What are your top 5 shoot 'em up games for the TG-16/PC Engine?

[esteban]

Shoot-em-up stages from Beavoman and Yo Bro and Final Zone II get DIShonorable mention

[Mathius]

No way I can put any game I own into any sort of list. I probably could have back before I became older and arguable wiser.

Spriggan
Gate of Thunder
Blazing Lazers
Nexzr (still can't get anywhere close to beating it)
Air Zonk

This list could very well change tomorrow. Point is I love most all shooties on NEC's little Engine.

[fragmare]

Gate of Thunder
Spriggan
Lords of Thunder
Soldier Blade
Blazing Lazers

Honorable mention to: R-Type, Gradius II, Aldynes, Nexzr, Sapphire, Air Zonk and many more

[csgx1]

Really tough question to answer.  So many great ones. 

No particular order:
-Gate of Thunder
-Salamander
-Winds of Thunder
-Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
-Blazing Lazers

ALL OF THEM!

(well, save for Armed F and Ordyne...I did not care for those)

All of them, including Deep Blue & Legion!?!

I like Legion.  Not on my top 5 but I enjoyed it after giving it some play time.   

[Medic_wheat]

I like the one that goes pew pew



Actually I first need to play more then five shooter on the system before I can comment


But I do have and payed gates of thunder, sprigen 1 & 2, as well as blazing lasers and these are all fine shooters.

[roflmao]

But I do have and payed gates of thunder, sprigen 1 & 2, as well as blazing lasers and these are all fine shooters.

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

Making a top 5 for shmups is impossible.

Kyukyoku Tiger isn't getting enough love here.  Probably because there are soooo many outstanding shmups, but it's a classic!

If I was stuck on a desert island Spriggan and Star Parodier would be with me. The others would rotate, but would be pretty much what's already been said.

[Medic_wheat]

But I do have and payed gates of thunder, sprigen 1 & 2, as well as blazing lasers and these are all fine shooters.

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

Making a top 5 for shmups is impossible.

Kyukyoku Tiger isn't getting enough love here.  Probably because there are soooo many outstanding shmups, but it's a classic!

If I was stuck on a desert island Spriggan and Star Parodier would be with me. The others would rotate, but would be pretty much what's already been said.

It's a gift really


I guess shooters are to the TG-16 as fighting games are to the Neo Geo

[synbiosfan]

I guess shooters are to the TG-16 as fighting games are to the Neo Geo

Only around a 1/3 of Neo Geo games are fighters.

[roflmao]

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

It's a gift really

I'm just giving you a hard time.   Welcome!

[tg16manaic]

deep blue lol....just kidding

Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder
Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier
Final Soldier

[Medic_wheat]

I like how you managed to botch the spelling of each of those games.

It's a gift really

I'm just giving you a hard time.   Welcome!

All good

I can see it is a salty group here. But clearly there is alot of inside jokes that must have progressed for years. So newbies like me are playing catch up.


I think the only non boys group good natured joking I have gotten was over the whole sealed game thing. I guess it is a sore topic for some.

Less not speak of how many toy collectors only buy sealed figures lol.

[roflmao]

Toys are meant to be played with. Personally, I don't care if it's Transformers or Tubografx-16. A sealed game is a thing dying to be played with. So we don't see eye-to-eye on that. Whatever. As long as you're here to enjoy the library these consoles have to offer, then good on ya.   I just hope you  don't turn out to be a collector interested only in the value of these games. 

[Medic_wheat]

I want to participate in this thread, but I can't.  Like others have said, there are too many good shmups to pick just 5!

with so many to choose from, a better thread may be "top 5 shmups that nobody else has heard of".

Try five Hu and five super cd


Or top five us and five import only...

[Medic_wheat]

Toys are meant to be played with. Personally, I don't care if it's Transformers or Tubografx-16. A sealed game is a thing dying to be played with. So we don't see eye-to-eye on that. Whatever. As long as you're here to enjoy the library these consoles have to offer, then good on ya.   I just hope you  don't turn out to be a collector interested only in the value of these games. 

No worries there I couldn't care less about price or worth of anything I collect as I have no plans on selling.

The only time price is an issue is when it is something I want to try and the price feels or is unattainable.

But at times it makes you feel good when you get that deal or find said item in the wild and am able to finally added and play ....because of the expense of it.....


Rarity is one thing but hyped up price is another......especially when said item average norm was in the 20-45 dollar range not to long ago...


Cookers adventure
Earthbound
Chroni trigger
Etc
Etc

[Punch]

In no particular order:

Super Raiden
R-Type
Sinistron
...and all the first party Hadasan shooters.