What is your favorite Shmup?

Mine are Dodonpachi and Guwange
Haven't played Radiant Silvergun yet, that might become the third one :D

Zero Gunner 2 and Raiden Fighters Jet

MUSHA, Ikaruga, Thunder Force series, DoDonPachi. Have yet to play Radiant Silvergun.

Darius Gaiden and G.Darius, played both way too many times!

Sexy Parodius and Ibara.

Crisis Force I haven`t played a lot of shmups in my life.

I haven't played a lot of them, but Sexy Parodius was great. That game was so weird and funny.

Perhaps not the best in this genre,but I like to play very often PSX´s Strikers 1945.

either radiant silvergun or robo aleste, im pretty very new to shmups, but so far there the best ive played.

Gradius is my favorite.

UN squadron (SNES)

Mushihimesama

ESP Ra.De.

Ikaruga

Einhander

Gradius III

Sengoku Blade

I had purchased Radiant Silvergun on eBay for whatever it was going for at the time and I thought it was okay. Perhaps it had something to do with how much I paid forit. I did end up selling it for about what I paid, after beating it.

Wow! A lot of Cave love in this thread. I remember a couple of years ago you could never find someone on this site who played a Cave shmup. It really shows how their popularity has increased among collectors and gamers over the years.

so many to choose from, my favorites i guess are the strikers series and raiden dx

Is the abbreviation of "shoot-'em-up",tmd.

My top-ten(with no particular order)

Radiant Silvergun (SAT)
Layer Section 2 (SAT, PS1, PSN)
Blazing Lazers (TG-16)
R-Type series (Arcade, multiple platforms)
Ikaruga (Dreamcast, Gamecube)
Truxton (Arcade, Genesis/Mega Drive)
Thunder Force series (Arcade, Genesis/Mega Drive, SAT)
Under Defeat (Dreamcast, PS3)
Lords of Thunder (Turbo-Duo)
Space Invaders (Arcade, multiple platforms)

Special mention to Gate of Thunder, that could be in Lords of Thunder place. People will often argue about which is better. I put Lords of Thunder on the list because of its fantasy atmosphere.

Lords of Thunder. Great 2D sprite graphics. I love the fantasy setting. And most of all, the soundtrack is easily one of the greatest in all of gaming. A guitar-driven metal soundtrack that gets you all fired-up and in the perfect mood for a shoot-em up.

I've also got to give some love to Star Soldier on the NES. I'm sure many people are thinking "what a mediocre game" as soon as I said that title. And I can't deny it. it's nothing special (but it's not bad either). The reason I wanted to mention it is that this was one of hte first games I got along with my NES way back in '87 or maybe '88., I was quite young. And the NES made me fall in love with gaming. So Star Soldier was my first taste of shoot-em ups (other than Space Invaders and Galaxian's single-screen experiences, of course). I immeadiately became a shoot-em up fan and have been ever since.

This thread is almost 4 years old lol. :P

The Raiden series and Soldier Blade, Super Star Soldier, Star soilder. Tough to decide between Soldier Series and Raiden series. This is my favorite genre of all time.

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conkertheking1

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Ikaruga (obvious answer)

Psyvariar 2:The Will To Fabricate (way less obvious answer) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L2SNX7k4v8

Knights in the Nightmare (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less obvious answer) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r8gR8eQB7A

-Byshop

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conkertheking1

1. Radiant Silvergun

2. Ikaruga

3. MUSHA

4. Mars Matrix

5. Under Defeat

Darius Gaiden

Darius Gaiden

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Ooh. Good choice. Lords of Thunder still edges it out for me, but Darius Gaiden is a dang good shoot-em up.

never been much of a fan of the genre but I liked Raiden, Donpachi, Contra and others I don't remember that used to play on the arcades when I was a kid.

Area 88.

1. MUSHA
2. Galactic Attack
3. Thunder Force IV
4. Robo Aleste
5. Thunder Force III

My feeling on shooters are they're really unfair. Any one hit kill game is unfair but it especially does not make sense in shooters. You're in a fighter jet/space ship of some kind, how can you not take even the slightest hit? What about in futuristic shooters, which are most, you don't get a shield or anything. I dont mean power ups. You should get a standard health bar.

However I do have 2. Einhander for PS. I loved the mechs, weapons and music so much I had to get it. Pretty rare game. The other is a "3D" one for Genesis, Burning Force. That actually gives you a health bar of 3 hits. Kinda hard to find too.

Hard to choose but I say Ketsui and DoDonpachi DAiOuJou Black Label  .

Edit:

Can't wait for DDP SDOJ next month ;)

Does Panzer Dragoon Orta count? If not, then Einhander.

Does Panzer Dragoon Orta count? If not, then Einhander.

SonOfChewbacca

I freaking LOVE Panzer Dragoon: Orta. One of the major reasons to own an original XBox. Such an amazing, and artistic game. But no, it's not a shoot-em up. It's an on-rails shooter.

Einhander is an outstanding, choice, IMO. Another all-time favorite of mine. Such a good game with a great sci-fi style to it all.

Well, if we are going to consider the so-called RAIL-SHOOTERS, I'd go with the excellency of

Panzer Dragoon I, II & Orta(Saturn, Xbox)

Star Fox (SNES, N64)

Tempest 2000 (Jaguar, Saturn)

REZ (Dreamcast, PS2, Live Arcade)

MUSHA. I also really dig Phalanx.