EASY shumps!

[jfrost]

Super Megaforce/Aleste (SNES) is not very hard either.

It does get kinda boring, though. I found there just wasn't enough going on at times, or that what was going on was too repetitive. Game should have been... *gasp* ...a little shorter. I know, that's heresy in gaming circles these days.

I hear you there. Whenever I go back to it, I just play the short game. The weapon system is rather broken too, some weapons are clearly better than others. But, well, it's easy, if only to play some levels.

[Flak Beard]

I found Parodius Da on SNES to be quite easy when I was first getting into SHMUPs. Just turn the difficulty down a little bit and crank up the lives. Really fun game.

[gennss]

Ikaruga and Triggerheart exelica have easy modes. Karous is pretty easy after you get the hang of it.

do not try gradius on nes. Its hard. very very hard.

[nateup2]

I only play Ikaruga in the easiest mode... and its still hard as hell.

I guess I just have a loooonnnnggg way to go with shmups

[gennss]

I only play Ikaruga in the easiest mode... and its still hard as hell.

I guess I just have a loooonnnnggg way to go with shmups

( I'm the same too, but i don't like to admit it in public )

[nateup2]

haha

so you probably like Zero Gunner 2 and Under Defeat... and Darius?

those are my favs and I can actually get somewhere with them, so I assume they are easy ones

[GSZX1337]

Zero Wing is pretty easy before the final stage. (it's kind of like a newb-friendly Gradius) The game gives you unlimited continues, so you don't have to worry about lives.

Raiden III has a good difficulty curve, the beginning's really easy with the game gradually getting harder as you get closer and closer to the end.

I haven't beaten it, (only played the demo) but 1942: Joint Strike seems pretty easy. (there's a health bar)

[ott0bot]

Here's another thread with some suggestions
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6020&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Good suggestions so for and a few more I'd point out-
Steel Empire - genesis (life bar, tons of power ups)
Bio Metal - snes (shield/absorb, powerful weapons)
Robo Aleste - Sega CD (except a few areas, good learning curve)

[withalligators]

The Macross shooter for the saturn / psx is really easy and cool. It's more centered on adapting the series into a game than bullet patterns and such so many consider it a sub par shooter but I loved it. It's quite cinematic.

[RadarScope1]

I also play Ikaruga on the easiest setting and get my ass kicked. I will admit I haven't put as much time into it as I could though, because the straight memorization games just don't always hold my attention.

I've ordered Raiden Fighters Aces from Amazon. I'm hoping it will strike the right balance for me. I would like to play more shmups.

I keep hoping Trigger Heart or Omega Five will be the "deal of the week" on XBLA one of these weeks, but they're pretty niche so I'm not holding my breath.