Dreamcast/Saturn Shmups

My experince in shooters is mostly limited to the DC, Genesis, and SNES so here's some DC information based on my 3 game library.

You NEED Mars Matrix is you have any interest in shooters whatsoever. It can be had for $15-$20 with ease, and offers countless hours of beatiful vertical shooter gameplay.

Gigawing- everytime I play this game I get a "meh" fealing. It's not terrible by any means, but it isn't something I really enjoy playing.

Gunbird 2- Awesome.......the challenge is insanely high (That's not a bad thing, that's a good thing), the storyline contains sexual inneundos out the wazoo, and the gameplay is typical Psikyo goodness. Add in the extremely low price and you've got yourself a bonafide winner.

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Originally posted by lithium


Thanks for the laugh, I needed that :) neoalpha, where did that come from?

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Opps, no insult to Green I just find it hard to interest friends in shooters. :) . *-neo

Since it hasn't been mentioned, get Batsugun for Saturn. It's simple and overall fairly generic, but it's so very hard that you can't stop playing just out of stubborness. If you want to build up some shmup skills, take this beast on. Plus, the powerups are second to none.

I'll also add another vote for DoDonPachi. Nuts to the PSOne rev, I've played both and there is not enough of a difference to ditch the perfect Saturn d-pad over some pixeled explosions. DDP is still the best shooter in my book, and that's after extensive Ikaruga sessions.

Prikura Daisakusen is also a charming character based isometric shooter of sorts.

DC:
Mars Matrix
Ikaruga
GunBird 2
Giga Wing 2

Saturn:
Thunderforce 5
Radiant Silvergun
Steam Hearts

Enjoy!

I need to get Batsugun asap, now that I'm finally trying to delve into Toaplan. So far all I've got is Kyukyoku Tiger on PCE Hu (no TATE, but otherwise brilliant) and I'm really into it. Matt at Wolfgames has a couple I want but since he refuses to describe game conditions to me I'm done buying from him. Hopefully Batsugun will be great.

cigs - how goes Hani in the Sky?

Sadly, it didn't work. I tried it a bunch of times and eventually gave up. Too bad, I loved the other game. (Hani on the Road)

Awww, well no biggie I guess, since it was free ;)

I never really dug Raizing's style. Souky I didn't play that much of but didn't intrest me, and Battle Garrega was downright awful.