Batallion (Override)
Phalanx
Cyber Core
Cros Fire EX
Doujin
ChoRenSha 68k (obviously)
Kukei
Intergral Arm
Rayer Shoot
Blue Wings 2
Galseed 1 & 2
Cuarto
Ill probably cover these games with more detail later in this topic.
Top X68k Shmups
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Undeadline (big surprise, eh?)
Phalanx (much better than SNES/GBA)
Cotton
Scorpius (very weird take on the Force device)
Nemesis 90
Mahou Daisakusen (sp?) (Loading is horrible, however)
A couple questions, nimitz. Is Last Battalion actually any different than PCE Override? The available demo shows that they're very similar, but is it a new game entirely? Same question with Cyber Core. The PCE rev was a bit dull, but it was a good concept.
Phalanx (much better than SNES/GBA)
Cotton
Scorpius (very weird take on the Force device)
Nemesis 90
Mahou Daisakusen (sp?) (Loading is horrible, however)
A couple questions, nimitz. Is Last Battalion actually any different than PCE Override? The available demo shows that they're very similar, but is it a new game entirely? Same question with Cyber Core. The PCE rev was a bit dull, but it was a good concept.
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Darn, I was just starting to get over having missed out on a copy of that game after playing the PC-E port. Now I'll have to check out some videos.Shou wrote:Cyber Core isn't doujin and is much better than the PCE port.
I still don't like the Dragon Spirit style primary/secondary weapon system, though.
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Thanks for the replies guys, what else do you like in the X68000 amazing library.
I had played Olteus II and for some reason I rated it as "poor". Guess ill play it more and see for myself.
I don't like the X68k Mahou port the hardware is just too far behind. (Mahou being a very fast and beautiful 1993 game) it just feels slow and sluggish.
For Las Battalion (override) I have not played the 68000 verison much yet. But it can almost be considered a sequel. The midi music of the X68 sounds much better. you have an option menu where you have 3 difficulty settings, the lowest feels like the pce version so this makes the game more challenging, lives and most importantly switch from 31khz to 15khz
Also the 1st and third level are completely different but the 2nd is the same (not sure about the rest). you have a nice animation when your ship is ready to fire a "bomb" and many little improvements here and there.
I had played Olteus II and for some reason I rated it as "poor". Guess ill play it more and see for myself.
I don't like the X68k Mahou port the hardware is just too far behind. (Mahou being a very fast and beautiful 1993 game) it just feels slow and sluggish.
For Las Battalion (override) I have not played the 68000 verison much yet. But it can almost be considered a sequel. The midi music of the X68 sounds much better. you have an option menu where you have 3 difficulty settings, the lowest feels like the pce version so this makes the game more challenging, lives and most importantly switch from 31khz to 15khz
Also the 1st and third level are completely different but the 2nd is the same (not sure about the rest). you have a nice animation when your ship is ready to fire a "bomb" and many little improvements here and there.
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Hi guys,
have been playing a lot of shmups for some time and trying to identify the ones worth playing (for every platform by the way
). Here are my results... (I don't list the games where in my opinion exists a better version on some other platform)
TOP Shmups:
Cho Ren Sha 68k
Code Zero
Cross Fire EX
Cyber Core
Nemesis '90 Kai
Otomo Doko
Shooting Passion
Star Trader
Other good shmups:
Angel Dive
Blue Wings 2
C-ONZ
Cha Cha Cha
Command X-Ray
Cuarto
Dive On
First Mission 2
Firia
Flame Wing
Galseed
Glacier
Hatenkou
Hellhound
Integral Arm
Ku2
Ku2 Comical
Last Battalion
Laydock
Mid-Garts
Mikkun Fly!
Naious
Pensan CD
Pororan
Rayer Shoot
Scarlet
Scorpius
Shooting 68k
Silsteel
Sol-Feace
Spanner-X
Super First Mission
Undead Line
Wind Blast
Xadlak
Non-classic shmups:
Bosconian
Desperado
Ika Blade
Thunderblade
Thunderforce 2
Zugya
Mini shmups:
Alian
Bleed Out – Sak.
Blue Phoenix
Kaizoku
Ora Shoot
Plit‘n Plin
Space Soldier
Zero Master-Str.
Zero Rei
Zounds
shmup demos:
Dive On 2
Flaming Dart
Red Arms
Y2
for the following I don't know if they are any good...
Can't find:
R+R
Olteus 2
Galseed 2
Battle Links
Fighter Star
Kukei (or Kekui?)
Can't get to run:
Battle Unit 2
Y2
have been playing a lot of shmups for some time and trying to identify the ones worth playing (for every platform by the way
). Here are my results... (I don't list the games where in my opinion exists a better version on some other platform)TOP Shmups:
Cho Ren Sha 68k
Code Zero
Cross Fire EX
Cyber Core
Nemesis '90 Kai
Otomo Doko
Shooting Passion
Star Trader
Other good shmups:
Angel Dive
Blue Wings 2
C-ONZ
Cha Cha Cha
Command X-Ray
Cuarto
Dive On
First Mission 2
Firia
Flame Wing
Galseed
Glacier
Hatenkou
Hellhound
Integral Arm
Ku2
Ku2 Comical
Last Battalion
Laydock
Mid-Garts
Mikkun Fly!
Naious
Pensan CD
Pororan
Rayer Shoot
Scarlet
Scorpius
Shooting 68k
Silsteel
Sol-Feace
Spanner-X
Super First Mission
Undead Line
Wind Blast
Xadlak
Non-classic shmups:
Bosconian
Desperado
Ika Blade
Thunderblade
Thunderforce 2
Zugya
Mini shmups:
Alian
Bleed Out – Sak.
Blue Phoenix
Kaizoku
Ora Shoot
Plit‘n Plin
Space Soldier
Zero Master-Str.
Zero Rei
Zounds
shmup demos:
Dive On 2
Flaming Dart
Red Arms
Y2
for the following I don't know if they are any good...
Can't find:
R+R
Olteus 2
Galseed 2
Battle Links
Fighter Star
Kukei (or Kekui?)
Can't get to run:
Battle Unit 2
Y2
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gradius1
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look here:
http://shq.dyndns.org/mitsuky/x68/otoko/index.htm
there are screenshots hyperlinks and you can even doownload this gem for free!!!
http://shq.dyndns.org/mitsuky/x68/otoko/index.htm
there are screenshots hyperlinks and you can even doownload this gem for free!!!
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