Favorite side scrolling shooters?

[Anonymous No.851713]

So it seems that top down shooters get all the love, but what are your favorite side scrolling shooters?
Pic related. Had Super R-Type as a kid and I remember it being a mega achievement between me and my sister when we somehow made it to a new stage.

[Anonymous No.851812]

Lords of Thunder!

[Anonymous No.851848]

>>851713
that fucking game
so much lag

[Anonymous No.851897]

Metal Black
X Multiply
The Parodius series
Gradius 3

[Anonymous No.851910]

Magical Chase, all day every day.

[Anonymous No.852385]

<--- (Best Ship)
Bio-Hazard Battle (pic)
R-Type III, Delta
50% of Axelay, it's the same 50% of the game that's actually good
Gleylancer
Gradius Galaxies, and in general
Jykkiu Oshaberi Parodius

[Anonymous No.852403]

Thunder Force series, especially II, III and IV on the Megadrive.

[Anonymous No.852412]

>Squaresoft in charge of shmups

Don't knock it til you try it.

[Anonymous No.852421]

>>852403

This!

[Anonymous No.852424]

>>852412
That game was good. Not the most challenging by any stretch of the imagination, but it established an atmosphere and tone like few games in the genre could.

[Anonymous No.852435]

Well, this game alternates between side scrolling and downward vertical scrolling, but I liked it.

[Anonymous No.852436]

>>851713
Gradius 3

[Anonymous No.852454]

[Tsubasa_cat !!otZqtLVzeXj No.852467]

In the hunt.

Like "R-type in a submarine". Fantastic boss battles.

[Tsubasa_cat !!otZqtLVzeXj No.852471]

>>852467

Forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.852475]

>>852471
The Metal Slug guys did that game.

[Anonymous No.852485]

>>852403
This, this sooo goddamn much.

Thunder Force V is also pretty good, except for the shitty 3D textures. It also has a ridiculous amount of fanart in pixiv.

[Anonymous No.852490]

Space Megaforce/Super Aleste

[Anonymous No.852498]

I remember ZaXon at this burger joint as a little kid. I loved playing that game. R-Type and Raiden exist on all my current systems. I have had R-Type on every system since the old SNES back in the early 90s. Love that game.

[Anonymous No.852505]

>>852385
Gradius Galaxies? Wasn't that that mediocre GBA game?
Gaiden and II are the best retro games in the series by far, imo.

[Anonymous No.852514]

Air Zonk is pretty fucking rad.

[Anonymous No.852519]

>>852505
>Wasn't that that mediocre GBA game?
GBA had some mediocre shmups/ports, like the glitchy R-Type 3 or the underwhelming Sigma Star Saga. But Gradius Galaxies I think was on par with the NES games (they seem to follow the same exact formula). I didn't play much more recent Gradius after that.

[Anonymous No.852520]

>>852485
V was pretty cool, but it wasn't quite up to scratch after III and IV being god-tier games.

You could tell VI wasn't made by Technosoft. Shame, really.

[Anonymous No.852537]

>>852385
That's probably my least favorite ship.
Slow movement + no homing blue shot completely kills it for me.

[Anonymous No.852550]

>>852537
>no homing blue shot
don't you mean red? It has the red homing laser.
It has the yellow helix shot that erases enemies bullets
it has the blue 8 direction which is crowd control
and speed isn't much of an issue I think.
And it looks sexy <3
This is my shipfu mind you.

[Anonymous No.852557]

>>852550
No dude, there's a slow moving blue shot that homes in on anything that gets close to it.
It does a ton of damage and destroys enemy projectiles, and I just enjoy using it.

[Anonymous No.852572]

>>852557
the bubbles then? oh i think get it then, you like to quickly close in and leave a present. >__>

[Anonymous No.852580]

I've been playing Xexex lately, and it's rapidly becoming one of my favorite shmups.

[Anonymous No.852704]

Darius!

[Anonymous No.852706]

Super aleste

[Anonymous No.852894]

Eliminate Down

[Anonymous No.852940]

>the soundtrack
>that early 90s mecha style to it
I should have played this game earlier.

>>851812
Lords of Thunder is another great one. Same with Gradius III and Gaiden.

[Anonymous No.853018]

GATE....OF......THUUUUUN-DAAAAAAAAAAAAHR!!!!

[Anonymous No.853034]

Border Down
Sengoku Blade

[Anonymous No.853112]

there's a cafe in my town with a neo geo cabinet with this, pretty fun

[Anonymous No.853142]

[Anonymous No.853785]

>>852550
>This is my shipfu mind you.

Mine too man. Mine too.

[Anonymous No.854480]

>>852471
I fucking love In The Hunt.
I wouldn't mind seeing more shmups where you have to manually move forward, or with that glorious patented Metal Slug attention to detail and animation quality.

[Anonymous No.855347]

abadox and darius gaiden.
favorite ones.

[Anonymous No.855349]

>>853142
I really like how imaginative EVERYTHING is in Wings of Wor.

[Anonymous No.855378]

>>855349
That stage is hella creepy.
That mid boss resembles a fetus a little with his pose, and the look of the stage looks like inside of a body, and then the boss of that stage looks like a giant zombie with a monster dick.
As a kid I just thought "lol dick", but now I can't help but get a very unsetling rape vibe from that stage.

[Anonymous No.855614]

>>855378
That entire game is weird. So many random faces...

[Anonymous No.855747]

Has anyone here played Hyper Dyne Side Arms? Is it any good?

[Kasperl No.856284]

[Anonymous No.856315]

>>852435

[Anonymous No.856649]

My recent discovery. Very good shmup.

[Anonymous No.857721]

Darius Twin!

[Kasperl No.858498]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vw2d3_aEC8

[Anonymous No.860030]

Thunder Force III

[Anonymous No.863215]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW4PK3fm46Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyjbqV4d5SI

>get gradius collection for psp
>the gradius 3 is the arcade version

[Anonymous No.863302]

>>863215
What's a matter son, can't handle the cube rush?

[Anonymous No.863319]

Lords of Thunder is my personal favourite

Einhander and Gradius 2 for the second and third place.

[script writer kibe No.864534]

>>852412
Think that's weird? The people behind Grand Turismo made a shmup

[script writer kibe No.864565]

>Battle Mania Daiginjou
>Marchen Adventure Cotton 100%
>Super Fantasy Zone
>Gokujou Parodius

[Anonymous No.864623]

>>851812

Completed this last night, such a brilliant game. FIRE ARMOUR ALL THE WAY.

[Anonymous No.864652]

I don't remember the name but it was an snes game.
You were a kid genius who got shrunk down and used rubber bands and tacks to kill dust bunnies and bacteria. You had to defeat your deranged and increasingly mechanically enhanced hamster.

[Anonymous No.865042]

>>852412
i wish that game is super expensive

[Anonymous No.865054]

truxton anyone

[Anonymous No.866123]

>>865054
the genesis port sucks

just because of the music

other toaplan ports are nice though

[Anonymous No.866727]

>>865054
Hey wait a minute, that ain't a side scrolling shooter, that's a up scrolling shooter!
You tryin' to pull a fast one, here?

[Anonymous No.866829]

>>866727
what if he puts the TV sideways while playing?

[Anonymous No.866846]

Good lord is this a fun game

[Anonymous No.866889]

I don't normally play these sorts of games but Empire of Steel is pretty cool.
the background artwork is awesome

[Anonymous No.866908]

>>866727
lets just turn this into a shmup general

[Anonymous No.866918]

Am I the only one that feels this way about shumps?

It seems that whenever I buy a new shmup, I have a lot of fun with it at first, until the 3rd or 4th level, that's when the enemy bullet speed and density become so great that it's impossible not to die a million times over. At that point, due to the amount of repetition and memorization that is necessary to make further progress, the games become a chore to play.

As much as I have enjoyed this genre in the past, I'm beginning to think that shmups aren't worth the trouble. I don't see myself having the ability to tolerate the amount of repetition to ever one-credit any of them, so then why bother playing them? I'm thinking of selling off my collection.

[Anonymous No.866932]

Since a lot of my favorite are said already (I'm glad to see them all here.)

I'm gonna go ahead and go with Dodon-Pachi
One of the first games I played where I was like

[Anonymous No.866934]

>>866889

This is a fun game.

[Anonymous No.866938]

While being a modern game, it was made for an old as shit hardware: Fantasy Zone II DX - The Tears of Opa-Opa

[Anonymous No.866946]

>>866918
The truth is, most shmups are arcade games that were designed to destroy the player and to steal quarters from naive children. It's only possible to one-credit them because it's possible to memorize every inch of the game. But very few people will have the tolerance for the amount of repetition required to do so. So, for most of us, playing shmups will only lead to disappointment, as we will never feel the ultimate satisfaction of the one-credit. So the question I ask you all is... Why fucking bother trying?

[Anonymous No.866947]

>>866918
Who says you have to one credit them? Just try your best and have fun. You are taking games way too seriously and it will kill your love of games in time. I speak from experience.

[Anonymous No.866949]

Have any of you played Rayxanber 3?
I read an article about it on HG101
Downloading it right now.

[Anonymous No.866964]

>>866947
But the outcome is always the same. I play half way through the game and then quit due to the ridiculous amount of memorization required. Why buy a game that you know will leave you unsatisfied? I'd rather spend that money on a game that will give me a sense of accomplishment. Shmups make me feel like a loser.

[Anonymous No.866983]

>>866964
So practice and get better so you can win. Then you can feel all strong and triumphant.
Or just play games that have difficulty settings so you turn the difficulty down until it's appropriate for you.

[Anonymous No.866993]

>>866964
>sense of accomplishment
>feel like a loser
I hate to say it but it sounds like you're looking to video games to make up for deficiencies in other areas of your life.

[Anonymous No.866996]

>>866964
I like to call this the touhou effect, most CAVE games now come with selectable difficulty settings, that change the actual level design and not just proectile density/speed.

Mushihime Futari had a pretty cool heaven mode (I think that's what's called) that was super casual easy but at the same time really gratifying.

Anyway, if you're emulating get some cheats on your MAME.

[Anonymous No.868489]

I respect the original R-Type the most but my favorite based on pure playtime is probably Darius Gaiden. I have broken this game down to a science and could write a very thorough guide for it should I ever find the drive to.

[Anonymous No.869497]

>>866964
>you need some practice!

[Anonymous No.870019]

>>866918
Play shmups with save states. Seriously. And replay a few times. Then you will notice you are able to do entire levels without having to reload once, then most of the entire game.

Don't get me about the savestates, they are useful to learn the game and practice while having SOME fun, eventually they aren't needed. So think of them as a tricyle before passing onto the bicycle.

[Anonymous No.870023]

>>870019
Bad analogy, because riding a tricycle does not improve your bicycle riding skills. Save states let you focus on the most difficult parts of the game, and you play exactly as you will play them for real later, so your skill greatly improves.

[Anonymous No.870048]

My favourite side-scroller, and one of my favourite games ever, is Parodius Da!. I still think it's the best in the series because none of the ships are blatantly overpowered and the level design intergrates the bell powers in really interesting games, whereas in the later games there's just too much scoring focus on using the purple bells all the time. I do still love Gokujou and Sexy, however.

Another one of my favourites is Macross; Scrambled Valkyrie on the SFC. This game is literally nothing but solid memorisation, and I love it for it. It gets to the point where if you memorise it to an extent, you don't even need to be good at shmups to play and beat it. So I can just pop it in and blast shit, feeling like a god but having none of the prowess. It feels more like a platformer or run and gun with a flying character than a shmup at times.

The only flaw I have with it is that while the enemy capturing mechanic is brilliant, due to it's nature experimenting by capturing different enemies isn't practical. If you attmempt to capture any ship, you lose your current captured ship - however, some enemies cannot be captured, but you lose your ship anyway for trying to capture it, and there's no way to tell what you can capture and what you can't other than trial and error. Regardless, I love it. My favourite SNES soundtrack too.

Sad thing is, this is one of my favourite genres - between me and my friends I'm the goto "shmup" guy - but I still feel that I've barely played enough of the genre to call myself experienced.

[Anonymous No.870051]

>>870048
Coincidentally, Darius Force just arrived at my doorstep from Glorius Nippon. Found the cart dead cheap on eBay. Time to stick it in.

[Anonymous No.870063]

>>870051
Well, it's better than Darius Twin... But that's about the best I can give it.

[Anonymous No.870093]

>>870048
>Macross; Scrambled Valkyrie
I bought this on vacation in Hong Kong. (lel, best-made counterfeit/box/booklet I've ever seen - it even had the license sticker.)

Would you believe it was about a year before I knew you could absorb certain enemies to become your secondary weapon? I'd already beaten it dozens of times by then. It's probably the easiest shmup that I'd consider fun to play every time to this day.

The one thing I hated about it (one!) was how it defaulted to mono sound instead of stereo. You'd have to switch it yourself in the menu before playing.

[Anonymous No.870113]

>>870093
Oh yeah, I feel that. I also don't like how you can't hear all of the intro song without moving the cursor on the main menu, which interferes with the sound channels. Otherwise it just goes to the demo.

I can't deny that I kept getting into frustrating ruts before I beat it.

Only counterfeit thing I've ever bought was Gradius Galaxies at a market. In retrospect it's atrocious, the cover label is the box art and you can't save. Disgusting.

>>870063
I've avoided Twin because I keep hearing shit against it. Force is okay so far, there are a lot of "lulls" of nothing which some Darius games are famous for, but the level design isn't bad at times. This looks like Taito's answer to Thunder Force 4 and Gradius 3 as there are a lot of similarities.