What shmups do you like?

CritAnime · 23 June 2011, 06:57

Vertical, horizontal, rail or what ever.

Whats your fav shmups and why?

I personally like Keio's Flying Squadron for the Mega CD. The music is nice, the controls are good and the gameplay, while basic, is solid.

Jgames · 23 June 2011, 14:17

In order of preference:

I) Nemesis II on the MSX , best MSX shmup, and maybe best shmup ever.

II) Raiden, Arcade, best arcade shmup i have played.

III) Soldier Blade, best pcengine shmup, best music in any shmup.

and best shmups on the amiga, as i tried them all, is Battle squadron, then hybris, then SWIV.

NeoGeo, for me it's last resort.

Pc dos, i can't recall any good one.

Muzkat · 23 June 2011, 14:26

Off the top of my head...

Amiga:

Battle Squadron
Silkworm
Sidewinder
Saint Dragon

PC:

Tyrian 2000

Arcade:

Raiden
Aero Fighters 3 ( I think)
Last Resort
Pulstar
Gallop - Armed Police Unit
Steel Gunner 1 & 2 (still wish I knew how to configure the mouse to use in MAME)
Lucky & Wild (see above)
Alien 3
All the R-Types.

Nintendo:

Lifeforce

Retro-Nerd · 23 June 2011, 15:26

Can't list all my favorites now, but we had a similar thread.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ot%27em&page=5

Big-Byte · 23 June 2011, 16:16

X-Out and Z-Out were good.

Fave has to be Battle Squadron though.

s4m · 23 June 2011, 18:01

For Amiga :

Apydia
Z_out
Silkworm
Banshee
Project X
Battle squadron
Uridium 2
Lethal Zone

Skope · 23 June 2011, 18:06

Don Pachi
Cyvern

Both are arcade games.

extralife · 23 June 2011, 18:46

on amiga, battle squadron is the king!!
but the very best of all must be r-type, still play this regularly on mame and psx and the reason i love it so much is bcoz, it looks allmost impossible, but when u get into the little tricks of it, its quite manageable, also i loved ikaruga, but since my 360 is dead its not an option anymore

laffer · 24 June 2011, 16:10

Not Amiga games but I used to like Tyrian quite a bit - I think because it's quite easy for a game of this type and I was always quite rubbish at most of them.
One Amiga shmup I enjoyed though is Agony... love the style of the game and the gamplay isn't bad, either.
Oh, and SWIV - though I never finished it without cheating

EDIT - I also enjoyed Jets'n'Guns quite a bit, much thanks to the great soundtrack by Machinae Supremacy.

Retroplay · 24 June 2011, 17:02

Amiga:
Project X
Battle Squadron
Hybris
Apidya
Mega Typhoon
Agony
X-Out

C64:
Enforcer - Full Metal Megablaster
Tiger Mission
Salamander
Nemesis

SNES:
Space Megaforce/Super Aleste
Axelay
Darius Twin
Darius Force/Super Nova
BioMetal (Japanese version)

Arcade:
Twin Cobra
Gemini Wing

NES:
Lifeforce
Gradius

No bullet hell shmups for me thank you very much.

23 June 2011, 06:57	#1
CritAnime Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wakefield/UK Age: 41 Posts: 387	What shmups do you like? Vertical, horizontal, rail or what ever. Whats your fav shmups and why? I personally like Keio's Flying Squadron for the Mega CD. The music is nice, the controls are good and the gameplay, while basic, is solid.

24 June 2011, 16:10	#9
laffer Zone Friend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 1,335	Not Amiga games but I used to like Tyrian quite a bit - I think because it's quite easy for a game of this type and I was always quite rubbish at most of them. One Amiga shmup I enjoyed though is Agony... love the style of the game and the gamplay isn't bad, either. Oh, and SWIV - though I never finished it without cheating EDIT - I also enjoyed Jets'n'Guns quite a bit, much thanks to the great soundtrack by Machinae Supremacy. Last edited by laffer; 24 June 2011 at 16:28.

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23 June 2011, 14:17	#2
Jgames Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 457	In order of preference: I) Nemesis II on the MSX , best MSX shmup, and maybe best shmup ever. II) Raiden, Arcade, best arcade shmup i have played. III) Soldier Blade, best pcengine shmup, best music in any shmup. and best shmups on the amiga, as i tried them all, is Battle squadron, then hybris, then SWIV. NeoGeo, for me it's last resort. Pc dos, i can't recall any good one.

23 June 2011, 14:26	#3
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,426	Off the top of my head... Amiga: Battle Squadron Silkworm Sidewinder Saint Dragon PC: Tyrian 2000 Arcade: Raiden Aero Fighters 3 ( I think) Last Resort Pulstar Gallop - Armed Police Unit Steel Gunner 1 & 2 (still wish I knew how to configure the mouse to use in MAME) Lucky & Wild (see above) Alien 3 All the R-Types. Nintendo: Lifeforce

23 June 2011, 15:26	#4
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	Can't list all my favorites now, but we had a similar thread. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ot%27em&page=5

23 June 2011, 16:16	#5
Big-Byte Long time member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: UK Posts: 754	X-Out and Z-Out were good. Fave has to be Battle Squadron though.

23 June 2011, 18:01	#6
s4m A1200 user Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: france Posts: 38	For Amiga : Apydia Z_out Silkworm Banshee Project X Battle squadron Uridium 2 Lethal Zone

23 June 2011, 18:06	#7
Skope Protracker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: 8364 Posts: 381	Don Pachi Cyvern Both are arcade games.

23 June 2011, 18:46	#8
extralife Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: denmark Posts: 268	on amiga, battle squadron is the king!! but the very best of all must be r-type, still play this regularly on mame and psx and the reason i love it so much is bcoz, it looks allmost impossible, but when u get into the little tricks of it, its quite manageable, also i loved ikaruga, but since my 360 is dead its not an option anymore

24 June 2011, 17:02	#10
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,079	Amiga: Project X Battle Squadron Hybris Apidya Mega Typhoon Agony X-Out C64: Enforcer - Full Metal Megablaster Tiger Mission Salamander Nemesis SNES: Space Megaforce/Super Aleste Axelay Darius Twin Darius Force/Super Nova BioMetal (Japanese version) Arcade: Twin Cobra Gemini Wing NES: Lifeforce Gradius No bullet hell shmups for me thank you very much.

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