Horizontal Shooters

[GA01]

Can anybody recommend some good "playable" horizontal shooters? Has anybody tested any of the Nemesis/Gradius series and if so, how well do they run? How about R-Type?

 

[AXNJAXN]

Gradius 2 on NES is good, Darius 2 on Genesis is good, as is Gaiares on Genesis and Zero Wing on Genesis.

 

[GA01]

Thanks, I've already got those . Sorry, should have mentioned for Mame GP32. I've probably got R-Type for every available system now but playing on Mame GP32 would be the ultimate .

 

[Fishbong]

Have you tried ArrowFlash on Megadrive? Not well-known but good . Too bad this game never made it to the arcade...

 

[Jaw]

there's hundrads on megadrive. here's a small list:

Hellfire
Gynoug
Whip Rush
ZeroWing (watch the intro )
ThunderForce II
ThunderForce III
ThunderForce IV
Sagaia
Bioship Paladin
Aero Blasters

+ loads more

 

[KickinWing]

none that i know for Mame, but Super Earth Defense Force for SNES is my favorite, it plays very well on the GP32 w/no sound.

 

[tattooman]

R-Type 1 and 2 run create on GPEngine with full speed and sound. However, R-Type 3 is cool on SNES

 

[Gruntfuggly]

Does anybody know if Parodius works in MAME? The GPEngine one is fantastic, although it would be cool to play the original...

 

[Johndifo]

r-type 1 and 2 in Gpengine are wonderful, one of the reasons I bought the GP32, with those two games, GP32 is paid. you also have Phalanx in SNES.

 

[Seraptin]

there is a txt file with all gpmame compatible games availible on then mame homepage.

 

[GA01]

Thanks, I've got the text file that comes with the Mame GP32 download but some of the names are not always obvious. Tried Nemesis and Gradius last night, a little slow to start with but once you get some speed-ups, your ok.