must play arcade scrolling shooters?

Taisen · January 26th, 2003

Which arcade shoot'em ups are must plays? I would guess they are included in the R-type series, Darius series, Parodius series, Radiant Silvergun series, and the Pachi series. Which games or series have I missed? Which games are particularly the best in any of the series mentioned or unmentioned?

**Kane** · January 26th, 2003

Ikaruga!!!!
Well Gradius/ Parodius are OK I suppose.

Decoy_Octopus · January 26th, 2003

194X

Allnatural · January 26th, 2003

I'm a big fan of Guwange, DoDonPachi, and Strikers 1945 Plus.

Cylinder · January 26th, 2003

E.S.P. Rade. Simply insane amount of action onscreen.

Syed Fawad · January 27th, 2003

Does Metal slug qualify? what about Contra Shattered Soldiers?

PhoenixFire · January 27th, 2003

1940 series...nuff said

F-3582 · January 27th, 2003

I don't know if these were ever released for Arcade: Turrican series and Katakis

JAZ · January 27th, 2003

Truxton has allways been a fave of mine

January 27th, 2003

well....so many of them, heh. But some of my favs are the Gradius series and the Zanac/Aleste series.

oh, and uhm
http://www.emudek.org/shootemup/
^freeware shmups for the pc....LOTS of them.

Kaotic Soul · January 28th, 2003

The R-type series as well as Gradius... R-Type Leo is the best R-tpye in my opinion.

**fivefeet8** · January 28th, 2003

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Originally posted by Kaotic Soul
The R-type series as well as Gradius... R-Type Leo is the best R-tpye in my opinion.

I thought Pulstar was better..

**Dark Watcher** · January 28th, 2003

ah yes..the Strikers 1945 series actually has 3 games the original..a part 2 and a Plus version released for the Neo Geo

We also recommend Vapor Trail..released for both Arcade and home consoles... The Salamander / Life Force / Gradius series..on console and arcade ports. Samor turned us on to the Salamander Pack..released for PSX and Saturn.

Then their is Gaiaires for Genesis, and a brilliant underrated Genesis game called Wings of War.

The Legendary Wings game was fairly good as well...both an Arcade and NES release

Sonic Wings...arcade..brilliant...use the Zinc emulator

Badaro · January 28th, 2003

The R-Type Series (Arcade, Master System, Gameboy, SNES, PSX) rules them all. Other good ones:

* Gradius/Nemesis Series (Arcade)
* 194x / 19xx Series (Arcade)
* Aerofighters/Sonic Wings Series (Neo-Geo)
* GigaWing (Arcade)
* Einhänder (PSX)
* Vapor Trail (Arcade, Genesis)
* Viewpoint (Neo-Geo)
* Axelay (SNES)
* Earth Defense Force (Arcade, SNES)
* Armed Police Batrider (Arcade)
* Parodius (SNES)
* Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (SNES)
* U.N. Squadron (Arcade, SNES)
* Darius (Arcade, SNES)
* Starfox (SNES, N64)
* Mahou Daisakusen Series (Arcade)
* Dangun Feveron (Arcade)

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Originally posted by fivefeet8
I thought Pulstar was better..

IMHO R-Type 3 for the SNES beats them both.

[]s Badaro

Edit: Added a couple more games.

**fivefeet8** · January 28th, 2003

Nothing comes close to Radiant Silvergun on the Sega Saturn.. But maybe Ikaruga on the Dreamcast does..

Try the Thunderforce Series on the Genesis and Axelay on the Snes..

Strikers 1945 1, 2, and 3 on the arcades were nice too..

Badaro · January 28th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by fivefeet8
Nothing comes close to Radiant Silvergun on the Sega Saturn.. But maybe Ikaruga on the Dreamcast does..

Try the Thunderforce Series on the Genesis and Axelay on the Snes..

Strikers 1945 1, 2, and 3 on the arcades were nice too..

I don't have a Sega Saturn or a DC.

And i got the Strikers 1945 series for Mame, just didn't have time to try them yet.

[]s Badaro

Sanhime · January 28th, 2003

Super Star Soldier, Blazing Lazers, Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, Sapphire, Spriggan Series, and A LOT MORE for TG-16 PC Engine (best shooters-console ever)

For arcade: Armored Police Batrider (look at Raine for great arcade shooters)

**kairi00** · January 28th, 2003

You must at least try Giga Wing 2, just to be annoyed by the voice of your character whenever you're executing a 'reflect'.... "REFURECTO... FOOOOOORCE!!!" gets on your nerve after a while hehe.

F-3582 · January 28th, 2003

Does anybody know "Divine Sealing" for Genesis? It had nice cut-scenes...

**parotaku** · January 28th, 2003

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Well Gradius/ Parodius are OK I suppose.

Sure, I couldn't agree more...
Play Gradius Gaiden first... then play Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius and Sexy Parodius... and you'll understand what is GREAT Konami humour!!!!:rofl:

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JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	Truxton has allways been a fave of mine

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Samor Guest Posts: n/a	well....so many of them, heh. But some of my favs are the Gradius series and the Zanac/Aleste series. oh, and uhm http://www.emudek.org/shootemup/ ^freeware shmups for the pc....LOTS of them.

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Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,897	ah yes..the Strikers 1945 series actually has 3 games the original..a part 2 and a Plus version released for the Neo Geo We also recommend Vapor Trail..released for both Arcade and home consoles... The Salamander / Life Force / Gradius series..on console and arcade ports. Samor turned us on to the Salamander Pack..released for PSX and Saturn. Then their is Gaiaires for Genesis, and a brilliant underrated Genesis game called Wings of War. The Legendary Wings game was fairly good as well...both an Arcade and NES release Sonic Wings...arcade..brilliant...use the Zinc emulator __________________

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