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    What is your favorite Shoot-em-up?

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    • fellegF
      felleg
      last edited by 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

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator
        last edited by

        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.

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        • quicksilverQ
          quicksilver @felleg
          last edited by

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

          Can I cheat?

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

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          • quicksilverQ
            quicksilver @Clyde
            last edited by

            @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. :)

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            • SPS
              SP
              last edited by SP

              Raiden DX

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              • ClydeC
                Clyde @quicksilver
                last edited by

                @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.

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk
                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                  Rez on PS2

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                  • pjftP
                    pjft @mediamogul
                    last edited by

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

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                    • mediamogulM
                      mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
                      last edited by 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.

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                      • pjftP
                        pjft @mediamogul
                        last edited by

                        @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!

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
                          last edited by 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".

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                          • pjftP
                            pjft @mediamogul
                            last edited by

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

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                            • P
                              PiBoy
                              last edited by

                              Raiden Project

                              or....

                              Ikaruga

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                              • KN4THXK
                                KN4THX
                                last edited by 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.

                                "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                                • ClydeC
                                  Clyde @KN4THX
                                  last edited by

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

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                                  • SanoS
                                    Sano @Clyde
                                    last edited by

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

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                                    • KN4THXK
                                      KN4THX @Sano
                                      last edited by

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

                                      @Sano That was a good Nerd episode

                                      "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                                      • ClydeC
                                        Clyde @Sano
                                        last edited by

                                        @sano Yes, I know that one. :)

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                                        • CapemanC
                                          Capeman
                                          last edited by Capeman

                                          My top SEP's are:

                                          Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop

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                                          • quicksilverQ
                                            quicksilver @mediamogul
                                            last edited by

                                            @mediamogul just tested out ikaruga for dreamcast on my pi3. Still has the issue you described where you can't move or shoot for about 30 secs. Game seems to work fine after that. What's the difference between the two shooting modes (red laser vs blue laser)?

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