Most Satisfying Shots And Bombs

[mjclark]

To celebrate the forthcoming release of Combatzeal and the general excellence of Triangle Service I turned this mornng to everybody's favourite XII Stag and realised that one of the many things I love about it is the awesomeness of it's super powerful sweetsounding main shot. I then realised that I really liked the Hunter ship in Caravan Star for the same reason.
And the white light heat haze bombs of Raiden III also make me go "Oooh!"
It got me wondering about other really satisfying shots and bombs in other games.
What do you think?

[Gespenst]

Truxton & Gekiridan Type-1's skull bomb is the first thing come in mind.

Aero Fighters series also have plenty of satisfying bombs & shots as well (NINJA BEAM!). Kowful's bomb in Aero Fighters 1 (a ka anytime he flies Viggen instead of Stuka) also looks cool.

[shmuppyLove]

Gigawang bomb is the bomb

[dpful]

Blue laser Bomb from donpachi kicks ass. FWEEEEEE!! I don't know why they didn't go with that sound for all of the pachis laser bombs.
Dfk's hyper isn't so bad. Flubbaflubbaflubaflubba

[Vexorg]

I'd have to say my favorite ones may be the charge shot missile barrages from Raiden Fighters. There is something inherently satisfying about tossing half a zillion missiles at something all at once.

[JBueno MD]

I'd have to say my favorite ones may be the charge shot missile barrages from Raiden Fighters. There is something inherently satisfying about tossing half a zillion missiles at something all at once.

Indeed. I´m actually partial to Flying Ray´s Laser charge shot in RF2, but the series has a lot of really neat weapon shots.

[Estebang]

Raiden I/II/DX's standard bombs. Because they're, you know, actual bombs that hit the ground. Same goes for Twin Cobra and a few other similar games.

The strongest looking and sounding main shot is definitely that of Crimzon Clover's Double Break.

[Hagane]

Katana's charge shot in Sengoku Blade. Regular enemy? Midboss? Boss? Doesn't matter, it will go down after one or two of these. It's the STG equivalent of Ralf's Galactica Phantom.
Oh and the green shot in Viper Phase 1 is very satisfying.

I love Yagawa's bombs. My favourite is Carpet's in Batrider. BIG.

[Skykid]

I have to throw R-Shark's helix laser in here. When it's powered to max (level 3) it's damn sexy. I don't even know what it is about it that makes it so much fun, but it makes the entire game for me.

Nice work Dooyong.

[Ed Oscuro]

Shots in Ryu Jin - particularly Phalcyon's charge shot and just firing and wandering about the screen after swallowing the Big pill (just ask Alice )

[Eaglet]

Golden Bat's shot at special level and high autofire rate.
Like a hot golden knife through butter.

Strawman's bomb. Can you say Black Heart lazerz?

[Muchi Muchi Spork]

Napalm on the trains level in Ibara Kuro.

[chempop]

The variety of Batrider's bombs is cool, haven played it enough to know which is my favorite.
In Pink Sweets, Lace's Rose cracker and Electricity shot are both amazing.
A fully changed shield barrier laser bomb in the ESP games is great fun too.

[mjclark]

The strongest looking and sounding main shot is definitely that of Crimzon Clover's Double Break.

Oh yeah! I'd forgotten all about that one, especially combined with the associated visuals which someone on this forum described as "a cataract of stars".

[Matsunaga]

All the shots in Batsugun are great.. but so is everything about Batsugun.

[SunJammer]

the black hole bomb from darius gaiden is the stuff

and it's not a shmup, but the shotgun from Metal Slug has an extra satisfying sound/graphic/liquefying ability

[Ed Oscuro]

All the shots in Batsugun are great.. but so is everything about Batsugun.

Wow, I didn't know it was working in MAME...things are considerably greater now!

Other random thoughts:

- Some of the shot types in Sky Adventure are pretty awesome!
- ZUN, ZUN, ZUN from Zunzunkyo no Yabo
- Omega Fighter's short beam is neat (although trying to play levels for all *10 shootdowns = UGH)
- JELLY BEAN from Zing Zing Zip! The one, the greatest.
- The amount of damage you can do in Master of Weapon would make it satisfying, but the game still pisses me off (even mapping both shot and ground attack to a single button with autofire).

Some personal favorites at least by aesthetics:

- Vasara 1 scoring style (repetitive but still cool)
- Sonic Wings 3
- Daioh and its spiritual sequels

Also a shout-out to all the dolphins who swim along with the aircraft (Fire Shark, possibly Batsugun, Sonic Wings 3) or in the cockpit (Sonic Wings 3, again)

[Captain]

In Hellsinker, Ecliptic Chariot and Infernal Sabbath's bombs.

[jepjepjep]

I know not a lot of people praise the game, but the bomb from Ghost Pilots is awesome, it makes the whole screen shake.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

Crimson clover, DDP series, RType, the tug of war laser in metal black all have really good shots

[ShmupSamurai]

Can't beat the bomb from Truxton II

Say hello to "SINISTAR 2.0" everyone!!

Why be "EXPERT when you can be "KING" ?

[NOAH]

I know it's cheap, but the reflect force/reflect shot (whatever it's called) in GigaWing I've always found really satisfying. Something about seeking and absorbing the biggest sprays of bullets and sending that shit back in a giant burst yielding enough medals to virtually fill the screen. It's pretty reflective of the game as a whole really. ENORMOUS attack strength and score count, not much gameplay depth, but as a lame-ass movie critic would say about a shitty, hokey-ass family film, "it's a delightful romp".

Bombing in Ibara's pretty nice too, the awesome fragmented Raizing-style explosions certainly add to the satisfaction.

Charge attack in Great Mahou Daisakusen is nice too, especially when you can guide it into a good number of enemies and make it rain medals.

[Illyrian]

I know it's cheap, but the reflect force/reflect shot (whatever it's called) in GigaWing I've always found really satisfying. Something about seeking and absorbing the biggest sprays of bullets and sending that shit back in a giant burst yielding enough medals to virtually fill the screen. It's pretty reflective of the game as a whole really. ENORMOUS attack strength and score count, not much gameplay depth, but as a lame-ass movie critic would say about a shitty, hokey-ass family film, "it's a delightful romp".

Bombing in Ibara's pretty nice too, the awesome fragmented Raizing-style explosions certainly add to the satisfaction.

Charge attack in Great Mahou Daisakusen is nice too, especially when you can guide it into a good number of enemies and make it rain medals.

That's all about taking a supposedly strong enemy's power and turning it against them, one of the most ancient and well used story elements! It's awesome, I agree!

[BPzeBanshee]

I'm up for the early Raiden bombs, and the Raiden Fighters charge shots.

ESPRade's barriers are definitely satisfying too. Makes me wonder why Cave kinda messed up their appearance in the Galuda games - they feel so static there.

Also, on the subjects of bombs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5iJXi-A7s

[Jeneki]

Raiden II pink toothpaste laser, for the sheer wtf mind of its own.

[RNGmaster]

- Car-Pet's options in Batrider are pretty kick-ass - too bad her bomb is so unsatisfying.
- Dragonshot. That is all.
- I love ships with mine-type weapons, like Rob from Dragon Blaze and the Hellhound from Wyvern Wings (mainly because the Hellhound's mines are hilariously broken if you're sitting right on the boss :V)
- The best bomb is either Type-B in the Donpachi series (minus DFK) or Rob's from Dragon Blaze.

Actually Rob would be the most kick-ass character ever if it weren't for the small problem of his terrible movement speed.

[z0mbie90]

The Uo Poko Cat shots FTW!

On a serious note. I have to say I think the double break shots in Crimzon Clover is the most beautiful.
And I love the sound of the shots and bomb of Gain in Battle Garegga.

[Rex Cavalier]

Hibachi

[lawnspic]

C'mon, no Under Defeat love. Can't wait to see that bomb in HD at the end of the month