Top 5 shooters (or 10...5 of each OK)

Gabrius · Apr 29, 2011

5. Ketsui
4. Strikers 1945
3. Radiant Silvergun
2. The Guardian Legend
1. Gaiares

Chempop · Apr 29, 2011

Gabrius, nice to see another Gaiares fan. I actually aquired it this past Fall and it somehow made it to my #2 hori spot, haha of course these lists are always a reflection of what I've been currently playing.

Nice work with that shmups topic on GFs btw.

amaradona · Apr 30, 2011

Chempop said:
Gabrius, nice to see another Gaiares fan. I actually aquired it this past Fall and it somehow made it to my #2 hori spot, haha of course these lists are always a reflection of what I've been currently playing.

Nice work with that shmups topic on GFs btw.

True! Gaiares was a great game but so difficult!
It has also nice anime atmosphere!

neo-geo-mvs · Apr 30, 2011

My favourites tend to be the old school ones;

R-Type
Parodius
Axelay
Gradius (all versions)
Viewpoint
Blazing Star
Sonic Wings Special
Batsugun
Thunderforce (all versions)
Raiden (all versions)

I'm about to buy Hyper Duel so hopefully this will be a good one to :-J

neo-geo-mvs · Apr 30, 2011

Just bought Hyper Duel for £90 so hopefully as good as their Thunderforce series

Johnny · May 12, 2011

My favourites not in a particular order.

Strikers 1945
Sonic Wings Special
Dragon Blaze
Sol Divide
Mushihimesama Futari
Batrider
Gallactic Attack
Raiden (Series)
Donpachi

And i could continue here all day long with an enormous list of shooters

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Curt · May 19, 2011

I'm admittedly not the biggest shooter, but these are some of my favorites. (still have lots of greats to try)
These just have a warm spot in my heart.

#1 Deathsmiles.
#2 Pulstar
#3 Sexy Parodius
#4 Gradius V
#5 Do Don Pachi Daioujou

I need to play Mushihime and Radiant Silvergun, they look like they're right up my alley.

Poison Sama · May 19, 2011

Poison Sama said:
Senko no Ronde DUO
Senko no Ronde Rev.X
Deathsmiles 2
Deathsmiles
Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5

Updating my list :

Senko no Ronde DUO
Senko no Ronde Rev.X
Deathsmiles 2
Deathsmiles
Trouble Witches Neo

If the SnR games don't count, then :

Deathsmiles 2
Deathsmiles
Trouble Witches Neo
Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5
Espgaluda

Lee_Rekka · May 19, 2011

To many good shooters to name.

1. X-Multiply
2. L-Dis
3. Aero Blasters
4. Star Soldier series
5. Jikko Parodius
6. Darius Gaiden
7. Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
8. Dangun Ferveron

Any Hudson shooter.

GCrusher · May 21, 2011

1. Pulstar (Neo Geo)
2. R-Type (Arcade)
3. 1941 Counter Attack (Super Grafx)
4. Panorama Cotton (MegaDrive)
5. View Point (Neo Geo)
6. Star Parodier (PC Engine DUO)
7-10. Gradius/Darius/Raiden/Strikers games/Space Harrier/Forgotten Worlds in a tie (Arcade/Disc based home systems)
Honorable Mention: Gaires (MegaDrive), Aldynes(SuperGrafx)

terry.330 · May 21, 2011

Surprised I never posted in this thread before.

I'm just going to do 10 in no order.

Layer Section
Muchi Muchi Pork
ESP Galuda
Progear
Death Smiles
Batrider
Thunder Force III
Souky
Lords of Thunder
Ikaruga

opt2not · May 26, 2011

In no particular order:
- Flying Shark
- Salamander
- Gyruss
- Under Defeat
- Ikaruga
- Crisis Force (famicom)
- Progear
- Hydorah (indie PC)

Metal Slug76 · Mar 14, 2014

Soldier Blade
Radient Silvergun
Mars Matrix
Dodonpachi
Sapphire

cr8zykuban0 · Sep 11, 2014

very hard to narrow it down but here goes
1.blazing star- love this game so much. great graphics, especially with the 3d look to the spaceships and enemies. I have this game donloaded on my phone and I pad
2. battle garegga- a 1942 type shooter, the music in this game is incredible but not too many power ups to choose from. too bad the saturn version is pricy
3. blazing lazers-awesome game for the turbo, good music, nice visuals and good amount of power ups. number 1 played game on my express
4. bio hazard battle- an underrated game in my opinion worth checking out for the genesis. very fast paced
5. task force harrier ex- excellent graphics and good powerups. the voice clips in this game are very crisp. great shmup for the megadrive

Wachenroder · Sep 11, 2014

Only 3 immediately come to mind as definite favorites.

1. Gradius V - Definitely my favorite shmup from my favorite shmup franchise.
2. Gradius IV - Pretty much neck and neck with V but I like V a little more from some reason.
3. Gunbird 2 - The characters, animation, voice work and dialogue are a lot of fun. The gameplay is both very interesting and challenging with character having a certain level of uniqueness rarely found in this genre. The stages, characters and enemy art is very well done and enemies and bullets are clear. Great game through and through.

After that i'd just be naming good shmups that I like and there's a lot of them.

BerryTogart · Sep 11, 2014

I haven't played that many shmups yet, based on what I know:

Ikaruga
Apydia
R-Type
Parodius
Twin Bee

Chempop · Sep 11, 2014

Close to 4 years since my post, I’ll update!

Hori:
5. Thunderforce IV
4. Darius Gaiden
3. Akai Katana
2. Gradius II
1. Deathsmiles

Vert:
5. Raiden
4. Layer Section/Rayforce
3. Dodonpachi
2. Battle Garegga
1. Dimahoo

ebinsugewa · Sep 11, 2014

1. Twin Cobra/Kyuukyoku Tiger
2. Soldier Blade
3. Fire Shark
4. Sorcer Striker/Mahou Daisakusen
5. Darius

Honorable mention: Crimzon Clover, Espgaluda, Dogyuun, Progear, 1943

BlueBooster · Sep 11, 2014

In no order

Spriggan
Raiden
Strikers 1945
MUSHA
Lords of Thunder

There are so many good ones it's hard to decide! I'm sure I'll change my mind like 5 minutes after posting this.

Hasuki-san · Sep 12, 2014

1. Ketsui
2. Ikaruga
3. Under Defeat
4. Dodonpachi Dai-Ou-Jou
5. Viewpoint

K-2 · Sep 12, 2014

Ooooooo Lists!

Three categories; no particular order:

Vertical
Battle Garegga
Dodonpachi DOJ
Kyukykyu Tiger
Batrider
Mushihimesama

Horizontal
Deathsmiles
Gate of Thunder
Lightening Force
Progear
Hyper Duel

VertiZonal :loco:

Super Star Soldier
Gun Head
Blast Wind
Mars Matrix
STG Strike Gunner

Kiken · Sep 15, 2014

In no particular order:

Ikaruga
Under Defeat
ESPGaluda
ESPGaluda II
Mushihime-sama Futari Ver 1.5

DeusVult · Sep 16, 2014

in no order, havent played half the ones mentioned in previous posts but here is five of my favourites

Rtype
Guardian Force
Radiant Silvergun
Under Defeat
Forgotten Worlds

sir arthur · Sep 19, 2014

1. GAREGGA
2. FUTARI
3. IKARUGA
4. APB
5. KETSUI

Kef9 · Jan 30, 2015

Not neccessary the greatest but my favourites

1. Thunder Force 3
2. Hyper Duel
3. Aero Fighters 2
4. Axelay
5. Warhawk (Kind of cheating a bit here going 3D but what a great game!)

I also like Strikers 1945 Plus, Blazing Star, Last Resort, Thunder Force IV, Thunder Force V, Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga and In the Hunt

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