Shoot 'em ups through the ages - Podcast Episode

[arcade_adriano]

A whole podcast episdoe celebrating the history of shoot em ups! Well worth a listen:

https://podfollow.com/arcade-attack-ret ... 6a5c2/view

[arcade_adriano]

List of every game mentioned:

Space War - 1961

Gunfight - 1975
Interceptor - 1975
Missile X - 1977
Sub Hunter - 1977
Bomber - 1977
Space Invaders - 1978
Galaga - 1979
Asteroids - 1979
Osma Wars - 1979
Sheriff - 1979
Radar Scope - 1979

Carnival - 1980
Space Firebird - 1980
Stratavox - 1980
Sasuke vs. Commander - 1980
Defender - 1981
Centipede - 1981
Scramble - 1981
Jump Bug - 1981
Bosconian - 1981
Vanguard - 1981
Gorf - 1981
Tempest - 1981
Space Seeker - 1981
Eliminator - 1981
Space Fury - 1981
Xevious - 1982
Robotron: 2084 - 1982
Moon Patrol - 1982
Front Line - 1982
Naughty Boy - 1982
T.S.C.A.N. - 1982
Star Attack - 1982
Bio Attack - 1982
Thunder Force - 1983
Hover Attack - 1984
1942 - 1984
Gradius - 1985
Space Harrier - 1985
Tiger Heli - 1985
Commando - 1985
Ikari Warriors - 1986
Fantasy Zone - 1986
Silpheed - 1986
Darius - 1987
R-Type - 1987
Contra - 1987
After Burner - 1987
Rambo - 1987
Zeno - 1987
Silkworm - 1988
Phelios - 1988
Dogs of War - 1989
Xenon 2: Megablast - 1989
Hellfire - 1989

Thunder Force III - 1990
Smash TV - 1990
Raiden - 1990
Swiv - 1991
Super R-Type - 1991
Apidya - 1992
Project X - 1992
Thunder Force IV - 1992
Bio-Hazard Battle - 1992
Aero Fighters - 1992
Axelay - 1992
Desert Strike - 1992
Gleylancer - 1992
Walker - 1993
Gunstar Heroes - 1993
Ranger-X - 1993
Zombies Ate My Neighbors - 1993
Batsugun - 1993
Disposable Hero - 1993
Raptor: Call of the Shadows - 1994
Darius Gaiden - 1994
Layer Section - 1995
Metal Warriors - 1995
Metal Slug - 1996
DoDonPachi - 1997
Einhander - 1997
X2 - 1997
Radiant Silvergun - 1998
Future Cop: LAPD - 1998
Giga Wing - 1999

Giga Wing 2 - 2000
Fray - 2000
Warning Forever - 2000
Ikaruga - 2001
Caladrius - 2013
Cuphead - 2017

[PC Engine Fan X!]

The grizzled old-school veteran arcade gamers like myself recall that Namco's Galaxian released in the arcades back in 1980 along with Namco's sequel to Galaxian under the name of Galaga that was released in 1981. Namco's follow up to Galaga was Galaplus (aka Galaga 3) was released to arcades back in 1985. Namco's Galaga '88 arcade game was the fourth one in the Galaxian series that was released in 1988.

Sure, I've seen/played the "Super Galaxians" arcade variant at a local arcade hangout in the mid-1990s. Not to mention Namco/Raw Thrills' release of Galaga on the World's Largest Arcade cab setup circa 2018/2019 (via software update).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Light1000]

mentioning Cuphead and Gunstar Heroes of all things but neglecting to mention any post-DDP CAVE game is incredibly strange.
What was the research process for this?
as far as I can recall... Cuphead only has... what, 3 shmup stages? and they're not even fun. Never played Gunstar but I've heard the shmup sections suck there too.

[shmuppy-puppy]

mentioning Cuphead and Gunstar Heroes of all things but neglecting to mention any post-DDP CAVE game is incredibly strange. hi
What was the research process for this?
as far as I can recall... Cuphead only has... what, 3 shmup stages? and they're not even fun. Never played Gunstar but I've heard the shmup sections suck there too.

At least they did not mention vampire survivors

[arcade_adriano]

The grizzled old-school veteran arcade gamers like myself recall that Namco's Galaxian released in the arcades back in 1980 along with Namco's sequel to Galaxian under the name of Galaga that was released in 1981. Namco's follow up to Galaga was Galaplus (aka Galaga 3) was released to arcades back in 1985. Namco's Galaga '88 arcade game was the fourth one in the Galaxian series that was released in 1988.

Sure, I've seen/played the "Super Galaxians" arcade variant at a local arcade hangout in the mid-1990s. Not to mention Namco/Raw Thrills' release of Galaga on the World's Largest Arcade cab setup circa 2018/2019 (via software update).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Just listen - you'll see our though process and why some games were and were not covered! I am sure you would enjoy the pod.

[bobhasashotgun]

Regardless of one's opinion of the game, neglecting to mention Battle Garegga is a massive oversight.

[DMC]

I listened to it while commuting today, thanks for sharing.

If the listener approaches it with the mindset that it is a pod by and for a more general retro gamer's audience intended to be widely accessible and nostalgic, I think it was an OK listen. The early history (like early 80s) was a pretty detailed year by year review. One can tell the main podcaster has a stronger relation to these games.
Some positives. The podcasters' involved was in a good spirit, seemed to have fun recording the pod, and portrayed the genre in a positive light. And some interesting context was provided for some of the early arcade stgs that I appreciated.

Some negatives. The 90s and onwards was very thin and full of retro gamer clichés, like the only developer mentioned was Treasure, Radiant Silvergun was the best shmup of all time without any real justification or comparison, some patreon viewer mentioned dodonpachi but the podcaster's were unable to name the developer. Impressions of the games were often superficial like "such a good game", "yeah, great intro", "absolutely, a great game" and then moving on to the next game. Ikaruga, the color polarity was mentioned in passing and that's it.

[arcade_adriano]

Thank you all for the kind feedback - all is appreciated! We aim to target the retro gamer community, so apologies if we were not fully locked in to the shooter audience.