Pc Shmups: Which To avoid which to download?

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Re: Pc Shmups: Which To avoid which to download?

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RNGmaster wrote:
TMR wrote:i think i'll just sneak in and mention Genetos because it's feckin' good...
But if you make it to Stage 5, it gets feckin' easy. Automatic bullet reflection is just lame.
Genetos is presumably meant to be 1cc'd on the first attempt, then the real fun with scoring puzzles and hard to get unlockable weapons can begin.

I recommend Genetos, to everyone for the subject and especially to obsessive players that like to try variation after variation and to play for score; and also, among similarly recent games, Stella Vanity and Patriot Dark.
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Drum wrote:Major Stryker is the greatest game of all time. If your database consists only of that one game, it will be complete.
o/ \o

I missed this, WELL PLAYED SIR

Anyway nobody mentioned Guxt? The hell is wrong with everyone? :o
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Ether Vapor, Kamui, Samidare, ReFlex.

Avoid: Broken Thunder (the game is bad while the music and cutscenes are quite good)
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I'm gonna have to throw in a vote for "Tori Tatsu - Death label" here. The graphics look like they were drawn by trained chimps, but the gameplay, control, and bullet patterns are undeniably good. I cant tell if with the graphics the artist is being ironic, or if he/she really is that bad.

grab it at my site in the freeware section.
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I always liked Sketchfighter 4000. I'm not sure what category it would fall under, but here's a video of a speed run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuVirWWARxQ
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TrevHead (TVR) wrote:whats that ketsui doujin clone called?
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Would Zen Ichi be a good choice?
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ShmupSamurai wrote:Would Zen Ichi be a good choice?
I think it's great, very underrated. Think a random raiden fighters game + cave style bullet hell with low resolution.

If you can handle the low res, then definately yes.
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Music alone and the fact that it has a fast paced TRAIN STAGE makes Zen-Ichi very, very good. Supposedly, the authors are working on an updated re-release of the game. Hope it'll happen sooner or later because it also had a 2-player mode.
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That would be...AWESOME!!!! :o

btw, anyone know where I can find the current Zen Ichi for DL to my laptop? :|
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This is kind of "I didn't read shit in this thread and am probably going to derail it"-esque, but is there any chance Raiden IV will come to PC?
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