Any era before this one,as many games as you want,.
Any era before this one,as many games as you want,.
Gradius
Gradius II
Gradius III
Gradius IV
Gradius Gaiden
Salamander/Life Force
Salamander II
Raiden
Raiden II
Raiden DX
Xexex
Thunder Corss 1 and 2
Thunder Force 2-4
the entire Parodius series from the MSX beginning to the Sexy Parodius end
the MSX Gradius games
Space Manbox MSX2
The entire Twinbee series
Air Buster/Aero Blasters
Axelay
Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings series
Shienryu
the entire Darius series
Game Tengokou/Game Paradise
Star Parodier
Seriously I could go on, would be a longer list.
X-wing
Tie Fighter
Descent 1,2,3
Freespace 1 and 2.
I have a huge liking for Life force and gradius 3 for some reason also.
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The Tail of Beta Lyrae on A8
Star Raiders on A8
Two of the best shmups
Darius series
Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings
Strikers 1945 (if that counts)
Descent 1 and 2 (never played 3)
Gate of thunder
Galactic attack
Batsugun
Truxton
Hotdog storm
Super star Soldier series
Dodonpachi
Gley lancer
Verytex
Grind stormer
There are a few more but they aren't space ships per se.
Air zonk
Elemental master
Fire shark
Wings of wor
Coryun
Lords of thunder
Raiden II
Gley Lancer
Darius Gaiden
Gun Nac
Lightening Force (Thunderforce IV)
Verytex
Strikers 1945 III (Strikers 1999)
Gigawing 2
Raystorm
Gekirindan
There are other greats, I'm sure, but I haven't personally played them yet! Looking forward to the TG-16's Soldier series, for example.
Also, to follow Bricat's example (and add yet one more title she already mentioned):
--non-spaceship/non-space shooters that are awesome--
Lords of Thunder
Undead Line
I'll just name a few.
Space Invaders
Space Invaders '91
Defender
Galaxian
Galaga
Gorf
Yar's Revenge
Why are not many people naming Life Force? I thought this was suppose to be one of the top space shooters on the NES? I ordered a copy not too long ago, but haven't played it yet as I am giving it to myself for my birthday.
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I grew up a Galaga addict, then this came along:
Best space shooter ever, and did I mention that the soundtrack is out of this world?
Pretty much anything by compile, and the whole thunderforce series.
Others would like to list their games. I'll list some more.
Castle Shikigami/Shikigami no Shiro II
Castle Shikigami III
Gekirindan
Mega Blast
Varth
1942
1943
1943 Kai
19XX
Gunbird 1 and 2
Galaga
Galaga 88
Galaga Arrangement
Cosmo Gang the Video
Gaiares
Eliminate Down
Rayforce
Raystorm
Raycrisis
Hyper Duel
So does "any era before this one" mean no 7th gen games, or nothing PS2 or newer, or what? I listed a few games for those platforms anyway, but I noted them.
Hmm... in no order.
Scrolling shmups:
Gradius
Gradius III (SNES version)
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault
Gradius V (PS2)
Blazing Lazers
Robo Aleste
Ikaruga (DC)
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Nexzr (or Summer Carnival '93: Nexzr Special)
Blazing Star
Under Defeat (DC)
R-Type
Lightening Force
Truxton (Genesis)
Defender (Arcade)
Gate of Thunder
Keio Flying Squadron
Some honorable mentions: Giga Wing 2, Space Megaforce, BlaZeon, Summer Carnival '92: Alzadick, Summer Carnival '92: Recca, Strikers 1945 II, Sonic Wings Special, Galactic Attack (RayForce), Gradius Gaiden, Gradius II, Viewpoint, Shienryu, Silpheed, Truxton II, Eliminate Down, Abadox, Fire Shark, W-Ring: The Double Rings, Aero Blasters/Air Buster, etc etc.
Single-screen shooters:
Megamania
Space Invaders (Arcade)
Space Invaders (2600)
Space Invaders Extreme (probably too recent)
Galaga
Arena shooters:
UFO! (O2)
Robotron 2084
Llamatron 2112
Geometry Wars (too recent?)
Rail shooters:
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom! (2600; has no height component, unlike most rail shooters)
Space Harrier
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon Orta (too recent?)
Sin & Punishment: Successor to the Earth
Sin & Punishment 2: Star Successor (too recent)
Awesome lists guys,thank you!
Can't wait for more.
When it comes to Galaga, there are many flavors:
I think I favor Galaga 3/Gaplus over the others.
In my list of favorite space shooters, original arcade Darius gets honorable mention:
3 screens wide, no home port could ever do it justice.
Hyper Duel - Saturn
Darius Gaiden - Saturn
Rayxanber II - Pc engine - probably the coolest one, but its mega hard
Kingdom Grandprix - Saturn
Lords of Thunder - Turbo Grafx