best shooters on the Megadrive...

[shadows]

I dont think this has been mentioned, Super Fantasy Zone. A very cutesy one, still good fun.

 

[twilight]

keep them coming guys, thanks a lot

 

[Yodd]

You need to buy a Everdrive MD.

Then you can enjoy all the fantastic shooters (and any other genre) to your hearts content.

 

[subcons]

Twinkle Tale

Standard fare here, but I was scanning to see if anyone mentioned this and you're the only one who did.

Love Twinkle Tale. Sad that it gets forgotten most of the time.

 

[andsuchisdeath]

Vapor Trail

 

[arakissun]

One and forever-Darius 2
I can play this game every day if I have that time

 

[bcfczulu]

arrow flash is quite good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liBKYDq7pdc

 

[wataru330]

Some great stuff mentioned here; I would cosign on most opinions so far. Happen to LOVE Aleste myself, weird to see it get hated on.

Conspicuous by its absence is Phelios.

Man, is this port cracking! I prefer it to the coin-op.

Voice, great theme, super music, software scaling...so much to love here.

 

[Genesis Knight]

One that people might not have seen is Android Assault on the SegaCD. It's actually one of the best horis on the system, and pretty unique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQD5BaYcoXU&feature=related

 

[Grandmaster B]

Aero Blasters is not so bad either.
Otherwise the already mentioned Gaiares, Gleylancer and Trouble Shooter are my favorite shooters on the MD.

 

[Megadragon15]

Fire Mustang, Task Force Harrier EX, and Heavy Unit haven't been mentioned.

 

[Hex]

This thread has reminded me of the plan I had ages ago to a) buy a copy of Gunstar Heroes and b) mod my megadrive to play US/JAP games...

 

[Genesis Knight]

If anyone's interested in Grind Stormer for Genesis be sure to check if the copy you're buying is tested. Tengen shipped a bunch of duds, and since it goes for about $30 CIB it's probably worth it to make sure it boots and plays fine.

 

[Borgeois]

Here's a list of shmups on the Mega Drive. Anything in square brakcets "[]" means that that game in general has an alternate title. The list is as follows:

Action 52
Aero Blasters
Alien Soldier
Aleste [MUSHA]
Arrow Flash
Atomic Robo-Kid
Battle Squadron
Bio Hazard Battle
Bio Ship Paladin [Gunship Gomora]
Burning Force
Cross Fire [Super Air Wolf]
Contra Hard Corps
Curse
Dangerous Seed
Darwin 4081
Divine Sealing
Elemental Master
Eliminate Down
Fire Mustang
Fire Shark
Forgotten Worlds
Gadget Twins
Gaiares
Gain Ground
Gley Lancer
Grind Stormer
Gynoug [Wings of Wor] -- no, this is not a typo
Heavy Unit
Hellfire
Insector X
Magic Girl
Master of Weapons
Mega SWIV (Silk Worm 4 is what SWIV stands for -- Silk Worm being on the NES)
Phelios
Raiden Trad
Sagaia [Darius 2]
Slap Fight
Smash TV
Sol-Deace
Steel Empire [Battlewings]
Sub Terrania
Super Fantasy Zone
Super Space Invaders
Task Force Harrier EX
Thunderforce 2
Thunderforce 3
Thunderforce 4 [Lightening Force]
Trouble Shooter
Trouble Shooter 2 [Battlemania 2]
Truxton [Tatsujin]
Twin Cobra
Twin Hawk
Twinkle Tale
Undead Line
Vapor Trail
Verytex
Viewpoint
Whip Rush
XDR X-Dazedly-Ray
Xenon 2
Zero Wing

In my opinion, I think Contra Hard Corps is the best out of all of them. I'm a big fan of side scrolling shoot 'em ups, as well as a fan of the Contra series in general. It's incredibly hard though. Most people say it was mainly made for fan service towards the hardcore Contra fans out there.

 

[jericho_mpm]

Thunderforce 2 3 4
Hellfire
Arrowflash
Airbuster
Twin Cobra
Contra
Mercs

 

[irvsmoot]

If anyone's interested in Grind Stormer for Genesis be sure to check if the copy you're buying is tested. Tengen shipped a bunch of duds, and since it goes for about $30 CIB it's probably worth it to make sure it boots and plays fine.

^^
This. I have a copy that hard locks after the third stage, everytime. Big bummer, cause it is a great game otherwise.

 

[JohnnyFever]

I thnk the Thunder Force games were great. I still fire up the Genesis to play them. MUSHA was a blast but the game was over too soon. The soundtrack was amazing.

If you can get your hands on a Mega CD.... Sol Deace had a great soundtrack and the shooting was nice too. I had a lot of fun with it.