Dreamcast/Saturn Shmups

[Frogacuda]

Originally posted by 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...

Naw, the Japanese N64 was 10,000 copies only, and people got that number confused with the US DC one. The DC one wasn't a single run. They did an initial, really limited run, and after those sold relatively acceptably they printed some more up about 3 weeks later, and have done a few more pressings since. The game actually made money.

[Mode7]

Those screens really, really don't do the game justice.

I don't feel the game is quite on par with Psikyo's other shooters, but the visuals and soundtrack take it over the top. Beautiful game.

[sggg]

Originally posted by gamevet
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.

I have Bangai-O!

I didn't really consider it a shmup, as such... seems a little bit off the wall and stuff, but I absolutely adore and love that game. It's brilliant fun.

[xS]

I dont think this game's available on MAME.

[JefmcC]

I agree with almost everything said already.

I would suggest getting Galactic Attack ASAP. One of the most intense shooters you will ever play. Graphics are very good, but you gotta play in TATE mode to see them. Many of the special effects were removed when they converted it for horizontal displays.

Cotton 2 is very good as well. NOT Cotton Boomrang. Cotton 2. On the box they look very similar, and in a lot of ways they are. But Cotton 2 beats the crap out of Boomrang in every way.

Guardian Force. Here's a game I recomend if you want something different. It's from Success, the makers of the Cotton games, so expect a few similarities in the graphics. Read that as: lots of scaling and rotating sprites. It's a very, very hard game. And it takes a while to really get into. I recomend it because it's a shooter with a unique idea that works well.

Battle Garegga. Waste of money. Nothing really special about it. It is a cookie cutter shooter all the way.

Batsugun. I didn't like this one either. Seems totally unbalanced to me.

Thunder Force 5. Get the Saturn version. The PS game sucks by comparison.

Also get the TF Gold pack with TF4. IMO, TF4 is a game from the gods.

Avoid Blast Wind. Yes, it's from Technosoft. But it's a port of an old arcade game that they didn't even make. The bosses are really cool, but the actual levels are lame, lame, lame.

Ikaruga is a must. Not the best shooter, but it has a depth to the scoring system that makes it worthy.

Zero Gunner 2 is also a must. My favorite DC shooter so far.

Get Radient Silvergun. Why? Boss fights! And lots of them. You will not ever find more or better bosses in any scrolling shooter game. I truely believe this game to be one of the best, if not the best, shooters ever. I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for it though.
Avoid the arcade version. RS on Saturn let's you save and carry over your powered up weapons everytime you finish a game. You cannot do this on the arcade version. Why would you want to do this? Because it is this feature that allows you to play RS any way you want to. Slow like R-Type, or kill everything as soon as it appears on screen.

Treasure should remake this game on another system.

[Mr_Furious]

Originally posted by Mode7
Those screens really, really don't do the game justice.

I don't feel the game is quite on par with Psikyo's other shooters, but the visuals and soundtrack take it over the top. Beautiful game.

I know but that's all I can find, searching the internet It really must be seen in motion to truly be appreciated.

[Werewolf]

Good lord... that is like some kind of mechanical wolf

[JefmcC]

Originally posted by Werewolf

Good lord... that is like some kind of mechanical wolf

Maybe it's a large eating machine that just sucked down a wolf ass first?

[Mode7]

It really must be seen in motion to truly be appreciated.

It needs to be played to truly be appreciated. But a step in the right direction:

Sengoku Blade Video

One of four randomly selected stages, as per Psikyo standards. Sound is out of sync. Note how Marion runs across the ground once she touches down. Cute.

[lithium]

Originally posted by JefmcC
Ikaruga is a must. Not the best shooter, but it has a depth to the scoring system that makes it worthy.

Get Radient Silvergun. Why? Boss fights! And lots of them. You will not ever find more or better bosses in any scrolling shooter game. I truely believe this game to be one of the best, if not the best, shooters ever.

Interesting, my opinion on these two is pretty much flipped. I think RS is way too imbalanced as far as boss fights go, some sections between bosses are practically pointless.

I also feel RS's weapon system is complex for the sake of complexity. Rarely do I feel it really contributes to the game.

Not that RS is a bad game by any means.

Good lord... that is like some kind of mechanical wolf

Who's apparently paralyzed and riding a huge robotic wheelchair. Interesting