Organic shmups(or partially)

[DjMcDougal]

Does anyone know some good shmups that have a good set of organic stages? Side scrolling or top down. Im familiar with Gradius and R-type, wondering if anyone has any in mind that I would be missing. Don't ask.. I just like shmup with organic/cybernetic feel to it, I know its weird

[yosai]

Mushihimesama & Mushihimesama Futari.

[Ghegs]

I'm guessing you already know of X-Multiply, then? It's pretty much all organic stages.

[jochen]

Salamander 1 and 2

Cyber Core - PC-Engine

Crying / Biohazard Battle - Mega Drive / Genesis

( the last two might be less organic, more about insects, but maybe you like them )

Pulstar

Last Resort ( enemy-design )

Gynoug / Wings of War ( level 5 )

[Kollision]

A few levels in:

Eliminate Down
Abadox
Phalanx
Cyber Core
Psycho Chaser

[Jeneki]

Can't go wrong with flying brains! Gotta love Gunhed/Blazing Lazers.

Also I found the organic levels in XOP games appealing, due to all the organic "shrapnel" that spews forth when you shoot them.

[coturnix]

Andro Dunos has an organic level too.

[evil_ash_xero]

Thunder Force III and IV have a decent amount of organic levels. As does Deathsmiles.

[Ed Oscuro]

Armed Formation / Armed F
Gigandes

I am sad to report there are no organic levels in Major Stryker.

There appears to be some organic goings-on in Heavy Unit, though not enough to rise to the level of "organic level," I don't think.

[KAI]

Strato Fighter Raiga Stage 3. I hate that level.

[BIL]

These aren't quite as ideal as X-Multiply's "Luciferous body horror all day everyday" (nothing is, really), but they might still interest you:

Metal Black (AC) - like its better-known stablemate Darius, Metal Black's atmosphere has a certain organic, ecological sense to it, with lots of biomechanical marine life as opposition. Difference is Darius tends to be vibrant and colourful, where MB is deliberately a very burnt-out, post-extinction event kind of deal. If you like ironshore like I do you may dig this!

Gynoug / Wings of Wor (MD, already mentioned) - occult-themed shooter whose levels and enemies are pretty blah overall, but whose bosses are nearly all abominations like a biomechanical fusion of man and steam engine, a fossilised fetus, a being undergoing some kind of hellish intestinal-ripping torture and a blood-weeping giant gritting his teeth in agony at his painfully tumescent, obscenely massive cock. Just YT the bosses if you can't be arsed with the game (I sure can't be!).

R-Type Delta - the entire series has overtones of unhallowed cybernation and gruesome viscera; on the off chance you're not familiar with Delta, special mention here goes to the nightmarish womb of Fifth Contact / Evil and the almost palpably stinking, Bydo-overrun human base of Sixth Contact / Awakening, featuring a midboss affectionately known as "the meat blimp" or "the sausage of doom;" whatever you call it, it's a massive, armored flying phallus discharging yellow nastiness everywhere. I think this might actually be the only flying dick enemy in the genre?

edit: Unless we go into the doujin/indie realm which contains the unnerving quasi-hentai Galshell games, the overwhelmingly bloody Psyche Metal: The Bleeding and (drum roll):

Space Phallus - how in God's name has this not been mentioned yet?

[Drum]

Rayxanber III is kind of biomechanical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_XwCNsxP7I

Chimera Beast (was never released, but I like it a bunch):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68YlIPju94Q

Dragon Breed qualifies, but that is fairly well-known:

http://youtu.be/-Aui3r7CMuM

Abadox:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAzzG1Fcr-Q

More of a platform/shooter but Act-Fancer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UyNDl-Rck

[BarfHappy]

You cannot make a more ecoshmup than Apidya ! (you are a bee after all xD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZcT_Kr7tLs

edit : aaa ... i think i understand now what you meant... organs levels, sorry,
then... Microcosm xD though it is neither a side scroller nor a top down ahaha it s a perspective shmup... and it does not really qualify as good shmuppery.

[chempop]

Has anyone mentioned Dragon Blaze?

[Obscura]

Another recommendation for Abadox.

Watching that vid brings back soooo many childhood memories. That game totally kicks ass, aside from the joke-easy bosses.

[Gespenst]

Rayxanber III is kind of biomechanical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_XwCNsxP7I

A bit OOT but there's a quite old, Rayxanber-styled shmup in PC (Xadlax Plus or whatever it is, can't remember). I remember played it once, but deleted it forever because it crashes a lot (at least, IIRC it was one of my very first download from Shoot the Core).

[Captain]

A few levels in:

Eliminate Down
Abadox
Phalanx
Cyber Core
Psycho Chaser

There's a few levels in everything

[Ed Oscuro]

Oho, isn't there a bio-level in EDF: Earth Defense Force?

For that matter, isn't there something in BIO METAL?

[TransatlanticFoe]

Aleste/Power Strike has a fair amount of plant tentacles from the halfway point in the game.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Not quite a shmup, but a horizontal autoscroller - Balloon Kid (GB). One stage is within a whale.
GunHed/Blazing Lazers is better on the high difficulty (takes entering a code). The organic stage is memorable indeed.

[emphatic]

Gemini Wing

[Vyxx]

As stated already, X-Multiply gets a vote from me.

Amazing backgrounds but the game itself if my favorite offering from IREM.

[mesh control]

Biohazard battle/crying!

[xbl0x180]

Oho, isn't there a bio-level in EDF: Earth Defense Force?

You mean Super EDF? Only the last boss looks like a bioweapon

[Captain]

Thunder force 4 and 5 have a bio level.
Thunder Force 6 has a giant alien mutant baby final boss.

[Ed Oscuro]

http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=1331

[soupbones]

Legendary Wings comes to mnd.

[Ed Oscuro]

Legendary Wings comes to mnd.

I haven't played all the way through, but the only bio-themed levels I saw were the sidescroller jumpin' segments.

LW and Phelios will definitely satisfy your rocks-and-statuary cravings though. Throw in Youjyuden and Extermination for good measure if they don't (not traditional "shmups" according to the myopic Mr. Turrican view, though).

[DjMcDougal]

Thanks for the replies everyone, really. Ive checked through every game you mentioned. Right on the spot, I definately like how X-Multiply is looking and Gynoug is damn horrifying. I played Delta a long time ago but didn't give it much time.. I should change that. I picked up Pulstar as well because it's so similar to R-type and it's a neo-geo game but that's obvious because the creator worked for neo-geo at the time? So ill be getting last resort as well. I love anything neo-geo related including the fighting games. Just curious a little off topic but what do you guys think of "In The Hunt" ?

[RNGmaster]

Cho Aniki.