" I consider shmups to be the last real classic game genre still alive - games in which score, skill, technique, replayability, and finely honed 2-dimensional gameplay are all-important.

Shmups can be picked up for 10 minutes, and enjoyed fully in that space of time. They can literally last for decades - I'm still trying to complete Flying Shark today. Perfect for modern busy lifestyles I reckon - a short, intense burst of pure gameplay. But they're often severely misunderstood by today's gamers ("repetitive, easy to credit feed to the end, all you do is shoot!"). Well, their loss!" ~ malc

This is a thread dedicated to fellow shmups enthusiasts and hope all the future shmups news will come here. "The Will to Fabricate" is the title to one of my favorite, Psyvariar 2 (Arcace, DC & PS2).

Some pics of established shmups below


Batsugun, 1990, Toaplan: Known for being the ancestor of manic shmups (bullet hell)


Dodonpachi, 1996, Cave: Polish the manic genre and has since become the corner stone of modern shmups


Fantasy Zone, 1986, Sega: One of the earliest cute-em-up


Gigawing, 1998, Takumi: Reflect shots are introduced


Ikaruga, 2002, Treasure: Puzzle game that plays like a shmup


Radiant Silvergun, unknown, Treasure: The best shmup ever? Not for me, but I know why people claimed it is.


Battle Garegga, 1998, Raizing: The deepest shmups ever. Conserve bombs, tapping your shoot buttons and don't die will kill you


R-Type III, 1994, Irem: The most recognized hori series?

This post has been edited by gundamalpha: Nov 29 2010, 02:09 PM

Upcoming shmups:

PSV shmup from Cave

This post has been edited by gundamalpha: Sep 15 2011, 12:15 PM

DUX for DreamCast, have u tried it?

I am quite itchy to get it, but dare not dive into it.

Apparently DUX is a European style shmups.. something like X2 for the PS1, not really my type of game after further research. But hey, who knows, I like ducks

I remember one on the pc eNGINE...the one where we control a robot and we can power the robot up so his fire power will get bigger.

Dun remember the name though.

Horizontal or vertical? If hori is it Side Arms, Macross 2036 or Lords of Thunder? If vertical is it Spriggan? I don't really have too much knowledge on PCE shmups as I'm very late to the scene

horizontal...haa i think it's side arms!!!

The robot can move up down left right on the screen

easier than R-Type

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qPDXGSYdxi8

This post has been edited by PhoenixByte: Feb 4 2009, 12:03 PM

I can never stand R-Type, too much memorization

thunderforce on the megadrive is also a bit hard...but i always return to it coz it's pretty and the music kinda good

If you have a chance to play Hyper Duel for the Sega Saturn , its worth picking up as well.

Damn I dont have a Xbox360, but I think it would be worth while to pick those shooters up for collection purposes though.

This post has been edited by praetorian: Feb 4 2009, 01:15 PM

I first bought a 360 just for the purpose of playing Senko no Ronde With so many more shmups coming out I see no reason why not getting one.

Hyper Duel is a bit over my budget.. I don't like how you must not shoot to recharge your shots

he, radiant silvergun . i have the disc but its in unseable condition already btw tdoes the macross dyrl game fallunder this category ?

You mean the Sega Saturn game right? Yes, sure I quite enjoy that game as well, one of the few shmups that uses 2 discs

yup , the saturn wan .. very nice game and graphics , it was later re-released on the ps 1 i think .. i belive there`s also a macross plus game which i played in the arcade which played pout in a similar way .

Yup, that one got ported to PS1 as well sonic_cd, your Radiant Silvergun is ori or copied? I don't mind buying just the case and manual if you have an ori one

You have that?
U r kidding me, that cost a fortune!

My goodness that legendary Saturn games are traded like gold these days.

I've always loved Donpachi during the PSX days. The combo inclusion with the game feels really cool and epic. Much like a fighter game.

The 1 thing I could never get, and the single most important thing, in DDP series is the bee.. Don't know how to get them

the game that time i bought had no manual or even the ori cd case . found some time back in amcorp mall flea market ... then my saturn rosak(did not accquire another saturn till last year or the year before) and the disc got tossed around ( that time i did not know the disc value ) till it got scrathed .. story ends . had i known the disc was that valuable @ that time , i would have kept it properly ..

bonus pic :

I want to smack you jor