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Arkhan

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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #45 on: October 31, 2010, 08:22:13 AM »
Demon Attack is a pretty sweet game


so was demons to diamonds.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #46 on: November 05, 2010, 06:29:16 AM »
Astro Warrior for SMS. Either that or R-Type for the same system. I don't remember exactly.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #47 on: November 05, 2010, 06:44:27 AM »
Quote from: Arkhan on October 31, 2010, 08:22:13 AM
Demon Attack is a pretty sweet game



so was demons to diamonds.




One game that impressed me from back then, and I still find a lot of fun, is Megamania. A friend of mine started a DS remix for that and never finished it. It ran, and I made some music for it and everything. It just fizzled. Bummer.

Any 2600 game that is still playable post-NES is a rare thing indeed. Most of them are about as fun as walking to summer school on a 97ยบ day in orthopedic shoes.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #48 on: November 05, 2010, 07:32:20 AM »
Every activision game was great on the 2600.

I loved Star Master.  Shit was that game awesome. 

and Seaquest
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #49 on: November 05, 2010, 03:53:53 PM »
For me it was LifeForce on NES aka Salamander.

Fell in love with shooters ever since.  Today I enjoy games like Ikaruga, R-Type, Soldier Series, and too many more to list.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #50 on: November 06, 2010, 03:39:39 AM »
Quote from: Arkhan on November 05, 2010, 07:32:20 AM
Every activision game was great on the 2600.

I didn't play much 2600, but pretty much every Activision game I played on my Atari 800 was gold!

I think my most favorite was Great American Cross Country Road race... pure gold that game was!
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #51 on: November 11, 2010, 09:40:17 AM »
1942, when I was in 2nd grade or something.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #52 on: January 02, 2011, 06:51:52 PM »
Is Fantasy Zone worth checking out?

Quote from: The Old Rover on October 29, 2010, 03:15:22 PM
Fantasy Zone is pwnage. It somehow manages to pull off cute and hardcore at the same time, and it does it without bullet-hell.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #53 on: January 02, 2011, 08:51:40 PM »
Quote from: Duo_R on January 02, 2011, 06:51:52 PM
Is Fantasy Zone worth checking out?

Quote from: The Old Rover on October 29, 2010, 03:15:22 PM
Fantasy Zone is pwnage. It somehow manages to pull off cute and hardcore at the same time, and it does it without bullet-hell.

Yes!  Its what happens if you mix Defender, Candyland, and Gradius.

It rules.

Also, I was playing some atari 2600 last night, man, Solaris is badass.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #54 on: January 02, 2011, 09:10:57 PM »
What's a good price on it?
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #55 on: January 02, 2011, 09:16:54 PM »
Quote from: Duo_R on January 02, 2011, 09:10:57 PM
What's a good price on it?

I got a jewel+manual+sleevey thing copy for 7.95 locally, so....
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #56 on: January 03, 2011, 06:34:54 AM »
Alpha Mission for the NES I think
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #57 on: January 08, 2011, 03:53:09 AM »
Life Force on the NES. I really didn't get to play many video games until I got my NES X-mas 1987. I remember my cousin returning a Gradius rental on the NES before I got my system, but I never got to see it or play it. Anyways, first time playing Life Force was when my mom rented it for my friend Terry and I. He had a sub to Nintendo Power and knew about the Konami code working and we went right through it 2 player.

The first Shootemup I owned was Abadox. It was OK actually. I don't have my copy due to the Thomas Floyd Randall incident of 96.
Me: "Hey Floyd, where are my NES games I let you borrow???"
Floyd: "Man, I, I, I lost em man."
Me: What in the hell do you mean you lost them? Those were like 15 games dude!".
I forgave him as he was the Nintendo King of our town. This guy could beat any game you throw at him.
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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #58 on: January 10, 2011, 08:54:23 AM »
I think the first shooter that I recall playing was either Defender on the 2600, or Vanguard in the arcade.

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Re: Whats the first shmup you EVER played
« Reply #59 on: January 12, 2011, 01:15:51 PM »
non scrolling.. would be Omega Race on Vic-20

Scrolling.. ? Thexder on PC(aka 286/386)
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