Post your shootemup (shmup) collection.

[j_factor]

I kind of had a hard time deciding what is and isn't a shmup. For this list I excluded rail shooters, which I have a lot of...

SMS:
Zaxxon 3D (borderline, could be considered a rail shooter)

Turbografx hucard:
Air Zonk
Blazing Lazers
Fantasy Zone
Galaga '90
Ordyne
Psychosis
Sidearms
Sinistron
Super Star Soldier

Turbo CD:
Ai Cho Aniki
Avenger
Forgotten Worlds
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Zero Wing

Genesis:
Air Buster
Bio-Hazard Battle
Gaiares
Granada
Hellfire
Lightening Force
Thunder Force III

Sega CD:
Android Assault
Robo Aleste
Silpheed

SNES:
Axelay
Space Megaforce
UN Squadron

CD32:
Banshee

Saturn:
Capcom Generation 3
Darius Gaiden
Detana Twinbee Yahho! Deluxe Pack
Galactic Attack
Gokujyo Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack
Gradius Deluxe Pack
Gunbird
Konami Antiques MSX Collection Ultra Pack
Layer Section II
Memorial Selection Vol. 2 (Sega Ages)
Strikers 1945

Playstation:
Einhänder
In the Hunt
Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein
Shooter: Space Shot
Strikers 1945 (US version which is Strikers 1945 II)

Dreamcast:
Bangai-O
Border Down LE
Gunbird 2
Ikaruga
Karous
Last Hope
Radirgy
Trigger Heart Exelica LE
Trizeal
Under Defeat LE

PS2:
Gradius V
Sega Classics Collection

Gamecube:
Midway Arcade Treasures
Midway Arcade Treasures 2
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary

Xbox:
Xyanide

Wii:
Blast Works
Castle of Shikigami III
Geometry Wars Galaxies

PC:
Taito Legends
Taito Legends 2

Game Gear:
Halley Wars

GBA:
Atari XE Video Game Pack
Gradius Galaxies
Iridion II
Sigma Star Saga
Strike Force Hydra

DS:
Bangai-O Spirits
Nanostray
Nanostray 2

[gamevet]

Sigma Star Saga is a shoot em' up?

[j_factor]

Sigma Star Saga is a shoot em' up?

Yes? It's not a pure shoot 'em up, but it does feature that kind of gameplay.

[gamevet]

I've had that box sitting around for years. Maybe I should drop it in the GBA player and try it out.

[j_factor]

It's a game with a lot of mixed opinions. Personally, I like it, but some people hated it.

[jerry coeurl]

Yeah, I kinda hated it. It's a hybrid shooter/action-rpg, but I felt both types of gameplay were poorly represented. Plenty of people liked it, though, so if you already own it you should definitely check it out.

[A Black Falcon]

This list used to be longer, but I cut out mentions of all of the 3d, free-roam shooting games (Rogue Squadron, Terminal Velocity, Vortex, Wing Commander, etc.), light-gun style shooters, etc. from the non-shmups parts, so this is what's left. I know, what I left in those categories is somewhat arbitrary. Maybe they should be entirely removed? But I think mentioning at least some of them makes sense... I left in run & guns, but they could be removed too, not sure if they really belong. They quite likely don't. I did remove ones with more mission-based, free-roaming designs, like Cybernator or Ranger-X; I left in the more linear ones. I do think rail shooters should be on the list for sure though. Oh, stuff like Desert Strike or MechWarrior 3050 also aren't listed.

I'll list whether I have the box or not for some games, but not all, and not the ones in the "not shmup" bracket boxes.

(all US releases)

PC (full paid versions only, not freeware/shareware)
--
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (complete retail)
Zone 66 Levels 3 & 4 (kind of a retail demo, includes 1/3 of the full game, but retail) (freeroam but you are always moving) (complete retail)
Space Invaders (the Activision one) (2p simultaneous) (jewelcase only)
Jamestown (Steam)
Gundeadligne (Steam)
Hitogata Happa (Steam)
Gundemonium Recollection (Steam)
[Non-shmups but related: arena shooter: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, Bullet Candy; Centipede (the Hasbro version - the gameplay is mostly 2d but it does have 3d gameplay elements), rail shooter: Audiosurf, Star Wars: Rebel Assault (part rail shooter), Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire (part rail shooter)]

Game Boy
--
Aerostar (cart only)
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (complete)
Mercenary Force (cart only)
Solar Striker (cart only)
[Non-shmups but related: partially static shooter: Torpedo Range, Radar Mission; run & gun: Turrican]

Virtual Boy
--
Vertical Force (cart only)
[Non-shmups but related: rail shooter: Red Alarm]

Game Boy Color
--
Project S-11 (GBC Only) (complete)
R-Type DX (GB/GBC Dual Mode, DX modes are color only) (complete)
1942 (GBC Only) (cart only)

Game Boy Advance
--
Gradius Galaxies (cart only, I think?)
Iridion II (cart only)
Sigma Star Saga (shmup RPG)
[Non-shmups but related: run & gun with shmup bits: Gunstar Super Heroes, Metal Slug Advance; rail shooter: Star-X, Iridion 3D]

DS
--
Nanostray (cart only)
Nanostray 2 (cart only)
Space Invaders Revolution (cart only)
Retro Games Challenge (includes some shmups) (cart only)
[Non-shmups but related: puzzle-freeroam shmup: Bangai-Oh Spirits]

NES (all cart only unless noted)
--
The Guardian Legend (partially a shmup, partially an isometric action-RPG) (have cart and manual, no box)
Image Fight (2p alternating)
Zanac
Air Fortress (partially a sidescrolling action/flight game)
Xexyz (partially a shmup, partially a side-scrolling action-RPG)
Star Force
Solar Jetman (freeroam gravity sim-style)
Star Soldier
Gradius (2p alternating)
Life Force (2p simultaneous)
Legendary Wings (2p simultaneous)
Twin Cobra
Tiger-Heli
Abadox
Sky Shark
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
The Adventures of Dino-Riki
Twin Eagle (2p simultaneous)
Maxi 15 (one game is a shmup) (2p simultaneous)
BreakThru (not autoscrolling)
Star Soldier
Alpha Mission
Super Spy Hunter
[Non-shmups but related: isometric autoscrolling shooter: Seicross; static into the screen shooter: Gyruss; puzzle-shooter: Cybernoid; 3d isometric shooter: Captain Skyhawk; rail shooter: Maxi 15 (one game); top-down action: Ikari Warriors (2p simultaneous), Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road (2p simultaneous), Iron Tank, Guerrilla War (2p simultaneous); run & gun: Contra (2p simultaneous)]

SNES (cart only unless noted)
--
Axelay
BlaZeon
D-Force
Gradius III (2p alternating)
Super Earth Defence Force (Super E.D.F.) (cart and box, no manual)
Super R-Type
Phalanx
Space Invaders (2p alternating)
Thunder Spirits
Raiden Trad (2p simultaneous) (cart and box, no manual)
U.N. Squadron (multidirectional but autoscrolling)
Darius Twin (2p simultaneous)
Choplifter III (multidirectional, non-autoscrolling hover-rescue shooter)
[Non-shmups but related: Rail Shooter: HyperZone, Star Fox; Run & Gun: Sunset Riders (2p simultaneous), Contra III: The Alien Wars (2p simultaneous), Jim Power: Lost Dimension in 3-D, GunForce: Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island (2p simultaneous), Super Turrican]

N64
--
Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth (complete)
Space Invaders (the Activision one) (2p simultaneous) (cart only)
[Non-shmups but related: rail shooter: Star Fox 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (part of it is, sort of))

Gamecube
--
Chaos Field (disc in generic case)
Midway Arcade Treasures 1 (shmups included: Defender, Defender II/Stargate, Sinistar, Satan's Hollow) (complete)
[Non-shmups but related: (2d): others in MAT1 (Robotron, etc), Alien Hominid (run & gun), (3D): P.N.03 (definitely a shmup, just in freeroam 3d (and on land))... (2p simultaneous: Alien Hominid, Robotron]

Wii
--
Blast Works: Build, Trade, and Destroy (4p simultaneous) (complete)
Monkey King: The Legend Returns (2p simultaneous) (complete)
Castle of Shikigami III (2p simultaneous) (complete)
Ultimate Shooting Collection (includes Chaos Field, Radio Allergy, and Karous) (complete)
Gradius ReBirth (WiiWare)
Star Soldier R (WiiWare)
[Non-shmups but related: rail shooter: Sin & Punishment 2; arena shooter: Geometry Wars: Galaxies (2p simultaneous); freeroam arena-style action: Heavenly Guardian (2p simultaneous)]


Sega Master System
--
Power Strike (Aleste) (complete B&W box and manual ver.)
Fantasy Zone (multi-directional shooter) (complete, I think?)
Thunder Blade (half rail shooter, half shmup) (cart only)
Blade Eagle 3-D (dual layer shmup) (complete)
Astro Warrior (complete)
Global Defense (shmup/Missile Command cross) (complete)
[Non-shmups but related: ChopLifter (multi-directional, non-autoscrolling hover-rescue shooter); Rail Shooter: Space Harrier, Zaxxon 3-D, After Burner, Thunder Blade (half rail shooter, half shmup); topdown action: Rambo: First Blood Part II (2p simultaneous), The Ninja]

Game Gear
--
[Non-shmups but related: ChopLifter III]

Genesis (assume cart only unless noted, though I don't remember offhand for all of these so some will be wrong)
--
Thunder Force II
Trouble Shooter
Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar (cart and box, no manual)
Arrow Flash (cart and box, maybe no manual?)
Sub Terrania (freeroam simlike with gravity - Solar Jetman style) (complete)
Bio-Hazard Battle (2p simultaneous)
Twin Cobra
Battle Squadron (2p simultaneous)
Task Force Harrier EX
Whip Rush
Fire Shark (complete)
Forgotten Worlds (2p simultaneous)
[Non-shmups but related: On-Foot Auto-scrolling platform/shmup: Atomic Runner; Rail Shooter: Space Harrier II; Run & Gun/Action-shooter: Contra: Hard Corps (2p simultaneous), Sunset Riders (2p simultaneous), Universal Soldier, Mega Turrican, Vectorman, Vectorman 2, Target Earth, Gunstar Heroes (2p simultaneous); topdown action: MERCS]

Sega CD (complete unless noted)
--
Robo Aleste
Silpheed
Android Assault
Sol-Feace (disc in its paper case, as came with the packin; no manual)
[Non-shmups but related: rail/lightgun action shooting: Star Wars: Rebel Assault]

32X
--
Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 (2p simultaneous versus mode) (cart only)
[Non-shmups but related: Rail Shooter: Space Harrier, After Burner Complete]

Saturn
--
Galactic Attack (2p simultaneous) (complete)
[Non-shmups but related: rail shooter: Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei, Solar Eclipse]

Dreamcast
--
Don't own any actual titles, sadly. Maybe you could count the Sega Smash Pack Vol. 1, because of Vectorman, but that's really sketchy because Vectorman probably shouldn't be on this list anyway.


Playstation (assume complete unless noted)
--
Shooter: Starfighter Sanvein
Strikers 1945 (II, US ed.)
Sol Divide (2p simultaneous)
Mobile Light Force (2p simultaneous) (Gunbird minus the story)
Shooter: Space Shot
Tempest X3 (2p simultaneous versus mode) (sort of counts as a static shooter)
In The Hunt (2p simultaneous)
RayCrisis: Series Termination (disc and manual, no case)
Namco Museum Vol. 1 (Galaxian, Phozon)
Namco Museum Vol. 3 (Galaga, Bosconian)
[Non-shmups but related: rail shooter: N2O - Total Eclipse Turbo, Off-World Interceptor Extreme (rail shooter/racing cross), Nitrous Oxide (2p simultaneous) (rail-ish shooter); 3d but single-path run&gun: Assault: Retribution, One]

Playstation II (assume complete unless noted)
--
Mobile Light Force 2 (Castle of Shikigami minus the story) (2p simultaneous)
Gradius V (2p simultaneous)
Taito Legends 2 (contains many shmups) (2p simultaneous for most of them)
R-Type Final
Raiden III (2p simultaneous)
Gradius 3 & 4 (disc only)
Capcom Classics Collection 1 (2p simultaneous)
Capcom Classics Collection 2 (2p simultaneous)
[Non-shmups but related: freeroam action: Heavenly Guardian (2p simultaneous); run & gun: Metal Slug Anthology (MS1,2,X,3,4,5,6) (all 2p simultaneous; (3d) topdown action: Neo Contra, The Red Star]

PSP (assume complete unless noted)
--
Space Invaders Extreme
Gradius Collection (1,2,3,4,Gaiden)
Sega Genesis Collection (Eliminator, Space Fury, Super Zaxxon, Super Thunder Blade)
[Non-shmups but related: vertical static shooting: Capcom Puzzle World (Buster Bros. Collection); bomb arena action: Every Extend Extra]


Xbox
--
Xyanide (shmup/arena shooter cross) (2p simultaneousTecmo Classic Arcade (Pleiads, Star Force, Strato Fighter) (Strato Fighter is 2p simultaneous) (disc in generic case maybe?)
Namco Museum (Galaga, Galaxian) (disc only)
[Non-shmups but related: rail shooter: Panzer Dragoon Orta; run & gun: Metal Slug 3 (2p simultaneous); topdown/arena shooter: Midway Arcade Treasures 2 (Total Carnage) (2p simultaneous)]


TurboGrafx-16
--
R-Type (card and manual, no case)
Cyber-Core (card only)
Blazing Lazers (complete)
Side Arms (card and manual, no case)
Dragon Spirit (complete)