I remember playing some when I was younger like UN Squadron & Space Megaforce on Snes! Also played Twin Eagle II alot at the local arcade! Wasnt till recently, over the last 5 years that I really started falling in love with the genre and trying to seek out more obscure awesome titles! Musha, Battle Garegga, and Soldier Blade are some of my favorites! I prefer vertical shooters but still enjoy quite a few horizontal ones like Air Zonk, Lords of Thunder, Sturmwind and Keio. Here's my collection:

Nes: Gradius CIB, Gun Nac, Legendary Wings, Life Force, Stinger, Zanac,

Snes: Axelay CIB, Biometal CIB, Earth Defense Force CB, Gradius III CIB, Space Megaforce CIB

GameCube: Chaos Field, Ikaruga

Wii: Castle Shikigami III, Ultimate Shooting Collection

DS: Astro Invaders, Bangai O Spirits, Ketsui Death Label CE, Nanostray, Nanostray 2

Neo Geo CD: Ghost Pilots, Last Guardian, Ninja Commando, Pulstar, Sonic Wings 2

Genesis: Fire Shark CIB, Grindstormer CIB, Lightening Force CIB, Musha CIB, Phelios, Thunder Force II CIB, Thunder Force III CIB, Truxton CIB, Whip Rush CIB

Sega CD: Android Assault, Keio Flying Squadron, Lords of Thunder, Robo Aleste, Silpheed, Sol Feace

Sega Saturn: Batsugun, Battle Garegga, Blast Wind, Dodonpachi, Donpachi, Galactic Attack, Gekirindan, Gun Frontier, Gunbird, Radiant Silvergun, Shienryu, Sonic Wings Special, Soukyugurentai, Strikers 1945, Strikers 1945 II

Dreamcast: Bangai O, Fast Striker, Giga Wing, Giga Wing 2, Gunbird 2, Mars Matrix, Neo XYX CE, Sturmwind CE

Turbografx: Aero Blasters, Air Zonk, Blazing Lasers, Dead Moon, Deep Blue, Dragon Spirit, Fantasy Zone, Ordyne, Raiden, R-Type, Sidearms, Sinistron, Soldier Blade, Super Star Soldier

Turbo CD: Spriggan

PS1: Ray Crisis

PS2: Castle Shikigami 2, Gradius V, Silpheed the Lost Planet

PS3: Caladrius Blaze-CE, Ketsui CE, Under Defeat HD Deluxe Ed

PS4: Assault Suit Leynos, Kromaia, Touhou Genso Rondo

PSP: Sapphire-PC Engine Best Collection

Xbox 360: Akai Katana, Bullet Soul w/OST, Espgaluda II Black Label, Deathsmiles Limited Edition, Dodonpachi Resurrection w/OST, Dodonpachi Saidaioujou, Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets, Mushihimesama Futari, Otomedius Excellent, Raiden Fighters Aces, Raiden IV w/OST













Updated Collection Pic 8/24:

I have a most of these too, I'm really a big fan of the Cave stuff on 360. I recently picked up a Striker 1945 Plus Neo Geo MVS cabinet, I think it was released on PS2 and PSP. You should get Triggerheart Exelica from the XBL marketplace as well. Oh, and Raiden Project on PS1.

I like them but I have zero skills in them. I see you have Neo XYX. I just got that one and can't get past level 4. It's sad, really.

Don't forget Ray Storm, and there's so many for the NES, from Alpha Mission to Gun-Nac to Recca. I've heard great things about Gradius 2 as well. On the DS Nanostray 2 is a can't miss.

been tracking them down , love them

Love them as well.

One that rarely gets mentions, but is actually a cool little game, is Legendary Wings on the NES. About 3/4 top down and 1/4 side scrolling, it's a great shump, albeit a little easy.

Nice! Love me some shooters. Soldier Blade and Crisis Force are two good ones as well.

Oh man, still can't believe I missed out on deals for Vapor Trail, MUSHA, Space Megaforce too

On the other hand I did make a deal to get Sol-Deace the other day, and I played Axelay the other day and made it to the underwater cave boss. Almost beat him too (I think?)... I'm going in for round two this weekend.

Games pretty tough! I think I've got to level 5 but I havnt been able to beat it yet! Curious 2, since we're talking about NG Dev Team, have you or anyone else played Pink Bullets or Redux Dark Matters? Wondering how they are and how they compare to Neo XYX & Fast Striker!

That's quite the selection! I'm new to genesis and mainly picked one up for Shmups so it's been fun diving intos it's library! Tons of awesome shooters!

Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth for N64

It's probably the only shmup on the system but I've watched a bunch of video and it actually looks pretty good. I'm thinking about picking it up.

I've thought about getting that as well! I think I was turned off because of some stuff I read about it but I'm willing to try anything! Has anyone played Ginga Force I think it's called? Was curious about that one..

It's OK, but nothing amazing. The controls aren't very tight, it's very short, and it's really easy. You're right, though, I can't think of another SHMUP on the system.

Yeah it's literally the only top-down shmup released in America on the N64. I'm not sure if there are any that were only released in Japan but it's possible. I mean N64 has games like Sin & punishment and Star Fox 64 which are shooters but not the traditional shmup kind. 

NES has some cool ones. I even tried to make my own. Someday I'll get back to it...I need more time! I'd like to release it soon.

http://beta.nintendoage.com/forum...

Gotcha. For the money, I'd try to track down some of the PS1 shooters out there. Most of them are on the cheaper side, and there are a number of good ones:

RayStrom
RayCrisis
Strikers 1945
R-Types
R-Type Delta (kinda pricey)
Thunder Force V
Mobile Light Force
Einhander (kinda pricey)
Viewpoint
Gekioh: Shooter King
Vanark
Raiden Project
In the Hunt (way better than the Saturn version)
Sonic Wings Special (if you can import european games and play them, it's essentially Aero Fighters, but remixed)
Xevious 3D/G+
Philosoma
Nanotek Warrior

I'm sure there are others I'm missing...

I just reacquainted myself with an obscure title:

In the Hunt for PS1. It's got that Metal Slug graphic style but you're in a submarine. Great level design with stuff exploding everywhere around you and huge bosses.

Great title I'd recommend picking up. It also had a Sega Saturn release.

+1. It's an amazing title on the PS1.

Stay away from the Saturn version, though. It has a lot of slowdown, and the screen is about 30-40% smaller. It's downright awful on the Saturn, sadly.

Also, 1000th post! Woot!

That's awesome. I tried to make my own shmup about 10 years ago in a program called The Games Factory. It was pretty easy to use and didn't require programming but it took so much time and I just couldn't get motivated enough to finish it. I always wanted to make a game in completion though. I don't think I have the time or patience to learnt o make homebrew stuff though. I hope you get around to finishing the game!

Whenever I have friends over, I put in Giga Wing 2. Really short but love the 4 player and how over the top it is.

Super Star Soldier for the TG-16 I find to be one of the hardest.

The Shmup song: http://jonathanmann.bandcamp.com/...

Here we go! Found some pics of some of my Shmup collection, if its in my list and not shown hee its because those were newer additions and these are older pics.

I love me some Gun Nac and Zanac for NES!!

In the Hunt on the Saturn is literally unplayable for me. I'm selling my copy next month.