Where are my Arcade shmup fans at?

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Currently I've started a shmup on the switch, Yurukill. It's also a detective game!

I kinda liked the demo but my biggest gripe is that if you are a VN fan you have to do shmup levels and if you're a shmup one you wanna skip the VN parts...

I like Zero Escape so I may appreciate the game but sometimes mixing genres doesn't works the best.

 

[DanCalibur]

You might want to try thunder force IV on the sega genesis, it's generally considered one of the best shooters of the era.
Another series you might want to try is the parodius games, which are essentially gradius games just made crazy (you fight stuff like cabaret dancers and bunnygirls) and yes i mean they are gradius games, made by the same team.

Thanks, I'll add them to my ever growing backlog

 

[Dyne]

I fell into this rabbit hole when I fell in love with the Shmup on Retro Game challenge ds that was a parody of star force which led me into researching star force and watching Arino of Game Centre CX explain about how there is a manga about the guy that can shoot fast enough to get past a memorable challenge.
Currently I've started a shmup on the switch, Yurukill. It's also a detective game!
Also the voice clips from Sinistar live rent free in my head.

I absolutely LOVED Retro Game Challenge on DS!
I never see anyone mention that game ever

 

[Theriise]

I absolutely LOVED Retro Game Challenge on DS!
I never see anyone mention that game ever

Yay another Retro game challenge fan! I just about broke my thumbs getting past the ninja gaiden sequence. I'm so thankful that game got me hooked on game centre cx. Have you played the english translation of the sequal? Its a shame about thr third game changing game devs thou.

 

[Dyne]

Yay another Retro game challenge fan! I just about broke my thumbs getting past the ninja gaiden sequence. I'm so thankful that game got me hooked on game centre cx. Have you played the english translation of the sequal? Its a shame about thr third game changing game devs thou.

I didnt know there was a sequel! Now I'll have to find it

 

[Theriise]

I didnt know there was a sequel! Now I'll have to find it

Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (English Patched) DS ROM – RGT Repository

Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2 (English Patched) DS ROM Download. Languages: English Patched, Japanese. For the NDS.

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Behold, the repository has bestowed a blessing.
Also don't look up the third game, the devs that took over didnt have any love and passion that indeeszero had.
I even recommend watching the series that the games are based on(game centre cx), they even have features about how the video games were made.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I should replay the Rayforce trilogy someday.

That and probably Devil Blade Reboot.

 

[Moreno909]

I really like Samurai Aces and Tengai

 

[Tonberry]

I haven't played nearly as many shmups as I'd want to, but I played some Touhou in high school on a friend's computer, and I like Ikaruga a lot, and ZeroRanger is one of my all-time favorite games.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I haven't played nearly as many shmups as I'd want to, but I played some Touhou in high school on a friend's computer, and I like Ikaruga a lot, and ZeroRanger is one of my all-time favorite games.

Nice that you like me... Wait.

I got a question about ZeroRanger: Do you actually

Spoiler

lose your savefile if you die in front of the boss?

 

[bigstinkie]

what would be some shoot em up games you would recommend to someone new to the genre?
the only shoot em up game i distinctly remember playing was gradius iii on the super famicom and that game was pretty neatzors

 

[Viviana Santos]

what would be some shoot em up games you would recommend to someone new to the genre?
the only shoot em up game i distinctly remember playing was gradius iii on the super famicom and that game was pretty neatzors

Ikagura

 

[Varyag]

I may have a ton of personal recommendations, but I'd suggest you check out this video by ShmupJunkie where he goes through several good games with reasons for each. My favorite out of the bunch that he recommends is easily Batsugun (Special) though.

In the end though, you should really just go for whichever game really caught your eye. If you like the game a lot, you won't really mind how hard it may be to learn.

what would be some shoot em up games you would recommend to someone new to the genre?
the only shoot em up game i distinctly remember playing was gradius iii on the super famicom and that game was pretty neatzors

I mentioned this a few posts ago, but there's a lot of cool shmups that are nice to get into. If you liked Gradius, try Parodious! Darius Gaiden is also really good. Gleylancer is not hard to get through, and Drainus is a great modern hori shmup. I'm not too into those ones, usually preferring bullet hells, but there's plenty of options.
Oh, I also forgot to mention Thunder Force!

 

[bigstinkie]

thanks to you two, i will put these on my to do list

 

[Deleted member 3339]

i enjoy psyvariar 2

 

[Your_Homie_Gale]

Only played a few but those games to me were definitely special. The first obvious one is Touhou Project because of the music and charming visuals. Before I discovered that I remembering seeing an old video of this other SHMUP for the Famicom called "RECCA Summer Carnival '92" which intrigued me enough to give it a shot. It even came to the 3DS eshop one day and I instantly bought it. As for the SHMUP that left the biggest impact on me it has to go to Einhänder on the PS1. Always played the demo growing up and finally gave it a shot when my brother got a physical copy. It was harder than I anticipated but definitely satisfying to play and beat. There's also Gradius V for the PS2 but I honestly didn't play that one as much. Only at my uncle's house and I could never find it anywhere.

 

[sadgrrly]

Always love a shmup. I got the chance to play Cave's Deathsmiles on an actual cabinet a few months ago with a friend and it was a borderline religious experience.

 

[SpcDaicon]

I've been playing some Psikyo's shmups but I keep truggling. These bullets are just so damn fast and I can't keep up.

I'm trying some of Cave's library now.

 

[Varyag]

Psikyo games are cool, but they're really hard and have some design elements taht aren't really explained. Like how in some of them, powerups have an invisible ammo counter(!) that depletes if you fire too much before picking up the next one, reducing your DPS significantly. Or how after the 4th stage they stop being nice with life ups and respawns. Still, good games, just need to keep that kind of stuff in mind. I came close to 1CCing Samurai Aces.

CAVE is a whole another universe, they're very very hard in different ways but they're some of the best in the whole genre.

 

[SpcDaicon]

Just finished couple of runs of ESP Ra.De. Psi for Switch. It was on Super Easy tho, but it counts to learn the game

Awesome game with great music and incredible presentation.

 

[Amakuchi]

I really enjoy the Darius series (pretty much all of them), although Gaiden has a special place in my heart since it was a childhood game, I've been thinking of attempting to 1CC it one of these days.

Other ones I really enjoy are the Raiden Fighters series, the Mahou Daisakusen series and the Strikers series. I also have a soft spot for CAVE bullet hells.

 

[Leon]

I really enjoy the Darius series (pretty much all of them), although Gaiden has a special place in my heart since it was a childhood game, I've been thinking of attempting to 1CC it one of these days.

Other ones I really enjoy are the Raiden Fighters series, the Mahou Daisakusen series and the Strikers series. I also have a soft spot for CAVE bullet hells.

I personally consider darius gaiden: silver hawk to be one of if not the best side scrolling shooter ever made, period.
Not technically my favorite but it's definitely in the top 5, not to mention the amazing music.

 

[Amakuchi]

I personally consider darius gaiden: silver hawk to be one of if not the best side scrolling shooter ever made, period.
Not technically my favorite but it's definitely in the top 5, not to mention the amazing music.

I still haven't found a side-scroller that has quite captured the vibe of Gaiden, even its peers/competitors of the time didn't quite match up to it. I remember the arcade and console ports both being on par with each other.

I am really glad they added the Gaiden ship on the newest Darius title, it was really cool seeing it have the same power up route as it originally did (although the Black Hole Bomb was a pretty nerfed visually lol).

Definitely a Top 5/Top 10 for me as well!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I really enjoy the Darius series (pretty much all of them), although Gaiden has a special place in my heart since it was a childhood game, I've been thinking of attempting to 1CC it one of these days.

I really should get more into Darius myself. I love G-Darius.

 

[Varyag]

Yeah absolutely, Darius Gaiden and G-Darius are the best in their franchise, and some of the few horio shmups I actually really like (even if they're still hard as balls)