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I couldn't tell you... it has been SO long since I played shmups on the Genny.
The only ones I play anymore are my two top favs on DC... Ikaruga and Bangai-O
You name the shmup on the Genny, I've played, loved it, and they all mesh together into one in my head it has been so long. (almost a decade, damn I should pop one in and get jammin'!)
I started playing ThunderForce 3 it really gets me frustrated. So far I ain't to fond of these shooter games.
Yeah, shooters do indeed have a tendency to be unrelentingly punishing. Ah well.. eventually you should get the hang of it. It's all a delicate ballet of projectile avoidance and weapon hoarding.
Definitely a toss up between M.U.S.H.A and Thunderforce 3. I always liked Bio-Hazard Battle too.
I'm going to go with Grind Stormer/V V here. I favor vertishmups over horishmups, but for my second favorite I guess I'd have to go with Lightening Force.
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Originally Posted by crazyjoedavola
Im a shmup fan, and Lightening force (Thunder force 4 ) is the best genesis shooter IMHO.
Great graphics, kickass soundtrack, good weapons, huge bosses...that game´s got it all!
Thunder force 3 is very hard to find :(
I have to say Thunderforce II is my fave.
It has the perfect difficulty of the series and I really enjoy the contrast of the overhead and side scrolling levels. I just love the feel of the game. It feels so arcade. And to think it was a launch title.
I like Gaires and Arrow Flash alot too. And of course the rest of the TF series.
I have never been into verticle shooters very much. But Truxton is great fun.
thunderforce IV and Ku- Oh- Ga Vapor Trail
are great i love also the run and gun's probotector and alien soldier
any one got thunder force 3?
FIRE SHARK!!!
fire shark!!
fire sha...
fire shark is an awesome vertical shooter on the MD, if possibly a tad on the easy side at times. just read the back of the box :
"communication lines are cut. military bases lay in ruin. then out of the smoky haze emerges a phantom biplane. you are fire shark, earths last defense against this colossal onslaught!"
what makes fireshark such a great game is the amount of bad guys and the amount of weaponary you can mount on this tiny little red "phantom biplane", the starting weapong is a 3 way shot which goes up in power until you have a wave of blue going across the screen, you have your standard laser type weapon which is a little weak and then the flamethrower.
yes, an airbourne flamethrower.
now that might sound a little stupid and yes it is a bit rubbish for the first two levels of power up, but get it to 3 or 4 and you're laughing. jets of flame wiping the screen, killing everything in sight! forwards, the sides and almost all the back, suddenly the huge numbers dont matter and.... then a plane comes in the blind spot and you die.
doh.
but i digress, fireshark is an epic game, like it says in the review on this site the balance in fireshark is great. and the music is pretty awesome as well.
second favourite, thunder force 3.
My favorite vertical shooters:
- Truxton
- Musha Aleste
- V.V / Grind Stromer
- Vapor Trail
My favorite horizontal shooters:
- Sol Deace
- Battle Mania ( Trouble Shotter in USA )
- Arrow Flash
- Aero Blasters
I'll take M.U.S.H.A. as my overall favorite, mainly because I prefer vertical scrollers over side-scrolling shooters.
I really love Fire Shark as well but yeah, it was a bit too easy. Once you get the flamethrower completely maxed out you're practically invincible. It also drags on a bit longer than it has to.
I'd say Gaiares followed by Lightening Force. You just can't beat the weapon stealing in Gaiares which gives you so much weapon variety and replayability. And for Lightening Force, well, I LOVE insane amounts of parallax scrolling and this game will blow your mind!