Best Shumps on Mame

Post by **SpaceBooger** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:11 pm

What are some good shumps that I should be playing on my MAME arcade that I built?

Please rate them from 1-5, where 1 is easy and 5 is difficult.

Post by **Flak Beard** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:18 pm

DoDonPachi! DoDonPachi!

Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:20 pm

Guwange - i'd say about a 3.5 on difficultly, hard but not insane. It gets pretty tough after level 3, but then again most shmups do. And a 4.5 overall on gamepaly and fun. You don't fly, you run along the ground so you gotta watch you're step.

Blazing Star - 4 difficulty...depends on you ship you go with. Pick one with a hunter/claw for a little protection and it makes it a bit easier. It's a Neo game and the MVS settign is always a bit difficult. Awesome game, probably my favorite on the Neo. Looks amazing and colorful, wonderful boss fights. But the bullets aren't easy to avoid and some times there are bullets, space debris and explosions all at once.

R-Type Leo - 4.5 difficulty. it's r-ype what did you expect! great game though and worth the patience. looks amazing and changes up your charge weapon a bit from other r-type games.

there are many more I'd recomend....i'll get back to you when I've got some more time!

Post by **Doctor Fugue** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:09 pm

Mars Matrix - 4.2

Post by **Boaby Kenobi** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:10 pm

1944 - The Loop Master - 3
Sonic Wings series - 3
Battle Bakraid - 4
Samurai Aces - 3
Giga Wing - 4
Dangun Feveron - 5
Strikers 1945 series - 4
Progear - 3
In The Hunt - 3
Zed Blade - 3

Post by **Yiddishpilot** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:15 am

UN Squadron
Battle Garegga
Aero Fighters Series

Post by **Boaby Kenobi** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:20 pm

I've acquired a few more shooters on MAME:

Dimahoo
Gekirindan
Gratia: Second Earth
Gun & Frontier
GunNail
Gunlock

Post by **fumanchu** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:21 pm

raiden
raiden fighters
raiden fighters2
raiden fighters jet
viper phase1
esprade
battle bakraid
way to much to mention(and yes i like raiden)

Post by **indecks** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:00 pm

fumanchu wrote: raiden fighters
raiden fighters2
raiden fighters jet
:

Those right there, in a scale of 1 to 5, rate as a 20.

Post by **Locke** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:53 pm

Two that I have been playing a lot recently is Salamander (the same folks who made gradius), but especially g-darius, a 2-d shmup with really well-done 3-d elements. Definitely check it out. I would give Salamander a 3 and G-Darius a 4.