jingle bells jingle bells shooting all the way
i love parodius~ it s so funny and the music so great
my favourite is Sexy Parodius (japanese version), i own it on PSX and it is fantastic (no loading times or anything).
then it s IKARUGA, followed by coryoon
i can t give figures of the shooting games i ve played, it s just my favourite genre, just to give examples on my favourite systems
on nes i own games like Burai Fighter, Life Force Salamander, Star Force, 1943...
on pc engine & SuperCDROM2 coryoon, hana ta-ka daka ?, dragon saber, magical chase, Final Soldier, RType complete CD,
Star Parodia, Spriggan Mark 2
on sega CD: sol feace, sylpheed
on snes : super Aleste, Super EDF (yes, i do like it), UNSquaron, Parodius, Super RType, RType 3, Blazeon, Axelay and starfox
on psx : Darius Gaiden, RayStorm, GDarius, RType Delta, Sexy Parodius, Ray Crisis, Strikers 1945 II, cotton, einhander,thunderforce V
on PC: Tyrian, The REAP, GPolice, RayStorm (but playing the original PSX one on an emu looks better than it, despite it s Direct3D, PSX sony emulator syndrome, same as ray crisis and MGS)
on DC: sar gunner 2, gigawing, mars matrix, Ikaruga
on PS2 : sylpheed, gradius III&IV, RType Final (forgot it in japan
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and -stupid i am to have sold it- on neo of course: Alpha Mission 2 and Last Resort
i didn t like Radiant Silvergun, the fact you get all the weapons from the beginning and the poor game scenery (i ve played it last year only), plus the easy factor (finished in one go) made it a no pleasure game... i just ran though it because i had to, it s so famous, but it didn t leave any good memories...
but i loved ikaruga, verry impressive game
just building this little list gives me the envy to go back to my homeplace, switch on my old machineries and play through all of them again~
shmups are for me the games with the biggest replay value. you don t play to solve a mystery, you don t play to gain levels, you play just for fun
shooooooot