I have this game and enjoy it pretty much. However the sad part is that my PS2 gave up the ghost of running PS1 games, so I run it on an emulator instead.
XD You deliver again. First on the only gameplay video of Vanark and now on Space Shot!
Yeah was trying to show this to a friend. It was part of the Simple Series in Japan so it was made on a low budget and sold at a low price. Original retail price in the US was $10. Strangely I had a lot of fun with some of the $10 Simple Series games (Top Shop, Battle Hunter, Superstar Dance Club #1 HITS!!!, and this).
can you tell me some nice shmups on PS1, mate? i'm a fan of the genre and i want to litterally get all of them. thanks a lot and keep sharing those forgotten treasures :D
@CardiacCrysis I'm not the expert at shmups on the PS1. Sure I can list Einhander, G Darius, In the Hunt, R-Types, R-Type Delta, Thunder Force V, Raystorm, and a few others, but if you're looking for imports, I'm not an expert in that area. If I were you, I'd go the the Gamefaqs Playstation boards, because some guys there really know their stuff about such things.
@ninetysevenecho IF IT BOTHERS YOU THEN FUCK OFF YOU'RE BLOCKED YOU FUCKING MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHMUP IS THE STANDARD TERM FOR THE GENRE, SO FUCK WHAT YOU SAY, YOUR OPINION DOESN'T MATTER. Thank you. Fuck off and have a nice day.
Was that just me? or was the game slowing down a ton on that first boss fight with the "cyber weapon". I haven't played many shmups yet, so dont know how badly slowdown affects gameplay for them in general. Can it bet as gamebreaking as fps slowdown?
@cyanidebreathmintz I just checked Gamefaqs, and it appears not to have. It's not the greatest shmup ever, but it's cheap an it's decent. The Japanese name is: Simple 1500 Series Vol. 35: The Shooting if you're looking to import it from Japan.
Interesting that, as a D3 budget game, The Shooting never got a Euro release. I've got a good number of English localised Simple 2000 games, most of them are awful of course but I liked Global Defence Force/Monster Attack, All Star Fighting and Steel Dragon EX.
@Doom2Guy Yeah, the names of the budget PS1 titles didn't have much imagination put into them. You've got Shooter Space Shot, and Shooter Star Fighter Sanvein as well as Bowling, Racing, Pool, Board Game Top Shop (which is a really fun one too), and a number of others that didn't have much creativity in their names.
It looks like an Einhander rip-off actually.
Monacomaverick 1 month ago
Played this back in the days I thought it sucked. Was so boring.lol
Anhslaught 1 month ago
Check out Zanac X Zanac brilliant shoot em up Japan only though.
haroony2j 2 months ago
Why does this look so much like Einhander?
MrBassRabbit 4 months ago
@MrBassRabbit QFT. It looks like the first two levels crammed into one and the progression bears an uncanny resemblance.
seegnomeevil 1 month ago
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This DOES look like Einhander! Didn't even know this one existed!
rang3r34 5 months ago
I have this game and enjoy it pretty much. However the sad part is that my PS2 gave up the ghost of running PS1 games, so I run it on an emulator instead.
SophiaXiaoyu 6 months ago
i have this game yet :), it was one of my favourites
pokachow 8 months ago
Wow, it really does seem alot like Einhander.
Anyways, I thought it was funny to see this game on Amazon for one cent!
Not many things you can buy for a penny these days, and this game is probly worth a little more than that.
Has some cool sounding tunes too.
SilentHillAsylum83 8 months ago
ah yes, the poor man's Einhander!
lol crappy tank animation at 2:05
TechnoDevotee 9 months ago
I remember this looked like a different game if you turn on smoothing on a ps2.
beyondthesevoices 9 months ago
its cool that u choose some sick games! great fkn discoveries
HardLuckGambler 10 months ago
XD You deliver again. First on the only gameplay video of Vanark and now on Space Shot!
Yeah was trying to show this to a friend. It was part of the Simple Series in Japan so it was made on a low budget and sold at a low price. Original retail price in the US was $10. Strangely I had a lot of fun with some of the $10 Simple Series games (Top Shop, Battle Hunter, Superstar Dance Club #1 HITS!!!, and this).
GELTONZ 11 months ago
can you tell me some nice shmups on PS1, mate? i'm a fan of the genre and i want to litterally get all of them. thanks a lot and keep sharing those forgotten treasures :D
CardiacCrysis 1 year ago
@CardiacCrysis I'm not the expert at shmups on the PS1. Sure I can list Einhander, G Darius, In the Hunt, R-Types, R-Type Delta, Thunder Force V, Raystorm, and a few others, but if you're looking for imports, I'm not an expert in that area. If I were you, I'd go the the Gamefaqs Playstation boards, because some guys there really know their stuff about such things.
teh2Dgamer 1 year ago
@teh2Dgamer those you listed are already a good list :) thanks anyway, mate. keep sharing the good stuff!
CardiacCrysis 1 year ago
hey... these are Einhander buildings!!!... and HELL : it's the Thunder Force ship!!!
CardiacCrysis 1 year ago
i got this for 5 euros @ a retro gaming store :-D
never heard of it but it´s awesome !!!!!!!!!
bonggzilla 1 year ago
@ninetysevenecho IF IT BOTHERS YOU THEN FUCK OFF YOU'RE BLOCKED YOU FUCKING MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHMUP IS THE STANDARD TERM FOR THE GENRE, SO FUCK WHAT YOU SAY, YOUR OPINION DOESN'T MATTER. Thank you. Fuck off and have a nice day.
teh2Dgamer 1 year ago 12
The last game I played like this was Earth Defense Force on the SNES. Good video 2D.
GameFanism 1 year ago
i like the music- it's not often you hear a decent "rock" soundtrack.
sayastra 1 year ago
Looks like a fun game to me
LboscoloDOOM19BRCP 1 year ago
Graphically it looks a lot like Einhander
atuls55 1 year ago 8
Almost Danmaku! Almost but it looks fun :P.
Iceforsugar 1 year ago
what an incredible shooter
AdriLeverkuhn 1 year ago
It reminds me Ray Storm (<3) for the laser homing missiles and R-Type because of the machine in the front, looks really nice
somacruzfirm 1 year ago
The first stage kinda sorta reminds me of Ein Hander. Pretty cool man, I'll have to check this out.
RiouInsuiko 1 year ago
It looks very unimaganative and way too easy, I hope you were playing it in easy mode.
Still i suppose it would make a good shmup to play after a good beer session and your using the controller upside down lol
TrevHead10 1 year ago
good quality for 1500¥ (18$ of 2000)
9esferas1 1 year ago
R-type ripoff? looks decent but i think i would rather play R Type Delta instead...
AP93Playa 1 year ago
I'll say... the music is right too well done for a budget game.
CrashNicker 1 year ago
It was already on my list :P
AdyShearer 1 year ago
Was that just me? or was the game slowing down a ton on that first boss fight with the "cyber weapon". I haven't played many shmups yet, so dont know how badly slowdown affects gameplay for them in general. Can it bet as gamebreaking as fps slowdown?
Lazyhoboguy 1 year ago
@Lazyhoboguy Sometimes slowdown in shmups is a good thing. It can save your ass at times.
teh2Dgamer 1 year ago 4
@teh2Dgamer i totally agree
cyclo1224 7 months ago
never heard of this one..do you know if it got a pal release?
cyanidebreathmintz 1 year ago
@cyanidebreathmintz I just checked Gamefaqs, and it appears not to have. It's not the greatest shmup ever, but it's cheap an it's decent. The Japanese name is: Simple 1500 Series Vol. 35: The Shooting if you're looking to import it from Japan.
teh2Dgamer 1 year ago
@teh2Dgamer cheers! ;)
cyanidebreathmintz 1 year ago
@teh2Dgamer
Interesting that, as a D3 budget game, The Shooting never got a Euro release. I've got a good number of English localised Simple 2000 games, most of them are awful of course but I liked Global Defence Force/Monster Attack, All Star Fighting and Steel Dragon EX.
LewisLongshanks 1 year ago
Sounds more like the kind of name you'd hear in a parody like "Jumper Run Man" or whatnot :p
Doom2Guy 1 year ago
@Doom2Guy Yeah, the names of the budget PS1 titles didn't have much imagination put into them. You've got Shooter Space Shot, and Shooter Star Fighter Sanvein as well as Bowling, Racing, Pool, Board Game Top Shop (which is a really fun one too), and a number of others that didn't have much creativity in their names.
teh2Dgamer 1 year ago