Becides Dragon Spirit, Gradius II and Salamander (which may or may not be the same as Lifeforce, I was never quite sure on that) are there any Famicom or Famicom Disk System only shumps that are worth a look? The NES has quite a few: 1943, GunNac, Lifeforce, Gaurdian Legend and I love them all. Any Famicom shooters never make it over that are worth a look?
Otocky! The musical shooter :) Lots of fun. Halley Wars is also supposed to be a really good game. Those two are for FDS, along with Falsion and Gall Force. Star Luster, Super Xevious, and Thexder are some Famicom only shooters.
Twinbee :)
Also, Parodius and the craziest of them all, Recca.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 01, 2007, 11:23:34 pm
Twinbee :)
Hehe. I love Twinbee. There's also a hacked version called "Van-1" (?) where the ship is different, the bells are now diamons and the enemies are well different... Another good shooter, by the wat, is Sqoon. Is not GREAT, but does the job right.
Yeah I like Sqoon, but that was for NES too. Moero Twinbee and you can get some three player action going.
Twinbee is indeed a fun game! Wird how everything hides in clouds though.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Otocky The musical shooter? Now that sounds interesting. Can you tell me more about it?
Star Force was neat.
What about MACROSS?
In Otocky, every time you shoot it makes a different note with different octave in different directions that you shoot. So, basically you are making the soundtrack to the game while you play. Here's a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6L9tKNPrbs&mode=related&search=
Recca for me is the best Famicom shooter by far, is the most actual looking one, is the crap, the shit and all those things you say :)
It has really taken me, actually I'm at stage four, really impressive!
Quote from: mundocombo on May 03, 2007, 05:54:42 pm
Recca for me is the best Famicom shooter by far, is the most actual looking one, is the crap, the shit and all those things you say :)
It has really taken me, actually I'm at stage four, really impressive!
Recca is awesome. Actually my pirate cart only says Carnival 92' but it's worth it. I never end the game. LifeForce is awesome too as Parodius.
I remember you won with a bid only 5 dollars higher then mine on recca, mundocombo ;D
in fact probably I bidded 60-70$ higher than you :) but you know, ebay overbid by a minimum always.
If I see another Recca somewhere, I'll msg you.
What about Argus?
Quote from: PrinceDragon on May 05, 2007, 02:18:01 pm
What about Argus?
Argus is awesome man. Oh god, I love shooters.
Guardic Gaiden is the best one... Zelda meets Aleste...
Most of my games are Shooters and there are not many so special like Guardic Gaiden (US/PAL = Guardian Legend) Musik is absolut great, many weapons, sweet story...
test it !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5eh6JzUY8
I never really liked the Gardian Legend. I mean I own it, but the non-flight missions are confusing and in my opinion, boring. This is one of those games that you would need the manual to understand. Without it, it's lost on me. I much prefer simplier shooters such as Gun-Nac. Now THAT's a good shooter!
Protip: Enter a password of "TGL" in the Guardian Legend to play just the shooter parts ;)
Oh Gamepro. Your protips are so useful for everyday life!
I was too touched for this thread, so I can't resist do this, show my favs in the screen, the real one, YEAH!!!!
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3543/galaxian3smallir1.jpg)
Galaxian is awesome, it's old, easy, whatever you say, for me it's TRUE fun.
(http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/5728/galaxian5smallxi9.jpg)
Those dangs purple ships are some sort of kamikazes. I hate them.
(http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/8463/galaga2smalloy6.jpg)
Classic of classics
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3112/galaga3smallge5.jpg)
Some people let their ship get trapped. I'm not one of them.
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6773/twinbeesmallrh2.jpg)
Time for a little Twin Bee, with Game Genie included.
(http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/693/dsc00958smallub8.jpg)
Awesome
(http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5350/dsc00963smallvp0.jpg)
A little bit of Star Force
(http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1120/dsc00964smallhu4.jpg)
Some Macross in the old toaster
(http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5319/dsc00972smallht5.jpg)
My bed, my feets and Carnival Summer 92'
(http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7705/dsc00975smallbl1.jpg)
Nice intro for Gradius II
(http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/747/dsc00977smallmk3.jpg)
This screen reminds you something?
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4778/dsc00984smallsd4.jpg)
LifeForce, best shooter ever.
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7052/dsc00988smalluf1.jpg)
I'm not an octopus
(http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8316/dsc00989smallkf2.jpg)
Turn off everyhitng, let's go back to earth.
My favs in screens.
:)
What a strange Famiclone. Electrolab Family Game? That sounds like a board game to me! ;D
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on May 19, 2007, 11:56:29 pm
What a strange Famiclone. Electrolab Family Game? That sounds like a board game to me! ;D
That famiclone just rocks. You can mess some games with this baby. :)
lol a pc engine shulltle fami-clone...
Where are the pictures from the macross game...? any impressions ?
:)
Quote from: Switchstance on May 19, 2007, 12:35:52 pm
Quote from: PrinceDragon on May 05, 2007, 02:18:01 pm
What about Argus?
Argus is awesome man. Oh god, I love shooters.
Me too. There's many good shooters on the 80's. Vulgus is a simple game the Famicom users weren't able to enjoy as it never got a home version. It was the first Capcom game. Thye same goes to Stinger, the first Seibu game. Of course, let's not forget Xevious/Super Xevious, the Famcom versions of these game are very good.
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8956/dsc00967smallsf0.jpg)
:)
Xevious didn't really click for me; I still played it until I found that it was never ending. :o
For some reason, I hate Macross. Since I was a child, I never have been able of found a meaning to that game. I think you have to watch Robotech to understand it :D. Going a little off-topic, one interesting thing to note is that my Famicom and my TV are both PAL-N (but able of show PAL-M and NTSC pictures too) and the games doesn't fill the entire screen. Instead, they look like a (16-color) movie, with black bars up and down. Artistic, I think.
mmm my TV sucks. Badly, it has too many fights. I need a 100" plasma to watch those shooters properly.
100" Plasma? do they even make them that big? thats like, the size of a tokyo appartment!
They actually make a 107" plasma :o
they make 100 inch lcds now, but it will cost you 70,000 dollars.
because of this thread, i buyed it again (http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/a0/5d/9c27_1_b.JPG)
Awesome! Do you have a scanner sakanabito? I'd greatly appricate it if you could scan the front and back of the Gradian Legend box. It's all for a project called the Cover Project. See the thread here: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=995.0
If you could, please email the scans to me at satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. Many thanks.
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5996/nesguardianlegendpalcovkb6.th.jpg) (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nesguardianlegendpalcovkb6.jpg)
(http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8131/nesguardianlegendpalcoved2.th.jpg) (http://img265.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nesguardianlegendpalcoved2.jpg)
Sorry i have no scanner but eventually these to pictures may help you ^-^
My tgl will be shipped today :)
PS check the japanese cover it's absolute awesome
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9683/glegendjhg4.th.jpg) (http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=glegendjhg4.jpg)
The US Cover is ugly like hell !
I think the US cover was meant to look ugly.
Thanks for the effort uroko-sakanabito, but I need scans at 300dpi to be any use. That's the reason why finding scans is so difficult. There are only a few sources of NES box scans out there, and most are 30-46 dpi at best.
Though I might be able to do something with that Japanse cover.
I buyed Zanac (compile) sealed and Moero Twinbee (complete) for the Famicom Disk System (both together for 20 $) today.
After this review, i had to buy the game
http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/nes/zanac.html
"Of all of Compile's games that I've played or seen played, I have to say that Zanac's music is the best. Yes, I even like it more than the Guardian Legend's excellent score,"
^-^
Yay, Flying Omelette! Like that site.
After you die, hold A + B & press START. ;)
Super Star Force
Hector '87, Terra Cresta, Sqoon, Fantasy Zone I and II, Kyukyoku Tiger are funny, too ;)
Summer Carnival '92 Recca is the craziest Famicom shooter I've ever seen. But my all time favorite shooter on the system is still Gun-Nac. Gun-Nac is so incredibly well done and fun to play to boot.
Box is not in very good condition but it's so a damm good game that i have to buy it for 9 $
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/putyan2000/PACKAGE/20070526/4988607000158.jpg)
Awesome, scanner? I'd greatly appricate it if you could scan the front and back of the box and email it to me at satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. It's all for a project called the Cover Project. See the thread here: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=995.0
I have Star Soilder for NES sealed, but the Famicom Box are is a million times better. Too bad Star Soilder itself is only so-so shooter.
I like all of the hidden bonus ideas in Star Shooter. Other than that, it's pretty much the exact same as the other shooters out there, especially for the Famicom.
B-Wings is pretty awesome. One of the first shooters to have multiple power ups.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK-Pfr7pFj0
A game I discovered by random chance that's really worth a look: Chuka Taisen! It's a shooter that really has an asian feel to it and isn't some wonky sci-fi you vs aliens get up. You guys should check it out.
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on July 20, 2007, 08:44:49 pm
A game I discovered by random chance that's really worth a look: Chuka Taisen! It's a shooter that really has an asian feel to it and isn't some wonky sci-fi you vs aliens get up. You guys should check it out.
Insector X also from Taito has the same gameplay except you shoot cartoony Mario-like bugs.
BUMPING THIS OLD THREAD but I was really looking for a List of every type shooter that this community might be aware of, that exists on the Famicom. I'm a huuuuuuuge "shooter" fan/gamer but was never really up to speed on just what was out on the Famicom/NES? I mostly got my fix on the PCE DUO and Mega Drive, but I'd like to get a sizeable collection of *worthy* shooters for my AV Famicom.
Currently I have:
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Crisis Force (The best of the shooters I own)
Gradius
Gradius 2
Salamander
SDF Macross (a major dissapointment for a Macross shooter :()
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I'm aware of the awesomeness of RECCA, one I'll likely track down, but outside of that game, what's really what many would consider kick ass shooters? I prefer vertical scrolling to horizontal, but both are more than welcome in my collection . Crisis Force has proven to be pretty good, though I definately see a stage that rips off stage two of the Mega Drive games ALESTE (M.U.S.H.A. in the US). While I love me some Gradius, I'm looking for stuff primarily that's faster paced and sleek looking ala' Crisis Force, Recca etc. Any help on this is much appreciated.
Fantasy Zone is a good side-scrolling shooter, too.
I find the Famicom version of Fantasy Zone to be confusing and not nearly as much fun as many others.
Crisis Force is definitely one of my favorites, but it's kinda hard to find for anything less than $20 to $30. :-\
Quote from: vgthing on November 30, 2008, 02:58:31 pm
Crisis Force is definitely one of my favorites, but it's kinda hard to find for anything less than $20 to $30. :-\
True enough. I guess what I was trying to say was that I'm looking for "kick ass" shooters more in the vein of Crisis Force or RECCA, over all else. It's really too bad a game like AREA 88 or even the SMS's "Aerial Assault" (an AREA 88 rip off) didn't appear on the Famicom, to my knowledge anyhow. It's been forever since I've played
Star Soldier or
1943: Battle for Valhalla, but those are two that now coming to mind I'm going to have to re-procure soon. The one I'm wondering about is
Gerry Anderson's THUNDERBIRDS ??? The Super Famicom game was a let down, but I understand that the Famicom/NES version is a shooter? I'm a huge supermarionation fan (mostly Captain Scarlet over Thunderbirds, but whateva) but if the game is cool that be enough for me.
QuoteI'm looking for stuff primarily that's faster paced and sleek looking ala' Crisis Force
You'll probably like Gun-Nac then.
Also Gradius and Gradius II are lodes of fun! hard as hell, and may take a few tries. Music is good too.
I hate it when you die and have to get all the options and stuff back. :(
I just beat Gradius II for the first time yesterday, in fact. I like the ending theme. ;D
Quote from: mezzanine on December 01, 2008, 11:18:18 am
QuoteI'm looking for stuff primarily that's faster paced and sleek looking ala' Crisis Force
You'll probably like Gun-Nac then.
I second that. Gun-Nac is a stellar shmup
Quote from: vgthing on December 01, 2008, 11:37:07 am
Also Gradius and Gradius II are lodes of fun! hard as hell, and may take a few tries. Music is good too.
I hate it when you die and have to get all the options and stuff back. :(
I just beat Gradius II for the first time yesterday, in fact. I like the ending theme. ;D
I own both Gradius games already, I beat the first one bitd as a kid, still have yet to beat Gradius II though. Some of these games were just hella hard once you died ONCE with everything, just as you mentioned. In that regard I do believe some *shooters* were too challenging for the wrong reasons.
Quote from: mezzanine on December 01, 2008, 11:18:18 am
QuoteI'm looking for stuff primarily that's faster paced and sleek looking ala' Crisis Force
Quote from: mezzanine on December 01, 2008, 11:18:18 am
You'll probably like Gun-Nac then.
Quote from: thegreatgonzo on December 01, 2008, 01:17:03 pm
I second that. Gun-Nac is a stellar shmup
Hmm... well then it looks like I'll be procuring me a copy in the future. The cart label doesn't really grab me, so had I not had (2) people recommend it, I'd have probably never bought it. Even in 2008, I'm still sold off of great box and/or label artwork for a video game. Guess it's how I got "sold" on a lot of Atari 2600 games back in the day too, but of course the artwork was a guhgillion times better than the on screen presentation back then. Still power up that system though from time to time. Thanks for the recommendation guys.
Quote from: Agent X on December 01, 2008, 02:21:17 pm
Hmm... well then it looks like I'll be procuring me a copy in the future. The cart label doesn't really grab me, so had I not had (2) people recommend it, I'd have probably never bought it.
If you liked the shooter portions of Guardic Gaiden / The Guardian Legend, then you'll like Gun-Nac, as it's pretty much the same engine being used.
I am looking to expand my Famicom shooter collection. So far I'vg got: Gradius II, Crisis Force, and Dezaemon.
What other Famicom exclusives are out there that are worth playing?
Recca
Are you only after exclusives?
If not:
Gradius
Salamander (Life Force)
Argus?
The Twin Bee series is highly underrated. I suggest you check that out.
It's not a "shooter" per se, but you could try Quarth. I like it.
GUN-NAC GUN-NAC GUN-NAC GUN-NAC GUN-NAC GUN-NAC GUN-NAC.............GUN-NAC!!
Seriously, this game is bitchin'. It's quarky, fun can be found for cheap and is a really unappreciated Famicom masterpiece. You can also for the NES version if you don't want to bother with the Japanese.
Heres a nice little review of it for those who haven't heard of it
http://www.thegamereviews.com/article-1033-Classic-Game-of-the-Week-GunNac.html
shoggoth80 is right, I love the game Argus!
Star Force
Star Soldier
Really just looking for exclusives, as I have played almost every NES shooter. Gun-Nac is definitely my favorite.
I'll have to looking into the Twin Bee games and I've been meaning to get my hands on a reproduction of Recca.
shoggoth80, was Argus ported over to the NES under a different name?
Argus is a Famicom exclusive.
NES Recca port - http://www.gamereproductions.com/products/Recca.html
Quote from: shoggoth80 on February 15, 2009, 11:52:29 pm
Are you only after exclusives?
If not:
Gradius
Salamander (Life Force)
Argus?
Is Salamander better on the Famicom? because I heard the NES version sucks.
I've got Uchuu Keibitai SDF coming soon, its supposed to be a decent shooter for the Famicom- I will let you know how it plays! :D
:o No WAY does Life Force suck! It's one of the best NES games ever, period! And it's even more fun WITH the Konami code cheat, because some levels take some getting used to. ;D
Uchuu Keibitai SDF is rather slow-paced, doesn't feel exactly exciting.
Check out Burai Fighter, Final Mission, Hector '87 and Over Horizon.
I am not sure about Life Force/Salamander... it's on order and should be here in a few days. I can give feedback then :)
An unusual one I found rather addicting is Sqoon. It's like a scrolling, top down view cross between a shooter, and Tetris. While not exactly a shmup, it was hard to put down, and this was at like 2 or 3am this morning, when I was almost seeing double.
Quote from: Doc on February 16, 2009, 10:21:22 am
:o No WAY does Life Force suck! It's one of the best NES games ever, period! And it's even more fun WITH the Konami code cheat, because some levels take some getting used to. ;D
Ah alright well I picked up a copy of it not too long ago but forgot I actually had it lol. I'll give it a shot.
I like the Gradius power up system more than random power ups, so I think Lifeforce is the better of the two 8-bit Nintendo versions.
Plus, Lifeforce has sweet ass music.
4 games I'd recommend:
Recca (obvious)
Crisis Force
Salamander (Better than Life Force)
Twinbee (THE ORIGINAL, none of that Moero Twinbee crap)
I recommend Super Xevious because it's addictive and incrementally challenging.
yeah, but the xevious/super xevious music is annoying as hell! >:(
Zanac
Volume knobs are a great invention. :D The level 1 song is used in the Earthbound Arcade.
Galaga and Galaxian!
Parodius Da!
(https://www.risingstuff.com/store/images/famicompalodiousda.jpg)
Like Gradius... But silly.
I lol'd at the idea of a company making fun of their own game. But it is pretty fun too :P
Nintendo should take up this idea and make the greatest game in the world....
Weegee's Mansion!!!!
Others here have mentioned some great games, but i'll recommend a little FDS gem that no one has mentioned yet..
Gall Force (by HAL)
As far as the others that people recommended: Salamander and GunNac are definites.
I was JUST about to say Gall Force.
Paroidus Da on the Famicom is decent compared to other Famicom shooters, but it can't hold a candle to its bigger brothers. The game is MUCH better on the Arcade and Super Famicom. Hell, even the PCE version is better..but the Famicom port is still better than the Gameboy version ::)
Falsion
(https://www.risingstuff.com/store/images/imagecache/FalsionFamicomDiskSystem.jpg)
An extraordinary shooter with a better then average soundtrack thanks to the FDS wavetable. I would like to see this game in action while wearing 3D glasses!
Ah you guys are mentioning games I have never heard of as well. I might hunt them down in the future now thanks to you guys !
Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman + Hogan's Alley :)
Seriously then, I'd say Gradius 2 is better than Gradius 1 - don't think anyone mentioned it yet.
It was mentioned on the first page.
Yeah, first post too doh :P
OK then, can I say Cosmic Gate?!
If you translate it to famicom-readable assembly language and dump it to a famicom cart. :P
I reckon you could just hack galaxian in all seriousness!
So I've been thinking about plunging into some of the more obscure Famicom shooters. Which ones should I look into picking up? Already fully aware of Summer Carnival Recca, Twinbee, and Gradius II. Anything else?
Star Soldier.
Is that the Magic Carpet 1001 hack?
Crisis Force :D I love design of this game
(http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/cult777/eretro/0006.jpg)
Crisis force??? Man go play some Recca!
Quote from: FamicomFreak on August 02, 2009, 12:16:20 am
Crisis force??? Man go play some Recca!
I've played recca, but I think it is so fast and hard for me :D
anyway recca is a great game too
Yeah it is! I think twin bee is a good game too
Is that a pirate Crisis Force? My cart has the label that extends on to the top.
Oh OH... God, what's it called...? Kiki Kaikai.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Kikikaikaiflyer.jpg)
It's a good one.
Quote from: son_ov_hades on August 04, 2009, 10:01:23 pm
Is that a pirate Crisis Force? My cart has the label that extends on to the top.
yes, this is pirate cart :D
Quote from: Rogles on August 06, 2009, 06:38:13 am
Oh OH... God, what's it called...? Kiki Kaikai.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Kikikaikaiflyer.jpg)
It's a good one.
GASP* there was a pocky and rocky on the famicom O_O I must have it!
Quote from: toredauei on August 07, 2009, 06:11:21 am
Quote from: Rogles on August 06, 2009, 06:38:13 am
Oh OH... God, what's it called...? Kiki Kaikai.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Kikikaikaiflyer.jpg)
It's a good one.
GASP* there was a pocky and rocky on the famicom O_O I must have it!
yeah, only Disk System