Neo Geo Shooters

corbie · Post by **corbie** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:33 pm

I haven't bought any new games for my Neo Geo 25 candy cabinet in a long time and wanted to see if anyone had some good shooter recommendations. Below are the shooters I already own but I'd like to see if anyone can tell me any good shmups I'm still missing.

Here are the Neo shooters I own:
Viewpoint
Prehistoric Isle 2
Twinkle Star Sprites
Pulstar
Blazing Star

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:36 pm

Strikers 1945 +
Last Resort

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:37 pm

Last Hope

gray117 · Post by **gray117** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:41 pm

last resort

^^ ... was basically rtype team (?)

And bit of an acquired taste but I liked zed blade.

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:26 pm

IronClad: NeoGeo CD only.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:30 pm

There is also Andro Dunos, but you said good shmups. Its interesting to see how much of it is copied wholesale from other games though.

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:07 pm

Aero Fighters 2 for the comedy value.

Dragoforce · Post by **Dragoforce** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:20 pm

FIL wrote:There is also Andro Dunos, but you said good shmups. Its interesting to see how much of it is copied wholesale from other games though.

Nothing wrong with Andro Dunos. Solid Old-school gameplay with a kick-ass soundtrack.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:19 pm

Good thing that SHMUPS! gives the Neo*Geo it's own section.

http://shmups.classicgaming.gamespy.com ... eogeo.html

Not a huge number, but they've all got their charm. I recommend giving them all a honest go.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:59 am

Ghost Pilot

twalden · Post by **twalden** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:25 am

kernow wrote:Aero Fighters 2 for the comedy value.

Spanky the dolphin can do no wrong

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:03 am

Am I the only one who actually likes Aero Fighters?

A_Civilian · Post by **A_Civilian** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:56 am

kernow wrote:Aero Fighters 2 for the comedy value.

3rd one's more priceless.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:31 am

Sonic Wings 2 and 3 are great.
Ghost Pilots= G R E A T (if you like the machine gun sound, and if you want a very realistic 10 plane kamikaze attack experience plus also a "1 plane against a fire shooting tank! No way!" realistic experience)
Last Resort is amazing besides that stressfull 3rd level.
Pulstar is amazing besides that stressfull 3rd level.
Blazing Star rules
Andro Dunos= I'd like to at least blow up SOME of the bad guys (while credit feeding)
Zed Blade gets great after the BORING first levels.
Strikers 1945 plus is great
Alpha Mission 2 has GREAT style, combined with rediculous play mechanics in a too hard and long game- another realistic experience "you mean it's just me against the whole alien race? Good thing I've got these special weapons! Oh, wait, you mean there's MORE bad guys?".

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:25 pm

A_Civilian wrote:
kernow wrote:Aero Fighters 2 for the comedy value.
3rd one's more priceless.

I prefer the 2nd, better game in my opinion

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:33 pm

robthebanks wrote:Am I the only one who actually likes Aero Fighters?

Aero Fighters made me hate shmups for a long time. If it wasn't for this forum I'd still hate them today.

Falconx · Post by **Falconx** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:13 pm

Last Resort is one of my personal favorites

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:41 pm

Falconx wrote:Last Resort is one of my personal favorites

Me too - it's really quite wonderful. A highly underrated game in my opinion.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:46 pm

Dragoforce wrote:
FIL wrote:There is also Andro Dunos, but you said good shmups. Its interesting to see how much of it is copied wholesale from other games though.
Nothing wrong with Andro Dunos. Solid Old-school gameplay with a kick-ass soundtrack.

Agreed

Andro dunos FTW. It's the third game I bought for Neo Geo after Samurai Shodown (I don't want to remember how much I paid for it back in the day if I don't want to cry) and Aero Fighters II.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:23 pm

I feel like a video game meanie now.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:22 pm

ROBOTRON wrote:Ghost Pilot

He's asking for *good* shmups, not the most crap one on the system

I concur with Last Resort and Viewpoint. I would also say Andro Dunos, while basic, is still fun.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:33 pm

Random Thoughts:

Captain Tomaday is only good when you're fully powered up.

Zed Blade is not easy to 1CC, plus its a rare cart

I lost my Ironklad/Brikinger CD and still feel the pain

Ghost Pilots gets unplayable on the later levels (at least for me)

Viewpoint is good (makes note to 1CC

)

A few guys used to 1CC Alpha Mission 2 in my local arcade. It seems like an underplayed game these days.

Last Resort, Andro Dunos - both good but seen'em done'em.

Blazing Star pleasantly surprised me during the STGT

Pulstar is awesome if you have the time

Strikers 1945 Plus isn't bad, considering I'm not a fan of the way Psikyo games play.

Rob79 · Post by **Rob79** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:09 am

I have a few Neo Geo AES Shooters:

- Blazing Star Conversion
- Strikers 1945+ Conversion
- Aero Fighters 2
- Ghost Pilots

orange · Post by **orange** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 am

sonic wings 3 has a nice soundtrack

Rozyrg · Post by **Rozyrg** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:39 am

I dig Andro Dunos, too. As much as it gets criticized for it's 'simplistic, cartoony' graphics, I always found that style very attractive for some reason...

(the game itself isn't too bad either

)

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:42 pm

Alpha Mission II
Last Resort
Zed Blade

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:38 pm

There isn't really anything on the Neo I dig, kind of like how SNK stopped making worthwhile scrolling people-based shooters after losing the rotary sticks (aside from Ninja Commando I guess, but that's ADK...er).

I guess Pulstar and Blazing Star are okay but I find BS in particular more obnoxious than worthwhile

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:58 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:There isn't really anything on the Neo I dig, kind of like how SNK stopped making worthwhile scrolling people-based shooters after losing the rotary sticks (aside from Ninja Commando I guess, but that's ADK...er).

I guess Pulstar and Blazing Star are okay but I find BS in particular more obnoxious than worthwhile

Why do you find Blazing Star to be obnoxious, Ed? Please do feel free to elaborate on why you think that.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

kernow · Post by **kernow** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:33 pm

I'm not a real fan of blazing star or pulstar any more either, I don't see why I'd waste my time playing them when I could be playing better shooters on other hardware. I'm a big neo fan too, but meh

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:59 pm

I find BS's chaining to be obnoxious and fail-ridden.

It's not like some other game say MARS MATRIX (Mars Matrix title theme beat here) where you have choices how to chain. No, here it's all "go here do that or else you fail."

OBNOXIOUS

Neo is for the brawlers / fighters of various sorts, and Metal Slagheap and also for mahjong professionals. Oh, I almost forgot the Quiz games too. Neo is for those.