BEST non-cave, eighting, raizing shmups?

2Dfan · May 9, 2006

I just played some Air Gallet and have to say its really good! 1996 by banpresto.

Dave_K. · May 9, 2006

Cyvern!
Awsome shmup, pretty hard to come by nowadays.

Cnidarian · May 9, 2006

Capcom's 194x series (except 1944), Gunbird 1 & 2, Gun Nail, G-Darius, Night Raid, the Raiden series, R-Type 1 & 2, Viewpoint... the list goes on and on

and nearly everything from TOAPLAN is excellent. many of their '80s shooters are among my personal favorites.

sven666 · May 9, 2006

Raiden Fighters 2

hands down.. actually beats alot of Cave & r8zing stuff too...

id say its in my top 3 best games ever made along with with ketsui and batrider

pixeljunkie · May 9, 2006

soooo, Toaplan counts?

Batsugun!

jro · May 9, 2006

Strikers 1945, I, II, or Plus.

Technos · May 9, 2006

Dave_K. said:
Cyvern!
Awsome shmup, pretty hard to come by nowadays.

True dat, Cyvern kicks ass.

Note that this thread does not include Psikyo in the title for some reason. So I'll be the first to throw in

Dragon Blaze
Gunbird 2
Strikers 1999

-Tech

bwodie · May 9, 2006

Cnidarian said:
Capcom's 194x series (except 1944), Gunbird 1 & 2, Gun Nail, G-Darius, Night Raid, the Raiden series, R-Type 1 & 2, Viewpoint... the list goes on and on

and nearly everything from TOAPLAN is excellent. many of their '80s shooters are among my personal favorites.

couldnt agree more! I must of put 100's of $$'s through twin cobra when i was a wee young kid.
best shmup ever

and #28, you wont be the first to throw those in :loco:

Dave_K. · May 10, 2006

The only Seibu game I think is miles above the rest is Viper Phase 1. Capcom 19XX is also a class act with unbelievable sound track (bongos rock! :buttrock:

).

Piratero · May 10, 2006

Cotton Boomerang for the ST-V, Guardian Force are top notch shooters :buttrock:

Neo Collector · May 10, 2006

I used to play Mission, dont know if you guys will know but its pretty good on arcades in the middle 80's. It must have a japanese name cause i cant find it anywhere in google or arcade museum.

AlphaONE · May 10, 2006

I love Psyvariar 2 alot.
.....probly just me

2Dfan · May 11, 2006

Another vote for guardian force here, just got the game for saturn...really cool gameplay and great graphics. I'd give it an 7.5.

I'm now off to score the rest of succes' games for saturn: cotton 2 and cotton boomerang

Ill6 · May 11, 2006

Some pcbs that I like that are not Cave/Raizing...

Raiden Fighters, Radiant Silvergun, Gigawing, Gigawing 2, Mars Matrix, Dragon
Blaze, Gunbird 2.

Murray · May 11, 2006

I used to have a blast with Twin Eagle ... don't know if I'd really consider it a "best" shmup but I remember spending a lot of money on it at the local 7-11 back in the day.

jpj · May 11, 2006

blazing star.

phenomenal game. (plus, i thought someone should mention it, y'know, given the name of the site an' all)

Kiel · May 11, 2006

Armed Police Batrider
Batsugun
Dragon Blaze
Strikers 1945 III
Shikigami no Shiro 2

Playahata · May 13, 2006

Psikyo and Toaplan shmups.

alec · May 13, 2006

Einhander is a great game. It's the only one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned. Toaplan games are awsome, I love Truxton!

roker · May 14, 2006

Kiel said:
Armed Police Batrider

I could swear that's a Raizing game . . .

Under Defeat hasn't been mentioned

I really like that game

AppleiDog · May 14, 2006

In the Hunt best scrolling shooter ever

mentionables Pyvaviar 2, Mobile light force (Gunbird 1)

droid · May 21, 2006

In the Hunt best scrolling shooter ever

Wurd up baby. In the hunt kicks major ass. The artwork and detail is amazing. I'll always be in BIG's debt for hooking me up with the pcb.

I'm gonna show my true age and say that Twin Cobra deserves mention. A great toaplan shmup that can be had for reasonably cheap.

Droid

eastyy · May 22, 2006

Chaos field : i do admit its not to everyones taste but with me once i figured out the combo system i was hooked

Radirgy: done by the same people who did chaos field a very good little shooter with a smart scoring hook

Vasara 1 and 2: i like the setting for this game its great fun too

Thunder force v : the 3d was not to good in my opinion it was not as stylised as thunderforce 4 but it had some in depth weapons and some great boss battles

Zero gunner 2: a different shooter multi direction helicopter great graphics (i suspect for under defeat they were influenced by this)

alec · May 22, 2006

I would like to add Imperishable Night to this list. Its a fun PC game and looks really good running from my laptop to my TV through Svideo and headphone jack while being played on an official USB Saturn pad.

Also, Hyper Duel, nuff said.

Piratero · May 22, 2006

droid said:
Wurd up baby. In the hunt kicks major ass. The artwork and detail is amazing. I'll always be in BIG's debt for hooking me up with the pcb.

I'm gonna show my true age and say that Twin Cobra deserves mention. A great toaplan shmup that can be had for reasonably cheap.

Droid

I thought "In the Hunt" was for the Saturn only :eek_2:

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