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Can someone reccommend me some good entry-level schmups? I’ve only played one so far and I want to get into the genre. The system doesn’t matter.

>> No.6663801

Try Cotton 2 and Boomerang out, in that order.

>> No.6663832

>>6663789
Life Force on the NES is the reason I love the genre. Start with that.

>> No.6663857
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Radirgy (developed by ex-compile staff on Dreamcast)
Space Megaforce
For Euroshmups, Tyrian 2000 DOS
Perfect Cherry Blossom
Super Star Soldier.
Blazing Lasers.
Compile games in general, ZanacXZanac, Gun-Nac, Aleste 2, Gunhed are beginner friendly and not bullet hell.

>> No.6663887

If you enjoy progression and unlocking features with score, consider Mars Matrix, Giga Wing 2 on Dreamcast.

Judgement SilverSword has a feature that's inspired by the feature shop on those Takumi Dreamcast games.
Castle Shikigami/Shikigami no Shiro (2 and 3) has interesting training wheels practice modes and hilarious engrish dialogue with lots of characters featuring different gimmicky play styles. Every character has a normal and alternate shot mode.
Even if you're bad at videogames you can still have fun collecting artwork of the anime waifus.

>> No.6663894

River raid

>> No.6664569

>>6663789
Always had lots of fun with Solar Striker on the Game Boy.

>> No.6664595

Sexy Parodius. Infinite continues on console, great graphics, very fun but still simple.

>> No.6664609
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Tyrian 2000. It's free on gog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w025kQRMZwA

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>>6663789

>> No.6665157

Kings knight
B wings
Exed exes
All on nes

R type
Transbot (lol)
Aerial assault
All on sms

Truxton
Twin hawk
Empire of steel
All on smd

As for non retro 5th gen I dont know. R-types got a release on ps1 which combines all the arcade releases. But I dont really for 5th gen outside of ps1 doom and a handful of titles. 6th gen has some great titles. Psyvariar got a release on ps2 but its probably a saturn port. Its babbis first bullet hell in terms of difficulty.

>> No.6665164

>>6663789
If you’re okay with not retro, Devil Engine is a great entry shmup, very forgiving with the lower difficulties and continues.

>> No.6665189

>>6664609
offsets mediocre formation design by a huge lifebar, but I have some strong nostalgic feelings for it.

>>6664692
>laughs in loop 4

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>>6663789

>> No.6665287
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>>6663789

Any one where the shot flow is not wide enough to embrace half of the screen is worth to try. Pic related or Ikaruga are not only good entry levels, but all time favorites.

>> No.6665315

>>6663789
Just pick one and play it. They're LITERALLY all the same.

>> No.6665320

>>6665315
He asked for shooters, not 'teenage boy saves world after high school classes and has f-female admirers' simulator aka jarpigs aka the only games u like u faggot tranny

>> No.6665323
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>>6665320
Inshallah you perish

>> No.6665739

It’s modern, but Crimzon Clover is quite a good entry point. Or Mushihimesama.

>> No.6665884

>>6663789
Galaxian, R-Type, Rayforce/Layer Section are the best shooters, so play those

>> No.6665976

>>6664595
>advocating credit-feeding
Absolutely fucking disgusting.

>> No.6667438

Is Astrosmash considered a shump?

>> No.6667929

>>6663789
>I want to get into the genre.
Seriously? I could never understand why people love this genre. I like action with shooting, but for me this whole genre is more about dodging while holding the fire button, and the enemies rarely fire at you. Thus the gameplay is quite boring and repetitive.
Although I can remember something good on NES:

Gun. Smoke
Twin Bee 3
Over Horizon

Everything else that worthy to mention have already been recommended by the anons above.

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>>6663789
start with the grads

>> No.6670149

>>6665976
Superplayers literally savestate to learn a game. At least credit feeding is closer to the arcade experience.

>> No.6670152

>>6665320
Yeah but the next iteration of "harem shit stat grinder 16" has a loli with exposed midriff AND big breasts, that the "harem shit stat grinder 15" was lacking!

>> No.6670258

>>6670149
They may do now. That shit wasn't possible when superplays first arrived. So it's easy to see why players then were far more capable than whatever rewind-and-retry trannie plays now.

>> No.6670270
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6670270

Reminder if you don't play on a legit pcb + 29" tate monitor with stick (and stool) you aren't playing the real game, as the designers intended, and none of your scores count. Don't bother replying with cope.

>> No.6670272

>>6670270
A man of culture

>> No.6670972
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>>6663789
If you can find one of these for cheap try Bosconian

>> No.6673196

>>6663789
I'm in a nursing home and only have a kindle fire that a nice nurse gave me as a gift. Is there a version of shumpmame for android.

>> No.6673269

>>6673196
there's retroarch for android, if you enable to run ahead latency thing it'll be smoother, less input lag

>> No.6673453
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sapphire @ pc engine cd system


or the psp rerelease as its easier to emulate quickly

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>>6673453
coryoon
maerchan maze
all of the soldier and darius games

>> No.6673480

>>6663789
Play any of the 1940 games

>> No.6674874

>>6665189
>lifebar
That is your energy reserve, not your life bar.

>> No.6674909

>>6663789
shmups are a diverse genre and games differ more than you probably expect, try the following to get an overview:
touhou 7 / 8
dodonpachi or mushihimesama
cho ren sha 68k
r-type (arcade version)

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>>6674909
>touhou 7 / 8
NOT RETRO

>> No.6674935

>>6674917
they can run on windows 98 (a retro platform), so that makes them retro.

>> No.6674948

>>6665976
Credit feeding is how you learn the game the first time. Then you go back and limit your credits

>> No.6674952

>>6663789
>>6663789
>Can someone reccommend me some good entry-level schmups?

Strikers 1488.

>> No.6674957

>>6674948
On the arcades when you had no other options. No need for that anymore, you have practice modes and savestates

>> No.6674974

>>6674948
It's better to learn by restarting after your first credit runs out than by credit feeding, though.

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>>6674952
>Strikers 1488.

>> No.6675069

>>6674952
>Strikers
>best planes in the game are the Bf109 and Zero
What did Psikyo mean by this?

>> No.6675291

>>6675069
based

>> No.6676571

>>6663894
This game is awesome.

>> No.6676810

>>6673196
Man imagine trying to play a shmup with the reflexes of an 80 something year old

>> No.6680567

>>6676810
I'm not old. I have cancer which destroyed the bones in my hips.

I'm going to r out of here soon.