NES,SNES. Genesis andN64 Shmups For Linux and PC Engine Too!

mjclark · Post by **mjclark** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:12 pm

I finally took the plunge and went Linux only on my desktop.
I installed GFCE Ultra NES , ZSNES and Mupen64plus emulators and I'm having a whale of a time with Star Soldier, Star Force, 1943 and (best so far) Star Soldier Vanishing Earth

so what other great NES, SNES and N64 shmups should I be playing?
...and is there anywhere on this earth a decent linux based shmup cos Chromium BSU doesn't really cut it...
...Ooooh!I've just got Gens emulator too so what about those Genesis classics?
...And now Hu-Go! emulator for PC Engine as well

BazookaBen · Post by **BazookaBen** » Thu May 14, 2009 9:18 pm

axelay has some bitchin' music... the game is ok though.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:01 pm

NES has Life Force, a passable Gradius port, Gradius II (different and great on the NES), Abadox... and others

null1024 · Post by **null1024** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:37 pm

R-Type III on the SNES is awesome.
And, if you can get it to work right, on the N64 there´s Banagi-O.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:47 pm

mjclark wrote: ...and is there anywhere on this earth a decent linux based shmup cos Chromium BSU doesn't really cut it...

Aside from emulation, look here:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... c393bac80a

Rozyrg · Post by **Rozyrg** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:11 pm

S.C.A.T. is one of my favorites on NES (I've seen it brought up here under a different name, though.)

Super EDF on SNES is cool, too. I'd recommend Super R-Type as well, if only to crank up your stereo while you leave the sound test going.

mjclark · Post by **mjclark** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:28 am

Hmm...the list of native linux shmups from that other thread really isn't up to much (unless you only want to play abstracts). There's nothing to rival the likes of Samidare or Reflex or even XOP on Windows...or does someone know different?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri May 15, 2009 12:48 am

Here's an idea: See what people posted in their Top 25 lists this year!

Rozyrg wrote:S.C.A.T. is one of my favorites on NES (I've seen it brought up here under a different name, though.)

I said earlier that I was going to add it to my Top 25, and I mentioned it's also known as Action in New York.

Super EDF always makes me blink because, whoops, it's not R-Type, but it's just as pretty wtf? I hate that section near the beginning of the game where two big ships circle around you and you can't shoot them both.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:08 am

When using Project 64 for SSVE, I noticed some severe glitches- such as a tracer effect in the first scene of stage 2. Mupen 64 (Windows port) doesn't do this.

SNES-wise, Rendering Ranger is worth checking out. Manfred Trenz did want to make it 100% horizontal shmup stages at first, but he later decided to add some Contra-style sidescrolling action.

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:14 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:Here's an idea: See what people posted in their Top 25 lists this year!
Rozyrg wrote:S.C.A.T. is one of my favorites on NES (I've seen it brought up here under a different name, though.)
I said earlier that I was going to add it to my Top 25, and I mentioned it's also known as Action in New York.

I'd also recommend S.C.A.T, classic. This reminds me of all the awesome stuff that didn't quit make the cut on my list this year.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:25 am

Rozyrg wrote:S.C.A.T.

Are you fucking kidding me? There's a game called Scat?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:28 am

Special Cybernetic Assault Team

Also, Action in New York. Highly specific.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:08 am

gameoverDude wrote:When using Project 64 for SSVE, I noticed some severe glitches- such as a tracer effect in the first scene of stage 2. Mupen 64 (Windows port) doesn't do this.

SNES-wise, Rendering Ranger is worth checking out. Manfred Trenz did want to make it 100% horizontal shmup stages at first, but he later decided to add some Contra-style sidescrolling action.

So use the linux version of Mupen64?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:36 am

kengou wrote:So use the linux version of Mupen64?

2005-08-26 : Mupen64 0.5 for linux and windows released

Awesome :(

mjclark · Post by **mjclark** » Fri May 15, 2009 8:23 pm

OoooH-I've just got the genesis emulator Gens as well now, so what are the Sega shmups of choice?
Already playing Musha Aleste and those Thunder Forces but what else....?

Rozyrg · Post by **Rozyrg** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:51 pm

Fire Shark and Truxton are probably my favorites on the Genny (the arcade too for that matter!); but there are many other great ones...

Twin Cobra, Grind Stormer, Elemental Master and plenty others I need to spend more quality time with.

GaijinPunch wrote:
Rozyrg wrote:S.C.A.T.
Are you fucking kidding me? There's a game called Scat?

Seriously... the hell were they thinking? I didn't even pick up on that until I was older, though (I was a dumb kid.) Killer game regardless...

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Sat May 16, 2009 5:50 pm

"Scat Action In New York" is also known as Final Mission (JP version), with an added super-apocalyptic intro.

mjclark · Post by **mjclark** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:18 pm

So what about PC Engine then? Got Blazing Lazers and that is awesome

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:04 am

mjclark wrote:So what about PC Engine then? Got Blazing Lazers and that is awesome

I'll second Blazing Lazers, and here are some more.

Gate of Thunder (CD)
Winds of Thunder aka Lords of Thunder (CD)
Star Parodier (CD) - Be sure you raise the difficulty by one setting, since the default is a tad easy.
Super Star Soldier
Final Soldier
Soldier Blade
Syd Mead's Terraforming

it290 · Post by **it290** » Sun May 17, 2009 4:44 pm

Air Zonk!

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Sun May 17, 2009 11:29 pm

Rozyrg wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:
Rozyrg wrote:S.C.A.T.
Are you fucking kidding me? There's a game called Scat?
Seriously... the hell were they thinking? I didn't even pick up on that until I was older, though (I was a dumb kid.) Killer game regardless...

Yeah, it's the shit.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon May 18, 2009 12:36 am

In other news: What other possibly excellent old games don't get talked about here much at all? ;)

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Wed May 20, 2009 2:03 pm

Mortificator wrote:
Rozyrg wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote: Are you fucking kidding me? There's a game called Scat?
Seriously... the hell were they thinking? I didn't even pick up on that until I was older, though (I was a dumb kid.) Killer game regardless...
Yeah, it's the shit.

ahahahahahaha

NES,SNES. Genesis andN64 Shmups For Linux and PC Engine Too!

NES,SNES. Genesis andN64 Shmups For Linux and PC Engine Too!

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