The definitive SHUMPS list

[zapiy]

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What self respecting retro forum would not have a Shoot em ups list?

So lets get this together.

I will add

R-Type
Ikaruga
Gradius V

What would you like to add to the list?


(I'm no spelling expert but I had to correct the title. 

[TL]

Damn! Very hard one!

I assume we are talking the more modern style scrolling ones but here are some of my favourites:

Zarlor Mercenary - Lynx
Xenon - Atari ST / Spectrum
Gynoug - Megadrive
Fantasy Zone - Master System
Raiden - Jaguar
Thunderforce II - Megadrive
Blazing Lazers - TurboGrafx
Air Buster - Megadrive
Xenon 2 - Atari ST / Amiga / Megadrive
Mercs - Megadrive
Ordyne - TurboGrafx
Steel Machine - CDi
Radient Silvergun - Saturn
Parodius - Saturn
Darius - Saturn / Megadrive
R-Type - Spectrum / TurboGrafx / Master System
Dragon Breed - ST / Spectrum
Galaga - 7800 / TurboGrafx / CDi
Sonic Boom - Atari ST

I am sure there are loads more but my brain hurts now 

[guest4291]

Mushihime-sama
Mushihime-sama Futari
Dodonpachi
Dodonpachi Dai-ou-jou
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Black Label
Dodonpachi Sai-Dai-ou-jou (not playable yet)
Ketsui
Ketsui Death Label
Progear
Ibara
Ibara Kuro
Muchi Muchi Pork
Pink Sweets
ESP Ra. De.
ESP Galuda
ESP Galuda 2
Akai Katana
Deathsmiles
Deathsmiles 2
Guwange


I'm a bit of a Cave fan, so there's those from them.  All of these aside from Sai-dai-ou-jou are available either on the 360 or as a ROM, or both.  Or PS2, for a very few of them.


There's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy more I could list here, in terms of shmups I'm aware of, but that'd take forever.  I'll add more later.

[DreamcastRIP]

Batsugun


Battle Garegga


Soukyugurentai

[sunteam_paul]

Any shmup list without Gate of Thunder is not worth looking at.

[zapiy]

Never heard of that one, looks bloody awesome and very R-Type ish.. Or is R-Type like that?

[sunteam_paul]

Never heard of that one, looks bloody awesome and very R-Type ish.. Or is R-Type like that?

It's more like Thunder Force III, only better.

[Console Compulsive]

Oh I do enjoy a good Shmup. These were some of my favorites.

Arrow Flash - Megadrive
Keio Flying Squadron - Mega CD
Radient Silvergun - Saturn
Prehistoric Isle 1930 - Arcade
Armed Police Batrider - Arcade
Fantasy Zone - Master System
Xenon II Megablast - Atari ST/Megadrive
Uridium - Spectrum
Submarine Attack - Master System
Mega Swiv - Megadrive
Robo Aleste - Mega CD
Sol Feace - Mega CD
Silpheed - Mega CD
R-Type - Arcade/Megadrive/Atari ST/Amiga
Nemesis - Arcade/Spectrum/Commodore 64
1943 - Arcade
Battle Chopper/Mr Heli - Arcade
Exed Exes - Arcade
Xevious - Arcade
Terra Cresta - Arcade
Zero Wing - Arcade
Bells and Whistles (Detana!! Twinbee) - Arcade

Not sure if these extra ones would count but i'll hedge my bets and list them anyway:
Panzer Dragoon - Saturn
Chaos Engine - Megadrive/Atari ST/Amiga
Loaded - PS1/Saturn
Smash TV - Arcade/Megadrive/Master System/Atari ST/Amiga

[TL]

Batsugun


Battle Garegga


Soukyugurentai

I don't have of those yet but did get these shooters for the Saturn recently, which are all very good.

1942 & 1943 (Capcom Generations 1)
Twinbee Deluxe
Parodius Collection
Space Invaders
Super Dimension Force Macross
Galaxy Force II
Area 51

[Vyothric]

I liked.....

Agony (Amiga)
Apidya (Amiga)
Demon Attack (Atari 2600)
G-Darius (PS1)
Galactix (PC)
Gley Lancer (MD)
Lords of Thunder (MCD)
Tyrian (PC)
Zero Wing (MD)

Lords of Thunder has one of my favourite game soundtracks ever.

[TL]

That reminds me I still really need to pick up Gleylancer.

[TL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGa_-7jucI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZBEsBANEhU

[guest4277]

One that always sticks in my mind is Blood Money on the Amiga. It's not even that great of a shooter but it was one of the first games I had after upgrading from a Spectrum....the intro sequence was mind blowing at the time!

[TL]

One that always sticks in my is Blood Money on the Amiga. It's not even that great of a shooter but it was one of the first games I had after upgrading from a Spectrum....the intro sequence was mind blowing at the time!

Funny you mention it because I was playing the ST version just the other day, deffo one of the first games on that machine to wow me! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loNQ_dh8_Lg

[guest4277]

The sound on the Amiga and ST still wow me today. Xenon 2 is another shooter that has a fantastic intro with great music (pinched from Assault on Precinct 13 no less).