What shmup is this?

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:18 pm

Is it a shmup? If so, what the hell is it?

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:19 pm

That's "The Shooting", released in US as "Shooter: Space Shot". It's a Thunder Force-clone, basically, though the gameplay is flawed and the graphics are just butt-ugly to the point of making it hard to see what's happening at times. Shame, as it has an interesting scoring idea and the weapons are rather cool.

US port's website, has some screenshots.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:22 pm

Is it any good?

And doesn't the ship look just a bit like the Thunder Force V one?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:25 pm

It's definitely not the best shmup ever, as it's a budget title to begin with, but for the 5 bucks or less you can get it for I'd say it's worth picking up.

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:29 pm

Heh, wasn't fast enough in editing my own post. It's not very good, sadly.

I just remembered I wrote about the game in my Gaming Journal and even managed to find the post in question. Link.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:07 pm

I got this game free, as a prize for being the winner of the old-school shmup competition.

I personally like it a lot. It's a simple game, but the scoring system is pretty cool, and the game does everything right. It's not Dodonpachi or something like that, but it's fun.

Most people seem to rate it as crap, but I think most people didn't play it for more than 5 minutes. The graphics indeed aren't too hot, and the cut-scenes are sutpid, but otherwise I don't see nothing wrong with Space Shot, the score system can make for some frantic gameplay, and the later levels are pretty cool. Everytime I fire it up, I have some fun time.

For 5 bucks I'd tell you to get it now.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:59 pm

I might as well give it a go, after all, it is very cheap

What version to get though? Japanese or US or should I just get whatever is cheapest?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:12 pm

Offhand I'm not aware of any major differences between the two.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:26 am

US version has english sub-titles in the cut-scenes. The voice acting is still in japanese.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:51 am

Shatterhand wrote:US version has english sub-titles in the cut-scenes. The voice acting is still in japanese.

Ah, thats nice to know. I'll just get whatever I find to be the cheapest then.