SHMUP General

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SHMUP GENERAL

Steam Shit Summer Sale Edition, as SHMUPs are too obscure to get torrents, let alone getting torrents of the updated versions, and GOG won't let SHMUPs in their catalog for some reason

MECHA Ritz: Steel Rondo is out for seven eurodollars, no sale reductions
store.steampowered.com/app/463070/
(go get it, it's really fucking good, it's like Recca and Battle Garegga conceived a Yagawa-approved child perceptible by mortals. If you're that much of a poorfag, get the original freeware version)

(Following prices are in euros)
Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITON: -80% 10.00 2.00
store.steampowered.com/app/285440/
(YOU HAVE NO FUCKING EXCUSE TO NOT GET CRIMZON CLOVER FOR TWO BUCKS)

Strania -The Stella Machina-
store.steampowered.com/app/407380/
-40% 14.99 8.99

Raiden IV: OverKill
store.steampowered.com/app/323460/
-75% 14.99 3.74

Mushihimesama
store.steampowered.com/app/377860/
-50% 19.99 9.99
The Matsuri pack is available for 11.49 and includes the V1.5 mode DLC

The Tale of ALLTYNEX
store.steampowered.com/sub/39160/
-50% 19.99 9.99
Contains Kamui, RefleX, and ALLTYNEX Second (each available seperately for 3.99)

REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
store.steampowered.com/app/313400/
-75% 9.99 2.49

Astebreed
store.steampowered.com/app/283680/?snr=1_5_9__300
-70% 14.99 4.49

Ikaruga
store.steampowered.com/app/253750/?snr=1_5_9__300
-50% 8.99 4.49

Deathsmiles
store.steampowered.com/app/314180/
-30% 19.99 13.99

RefRain - prism memories -
store.steampowered.com/app/435970/
-20% 14.99 11.99

The Hurricane of Varstray -Collateral Hazard-
store.steampowered.com/app/416380/
-80% 15,– 3,–

DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours
store.steampowered.com/app/377870/
-30% 45,99 32,19
"It's better than nothing" - Con Man, creator of Mega Man and Mighty Number 5.6

ESCHATOS
store.steampowered.com/app/378770/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_2
-35% 14.99 9.74

WOLFLAME
store.steampowered.com/app/448160/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_5
-10% 5.99 5.39

eXceed 3rd Jade Penetrate Black Package
store.steampowered.com/app/207400/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_2
-50% 5.99 2.99

Post 1cc's, ask for help, strategies and reccomendations, post some shmup tunes, argue about DRM, etc.

I'd post the link to a starter SHMUPMAME pack some user posted previous thread, but I forgot to save it.

Other urls found in this thread:

www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~yosshin/my_works/download.html
store.steampowered.com/app/367140
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

I don't wanna fugg a 2hu

but seriously, what's a good entry point for this genre?

You might want to start with games with easy modes, like Crimzon Clover, Eschatos, the CAVE ports (Mushihimesama, Deathsmiles, soon Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu) and then move to higher difficulties
Doujin games like the ALLTYNEX trilogy, Cho Ren Sha 68K, RefRain, Strania, MECHA Ritz, and Touhou are also generally easier compared to Raizing and CAVE games.

IMO Cho Ren Sha 68K is a good SHMUP to start with. It is free, the stages are fairly easy to memorize, there's no overly complicated mechanics, the difficulty curve is not too steep, you frequently get shield power-ups and bombs to make up for your mistakes, and the game itself is pretty good too.
www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~yosshin/my_works/download.html

If you're into more retro shooters which involve obstacles and more power-ups, you could try the Gradius Collection on a PSP emulator.

So I take it Dariusburst CS isn't good?

Just got Raiden 4. This is fucking incredibly fun.

I got Danmaku Unlimited 2, -80% for 0.99. It's surprisingly decent for something with such a generic title.

the only point against it that i can see is not your weapons and armor leveling down upon dying

it seems pretty good otherwise

It's good, much better than the original PSP version, it's just that it's way more expensive than most SHMUPs on Steam right now due to all the content it has, and I'd hoped to see a bigger discount.
Granted, CS Mode is a glorified expanded challenge mode, but the road to 1cc'ing a SHMUP involves tons of replays anyways, so providing 189 challenges using different sets of ships, rules, and stages seems like a good training exercise to me. AC mode lets you play with a dual-screen setup just like in the arcades, and there's plenty of time to invest in CS that makes it worth the price. But it's a hefty price.

Are you trying to play Another Chronicle in MAME or something?

Some user sometime ago recommended that game
store.steampowered.com/app/367140

Was he joking / full of shit or is it actually decent?