List of shmups to never appear in the arcade?

[dsheinem]

I was wondering if anyone had a list of shmups that have only been released as console exclusives - meaning they never appeared in an arcade in any form (no PCB, cabinet, etc.). Stuff like Gaiares, MUSHA, Axelay, and Phalanx would be examples of what I mean, but stuff like Gradius III or Lifeforce are not - even though the console port differs from the arcade enough to be almost a different game. There's obviously a pretty healthy list for the 8 and 16 bit consoles, and some series (e.g. Thunderforce) that have almost no arcade presence at all. What else is a "console exclusive shmup"?

[MasonB15]

I can think of a few for the TG16: Blazing Lazers, Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, Magical Chase, etc. For the NES there's Recca '92, The Guardian Legend, SCAT, etc.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[Hobie-wan]

Oh man this will be a huge list. *starts thinkerating and looking at my list*

NES/Fami
Abadox
Burai Fighter
Crisis Force
Gun Nac
Isolated Warrior
King's Knight
Over Horizon
Starship Hector
Volguard II
Zunou Senkan Galg
Zanac

SNES/SFami
Axelay
Biometal
Firepower 2000/Super SWIV
Flying Hero
Imperium
Macross Scrambled Valkyrie
R-Type III

GB/C/A
Burai Fighter Deluxe
Danny Phantom Urban Jungle
Gradius Galaxies
Invader
Iridion II
Mercenary Force
Project S-11
Solar Striker
Trax

DS
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
Nanostray 1 & 2
Space Invaders Extreme 1 & 2

PS1
Einhänder
Galaga Destination Earth
Gradius Gaiden
Harmful Park
Internal Section
N²O
Nanotek Warrior
Philosoma
R-Type Δ
Raiden DX
Robotron X
Space Shot
Starfighter Sanvein
Vanark
Xevious 3D/G+
Zanac X Zanac

PS2
R-Type Final

SMS
Aerial Assault
Astro Warrior
Bomber Run

GEN/MD
Arrow Flash
Battle Mania 1 & 2
Battle Squadron
Bio Hazard Battle
Crossfire/Super Airwolf
Curse
Elemental Master
Eliminate Down
Gadget Twins
Gleylancer
Granada
Ranger X
Steel Empire
Subterrania
Undead Line
Verytex

32X
Kolibri

SCD
Android Assault/Bari Arm
Sol Deace/Feace

DC
Armada
Centipede
Under Defeat

PCE/TG
Air Zonk 1 & 2
Avenger
Burning Angels
Cyber Core
Dead Moon
Download
Download 2
Final Blaster
Heavy Unit
L-dis
Legion
The Lost Sunheart
Macross 2036
Mr. Heli
Ordyne
Override
Psychic Storm
Psycho Chaser
Psychosis
Sapphire
Sinistron/Violent Soldier
Spriggan
Spriggan mark 2
Star Parodier
W Ring

Xbox
Xyanide

PC
The Reap

These series, or portions of them:
Aleste
Cotton
Parodius
Star Soldier
Twinbee

Ok, skipped ones mentioned in the one post before me. Obviously lots more.

[Bradtemple87]

Einhander

[noiseredux]

did you want portable ones too, or just consoles?

[o.pwuaioc]

did you want portable ones too, or just consoles?

I'd be interested in portable ones too...

[Auron_Amarth]

Einhander

I was just about to say that. One of my favorite shmups ever

[noiseredux]

did you want portable ones too, or just consoles?

I'd be interested in portable ones too...

off the top of my head....


Solar Striker (GB)
Project S-11 (GBC)
Iridion II (GBA)
Platypus (PSP)
A Space Shooter for $2 (PSN)
World Reborn (GBA) (unreleased, a ROM was made available to the public)
Invader (GBA)
Sigma Star Saga (GBA) (if you like RPG Shmups...)
Danny Phantom Urban Jungle (GBA)

I'm sure there's others I'm not thinking of immediately...

[dunpeal2064]

Blast Wind (Saturn, Technosoft) comes to mind.

If you count arranged modes, then there would be a lot

[Hobie-wan]

Stupid page tossed my edit. See above.