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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

Image

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

Image

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:29 pm
by Qr7
Nothing beats Jets'n'Guns
http://jng.rakeingrass.com/

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:25 pm
by [xeno]Julios
Qr7 wrote:Nothing beats Jets'n'Guns
http://jng.rakeingrass.com/
thanks - this looks like my type of game :)