Shmup cameos

[Sumez]

Including the Darius boss

Also, the boss introes in Bubble Memories is a shout out to Darius.

[AuraDRGN]

I found an espgaluda cameo on cave's new game "instant brain"

[cj iwakura]

Gravity defiance much?

[Zaarock]

Space Invaders: Infinity Gene has some references some other Taito games, like the homing shot ship looks like a smaller version of the Rayforce ship and the power up items look like newalone particles from Metal Black. Second last boss on XBLA ver references Rez and Raycrisis I think. The iPhone version also had those Darius and Metal Black extra ships and horizontal levels.

[T-hawk]

Shikigami no Shiro 2 names one of its music tracks "Metempsychosis", which is the title of the last stage in Ikaruga.

[Ghegs]

That's probably not an Ikaruga reference, though.

[Mortificator]

I just noticed the big Space Manbo from Space Manbow is in the background of stage 4 of Salamander 2.

[AuraDRGN]

look on the back ground plz

[evil_ash_xero]

The Vic Viper showed up in ZOE 2.

[AuraDRGN]

The Vic Viper showed up in ZOE 2.

i forgot that btw i've add you in facebook

[Gespenst]

Power Shovel (arcade/PSX,Taito) has a R-Gray and Silver Hawk cameo in one of the minigame, I think

[Iaspis]

Navy Seals, an old Spectrum side-scroller had a space invaders minigame if I recall correctly

[Iaspis]

Also, from Vulgus:



Need I say more?

[manatworks]

Also, from Vulgus:



Need I say more?

what's this sign actually?,i've spotted them in many capcom's game

[Iaspis]

Also, from Vulgus:



Need I say more?

what's this sign actually?,i've spotted them in many capcom's game

It΄s the Yashichi. Initially an enemy sprite in Vulgus, it became the 1-up item in many Capcom games later on

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Sidearms: Hyper Dyne PCB Factoid:

The Yashichi was featured in the 1986 PCB of Sidearms: Hyper Dyne as an power-up icon for full straight-on auto-fire upgrade in addition to the "star" icon that nets a player 3-way full auto-fire upgrade. Sidearms' 1up featured a very different icon nevertheless. It's possible to earn two 1ups via grabbing the hidden 1up icons and by reaching the 1up score extend as well for a grand total of six lives in reserve upon reaching the final end-game boss of Bozon (on default settings) on the USA region Sidearms PCB. (This same method applies to the original JPN region variant PCB of Sidearms as well but the default settings are a bit different for score extends and for coins per credit parameters.) Too bad there wasn't a Free Play option enabled for SA PCB though (although the credit number can be cranked up to 99 coins max if it needed be).

Hidden icons such as strawberries and even cows are featured in SA. How cool is that? Pick them up for added bonus points to your overall score.

Two peculiar SA enemy mecha sprites look like a homage/tribute to the classic 1982 Super Dimensional Fortress Macross anime series also.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[AuraDRGN]

Also, from Vulgus:



Need I say more?

what's this sign actually?,i've spotted them in many capcom's game

It΄s the Yashichi. Initially an enemy sprite in Vulgus, it became the 1-up item in many Capcom games later on

Not only as a 1up item but also as a score and a maximum powerup item too

[AuraDRGN]

Also, from Vulgus:



Need I say more?

what's this sign actually?,i've spotted them in many capcom's game

It΄s the Yashichi. Initially an enemy sprite in Vulgus, it became the 1-up item in many Capcom games later on

[grobda]

not a shmup but Joust gets a homage mission in world of warcraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7kP59itoU