Which are your Top 3 Retro Shoot 'em Up Games?

[eroguro]

My top 3 are:

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

I also like Galaga too.

 

[It's Thinking 2]

Gradius 3, Thunder Spirits/Thunder Force 3, Lords of Thunder

 

[Note]

Ikaruga (DC), Steel Empire (GEN), and Iridion II (GBA) are up there for me.

 

[_Lorenzo_]

My favorite shmups undoubtedly remain Gunhed/Blazing Lasers (PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16), Silpheed (sega cd), Sol-Feace (genesis/sega cd).

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Image Fight, Override, Download on PC Engine

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Mine are...

Sol-Feace, Galaga and Tyrian.

 

[dejiko]

cotton 100%, blazing star, and embodiment of scarlet devil

idk i like too many to choose x.x

 

[Yankee]

When you say Shoot 'Em Up I don't think Galaga and Gradius, I think Metal Slug and Contra.

 

[Aika]

1. Musha (Genesis)
2. Battle Mania: Daiginjou (Mega Drive)
3. Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer (Mega Drive)

 

[Duke_11037]

Parodius is an all time favorite, remember the first time I played it I ate a bunch of airheads and got sick.

Eosd and Ikuruga are definitely close to it tho.

 

[Emerald Flowsion]

Battle Garegga, Ikaruga, DoDonPachi

 

[davshap]

Axelay (SNES), Isolated Warrior (NES), DoDonPachi (arcade & PS1)

 

[newageretrohippie]

Blazing Lasers, Tatsujin/Truxton, ummm... i'm not sure for number 3... any random (non-bullethell) shooter will do

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I got too many but I would put Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun and RayForce above everything else.

Shikigami no Shiro 2 is a close 4th.

 

[Deleted member 86408]

Thunder Force IV - 1992 - Technosoft - MegaDrive

RayStorm - 1996 - Taito - Playstation One

Thunder Force VI - 2008 - SEGA - Playstation 2

 

[Glimbo]

Thunder Force III (Genesis), Gradius (NES), Border Down (DC)

 

[Blamhammer]

GG Aleste 2, on the Game Gear. 1 and 3 are also worth looking at but 2 is my favourite.
DoDonPachi Resurrection and Battle Garegga. Music is pretty darn good for those two.

 

[q1w23er4]

My favorite 'Blazing laser' TOO
easy mode is very relax fun game.

 

[Michael Frank]

Armored Police Batrider (Arcade)

 

[newageretrohippie]

My favorite 'Blazing laser' TOO
easy mode is very relax fun game.

Yeah its a nice way to start the day. Quick game of blazing lasers

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Armed Police Batrider, Thunder Force V Perfect System & Gradius Gaiden.

 

[TheREALBLUEdragon]

Thunder Force IV (Mega Drive)
RayForce/Layer Section (Arcade/Saturn)
Soukyugurentai/Terra Driver (PS1/Saturn)

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

1.Strikers 1945 series 2.Gradius series 3.Pop’n TwinBee