Personal Favorites

[raigon50]

This is a thread for you to share with others the shmups that may not be exactly the BEST shmup, but you still love. You know, the ugly girl who's fun to hang with. I personally like Fire Hawk from the Arcade and S.T.G. Strike Gunner from the SNES.

Also, woot! First thread!

Fire Hawk


Strike Gunner

[apple arcade]

Battle Garegga & DOJ

I know those are both well received games but they just happen to be the one's I like the most.

At least until DFK is released!

[ROBOTRON]

Psychosis - TG16



Alpha Mission II - NeoGeo AES

[NzzpNzzp]

I kinda like Thunder Cross, even though there's really nothing special about it. Not even sure why.
Maybe it's just because it's really easy so I can feel like a big man when I play it.

[PsychoGun]

Robo Aleste on sega cd is a pretty cool game no one ever talks about. Cheap as hell for a copy, too. Great soundtrack. I still need a 1CC in it actually.

[ebarrett]

KNIGHTMARE, also known as Majou Densetsu, better known for its platforming sequel, Maze of Gallious. I vaguely remember 1cc'ing it as a kid but I don't remember if I used the shortcuts.

[njiska]

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

It's a euroshmup, it's a bitch to go back and play after getting used to the works of Cave and Raizing, but damn it if I and a number of people on this forum don't love it.

[Subterranean Sun]

DOJ, Dragon Blaze, and Darius Gaiden.

[mjclark]

Proud to enjoy Stahlfeder!!!!

[emphatic]

I seldom see Argus (Jaleco, Arcade) or Darwin 4078 (Data East, Arcade) mentioned here. Both are very cool games that deserves more playtime. Especially Argus as it's a really manic shmup with lots of risk/reward stuff to score high.

[professor ganson]

Twinbee Yahho!, Harmful Park, Zanac Neo, Xevious, and Gun.Smoke

[ケツイ]

Both Mushihimesama, Ketsui and Soldier Blade.

[Zeron]

Soldier Blade,Strikers 1999,ESP.RA.DE and Storm Blade

[clp]

personal favourites hmm karous , radilgy , garegga , strikers 1945 2 plus and 1999, gradius gaiden , salamander 2 , thunderforce 4 , ibara , psyvariars and homura off the top of the noggin .

[TrevHead (TVR)]

I have so many fave shmups. ATM i would say. DDP, BWR, Zen-ichi (i hear a HD remake is been made) Layer section, Kamui, Gekrindan. Plus Gradius NES and Gynoug as my token horis Most of these ive no where near as much playtime in them as ild like, i really should go back and 1CC them

[Ruldra]

Tatsujin Oh
Gradius III
Daioh

[Obiwanshinobi]

KNIGHTMARE, also known as Majou Densetsu, better known for its platforming sequel, Maze of Gallious. I vaguely remember 1cc'ing it as a kid but I don't remember if I used the shortcuts.

Played the PSX port recently and it's not too bad, but I prefer Pippols.
My personal favourite is Raiden III on the PC. Not necessarily better than its predecessors, but excellent nonetheless.

[Herr Schatten]

Trizeal
Radirgy
Z-Out
Mr. Heli

[NRS]

This is a thread for you to share with others the shmups that may not be exactly the BEST shmup, but you still love. You know, the ugly girl who's fun to hang with. I personally like Fire Hawk from the Arcade and S.T.G. Strike Gunner from the SNES.

...

So I'm not the only one who loves Strike Gunner! Good to know.

As for my personal pick, I'd have to say Raycrisis, since I seem to enjoy that game a lot more than most people. Another would be Armada on the Dreamcast, which was actually really fun when played with another person or two. It was almost like Diablo in space. Almost.

And also, Abadox.



Fuck yeah.

[Sasupoika]

Battle Garegga, Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou and XOP Black.

[1up]

Strikers 1945

and
Sky Adventure,

[mesh control]

Giga Wing 2, Do Don Pachi Dai ou jou, Thunder Force II.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

If were talking about real rough diamonds then ive gotta add Arcanacra black label which is a really fun java / flash shmup when paired with xpadder. Im not usually a lover of flash shmups but Keim's Arcanacra BL is a proper shmup unlike the untold millions of shitty flash shooters out there.

[R-Type]

R-Type Final
Bio Hazard Battle

[drauch]

Posted in this already buy I guess my internet died on me. Anyhow...

DoDonPachi, both Mushis, Axelay, Darius Gaiden, Sylphia, Guwange, Cottons, Parodius series. Sengoku Ace 2

[Slump]

Gotta go with Axelay and Gradius III on the SNES. Some of the earlier shmups I played as a kid and I still whip 'em out from time to time. I still remember buying Axelay because a friend thought it sounded cool, I didn't even know anything about it but I've never regretted the purchase!

[Dragoforce]

Twinbee Yahho!

[Aquas]

Gradius III

Gradius IV... Raiden IV too! Give these 4's more love!

[seattlexc]

Trizeal

This along with Chaos Field

[ROBOTRON]

Nice to see tf2 was mentioned.....it is the shizz-nitt.