Rail Shooters

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rails are considered to be shmups with especially limited range of motion and computer control of view angle and movement. Which aren't really qualities of the games you mentioned, IMO.

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'Fraid so, sparky. The game controls what part of the screen you see and when you see it. You can't control the movement of the screen nor its direction. The only thing that different is that it is 2D. Thunder Force 2 wouldn't be considered a rail shooter because you can fly around at will during the overhead stages.

Silpheed....but you need Sega CD connector.

Yeah let me clarify. Rail shooters are psuedo 3d shooters that guide the direction in which you can go. you can move somewhat mostly to dodge, but the path is set in stone.

Examples of this genre are

Afterburner
Starfox
Rez
Panzer Dragoon Orta.

( I haven't ever played starwars arcade, hence the mistake )

Microcosm?

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'Fraid so, sparky. The game controls what part of the screen you see and when you see it. You can't control the movement of the screen nor its direction. The only thing that different is that it is 2D. Thunder Force 2 wouldn't be considered a rail shooter because you can fly around at will during the overhead stages.

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I don't even know why I comment on these things anymore. You know what people consider to be a rail shmup; I know it, we all know it. Why even debate technicalities?

I don't know why you take everything I say seriously, either.

I'd think that once every few hundred posts you'd say something that isn't sarcasm. :p

Damn it feels good to be a smartass.

I like cake. So best bet is afterburner and space harrier (32x b/c I have the system) right?

Yeah, pretty much. They probably give you the best bang for your buck, as opposed to - I don't know - Panorama Cotton.

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Originally Posted by Genesis Knight

I'd think that once every few hundred posts you'd say something that isn't sarcasm. :p

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Sorry. I don't like being boring.

Joe, I sent you a Wii message, but i'm guessing you haven't touched your Wii in months.

Anyway, Space Harrier is awesome!

My Wii number has changed to 3228 0935 7452 7687 because I had to send the old one in to Nintendo for repair. They just gave me a new one with my old saves and friends still intact. But my friends must put in the new code for me to contact them.

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Originally Posted by megadriveworld

Rail shooters... You might wanna look for Burning Force as that's a great shooter of this type IMO. Great music, and good gameplay too.

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I agree. Burning Force is one of top 10 my Genesis favs.