Aug

2d Shooter – The 2d Shooter Blog

Posted by John as 2d Shooter

Welcome to the 2d Shooter blog!

We’re going to cover everything in the 2d shooting world, and occasionally some things that might fall slightly outside of it. The focus will be on horizontal and vertical forced-scrolling shooters, but we’ll look at outstanding games in the related shmup genres as well.

I’ve always been fascinated by these games. I clearly remember the first time I saw and played Scramble. I must have been about 11 years old and I was already hooked on Space Invaders. My dad had taken me to the speedway motorcycle races and we went to get some popcorn and cokes between heats.

Next to the popcorn stand, someone had set up a Scramble machine. There was a crowd of older boys around the game. I pushed my way to the front of the crowd and got a glimpse of Scramble in action. One of the boys was working his way through stage 5, carefully sliding up and down the narrow coridors and blowing up the fuel tanks.

I begged my dad for a quarter. He gave in, and I lined my quarter up behind the others. By the time it was my turn, we’d missed a race and the next one was getting ready to start. But I wasn’t interested in the races at that point – there were alien bases to be stormed! I slotted my quarter, grabbed the controls, and … died … 3 times … very quickly …

I’ve been hooked every since.

I eventually learned to make it to the base and vanquish the alien threat, but I’ve never really stopped playing Scramble or the huge variety of other 2d shooter games in the genre it introduced me to.

With all of the ways to get “casual” games now — the Xbox 360 Live Arcade, the PS3’s Playstation Network, and the Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Arcade, 2d shooters are easier than ever to get into, and it seems a whole new generation of fans is being spawned.

Here we’ll cover both vintage and new shoot-em up games, as well as recreations and rereleases of old games on the popular game systems.

So grab a joystick, kick back, and get ready for the 2d shooter blog.

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Aug

Soukyugurentai sega saturn shmup

Posted by John as Shmups

lvl 3 of this frantic shmup

Duration : 0:3:47

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Technorati Tags: saturn, Sega, shmup, Soukyugurentai

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Aug

BugsRider – Online RPG shmup

Posted by John as Shmups

Download link:
http://bugsrider.gamengame.com/

This is an interesting multiplayer online vs. shmup – Bugsrider. This match is three players. The way it works is only one person can attack at a time, while the others are in defense mode. Thing is, you CANNOT control anything when defending. So, you are at the mercy of the other player. This brings some strategy into the game – should you gang up on one person? Or try not to off the highest level character?

Keyboard controls only so far, you have shot, charge shot, and bomb. You can gain XP and level up, and also buy upgrades at a shop in the central hub. I like this so far.

It’s still in beta testing mode as of posting this, so all stats will be erased (don’t spend days leveling up just yet).

My player is shmupnut if you want to fight me!

Duration : 0:5:27

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Technorati Tags: bugs, bugsrider, mmostg, online, rider, shmup, shooter, stg

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Aug

Shmup Mash-Up

Posted by John as Shmups

The result of boredom and discovering Windows Movie Maker on my computer. A movie of several clips from various shooters.

Song: Behind Closed Doors
Artist: Rise Against

Games Shown (In order of appearance):

Armed Police Batrider (Arcade)
Dodonpachi (Arcade/Saturn/PS1)
Ikaruga (Arcade/Dreamcast/Gamecube)
Gradius V (Playstation 2)
Border Down (Dreamcast)
Giga Wing 2 (Dreamcast)
Strikers 1945 II (Arcade/Playstations 2)

Note: I am Pirate1019, it’s the other screenname I go by. Just in case it ever needs to be known.

Duration : 0:3:23

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Technorati Tags: 2d, arcade, game, horizontal, shmup, shooter, stg

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Aug

Armada – Sega Dreamcast shmup/RPG hybrid

Posted by John as Shmups

This is some gameplay footage from Armada, a Dreamcast shmup/RPG hybrid made by Metro3d.

It’s early in the game, so my character is not a very high level yet. I wander to a boss who is still too powerful to defeat, then head to an enemy infested town who are much higher levels than I am, and get properly wasted.

Armada is a shmup at it’s core, but has the most RPG elements I’ve seen in a hybrid game so far. You can level up, buy items, talk to characters, form teams (4 players local plus NPCs), and go on quests.

Armada is an interesting concept, and would be great for current generation consoles with online functions.

Duration : 0:5:36

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Technorati Tags: 3d, armada, dreamcast, metro, metro3d, rpg, Sega, shmup, shmup/rpg, shooter, space, stg, vmu

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Aug

Zillion Beatz shmup on unbelievable difficulty

Posted by John as Shmups

Super high speed shmup in the Zillion Beat’z BEAT MACHINE MODE on unbelievable difficulty.

Duration : 0:6:28

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Technorati Tags: beatz, bullet, danmaku, doujin, indie, music, rezetia, shmup, Shmups, shooter, shooting, stg, zillion

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Aug

How good is this online game?

Posted by John as 2d Shooter

I don't know how this game compares to other 2D scrolling shooters, but if you like scrolling shooters, play it, rate it on the URL, and reply with your answer.

http://www.gamemakergames.com/?a=view&id=6296

its really good

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Aug