Sega CD, picked up a game today and i have a ? shooters

[ott0bot]

Yes, Silpheed is great. Think of it as one part Star Fox to two parts Galaga. It's a 3D shooter on rails, with organized patterns of enemies. It's by far the best shooter on SEGA CD. The backgrounds were phenomenal for the time.

I can just remember two more shooters, both side scrolling. Sol-Feace, which was a pack in for the American release of the SEGA CD, and Lords of Thunder.

I think Silpheed is great, but my favorite shmups on the Sega Cd are Robo Aleste and Android Assault. I've heard Lords of Thunder is good too, but I haven't picked it up yet and I did hear the Turbo Graffix cd version is a bit better. Another one is Keio Flying Squadron, it's a cutsey shooter, but I never played it because it goes for 150 bucks or so.

Robo Aleste is a vertical shump and has a great array of weapons, challanging levels, and interesting enemies great boss fights. Plus it's actually got a story and some badly voice acted cinema's. It's the sequel to the genesis game MUSHA, which is the the best shooter on the system IMO.

Android Assault much in the same vain as the Thunder Force series. Fast and furious action, chalanging levels and a awesome/cheesy heavy metal sound track.

Best part is both titles you can find complete for around 10 bucks. Both are worth it. If I had to choose one I'd go for Robo Aleste.

[corn619]

Keio Flying Squadron is a great game very unique with very good graphics, almost like the Paridous series highly recommended.

[ott0bot]

I just popped in my copy of Silpheed and it doesn't load. Every other game I have loads, but not the only one I want to play at the moment!! It's got a few scratches, but it looks fine. Yes I cleaned it and the sega cd laser. No it doen't look like its sratched throught the infomation layer. It seriously should be working and i should be blowing stuff up. It worked before, and it's seriously just been sitting on the shelf for a few months. dang it all to heck.

[Guinness]

I just popped in my copy of Silpheed and it doesn't load. Every other game I have loads, but not the only one I want to play at the moment!! It's got a few scratches, but it looks fine. Yes I cleaned it and the sega cd laser. No it doen't look like its sratched throught the infomation layer. It seriously should be working and i should be blowing stuff up. It worked before, and it's seriously just been sitting on the shelf for a few months. dang it all to heck.

Hmmm, You know I have a few disks just that stop working out of the blue for no reason, not just games but DVDs and CDs too. My rare copy of DJ Q-Berts Wavetwisters (DVD) stopped working on me, the disk looks brand new without a single scratch, and it was only played a few times. It's like the information on the disk was somehow erased. The only thing I can think of is perhaps I may of laid it on top of my amp without thinking, (I do that sometimes since my amp is on top of my entertainment center) and maybe it got too hot. Did you ever leave your Silpheed disk anyplace where it could get to hot?