What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?

[Clyde]

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]

@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]

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]

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]

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

Can I cheat?

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

[quicksilver]

@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]

Raiden DX

[Clyde]

@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]

Rez on PS2

[pjft]

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

[mediamogul]

@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]

@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]

@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]

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

[PiBoy]

Raiden Project

or....

Ikaruga

[KN4THX]

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.

[Clyde]

@thedatacereal And it definitely has one of the coolest names in gaming history. :D

[Sano]

@clyde
Along with Ninja Baseball Bat Man (not a shoot'em up BTW)
There is "bat" in both, coincidence ? I think not.

[KN4THX]

@Clyde Ha, yes it really does sound awesome still to this day

@Sano That was a good Nerd episode

[Clyde]

@sano Yes, I know that one. :)