Shmup cameos

AuraDRGN · Post by **AuraDRGN** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:33 am

like it says

mesh control · Post by **mesh control** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:48 am

What about them?

AuraDRGN · Post by **AuraDRGN** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:27 am

a silver hawk cameo on this one from break thru http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... Thru01.png

AuraDRGN · Post by **AuraDRGN** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:30 am

mesh control wrote:What about them?

just find em and post em here

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:07 am

You can edit

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:08 am

your posts to avoid double posting.

raigon50 · Post by **raigon50** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:36 pm

How 'bout dem Gradius in Parodius?

Actually, how about Gradius and it's bosses in Yu-Gi-Oh!? Konami has to give it's favorite star fighter love in any way it can I guess. My deck works fine though...
http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/e ... V-EN-C.jpg
http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/B.E.S.

Also:
Blue Thunder T-45 - Thunder Cross
Lord Britsh Space Fighter - Salamander
Nanobreaker - Nanobreaker
Ryu Kokki - Getsu Fuma Den
Getsu Fuhma - Getsu Fuma Den
FlintLock - Xexex
Flint - Xexex
A-Team Trap Disposal Unit - Parodius
Aitsu, Doitsu, Koitsu, Soitsu - Parodius
Space Mambo - Space Manbow
Brain Golem - Salamander
Falchionb - Falshion
Moai Intercepter Cannons - Gradius

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:48 pm

There's a pretty neat one in SOTN, if you get the Flame Shield from a Fire Demon in the inverted castle and do a Shield Rod combo - classic Gradius-style fire dragons, most closely resembling Gaiden's (boss rush).

And of course the Shield Rod itself creates the classic Gradius shield with b,f+attack.

RNGmaster · Post by **RNGmaster** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:45 pm

Is this topic "shmups that make references to things" or "other games that reference shmups"? OP could be clearer.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:03 am

The classic Capcom's Zetta Gettai Sidearms/Hyper Dyne Sidearms PCBs (circa 1986) both feature some cool background sprite tributes towards the classic "Nasicuaa In the Valley of the Winds" anime film. Takes a sharp eye to spot them.

Cave's DDP-DOJ PCB features a cool retro countdown timer during the selection screen (a nod towards the original theatrical version of THX-1138 sci-fi flick with the same stylized electronic numeric display readouts -- later re-released version by George Lucas doesn't feature the old-school numeric displays though).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

AuraDRGN · Post by **AuraDRGN** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:19 am

RNGmaster wrote:Is this topic "shmups that make references to things" or "other games that reference shmups"? OP could be clearer.

other games that reference shmups of course

stryc9 · Post by **stryc9** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:48 am

Neo Geo Battle Coliseum features the Last Resort ship in it's hangar as one of the fight stages and looks excellent.

In the same game, one of the fighters can summon the force pod from Last Resort too.
But then there is tons of fan service in NGBC full stop.

How bout R-Type Final with those unlockable ships? don't they reference some of Irem's other shooters?

raigon50 · Post by **raigon50** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:49 pm

stryc9 wrote:How bout R-Type Final with those unlockable ships? don't they reference some of Irem's other shooters?

Yeah, Mr.Heli, which would be from Mr.Heli/Battle Chopper. There is also R-11B "Peace Maker" which is from Armed Police Unit Gallop I believe, but those are the only two I'm really sure of...

I know that it isn't a game referencing a shmup, but the anime PaniPoni Dash has a episode where they do some very obvious Xevious, Space Invaders, Parodius, and Gradius parodies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb5DN2dzmaI
Starts around 8:19

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:52 pm

There's the Daedelus from Image Fight, too. edit: and the R-9 is playable in Image Fight II.

R-Gray 1 · Post by **R-Gray 1** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:00 pm

I can't watch the video

not allowed to my country
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I remember image fight - R type.....

Last_Dancer · Post by **Last_Dancer** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:03 pm

I guess this counts too:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/0 ... tune_cave/

CAVE finally on PS3

RNGmaster · Post by **RNGmaster** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:14 pm

AuraDRGN wrote:of course

Might be obvious to you, but PCEFX got confused and posted shmups with cameos from other games/anime/etc. Be clearer next time, please.

toaplan_shmupfan · Post by **toaplan_shmupfan** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:21 am

Outzone (Toaplan):
* Squadron of blue biplanes resembling the plane from Sky Shark.
* Truxton ship.
* Green circular looking enemies from Truxton also possibly from Zero Wing.

Gekirindan (Taito):
* Second shot pattern of the Type C plane resembles that of Fire Shark.
* Type A ship has dual skull bombs for the Napalm bomb power up.
* A pause at one stage has the floor tiles dropping out very similar to Compile's M.U.S.H.A.

AuraDRGN · Post by **AuraDRGN** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:44 am

Theres also a vicviper in the anime skygirls & Z.O.E Zone of the enders

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:46 am

There's bound to be something in the Metal Gear Solid games somewhere, but I can't remember any.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:57 am

You can find several Moai heads scattered around MGS2.

Actually, Konami's references to Gradius in their other games are legion. If you count the Konami Code as one, since it originated in the NES port of Gradius, MGS3 and Silent Hill 3 have that too (reveals The End's position during his boss battle, and has Douglas spend the duration of the game in his boxers, respectively).

Sumez · Post by **Sumez** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:31 am

Wouldn't call the konami code a "Gradius cameo". It just happened to be in a Gradius game first.

Jeneki · Post by **Jeneki** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:14 pm

I laughed off the couch the first time I saw the Space Harrier / Fantasy Zone section in Bayonetta.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:52 pm

^I love that they did an arrange of After Burner II's theme, too - that game isn't really known for its music, but it has some excellent tunes.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:55 pm

There's the X68000 version of Fantasy Zone, which has a secret Space Harrier themed stage. You have to find the letters H-A-R-R-I-E-R throughout the game to get it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf3J-dls ... C3680C54EF

Going off-topic a second, Space Harrier has recently been ported to... Atari XE computers. This is in the form of an 8-Megabit cartridge, which probably wouldn't have happened at the time the XEs were popular. If there were a 1440KB 3.5" disc drive for that system then, the XE family would've gave the C64 serious competition as a game machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B-_6-RuJR0
Very impressive... it looks better than the FM77AV and Master System versions (surely at lower resolution than the latter, but it makes up for this with smoother and faster action). The voices are even better than what you hear on an SMS.

In Bubble Symphony and Spica Adventure, there are some Space Invaders references. BS has the SI lasergun as a helper character and some enemies from Darius. Spica has a group of Invader characters from the SI cab art as a stage boss. The invaders shoot missiles and stars. You can't shoot back but the stars can be reflected toward them. A mothership even shows up and can be downed for an 80,000 point bonus.

ave · Post by **ave** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:47 am

In the Zenovia Building stage of Armed Police Batrider, there are many "light bulbs" that spawn suicide bullets after destruction. These are identical to the ones in Tatsujin (1988) by Toaplan.

Sturmvogel Prime · Post by **Sturmvogel Prime** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:08 pm

All the Konami shmup ships in Airforce Delta Strike, from the Vic Viper and Axelay to the Jerry Mouse from Ajax.

R-Gray 1 · Post by **R-Gray 1** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:17 pm

Morrigan on Gunbird 2

EinhanderZwei · Post by **EinhanderZwei** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:24 pm

R-Type's Force in Turrican 2
Vic Viper in ZOE2 FTW

twalden · Post by **twalden** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:25 pm

Rainbow Islands Extra has a Darius world. Also, Bubble Symphony has Darius 2 themed levels.

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