Best shmups you got?(Ship shooters)..

[armonigann]

Sorry in advance if already discussed, but i've been going through a serious shoot em up craze lately.Some standouts from my collection.

2600 vanguard/river raid
7800 plutos/xevious
Coleco defender
NES gun nac/recca
SMS powerstrike/r type
TG16 blazing lazers/side arms
GC ikaruga
360 raiden IV/ fighter aces

whats some of your best shmups?

[Oldskool]

Welcome new guy. I have several shmups, it's my favorite genre. I highly enjoy shmups on the Genesis and Turbografx.

Some that I can think of that I own off the top of my head are:

Genesis:

Thunder Force 2, 3, and 4 (Lightening Force)
Gynoug (Wings of Wor in US)
Truxton
Gaiares (DON'T MISS THIS ONE, BEST SHOOTER ON THE GENESIS)
Daisenpu (Twin Hawk in the US)
Raiden Trad
Air Busters (Aero Blasters)
Insector X (Sleeper Shmup)

NES:

Gradius
Life Force
Section Z

TurboGrafx:

Blazing Lazers
R-Type
Galaga 90'
Space Harrier
Psychosis

Playstation:

Nanotek Warrior (Awesome game BTW)
Tempest X
R-Types (Arcade R-type 1,2)

PS2:

R-Type Final
Silpheed
Raiden III

As you can see I love R-type and the Raiden series.

I am probably missing some more, those were just off the top of my head.

[Aussie2B]

My top faves would be Dragon Spirit (I prefer the NES port), the whole TwinBee series (but especially Pop'n TwinBee), and Gate of Thunder.

[bartre]

I don't know if you've got a dreamcast, but there are some excellent shooters on there, including my favorite - Zero Gunner 2.

there's also:
Radilgy
Trigger Heart Excellica
Karous

as for other systems, i enjoy:
Raiden trad (gen,snes)
Space megaforce (snes)
darius twin (snes)
Salamander (PCE CD)
Cyber Core (TG/PCE)

[tom]

The Tail of Beta Lyrae

[98PaceCar]

Any of the Cave shooters on the 360. Mushihimesa Futari and Espgaluda II are region free, but the rest are locked. Death Smiles got a domestic release and is well worth the $30 to pick it up.

Past that, Axelay on SNES, anything on Dreamcast, and MUSHA on Genesis are some great ones.

[NayusDante]

My favorite to just pick up and play is Gradius Galaxies (GBA). If the 3DS had that and both Metroids built in, I wouldn't see a need to keep my DSs around. That game was in my pocket through most of my junior and senior years of high school.\

There's a bit of an obscure gem for DOS, Overkill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE6UabRd-DA), that I particularly liked. It's simple, fun, and relatively short.

As much as I like the shmup genre, I don't find myself playing them all that often. The very arcade-y nature of the genre means that you generally can't save and return to it later, so playing through the whole game in one sitting isn't very attractive when I only have an hour or so free. I wish there were more console-minded shmups, with save points and RPG stats or something. I keep wanting to play through Gradius V, but the need to finish the game in one sitting turns me off to it.

Honorable mention to Castle Shikigami 2 (PS2). Not for its gameplay, but for its translation.

[kupomogli]

Galaga.

I suck at shmups. Badly.

[Buapo]

Darius Gaiden on the Saturn is gorgeous... just picked that up. Though I'm no good at it.

Deep Blue on the TG16 makes me want to kill myself. Ship is slow as molasses, the power-ups are incredibly boring, and you only get one life. Zero continues. Too bad, because I like the underwater theme it has.

[Pantechnicon]

Galaga
Ikaruga (DC)
Steel Empire (Genesis)

[maxlords]

I'm a shmup lover too ;) Here are some of my favorites that I own:

NES/Famicom:
Recca (repro)
Crisis Force (complete)

SNES:
Macross Scrambled Valkyrie
Space Megaforce

N64:
Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth

GC:
Shikigami No Shiro 2
Star Soldier

Wii:
Ultimate Shooting Collection

Master System:
Power Strike
Scramble Spirits

Genesis:
Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer
Undead Line
Thunder Force III

Sega CD:
Robo Aleste

Saturn:
Donpachi
Galactic Attack
Panzer Dragoon I and II (not really SHMUPS tho)

Dreamcast:
Under Defeat
Border Down Sega Direct LE
Zero Gunner 2
Mars Matrix
Rez (not really a SHMUP tho)

PS1:
Raystorm
Gekioh: Shooting King
R-Type Delta

PS2:
Gradius V

TG16/Duo:
Image Fight
Image Fight 2
Download
Download 2
Sylphia
Soldier Blade
Final Soldier
Super Star Soldier
Nexzr

XBox:
Xyanide
Panzer Dragoon Orta (still not REALLY a shmup)

360:
Death Smiles

PSP:
Star Soldier

Arcade:
Progear No Arashi
Dogyuun
Psyvariar Revision
Brave Blade
R-Type
R-Type Leo
Soukyugurentai/Terra Diver
Guardian Force
Blazing Star
Pulstar

The list goes on and on...especially for arcade shmups :D

[Tron 2.0]

Sega Saturn
Radiant Silvergun
Darius Gaiden
Sexy Parodius
Galatic Attack
Salamander Deluxe Pack

Dreamcast
Ikagura
Under Defeat
Trigger Heart
Mars Matrix
Gunbird 2

Pc-Engine
Gina Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder
Blazing Lazers
Sylphia

Famicom
Crisis Force
Gun-Nac
Zanac
Tetra Star

Neo-Geo
Blazing Star
Pulstar
Last Resort
Captain Tomaday:Hey it's a good twinbee clone.
Strikers 1945 Plus
Prehistoirc Isle 2

[Leo_A]

River Raid :)

[exit]

It's more of a Adventure/Shmup hybrid, but I really enjoyed Guardian Legend, although I was unable to beat the final shmup level boss since I suck at them. Oh and Stinger. Needless the say, I'm not a very big shmup fan.

[RPG_Fanatic]

MUSHA & Thunder Force III for the Genesis are the best ones.

[Gooch3008]

No love for Einhander?

[wingzrow]

I remember Gradius 5 being awesome, what with treasure making it and all. Hard as hell though.

[123►Genei-Jin]

NES/Famicom:
Formation Z
Gradius
Gradius II
Hector '87
Salamander

PC Engine:
Dragon Spirit
Dragon Saber
Parodius Da!
R-Type 2
Side Arms

SuperGraFX
Battle Ace

Genesis/Megadrive:
Aero Blasters
Arrow Flash
Battlemania Daiginjou
Elemental Master
Gaiares
Gynoug
Phelios
Space Harrier II
Super Thunder Blade
Tatsujin
Thunder Force 4
Whip Rush

Sega CD:
Dennin Aleste
Keio
Shilpheed
Sol Feace

SNES:
Darius Twin
Space Invaders
Super Aleste

Neo Geo (MVS)
Ghost Pilots
Sonic Wings 3

Saturn:
Darius Gaiden
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei
Parodius Deluxe Pack
Sexy Parodius
Sonic Wings Special
The Super Dimensional Fortress Macross

PS1:
Parodius - Deluxe Pack
Parodius - Forever With Me
The Double Shooting (simple series Vol.75) (Raystorm & Rayerisis)


DC:
Ikaruga

[kupomogli]

It's more of a Adventure/Shmup hybrid, but I really enjoyed Guardian Legend.

This too. Amazing game.

[Scissors]

I'm not very good at shmups, but they're pretty enjoyable if I'm in the right mood. My favorites are:

Fantasy Zone (SMS)
Einhander (PS1)
Galactic Attack (Saturn)
G Darius (PS1)
Gekioh Shooting King (PS1)
The Guardian Legend (NES)
Ikaruga (Gamecube)
Internal Section (PS1)
Nanotek Warrior (PS1)
Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein (PS1)
Silpheed (Sega CD)
Tempest X3 (PS1)

[armonigann]

I'm not very good at shmups, but they're pretty enjoyable if I'm in the right mood. My favorites are:

Fantasy Zone (SMS)
Einhander (PS1)
Galactic Attack (Saturn)
G Darius (PS1)
Gekioh Shooting King (PS1)
The Guardian Legend (NES)
Ikaruga (Gamecube)
Internal Section (PS1)
Nanotek Warrior (PS1)
Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein (PS1)
Silpheed (Sega CD)
Tempest X3 (PS1)

Interesting list. Ive only played 2 of those. Silpheed is one Ive been hearing alot about recently fot some reason.

[Tron 2.0]

It's more of a Adventure/Shmup hybrid, but I really enjoyed Guardian Legend, although I was unable to beat the final shmup level boss since I suck at them. Oh and Stinger. Needless the say, I'm not a very big shmup fan.
2nd i have it for the famicom it is very unique since it's part shmup and part arpg.

[PSony]

Sagaia (Genesis)
Thunder Force 2 (Genesis)
Thunder Force 3 (Genesis)
Sol Deace (Genesis)
Phelios (Genesis)
Steel Empire (Genesis)
Sub Terrania (Genesis)
Whip Rush (Genesis)
Elemental Master (Genesis)
Darius Twin (SNES)
Super Nova (SNES)
Super R-Type (SNES)
Gradius 3 (SNES)
UN Squadron
Darius 2 (SS)
Darius Gaiden (SS)
Layer Section (SS)
Soukyugurentai (SS)
Thunder Force V (SS)
Thunder Force Gold Pack 1 (SS)
Thunder Force Gold Pack 2 (SS)
Gradius Deluxe Pack (SS)
Parodius Deluxe Pack (SS)
Twinbee Deluxe Pack (SS)
Salamander Deluxe Pack (SS)
Capcom Generation 1 (SS)
G-Darius (PS1)

[BetaWolf47]

I have these great games:
Sky Shark (NES)
Star Soldier (NES)
Darius Twin (SNES)
Gradius 3 (SNES)
Thunder Force 3 (Genesis)
1943 (NES)
UN Squadron (SNES)
Iridion 2 (GBA)
Gradius Galaxies (GBA)
Xevious (NES)
Gaplus (Wii VC)
Gradius 2 (Wii VC)
Raiden Trad (SNES)
Truxton (Genesis)
Soldier Blade (Wii VC)
Ikaruga (GCN)
Life Force (NES)
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (NES)
R-Type (Wii VC)
R-Type DX (GBC)
Sol-Feace (SCD)
Star Fox (SNES)
Star Fox 64 (N64)
Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
Panzer Dragoon 2 Zwei (Saturn)

I also have Taito Legends 2 for PC, which is shmup HEAVEN. For a game you can find for $5, it's got an amazing shmup lineup.

[Trebuken]

Not my genre, but one game that seems to get little love is Hellfire for the Sega Genesis.

Lords of Thunder is one of my favorites, but not exactly a 'ship'.

Howabout Zaxxon.

[thom_m]

I have just a few, mostly for the NES (thanks to a multicart). Twin Bee, Star Soldier, B-Wings, Gradius, Formation Z, Macross. I also got Gradius II - my favorite game on the genre!

I also have a game called Twin Hawk for my Genny. It's fun, but not much...I like the fact that the title screen changes according to the region of the console. though. Oh, and River Raid! :)

[Xtincthed]

i have quite a few but my favorite at the moment is Ketsui Death Label (DS)

[Lady Jaye]

Bumpety-doo! I love shmups but don't own many of them right now. I currently have:

Galaga (NES)
1942 (NES)
Space Invaders Extreme (DS)
Space Invaders Extreme 2 (DS)
Parodius Portable (PSP)
Raiden Fighters Aces (Xbox 360)
Raiden IV (Xbox 360)
Gradius III+IV (PS2) (alas, Gradius III doesn't work on my HDTV, even though the main menu and Gradius IV do boot up without issue)

I'll eventually grab a copy of Otomedius Excellent, if I can find it for a good price.

[Wraith Storm]

I LOVE shooters! Most of my favorites are on older systems.

Turbo Grafx 16
Lords of Thunder (Hard as hell but unique and rewarding)
Gates of Thunder (My favorite TG16 shooter)
Soldier Blade (Great gameplay and amazing graphics)

Sega Genesis
Elemental Master (Like Lords of Thunder. Tough but rewarding)
Wings of Wor (Very unique, amazing effects and a fantastic Noriyuki Iwadare soundtrack)
Phelios (Fun shooter with a mythological theme)
Steel Empire (Steam punk shooter? Unique theme and very awesome.)
Vapor Trail (One of the greatest Genesis soundtracks ever... and its fun too!)

Sega CD
Silpheed (It's Game Arts... Need I say more?)

Android Assault (This is one of the best "all around" shooters that I have ever played. I hardly ever see it talked about. Great soundtrack, great graphics, great gameplay mechanics and great level design. It doesn't do anything new, it just does everything REALLY well!)

[treismac]

NES
Life Force

Turbografx-16
Soldier Blade
Zonk
Galaga 90

PS2
Gradius IV
Darius Gaiden series on Taito Classics
Space Invaders '95 on Taito Classics

iPod Touch
Space Invaders: Evolution

[Yago]

Twin Cobra is one of my favorites. Especailly the arcade version. So prefferably use MAME to play rather than some crummy version like the Genesis one.

For anyone with an Amiga Banshee is my all time favorite. You can get banshee ECS for the Amiga 500 or the AGA version for the Amiga 1200. Awesome game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVLmRBauft0

Battle Squadron on the Amiga 500 is another fun game.

[Hawksmoor]

My favorites would have to be Gradius V, Mars Matrix, Stinger, Ikaruga, Thunder Force 3, and Space Megaforce.

[Koa Zo]

X-Multiply is my favorite lately.

[DDCecil]

If I could only choose one, it'd be the Super Famicom port of Gokujyou Parodius. I never get tired of it.

[StealthLurker]

The ones I always go back to after the new Cave, doujin, console shmup release excitement fades are:

1. EspRade
2. Dodonpachi
3. Progear
4. Gradius V
5. Gradius Gaiden
6. Layer Section 1/Rayforce/Galactic Attack
7. Lords of Thunder/Winds of Thunder
8. Galaga
9. Cosmo Gang Police
10. Salamander 2
11. Harmful Park
12. Popn' Twinbee
13. Ikaruga
14. Zero Gunner 2
15. Under Defeat
16. Dimahoo
17. Raiden Fighters (any of them)
18. Crimson Clover
19. Eliminate Down
20. Scrambled Valkyrie


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