What System has the best Shooters?
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valgalder
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Actually pretty true.. good port indeed.
There is a game that was never finished called Native, that had huge promise. If you have any way to play homebrew on the Jag you can download the first level.. Pretty R-Typish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C75isKIgfUQ
NeoGeoNinja
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Oddly enough, in a round about way, became Sturmwind for the Dreamcast in the end.
Also, Dreamcast has all my favourite Shmups: ZG2, Ikaruga, Border Down, Mars Matrix, GigaWing, UDefeat etc. PS1 has it's own thing going on too with the likes of Zanac x Zanac, Gradius Gaiden, R-Type Delta, Raiden DX, Einhander, Raystorm etc as well as many of the Saturn library (inc. superior ports of DP & DDP).
As others have stated, you really need a mix and match of libraries to get the most out of the genre...
yoyo
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PC Engine/TG-16 and the Neo*Geo have both given me some of the best shmup experiences I've endured as of yet. And, I know it's a little basic and mainstream for some tastes here, but some shmups I've run across on the SNES were enjoyable too. It's really hard to pick just one though, if I absolutely had to I'd probably go with the PCE.
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Has anyone played the shooters on this board:
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/412-in-1-classic-vertical-arcade-multigame-jamma-pcb.html
It has Dimahoo and DonPachi and some others. I feel like those would be difficult to emulate and there would probably be some slowdown
http://www.jammaboards.com/store/412-in-1-classic-vertical-arcade-multigame-jamma-pcb.html
It has Dimahoo and DonPachi and some others. I feel like those would be difficult to emulate and there would probably be some slowdown
yoyo
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That looks and sounds sick. DonPachi is one of my favorite shmups I've gotta say.
Japanese PS2 and 360 are all you really need for shmups. The Saturn used to be king of the genre, but a lot of its shmups have been obsoleted by MAME or superior ports elsewhere. Before you cry foul on MAME, know that the Saturn ports of Donpachi and DDP have some significant imperfections and can't be used for scoring competitions.
Dimahoo (on CPS2) and Donpachi emulation has been essentially perfect for a long, long time.
Dimahoo (on CPS2) and Donpachi emulation has been essentially perfect for a long, long time.
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I don't know about the PS1 port of Donpachi, other than that it's still not arcade perfect.
DDP is definitely better on the PS1, but it still has some issues and it totally omits the ship select screen (have to do it in options), which is still present on Saturn.
I wish Cave had done an XBLA collection of DP/DDP with Campaign Edition included. I wonder if that will ever get dumped. We only managed to get the Guwange Blue Arrange rom because Cave put it on the XBLA version.
DDP is definitely better on the PS1, but it still has some issues and it totally omits the ship select screen (have to do it in options), which is still present on Saturn.
I wish Cave had done an XBLA collection of DP/DDP with Campaign Edition included. I wonder if that will ever get dumped. We only managed to get the Guwange Blue Arrange rom because Cave put it on the XBLA version.
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Neo Geo: Pulstar, Last Resort, ASO II, Sonic Wings 2,3 , Ghost Pilots
All the above are better than any Mega drive or Snes smup.
All the above are better than any Mega drive or Snes smup.
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Im not that big into shooters but like everyone else I've played great shooters on the pce (lords of thunder, soldier blade) , saturn (rs, sengoku blade, hyper duel), genny (tf3, musha), ps2 (espgaluda, ibara) dreamcast (ikaruga, under defeat). These are just to name a few.
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