MegaDrive Shoot em ups

[TommyG]

Hi,

I've been trying to remember the name of a Megadrive shoot em up i really enjoyed but can't for the life of me recall it. All i can remember (12 years ago :/) is that it was a horizontal scrolling shoot em up....that’s it!! I have very vague images of it in my head and know i would remember it if i saw it. I think it was a sequel and the ship might have been an orange colour but i honestly can't remember. Played a bit like R-Type but wasn’t.

Does anyone have a list of megadrive shoot em ups i could look through, or know of any good ones it might of been?

Cheers

Tommy

[Geoff D]

I don't have a list, but I'm gonna start the guessing

Zero Wing - the ship was orangey on the cover
Hellfire

[Commander Marklar]

One of the Thunderforce games?

[Square]

Gairies - it had a force ball that you could shoot at enemies and 'steal' their weapon. It was ace.

[MD]

I would recommend...

Tatsujin / Truxton
Daisenpu / Twin Hawk
Thunderforce III
Thunderforce IV
Gaires
Same Same Same
Gley Lancer
Battle Wings
Ultimate Tiger
Battle Mania

(for a start....)

[vic_viper]

I would recommend...

Tatsujin / Truxton
Daisenpu / Twin Hawk
Thunderforce III
Thunderforce IV
Gaires
Same Same Same
Gley Lancer
Battle Wings
Ultimate Tiger
Battle Mania

(for a start....)

You forgot Gynoug one of my all time favourite shooters!!

[TommyG]

Sorted cheers guys, gonna find some images of the ones you've mentioned, see if i can rattle any memories...

[chocklo]

I quite enjoyed Insector X as well. Graphics weren't amazing but played pretty smoothly. One of the early Megadrive releases.

[chocklo]

Wait a minute..........

no one's mentioned Aeroblasters yet! - one of the few MD shooters to feature a 2 player mode - excellent speedy tunnel section (barrier powerup essential!)

[MD]

I quite enjoyed Insector X as well. Graphics weren't amazing but played pretty smoothly. One of the early Megadrive releases.

Insector X is good, if you have a switched machine then try running it in 50Hz and look at the title screen and switch it off and look at the title screen in 60Hz.

[Molloy]

Wait a minute..........

no one's mentioned Aeroblasters yet! - one of the few MD shooters to feature a 2 player mode - excellent speedy tunnel section (barrier powerup essential!)

One of my favourites. Phase 4 and 5 are horribly imbalanced though. Totally unfair.

[gamelife]

what about Hellfire! - one of the best shooters to hit the megadrive

[Strider]

I would recommend...

Tatsujin / Truxton
Daisenpu / Twin Hawk
Thunderforce III
Thunderforce IV
Gaires
Same Same Same
Gley Lancer
Battle Wings
Ultimate Tiger
Battle Mania

(for a start....)

You forgot Gynoug one of my all time favourite shooters!!

Yes, Gynoug is superb. Does anyone have any idea what the PC Engine sequel was like?