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DOS shmups. What's your favourite?
Tyrian personally, for me.
Just listen to the music, you'll get a good idea of what you're getting into.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP7OIw-ywpU

>> No.3780339

>>3780304
i cant decide if i like the soundtrack better with midi or fm synth

>> No.3781130

holy fucking shit anon
i've been looking for this game for YEARS
i thought it was on a console, and only ever saw my friend play it
thankyou

>> No.3781186

>>3781130
you can get it on gog
https://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000

>> No.3781286

Tyrian, Stargunner and for some reason I kinda liked Tubular Worlds

>> No.3781327

Just downloaded it, haha this is my first time playing a shmup with mouse, it's actually pretty cool.

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>>3780304
>>3781130
Tyrian isn't a DOS shump. They've released the source, now it's multiplat.

I'll also add Raptor as another bad example of a DOS shump. You need to run it in something like DOSBOX to remap extra buttons to select particular weapons. Otherwise, it's on the lame side. Of course, there's an exception if you happen to have something like a powerramp that lets you emulate keystrokes.

>>3781327
Yes! It's quite neat with the mouse!

There's also Baryon if you want something nastily hard.

>> No.3781738

>>3781626
>Tyrian isn't a DOS shump
That's kinda pedantic to say something isn't a DOS game just because some random guys ported it to mobile 12 years after it was released.

>> No.3781759

>>3781738
Mobile? That's a common measly thing for such games, having iOS and android ports. The hired bunch of guys translated the original pascal code into C or somesuch, which is now freely available. So it can be played on, I dunno, a hacked or such?

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Not like there actually were particularly many of them.

Even with ones like Sideline.

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>euroshmups

>> No.3782081

>>3781767
That last one does not sound like it was made made by europeans at all.

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>> No.3782286

I loved how the bullets/effects in Tyrian would become Christmas-themed in December. Always made me excited for Christmas.

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>>3780304

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ND2hBfhGU

>> No.3782369

Anyone play Zone 66?

>> No.3782370

>>3782369

I did, had the shareware version of it back in the day.

>> No.3782372

>>3782370
I used to play that shit on my grandmas computer. It only had a pc speaker. good times

>> No.3782380

How about Kiloblaster?

>> No.3782386

>>3781186
get OpenTyrian instead

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAoAh1LI2RM

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>> No.3782449

>>3782432
Thinking of playing this but heard the Saturn port is the most censored version.

Any good PC-Engine emulators to are not shareware?

>> No.3782459

>>3782449
Mednafen is the standard choice. There's also Ootake.
Magic Engine hasn't been relevant in years.

>> No.3782476

>>3782459
Doumo.

I'll try it out.

>> No.3782696

>>3782386
isn't OpenTyrian based on an older (2.x) version/release of the game?

Tyrian2000 (3.x) has afaik a fifth episode and a bunch more ships


it would be nice having the best of both worlds..
playing OpenTyrian on PSP is so comfy

>> No.3783079

>data acquired

>> No.3783953

>>3782696
Yeah. I just think the extras aren't worth it when playing the sourceport feels much more fluid than playing it in a dosbox.

>> No.3783963

I think the only one I've played is MachineNation, if that's even a shmup.

>> No.3783976

>>3782081
it has the aesthetics and quality of one