Your favorite arcade SHMUP?

I'm pretty partial to Ketsui... namely b/c I have it, and it rocks, even though I kind of suck at it.

 

Ugh, why always SHMUPs? You guys are obsessed!

Space Invaders

 

i'm on gradius 5 right now, just buyed it two days ago, and i must say it's really fun and pretty amazing.
less impossible than the first one though, i really hope this TREASURE (one of the best arcade game developer) 's treasure will put some breath in the dying 2d shoot-'hem-up horizontal perspective sector, these game are just missing on actual 128bit video game systems!

never played shooter unreleased outside japan. well, to say the truth i never touched alot of shoot_'hem-up (i still need to try the R-type serie and many others), so i'm not the best judge for this type of games. i'm sure i'm missing alot, but i think the gradius serie (including every spin-offs) should merit the prize, pretty cool games..... Oh, and do we include non-space based shoot-'hem-ups? Gunstar Heroes should be placed in my top too.

 

Treasure stuff isn't bad... but honestly, Cave is definitely the main company keeping the genre alive. They've come out with a fantastic shmup ever year for the last 5-6 years.

 

Raiden DX is my favorite shooter too!

 

Can I say Blazing Star on MVS?

 

I'd be surprised if there were any cave arcade machines 100 miles around me... What console ports are there? Dodonpachi I know of...

 

ESP Ra.De is tight, especialy 2p online with mame.

 

The only recent ones (unfortunately) are ESPGaluda (my favorite) and DoDonPachi DOJ. Both by Arika, and come w/ a Super REplay DVD.

ESPRade, Guwange, Dangun Feveron and Progear no Arashi are pretty good in Mame as long as you don't scale the picture. Ketsui is the only one that's playable on PCB only at the moment.

 

[QUOTE="GaijinPunch]Treasure stuff isn't bad... but honestly, Cave is definitely the main company keeping the genre alive. They've come out with a fantastic shmup ever year for the last 5-6 years.[/QUOTE]
Treasure does an excellent job on their shooters, but they do branch off into lots of other genres, and Cave subsequently has them sortof beat on sheer volume of output alone. Not to say that one is better than the other, but Cave is really a dependable name in arcade shooters.

Anyways, I really like Guwange and Dodonpachi, but I think my favorite has to be Gradius. I never get tired of that one! :-D

 

Metal Slug 3

 

Radiant Silvergun
Please point me to a ST-V cart of that!

 

http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/stv_titan/Radiant_Silvergun_279.html

Might have it in stock...

 

Well thank you, but $200 is a bit above my budget.... aargh I should have bought that 40 GBP one that someone tried to sell here once :-(

 

Dragon Spirit, jk.

 

Sexy Parodius!

Or maybe not. I like most of Konami's shmups.

On the subject of Treasure, though, I'm not sure. I find Bangaioh just confusing, and not really that much fun. Same goes for Ikaruga. I feel I *have* to buy Gradius V though - I've heard too many good things about it. And after how many months I finally saw it for sale in my local Game last week!

 

Stick with both those Treasure games, you will "zen" with them soon enough, I promise. Both are confusing and a bit tough to begin with.

 

Gradius V is absolutely magnificent, Zilog.
You cannot go wrong with that one. It's hard as hell, though.
Most shooters are, anyway.