XBOX Live Arcade Shooters

[gingerj]

Hi all,

Sorry for the list-o-thread but what shmups (vert & hori) have been released on Xbox Live arcade? Plus what are any good?

Cheers,
ginge!

[peeveen]

You've got Aegis Wing, which is free on the US Marketplace, but it's just a freebie from some MS trainee developers, and as such doesn't exactly set the world on fire.

Also, there's the old-school Xevious, if you like that kinda thing.

Depending on how strict your definition of "shmup" is (and I'd guess by yer Psy2 avatar, it's pretty strict), there's also Assault Heroes, which isn't bad.

Ikaruga is "coming soon" though. Can't wait!

[MikeRox]

Theres also Galaga which is a sort of shumup ;p

There are 2 Arcade Contra Games are on XBLA too

[Kubrick]

More old-school charm in the shape of Gyruss, Defender, Time Pilot & Scramble. Plus there's a few single-screen, 8-way shooters - Geometry Wars, Mutant Storm Reloaded, Smash TV, Robotron 2084 etc. JetPac Refuelled is something similar too.

Perhaps not true modern-style "shmups" but they're all shooting games in my eyes

[Kotatsu Neko]

Hi all,

Sorry for the list-o-thread but what shmups (vert & hori) have been released on Xbox Live arcade? Plus what are any good?

Cheers,
ginge!

Most of the shooters so far as others have said are of the twin stick robotron clone variety. That said, there's a hori shooter coming soon called UnderTow which is apparently pretty good, and beyond that a port of Ikaruga. There is also a new hori shooter coming from a famous Japanese dev but the name completely eludes me at the moment. Can anyone remember which game this is?

[Kubrick]

Raiden IV?

[EvilBoris]

Whatever happened to ikaruga?

[Kotatsu Neko]

It's still in development as far as any of us know. A version did appear on partnernet but apparently didn't get past the title screen.

[Kotatsu Neko]

Raiden IV?

Not sure to be honest, but I definitely remember seeing some shots of it not too long ago.

[Kubrick]

Also, let's not forget this

[Flompy]

I like Aegis Wing, almost got all of the achievements for it (20 points left!) in the past few days after ignoring it since I got it on release (6 months ago or something). Comes into it's own with a friend or on Live!

[charlesr]

Yeah, agreed. Pretty lame in single player but good fun with four of you all going for team Vs points.

[EvilBoris]

Yeah tis good fun, I really enjoyed playing it