What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?

quicksilver · 17 Apr 2018, 18:04

@mediamogul what system is this for?

BobHarris · 17 Apr 2018, 18:15

My favorite is Raptor call of the shadows for ms-dos. I played the hell out of the shareware version in the 90s and now I have the full version on my Pi, so I will actually get to finish it one day!
I like the music, the sound effects, the enemies and how you make money to buy new weapons and other stuff. Also it's not a one hit kill game, you have an energy bar.

mediamogul · 17 Apr 2018, 18:15

@quicksilver said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

what system is this for?

It was originally in arcades, but it was ported to the Dreamcast.

Sano · 17 Apr 2018, 19:09

@bobharris
Oh yes, this shareware was included on the Duke Nukem 3D CD IIRC !
I'm not really good at shmups, but played them a lot.
Honorable mention for super aleste (space megaforce) on snes.

Clyde · 17 Apr 2018, 19:13

Since only one nomination is allowed, I choose Transplant for the Commodore Amiga. A freeware game (I think) with an innovative, rotating top-down view that could be played co-operatively in split-screen. Simple, but fun and addictive:

edit: Second game removed after reading the OP again. :*)

Clyde · 17 Apr 2018, 19:47

@quicksilver said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

My personal favorite is Air Zonk

Also called PC Denjin Punkic Cyborg(s), as I learned while researching it. B)

felleg · 17 Apr 2018, 20:19

Can I cheat?

Frenetic shooter:
Fever SOS (Dangun Feverish) on MAME.

More traditional:
Galactic Attack / Gunlock / Rayforce on saturn/MAME

Bonus shmup (?) / Fits no category:
Atomic runner on Sega Genesis/MD

mediamogul · 17 Apr 2018, 21:58

There's a lot of really great choices here. 'Transplant' is one that I'm definitely gonna have to check out for it's co-op. I've played quite a few of the others, but this whole thread is worthy of a complete play-through some night.

quicksilver · 17 Apr 2018, 22:54

@felleg said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

Can I cheat?

You can but then you don't get the achievement ;)

quicksilver · 17 Apr 2018, 23:43

@clyde there are some interesting gameplay differences between the Japanese and US versions too. Apparently they had to do some minor censoring before it was Americanized. :)

SP · 18 Apr 2018, 04:20

Raiden DX

Clyde · 18 Apr 2018, 05:28

@quicksilver said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

@clyde there are some interesting gameplay differences between the Japanese and US versions too. Apparently they had to do some minor censoring before it was Americanized. :)

Yeah, I read about that after even more research yesterday. :) (I get hooked sometimes.)

Seems like a fun game, I'll try it when I get the chance.

FlyingTomahawk · 18 Apr 2018, 05:35

Rez on PS2

pjft · 18 Apr 2018, 11:18

@mediamogul Does the DC version run decently on the Pi?

mediamogul · 18 Apr 2018, 12:52

@pjft said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

Does the DC version run decently on the Pi?

I believe it runs at full frame rate, but last I tried, there was an emulation issue to where you couldn't control the ship for the first 20 seconds or so of the game. However, another issue canceled it out, as no enemy fire would hurt you during that time. It's also been almost two years since I tried it. At the time there were several bug reports from users, so the issue may have been fixed.

pjft · 18 Apr 2018, 12:56

@mediamogul said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

you couldn't control the ship for the first 20 seconds or so of the game. However, another issue canceled it out, as no enemy fire would hurt you during that time.

If we were in marketing, we could almost promote that as a feature rather than a bug! :)

I don't think Reicast has been changed anytime recently, so I suppose it'll still be the same. Will have to try it out.

Thanks!

mediamogul · 18 Apr 2018, 13:06

@pjft said in What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?:

If we were in marketing, we could almost promote that as a feature rather than a bug!

Ha, very true. I actually am in marketing and I've seen it happen. Then, once the problem's solved, you can promote the fact that it's "more arcade accurate".

pjft · 18 Apr 2018, 13:20

@mediamogul I can't upvote that enough. :)

PiBoy · 18 Apr 2018, 18:18

Raiden Project

or....

Ikaruga

KN4THX · 19 Apr 2018, 17:21

I'd have to say Invasion of the Mutant Space Bats of Doom. It wasn't the best, but it was one of my firsts outside of the arcade and Atari environments and I loved it.