Overlooked/missed MAME shmups.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:10 pm

It seems that there are still some MAME shmups that get little to no attention. What are your favorite missed/overlooked shmups for MAME?

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:39 pm

Whizz

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:08 pm

dodonpachi

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:24 pm

Air Buster
Daioh
Ryujin

bitkid · Post by **bitkid** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:39 pm

Hotdog Storm, Nostradamus, Gerkirindan.

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:45 pm

Time Pilot
XX Mission

Emph

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:08 pm

bitkid wrote:Nostradamus

Secondned, though I'll also add the Vasaras to the mix, as I usually do with topics like these. Dang I wish they'd gotten ported someplace, but that'll never happen, heh heh.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:09 pm

Cosmic Cop

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:34 pm

Turbo Force

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:39 am

bitkid wrote:Gerkirinden.

True, I would have not known about this game without Taito Legends II for PC. It's hard to look for new shmups to play on MAME when they use all of that silly Japanese.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:33 am

Dash Yarou

It's a shooting game where you can't shoot and the bullets are trees and racers.

Seriously though it's Toaplans best shooting game try it and you'll notice some things.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:52 am

JoshF wrote:Dash Yarou

It's a shooting game where you can't shoot and the bullets are trees and racers.

Seriously though it's Toaplans best shooting game try it and you'll notice some things.

highly underrrrratted

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:43 am

Any non-scrolling shmups really. Imago is my current favourite.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:30 am

The speed in G-Stream has been fixed, so it's pretty much playable right now. Graphics seem properly emulated, though the sound is not.
Game has a "flexible" powerup system and is generally rather good looking.
Guess I already mentioned in another thread but Cyvern's emulation is pretty good now and it's one of those overlooked gems imo.

Ixmucane · Post by **Ixmucane** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:48 pm

I'm very impressed by Chimera Beast.
Also interesting are strange old games like The Alphax Z/Mission 660 or Phantom II.

PsikyoFan · Post by **PsikyoFan** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:04 pm

bitkid wrote:Nostradamus

O_o Really?
I thought it was a derivative and bland POS when I added it. It is only in MAME because it was on the same hw as Magical Cat Adventure.

That hw is an early revision of what became the Cave hw.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:06 pm

Ixmucane wrote:I'm very impressed by Chimera Beast.
Also interesting are strange old games like The Alphax Z/Mission 660 or Phantom II.

Nice example. Chimera Beast is indeed a very interesting one taking the "biohorror" theme of games like R-Type or X-Multiply to the extreme.
There's a nice fansite about the game (including some story spoilers on page 2):

http://bbh.marpirc.net/chimerabeast/

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:21 pm

emphatic wrote:Time Pilot
XX Mission

Emph

You forgot to add Konami's "Time Pilot '84" sequel...with the famous "Further into the Unknown World" tagline. It does feature mad shmupping as well with endowing the player(s) with both bullets and missiles capabilities to master it with. Konami Co. Ltd. did officially release it in the USA for the American arcades. I've played the actual rare arcade cabinet of it a few times back in the mid-1980's and even had the official USA marquee that was backlit. Awesome game for it's time during the Golden Age of arcade shmups era. ^_~

Visco's rare 1996 Storm Blade PCB that runs on the SSV mobo setup that came in both original JPN and USA regions is another arcade PCB title that never got a proper console port. The original JPN region of Storm Blade does feature cool Japanese voice-overs that aren't present in the latter released USA region version PCB. Well worth the asking $150.00+ USD price that it commands on the secondary PCB market. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:43 pm

PC Engine Fan X!: Is that the current price for the Japanese Storm Blade or both? *holding onto my SB PCB*

Storm Blade is unfortunately not very well emulated in MAME (yet).

Also, I've never put much time into Time Pilot '84, but everytime it comes up for discussion most people say it's not as fun as the first. For me, Time Pilot is one of those rare "must just have another go at it" games. Also, very frantic action, fun and possible to score "high" is unusual for the age.

Emphp

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:47 pm

Stagger 1

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:03 am

Ajax
Omega Fighter
Grid Seeker
battlantis (not shmup but cool)
cybattler
daioh
hotdog storm
explosive breaker
final star force
lightening fighters
phelios
rapid hero
skyfox
sdr mission

Are some of my favorites

RuffNEC · Post by **RuffNEC** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:34 am

innerpattern wrote:dodonpachi

very underated shmup. Not many do know this.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:32 pm

And I agree on Cyvern. The prerendered graphics are a bit so-so, but otherwise a fine game with interesting scoring. Very Raizing-like.

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:
bitkid wrote:Gerkirinden.
True, I would have not known about this game without Taito Legends II for PC. It's hard to look for new shmups to play on MAME when they use all of that silly Japanese.

It´s "Gekirindan" btw, just in case someone wants to search this in MAWS

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:10 pm

emphatic wrote:PC Engine Fan X!: Is that the current price for the Japanese Storm Blade or both? *holding onto my SB PCB*

Storm Blade is unfortunately not very well emulated in MAME (yet).

Also, I've never put much time into Time Pilot '84, but everytime it comes up for discussion most people say it's not as fun as the first. For me, Time Pilot is one of those rare "must just have another go at it" games. Also, very frantic action, fun and possible to score "high" is unusual for the age.

Emphp

Yeah, that price would apply to both country regions as not very many Storm Blade PCBs were produced by Visco themselves.

I've tried the USA region of Storm Blade on Mame32 and it plays like a charm. It is just a tad bit different than the orignal JPN region in terms of not having voice-overs. Other than that particular omission, both regions are, techincally, the same content and gameplay-wise. ^_~

Yes, I'd have to agree with you on the stellar gameplay of Konami's 1982 arcade PCB of Time Pilot. I recall playing on a few USA region Centuri released Time Pilot arcade cabinets that had the cool auto-fire hack back in the mid-1980's. Sure saved "wear & tear" on the ol' fingers when playing a serious shmup session of it. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:56 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:I've tried the USA region of Storm Blade on Mame32 and it plays like a charm. It is just a tad bit different than the orignal JPN region in terms of not having voice-overs. Other than that particular omission, both regions are, techincally, the same content and gameplay-wise. ^_~

Really? I remember creditfeeding it for fun (MAME 0.122) and a lot of the backgrounds on the left side of the screen was corrupt. But if you say it runs fine now I believe you. It's a very dark game, visually.

Emph

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:42 pm

Ryujin, Hotdog Storm, Tokio, Turbo Force, The Next Space, Chimera Beast, Zed Blade, Ajax, Time Pilot, Time Pilot '84, MX5000, SDR Mission, XX Mission, Halley's Comet, Fire Battle.

innerpattern · Post by **innerpattern** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:45 pm

Gun Smoke

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:59 pm

Change Air Blade should definitely get more loving, methinks.

Master O · Post by **Master O** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:52 pm

Rob's 91-95 Arcade Countdown: Hidden Gem Search

robivy64 · Post by **robivy64** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:15 pm

Hopefully I overlooked this, but nobody mentioned Air Gallet?

Air Gallet is the ultimate underrated shooter.