Tez555 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I recently picked this up after me and my gf was simply curious from the cover. And, well, i'm loving it! So i was wondering if anyone could recommend some more side scrolling shooters, i can't seem to see any. Apart from the odd couple of live games. Ta very much in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killradio Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) There are many good Cave shmups out for the 360. "Mushihimesama Futari", "Espgaluda 2" and "Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets" are all Region Free and can be easily imported from Japan. They are all vertical. Another good horizontal Cave shmup is "Akai Katana Shin", but this is Region Locked. There is a sequel out as GOD in the US. But I think this sucks. Edited August 15, 2011 by killradio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stray Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Besides those recommendations, there are also XBLA games like Trouble Witches Neo, since its also Horizontal, and similar though, and maybe some other XBLA shoot-em-ups, also, Otomedius Excellent will be coming out soon, its like Gradius, but with female pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukes Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Hey great question and even better answers! Thanks for the list of import friendly games guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollie Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Been out of the 260 loop for a while but never knew we had so many shoot em ups to play! I'm so happy now Thanks! Shame us UK guys get screwed over worse than US for releases, bout time they stoped region locking stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaperX4 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Apart from the games mentioned so far Eschatos and Bullet Soul are two games only released in Japan that are region free. And I agree with Rollie, the stupid region protection bullshit needs to stop. There are quite a few games that I've wanted that have only been released in the US and of course they're region locked. Some examples are: Raiden Fighters Aces, Raiden IV, Otomedius and Deathsmiles 2X. So now, when Dodonpachi Resurrection is released in Europe and not in the US, it turns out it's region free. Seriously, wtf?! I don't wanna deny the Americans anything, don't get me wrong, but why the hell can't the games that were never released in Europe be region free as well? Another game that I'd have loved to pick up is Catherine. I know it'll be released in Europe in a couple months but it's still annoying that it's region protected since if I'd had a PS 3 I could have played it just fine. Rant over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokuzo Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 US games : - deathsmiles - deathsmiles 2x euro games : - deathsmiles - dodonpachi (coming soon) - raiden fighter aces (coming soon (maybe...)) region free games : - espgaluda 2 - mushi mushi pork / pink sweets - mushihime sama futari 1.5 - Bullet soul - eschatos XBLA games : - guwange - strania - ikagura - radiant silvergun - trouble witches neo (if you like deathsmiles you'll like this one) - triggerheart exelica - KOF sky stage - Aegis wing (free game !) Jap only games : - akai katana shin and many many more !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zukied Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 gona order some of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothackbear Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 there's an indie game in the marketplace called score rush that i think is pretty fun. My favorite shmup will always be life force on the nes though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIRUNO99 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 US games : - deathsmiles - deathsmiles 2x euro games : - deathsmiles - dodonpachi (coming soon) - raiden fighter aces (coming soon (maybe...)) region free games : - espgaluda 2 - mushi mushi pork / pink sweets - mushihime sama futari 1.5 - Bullet soul - eschatos XBLA games : - guwange - strania - ikagura - radiant silvergun - trouble witches neo (if you like deathsmiles you'll like this one) - triggerheart exelica - KOF sky stage - Aegis wing (free game !) Jap only games : - akai katana shin and many many more !! Pretty much everything in this post, however Akai Katana recently got the 'Rising Star Games' treatment so now you'll be able to get it. DoDonPachi is already out, in the form of DoDonPachi Ressurection. Just reading the date of that post I can see why the coming soon. There's also Sine Mora. There's a few XBIG games which are good shooters as well, like Wisp Lisp: Array of List and Shoot 1-up. There's loads of other good shooters on Steam if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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