/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.6437751]

What are some good shmups (vertical or horizontal or 3d) where you play as something other than a spaceship or an airplane? Not hating on those or anything, but sometimes I got this craving to play a shmup with a different type of playable character like a person or something even more interesting.
To name a few just to get them out fo the way,

>HORIZONTAL
IREM's Mystic Riders comes to mind.
Cotton and its sequels.
Lords of Thunder on the PCE.
"Chariot" from Capcom's Three Woders arcade collection.
>VERTICAL
Dragon Spirit and Dragon Saber have dragons.
>3D
Space Harrier.
Panzer Dragoon, of course, has a guy riding a dragon.
Omega Boost has a robot dude.

[Anonymous No.6437784]

Rez.

[Anonymous No.6437787]

Elemental Master and Twinkle Tale (Sega Mega Drive); Kiki Kai Kai (SNES).

And pric related for arcade.

[Anonymous No.6437792]

Elemental Master and Twinkle Tale (Sega Mega Drive); Kiki Kai Kai (SNES).

And pic related for arcade.

[Anonymous No.6437796]

>>6437784
You don't control a character in Rez at all. Just a reticle. It's a light gun game.

[Anonymous No.6437846]

PHELIOS

RIDE PEGASUS AND SAVE YOUR BITCH!

[Anonymous No.6437906]

>>6437846
This actually looks kinda cool.

[Anonymous No.6437920]

Guwange
Esp.Ra.De

[Anonymous No.6437978]

In Ninja Commando you are a Ninja Commando

[Anonymous No.6438263]

>>6437978
Oh hey, another good one that I've heard about but never played.

[Anonymous No.6438894]

>>6437751
>>6437792
Also on the Mega Drive.
Very similar to Elemental Master but better imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crVfUFM2cIU

[Anonymous No.6438917]

In The Hunt you control a submarine

I watched a no-death video of In The Hunt once. there is one boss where it literally fills the screen with projectiles. the way to beat it is to hide up by the ceiling and peek out and chip away at it. not great design. beautiful game. never played it

[Anonymous No.6438929]

>>6437751
Dragon Breed.
This is quite a good game made by IREM.
Best played in MAME.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfr0VkasGoc

[Anonymous No.6438952]

Aleste Gaiden

[Anonymous No.6438956]

>>6437751
Battle Mania series of course

[Anonymous No.6438968]

>>6438894

That's actually very nice.

[Anonymous No.6440501]

Hi no Tori/Firebird for MSX2.
You play as an ugly big nosed murderer with a missing arm on his way to enlightenment.

[Anonymous No.6440523]

>>6440501
Speaking of which, Knightmare for MSX and Adventures of Dino Riki for NES.

[Anonymous No.6440528]

>>6438894
Holy fuck, this game is intense. I played for a while to learn to beat the first stage's boss and turns out it's just a freaking miniboss. The game is tight as heck too. The boss enters the room depending on your location, holy heck.

[Anonymous No.6440539]

In MUSHA you play as a mech.

Bio-Hazard is a super unique one where you play as a flying sea creature. Really good audio too.

Both on Genesis.

[Anonymous No.6441257]

Apidya is hard as fuck but a great game with a fantastic soundtrack.

[Anonymous No.6441726]

>>6437751
>Kolibri

[Anonymous No.6441732]

>>6437751
Cho-Aniki

[Anonymous No.6441742]

>>6441732
Same character designer as Wings of Wor a.k.a. Gynoug

[Anonymous No.6441746]

>>6441742
>...

[Anonymous No.6441754]

>>6437751
Agony on amiga

[Anonymous No.6441759]

>>6441754

[Anonymous No.6441772]

[Anonymous No.6441775]

>>6437751
Gunbird 1 & 2

[Anonymous No.6441794]

>>6437751
>Bio-Hazard Battle (Crying)

[Anonymous No.6441798]

>>6441794
Pick your critter

[Anonymous No.6441802]

>>6441798

[Anonymous No.6441807]

>>6441754
>>6441759
>Agony

Or as I like to call it...LASER OWL!!!

[Anonymous No.6441825]

>>6441772
So, which is the best version?

[Anonymous No.6441838]

>>6437751
>ctrl+f "Parodius"

C'mon /vr/

[Anonymous No.6441846]

Elemental Master

[Anonymous No.6441862]

>>6438956

Why todoes this look so much like Excel Saga?

[Anonymous No.6441901]

>>6441825
Dreamcast version has better graphics, sound and bombing system, plus more content, so play that one.

[Anonymous No.6442061]

Deathsmiles
Akai Katana
Mushihimesama Futari
ESP Ra.De

t. Caveshitter

[Anonymous No.6442068]

>>6438894
holy fawk first time i see this, is like a more polished take on knightmare (MSX)

[Anonymous No.6442113]

>>6441901
>>6441825
It's debatable really. Graphics on DC are more detailed/more "next gen", N64 looks more like a 16-bit game (albeit a very impressive one with thousands of shit exploding everywhere). I personally prefer the more retro look of N64, but I'm totally biased here, and the DC one looks phenomenal as well. I will say though, I do like Bangai-O's sprite on N64 definitely more than on DC. When you unleash the missile fury, you can seee multiple panels coming out of its body on N64, on DC it's more simple and only 2 panels come out of it. I also prefer Mami's bold green projectiles than her lasers on DC, they fill the screen more, which is cool considering Bangai-O is about seeing shit flying up everywhere. Regarding backgrounds, I also prefer them on N64. But again, DC looks awesome and has a more advanced/next-gen look.
For sound, they're also different, N64 and DC have different music, some rearrangements but mostly new songs on DC. Hard to say which one is better, matter of taste. I like both. I do not like the amount of voice clips on DC though, it's an interesting novelty at first but becomes a bit annoying after a while. Not sure if they can be turned off, can't remember.
>bombing system
I disagree here, I prefer being able to fire as many missiles as I can instead of being limited by the amount of enemies on screen, like on DC.
>plus more content
I think both games have the same amount of levels, 44. DC does have a couple extra bossses though, but spoilers: bosses in bangai-O aren't really that great.
THAT SAID; you should play DC one first. For one, it's more accessible, and it's also easier, not just because of the safer bomb mechanic, but also because you don't need to level-up your shots, and there's HP refills everywhere.
If you like it, and want more, try to play the N64 original, if possible with a N64 controller, and using the left control scheme as the developers suggest it's best (move with d-pad, shoot with stick).

[Anonymous No.6442137]

>>6437751
Touhou

Youre a cute girl shooting other cute girls


Alsp.does fantasy zone still count as a spaceship?

[Anonymous No.6442334]

>>6442137
Opa Opa isn't a spaceship.
Opa Opa is a friend!

[Anonymous No.6442336]

>>6442334
Opa Opa can cry...

[Anonymous No.6442346]

>>6442336
...and Opa Opa has a dad...

[Anonymous No.6442350]

>>6442346
...so Opa Opa he can't be a Spaceship!

[Anonymous No.6443030]

is shmupgen dead? haven't been around in a while

[Anonymous No.6443116]

[Anonymous No.6443124]

[Anonymous No.6443130]

>>6443124
>good

[Anonymous No.6443687]

>>6441901
>>6442113
Alright, thanks! I think I'm going tot ry out teh DC version after all, but I see that both are good int heir won way.

[Anonymous No.6443690]

>>6443116
Well, in the shmup parts you're still a spaceship.

[Anonymous No.6444176]

>>6441257
>Apidya
Hey it's that game with a terrifying sewer level

[Anonymous No.6444247]

>>6441825
Dreamcast, and if you're bored, play the N64.

[Anonymous No.6444463]

Axelay

[Anonymous No.6445804]

Keio flying squadron

[Anonymous No.6447872]

>>6438929
There is a scifi clone of this, Cyberdragon or something.

[Anonymous No.6447896]

>Once I reach Page 10, that treasure is mine!

[Anonymous No.6448057]

>>6442061

>games that aren't fun unless you want to be a credit feeding loser

[Anonymous No.6448526]

>>6448057
what are some fun shmups anon?

[Anonymous No.6448713]

Naturally I suck, but does anyone else think that Psikyo games have a habit of getting really hard in the end? The bullets start going mach 5.

[Anonymous No.6448901]

>HORIZONTAL
Air Zonk. You're a robot boy thing who snot-rockets enemies.
Atomic Robo Kid. You're an atomic robo kid.
Chuuka Taisen/Cloud Master. You're a guy on a cloud shooting at Chinese food and figures from Chinese folklore.
Cho Aniki. No description can prepare you for this.
Coryoon. You're a cute baby dragon who breaths fire, lightning and whatever the blue stuff is meant to be.
Fuzzical Fighter. You're a ship, yes, but this one is unique because you buy equipment in towns and use MP and HP and shit.
Harmful Park. You're a girl in a flying contraption zooming through a themepark and attacking sentient carnival rides as well as rejected Parodius enemies.
Magical Chase. You're a witch and you shoot at cute shit.
Photograph Boy. You're a guy who shoots photos of things.
Section Z. You're a robot (or a guy with a jet pack, maybe? idfk) who is stuck in a maze or something and shoots his gun to find his way out. All I know is that this game annoyed the fuck outta me as a kid cuz I would finish a corridor and take a wrong turn and wind up at an earlier level, kinda like that asshole warp zone in SMB:LL.
Zombie Nation. You're the disembodied floating head of a long dead Japanese samurai and you hock loogies at buildings.

>VERTICAL
Hani in the Sky. You're a dildo (haniwa) who shoots idfk what.
Toilet Kids. You're a kid. On a toilet. And there's a poop genie.
Sorry, those're the only vertical ones that're coming to mind atm that aren't one of the obvious ones, like Touhou or Twinbee.

[Anonymous No.6448902]

>>6448901
>NEW CATEGORY: overhead run'n'gun
Kiki Kai Kai. You're a Japanese shrine maiden who throws sutras and fireballs.
Märchen Maze. You're a girl who throws balls at Wonderland enemies.
Pocky and Rocky 1 & 2. You're the same shrine maiden from Kiki Kai Kai and you still throw sutras and fireballs.
Ikari Warriors. You're a Soldier and you shoot shit.
Guerrilla. You're a soldier and you shoot shit.
Commando. You're a soldier and you shoot shit.
That other run 'n gun game I used to play at the pizza place at my corner when I lived in America as a kid. You're a blue guy or a red guy and you fuck shit up and it was the fucking shit. Might've been a Neo Geo game, idfr, it's been 25 fucking years. Any help?

[Anonymous No.6448909]

>>6448902
>>6448901
Also, someone should hack a shmup only version of Kid Icarus. You know how the last level is a shmup one? I wanna play just that.
Same with the shmup level in Mario Land and the shmup levels in Shockman. Those were always my fav parts.

[Anonymous No.6449092]

>>6448713
After the first couple of stages the point is to memorize the patterns, you aren't supposed to flail through them blind like in stage 1 or 2.
If you can't figure out the solutions go watch some replays

[Anonymous No.6449105]

>>6448713
Let me tell you how to win at psykyo games
>mash pause
No seriously most of those patterns are only hard because they come lightning fast. If you pause even once it's pretty obvious where's the safe spot.

[Anonymous No.6449471]

>>6449105
>pause an arcade game
k

[Anonymous No.6449505]

>>6449105
Thanks vixynyan.

[Anonymous No.6450228]

>>6437751
Is it good?

[Anonymous No.6450241]

>>6450228
Samurai Aces is great, but there's really no need to buy those Steam ports. You can emulate the original on a toaster.

[Anonymous No.6450243]

>>6450228
the port should be fine. the game is a great entry into shmups

[Anonymous No.6450265]

>>6450228
>known as a debut of "Psikyo"
So it's not really "Psikyo", but someone else? Can't they run their copy by a fucking editor?

[Anonymous No.6450269]

>>6450265
We' ve got online rankings!

[Raypuia No.6450469]

Does Galaxy Force II count?
That game looks fucking amazing to be just a rehash of After Burner with Sci-fi crap

[Anonymous No.6450568]

>>6450469
It's a cool game, but you control a spaceship, so not quite on-topic for this thread.

[Anonymous No.6450583]

>>6450469
> just a rehash of After Burner
some people from the same team worked on both games

[Anonymous No.6450770]

>>6438929
A ship with tentacles used for blocking projectiles and destroying enemies. Also very good.

There is also the konami game Xexex which has a detachable force pod like r-type with tentacles.

[Anonymous No.6450874]

>>6450770

>In the grimdark future of Magic School Bus 40k, there is only war.

[Anonymous No.6451184]

>>6437751
>Sol Divide
flying humanoids
>Flying Hero
some round white creature with wings
>Cannon Spike
you play as Capcom characters like Cammy and Charlie / Nash

[Anonymous No.6451652]

anyone here use the brooks PS4 to dreamcast controller converter? how is it? also looking for something similar for saturn. i really don't want to take a dremel to old arcade sticks to fix the shit buttons/stick.