Fantastic NGPC Schmups?

[Gooseberrysoda]

I know that there's at least one on the system, what are your favorites?

[BlackDS]

...I honestly don't know of any.

[lisalover1]

I'm afraid there aren't any officially-released SHMUPs for the NGPC, at least that I know of. There are a few good homebrew SHMUPs, such as Juno First and Another Day In Hell. ADiH has some impressive graphics for an NGPC game. On a side note, it's not a shooter, but Bomberman was ported as a homebrew game, and has an FMV intro. Pretty cool, I should say.

[pepharytheworm]

He did say "Schmups" maybe thats some kind of genre that involves schmucks and up. Or another word where people spell it different because it seems cool to.

[AmazingRetro]

Well the only non homebrew shoot-em-up on the NGPC is Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. That would automatically make it the best Haven't got it in my NGP collection as it is quite rare and commands a respectable price on Ebay.

[crux]

Cotton is a port as well, so only worth it to those that collect or need it on a portable system (god knows why...). Otherwise I think the PlayStation port is the closest to the Arcade (with the added digital quality soundtrack).

What's with homebrew on Neo-Geo Pocket, by the way? Were they ever released to cart or are they just "what the hell?" endeavors. Seems pointless if there's not a way to get it on the actual portable.

[lisalover1]

Well the only non homebrew shoot-em-up on the NGPC is Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. That would automatically make it the best Haven't got it in my NGP collection as it is quite rare and commands a respectable price on Ebay.

Oh, I completely forgot! Yes, Cotton is the only NGPC shoot em' up; one in the subgenre called cute em' ups, due to the subject matter. It is a very fun game, but obviously not as much fun as the console versions. [Especially its sequel on the Saturn!]

[Gooseberrysoda]

I'm afraid there aren't any officially-released SHMUPs for the NGPC, at least that I know of. There are a few good homebrew SHMUPs, such as Juno First and Another Day In Hell. ADiH has some impressive graphics for an NGPC game. On a side note, it's not a shooter, but Bomberman was ported as a homebrew game, and has an FMV intro. Pretty cool, I should say.

Can you link me to these?

[the7k]

I still really wanna get Cotton, but it's pretty damn expensive last time I checked. It's eternally going to be on my want list, though.

[lisalover1]

I haven't been able to find the homebrew games alone, but if you download the rom fullset/goodset from any torrent site for the NGPC, and you should find plenty of homebrew in them, along with the aforementioned ones. One more recommendation for homebrew that I should make is a game called Shufflepuck Cafe; it's just an air hockey game, but the simple, addictive gameplay and tight joystick controls make it the best one I have come across.