Where are my Arcade shmup fans at?

[Varyag]

you're right, more people should mention NMK, they're a really forgotten developer of the arcade era!
Their games resemble a lot the Toaplan style, I think my favorite out of their games is Arcadia.

 

[Skull Bomba]

Hello, RGT! First time posting despite being here for awhile. Does anyone know about some notable glitches in shmups?

That is Vapor Trail's "glitch shot".

 

[SpcDaicon]

Finally played a DoDonPachi (Ressurection for Steam) and gotta say: I get it now.

The only other Cave game I've played was ESP Ra. De. and enjoyed it plenty but DoDonPachis is something else.

The HYPER mechanic truly is hype. Half the time I didn't knew what the hell was going on but the other half was incredible

 

[Don Patch]

Based

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

What can i say as a Gradius Fanboy ?
Im here and still waiting for fresh Gradius games .... im starving .....

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

What can i say as a Gradius Fanboy ?
Im here and still waiting for fresh Gradius games .... im starving .....

At least there's Salamander III in the Origins collection.

 

[diet_orange]

It's funny how it took me diving into emulation in my teens/early 20s to get a taste for Shumps. Never really encountered them much growing up, but I absolutely flocked to them

Weirdly enough, one of my favorites is the NES port of the first Fantasy Zone (with Super Fantasy Zone taking second) (srsly though, the world needs more cute-em-ups)

Not really that good at bullet hells despite playing them over FBA fairly frequently. Kind of prefer old school style shmups

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

 

[Varyag]

Absolutely recommend going through ShmupJunkie's channel, he is great! Very well researched videos with a great exciting and welcoming energy for veterans and newbies to the genre alike. Honestly I credit him with me getting back into this genre a few years ago, binged his whole channel.

 

[KaiserMk7]

Does this thread have any room for doujin circle shmups?

 

[Varyag]

Well, given we're already talking about console and PC shmups, sure why not! All shmups are inspired by the arcade style but don't need to be directly from them.

 

[KaiserMk7]

I got decently far into the easy mode of several PC98 Touhou Project titles.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Does this thread have any room for doujin circle shmups?

Crimzon Clover?

 

[Varyag]

Since we're already on talking about ShmupJunkie, he also finally premiered his giant years long project video, every Sega Saturn shmup reviewed:

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Crimzon Clover?

one of the best modern bullet hell shmups, absolute gold standard game

 

[Moreno909]

Have anybody here played Undead Line on the Mega Drive? The game is like Elemental Master, great visuals but hard as nails

 

[DjQuick2008]

Play this a lot after discovering it recently im in a SHMUP group on fb and i enjoy
reviewing and educating others to whats out there.

 

[thecrow2313]

 

[Varyag]

Yo I had never heard of Daioh, but I must have it in my Mame, that looks cool so I'm gonna try it out.

Truxton 2 is one of the coolest looking Toaplan games, and Mushihimesama is a classic, I still need to get back trying to clear it in regular arcade difficulty.

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Okay I asked around my shmup community and found out Daioh is pretty much a whole series unto itself! There's several other related games, that are pretty much sequels. Daioh is already cool and Shienryu is pretty much a direct sequel/remake. It eventually leads to Triggerheart Excelica, which just had a recent release.

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I love the world of shmups where some random ass tiny indie studio that exists since 1993 somehow has published 20 games that are all niche cult classics among the already niche community... I feel a similar thing for the Zeal series, and of course Touhou

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Someday I'll do R-Type Leo and even Cosmic Cop since it's a spin-off set in the same universe.

Oh and Delta HD is announced.

 

[DjQuick2008]

Ive got into this genre so much in the last 3 months i post into a dedicated group on fb

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Someday I'll do R-Type Leo and even Cosmic Cop since it's a spin-off set in the same universe.

Oh and Delta HD is announced.

yes i heard about delta HD nice one r type leo is the best r type and i had super r type on snes in the 90s

 

[Varyag]

That period of the deep dive when you get into a new genre is always so much fun. I had that with shmups a few years ago over a summer vacation and I grabbed so many games when I came home. My game of choice to get into it again was Graze Counter GM. Highly recommend it btw.

 

[Pearly]

I absolutely adore the macross sh'mups, yes, even the original nintendo macross game, it was awesome when you're 8 years old and there was no other way to use a Valkyrie in any games.

DYRL on the saturn/psx is my favourite one, though the 1992 arcade dyrl game is a close second.

 

[DjQuick2008]

Maybe some Raiden IV tonight when it gets dark. This is my day off being a carer so im gaming all day and cooking food. Had a storm sweep through this morning high winds.

 

[dr grim]

Played this one today.

Really good looking but hell you need a turbo button for this one ( or be ready to destroy your stick )

Blazing star ( Neo Geo )

 

[DjQuick2008]

ive got gunbird 2 and gigawing 1 and 2 for dreamcast today