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    Just a quick question. What are some of the good shmups for the saturn. I have Radiant sivergun, it's good( a little over rated), but good. I need more for my collection so any help will do.

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    In no particular order:

    Soukyrugurentai
    Layer Section
    TwinBee Deluxue Pack
    Parodius Deluxue Pack
    Thunder Force 5
    Sengoku Blaede
    Battle Garegga
    Kingdom Gradprix

    That should keep you going for a while.

    If you have a PSone, get Do/DonPachi for that. Otherwise, the Saturn versions will do ok.

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    I believe there's also a Gradius 2-Pack, unless that is somehow bundled in the Parodius pack.

    You can also get Darius Gaiden, but it's mediocre at best.
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    Sokyugurentai kicks so much ass. It takes the lock on system to a whole new level that's never really been matched since. Layer Section is pretty cool, too.

    Shienryu is a great Raiden-clone that's better than Raiden/Raiden II/Raiden DX in many ways. People seem pretty divided on it (well ok, most slam it for being too generic), but shit...Raiden was fairly generic, just well executed The predecessor (Daioh) and sequel (Shienryu Explosion) both suck, but my god did Shienryu just do everything right.

    Along similar lines, Kyukyoku Tiger II from Takumi is pretty damn good (and with helicoptors)

    Batsugun is a great milestone in shmup history and is worth looking into picking up.

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    Darius Gaiden
    Galactic Attack

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    Hyper Duel
    Batsugun
    Dodonpachi
    gamengai
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    Darius Gaiden and Galactic Attack are both awesome.

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    I'll just add, quite a number of those SAT titles also got ported or converted in the early era of the PS, often Japan only. A good number never got any other platform releases.
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    These are all the Saturn import SHMUPS that I own so far:

    Assault Suit Leynos 2
    Battle Garegga
    Blast Wind
    Guardian Force
    Gun Frontier
    Hyper Duel
    Kingdom Grand Prix
    Kyukyoku Tiger 2 Plus
    Metal Black
    Prikura Daisakusen
    Skull Fang
    Sol Divide
    Sonic Wings Special
    Strikers 1945
    Strikers 1945 2
    Thunder Force 5
    Wolf Fang

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    Great system for shooter fans.

    My top 3 goes:

    Battle Garegga
    Soukyugurentai
    Galactic Attack

    I appreciate RSG but am not a huge fan of it, playing and fun-wise. I think it is truly a piece of artistic beauty but not one I "understand fully" but I do understand its technical expertise, for sure. I just rather play a handful of other Saturn shmups.

    Other good (underrated) shooters:

    Cotton 2
    Hyper Duel (Hyper Debt I like to call it, hehe, b/c it can hit $100)
    Blast Wind (man, this went from $30 in 2003 to $85 in 2005)
    Kyu. Tiger II
    DoDonPachi
    Strikers 1945 parts 1 and 2
    Shienryu

    etc. etc.

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    Here ya go... every shooter on the Saturn.


    PURE shmups (vertical or horizontal, sprite or polygonal graphics on a 2-D plane)

    1942 (Capcom Generations 1)
    1943 (Capcom Generations 1)
    1943+ (Capcom Generations 1)
    Batsugun
    Battle Garegga
    Blast Wind
    Bokan To Ippatsu Doronboo Kanpekiban (aka Time Bokan)
    Chariot (Arcade Gears: Wonder 3)
    Choaniki (aka Super Big Brother)
    Cotton 2
    Cotton Boomerang
    Darius 2
    Darius Gaiden
    Defender (Arcades Greatest Hits: Williams)
    Defender II (Arcades Greatest Hits: Williams)
    Detana Twinbee Yahho! Deluxe Pack
    Dezaemon 2 (aka shooter maker, contains 3 complete shooters)
    DoDonPachi
    DonPachi
    Fantasy Zone
    Galactic Attack (aka Layer Section)
    Game Tengoku (aka The Game Paradise)
    Gradius (Gardius Deluxe Pack)
    Gradius 2 (Gardius Deluxe Pack)
    Gekirindan
    Guardian Force
    Gun Frontier (Arcade Gears)
    Gunbird
    Hyper Duel
    Image Fight (Image Fight & X-Multiply dual pack)
    In The Hunt
    Jikkyou Osyaberi Parodius (aka Parodius: Forever With Me)
    Keio Yugekitai (aka Keio Flying Squadron 2 in UK, some platform elements)
    Kingdom Grand Prix
    Konami Antiques MSX Collection***
    Kyukyoku Tiger 2 Plus
    Layer Section 2
    Life Force (Salamander Deluxe Pack)
    Metal Black
    Mobile Suit Gundam
    Mobile Suit Z Gundam
    Parodius (aka Parodius Da!) (Gokujyo Parodius-Da! Deluxe Pack)
    Parodius 2 (aka Gokujko Parodius) (Gokujyo Parodius-Da! Deluxe Pack)
    Planet Joker
    Radiant Silvergun
    Salamander (Salamander Deluxe Pack)
    Salamander 2 (Salamander Deluxe Pack)
    Sengoku Blaede
    Sexy Parodius
    Shienryu
    Sinistar (Arcades Greatest Hits: Williams)
    Skull Fang
    Sol Divide
    Sonic Wings Special (remixed and merged versions of Sonic Wings 1,2, and 3)
    Soukyugurentai
    Star Jacker (Sega Ages Memorial 2)
    Steam Hearts
    Strikers 1945
    Strikers 1945 II
    Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
    Terra Cresta 3-D
    Thunderforce 1 (Thunderforce Gold Pack 1)
    Thunderforce 2 (Thunderforce Gold Pack 1)
    Thunderforce 3 (Thunderforce Gold Pack 1)
    Thunderforce 4 (Thunderforce Gold Pack 2)
    Thunderforce Arcade (remixed Thunderforce 3) (Thunderforce Gold Pack 2)
    Thunderforce V
    Vulgas (Capcom Generations 3)
    X-Multiply (Image Fight & X-Multiply dual pack)

    *** Konami Antiques MSX Collection contains PORTS of classic shooters for the old Japanese MSX computer, a platform similar in capabilities to the Colecovision. They are essentially Saturn ports of MSX ports of arcade games. Gradius, Gradius 2, Salamander, and Parodius 1 appear in arcade-perfect form on other Saturn compilations.

    Gofers Ambition
    Gradius
    Gradius 2
    Salamander
    Parodius
    Time Pilot
    Sky Jaguar
    Super Cobra




    QUASI-3D SHOOTERS (with limited movement, scaling sprites or polygonal graphics)

    Afterburner II (on US Sega Ages CD or Japanese stand-alone disk)
    G-Vector
    Galaxy Force II
    Night Striker S
    Panzer Dragoon
    Panzer Dragoon Zwei
    Sky Target
    Solar Eclipse
    Space Harrier (on US Sega Ages CD or Japanese stand-alone disk)




    FULL 3-D SHOOTERS

    Black Dawn
    Black Fire
    Darklight Conflict
    Independence Day
    Shockwave Assault
    Star Fighter
    Stellar Assault SS
    Thunderstrike 2
    Wing Arms




    MECH 3-D SHOOTERS

    A.M.O.K.
    Bulk Slash
    Ghen War
    Gun Griffon
    Gun Griffon 2
    Krazy Ivan
    Mechwarrior 2
    Mobile Suit Gundam Gaiden #1
    Mobile Suit Gundam Gaiden #2
    Mobile Suit Gundam Gaiden #3
    Robotica
    Virtua On: Cyber Troopers (quasi shooter/fighter)
    Virtua On: Cyber Troopers Netlink Edition (quasi shooter/fighter)




    FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS (Generally Ground Based)

    Alien Trilogy
    Battlezone (Arcades Greatest Hits: Atari)
    Battlesport
    Congo The Movie: The Lost City Of Zinj
    Doom
    Duke Nukem 3D
    Enemy Zero (graphic adventure with FPS segments)
    Hexen
    Machine Head
    Magic Carpet
    Powerslave
    Quake
    Shellshock
    Space Hulk: Vengence Of The Blood Angels
    Tunnel B-1




    CLASSIC SHOOTERS (generally one screen, no scrolling)

    Asteroids (Arcades Greatest Hits: Atari)
    Centipede (Arcades Greatest Hits: Atari)
    Missile Command (Arcades Greatest Hits: Atari)
    Robotron (Arcades Greatest Hits: Midway)
    Space Invaders
    Tempest (Arcades Greatest Hits: Atari)
    Tempest 2000




    QUASI-SHOOTERS (many can be viewed as platform, action, or combat/racing games, but they are more firepower-intensive than most. )

    Assault Suit Leynos 2
    Burning Rangers
    Chaos Control Remix
    Commando (Capcom Generations 4)
    Contra: Legacy of War
    Crime Wave
    Crusader: No Remorse
    Gunsmoke (Capcom Generations 4)
    Loaded
    Mass Destruction
    Mercs (Capcom Generations 4)
    Metal Slug
    Prikura Daisakusen
    Soviet Strike
    Steamgear Mash
    Tukai Slot Shooting
    Vatlva
    Wolf Fang SS
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven
    Strikers 1945 parts 1 and 2
    Part 2 was horrible on the Saturn. Believe it or not the PSX version of Part 2 was a lot better (it runs faster with little or no slowdown).

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