The Best Saturn Shooters

Just had a long session on Ikaruga, and decided to grab a few 2D Shooters for Saturn. Apart from Radiant Silvergun, what are the best 2D shooters for Saturn? Cheers for any help Oh and are there any other DC Shooters I should get?

[ December 22, 2002: Message edited by: Rain ]</p>

Try Darius

I love Shienryu, Soukyugurentai, Sengoku Blade, Thunderforce V, both Thunderforce Gold packs, Battle Garegga, Darius Gaiden, DoDonPachi, Hyper Duel, Metal Black...

There are lots of other good ones I can't think of!

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[ December 22, 2002: Message edited by: brentsg ]</p>

Don't forget about Technosoft's...

ULTIMATE DESTROYER *BLAST WIND* it's a short game but freckin' fun as hell to play!

I second that: Galactic Attack.

For the "generic raiden" shooter try Shienryu.
For the "hard core" shooter try Hyper Duel.
For the "expensive" shooter try Stellar Assault.
For the "cheap" shooter try Layer Section.
For the "fun" shooter definitely Game Paradise!

Kinda hard to say as every single Saturn shooter is a precious treasure!

He's looking for 2D shooters so Stellar Assault is out.

Originally posted by maiko:
<strong>For the "generic raiden" shooter try Shienryu.
For the "hard core" shooter try Hyper Duel.
For the "expensive" shooter try Stellar Assault.
For the "cheap" shooter try Layer Section.
For the "fun" shooter definitely Game Paradise!
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I also suggest Galatic Attack (Layer Section).

Sold mine off a couple years ago and been kicking myself in the butt since.

Hmmm...I think I am off to eBay to find myself another copy.

Well,
I'd rate the Saturn's shooters like so:

Battle Garegga- 2D powerhouse. Awesome, blazing fast gameplay with amazing, pure 2D graphics. A programming marvel- no slowdown. Some find the 'difficult' to see bullets to be annoying though (Although, I think it's realistic...)

Radiant Silvergun- I probably don't need to mention it, but it really does make you wonder how Treasure could get a game this good looking to run on a 32-bit system. I mean- it's better than ANY PSX game graphically and looks better than any DC shooter (Except maybe Ikaruga and maybe ZG2). Awesome, deep as shit gameplay doen't hurt either.

Shienryu- King of old school shooters. Awesome

Soukyugurentai- Also an amazing graphical tour-de-force. Runner up to RS in terms of doing 'next-gen' graphics on the Saturn.

Thunderforce V- Despite the weak and choppy 3D graphics that litter the game throughout- it's fucking fast and awesome. Frantic and frenetic gameplay unlike any other.

Sengoku Blade- Awesome shooter with awesome tits.

Sol Divide- OK- bear with me... This isn't really a real shooter exactly. But it's pretty much a shooter, so that's close enough. AMAZING phantasy, swords and sorcery pre-rendered graphical joy-fest. Short, with limited arcade-style gameplay. I happen to love it and feel it's very underrated.

Strikers 1945- Awesome WWII shooter with a super cool WWII fighter planes on the moon last level.

Strikers 1945 II- Great, much more 'military' sequel to the first. I find it's gameplay very satisfying as well.

Donpachi and Dodonpachi for sure.

All of the above... and I want to add Sengoku Blade.

I didn't think much of this shooter when I first bought it. I kept reading how great it was, etc and how many people thought this game reminds them of a Neo Geo-like shooter.

Perhaps it was the hype, but I played it a few times and put it down.

But I replayed this last week, and it was really really fun. Some of the stages' graphics are really good. I am enjoying it with the unique characters/attacks. I recommend it if you can track one down (I hear it is rare, but who knows)