PC Engine (including PCE CD)
MegaDrive (including MCD)
SNES
Neo Geo
First place gets 4pts, second 3pts etc.
I’ve purposely excluded the Amiga as we can pretty much guarantee it will sit bottom of the pile. Sorry Amiga fans (and I am one of them).
I’ll start the ball rolling:
1. MD - Gleylancer, Musha, Thunderforce III/IV... do I need to go on? Loads of honourable mentions like Eliminate Down, Slapfight and Steel Empire as well. Then you even have some decent CD shooters including Lords of Thunder, Keio, Aleste and Silpheed. Top, top system for shmups.
2. PCE - almost takes first place for me just for the Soldier series, never mind Spriggan 2, Sapphire, Gradius 2, Gate/Lords of Thunder, Parodius, and of course the daddy of them all, R-Type.
3. Neo Geo - although a fair way behind the top two, just about pips the SNES for me due to its technical prowess with games like Blazing Star, Pulstar and Fast Striker, and also has a couple of leftfield shmups in Twinkle Star Sprites and Viewpoint.
4. SNES - by no means a shameful last place what with amazing shmups like Axelay, Gradius 3, R-Type 3, Area 88 and the Parodius series. I guess it just goes to show what a great period of time the 16-bit generation was for this genre.
MegaDrive (including MCD)
SNES
Neo Geo
First place gets 4pts, second 3pts etc.
I’ve purposely excluded the Amiga as we can pretty much guarantee it will sit bottom of the pile. Sorry Amiga fans (and I am one of them).
I’ll start the ball rolling:
1. MD - Gleylancer, Musha, Thunderforce III/IV... do I need to go on? Loads of honourable mentions like Eliminate Down, Slapfight and Steel Empire as well. Then you even have some decent CD shooters including Lords of Thunder, Keio, Aleste and Silpheed. Top, top system for shmups.
2. PCE - almost takes first place for me just for the Soldier series, never mind Spriggan 2, Sapphire, Gradius 2, Gate/Lords of Thunder, Parodius, and of course the daddy of them all, R-Type.
3. Neo Geo - although a fair way behind the top two, just about pips the SNES for me due to its technical prowess with games like Blazing Star, Pulstar and Fast Striker, and also has a couple of leftfield shmups in Twinkle Star Sprites and Viewpoint.
4. SNES - by no means a shameful last place what with amazing shmups like Axelay, Gradius 3, R-Type 3, Area 88 and the Parodius series. I guess it just goes to show what a great period of time the 16-bit generation was for this genre.
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