Chronology of Shooting [arcade only]

[oxtsu]

-deep throat update-

[Observer]

The doujin STG exception by i-saint is also getting an arcade port. Apparently, on a Jamma board and using WinXP embedded.

http://bbs.am-net.jp/img/show/aou2009/k/spro.jpg

Release date? No idea. Somewhere during 2009. It was also announced during AOU 2009.

[oxtsu]

Cool, thanks for the heads up.

[oxtsu]

+ (Coming Soon) projected sale dates for Senko no Ronde DUO, Trouble Witches AC, Rajirugi Noa, and Deathsmiles II

[Riot Zone]

Meta Fox a timeless classic! One of those games that isn't mentioned enough. Along with ZING ZING ZIP. (great game untill the last level where gets kinda crazy)

[DarkKowa]

I all these years I never managed to locate a game. The problem is that I do not remember not even the name of the game. He is very ancient, he could have been released from 1982 to 1986.
It is a shotem' up, identycal style to Dangar, Slap Fight and Xevious. You control a type of robot which part from above of the body remembers a half of circle, and only it has the legs in the half of bass. The first bunch of enemies are black slimes, seems with pollution creatures. Soon it comes fast bats shooting. An item in blue "P" square form give a blue force shield. Soon in the begining you need to cross a bridge. The robot (or something very near of one) was always walking in the vertical, from low to up. The black slimes were not shooting. It had a vibrant music. I played once, when i was child.

Please, help me to know the name of this game.
I did a image in paint, it can help.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/818/jogoj.png

[Mero]

Should Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair be included here for its shooting sections? You've probably already considered it, i just wondered

[oxtsu]

No, something like that won't be included. Not at the moment anyway. Thanks for your interest and question.

[oxtsu]

updated

[sven666]

Strike Force (midway) - 1991 (02/25 REV1 not sure if thats the release date tho)

looks kinda cool if youre into fantasy zone type games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4LK-w_csy0

ed: also on yahoo where i first dicovered the game.
http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/126661002

[oxtsu]

Nice find, sven, thanks.

Researched a bit, it appears the release was in March '91, US only (?). Not sure if sold elsewhere.

[The Eidolon]

Some comments for 1984 games:

Was Metal Soldier Isaac ever released? As far as I know, it was a prototype
and Metal Soldier Isaac II was the first game in the series, in 1985.

Mega Zone is copyright 1983 and most sources have it that year. Is it really 1984?

Some other games you might consider shmups from 1984 (some are borderline...)
Acrobatic Dog Fight Technos
Astro Chase Exidy
D-Day Jaleco (weird and primitive, ship based)
Nova 2001 Universal
Progress Chuo Co. (Borderline, you play a tank)
Return of the Jedi Atari
Revenger '84 Magic Electronics
Sea Fighter Poseidon Taito
Sky Jaguar Konami
SWAT Bally Midway (weird, sort of shmup like and puzzle like)
Us vs. Them Mylstar (borderline, laserdisc backgrounds)
Zaviga Data East

[Ed Oscuro]

Some comments for 1984 games:

Was Metal Soldier Isaac ever released? As far as I know, it was a prototype
and Metal Soldier Isaac II was the first game in the series, in 1985.

There is no Metal Soldier Isaac series, just one game, at least as far as I know.

Zaviga is definitely a shmup.

[oxtsu]

Some comments for 1984 games:

Was Metal Soldier Isaac ever released? As far as I know, it was a prototype
and Metal Soldier Isaac II was the first game in the series, in 1985.

yes, in Japan.

Mega Zone is copyright 1983 and most sources have it that year. Is it really 1984?

yes, in Japan. (US was '83, november or december IIRC)

Some other games you might consider shmups from 1984 (some are borderline...)
Acrobatic Dog Fight Technos
Astro Chase Exidy
D-Day Jaleco (weird and primitive, ship based)
Nova 2001 Universal
Progress Chuo Co. (Borderline, you play a tank)
Return of the Jedi Atari
Revenger '84 Magic Electronics
Sea Fighter Poseidon Taito
Sky Jaguar Konami
SWAT Bally Midway (weird, sort of shmup like and puzzle like)
Us vs. Them Mylstar (borderline, laserdisc backgrounds)
Zaviga Data East

Acrobatic DogFight and Zaviga are already on the list.

Nova 2001 = 1983..not there yet.

Sky Jaguar I didn't see any evidence of sales.

The rest you mention there I considered borderliners or was unsure of.

[Mero]

You may already know this but according to the instruction book for TwinBee Deluxe Pack the release dates for TwinBee, Detana!! TwinBee and TwinBee Yahho! are 5th March 1985, 20th February 1991 and 19th April 1995 respectively.

Also, are you going to include Fast Striker here, seeing as how it's coming out on MVS cart (and will apparently be sold through Japanese distributors)?

[oxtsu]

@Mero - belated thanks for the konami info. added Fast Striker as well.

[Ed Oscuro]

If OutZone goes in the list now, surely Extermination (Taito 1987) qualifies as well! Another push scroller, but a forward-firing only one.

Jackal / Top Gunner is more shmup than Kiki Kaikai, at that.

[oxtsu]

updated with DARIUSBURST release date.

re:comment above, I'll take that under advisement.

[oxtsu]

updated -Coming Soon-

i-saint's exception planned for March 2011 release on NESiCAxLive.

[Kazuya]

Are you interested in arcade games prior to 1984?

[Mero]

Some MVS release dates:

ASO II: 25th March 1991
Last Resort: 23rd March 1992
Ninja Commando: 30th April 1992
Viewpoint: 20th November 1992
Sonic Wings 2: 18th July 1994
Pulstar: 28th August 1995

The information comes from an old issue of Neo Geo Freak.

[oxtsu]

Thanks for the contribution, Mero.

Could you double-check that Viewpoint sale date, to make absolutely sure it says November, and not October?

That's the only discrepancy I have with your list there (multiple sources claimed October). The rest look a-ok.

[Mero]

Yes it definitely says November. Here's the date as it is written: '92.11.20

If it contradicts multiple sources then it's probably a typing error or something.

[oxtsu]

Long overdue 2011 update:

exception
DARIUSBURST : Another Chronicle EX
Seisou Kouki STRANIA
Last Hope: Pink Bullets

added note to 2009 entry 'Senko no Ronde DUO' about re-release via NESiCAxLive network earlier this year.

[Accutron]

[sven666]

another 2011 release..

XX/xx - mushihimesama 1.5 matsuri version - CAVE (i have to check the date next time i boot it up..)

[oxtsu]

Thanks sven...did some research on it and added the entry.

[sven666]

how come this is un-stickied? superb informative thread that i have consulted many times!

[Ghegs]

It's listed among the Threads of Excellence, which was made to showcase all the great threads of the forum without filling up the thread listing with a dozen stickies.

[Mero]

Coming soon:

Arcade version of Crimson Clover
Triangle Service GeSen Love