Trains in shmups

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:09 am

Trains are as mandatory to verts as snakes are to horis.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:13 am

No_not_like_Quake wrote:Trains are as mandatory to verts as snakes are to horis.

in short: not needed PER SÉ

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:21 am

Super Laydock wrote: in short: not needed PER SÉ

OMG the PHONÉ at the end of that word will be revealed -SHIPSIDE-

SHE'S CALLING US TO STEPHEN KING HELL

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 2:04 pm

GW is a variable. The railroad stage could also be stage 2.

-Zen-ichi Stage 3
-Varth Stage 15
-Batsugun Stage 4, Stage 4 Boss (is a giant train called Jupiter)
-Dimahoo Stage 5 (I could have sworn there's like twenty really big trains in that level... it's so long a stage though, I may have forgotten)
-GigaWing Railroad Stage
-ESP Ra.De Stage 4 (Wangan Subway Line)
-Gunbird USA Stage

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:01 pm

Gunsmoke's stage 2.

Grinning Cat · Post by **Grinning Cat** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:33 pm

At least trains in shmups tend to turn up on time. Well, unless you blow them up.

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:34 pm

There's some cheap PSX shmup called The Rail Loaders.

Also there's a train in Polystars

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:49 pm

Are there any shmups where you are a train?

trivial · Post by **trivial** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:56 pm

The ones with options.

stanski · Post by **stanski** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:27 pm

The same reason there is a battleship boss in like 500 different shmups...

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:46 pm

Raiden Fighters 2 has a stage dedicated to trains.. and it's sickening..

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:13 pm

How could no one mention Robo Aleste yet? There's a long train in that one. There's also a train boss in Steel Empire, and I believe there's a train in P-47 - The Phantom Fighter too.

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:54 pm

My three-year old son loves trains (like most three-year old boys nowadays I suspect, in the age of Thomas) ... and every time I play through a stage where I'm shooting at trains, he shouts, "don't hurt the trains daddy!!"

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:03 pm

That's still on? When I was a kid it was hosted by George Carlin.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:58 am

blow them up

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:02 am

okay okay guyz but what's the BEST train in a smhup?

gentlement, I think we've found a new topic of discussion

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:07 am

Skykid wrote:Is it mandatory that shmups have to have levels with trains in them? It's weird, as they tend to be around the third level all the time too.

Flying Shark's train is on level 4 !

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:25 am

Oh shit.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:58 am

The trains in Ikaruga (stage 1) always looked a bit wierd to me. Then again, the whole game looks pretty "alien" to us all, especially at first glance. Pretty neat designs, though.

I love the snow area stage in Zero Gunner 2. That train mini boss is a really cool experience. Nothing too fancy, but lots of firepower.

In Under Defeat's last two stages, there are some nice armoured trains that you can blow up. And the effects are really nice from the angle you're at, especially in the snow stage. Simply beautiful.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:32 am

Someone should make a complete list.

Noone mentionned:

Battle Garegga
Firepower 2000/SWIV
Twin Cobra 2
Air Gallet

also Varth must have a train somewhere in its 154 levels

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:39 am

Someone should make a complete list.

Yeah, they should. We can delete the "Strategy" subsection to make room for "Lists of Things." Everyone will be able to participate in that.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:47 am

Toaplan did everything first. game over

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:27 am

Yeah, they should. We can delete the "Strategy" subsection to make room for "Lists of Things." Everyone will be able to participate in that.

There is more than one way to enjoy shmups. If someone likes the genre for the trains alone, so be it.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:43 am

You're a dick, nimitz. But thanks for the chuckle.

JoshF wrote:
Someone should make a complete list.
Yeah, they should. We can delete the "Strategy" subsection to make room for "Lists of Things." Everyone will be able to participate in that.

I like that idea.

FSR · Post by **FSR** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:26 am

Gun Frontier also has plenty of trains, especially in stage 5, e.g. a train hidden under the "Garegga bird tree" and three trains carrying gold ingots, which have to be triggered by unsealing the 3 metal coffins located after the factory.

LGB wrote: -Batsugun Stage 4, Stage 4 Boss (is a giant train called Jupiter)

Wait, isn't Jupiter a huge floating battle cruiser? Or did I just fall for a trap :(

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:42 am

Best train in a shmup?

"IN THE HUNT"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR_GwDCY ... re=related

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:01 pm

More shmups with trains not on level 3, OMFG they are everywhere !

Mazinger Z' (level 1)
SWIV (level 0)
Sonic Boom (level 1)

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:35 pm

Run and gun honorable mentions:

Metal Slug 2
Gunstar Heroes

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:27 pm

ROBOTRON wrote: Gunstar Heroes

The best use of a train in any videogame ever.

RuffNEC · Post by **RuffNEC** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:43 pm

StarFOX 64

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