Dreamcast/Saturn Shmups

[Eightbitbreaks]

Wait, so do Mars Matrix and Gunbrid 2 have TATE mode? Sorry if this has been done before... I'm pretty mucha noob to shmups =P

[Adrian]

No and Yes. The former is not a vertical monitor game in the arcades anyway.

[sleeve]

Originally posted by Rooster
Was Batrider ever released on a console?

Nope. Ditto for Dimahoo (Great Mahou Daisakusen) and Battle Bakraid.

[gamevet]

Originally posted by neoalphazero
The DC's entire shooter library is worthy of purchase when you consider how cheap most of the games are by now. Zero Gunner and Ikaruga are the only ones to command full prices right now. Pass on Twinkle Star Sprites DC, just because you will need a friend to fully enjoy it.

For Saturn there's two very cheap and very good US titles: Galatic Attack and Darius Gaiden. Dodonpachi is excellent and easier to find on Saturn than PSone. Shienryu, Hyper Duel, TF V, Soury, and Radiant Silvergun are good titles as well. Avoid Battle Garrega, only for the fact the bullets are impossible to see. *-neo

I would avoid Darius Gaiden, unless you can find it for less than $10. I picked up a new copy for $.99, and it was'nt worth more than that to me. I have Darius on the Amiga computer, and the Saturn's version is just a step above it. Darius is more a boss battle shooter, than an all out balls to the walls shooter, like the better ones. Galactic Attack is a personal favorite of mine and comes highly recommended.


All the DC shooters I've played are must own's. I'd even recommend Treasure's Bangai-o, as you can still find a copy for under $20.

[Rooster]

That blows. I was hoping for some legit Batrider action. Now, my memory is a little fuzzy on the Daisakusen stuff. Were there three? If I remember right, the second one was called something like Shippu Mahou Daisakusen. Was Great Mahou Daisakusen a different game (as in a third in that series)? And was Kingdom Grand Prix on the Saturn the first of these or the second?

[sleeve]

Kingdom Grand Prix was the second in the series (a.k.a. Shippu Mahou Daisakusen). The first was plain ol' Mahou Daisakusen.

You sound like you're a Raizing fan. Good for you! Check out www.raizingfan.net if you haven't already.

[2D4EVER]

So is it true that there's only 10,00 copies of the US release of Bangai-O? I thought that was true a while ago but it's still cheap as hell so I don't see how it's true.

Later all...

[Rooster]

Looks pretty good, sleeve. thanks for the info. I'll hve to take a closer look sometime- I'm sort of a closet Raizing fan. And I'll be damned if they didn't mention OVERCLOCKED. Man, it's been a while...

And just to try and stay on topic, I suppose I'll underline everyone else's DC suggestions (I still kick myself in the ass for basically sitting out on the 32 bit era until recently, so I can't offer much on the Saturn). If I had to rank them it would be something like this:

1.Ikaruga
2.Mars Matrix (but you already knew that)
3.Zero Gunner2 (rather original, and something about it just says "quality")
4.Gunbird2 (I use a DC-X to force VGA for tate on this one, looks like ass on a TV)
5.Gigawing2 (you can unlock all the ships from the first one and the level structure isn't that much different IMO so, no, I'm not a graphics whore)
6.Gigawing (worth it just to count how many forms the final boss has)


Although they stray a bit from the classic shooter style, Bangai-o and Cannonspike are both definitely worth it. And stay the hell away from Charge N Blast (kinda like Nam 1975 on the Neo, only it sucks).

[Eightbitbreaks]

Originally posted by Sidez
No and Yes. The former is not a vertical monitor game in the arcades anyway.

Ah, thank you. I'm probably picking up Mars Matrix this weekend anyways... Er... More like whatever I can find =)

[Mr_Furious]

Originally posted by xS
you mean sengoku ace?

No, I mean Sengoku Blade (Ace 2)!

Since everyone seemed to miss this game I feel a public service announcement is in order:









GET SENGOKU BLADE AT ALL COSTS. YOU'LL THANK ME LATER! IT'S ONE OF THE FINEST HORIZONTAL SHOOTERS ON THE SATURN. THAT IS ALL.

you're welcome