Favorite Neo shmups

kidneythief · Post by **kidneythief** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:42 am

90% of MVS carts won't pass 100 bucks most places you look (ebay, private dealers...) with the typical exceptions... and for zed blade especially, 190 bucks seems quite rediculous... I would say 50 USD tops.

FYI, theres some dude selling a copy right this minute on ebay which is started at 17 bucks canadian with no bidders. mind you theres 6 days left. zed blade isn't an expensive or sought-after cart, as far as I know.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:03 am

LoneSage wrote:
Shatterhand wrote: I think its the only Neo-Geo game that made to my top 150 games of all time I made one day when I was really bored
Dude, you've got to share your list. I wonder how many MSX games made it

As for Zed Blade, how much does that usually go for on MVS? I saw a guy selling a complete (or maybe near complete) kit of it on neo-geo.com for $190! I had always thought it was a common game for a few years.

A lot. I think its the system with more games

. Ive thought about making a site about it or something (Actually, in my personal site theres in an incomplete and outdated list), but real life always get me

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:04 am

Mine are:

TSS
Viewpoint
Strikers 1945 Plus
Pulstar

B-

Last Guardian · Post by **Last Guardian** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:04 pm

Alpha Mission II, lovely armor selection, bit of a strategic vert. shmup with great graphics and music. Air space under control get back 100%.

Last Resort, relentless beauty, nice twist with the pod/force, very strong one more go factor.

Pulstar. Brilliant.

Not played any others but really wan't TSS and Blazing Star.

kidneythief · Post by **kidneythief** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:36 pm

ickk @ twinkle star sprites.

don't mind the cuteness, it's just a horrible game.

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:55 pm

How different are the Neo and PSX versions of Viewpoint? I've only played the PSX version...

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:47 am

LSU wrote:How different are the Neo and PSX versions of Viewpoint? I've only played the PSX version...

night and day

Gemant · Post by **Gemant** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:22 am

my favourite:

Aero Fighters 3: good graphics, good sound, good playability. And in this game there are many interesting secrets (multiple boss, special guest...)

Blazing Star: excellent graphics and sound, excellent scoring system.
Last Resort: very good background like Akira, very good graphics.

Pulstar: R-type II evolution with neo geo super graphics. Hard game to finish. Very hard to play for high score after 2.000.000/6.000.000.

Strikers 1945+: psykio excellent experiment.

Viewpoint: incredible graphics, ultra sound, excellent playability. Infinite secrets in this game, the way for 5.000.000pts is very dangerous and hard. My favourite.

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 1:08 pm

In case anyone wonders: The composer on Zed Blade is Manabu Namiki/Santaruru, the one behind Battle Garegga, DOJ, Mushihime, Ketsui. The composer on Viewpoint is Sizlla (Sizilla perhaps) Gainsbourough (again, don't trust my spelling please), who also did a remix of "Armored Green" on the Ketsui OST ("Taxidista Outopias").

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:28 pm

Last Guardian wrote:Alpha Mission II, lovely armor selection, bit of a strategic vert. shmup with great graphics and music. Air space under control get back 100%.

Finally, someone who understands.

AM2 rules.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:52 pm

Pulstar and Blazing Star are pretty much my favourites. Ghost Pilots is totally shit, Viewpoint looks great but is too damn hard to be fun for me. The soundtrack to Zed Blade is fucking awesome.

I'm a bit pissed off with myself at the moment 'cos I accidently deleted Blazing Star off my Xbox

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:11 pm

I only have Pulstar, Blazing Star, and Viewpoint for MVS.

My favourite is Pulstar, but sometimes depending on my mood I'll throw in Blazing Star.
I have a kind of love-hate relationship with Viewpoint, the level design blows me away each time I play it, but frustrating difficulty probably also sends my blood pressure through the roof.

I'd really like to get my hands on a copy of Last Resort one of these days too..

MichiyoNoShiroIV · Post by **MichiyoNoShiroIV** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:06 am

I think neo Shmups are average at best.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:16 am

MichiyoNoShiroIV wrote:I think neo Shmups are average at best.

I think the system is shit for shooters. I can't pick a single one that I like. Having played the three other Strikers games, I'm especially shocked to see Plus get any love at all. It's an absolute piece of shit.

To be fair, I'd like to give Tomaday another go. It at least seemed a little bit interesting.

Pa

MichiyoNoShiroIV · Post by **MichiyoNoShiroIV** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:38 am

Twinkle Star Sprites

that's the best Shmup on the system

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:39 am

Done better on Dreamcast. See? The Neo is a shooting no man's land.

Pa

fraggore · Post by **fraggore** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:10 pm

well i would have to say pulstar is the best on the neo wicked graphics, sound and game play. it may seem hard but when i had a aes system i cound beat it on 1 life it did take wile to get that good on it butt it can be done. its rtype with bollocks on.

Alpha Mission 2 is second best i would say followed by blazing star. aero fighters 2, Last Resort

shariar07 · Post by **shariar07** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:43 pm

I would have to say these are the best

1. Blazing Lasers
2. Pulstar
3. Prehistoric Isle 2
4. Strikers 1945 Plus

Gemant · Post by **Gemant** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:36 am

PaCrappa wrote:Done better on Dreamcast. See? The Neo is a shooting no man's land.

Pa

maybe strikers plus is not better of any strikers games, but other games are excellent..

view point, pulstar, blazing star are excellent shooting game.

PBMax · Post by **PBMax** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:25 pm

PaCrappa wrote:
MichiyoNoShiroIV wrote:I think neo Shmups are average at best.
I think the system is shit for shooters. I can't pick a single one that I like. Having played the three other Strikers games, I'm especially shocked to see Plus get any love at all. It's an absolute piece of shit.

To be fair, I'd like to give Tomaday another go. It at least seemed a little bit interesting.

Pa

Would you mind explaining exactly what you think makes Strikers an "absolute piece of shit."

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:36 pm

I probably wouldn't mind that at all.

Pa

PBMax · Post by **PBMax** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:18 pm

PaCrappa wrote:I probably wouldn't mind that at all.

Pa

Uh, ok.

Was just wondering what you didn't like about it since I've never heard an opinion as harsh as yours about that game.

Nothing personal man.

Dice · Post by **Dice** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:27 pm

The only one I own is Sonic Wings 3, and I enjoy it quite a bit, however it's mostly just boss battles. This would be alot more enjoyable with some longer stages. There's also something with the power-up system which I don't understand, for instance you tend to lose your max-level after awhile for no apparent reason...

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:30 pm

in the sonic wings series, your max level weapons have an ammo limit.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:47 pm

PaCrappa wrote:
MichiyoNoShiroIV wrote:I think neo Shmups are average at best.
I think the system is shit for shooters. I can't pick a single one that I like. Having played the three other Strikers games, I'm especially shocked to see Plus get any love at all. It's an absolute piece of shit.

To be fair, I'd like to give Tomaday another go. It at least seemed a little bit interesting.

Pa

More or less my exact thoughts.

Has 1 good fighter (real bout special) and some good puzzle games, neo driftout, a couple others.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:35 pm

There are plenty of great games for the NG. It's just the shooters that suck. The last one I could stand was Blazing Star and now even that is on the ol' chopping block.

Have you played the first Last Blade much? That one is pure gold. And I also generally dislike SNK's fighting games.

Pa

gundamalpha · Post by **gundamalpha** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:52 pm

PaCrappa wrote:There are plenty of great games for the NG. It's just the shooters that suck. The last one I could stand was Blazing Star and now even that is on the ol' chopping block.

Have you played the first Last Blade much? That one is pure gold. And I also generally dislike SNK's fighting games.

Pa

have you played all of them? have you played iron clad? judging from your expression i doubt it.. but to be honest neo is not best system for shmups, but it has some very good shmups. calling it shit just doesn't seem right to me

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:03 pm

Iron Clad is that one shitter for only the CD one right? Yes.

Pa

gundamalpha · Post by **gundamalpha** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:17 pm

i guess neo geo just isn't your cup of tea

what kind of shmups do you like anyway? the only one neo geo is lacking is those modern maniac. guess you like those most eh?

Dice · Post by **Dice** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:49 pm

captain ahar wrote:in the sonic wings series, your max level weapons have an ammo limit.

Ah ok that explains it then. I would have RTFM but I don't read Japanese....plus it's like against the law to touch a NG manual anyway