So you like Shoot 'em ups?

[DivideBYZero]

I'm having a shoot 'em ups renaisance, fueled almost entirely by the Wii VC. It started with the all time classic, 'R-Type' and since then it has escalated.

This week, I am mostly playing:

- R-Type - T GFX
- Super Star Soldier - T GFX
- Soldier Blade - T GFX
- Nanostray - DS

I picked up Nanostray for dirt cheap and I must say it's a satisfying, if not a little short, game. The graphics and sound are really something, the 3D element really works and does not detract from the traditional gameplay. However, as always with these games, the joy is in beating the levels with max points, skill and style. I can see myself coming back again and again to this title.

Long live Shmups!

 

[killer2kx]

R-Type ...Play it in the 90s alot .

 

[ShotgunSteven]

I have the R-Type Collection (I think that is what it was called) on PlayStation, great port. Also have R-Type Final for PS2. Have tons of other shmups, like Ikaruga on DC and GC, Batsugun, Battle Garegga, and various others for SEGA Saturn. I have some good ones for Genesis/MegaDrive as well, like the ThunderForce games, Gaiares, and many more.

I used to play R-Type all the time at a local ice cream parlor. I love that game.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Oh yeah, I have Ikaruga on the Cube. Must bust that out and pop it in the Wii.

 

[Roguestar]

Goldeneye for the N64. 'nuff said.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
Goldeneye for the N64. 'nuff said.

You lose a 1UP. That's an FPS.

 

[DivideBYZero]

No SEU fans on here?!?

 

[slatr]

Contra!!

:thumbsup:

 

[purbeast0]

One of the best shooter's I've ever played was on PSX and is called G-Darius.

Seriously if you have not played that game, check it out.

 

[Ricochet]

Back in my days at the arcade these were the shitz:

Heavy Barrel <------quite possibly the best shooter ever made
Metal Slug
R-Type
Raiden
Side Arms <------I can almost beat it with one quarter
Smash TV


Awesome console shooters:

Contra
Gaiares
M.U.S.H.A.
Robo Aleste
Thunder Force

 

[AkumaX]

R-Type (all)
Raiden/Raiden Fighters (all)
Side Arms
Gradius I/II/III/IV
1941/1942/1943/1944/19XX
Ikaruga
Aero Fighters
UN Squadron (1 quarter baby!)
Carrier Airwing
Darius
Dodonpachi
Dragon Spirit
EDF : Earth Defence Force
ESP Ra.De
Giga Wing
Macross II
P-47 Aces
Strikers 1945
Truxton
Twin Eagle
Varth
Zero Wing - haha

 

[Ricochet]

:laugh: Zero Wing.....good one, Akuma.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Shmups FTW. Metal Slug Anthology is sitting in the Wii right now 😀

Zero Gunner 2 (DC/Arcade) also rocks.

- M4H