Best vertical shmups in the $150 range?

[daskrabs]

I'd like to add a few more reasonably priced vert shooters to my pcb collection. What are your favorites in this price range?

[Vyxx]

Sky Shark/Hishouzame
Raiden Fighters Jet
Gunbird

[moh]

Giga wing, mars matrix

OR AERO FIGHTERS 2 FOR FUCKIN $30

[Crafty+Mech]

I picked up both of these for under $40 each:

Strikers 1945
Aero Fighters

[Jeneki]

There are lots of quality Psikyo and Seibu SPI titles around that price range.

And MVS stuff is usually cheaper, if you prefer frying over a jungle.

[Vexorg]

If I recall, I think that's roughly the price range I purchased my Raiden DX board in, although I don't know what the prices for those look like these days.

[Loris Biaggi]

Dragon Blaze and Varth!

[soupbones]

^ Dragon Blaze for sure!

Truxton is another - and Dogyuun is a must if you're into Toaplan shooters.

Viper Phase 1 USA can be grabbed in that range as well, but tough to find.

Lastly, i recently got 19XX in that range, but I'm not sure it's as good as the shooters I already mentioned IMHO.

[MintyTheCat]

Yes, tatsujin-ou/Truxton 2, dogyuun and ibara are all fantastic. ibara is fairly easy to find, dogyuun and tatsujin-ou are 'around' and not that hard to find.

[moh]

ibara is a lot more than $150

[soupbones]

Yes, tatsujin-ou/Truxton 2, dogyuun and ibara are all fantastic. ibara is fairly easy to find, dogyuun and tatsujin-ou are 'around' and not that hard to find.

Truxton 2 is one of those PCBs that constantly eludes me - and I'm pretty sure it exceeds the $150 range. (but If I'm wrong - let me know where I can get it! )

ibara is a lot more than $150

Indeed.

[moh]

hm, I love toaplan, but I've never played dogyuun... gotta fire that one up in mame

[Imhotep]

raystorm
g-darius
soukyugurentai
brave blade

[Frenetic]

I'd offer these, going from newer to older:

Dragon Blaze
Strikers 1945 III (also known as Strikers 1999)
Strikers 1945 II
Raiden DX (under $150 if you're lucky), get the version with built in autofire, make sure it is the older board (newer one has cheaper parts)
Sky Shark/Flying Shark
Twin Cobra

Hope this helps,
F

[Jon]

hm, I love toaplan, but I've never played dogyuun... gotta fire that one up in mame

Please do. Its a great game and one of the few PCBs I own.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

The shmups on the Taito G-Net arcade platform are cool in the $150 range & under:

Takumi's Night Raid on the Taito G-Card format

Success' Psyvariar Medium Unit G-Card

Success' Psyvariar Revision G-Card (fixes up some issues with the Psy-MU release)

Alfa System's Shikigami No Shiro G-Card

If $$$$ is no problem, then sourcing a rare Taito G-Card of Ray Crisis in the $900-$1,000 range is the going rate these days -- of course, there's a cheaper alternative method of playing RC on a G-Net setup that doesn't break the bank nor your wallet (requires a version 3 modded G-Net mobo though).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[chempop]

Dimahoo aka Great Mahou Daisakusen...
...hands down!

Honorable mention:
19XX
Gunbird 2
Daioh

[Ed Oscuro]

You can find me a Dimahoo for $150? Sweet!

OutZone is around that range too I think.

[chempop]

You can find me a Dimahoo for $150? Sweet!

OutZone is around that range too I think.

If you are okay with conversions or phoenixed CPS2, yes, Dimahoo is usually $150. Even Great Mahou Daisakusen goes around that on Yahoo Japan.

Outzone is definitely closer to $200 from what I've seen it go for in the last year or so.

[Ed Oscuro]

If you are okay with conversions or phoenixed CPS2, yes, Dimahoo is usually $150.

Phoenixed sure...conversions, nah

Nothing against people rolling their own ROMs, but to sell as an original, that's touch and go.

[chempop]

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b137120720

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Many moons ago, I saw an eBay auction for a barebones Seibu Kaihatsu SPI USA region cartridge of Viper Phase 1 U.S.A. up for sale. Won it for a mere $20.50 (that's just a mere 82 U.S. quarters coin denomition in all!) + a tad bit more for S&H. Best deal for such an SPI arcade shmup title that I've gotten barnone.

You might recall of a past sales thread where another fellow shmupper whom sold a USA region SPI cart of VP1-U.S.A. for a mere $50.00 USD here on the Trading section sometime back.

And heard about a fella selling a barebones Cave ESP.ra.de. PCB for a mere $75.00 USD on another classic arcade game site. The guy didn't know the actual second-hand going rate of it but just simply want to get rid of it & get a bit of $$ back on his initial PCB purchase. Crazy but true.

As the ol' saying goes: Just gotta be at the right place at the right time to score such a cheap-ass arcade shmup PCB deal. It can be done.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Ed Oscuro]

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b137120720

Gonna be somewhat more than that to deal with the hassle and ship it, though

Anyway, $150 seems like it should be a good price to aim for...but...