weird names for shmups....?

TheRed · Post by **TheRed** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:09 am

well, I have noticed some weird names on shmups a lot!! Over at a friends house I played a game called "Hotdog Storm" and it was damn good fun too...but wtf? It's a jet fighter type game and you have a couple burgers on the ground to shoot, but the enemies are all normal big ships with lots of guns etc...

never saw a hotdog,lol...

anywys, just wondering what other weird names were out there...

Not necessarily(sp?) the weird games...but weird names. Like the Nes shmup...Gun Nac...(again, a really fun game and awesome for the nes,imo...but there's freakin rabbits and carrots everywhere. That's a weird name. Doesn't really fit the game I guess...

but I am talking about just off the wall weird names like "Hotdog Storm"

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:20 am

Zanac souds like something my psychiatrist perscribes.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:30 am

When I first heard the name "Mushihime Sama" I thought it was going to be a shmup involving mushrooms.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:44 am

Pop 'n Twinbee sounds really odd. Slap fight sounds more suggestive than it actually is.

AntiPasta · Post by **AntiPasta** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:08 pm

"Einhander" is certainly an unusual name, even though it makes perfect sense. And in my constant quest for the game I have come to overlook the fact that "Radiant Silvergun" is something that I wouldn't think of either

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:38 pm

- Space Manbow
- Dangun Feveron
- Image Fight
- Slap Fight
- Gleylancer
- Rayxanber
- Divine Sealing
- Eliminate Down
- Border Down

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 6:54 pm

Checking out Seven Force' sig....Under Defeat.

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:08 pm

Philosoma
Xexex
Xexyz
Psyvariar

Our genre is full of oddly named games.

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 7:42 pm

Crying (Biohazard Battle)
Dangerous Seed
Download
Master of Weapon
Nostradamus
Silk Worm
Skull Fang
SRD: Super Real Darwin
Undead Line
X-Dazedly-Ray
Zaviga

I think the strangest is "Crying".
"Master of Weapon" reminds me of martial arts movies.

Xexyz · Post by **Xexyz** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:34 pm

Xexyz isn't a true shmup though. It's mainly platformer/adventure based with a small shmup segment in each fortress and alternating shmup levels (short) between fortress levels.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:35 pm

Let's face it. 85% of shooters out there have really fucking weird names.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:01 pm

Harmful Park: High-Brow Gag and Pure Shooting
Gaiares
Gaiaseed
Dog Nuts
Gradius
R-type

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:58 pm

Scrambled Eggs and Androgynus aren't weird, but are very unsuitable for a shmup

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:17 pm

^^Looking at Shatter's sig, Compile's names do not strike me as being that odd or unfitting. "Gulkave" has a certain ring to it.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:54 pm

Xexyz wrote:Xexyz isn't a true shmup though. It's mainly platformer/adventure based with a small shmup segment in each fortress and alternating shmup levels (short) between fortress levels.

Somewhat like Xain'D Sleena, but with some Cadash elements.

Now here are some unusual shmup names I've seen:

*Metal Black
*Grid Seeker
*Stagger I

DOG NUTS? Professor ganson, what is this game?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:05 am

^^ Choaniki with a spay theme to it?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:14 am

Specineff wrote:^^ Choaniki with a spay theme to it?

You got it, Specineff. It was your avatar that reminded me of this forgotten gem. Some classify Dog Nuts as a pure shooter, but in the Journal of Game Studies there was recently a rather compelling argument for the claim that it is a neutering sim. I tend to think of it as a borderliner.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:56 am

Terra Diver
Geppy-X
Planet Joker
L-Dis

Hell, there's probably more odd shooter names than "normal" action-oriented shooter names.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:02 am

Whip Rush.

SamIAm · Post by **SamIAm** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:49 am

I can't decide between Panorama Cotton and Cotton Boomerang.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:23 am

Not "weird" really but Panzer Dragoon. Heavily Armored Armored Heavy Division?

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:59 am

Not really sure how weird Daisenpu really is, but saying it usually gives me a chuckle.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:15 pm

Recca: Summer Carnival '92
Dogyuun
Arbalester
Daioh
Air Gallet
Batsugun
Assual Unit Gallop
Gekirindan
Phelios
Rezon
Shippu Mahou Daisakusen
Vimana

and

BATTLE BUTTRAID!

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:42 pm

Super Laydock - MSX

But, how could you all forget these weird names:
Amateurs

Cho Aniki - Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko No Gyakushuu / Super Big Brothers - The Galaxy’s Most Invincible Strongest Man - PS-1

Cho Aniki - Sei Naru Protein Densetsu / Super Big Brothers - Legend of Holy Protein
- PS-2

Remake of Masaya / NCS's classic shooter from the PC-Engine, Funny Gay game, featuring two naked muscle men Adon and Samson as the main characters, and a bunch of muscle men as bosses.
The player's objective is to guide a legendary glob of protein to holy lands through groups of enemies that are aiming for the protein in order to get the ultimate physique

I bought this game
Reason why I bought it: cuz the two guys on the cover told me to...
Do I regret it?
NOWAY..its a shmup!!!!

Seriously How Could You not Get it?
This game goes down in the annals of gaming history as the gayest shooting game ever.
Not many games can take that title. So enjoy.
Then fire up Dead or Alive 2, don't worry you'll be ok.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:53 pm

On a tangent, could somebody tell me what Garegga and Bakraid mean? I know Combattler V of mecha fame has Battle Garegga as an attack...

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:37 am

Get it? Did you hear me guys... guffaw! I said... i said Battle Buttraid! Hahaha! Gaw! Huh Huh... Gay.

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:49 pm

Sonic Wings is a weird name. Supersonic Wings would make more sense.

5parrowhawk · Post by **5parrowhawk** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:20 pm

I do believe people are forgetting a certain series of doujin shmups.

Highly Responsive to Prayers (awesome name, too bad it's a borderliner)
Story of Eastern Wonderland (not weird enough)
Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream (awesome!)
Lotus Land Story
Mystic Square
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Perfect Cherry Blossom (not weird enough)
Imperishable Night (nearly not weird enough)
Phantasmagoria of Flower View (awesomer!)
Shoot the Bullet (...)

zaphod · Post by **zaphod** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:33 pm

I believe it's supposed to be "Highly Responsive to Players".

those Japanese, they can never keep their ls and rs straight.

or for that matte,r their a's and u's, and their C ans SH. that gives us such nonsense as

Fack you!
Shitty driving
Shitty Pants.
Congraturations!
Crip Board
lestelan (Restaurant)
Hangly Man (Hungry Man)

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:36 am

Haha, just remembered SCAT.

Too bad there wasn't a sequel, I can see it now -- SCAT II: Revenge of the Cleveland Steamer.