Xbox Live Indie Games: List All Shmups (XBLIG)

[SmokeMonster]

Please comment if I've missed any XBLIG shmups in this list and I'll add them.

Xbox Live Indie Games Shmups
3D Infinity
A Shooter
Aeternum
Akujin
Allure
Amniotic
Aqua Kitty
Atom Hex
Bad Caterpillar
Battle Sub
Beat Hazard
Beat Hazard Ultra
Biology Battle
Birth Order
Border Wars
Break Limit
Broken Pearl
Chain Crusher
Chasing Styx
Cheneystar with Valkyrius below
Chronoblast
Compromised
Crescendo Symphony クレッシェンドシンフォニー
Decimation X
Decimation X3
Defender of Zorgaba
DE M.S. - Blue Partisan
Distant Galaxies
Echoes+
EchoSpace
ENGO
EOL
ESPERriririnTelekinesisTIME
ETMD
Exelinya Burst
Explosionade
Every Other Shooter
Fatal Abyss
Firefly Vegas
Flyby
Galactic Thunder
Game Type
Gravitron
Gravitron360
Great Paper Adventure, The
Grid Space Shooter
Guns Loaded
Hypership Out of Control
Hypership Still Out of Control
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1NIT!!!1
Ignition Force イグニッションフォース
Ikaroids
Inferno!
Infinity Danger
Isagoras
Joint Striker Future
Karnn Age
Leave Home
Lethal Judgement
Lethal Judgement Origins
LEUCISTIC WYVERN リューシスティックワイバーン
Lewjmele -レウメーレ-
M.A.C.E.
Magnetic Defender
MechFish
Mega Shooter 11
Mimi in the Sky みみ いんざ すかい
Monsters in Neon Space
Monsters Shoot 'n Monsters
Nandeyanen!? The 1st Sutra
Neon Prime
Ninja STG 忍者武右ヱ門のいちばん長い日
Olu
Orbitron Revolution
Overdriven
P3
Paper Sky
Packito Lost in Space
Pellmell
Pester
Pixelosity
Platypus
Power-Up
Prismatic Solid
Radiangames Ballistic
Radiangames Crossfire
Radiangames Crossfire 2
Radiangames Fireball
Radiangames Inferno
Radiangames JoyJoy
Redshift
Retro One
Retro One - Part 2
Retro One - Part 3
Retrofit Overload
Retrovaders
Revenge of the Evil Aliens
Revolver360
Rise of the Ravager
Robofish
Robot Legions
Rofaxan 2089 AD
SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance
Score Rush
Seizonrenda
Shoot1UP
Shutshimi
Six O'Clock High
SKH-Resurrection
Sky Ninja War
Snops Attack! Zombie Defense
Solar Struggle: Survival
Solaroids: Prologue
Space Battles
Space Cruesader
Squid Yes! Not So Octopus!
Star Crisis
Starfighter
Starfighter X
Steam and Metal
TECH Shooter
Tester Phase One
The Shadows in the Underworld
The Sugar Killerz
Titan Attacks
Twin Tiger Shark
Ultimate Sacrifice
UnRevolutionary
Uprising
Valkyrius & Cheneystar
Vampire Rage
VectorForce
Vega Magnitude
Vorpal
Warbirds at Work
Warhounds
Warp Shooter
Weapon of Choice
We Are Cubes
WispLisp Array of List
X Over クロス・オーバー
Xeno Blaster
You Will Die
Zap Zap: Pew Pew
Zulu Hour

[SideshowN]

Thanks for putting this list together being that the XBLIG are being delisted at the end of the month. I found several shmups in your list that I didn't previously own. I also have several shmups that you did not list. Keep in mind that some of these games I am listing may be twin stick shooters, run and gunners, gallery shooters but they do fall into the shooter category on XBOXLIVE. You may want to research these games before adding them to your list.

Allure
Aqua Kitty
Atomhex
Battle Sub
Bird Assassin
Distant Galaxies
Echoes +
ENGO
ETMD
Explosionade
Galactic Thunder
Game Type
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1NIT!!!1
Ignition Force
Ikaroids
Jimbo Vs Legion of Darkness
Karnn Age
LEUCISTIC WYVERN
Mimi in the Sky
Monsters In Neon Space
NINJA STG
P3
Paper Sky
Poopocalypse
Radiangames Fireball
Radiangames JoyJoy
Robofish
Rofaxan 2089 AD
SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance
SEAL Team 12
SHOOTING CHICKEN BrutalSuckers
Six O'Clock High
SKH-Resurrection
Sky Ninja War
Solar Struggle: Survival
Space Cruesader
Star Crisis
Starchon
Starfighter X
The Shadows in the Underworld
unRevolutionary
Uprising
Warbirds At Work
Weapon of Choice
Xeno Waster
You Will Die
Zap Zap: Pew Pew

[Kollision]

the XBLIG are being delisted at the end of the month.

interesting
will Microsoft finally stop demanding people to be online if they want to play XBLIG games?

[Fudoh]

sorry to slightly derail the thread, but is there a list of really good XBLIG titles which might be worth getting before they shut it down ?

I have a few dozen, but haven't checked back for years...

[Kollision]

we could post our Top 10 XBLIG lists, I guess that would bring out the best from the sea of crap that plagues the service

[SmokeMonster]

I also have several shmups that you did not list.

That is a most excellent list, SideshowN. I've added the shmups from your list to the main list. I also found a few more just browsing by name. Unfortunately, it looks like a lot of shmups on XBLIG aren't categorized correctly. I'm sure there are probably at least a dozen or two more XBLIG shmups for us to find, but time is running out.

[BulletMagnet]

will Microsoft finally stop demanding people to be online if they want to play XBLIG games?

For the answer to that one we'll have to wait until Xbox Live is completely nixed on the 360; for now it looks like they'll continue to be accessed the "normal" way.

[guigui]

sorry to slightly derail the thread, but is there a list of really good XBLIG titles which might be worth getting before they shut it down ?

I have a few dozen, but haven't checked back for years...

One Finger Death Punch is awesome. Mobile port is kind of bad though, too many ways to cheat the game.

[SideshowN]

I also have several shmups that you did not list.

That is a most excellent list, SideshowN. I've added the shmups from your list to the main list. I also found a few more just browsing by name. Unfortunately, it looks like a lot of shmups on XBLIG aren't categorized correctly. I'm sure there are probably at least a dozen or two more XBLIG shmups for us to find, but time is running out.

Time is running out indeed. I'll have to put in another solid night of binge searching and buying soon. There probably a few stragglers for shmups not on your master list from the XBLIG service that we'll have to dive very deep to find. I'll report back with any findings if any.

[KennyMan666]

sorry to slightly derail the thread, but is there a list of really good XBLIG titles which might be worth getting before they shut it down ?

I have a few dozen, but haven't checked back for years...

I made a thread for that exact purpose a bunch of years ago. I check XBLIG irregularly, but I haven't found anything really good in a long time.

[Stevens]

+1 to Compromised if anyone hasn't played it.

I bought it years ago before I went full shmup and rather enjoyed it a lot.

[viper_phase1]

Is there any reason to get the XBLIG version of Prismatic Solid rather than the PS4 version?
Likewise, is there any reason to get Chain Crusher if I already have Chain Crusher Horizon?

[Elixir]

XBLIG is shutting down at the end of September. If the game's ported elsewhere there isn't much reason to bother unless you'd like to have the XBLIG version. They're re-downloadable, but will just become inaccessible at the end of the month onwards.

[viper_phase1]

XBLIG is shutting down at the end of September. If the game's ported elsewhere there isn't much reason to bother unless you'd like to have the XBLIG version. They're re-downloadable, but will just become inaccessible at the end of the month onwards.

I was asking if the XBLIG versions of those games have content or features that are significantly different from other available versions which would make them worth owning. As far as I am aware neither are worth owning compared to the other versions, but I may have overlooked something. For example, Downtown Geki Totsu Dodgeball! is worth owning, even though there was a nearly identical WiiWare version released afterwards.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

XBLIG is shutting down at the end of September. If the game's ported elsewhere there isn't much reason to bother unless you'd like to have the XBLIG version. They're re-downloadable, but will just become inaccessible at the end of the month onwards.

I was asking if the XBLIG versions of those games have content or features that are significantly different from other available versions which would make them worth owning. As far as I am aware neither are worth owning compared to the other versions, but I may have overlooked something. For example, Downtown Geki Totsu Dodgeball! is worth owning, even though there was a nearly identical WiiWare version released afterwards.

The XBLIG version of Prismatic Solid and the PS4 version of the same name both have the same content -- they both play the same as well.

I'm not sure about if XBLIG Chain Crusher is different from it's upgraded big brother though. I'd give it try.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[viper_phase1]

XBLIG is shutting down at the end of September. If the game's ported elsewhere there isn't much reason to bother unless you'd like to have the XBLIG version. They're re-downloadable, but will just become inaccessible at the end of the month onwards.

I was asking if the XBLIG versions of those games have content or features that are significantly different from other available versions which would make them worth owning. As far as I am aware neither are worth owning compared to the other versions, but I may have overlooked something. For example, Downtown Geki Totsu Dodgeball! is worth owning, even though there was a nearly identical WiiWare version released afterwards.

The XBLIG version of Prismatic Solid and the PS4 version of the same name both have the same content -- they both play the same as well.

I'm not sure about if XBLIG Chain Crusher is different from it's upgraded big brother though. I'd give it try.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Cool, thank you for your response!