/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8709020
Tyrian 2000

I'll just dump my list of favourites, some are not retro but eh

Every Gradius game
Every Star Soldier game
Every Parodius game
Every Ray game
Every Aleste game
R-Type Delta/Final
Eschatos
Under Defeat
Iridion II
Einhander
Rayxanber 3
Gunhed
Harmful Park
Chorensha
Cotton 1-2
Twinbee Yahoo,Pop n Twinbee and Detana Twinbee
Thunderforce 3-4-5
Darius Gaiden
Gate/Lords of Thunder
Battle Garegga
Gunbird 1-2
Sengoku Blade
In the Hunt
Radiant Silvergun
Soukyugurentai
Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie
Axelay
Crisis Force
Salamander 1-2
Zanac X Zanac
Air Zonk
Galaga '90
Magical Chase
Space Invaders Extreme
Gleylancer
Elemental Master
Zero Wing
Raiden 1-2 and DX
Bangai-O

>>8709020
this >>8709051 but also otomedius

>>8709020
There are very few good retro shmups. Pretty much just Battle Garegga, Dodonpachi (PSX), Batrider, Batsugun, Soukyuu Gurentai (Saturn), and Rayforce. Vast majority of them just suck. Very generic, very stiff controls, uninspired levels and bosses.

Empire of steel

>>8709072
Horizontals are the ones that have more level design rather than just enemy placement and their shot patterns.

I like Thunder Force 4 / Lightening Force

>>8709072
t. rarely plays shmups, probably underage

There are others that I like but these are my favorites

Mushihime-sama
Darius Gaiden
Guwange
Metal Black
Xexex
DoDonPachi
R-Type Leo
UN Squadron
Espgaluda
19XX
Dimahoo
Mars Matrix

>>8709160
shmups are the lowest IQ genre by a mile.

Strikers 1999 and Zero Gunner 2, not the best but my favorites

>>8709020
>go on /vr/
>as a stupid as shit question
>get free (you)s and your daily dopamine fix
>do it again the next day
>die

>>8709479
Wut? Asking about videogames is now stupid on /vr/?

>>8709479
My bad, wrong thread. This was for the "does Metroid hold up thread". Deleting.

>>8709482
but seriously, why CAN'T metroid crawl

>>8709051
based

>>8709020
Milestone's!

>ctrl f
>no ikaruga
dead board

<>8709072
This is bait, but how can anyone even think shmups have "stiff controls"? They have the most freeform controls you can possibly have.

>>8709428
>R-Type Leo
R-Type 1, 2, and Delta are all better. A lot better

>>8711015
>R-Type 1
too easy, even more than Leo, and too much dead air

>>8711026
R-Type 1's difficulty is fine. Leo's ugly and sounds bad

>shmups
>good
genre died for many good reasons please educate yourself OP before making these threads

>>8711054
shut up ice cube

Game Tengoku is one that I enjoy playing.

Batsugun is patrician choice

For me it's Dogyuun

Not a big shmup-boy, but I enjoy Eco Fighters.

Almost of the major games by Cave or Psikyo are at least in the upper tiers, if not at the very top. Gigawing, Soldier Blade, and Lords of Thunder are also very good. Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga are great too but they're kind of gimmicky.

played most of the big name shmups and many small name, dont like any - none are good - cant find anything redeemable about them and i dont think anyone else really enjoys them

>>8711081
Good one. Gorgeous sprite art.
I always start a 2 player game and immediately dock the two ships for more firepower.

>>8711093
Does this qualify as cute 'em up? I think so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWwo3_MF2Ek

>>8709020
Zanac Neo perfected shoot em ups

>>8709020
Most cut'em ups are the best shmups. Also:
ALESTE
GLEYLANCER
GAIARES
I also enjoy those hybrid shmups/platform games, like legendary wings, Guardian Legend, or Wurm: Joruney to the center of earth

>>8711142

>>8711160
hes right there is nothing to perfect

Shmups are a pile of cow dung who cares what flies are on top of that pile

>>8711179
Nah, it's just another iteration on the Aleste formula. Came a bit too late.

>>8711203
greasy Jarpig hands typed this

get good at real genres
i quit shmups and have benefited greatly

>>8711297
This isn't some existential question. I play these to have casual fun, not to torture myself like the fanatics do.

>>8709020
Anything by compile

>>8709437
Pokemon

>>8709051
I never thought I'd like Gradius but those games have really grown on me.

>get good at shmup
>get those PBs
>replay value suddenly disappears
>gets dry and boring
>all those skills are waste of time
Yeah I'm done sinking hundreds of hours into genre that does this. Never happened in multiplayer games, I can boot up fps or fighters I'm good at and still have a blast.

Tldr don't bother getting good at single player games they are for nostalgic cucks

Compile is the Walmart of shmups

>>8711432
I'll take things that never happened for 500 please, Alex

>>8711220
JRPGs and shmups are cut from the same cloth. Both revolve around repetitive grinding.

>>8711432
Look at this bitter old fuck.

>>8711432
I hate shmups so much

Vertical shmups are trash
Score-based shmups are dogshit
Bullethells are vomit
Combine all three and you get a rainbow-haired community

>>8711432
>all those skills are waste of time
Video game skills are a waste of time, no shit.
If you're concerned about them being "useful" you need to git gud at the latest zoomer trend and become best in the world and win tournaments. So that's Fortnite or Among Us.
Or you can try to make a living off being good at fighting games, but you'll probably end up whining about the lack of spectator interest in your "sport" or some shit.

>>8711369
you're not playing if you're not practicing 1cc

>>8711432
This but unironically

>>8711554
>"shmup"
Oh look it's a Cavefag / Touhoufag
>shoot-em-up, shooter, spaceship game
Now this is an arcade game appreciator

>>8711808
What about STG?

>>8711787
Yes he is. He's not in a competition. That's what the word "play" means. You can't make money playing these games anyway, they're not worth any more effort than a crossword puzzle.
get real kid lmao

>>8711817
The problem with shmups isn't that they exist. It's they whiny babies who can't accept it will always remain niche genre.
They're mad because shmups used to be the FPS of arcades but got displaced by fighting games. Well maze games are even more niche and you don't see them constantly crying about only getting a new Pac Man every 10 years. Get over it.

>>8711817
>>8711842
if you're credit feeding you can just watch it on youtube you know?

>>8711813
Not acceptable in English-language discussion.

>>8711842
>They're mad because shmups used to be the FPS of arcades but got displaced by fighting games.
No, they're not. Most of them weren't even alive when that displacement happened. The only reason they want more community is because they can't impress the handful of people they have now with what they're doing. The only reason they started playing these games in the first place was for the supposed "le hardcoar gaymuhr" cred they think is supposed to go with the genre. But when your "community" is a grand total of 12 autists, who are all at the same mediocre skill level, you can't really impress anyone.

Just look at /shmupg/ for examples of this. A Spanish guy who made big claims he couldn't prove who now spends his time making literally thousands of Discord posts a month about games he doesn't play or understand, some English guy who's only possible claim to fame was having been a BMX bike rider like twenty years ago who now lives with his parents and collects whatever the UK equivalent of welfare is, an actually autistic dogfucker from Tennessee who's decent at exactly one game and provides a Discord for the aforementioned Spaniard to shitpost on, a handful of troons and their closet-case beta orbiters, a lolicon Nazi fetishist, and a bunch of literal who nobodies all shitposting at each other and claiming to be doing it "ironically" at every turn. With one notable exception, they all finally gave up lying about their achievements when they realized that the only people they were lying to were other liars. It then turned into an e-celeb shitposting general.

This is what passes for a STG community, at least in the West.

>>8711872
you could get a job and pay some bills you know?

>>8711054
And yet Zeroranger is one of the best indie games of recent years

>>8711787
You wasted years and went absolutely nowhere with it. Absolutely malding, kek

>>8711902
Wow

>>8711872
You could just take a step back and fuck yourself in the head. How 'bout that?

>>8711939
>>8711970
>>8711984
the state of zoomers

>blah blah blah people being mad af
I've been enjoying Tiger Heli myself

>>8712008
*Millennial
ftfy
ad hominem won't mitigate your malding

>>8709437
certainly the most autistic
all the top players are usually social shut ins that play 18 hours a day or are massively depressed and popping adderral pills all day

>>8711817
>you can't make money
Yes god forbid you do something that you enjoy even if it doesn't make you money

>>8711902
fucking kek that's hilarious though

>>8712393
>If you're not 1cc'ing you're not enjoying yourself
Dumb nigger "logic"

>>8712414
What the fuck are you talking about? You're the one that mentioned money
Also these games were literally designed for 1ccs you retard

>>8712430
>Also these games were literally designed for
Quarter munching. You cock muncher.

>>8712451
Ah so you have no idea what you're talking about

>>8711779
Poor 'reading skills b2school with u

>>8711902
Thank god the Touhou gameplay community isn't as bad

>>8712518
>Touhou community
>gameplay

>>8712518
touhou gameplay community is the same shit. 10 people at best care about LNNNNNN or high scores, while the majority of the community is shitters who think a simple lunatic 1cc is the hardest shit ever and don't even realize scoring is a thing
at least I think they don't have dogfuckers or spanish flu

I hate ToeHoe. Also ZUN can't draw. Fight me.

doodoopoopoopeepee ultra mega black mode

>>8709020
Unironically anything by Compile. I would compare most of their games to the difficulty of Super Mario Bros. It'll tale some effort at first, but you can play through it organically and clear it within a few hours or days depending on how good/bad you are at shmups.

Most of their shit is aesthetic as fuck and has good soundtracks to boot. You can't go wrong with:

GG Aleste 1, 2, and especially 3
Gun*Nac
Gunhed/Blazing Lazers
MUSHA
Super Aleste/Space Megaforce

The fact that even mentioning their name causes impassioned shit storms and big "REEEEE" energy by those autistic gate keepers who'd rather grind quarter munchers with save states for hours on end tells you everything.

Compile fucking rules.

>>8711779
>>8709437
>>8711970
mods fear the truth

>>8713172
>Unironically anything by Compile
Yeah if you want to bore yourself to sleep or something. Compile is the oatmeal of shooters.

>>8711054
Kayne West's favorite game is Blazing Lazers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFen3yJAyzg

really afraid this is going to happen, this reminds me of wasting time with speedrunning castlevanias and metal slugs

Everyone hating on shmups in this thread is a big red flag, THANKS

lel elon knows whats up

Dogshit genre

>>8714665
yes if you speak the truth they will hate you

>>8714196
>Yeah if you want to bore yourself to sleep or something
I'm sorry you're not a happy person.

>Compile is the oatmeal of shooters.
Correct. It's nutritious and good for the heart.

>>8709020
>DoDonpachi
>Battle Bakraid if you're a beginner

>>8712518
same shit except they are all pedofiles

>>8711054
It died cause you're too poop at video games and don't wanna put in the effort to get good.

>>8714665
it's true. shmups are shit. i like them though

Has ESP Ra.De ever been on sale on the Switch eshop?
I check it somewhat often but I've never seen it on sale. I swear one day I'm gonna buy it full price only for it to go 70% off the next day.

>>8709024
This. Nothing better exists.

>>8714665
It's not that bad , just a bland and unexciting genre to get into

>>8717116
yeah, just a bunch of ok games you play for 20 minutes once in a while before you move on to actually good games from other genres

>>8713172
You forgot Rude Breaker for the PC-98, it's a fantastic game. Also MSX Aleste is a very good game.

>>8717278
unironically this is what I do and literally can't play more than 20-25mins a day... (after sinking 1000 hours into this garbage genre)

>>8709072
obvious noob is obvious

Still the best, fuck your goddamn shitty bullet hell garbage.

>>8717298
Those were just my favorites. Zanac, Zanac Neo, Aleste 2, and Power Strike II (SMS) are all legit as well, yes. VRTDR.

Thanks for reminding me of Rude Breaker. Virtually no one had PC-98 growing up so I know little about it. Even PC Engine/Turbogfx was relatively rare. I know one dude who's 40 that had a Turbogfx.TPJVD

>>8717373
Galaga is ok for a zoomer game but it lacks Space Invaders' cover mechanic and the ability to destroy enemy missiles

Progear

Tengai(a.k.a Sengoku Blade) is pretty good IMO.
Unique setting,and some hilarious dialogue.The game is too short though.

(one of the dialogues)
Tengai: The enemy is holding up pretty well. Miko, do something with your big
bust.
Miko: Leave my bust alone.

>>8717761
Style over substance
>>8718980
Do shmupfags really think boob jokes are the pinnacle of comedy?

It requires too much effort to play it seriously on a regular basis, but its great to get that dopamine hit on a casual pace. Been playing frequently since I cant play rpgs frequently (weekly etc), theres no need to remember a certain quest, plans etc

>>8719003
no, but silly dialog and situations is always welcome in a shmup. Lighten up brah

>>8717373
Galaxian's better. Timing shots feels good and is rare

I'm good at shmups but no I don't think they are good or worth it
Try some and see you be disappointed too

>>8719938
The good ones are really fucking good though like Soukyugurentai or G.Rev stuff, but yeah there is some actual dogshit like Tiger Heli

>>8709820
cultured

Darius Gaiden is an interactive jazz fusion album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OR0x0skjOo

What about PC (IBM PC compatible) shmups?

>>8721137
Tyrian

>>8709061
Otomedius is pretty shitty though, in my opinion.

>>8722765
I'm disappointed no one said Tyrian. I love Tyrian. Does it not count since it has all the upgrades, no one-hit deaths, etc.?

>>8709020
Rytpe
Slapfighter
Blazingstar
The other blazing star
Air Duel
1942
Truxton 1 and II
Turbo Force just for the sound track
The one where you can be the boss
The one where you can take over other mid bosses with your canister
Dragon breed
run and gun shumps
heavy barrel
midnight resistance
Oscar

>>8709020
oh yeah and

metal black
hellfire
change air blade
Skysoldiers
Twin Cobra
Raiden I II and Dx

>>8719016
What effort you find a route and just do it over and over in your undies at home with save states and shit it's so easy and dull the real challenge is patience of the grind which is mindless almost as bad as mmo grinding

>>8723160
>>8719016

If you want a real challenge take a shower, clean your room, hit the gym , get a good gf, improve your business or career , get a real skill, buy land and start a family.

Hopping between Twitch discord and gay anime sites while grinding shmups on welfare isn't a challenge at all , you're asleep.

What the fuck is this schizo shit in this thread?

just pick one at random, they're pretty much all the same game

>>8723168
Dead dull genre full of fakers and posers?
I remember one who kept saying he 2alled Strikers 1945 then ran away when asked for proofs

>>8709428
>Dimahoo
They sure butchered the English name.

>>8709061
Only good for the sex appeal sadly

>>8709020
>>8709024
Literally this
/thread

Tatsujin Oh on the FM Towns Marty

Discord Doxxing Adventures

>>8709020
just got into the genre so kind of a noob,
i dislike 16 bit mosly, i think the genre shines on the arcades or a few good ports like strikers 1945 (japanese version) for ps1

but will try recomendations

>>8724167
spent 6 hours trying most recommended games and wow, some have good visuals and music buy gameplay is only enjoyable drugged.
It is really a basic genre, and i say that while having 100 mario world romhacks so, not chessmaster here

>>8709024
I'm a Cave junky and I love Tyrian.
Its one of the only shumps with a shop system that works IMO, with another notable one being Fantasy Zone

>>8709024
Why do I keep getting filtered by the Holes secret level.

>>8723168
You know those retards who got addicted to some shitty game like WoW or League and blame video games for all the problems in their life instead of taking responsibility for their actions? That's what this is, but shmups instead.

>>8722791
>>8723970
it's just the crystal shards of the gradius series

>>8721105
My man. Play Brave Blade if you haven't yet, it's pretty much proto Radirgy gameplay-wise. I wouldn't be surprised if both games had some shared staff, since Raizing and Milestone both split off the oatmeal company.

So what's the first shmup you 1CC'd in your life? For me it was eliminate down

>>8724365
I've spent over 1000 hours on shmups and STILL don't see the appeal. Gradius, cave, psycho, taitos, toappan you name it I played it....Maybe they were good when they had no competition but I'd rather play so many other games than grind routes over and over in single player loops with barely any variation or change

>>8726413
ok ric

>>8726413
>Gradius, cave, psycho, taitos, toappan
all shit
play touhou

>>8724365
Easy to learn, hard to master

I play to casually get better and see if I can 1cc few games here and there. I thought it was retarded to play for scores but some games have certain scoring “rules” that essentially changes the way you approach and play it… and that makes it very interesting, to watch at least.

Why did aggressively polygonal 3D shmups go out of vogue? They were briefly popular in the 90s (see: R-Type Delta, Einhander, the list goes on…) and now we’re back to very-2D shmups. Why?

>>8726886
>R-Type Delta, Einhander
Those played like 2D shmups.
3D shmups are rail shootes like star fox and shit like that.

>>8726363
I think it was Fantasy Zone

>>8726891
True, I just meant that for a while there were a lot of fully-3D shmups that still played like classic 2D shmups, it felt like the genre was evolving, but then it U-turned back into early-90s 2D style where it’s stayed ever since. Ikaruga was the last big polygonal 2D shmup I can think of.

>>8726915
R-type final 2 just came out the other day though

>>8726915
If i had to guess, its the monetary aspect. So many STGs are made by smaller/indie devs, 2D makes it easier to develop

>>8726923
I actually had no idea about that bad it looks pretty neat. Cheers.

which version is the best for you?

I don't enjoiy game where you route whole thing start to finish and do same shit all days many days same way

>>8723168
There's a guy who spams schmup threads because he doesn't like schmups. No one knows why

>>8727284
It's not just one person it's a very unattractive genre on its face and burns people out on the back side. Basically the only people that have something nice to say about it discovered it recently.

>>8727284
Most people hate shmups because they are an extremely autistic and repetitive genre that has made basically no improvements in 40 years and the fanbase actively rags on any shmup that makes any changes, innovations, or improvements at all.

>>8727314
this

>>8727317
>>8727314
>>8727291
samefag

>>8727323
nigger

>>8709020
>What are the best shmup games?

Ikaruga

What's funny is shmupfags can't understand can't accept and can't imagine people not liking shmups without assuming they are bad or afraid of challenge
Yet so many top players quit, get burned out and bored or do a 180 and regret getting into the genre lol

>>8724448
Lords of Thunder and Gun-Nac have good shops.

>>8727314
Wait until you see the garbage that is fighting games if you think shmups haven't improved

>>8726886
Because they're ugly as sin compared to timeless sprites.

>>8727314
>they are an extremely autistic and repetitive genre

If you're playing quarter muncher arcade stuff, yes. If you're playing console stuff by Compile or games like Soldier Blade, not at all. You can play through them organically and continually get better just like SMB, Castlevania, and lots of other retro games.

>>8727530
I mean that's the same as normal arcade shmups. Almost every game is designed to give you enough resources to succeed if you take the time to learn how to play and do some very basic practice and memorization. (Tools to succeed =/= easy game ofc)

I don't know why people complain about repetitive practice in shooters and not grinding for loot/exp in rpgs or fighting the same 6 enemy types in a beatemup. You're always going to do repetitive actions when playing short, replayable games and if all someone does is complain about that why not just admit that the genre isn't for you and move on? I don't complain that flight sims are boring and repetitive because they don't cater to me.

>>8727502
this. based bananamatic was one of the best western shmpoop players and is now playing JRPGs because they're more fun

>play genre you don't like and don't understand
>why isn't this fun

>>8727518
based

>>8727570
One difference is the boundedness of the repetition. You can only fall into the hole of a jarpig for so long until you're excreted from the experience by the journey's cathartic end. On the other foot a high score in a shmup just leaves you chasing a higher one, and the better you are the less rewarding it becomes.

>>8727518
>Lords of Thunder
I need to play more PC engine shumps

>>8727502
>What's funny is shmupfags can't understand can't accept and can't imagine people not liking shmups without assuming they are bad or afraid of challenge
You're not wrong at all, but it cuts both ways as there is an even larger crowd that can't understand why shumps are appealing.
Tism all around really.

I like some shmups but I'm glad shmupfags suffer so much becauseof their ego.

>>8727929
Ego? Nigger I just want to play videogames

>>8727919
Lords of Thunder is a model shmup at breaking the mold while retaining quality. It lets you choose your stage order, switch weapons between stages, score pickups are also money so they actually serve a purpose diagetically, has good balance of getting hit being punished but not an insta kill, powerup loss without Gradius syndrome, decent difficulty but achievable without being a tryhard, well balanced difficulty options, all without compromising shmupability.

>>8727929
>>8727502
get a trip so I can filter you

>>8729993
mald

>>8730000
get a trip so I can filter you, /v/ tourist

>>8730006
>>8730000

How good is radirgy swag? I've been wanting to play one of the milstone games but I heard that there was something up with the translation.

>>8719003
>boob jokes aren't the pinnacle of comedy
Dunning–Kruger post

How do I avoid the obstacles on Elemental Master lvl 5

>>8709020
I hate shmups
>lol u need score to survive
>or get fucked with 3 extends

>>8730892
Good, thank you. Don't call us we'll call you.

One of the bonuses for Darius Cozmic Revelation Audio Track Ⅱ Tiat ver is a cutout print for a little Darius arcade cabinet.

>>8709020
tohou games are nice and feel chiller than arcades or arcade ports,

for me, its Raptor

there was one my cousin had for genesis where you were a guy in a jetpack and all your enemies were giant bugs, wtf is it?!

>>8730015
Bump

>>8732134
Insector X?

>>8711902
>some English guy who's only possible claim to fame was having been a BMX bike rider like twenty years ago who now lives with his parents and collects whatever the UK equivalent of welfare is
You forgot he's a Discord tranny that posts hula-hoop videos on youtube and spends all his time sperging and spamming /vr/ and the racing general at any mention of Nintendo

>>8732134
>>8732938
Sounds probable however Biohazard Battle is the best Genesis bug shooter

Lords of Thunder is the most bad ass game ever. Sometimes you just want a game with kick ass rock music, and where you blow shit up.

>>8709024
Game is for western shitters who suck ass at video games

I'll just post my favorites.

Gleylancer
R-Type
Layer Section
Radiant Silvergun
DoDonPachi
R-type Leo
Darius Gaiden

>>8711902
Wow, I've really missed out by not reading those threads, huh. That's fucking grim.
I still love shooting games, though. Anyone who complains about credit feeding is subhuman.

>>8727332
Ikaruga is boring.

>>8737728
Based. Fuck ikapoorafags

>>8733546
bro fist

>>8709051
Add these, which I play a lot to this day:

Pulstar
R-Type Final
Sylphia
Gynoug

>>8713172
If you liked M.U.S.H.A., play Seirei Senshi Spriggan for the PC Engine Cd. It's fucking perfect.

>>8734882
Try playing it on Lord of the Game without using Slug Mode and mouse.

>>8709024
Try Blazing Lazers, it's a Japanese Tyrian clone

>>8709051
>Thunderforce 3-4-5
Hey, don't ignore 2. It may be rough on the edges but the game still has that Thunder Force gameplay, plus the soundtrack is sweet (especially the Sharp version)

>>8713172
On one hand, Compile's shooters are fucking awesome and are replayable as hell because of the massive fucking arsenals you're provided (at least in Space Megaforce, holy shit 8 weapons and each one has altfires, with 1-MPL having a fuckton of alternative settings).

But on the other hand and this is something i will never EVER stress enough, a lot of compile shooters really fucking needed 2-player coop, considering the variety and length, the games would make for great bro-op sessions but shit's unfortunately single player only. Oh well, at least the 7-SPR weapon was a good substitute.

>>8727159
Saturn is the only one where the game is good

>>8711902
lol how do you know so much about these people? never seen a more transparent tantrum from someone ostracized from the gaming community they now claim to hate. so proud of you for taking your ball and leaving, I’m sure they miss you very much.

>>8738778
>Not knowing thy enemy
Doomed to become them desu

3rd ship doesn't appear
why?
It appeared once when I had 3rd lvl hyper or so

Why are my Final Burn Neo Retroarch vertical games suddenly not vertical?
Core provided aspect ratio, vertical mode does nothing. The game launches into the correct vertical aspect ratio but the games themselves are rotated for some reason.

>>8713172
>>8714838
You only like Compile because you're a newBLEEP who fell for the cute anime girl=good meme.

>>8741395
obvious bait

>>8709020
•PC Engine/TurboGrafx

>Soldier Blade
The peak of the Star Soldier series. Provides probably the most challenge out of most console SHMUPs.

>Raiden
Not quite a bullet hell, but is hard without a turbo button. Even with a turbo button, you will get killed until you can learn the patterns and establish optimal placements.

>Galaga '88/'90
It introduces new elements without stepping away from the well established mechanics.

>Dragon Spirit
It's very uniform at it's core but the overall theme of evolving a dragon through powerups and finding your balance is a great change of pace from the more common jet/space fighter SHMUPs.

pic is my current high score for Recca on NES.

DoDonPachi Dai Oujou.

That's the best one of all time.

>>8741681
>>Galaga '88/'90
Was just playing this the other day. Usualy I am not a fan of Space Invaders style shooters, but this one was really decent. Also I seem to remember liking that Cosmo Gang The Shooter or whatever it was called on Super Fami that Namco released that is like a spiritual successor to this game.

Of what I have played on PC-Engine, I also liked Final Soldier, Blazing Lazers and Honey In the Sky (if they allowed counter-clockwise gun movement it would be maybe my fav on the system)

>>8741689
Oh man, I am a complete stranger to the SNES library. Adding Cosmo Gang The Video to my "to check out" folder immediately!

>>8741686
do you really like to chain?

>>8741395
correct post