Am I missing any good MAME-able horis?

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:09 pm

Progear
Gradius I, II, III
Darius I, II, Gaiden, G.Darius
R-Type I, II, Leo

Excluding vertically-scrolling games in horizontal orientation, of course.

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:29 pm

x-multiply
St Dragon
Dragon Breed
Both Thundercross games

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:31 pm

P-47 - The Freedom/Phantom Fighter/s
P-47 Aces
Gratia
Area 88

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:33 pm

Hyper Duel.

Much better on Saturn, but the vanilla AC version is still great fun. The newest MAME seems to cock up its timing for me, though... downgraded to Wolfmame 0.101 (available here) and it worked perfectly.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:54 pm

No love for Gradius?

I'm more a fan of the MSX ones though...and Space Manbow. Of course, if you use MAME Plus! you can switch to MESS drivers which should include those systems.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:06 pm

metal black
macross 2
great ragtime show
in the hunt

neo geo shmups, too.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:07 pm

Prehistoric Isle2
Blazing Star
Side Arms

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:25 pm

Andro Dunos [don't use the charge shot]
armed poice unit Gallop (Cosmic Cop)
Genshitou 1930s (Prehistoric Isle in 1930)
Gradius IV - fukkatsu
Hellfire
Last Resort
Lost Worlds (Forgotten Worlds)
Pulstar
Section Z
Sengoku Blade - Sengoku Ace Episode II (Tengai)
Sol Divide - The Sword of Darkness
Tenseiryu (Saint Dragon)
Thunder Force AC
U.S. Navy (Carrier Air Wing)
Ultimate Ecology (Eco Fighters)
Zero Wing

clp · Post by **clp** » Thu May 07, 2009 7:34 pm

just play last resort for god sake , its fukken awesome .

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:16 pm

Seconding Hellfire and Thunder Cross.

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:43 pm

Wow, no one's said Xexex [Japanese version, other versions have a lifebar [eww]]...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:55 pm

Mystic Riders, Fantasy Zone.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Thu May 07, 2009 10:43 pm

There is Capom's CPS-1 powered U.N. Squadron to check out as well. ^_~

Afterbirth · Post by **Afterbirth** » Thu May 07, 2009 11:57 pm

Ordyne.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:41 am

Metal Black and Hellfire seconded. Just fyi, you can play Hellfire with or without checkpoints (Singleplayer or 2P Simultaneous ROMs, respectively).

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:31 am

+1 UN Squadron
+1 In the Hunt
+1 Metal Black

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:47 am

Just cuz i already had it noted, here's the top mame-able horzis from the 6th annual top 25/honorable mentions (they've all already been mentioned):

11 Progear no Arashi (ARC)
15 R-Type (ARC/PS1/PCE/SMS/etc.)
32 Darius Gaiden (ARC/SAT/PS2)
37 G.Darius (ARC/PS1/PS2)
44 Blazing Star (ARC)
46 Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou / Vulcan Venture (ARC/SAT/PS1/PCE-CD/NES)

it290 · Post by **it290** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:34 am

Rohga Armor Force - not exactly a pure shmup, but awesome as hell.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:00 am

Seconding Fantasy Zone but.. prepare to be blindsided by a billion enemies.

cools · Post by **cools** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:13 am

Etrian wrote:Seconding Fantasy Zone but.. prepare to be blindsided by a billion enemies.

Buying silly power level engines = fail.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Fri May 08, 2009 2:04 pm

Thanks, guys. I've been checking these out and having a lot of fun.

I forgot to throw the Salamander games up there, also.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:40 pm

Personal favourites:

P-47 Aces
Sexy Parodius
Xexex
Saint Dragon
Hyper Duel

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat May 09, 2009 3:31 am

Gokujo Parodius
Xexex (Japanese version ONLY! In the world version, you can die in as little as three seconds. The world version also ditches some of the cool powerups from the JPN one)
Pulstar
Blazing Star
Hyper Duel