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« on: June 07, 2004, 11:20:39 pm »
I am currently completely obsessed with Vertical Shooters; I thought it was a passing fancy, but this has been a Problem for literally months now. Just about every night, I crank-start the ol' MAME and get stuck deep into some 1941, Battle Garegga, or, embarrassingly enough, Vapor Trail (a sentimental favorite).

Rather than fight the Obsession, I have resolved to feed it. Can anyone recommend any more games in this genre?
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2004, 12:18:37 am »
Wasn't Xevious a similar game?
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2004, 12:34:52 am »
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Wasn't Xevious a similar game?


One of the first in its genre, and a terrific game. Relatively sedate compared to modern shooters, though (William Poundstone, in describing Xevious, said the game had a "golf course aesthetic"). Flashing back to that Merriam-Webster "favorite words" thread, Souvalou (the name of your ship in Xevious) is just such a great word.

Such a great word.
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2004, 03:38:41 am »
i had xevious on my atari 7200.

the fact that i hate vertical shooters not-with-standing,
i don't think we are talking about the same xevious.
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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2004, 03:46:55 am »
I miss Vanguard.
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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2004, 04:43:36 pm »
Gotta be Xenon on the Speccy.
Though I did spend a goodly while playing R-Type, although it is horizontal of course.
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2004, 04:56:58 pm »
Aero Fighters. There were weeks when I couldn't do laundry in college because all my quarter went to that game.
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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2004, 09:45:44 pm »
Would Galaga fit?
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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2004, 10:35:21 pm »
There used to be an absolutely awesome flash game called Robobombo but I think they moved it to a pay site. But if you can track it down it's well worth your time.
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« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2004, 02:46:36 am »
What was the isometric shooter I used to play on my C=64?  Let's see, quick google search...

Oh yeah, Zaxxon.  I remember it being fun.
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« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2004, 03:24:32 am »
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Aero Fighters. There were weeks when I couldn't do laundry in college because all my quarter went to that game.


Oh, the dialogue in those games. I do like games where you can choose from different craft, even if the differences are occasionally pretty generic and / or superficial.

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Would Galaga fit?


Not quite; Galaga's more like Space Invaders, Gorf, or Galaxian (well, yeah) in that you take out endless, relatively stationary racks of opponents. The shooters I'm thinking of involve actual motion, wherein you fly at enemies and vice versa.

Galaga is, however, in the lingo of the trade, fuck*ng godhead. So.
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« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2004, 02:25:33 pm »
Hey now, it seems to me that on the special bonus rounds, the enemies moved in from the sides. Or do you mean that you advance along a landscape on the games you are describing, and in Galaga you are just in one spot?
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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2004, 05:22:28 pm »
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...you advance along a landscape on the games you are describing, and in Galaga you are just in one spot?


*ding*

Galaga created the illusion of movement with the scrolling starfield, but your position relative to the enemy formation was always the same. You're right: the Challenging Stages were more like an old-school shooting gallery setup, though.
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« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2004, 03:05:50 am »
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« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2004, 05:24:56 am »
I've always preferred 1942 to 1941, mainly because of the selection of planes -- not so much the enemies.

Nintendo had a couple early games that mixed side-scrolling with vert-scrolling; I wish I could remember what they were called (not C.O.B.R.A.), something like Venom or Virus or Antibody or T-Cell. Something remotely biological. I liked those.
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