what are the best console shooters?

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- Gaming Forum
-- what are the best console shooters?

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Sep-09-2008 01:08:

what are the best console shooters?

now that i've re-discovered my love for shooters and emulators, i'd like some recommendations for scrolling shooters that i've missed since 2000.

i like games like Ikaruga or raiden.

Posted by shaw on Sep-09-2008 01:46:

halo.

/obligatory.

Posted by Project-K on Sep-09-2008 02:06:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
halo.

/obligatory.

How typical of a halo player not to know what a shooter is.

Posted by Magnus on Sep-09-2008 02:06:

I used to be much more into this genre than I am now but off the top of my head:

Dreamcast:

Border Down
Under Defeat
Zero Gunner 2 (highly recommended)
Castle of Shikigami 2
Psyvariar II

Playstation 2:

Gradius V
R-Type Final

Saturn:

Radiant Silvergun (predecessor to Ikaruga)
Salamander Deluxe Pack

That should keep you busy for a while. Check out the forums over at www.shmups.com where there is nothing but talk and hardcore fans of this genre.

Posted by shaw on Sep-09-2008 12:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Project-K
How typical of a halo player not to know what a shooter is.

whoosh.

Posted by Capitalizt on Sep-09-2008 12:32:

Have you played Rez? It's available on the PS2 and as a download on Xbox live. It's a trippy space-type shooter with some rhythm elements mixed in. The soundtrack and your abilities change in realtime depending on your performance.

Pwnage.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Sep-09-2008 15:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Capitalizt
Have you played Rez? It's available on the PS2 and as a download on Xbox live. It's a trippy space-type shooter with some rhythm elements mixed in. The soundtrack and your abilities change in realtime depending on your performance.

Pwnage.

Rez is a lot of fun. I still play it on my Dreamcast now and then.

Posted by miamitranceman on Sep-10-2008 00:07:

There was a shooter for I think ps1 that was made by Square of all companies. I remember playing the demo of it on a ps underground disk years ago. It switched from side scrolling to other directions in 3d.

Try to find it.

Posted by chach on Sep-10-2008 01:36:

wow that looks so fun

Posted by orangejuice on Sep-10-2008 03:51:

definitely the best shooter ever made

Posted by miamitranceman on Sep-11-2008 04:20:

quote:
Originally posted by orangejuice
definitely the best shooter ever made

YES! That's it!
Einhander!

Major sleeper hit for the ps1!

Posted by CONNERMAN2000 on Sep-11-2008 05:35:

Mars Matrix (Dreamcast)
In the Hunt (PSone)
Giga Wing 1-2 (Dreamcast)
Aero Fighters (SNES/Arcade)
Raiden 1-2-3 (Genesis/SNES/Arcade/PSone)
U.N. Squadron (SNES)
Philosoma (PSone)
Silpheed (PS2)

Not sure these count, but let us not forget...

Jungle Strike (SNES/Genesis)
Desert Strike (SNES/Genesis)
Urban Strike (Genesis)
Soviet Strike (PSone)
Nuclear Strike (PSone)

Posted by Zild on Sep-11-2008 05:50:

quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
whoosh.

fool has mad ducking skills

Posted by meDina on Sep-11-2008 06:37:

axelay (snes)