hi there i''m in the middle of a shoot''em up game design ,so i just want to know what''s ur best shoot''em up game ever since i can''t find any statistics about this one. mine r: demon star (old but good) ikaruga also i wanted to know how good would an ikaruga clone for the pc with added stuff like power-ups and experience and modifiable ships also with lots of ships and more longer game plz consider my game should go commercial any help would be appreciated thanx for ur time

Tempest 2000!



''Target Earth'' on genisis for being impossible even by cheating with invincibility.

Mars Matrix is my all time favorite. In fact, it inspired me to make a shmup of my own!

Link.

And no, just because I used "matrix" in the title doesn''t mean I''m trying to clone Mars Matrix (just incase anybody wondered).

-Q

Terra Cresta for the C64...

so guys what do u think about ikaruga ?


donn''t anybody know it?

ikaruga is a fantastic throwback to the genre. My personal faves have to be....

Type-R
Life Force
Ikari Warriors (NES game)


Whoops forgot to answer the question. Personally I think the reason Ikaruga is such a good game is because it's so deviously simple. I'd say introducing some extras may enhance the game for some, but I'd suggest a mode that was more for the purist.

[edited by - rhouve on May 1, 2003 5:24:00 PM]

Zero Wing for its bad translation!

-In 2101, War was beginning-
Captain: "What happen !!"
Mechanic: "Somebody set us up the bomb !!"
Mechanic: "We get signal ."
-CATS'' holopicture appears-
CATS: "How are you gentlemen !!"
CATS: "All your base are belong to us !!"
CATS: "You are on the way to destruction ."
CATS: "You have no chance to survive make your time ."
CATS: "Ha ha ha !!"
-CATS'' holopicture fades out-
Mechanic: "Captain !!"
Captain: "Take off every ''Zig'' !!"
Captain: "Move ''Zig'' ."
Captain: "You know what you doing ."
Captain: "For great justice ."
-Fade out-

In my opinion DoDonPachi is the best shmup ever

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/dodonpachi/dodonpachi.htm - Review, remember to check all the crazy screenshots

Tyrian and Raptor rocked my world.
Aero Fighters and Musha Aleste are also pretty cool.

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quote: Original post by rhouve
ikaruga is a fantastic throwback to the genre. My personal faves have to be....

Type-R
Life Force
Ikari Warriors (NES game)

[edited by - rhouve on May 1, 2003 5:24:00 PM]

oh snap forgot about life-force, that was hot. R-type had dope graphics and that phat full level boss. Ikari Warriors just had the ILL joystick it wasn''t that cool though. Ikaruga? never played it