Sega CD Rail Shooters....

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:32 pm

Well, I done got me an X'EYE on gametz.com last night, and I love rail shooters. The only two Sega CD rail shooters that I know of are Sewer Shark and Star Blade. (Please note that by rail shooter, I mean shooters where your person/vehicle is controlled for you and you just move around a cross-hair and shoot things.) How about Cobra Command; would that meet this definition? Any others on the Sega CD that would? I do know that both Lethal Enforcers got Sega CD releases, but I don't know if you can just move the cursor around with a D-Pad or if you have to have some kind of light gun.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:06 pm

Cobra Command is a great game. Its pretty much a "strict" rail...meaning that you mostly control the target reticle. However, during some intense parts of the game, you will have to react and steer your helicopter.

Why not try some other type games of this style?
I also reccomend Road Avenger...its just too cool!! Its inspired by every car "race n' chase" film you can remember. (heavily soaked with Mad max style stuff)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:13 pm

After Burner III

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:28 pm

AX-101

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:56 pm

Cool, thanks guys!

You don't control the plane in Afterburner III?

How's Tomcat Alley?

I found this excellent Sega CD database, although it is incomplete:

http://records.00home.com/

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:10 am

Well, I just tried out Lethal Enforcers I and II, the Genesis versions, on an emulator, and they both work fine IMO with a D-Pad. How are the Sega CD versions?

benstylus · Post by **benstylus** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:11 am

dave4shmups wrote:Cool, thanks guys!
How's Tomcat Alley?
http://records.00home.com/

You don't really control the plane in that either.

It's lame, but sort of fun at the same time once you know what you're doing.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:18 am

Sewer Shark sux IMO.

But Cobra Command is really great. I had lots of fun with it.
Lethal Enforcers II is also very enjoyable. For some reason, the Sega CD version seemed to play much better with a D-Pad than the Mega-Drive one. The only problem is that there is ONE section of the game that's just impossible to get past with a D-pad unless you get real lucky (It's the duel against 3 guys, if anyone is curious)

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:33 am

Thanks Shatterhand!

AX-101 looks pretty similar to Star Blade; is it?

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:50 am

Kind of offtopic but get Night Trap. I heard there's some cool Dana Plato nude scenes in that game. I once saw a copy at a flea market going for 5 bucks but the cd was hella scratched up.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:04 am

PPFT. I can't believe you guys haven't mentioned Silpheed! It's a shooter and it's pretty much on rails since the video scrolls the same way regardless of where you want to go.

jp · Post by jp » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:09 pm

SOUL STAR

Seriously, Soul Star is the shit, and I highly recommend it.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:32 am

If you actually liked Sewer Shark, you might want to try Ground Zero Texas.