Shmup Report #2

[ryzmaker11]

a great shooters selection here.

the subterrania's OST is an absolut blast, AMAZING! *_*

[HarriHaffi]

Nice video! I allmost allways like seening more shmups!

How ever I do have to say is Subterrania really a shmup? Cause to me a shmups is a vertical/horizontally scrolling game where you controll a ship(or some other kind of object) by strafing left, right, down and up. and shooting up most of the time...

So am I wrong is Subterrania a shmup?

MVHH

[KollisionBR]

@HarriHaffi It depends on personal definitions, really. Most people would say Subterrania is a borderliner, which means it has shmup elements but ditches automatic scrolling, which is one of the genre's foundations. I consider it a shmup solely for its shooting nature an graphical/musical/challenge excellence - a "gravity arena shmup".

Tks for the comment! :)

[HarriHaffi]

@KollisionBR

So what you're sating is that there is no common rules for what a shmup is? Cause I'm not looking for a personal definitions I'm looking for a global one. Cause it seems like everybody thinks that games like sub terrania is a shmup or halfshmup...maybe that's it! It's a shmupformer(mario and R-type secret love-child :P)

Borderland games does make it difficult to classify games...

MVHH

[JetBlack7000]

Atomic Robo Kid FTW!!!

[TKGB2006]

Man I wish somebody would do a rock version of Astro Warrior's first level song.

[gtssage]

Musha aleste is my most memorable shmup from the 8/16 bit era. Axelay comes in close second.

[KollisionBR]

Yeah, I also love Axelay. To this day I think it's the finest shmup on the SNES.

[gtssage]

How can I forget Thunderforce 3!

[clownjeans]

Awesome.

[iosomewhere]

Nice vids,thanks ! Hope more to come. Maybe you could a historyline,starting with the first shooters and work your way up to today ! :)