Name my Mystery Shmup (as in, I don't know it)

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:30 pm

in a movie theater in my area that had a shooter that visually looked somewhat like Zero Gunner 2 (i.e. plane combat, 3d, clean looking), but didn't have the rotatable turret mechanic. don't remember getting far, i sucked even more back then

, so sorry about the lack of detail. thanks.

tehkao · Post by **tehkao** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:34 pm

Zero Gunner 1?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:38 pm

tehkao wrote:Zero Gunner 1?

thanks tehkao!

i should probably pay you for the time you put into that reply!

(this was meant in a good natured way, after all he has a kick ass picture of HRC for his avatar

)

raiden · Post by **raiden** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:12 pm

maybe it was Raystorm?

tehkao · Post by **tehkao** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:35 pm

Maybe it was Raiden 3?
Skull Fang?
Gigawing 2?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:41 pm

it wasn't eye-bleedingly futuristic, just exaggerated. most all of the combat was with planes and helicopters. and here was no Ray----- lock on laser mechanic. in general, i don't remember the game being "gimmicky" either. but thanks for playing

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:20 am

Do you remember roughly how long ago this was? 1997? 2000?
Do you remember any specific scenery items or bosses?
I inferred it from your post, but could you confirm: vertical scrolling?
If vertically scrolling, was it Tate (narrow but tall) or Yoko (wide but short) orientation?

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:38 pm

it was around 1999 or so. the only scenery bit i remember is you are flying high in the air with fields (or other green-scenery object) below. there were also clouds floating about cloud-ish-ly, i think. as far as scrolling, i think it played like vert, but actually scrolled like ZG2 (not just up-down). also i blieve it was a YOKO display.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:58 pm

I'm not even sure I've seen the one you are describing, sorry. You could try looking through these.

vertical scrolling/yoko display:
Giga Wing 2 (2000) (reflect force)
Guardian Force (1998) (player ship is a tank)
Ray Crisis (1998) (lock-on)
Ray Storm (1996) (lock-on)
Soukyugurentai (1996) (lock-on)

vertical scrolling/tate display:
Brave Blade (2000)
Psyvariar Medium Unit (1999) (buzzing/grazing)
Psyvariar Revision (2000) (buzzing/grazing)
Shienryu (1997)
Taito F3 (not really 3D hardware):
Grid Seeker : Project Storm Hammer (1992)
Twin Cobra II / Kyukyoku Tiger II (1995)

Not 3D hardware at all, not yoko:
Raiden Fighters (1996)

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:20 pm

nope none of those, but thanks. i DO want Guardian Force something awful though (SAT).