The worst shooter you've ever played.

[BIL]

'stealthy' enemy bullets? Who the fuck wrote that?

[HardcoreOtaku]

D-Force - SNES
Deep Blue - PC Engine

[Drake]

'stealthy' enemy bullets? Who the fuck wrote that?

some asshat named Mr.bonus who wrote a major portion of the article, apparently

Nobody contests something as opinionated as that? Not anymore! I can change the internet!

[trap15]

That shit ass Master of Weapon game Trap15 sadistically made us play in his tournament.

I actually think Master of Weapon is a fine game, and I play it for score

[SuperDeadite]

Have to go with Divine Sealing. Just terrible.

[Ed Oscuro]

Have to go with Divine Sealing. Just terrible.

It's got backgrounds and stuff, though!

But I'd probably rather play Ozma Wars or something, if I was looking for a game anyway.

[Despatche]

deep blue is ok like master of weapon is ok, not sure why it took me so long to realize that

worst shmup i've ever played is probably some dumb unlicensed/super-low-tier five-second drivel with zero redeeming value like thunderbolt ii or divine sealing or w/e (actually i kinda like thunderbolt's title animation). btw xdr is x100 better than this tier

see, most "bad" games are actually fairly good. silver surfer, deep blue, sol divide, all those garegga/ibara joke mentions, pretty-much-any-game-people-complain-about-in-the-tourneys, the hilarious amount of fake "criticism" laid on ikaruga, so on and so forth. people try to make their standards look so astronomically high that they waste more time complaining and whatever than they do playing anything; they end up having no idea what they're actually complaining about. the only reason everyone doesn't hate master of weapon in the same way is because the game was Chosen By The Fates to be super obscure, and trap has pretty much started a "like" bandwagon so it may be out of the question entirely.

like if you have to put down slap fight something is wrong with your brain and your opinion cannot be trusted. at least people like ruldra are reasonable and decent and can just say divine sealing and be done with it. not even worth acknowledging shit like the chaosfield mentions because they're essentially mindless jokes, like all the ibara mentions or whatever.

on a lighter note i'm not sure bad ports are the best fodder for this thread. we just need a separate topic talking about how sad those are (we probably do)

[trap15]

trap has pretty much started a "like" bandwagon

I still think I'm the only person who actually likes it. Aside from maybe Macaw. Not much of a bandwagon

I'd probably put my vote on D-Force for SNES, that's a pretty terrible game.

[Nasirosuchus]

Excluding some awful doujin shooters, I think Protöthea takes the cake for me.

The Wii version is probably the worst thing I saw in ages (seriously, don't you ever dare to spend what they ask for it) and makes the PC one look like something 100 times better. In fact, I would still take the PC version over the Wii port despite things like this:

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

I mean, it's a constant that you'll get shot offscreen and you have to blindly aim to take those enemies down before they even freaking appear!!! WTF.

The inertia of the ship in this game makes most euroschmukmups look like heaven.

Oh, seconding Sol Divide.

That was complete bullshit. You'd have to have Professor X level telepathy to not want to beat the hell out of whoever made that game.

[system11]

Sauro. It's a sort of In The Hunt type effort, with forced scrolling which is fast, and a ship which is SUPER SLOW.

[BrianC]

The frustrating thing is that games like Master of Weapon and Rock-On are games I want to like because of the Engrishy titles.

[Ed Oscuro]

Sauro. It's a sort of In The Hunt type effort, with forced scrolling which is fast, and a chip which is SUPER SLOW.

Chip = ship, right? Although it is amusing to watch and listen to the game stumble along a bit at the title, I think this is what you meant. I didn't notice much slowdown; I was spending my time trying to evade the missile carpets.

Wow, such a slow ship. Such an ugly game too. Ironically, just changing a few things here could make it an interesting play. It seems technically about as, or even more accomplished than, Silk Worm.

A potentially solid gameplay idea, which makes it all the more frustrating. We've got a bag of old SP0256s lying around, let's do something with those!

It's games like this - that look and play like nothing you normally see - that makes you wonder what universe the developers were from. For some reason it makes me think of PC games a little.

[Bloodreign]

That shit ass Master of Weapon game Trap15 sadistically made us play in his tournament.

I actually think Master of Weapon is a fine game, and I play it for score

You aren't the only one that likes it either. Since I got the Taito Memories with it on there, I like it even more so now because I have a way to play on a console (the MD port is watered down, but just too expensive to chase down).

[system11]

It's games like this - that look and play like nothing you normally see - that makes you wonder what universe the developers were from.

Spain.

[Ed Oscuro]

Ah, that Spain. "To show you my appreciation, I will help you awaken from your world of clichés."

[Hagane]

Afega games are probably the worst games I've played in the genre. Korean companies have a thing for boring dull hacks.

[acidhammer420k]

Sol Divide is the only one I can think of I honestly couldn't stand from the start. Something about the whole aesthetic of the game paired with a hate for the controls and it just wasn't gonna happen.

I also really wanted to like Project S-11 for GBC since it was a very rare example of a GBC Shmup, but it tried too hard to be unique and that's what killed it. The attack mechanism is god awful!

[Astraea FGA Mk. I]

The shmup I made in flash for my first year games development class called Plane Pwnage. It sucked. I got 89%

[moh]

ibara

don't hurt me, trap15

[Ed Oscuro]

The shmup I made in flash for my first year games development class called Plane Pwnage. It sucked. I got 89%

Was it too plain for Spain?

[Udderdude]

BIG LEAGUES COMING THROUGH http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

[n0rtygames]

BIG LEAGUES COMING THROUGH http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

Jesus christ I'm in hysterics man.

You really went to town on this. I love this so much.

[Pretas]

It's got to be Divine Sealing. I can't even look at the first stage BG.

[Ed Oscuro]

BIG LEAGUES COMING THROUGH http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

I don't know, you can just hold down the shot button for ease, and you can get around the screen. That's a lot better than Sauro. Also, bagpipes. More shmups need bagpipes. HotD 2's bagpipes-like name entry music is the best thing ever.

I see your wager and raise you 17,000 blops:

http://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Arcade/Play/ ... key-2.html

It actually crams in a LOT more questionable and even downright bad shooting trends over its length. One of the nice things I can say about it, other than its graphics, is that it isn't uncertain about what it is - just like the rest of the franchise, you're invincible, so you can't die. Unfortunately they have real trouble making good off the promise of "go sweep everything up." I wrote about it months ago when it launched - I played it again last night a bit and it hasn't been fixed at all.

[BuckoA51]

Hellbent on the Amiga

[bestcellar]

Mission Craft

That said, I still played it until I 2-ALL'd with a nearly perfect score because I'm obsessive like that

Aero Fighters 2 is pretty bad as well.

[To Far Away Times]

Can't say I've played too many terrible games in general. If it looks bad, then I'm usually not interested.

I'd say the worst shmup I've played would be Sine Mora (and that was only a demo).

[Lord Satori]

BIG LEAGUES COMING THROUGH http://rydia.net/udder/!crap/shitShmup.swf

lol, this is so great.

[VHS-porn]

Early Touhou games, or Espgaluda.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Early Touhou games, or Espgaluda.

You don't play many shmups, do you?