looking for a good scrolling shooter for pc

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:30 am

horizontal or vertical - doesn't matter - just want a challenging one with a good crisp feel to it.

doesn't matter how old or new

any suggestions?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:50 am

Defender?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:51 am

Galaga was alwasy fun.

Post by **feedback** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:37 am

I had a fucking shitload of them jules but I got a virus and lost them.

One of the best ones is Tyrian 2000, look it up on underdogs

edit: get darius and GDarius also, but they're fucking hard

Post by **Chupacabra** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:11 am

julz, you ever play Ikaruga for Dreamcast (or Gamecube or arcade)?

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:13 am

tx feedback - will hunt around for em

chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).

Post by **tnf** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:36 am

remember zaxxon? I liked that game.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:39 am

tnf wrote:remember zaxxon? I liked that game.

omg that game was awesome

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:21 am

i tried out tyrian 2000 - couldn't get sound to work, even with dosbox

controls are not very responsive either - mouse was ok, but keyboard was kinda lagged

Post by **Chupacabra** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:00 am

[xeno]Julios wrote:tx feedback - will hunt around for em

chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).

its one of the best shooters ever. if you have access to a dreamcast through a friend (or you can buy an old one for like 15 bucks), i dont mind snail mailing you the game. its really quite excellent.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:11 am

Blazing lazers on the pc engine (turbo grafix16) and raiden + raidenII on the same system are the kings of shooter games.

(magic engine is the best emulator ever for pce)

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:23 am

Chupacabra wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:tx feedback - will hunt around for em

chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).
its one of the best shooters ever. if you have access to a dreamcast through a friend (or you can buy an old one for like 15 bucks), i dont mind snail mailing you the game. its really quite excellent.

tx for the offer - i don't have a tv though. Pity that the pc version seems to suck so much

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:23 am

Dr_Watson wrote:Blazing lazers on the pc engine (turbo grafix16) and raiden + raidenII on the same system are the kings of shooter games.

(magic engine is the best emulator ever for pce)

what's pcengine?

can i run those games smoothly on a pc?

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:42 am

it was the first 16-bit console.
called "turbo grafix16" in the us, pc-engine in japan

emulators would run smooth on a pentium 133, so you should be ok.

"magic engine" is the best one out there.

oh, it was "the system" for shooters, the way the psx was the RPG system.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:51 am

Chupacabra wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:tx feedback - will hunt around for em

chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).
its one of the best shooters ever. if you have access to a dreamcast through a friend (or you can buy an old one for like 15 bucks), i dont mind snail mailing you the game. its really quite excellent.

Id almost say "the best".

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:54 am

Chupacabra wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:tx feedback - will hunt around for em

chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).
its one of the best shooters ever. if you have access to a dreamcast through a friend (or you can buy an old one for like 15 bucks), i dont mind snail mailing you the game. its really quite excellent.

ikagura does rock. i think they made a version for the game-cube that was quite awesome.
as far as modern ones goes.. Einhander for the psx was pretty amazingly well-made... and one of the hardest side-scrollers since R-Type.

yeah, here's the cube version: http://media.cube.ign.com/media/489/489323/imgs_1.html
fucking outstanding.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:04 am

ok looks like i'll have to spend some time tweaking dosbox to get it working properly - will work my way through this thread sometime

http://tyrian2k.proboards23.com/index.c ... 1154718489

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:21 am

tnf wrote:remember zaxxon? I liked that game.

yeah, that was isometric though, and you moved in 3D, not a traditional scroller

awesome game though, one of the first PC games I ever played

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:33 am

SOAPboy wrote:
Chupacabra wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:tx feedback - will hunt around for em

chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).
its one of the best shooters ever. if you have access to a dreamcast through a friend (or you can buy an old one for like 15 bucks), i dont mind snail mailing you the game. its really quite excellent.
Id almost say "the best".

and "the hardest"

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:55 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:
Chupacabra wrote: its one of the best shooters ever. if you have access to a dreamcast through a friend (or you can buy an old one for like 15 bucks), i dont mind snail mailing you the game. its really quite excellent.
Id almost say "the best".
and "the hardest"

I dunno dude. Theres some fucking brutal shooters for arcade.

Post by **diego** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:24 pm

Uridium owned

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:21 pm

disk golf Z?

Post by **Turbine** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:29 pm

I dont know why no one mentioned this one;

Soldat

Simply the best side-view shooter out there, and it's free.
The best thing about this one is the multiplayer action.

http://www.soldat.pl/

Here is a proper description from it's website;

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Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.

Most important features:

    * Game environment based on real physics rules
    * Over 18 weapons available:
      - guns like MP5, Ak-74, M79, M249 Minimi, Barret M82A1, XM214 Minigun
    * Multiplayer network game over the Internet or LAN
    * Intelligent bots
    * 7 game modes:
      - Deathmatch
      - Pointmatch
      - Teammatch
      - Rambomatch
      - Capture the Flag
      - Infiltration
      - Hold the Flag
    * 42 different maps
    * Editors: Soldat Map Maker and Interface Maker
    * Lobby server and dedicated server for Windows and Linux
    * Large community creating mods, maps and tools

[lvlshot]http://www.soldat.pl/screens/screen17.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://www.soldat.pl/screens/screen23.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://www.soldat.pl/screens/screen22.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://www.soldat.pl/screens/screen20.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://www.soldat.pl/screens/screen24.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **Qr7** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:29 pm

Nothing beats Jets'n'Guns
http://jng.rakeingrass.com/

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:25 pm

Qr7 wrote:Nothing beats Jets'n'Guns
http://jng.rakeingrass.com/

thanks - this looks like my type of game