Shmups

The Amiga is a real blind spot for me, but it's home to a lot of shmups that have major cult followings. Glad to see the original devs supporting the fan-sequel in this way.

I love to see some of the obscure memorabilia associated with SHMUPS. How about this 5 record vinyl album for the R-Type soundtrack?!

Fascinating interview with SpidersSTG.

SkyGunner is a Playstation 2 game that I fell in love with back in the day, and I think this is the first time it's been re-released in any form since it originally came out. It's a cute take on the six-degrees-of-freedom flying combat game, with really nice watercolor style art. It's US $10 on its own, but if you have PSN Plus it's included in your membership.

So... not a shmup, but it's adjacent kind of?

Bullet hell x RPG is not a common combination (the only other non-Touhou one I can think of is Undertale). Looking forward to seeing some reviews.

A quote from the interview: "My favorite genre is STG. The basic rules of STG are to shoot the enemy and avoid the enemies' attacks. Despite the simple and easy-to-understand rules, they are very deep and you can get really sucked into them. And I think it is interesting the way you can feel your skills improving by playing through them over and over."

A twin-stick shooter is an outlier for the Raiden series. I hope it's fun, at least.

Alt. Invidious link.

I'm a big fan of the Aleste series, especially the Game Gear titles; GG A 3 is arguably the pinnacle of that branch!

"The colors, children!"

cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/7552450

Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Ruben Bolling for September 11, 2024.

A good game, amongst some good non-shmups, but I'm a little bit disappointed there won't be more STGs in this package.

A good game, amongst some good non-shmups, but I'm a little bit disappointed there won't be more STGs in this package.

Alternate Invidious link.

Damn, I was looking forward to picking this up.

Alternative Invidious link.

Due to its origins as a bullet hell shmup (and sentimental nostalgia I guess) I occasionally post news about the Touhou franchise. I'll try to keep it to a minimum since I know not everybody is into it. 😅

A podcast by Shumptopia interviewing other shmup players.