Good shmups for beginner

[NEO-GEO Man]

Bio Hazard Battle on Mega Drive is great. Its not too hard really.

[CavZee]

Bio Hazard Battle on Mega Drive is great. Its not too hard really.

I'll try it out after I get through Thunder Force IV

[ExedExes]

Bio Hazard Battle on Mega Drive is great. Its not too hard really.

Not a lot of Genesis shmups wowed me, but that one certainly did.

[NEO-GEO Man]

Bio Hazard Battle on Mega Drive is great. Its not too hard really.

Not a lot of Genesis shmups wowed me, but that one certainly did.

Yeah, for its time i reckon it was a great effort. I bought it new way back then, and played it loads!!

[AppliCotton]

Gate of Thunder was the game that got me into shmups, I highly recommend it.

But if I had to pick one I'd say Sonic Wings Special for the PSX. It's fast paced, and there are some screen-fillers, but it's not quite bullet hell. When I was getting started, I often found DoDonPachi too frustrating and would play this instead... came damn close to a 1cc a couple of times too, if it weren't for that stupid boss in Moscow.

Still my fallback shmup, whenever I really feel like a shmup but don't know what to play... Check it out!

p.s. If you're a beginner, avoid Psikyo's other stuff like the plague... "...especially you, Gunbird 2!"

[Yorkie]

Gunbird 2 on Dreamcast?

[noiseredux]

Gunbird 2 on Dreamcast?

Love it, but rank is crazy. Not sure it's a great beginner shmup.

[TEKTORO]

Einhander for PS1 is good for a beginner, and one of the best out there!

[noiseredux]

Einhander is good for beginners, but not one of the best haha.

[TEKTORO]

Einhander is good for beginners, but not one of the best haha.

Its one of my favorites because of the pacing, for me feels like a casual game but I thought it was really well done and I get excited every time I play it.