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Polls will close February 23rd at 3:59am GMT.
It it acceptable to both post new lists and edit current ones up to this point.
Voting rules:
00. If you haven't participated before, read the Background section in the following post before proceeding any further.
01. Use the following vote format, including brackets:
- [integer score 1 to 25] [first game title]
[integer score 1 to 25] [second game title]- etc.
- [25] [Favorite]
[24] [Second Favorite]
... etc ...
[2] [24th Favorite]
[1] [25th Favorite]
02. You must vote for exactly 25 games. Your list can contain the games you think are the best overall, the most influential, the most personally enjoyable, etc. If you are eligible to vote under rule 00 but still can't come up with 25 games, you have a month to try and fill in the gaps if you so desire.
03. Shmups released in calendar year 2013 are not eligible for consideration.
04. Don't vote for games you haven't played.
05. Please be specific when voting for ports, or different games share the same title. Some versions are similar enough to count as the same game, but others are counted separately due to significant differences (e.g. Gradius III or UN Squadron). In the case of games like Salamander/Life Force, both region and platform may be important. Votes that do not specify platform will be assumed to be for the arcade/other original release, or in isolated cases the most well-known version (e.g. [Zanac] will be considered a vote for Zanac NES). Be careful with notation too, as [Slap Fight MD] is not considered the same thing as [Slap Fight (MD)]. If in doubt, it's always better to specify (or ask/check a previous years' results).
This time around, all versions of Mushihimesama Futari, Deathsmiles, ESPGaluda II and Blue Wish Resurrection will count as the same game, so you should only vote for one of these.
06. Vote for games, not compilations that include them. You can't vote for Raiden Fighters Aces but you can vote for each of the three games it contains.
07. Vote for games, not their different modes of play. Exceptions are granted for revisions of games that were sufficiently different from the original and received a standalone release.
08. No off-limits games! Please consult the chart below to see if your game is eligible for consideration:
No voting for:
- First-person perspective shooters (Doom, Solvalou)
- including Lightgun Shooters (House of the Dead, Rail Chase)
Platform Shooters (Contra, Metal Slug)
Rail Shooters (Rez, Panzer Dragoon)
Gallery/Carnival Shooters (NAM-1975, Cabal)
Action-adventure games (Alien Breed, Gauntlet, Legend of Zelda)
You may vote for games in any of the following categories:
- Non-scrolling playfield
- Fixed Shooters (Space Invaders, Galaga)
Maze Shooters (Berserk, Tank Battalion)
Field Shooters (Robotron, Smash TV, Geometry Wars)- Field Shooters set on a cylinder or torus (Asteroids, Star Castle)
- Fixed Shooters (Space Invaders, Galaga)
- Scrolling playfield
- Automatically scrolling shooters
- Vertically scrolling shooters (Xevious, Cybattler)
- including those set on a cylinder (Scion)
- Horizontally scrolling shooters (Gradius, R-Type)
- including those set on a cylinder (Fantasy Zone)
- Vertically scrolling shooters (Xevious, Cybattler)
- Manually advancing horizontally scrolling shooters (In the Hunt, Mr. Heli no Daibouken)
- including those set on a cylinder (Defender)
- Manually advancing vertically scrolling shooters (OutZone, Ikari Warriors)
Manually advancing multi-directional shooters (Granada, Kiki Kaikai, Bangai-O)- including those set on a torus or infinite plane (Sinistar)
- Automatically scrolling shooters
- Outliers or Grandfathered titles:
- Every Extend series
Gyruss and clones
Tempest, clones, and sequels
Zaxxon
- Every Extend series