Horizontal Shooter Recommendations

[Yoshi]

I had forgotten all about that series. They're not the greatest, but I'm getting down to where they are definitely. Good call.

[DJ Incompetent]

Metal Black (Taito Legends 2)
Sol Divide
Ultimate Parodius (Parodius Deluxe Pack)
Parodius Da (Parodius Deluxe Pack)
Chatting Parodius
Sexy Parodius
Parodius (Famicom)
Progear
DeathSmiles
Last Hope
Omega Five
Air Zonk
Super Air Zonk
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Blast Works
The Monkey King*
Saint*
Ocean Commander*

*k, not recommended

[Yoshi]

I'm not getting a super gun and a CPS2 mobo for Progear, but trust me that I have thought about it. Some good suggestions though.

I don't think I've ever heard of Blast Works before. Very odd.

[DJ Incompetent]

Blast Works is a bunch of Kenta Cho's PC ABA Games stuff on Wii.
If the main game blows to you, go for the unlockables which are also full games.

[kingoffighters]

The main game does blow.

[A Robot Bit Me]

Cotton Boomerang is quite a bit better than Cotton 2. It's almost like a Metal Slug 2 -- Metal Slug X kind of deal. It's also a lot more expensive...

[A Robot Bit Me]

[Metal Black] is another oversight. It's on the same collection as the Darius games.

Don't bother with Metal Black on Taito Legends 2; the port is broken. Not SSF2T port The Rounds Start Too Quickly faggoty broken, either. For real broken.

[Cheebs]

Don't bother with Metal Black on Taito Legends 2; the port is broken. Not SSF2T port The Rounds Start Too Quickly faggoty broken, either. For real broken.

How can an emulator be broken?

[YellerDog]

The "Godzilla Beam" is so busted in that port it's not even funny. You're supposed to be able to have some control over what beam your ship fires, and... you don't.

[YellerDog]

It's a problem with how the controls were implemented, and you can't fix it in the game.

Which is a BIG PROBLEM when the entire point of the game is that you have to charge up the beam to kill the bosses, and the damn thing won't charge.