Ashamed to Say that I Don't Really Care for Most SHMUPs...

[lukester]

Also SonSon II. It's by Capcom and a good wonder boy type game. Spiritual sequel to black tiger.
 It's in japanese but there is a website that can help you out.

Vigilante is fun. Takes 1" minutes to beat.

Mr heli is not a typical shooter. You may be surprised at how good it is.

[cjameslv]

I will not even bother reading the posts i am here cause of the title...You sir are a bad bad person. May god have mercy on your soul.

[SignOfZeta]

I know. Anyone who uses the term "SHMUP" deserves a week of diarrhea, per instance.

[VenomMacbeth]

Well I have diarrhea pretty regularly so that might explain a few things.

[VenomMacbeth]

Also, shmups.

[poponon]

Here's my non-stg picks for hucard:

Legend of Hero Tonma
New Adventure Island
Doko Doko Don (Co-op bubble bobble clone)
downtown nekketsu or however its spelled (co-op beatemup)
fighting run (racing/fighting game)
hani on the road
dungeon explorer 1+2
shinobi
splatterhouse 1+2
valkyrie no densetsu
sonson2
ninja gaiden
Obocchama Kun
tiger road
Kiki Kaikai
Genji Tsuushin Agedama
Genpei Toumaden
Jigoku Meguri
Dragon Egg
blue blink
new zealand story
bloody wolf
Fushigi no Yume no Alice
mizubaku
Gekisha boy
World court tennis (Cool tennis rpg)
military madness
crater maze
jj+jeff
Makai Hakkenden Shada
Momotaru Katsugeki
Maniac Pro Wrestingly (cool wrestling rpg)
blood gear

[Necromancer]

splatterhouse 1 +2

Fixed.  There's just the one.

[poponon]

splatterhouse 1 +2

Fixed.  There's just the one.

woops, thanks for pointing that out

[Gentlegamer]

RPGs are definitely a no-go for me unless there is a translation available, I have to be able to read the game while playing, using a walkthrough won't work.

But I definitely need to learn more about PCE platformers and games of other genres, especially those with Japanese titles that are meaningless to me.

[Necromancer]

You should try Legend of Xanadu, gentlegamer.  There's a debug menu that lets you play just the side scrolling bits, making it essentially a platformer, albeit a rather short one.