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Your favourite shmup
XanderBoy:
I recently got back into Ikaruga for GC, which is probably my favourite shmup.
I really enjoy Ikaruga, and I want to try and increase exposure to some other shooters. There are a few of Dreamcast shmups which never saw ports to other consoles which look really interesting, particularly Bangai-O and Mars Matrix. It may be time for me to replace my Dreamcast which lasted 6 or so months when I bought it brand new back in 2000. In any case, I'm wondering what shmups you guys prefer the most, regardless of which system.
satoshi_matrix:
Oh boy, I have so many...but I'd say the one I most recently like is Shikigami no Shiro 2. Its on Dreamcast, PS2 and Xbox, but since I like the Xbox the best, I play the Xbox version. The only version released stateside is the PS2 one, renamed Castle of Shikigami 2. Be warned though: the dubbing of it is atrocious.
sheep2001:
There will always be a place in my heart for the arcade versions of Nemesis/Gradius/R-Type, but i think the home version i have played most is probably Thunderforce IV on megadrive - i was literally blown away by the graphics and speed when it first came out. Not played it for a while now though.
Grumbleduke:
Under Defeat on DC, Millipede (Live Arcade now but mostly 2600), Thunder Force 4 (same as sheep), Parodius and In the Hunt (Saturn), R-Type (all versions). But the most played ever i think would be Phoenix, lost fortunes in arcades playing it !! ;)
KaiserWAVE:
Thunder Force is great, I prefer Thunder Force III though. Gleylancer on Mega Drive is another great game. My favourite Shmup would be Space Megaforce on the SNES. I remember how I was absolutely blown away by the game and still play it from time to time.
Unfortunately I also tend to like the Shmups that are pretty hard. I love Viewpoint, Last Resort and Blazing Star on the Neo Geo and Saint Dragon on the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx 16 (I played the Amiga version though) but I wasn't able to beat any of them :) That skull boss in Viewpoint still makes me wake up at night and cry :D