ONE time favourite horizontal shooter?

[Yakumo]

I'm all for Macros Scramble Valkery on the Super Famicom ! Fantastic shooter with some very impressive effects plus gorgeous graphics and sound.

Other Horizontals I really like are

MD - Thunder Force IV
MD - Glay Lancer (looks pretty rough though)
SFC - R-Type III
SFC - Area 88
Mega CD - Keio Flying Squadron
Saturn - Hyper Dual
Saturn - Sengoku Blade II
Saturn - Darius Gaiden (mostly fort he tunes)
PlayStation - G-Darius
Dreamcast - Border Down (MUST HAVE FOR ALL !!)

I'm sure there are others but these are the ones that stick in my head. Macross on the SFC being the most impressive.

Yakumo

[gamelife]

i have fond memories of many shooters from the 16-bit era

mainly...

Hellfire
Gynoug
Thunderforce 4
Parodious Da
R-type
Area 88

[gamelife]

why was r-type 2 not released on the SNES?

[J0e Musashi]

why was r-type 2 not released on the SNES?

R-Type 1 wasn't either.

[eastyy]

thought there was a super r-type for the snes

[SuperDanX]

There is a Super R-type for the snes/sfc which is a snes/sfc conversion of R-type 2.

[J0e Musashi]

Super R-Type eh? I got it for a bargain £35 brand new back in the day in the Shekana summer sale. My mate kept calling it Scramble (much to my annoyance), due to the inclusion of the English text on the back of the box.

[gamelife]

so is super r-type (snes) actually r-rtpe 2??

im lost

[Radirgyman]

Gleylancer the end.

[Kubrick]

so is super r-type (snes) actually r-rtpe 2??

im lost

It's a bastardisation of R-Type I & II.

[Super Monkey Balls]

Am I right in thinking there's never been a home conversion? Any hope? Any Cave compilations coming our way?

You'd have to ask Capcom about that one

Progear gets my vote too



Also a fan of R-Type, Last Resort, Tengai/Sengoku Blade, Gradius V...

Prehistoric Isle 2 (MVS only helicopter/dinosaur shooter, unliked by many, but not I)

I was also surprised how good this was. The original rocks too.

[chis]

Thunderforce V 8) Best in the universe

Nope, levels are too empty. 3 is superior in gameplay, if not graphically (although I'd argue that case as well...)

[eastyy]

always thought thunder force 4 was the best in the series

[Leon Retro]

I'm all for Macros Scramble Valkery on the Super Famicom

Yakumo

I had a copy back in the day, but sold it. Luckily... I managed to get a new copy fairly cheap from Japan. I think it was ?7.

It's an amazing game. The visuals match the best the machine has to offer, and maybe even being the best in some peoples eyes. The sound is great too- with excellent tunes, and the sound effects are brilliant.

A must have shooter!

[Alf81]

To name just one isn't quite right is it...

But anyway it has to be ThunderForceIV for me, in so many ways it's still a stunner.