Average age of shmup players here and preferred games?

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:31 pm

Just curious - how old are most folks here? 20s? 30s? 40s? 50s?

And do you have any specific shmup favourites?

I ask just as a little 'social experiment' to see if the older players primarily enjoy the older games.

I'm rather decrepit (in my 40s) and generally prefer R-Type, Galaga, Galaga '88, Galaxian, Defender and others of a similar age (although I also enjoy a quick blast on Raiden II from time to time). I dislike the 'bullet hell' games - don't see the point really, but that's probably me showing my age!

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:46 pm

I'm 20, enjoy Cave games, Gradius series, Treasure games, and other vert bullet hells with fun bullet patterns and interesting scoring systems.

rancid3000 · Post by **rancid3000** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:59 pm

21, games with lots of bullets mostly like Cave and the Touhou games. If I see a Galaga arcade cab anywhere I usually have to play it haha.

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:00 pm

37, been there done that

Like hori's mainly, and no love for bullet hell. Still have a soft spot for Ordyne

Diebythesword · Post by **Diebythesword** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:07 pm

I'm almost 18 and I like pretty much every type. Raiden is my favorite. I like vertical more than horizontal.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:09 pm

I prefer horizontal shmups to vertical - the horis seem to have more playability, for me at least.

sideshow · Post by **sideshow** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:17 pm

I'm 30 and grew up on the Hudson caravan star soldier games but also like pretty much any type of shmup. Of the more modern shmups I prefer the "buzz" system games such as Psyvariar and Shikigami No Shiro.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:21 pm

38. I like both old and new. By old I mean 1984 onwards though. I leave the prehistoric bizness to Craig, John Walters and the Twin Galaxies Crew.

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:27 pm

I'm 19 and I love any shmups that provide a challenge. I really don't like those games where all they want to do is just kill you the moment you start the game, but overall I like Under Defeat, Border Down and many cave and treasure games.

gabe · Post by **gabe** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:28 pm

I'm 25, and my preferred game is mastering the search function of phpBB:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=3505

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:41 pm

gabe wrote:I'm 25, and my preferred game is mastering the search function of phpBB:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=3505

Not really the same topic, doesn't give info on the correlation between shmup taste and age, it only gives age.

Drascin · Post by **Drascin** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:45 pm

20, about to be 21. Grew with R-Type, Gradius, and such other horis, but really came back to the genre thanks to Kamui, Touhou, and such other verts. I've developed quite a liking for bullet hell games lately as well, though I will play most anything if it is interesting to play (note: this includes "it's interesting to play for survival". I suck very much at shmups, so I don't deceive myself that I can really play for score in most games)[/i]

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:53 pm

20. I like any and all Japanese style shooting games.

gamingjustin · Post by **gamingjustin** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:25 pm

I'm 20. My favorite shoot-em-up is R-Type. I definitely lean towards the old-guard style-- anything Toaplan, Irem, Konami, Nichibutsu, Capcom, etc. However, I'm not that big into one-screen style games like Galaga and Space Invaders. Raizing, Cave, Takumi, Psikyo are good enough in my mind to break the pace of the old stuff, but I don't play them quite as often.

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:36 pm

I'm 28, and mostly play Cave games. DDP and Galuda are my favourites. I occasionally play the oldschool Toaplan-style shooters on the Megadrive/Saturn, though.

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:37 pm

21, I like almost only Cave minus the Tagawa games and + Ikaruga.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:39 pm

27.....cave

Square King · Post by **Square King** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:53 pm

22, love the stuff from Cave, G.Rev, Treasure, Toaplan, 8ing/Raizing, Touhou, x.x, Psikyo...pretty much anything Japanese or Japanese-style I can get my hands on. I've had a deep love for shmups since Gradius on NES. I'm not crazy about roughly 80% of doujin stuff out there.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:15 am

29, nd love mostly Danmaku ... but i do enjoy mostly every shooter that offers some kinda challenge and its graphically beautifull... dont mind if its doujin, arcade or whatever.

Matsunaga · Post by **Matsunaga** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:37 am

I'm 29, and I play everything. I'll give any new shmup a shot, and I don't trash games before I play them. I prefer verts, though I have just as many horis in my collection. Dodonpachi is probably my favorite game. I like a lot of firepower, and ships. Little girls shooting purple shit dosen't do much for me.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:40 am

I'm 25, and I like a bit of everything, though not fond of horizontals in general. Cave is favorite, Psikyo a distant second, with lots of love for Takumi, Toaplan, Compile, and to a lesser extent Raizing and Treasure (Raizing has been slowly growing on me, whereas I like Treasure less and less as time goes on).

CStarFlare · Post by **CStarFlare** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:43 am

21; I tend towards vertical games but have a few horis that I mess around with. Mostly danmaku, and mostly Cave/Touhou.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:04 am

19 I enjoy almost any arcade shmup made after 95 or before 87, and many in between. I used to like console memorizers but not so much anymore. Cave is king with Raizing and Takumi right behind.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:45 am

28 and I enjoy any shooter that doesn't have a tedious scoring 'system'.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:13 am

kengou wrote:
gabe wrote:I'm 25, and my preferred game is mastering the search function of phpBB:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=3505
Not really the same topic, doesn't give info on the correlation between shmup taste and age, it only gives age.

I agree. This is a fresh discussion and I am monitor the results as I am curious.

For me,

I am 32 years of age.
In general I enjoy all shooting games.

My preference is games from the time line of late 1980s into the middle 1990s. The 16-bit era being the focal point of most of my favorite games as well as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

My favorite developers are Compile, NCS/Masaya, Hudson, and Toa Plan…
EDIT: I forget to mention TechnoSoft

:hammerhead:

CSBrokaw · Post by **CSBrokaw** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:41 am

I'm 17 and I like horizontal shooters such as the Gradius and Darius series.

cfx · Post by **cfx** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:09 am

joeboto · Post by **joeboto** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:49 am

20. prefer danmaku, and vert.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:55 am

18, Raizing, Cave and G. Rev

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:43 am

33, like Toaplan's verts, Cave's titles including their hori Pro Gear, Konami's horis and verts, Taito's verts (hello Darius), Capcom verts like the 19XX series and Varth. Also have a tendency to like the balls to the wall hard Irem shooters.

Bottom line for me it's either Flying Shark (or other Toaplan verts), the 19XX Capcom titles, Gradius series, R-Type series, Darius from Taito, and the DDP series from Cave (can't play the later games though as my PS 2 is unmodded).

Also like the Parodius series, and (GASP) the Twinbee series.