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looking for a good scrolling shooter for pc
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:30 am
by [xeno]Julios
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?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:50 am
by YourGrandpa
Defender?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:51 am
by YourGrandpa
Galaga was alwasy fun.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:37 am
by feedback
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
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:11 am
by Chupacabra
julz, you ever play Ikaruga for Dreamcast (or Gamecube or arcade)?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:13 am
by [xeno]Julios
tx feedback - will hunt around for em
chupa - the only console i played in my life was NES (the 8 bit nintendo).
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:36 am
by tnf
remember zaxxon? I liked that game.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:39 am
by [xeno]Julios
tnf wrote:remember zaxxon? I liked that game.
omg that game was awesome

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:21 am
by [xeno]Julios
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
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:00 am
by Chupacabra
[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.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:11 am
by Dr_Watson
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)
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:23 am
by [xeno]Julios
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
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:23 am
by [xeno]Julios
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?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:42 am
by Dr_Watson
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:51 am
by SOAPboy
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".
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:54 am
by Dr_Watson
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:04 am
by [xeno]Julios
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
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:21 am
by Grudge
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
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:33 am
by +JuggerNaut+
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"
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:55 pm
by SOAPboy
+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.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:24 pm
by diego
Uridium owned

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:21 pm
by Doombrain
disk golf Z?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:29 pm
by Turbine
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
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Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:29 pm
by Qr7
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:25 pm
by [xeno]Julios
thanks - this looks like my type of game
