/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7150978
Best shmup on the system imo.
Graphics, gameplay and music are all excellent, and it also has a port of retro zanac.
The game is not short either.

>>7099753
The best shmup on PSX, made by compile (Puyo Puyo)
~183mb

Icing on the cake

does /vr/ prefer their shooters/shoot em ups/shmups horizontally or vertically scrolling?
i was never into the genre as a kid and only started playing like maybe 2 years ago, pretty much exclusively vertical titles of which i loved:
>pic related, both OG version as well as especially zanac neo
>soldier blade (pc engine)
>super aleste (snes)
>blazing lazers (pc engine)

i have tried many others on (e.g. 19xx series, dragon series, raiden series) but since there are so many shooters, i look for good gameplay as much as good visuals and even more so soundtrack, which is why i'm asking you, which horizontal games are a must and which ones are good to make a transition, basically.

tl;dr prefer horizontal or vertical shooters? recommend horizontal shooters pls.