/vr/ - Retro Games

Bomber Bob (Atari ST & Amiga)

Personally I was never a big fan of most shoot'em ups, except the very early stuff like Space Invaders, Galaxian, Phoenix, Galaga, Asteroids, Tempest, Defender, Moon Patrol, Scramble, and a few others.

I tried a lot of later games, even big hits like Nemesis/Gradius, R-Type, Darius, Raiden, etc. but I get bored quickly. I only found some of the smaller, more specific titles to be captivating (like Silpheed, Burning Force, Night Striker).

The exceptions tend to be silly or weird games like Menace, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Bomber Bob (just some Amiga examples), but it's more for the atmosphere than gameplay.