Best Shoot Em Ups on Turbografx & PC Engine

[majors]

I played TF 3 for the first time yesterday and it is obvious the two are related. First thing I thought. Gate is the better game IMO

[geise]

Wow I've been away a bit and people still need to make a topic about good pc-engine turbo shooters?  Are there not 459876098734506987657483909456 +1? topics about this already, plus youtube, plus romz?

[Black Tiger]

Wow I've been away a bit and people still need to make a topic about good pc-engine turbo shooters?  Are there not 459876098734506987657483909456 +1? topics about this already, plus youtube, plus romz?

Agreed, what we really need are more "What's it worth?" threads.

[Bonknuts]

I played TF 3 for the first time yesterday and it is obvious the two are related. First thing I thought. Gate is the better game IMO

https://youtu.be/ZEMpyATFRQc?t=3m24s

[T2KFreeker]

I'll probably get slammed for this, but I actually LOVE Super Star Soldier and also Cybercore and Sidearms. I know, they aren't perfect games, but they are very well made. Love that stuff. I remember when I was a kid, the first time I played Cybercore, that night I had a nightmare about giant bugs attacking me...LOL. More specifically the giant swooping Mosquito that shoots the I guess power bolts at you as he swoops in a "W" pattern on the screen. Crazy stuff. Yucky!

[Otaking]

I'll probably get slammed for this, but I actually LOVE Super Star Soldier and also Cybercore and Sidearms.

Super Star Soldier and Side Arms are generally considered top tier titles.
Cybercore is considered average. I don't mind it.

[esteban]

I'll probably get slammed for this, but I actually LOVE Super Star Soldier and also Cybercore and Sidearms. I know, they aren't perfect games, but they are very well made. Love that stuff. I remember when I was a kid, the first time I played Cybercore, that night I had a nightmare about giant bugs attacking me...LOL. More specifically the giant swooping Mosquito that shoots the I guess power bolts at you as he swoops in a "W" pattern on the screen. Crazy stuff. Yucky!

You are not crazy.

I actually love Sidearms (it is a great game...genuinely: some people get intimidated because the power-up mechanic is a bit tedious...but it was tedious in 1941, too...CRAP, I HIT THE POWER-UP ONE TOO MANY TIMES, I DON'T have time to cycle through again, damn it. Granted, this is intentional, the designers didn't want to make it easy, but they did want to provide you with a very varied selection of weapons, so cycling is a solution...I guess it just isn't as fun as it could be... )

and Cybercore (a solid Xevious mechanic with just enough character and brief moments of inspiration to prevent it from being generic...for example, some of the sound effects are perfect...like when you get hit and you drop down a level—I LOVE THAT SOUND EFFECT. I also love the way it feels when you power-up completely and bombard the ground with   a never-ending deluge of surface-air bombs/missiles (whatever they are)...I think the red? ship has the best concentrated wall of death).

[T2KFreeker]

The only downfall I see with Sidearms on the Turbo is the fact that it's only One Player. It was cool on other stuff due to there being the option for Multiple players like the arcade, but still, a solid game and my favorite version of the game, although, isn't there a CD version of the PC Engine? I have never seen it, so don't know what the differences may be.

Cybercore may be considered Average, but I used to play that game so much when I was younger.

After taking some time to revisit the Shooters of late though, I realize how horrible I am at them now. I used to be able to breeze through Super Star Soldier. Now I can barely make it past the first level anymore. It's sad. I needs practice!

[esteban]

The only downfall I see with Sidearms on the Turbo is the fact that it's only One Player. It was cool on other stuff due to there being the option for Multiple players like the arcade, but still, a solid game and my favorite version of the game, although, isn't there a CD version of the PC Engine? I have never seen it, so don't know what the differences may be.

Cybercore may be considered Average, but I used to play that game so much when I was younger.

After taking some time to revisit the Shooters of late though, I realize how horrible I am at them now. I used to be able to breeze through Super Star Soldier. Now I can barely make it past the first level anymore. It's sad. I needs practice!

You have to get Sidearms Special CD for the "B.C." Mode!

I don't want to spoil it for you.

Plus, the Red Book soundtrack is OK (the chiptunes actually might be better, but the soundtrack was never particularly amazing, IMHO. Soundtrack is OK. )


 

[T2KFreeker]

The only downfall I see with Sidearms on the Turbo is the fact that it's only One Player. It was cool on other stuff due to there being the option for Multiple players like the arcade, but still, a solid game and my favorite version of the game, although, isn't there a CD version of the PC Engine? I have never seen it, so don't know what the differences may be.

Cybercore may be considered Average, but I used to play that game so much when I was younger.

After taking some time to revisit the Shooters of late though, I realize how horrible I am at them now. I used to be able to breeze through Super Star Soldier. Now I can barely make it past the first level anymore. It's sad. I needs practice!

You have to get Sidearms Special CD for the "B.C." Mode!

I don't want to spoil it for you.

Plus, the Red Book soundtrack is OK (the chiptunes actually might be better, but the soundtrack was never particularly amazing, IMHO. Soundtrack is OK. )


 

I'll look into it. I'm just not down with paying Collectard prices...LOL. As lo9ng as it isn't stupid expensive, I can check it out. I haven't bought a CD ROM game in quite a bit of time, so it might be time to freshen things up a little here, I suppose. So, someone sell me a Sidearms CD, will you? LOL

[esteban]

^ Sidearms has historically been a cheap CD game.

[T2KFreeker]

^ Sidearms has historically been a cheap CD game.

Yeah, I checked earlier and was really happy to see that. I may indeed track it down now then! I'll also be looking for a few other games I want too that I don't have while I am at it.

[Black Tiger]

Sidearms Special has historically been a great pair of games on CD. Worth buying for the soundtrack alone.

[geise]

I have both and I surprisingly play the hucard more.  Both are worth having.  I actually prefer the chiptunes.  I am crazy.

[T2KFreeker]

I have both and I surprisingly play the hucard more.  Both are worth having.  I actually prefer the chiptunes.  I am crazy.

Why is that crazy? Nothing wrong with that. Just because it's on CD doesn't make it better. I'll give an example. Let me use Legendary Axe II...if it were a CD game, I'd probably still enjoy the Hu Card music more because it's so awesome. I don't know why that game sticks in my mind, but it really is that awesome. To me anyway. Just because it's chip tunes doesn't make it bad automatically...LOL